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Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Donne alla frontier – Italian title
Sette donne per una strage – Italian title
Frauen, die durch die Hölle gehen – Austrian title
Las siete magníficas – Spanish title
De overlevende – Danish title
Le triomphe des sept desperadas – French title
Die durch die Hölle gehen – German title
I sfagi kratise epta meres – Greek title
Seven Vengeful Women – English title
The Tall Women – U.S.A. title
A 1966 Italian, Austrian, Spanish, Liechtenstein co-production [Danny Films (Rome), Danubia Film (Vienna), L.M.Film (Madrid), Euro Film (Vaduz)]
Producer: Zeljko Kunkera, Sidney W. Pink
Director: Sidney W. Pink, Cehett Grooper (Rudolf Zehetgruber)
Story: Mike Ashley (Mino Roli)
Screenplay: Mike Ashley (Mino Roli), Jim Heneghan, Werner Hauff, Sidney Pink
Cinematography: Marcello Gatti, Alvaro Lanzoni [Eastmancolor, Technicope]
Music: Gregory G. Segura (Gregorio García Segura), Carlo Savina, Gerhard Froboeß
Running time: 104 minutes
Mary Ann – Anne Baxter
Usrula – Maria Perschy (Herta-Maria Perschy)
Gus McIntosh – Gustavo Rojo (Gustavo Pinto)
Katy Grimaldi – Adriana Ambessi
Betty Grimaldi – Rosella Como
Bridget – Christa Linder (Crista Linder)
Popé – Luis Prendes (Luis Estrada)
Blanche – Mara Cruz (María González)
Pilar – Pearl Cristal (Perla Lijtik)
Dorothy – María Mahor (María Horcajada)
Colonel Howard – John Clark
White Cloud – Fernando Hilbeck (Fernando Gavalda)
White Cloud’s squaw – Alejandra Nilo
With: Valentino Macchi, George Rigaud (Pedro Delissetche), Dorit Dom, Renate Lanz, Franco Mariotti, Mila Stanic, Reginald Gillian, J.L. Bayonas (José Luis Bayonas), Ben Tatar, Howard Hagan, Catherine Elliott, Carl Rapp

Seven courageous women endeavor to survive alone in the Western wilderness after their traveling party is massacred by Indians in this western. During the attack, the women find a cave and plot their continued survival. The leader decides to keep going towards Fort Lafayette. It will be difficult as they must cross the Arizona desert without horses, guns, or food. Meanwhile a posse sets out to find the missing women. They and their leader find the ladies, but unfortunately, the renegade Indians attack. The posse leader conceals the women in a burial ground while he and his men fight back. All of the men but the leader are slain. He joins the women and they resume their arduous journey. The Indian marauder is planning a final attack when the tribal leader intervenes. He has watched the courageous women and admires their fortitude. The chief decides to protect them on their journey to safety. ~ Sandra Brennan
YouTube film clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH-ayzD8Q0U

Monday, December 30, 2013

Sony Movie Channel Euro-westerns

In addition to showing Western film scattered throughout their schedule all through the year, Sony Movie Channel is offering a fine mix of Euro-westerns on New Year’s Day and again on January 25 and 26.

January 1, 2014
Frontier Hellcat - 10:20 a.m.
Rampage at Apache Wells – 10:20 p.m.
January 25, 2014
Frontier Hellcat – 4:25 a.m.
Rampage at Apache Wells - 5:55 a.m.
The Texican – 7:30 a.m.
Landraiders – 9:00 a.m.
January 26, 2014
A Man Called Sledge – 3:20 p.m.

Who Are Those Guys? - Mimo Billi

Domenico ‘Mimo’ Gilli was born in Imola, Emilio-Romagna, Italy on March 21, 1910. In the 1950s and 1960s he appeared in various character roles in numerous Italian comedy and musical films. He was also seen in soap operas and television in 1964, he played the role of a host in the television drama ‘Les Miserables’ (1964).
According to some sources, was born in Bologna not in Imola and in 1915 instead of 1910. After college he moved to Bergamo then on to Genoa and finally to Rome. He found work in the film industry as a production secretary.
From 1935 to 1946 he lived in Africa where he had gone with its own touring theater company to perform in Abyssinia, Somalia and Eritrea.
Mimo enlisted as a volunteer at the outbreak of World War II, but was taken prisoner at the battle of Agordat and was able to return to Italy after the conclusion of the war. Mimo returned to the film industry again as a production secretary and then appeared in small roles in several films and also appeared in some stage productions. Some of his best remembered films include “Il moralista” (1959), “The Story of Joseph and His Brethren” (1962), “Gidget Goes to Rome” (1963), “Mandragola” (1966). Billi appeared in only two Euro-westerns: “The Sign of Zorro” (1962) and “Adios Gringo” (1965)
Most of his career has been spent on television where he’s appeared in many ‘soap operas’ where he
found the hearts of the Italian viewing public.
Mimo Billi died in Rome, Italy on November 26, 1974.

BILLI, Mimo (aka Giacomo Billi, James Billi, Mimmo Billi) (Giacomo Billi) [3/21/1910, Imola, Emilio- Romagna, Italy - 11/26/1974, Rome, Lazio, Italy] - TV actor.
The Sign of Zorro - 1962
Adios Gringo - 1965

Sunday, December 29, 2013

Talento por amor – Spanish title
Gun Crazy – U.S.A. title
A Talent for Loving – U.K. title
A 1969 U.S.A., U.K. co-production [Paramount (Hollywood), Dudley Birch Films (London)]
Producer: Walter Shenson
Director: Richard Quine
Story: “A Talent for Loving” by Richard Condon
Screenplay: Jack Rose
Cinematography: Clifford Stone [color]
Music: Ken Thorne
Running time: 110 minutes
Major William Patten – Richard Widmark
Landowner – Cesar Romero (Cesar Romero, Jr.)
Mexican bandit – Topol (Chaim Topol)
Maria – Fran Jeffries (Frances Makris)
Moodie – Derek Nimmo
Franklin – Max Showalter
Lady Butler – Genevieve Page (Genevieve Bronjean)
Tortillaw – Joe Melin
Martinelli – John Bluthal
Jacaranda – Libby Morris
Benito – Mircha Carven
Jim Street – Judd Hamilton
Ms. Evalina Patten – Caroline Munro
Marilyn – Marie Rogers
Florita – Janet Storti
Don Patricio – Milo Quesada (Raúl Alonso)
Young Evalina – Stephanie Haynes
Mexican bandits - Jack Brami, Ricardo Montez

Set in Texas and northern Mexico in the decades around 1865, its basic premise is a fantastic one: In the 16th century an Aztec priest has cut off his own hand and used the bloody stump to lay a curse upon a blasphemous Spanish conquistador and all his direct descendants. The curse: that once any of the descendants, whether male or female, have tasted physical love, even in the form of a single kiss, they will spend the rest of their lives as being nearly sexually insatiable. Three centuries later the beautiful young virginal daughter of a fabulously wealthy Texas rancher and gambler is latest the victim of the curse; an elaborate set of contests and races is arranged to choose which of two cowboys will win her hand in marriage.

Remembering Wolfgang Kuhne

Wolfgang Kühne was born on Decemer 29, 1953 in Riesa, Sacony, Germany. He attended a special school physical-technical direction which he graduated in 1972 with high school and skilled workers as steelworkers. Then he studied until 1975 at the drama school in Rostock, which then enabled him to work at the Vorpommerschen Landesbühne Anklam to 1976 and at the Theater der Altmark until 1977. From 1977-1980, Kuehne did his military service, while in 1979 he was briefly detained for political reasons. In the following four years he worked as a freelancer in East Berlin at the theater, the cabaret, in radio and television and as a voice actor. In 1984 he moved to the Federal Republic of Germany, where he worked as a freelance actor, screenwriter, director and lecturer. In 2002, Kuehne advertising and consulting firm DerGuteTon.de. was born on December 29, 1953 in Riesa, Saxony, Germany. Kuehne attended a special school for physical-technical direction from which he graduated in 1972 as a skilled steelworker. Then he studied until 1975 at the drama school in Rostock, which then enabled him to work at the Vorpommerschen Landesbühne Anklam until 1976 and then at the Theater der Altmark until 1977. From 1977-1980, Kuehne performed his military service, while in 1979 he was briefly detained for political reasons. In the following four years he worked as a freelancer in East Berlin at the theater, the cabaret, in radio and television and as a voice actor. In 1984 he moved to the Federal Republic of Germany, where he worked as a freelance actor, screenwriter, director and lecturer. In 2002, Kuehne founded the advertising and consulting firm DerGuteTon.de.
Kühne appeared in only one Euro-western: “Death for Zapata” (1976) as Rodrigo and was a German voice dubber on “Shoot the Living, Pray for the Dead” (1970) as the voice of Freddy Unger and in 1971’s “A Fistful of Death” as the voice of Dennis Colt, “Renegade” (1987) as the voice of Curtis Thomas III, “Posse” (1993) as the German voice of Big Daddy Kane and Wolfgang was the voice of Ron Carey in both the Lucky Luke TV series (1991) and in “Troublemakers” (1994).
Wolfgang passed away on March 15, 2008 in Berlin, Germany.
Today we remember Wolfgang  Kühne on what would have been his 60th birthday.

Remembering Danica Acimac

Danica Acimac was born Danica Pomorišac on December 29, 1928 in Belgrade, Serbia. As a child, she began to work as an actress in the Serbian theater. Then in 1939 she was first heard on Radio Belgrade. This quickly ended during World War II. In 1950 she went to Cetinje with a group of art students and administrators and founded the Cetinjskog Theater Minja Dedic, while another group of students with Soja Jovanovic founded the Belgrade Drama Theatre
It was later in 1959 that Danica along with Lola Djukic made her first TV appearance. They appeared on live television which broadcasted a program that covered all of Yugoslavia on the small screen. Danica soon left these roles for the movies for which she is remembered for her roles in such films as “Licem u nalicje” (1965) and “Nevidljivi covek” (1976). Her only Euro-western was in 1967’s “Zlatna pracka” (The Golden Sling) in the role of Stanija.
Danica died on June 11, 2009 in Belgrade, Serbia.
Today we Remember Danica Acimac on what would have been her 85th birthday.

Remembering Christian Matras

Jean Jacques Christian Matras was born on December 29, 1903 in Valence, Drôme, Rhône Alpes, France. He was a reporter for Éclair-Journal before beginning his film career as a cinematographer and director. Matras was known for such films as “La Grande Illusion” (1937), “The Earrings of Madame de...” (1953) and “The Milky Way” (1969). He died on May 4, 1977 in Paris, France. Matras was a cinematographer on one Euro-western: “$5,000 on One Ace” (1964) starring Robert Woods and Fernando Sancho. Christian died on May 4, 1977 in Paris, France.
Today we remember Christian Matras on what would have been his 110th birthday.

Saturday, December 28, 2013

Spaghetti Western Locations

We continue our search for “Return of the Seven” film locations. After cleaning out the remaining bandits in the village the now six mercenaries ride out of the village to track down the men kidnapped from the village.

Nothing remains of the village unless you really scour the brush and fields for foundation remains and bits and pieces of wooden beams and posts. Again the location is in Agost but this area is a bit easier to locate because two of the hills in the background have not been touched while the third resembles the tailings from a mine.

For a more detailed view of this site and other Spaghetti Western locations please visit my friend Captain Douglas’ excellent website: http://www.western-locations-spain.com
and Yoshi Yasuda’s location site: http://y-yasuda.net/film-location.htm
[Captain Douglas has dedicated and entire section of his website to “The Return of the Seven” with behind the scenes photos and stories, highly recommended.]

Who Are Those Guys? - Raoul Billerey

Émile Gaston Maurice ‘Raoul’ Billerey was born on October 12, 1920 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France. Billerey became interested in the theater and he then met actor Pierre Renoir and after World War II, he made his debut on the Parisian stage in “L'amour des Trois oranges” in 1946 at the  d'Alexandre Arnoux Théâtre in Montparnasse. In the early 1950s he took up fencing with fencing-master Claude Carliez, He the collaborated artistically with director André Hunebelle in several swashbuckling films as stunt coordinator and master of arms such as “The Three Musketeers” in 1953 with Georges Marchal and Bourvil Cadet Rousselle in 1954 with Bourvil and Dany Robin, the “ l'Impossible Monsieur Pipelet” (1955) with a young Louis de Funès, “Le Bossu” in 1959 with Jean Marais, “Le Miracle des loups” in 1961 where this time he’s seen as an actor with Jean Marais and Roger Hanin like “Les Mystères de Paris” in 1962 with Jean Marais and Raymond Pellegrin. He appeared in his only Euro-western film “Fernand Cowboy” in 1956 as Mario alongside “Fernand Raynaud”.
He was also known was a fencing master and his skills were put to use in several of his films including a Chinese version of the “The 3 Musketeers”. Raoul appeared in over 150 films as a stuntman but he also became a very good actor appearing in many stage performances, speaking roles in over 30 films and several television appearances.
However, Raoul Billerey made some "professional indiscretions" during this decade before again finding his friend Jean Marais and appearing in 1962’s “The Iron Mask”. During the 1960s he also turned to television where he appeared in ‘Thierry La Fronde de Robert Guez’ with Claude Drouot, Philippe Noiret and Jean Marais. Other television appearances included ‘Lagardère’ (1967) and ‘D'Artagnan’ (1969). Raoul also continued his stage work during the 1960s with appearances in “Lorenzaccio” (1964), “Qui est cette femme?” (1965), and “L'envers d'une conspiration” (1967). Raoul appeared in the Euro-western TV series ‘Fortune’ in 1967.
His career continued on stage, television and film until the turn of the 21st century. His last film appearance occurred in 2003 with “Les Ripoux 3”. 2003 saw his last stage appearance in “Jésus II de Joseph Delteil”.
With his wife Claudine he retired to their home in Limoux, Aude, France. Here his death went almost unnoticed on July 28, 2010.

BILLEREY, Raoul (aka Raoul Billeret, R. Billerey, Raoul Billeroy, Raoul Bilrey) (Émile Gaston Maurice Billerey) [10/12/1920, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France - 7/28/2010, Limoux, Aude, France] – stage, TV actor, stuntman, fencing master, master of arms, married to Claudine Billerey (19??-2010).
Fernand Cowboy - 1956 (Mario)
Fortune (TV) - 1967

Friday, December 27, 2013

New DVD Release

Once Upon a Time in the West
Director: Sergio Leone
Starring: Henry Fonda, Jason Robards, Charles Bronson Claudia Cardinale
# SELF21419
Format DVD 9
Aspect ratio: 16:9
Language: Italian
Audio: Mono
Running time: 160 minutes
Special Edition DVD & booklet
Available: December 2013

La parola di un fuorilegge... è legge! - Italian title
La lunga cavalcata - Italian title
Cavalgada infernal - Brazilian title
Veriset ratsastajat - Finnish title
La chevauchée terrible - French title
Einen vor den latz geknallt - German title
Tote brauchen keine Dollars - German title
Der Schwarze Cowboy - German title
Osiemdziesiat szesc tysiecy dolarów - Polish title
Cavalgada fantastica - Portuguese title
Cursa Grea - Romanian title
Por la senda más dura - Spanish title
Den våldsamma flykten - Swedish title
Take Another Hard Ride - English title
Take a Hard Ride - U.S.A. title
A 1975 U.S.A., Italian co-production [Fox Fanfare Music (Hollywood), Euro-General (Rome)]
Producers: Harry Benson, Leon Chooluck
Director: Anthony M. Dawson (Antonio Margheriti)
Story: Jerry Ludwig (Jerrod L. Ludwig, Eric Bercovici (Enrico Bercovici)
Screenplay: Jerry Ludwig (Jerrod L. Ludwig, Eric Bercovici (Enrico Bercovici)
Cinematography: Riccardo Pallottini [De Luxe color, widescreen]
Music: Jerry Goldsmith (Jerald Goldsmith)
Frank Pike - Jim Brown (James Brown)
Peter Kiefer - Lee Van Cleef (Clarence Van Cleef, Jr.)
Tyree - Fred Williamson (Frederick Williamson)
Catherine - Catherine Spaak
Kashtok - Jim Kelly (James Kelly)
Sheriff Kane - Barry Sullivan (Patrick Sullivan)
Bob Morgan - Dana Andrews (Carver Andrews)
Duper - Harry Carey, Jr. (Henry Carey, Jr.)
Skave - Robert Donner
Cloyd - Charles McGregor
Cangey - Leonard Smith
Halsey - Ronald Howard
Calvera - Ricardo Palacios (Ricardo Diez)
Chico - Robin Levitt
Angel - Buddy Joe Hooker
Ned - Hal Needham (Harold Needham)
Card player - Paul Costello

Mr. Morgan has finished a cattle drive north from Mexico into the United States, which has earned $ 86,000, before he dies of a sudden heart attack he entrusts the money to his ramrod Frank Pike to deliver the money to his wife Linda, who lives in Sonora. During the trip to Mexico, Pike is pursued by a bounty hunter, Peter Kiefer, who in order to help him succeed in his endeavor hires several outlaws and even teams up with the bandit Calvera and his whole gang. Pike, however, finds an ally in Tyree, a gunman and professional card sharp. At a critical point in the journey the two save a woman, a former prostitute, who, in order to help the two, pretends to steal the bag of money and draws upon her the machine gun fire of the bounty hunters. Before the last decisive showdown, Pike entrusts money to little Chico and then hides in an abandoned mine that he intends to blow up. By a miracle, Pike and Tyree are swept into a river and swim to safety, the two friends then once again head toward Sonora.

YouTube trailer link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S316P3fRql0

Thursday, December 26, 2013

Happy 75th Birthday José Luis Alcaine

José Luis Alcaine Escaño was born on December 26, 1938 in Tangier, Morocco. Alcaine is a cinematographer and was the first to use fluorescent light tubes as the main light in the 1970s.
His prolific film work has been rewarded with five Goya Awards for Best Cinematography in a total of seventeen nominations. He is known for his work on “Volver” (2006), “The Skin I Live In” (2011) and “Bad Education” (2004). He has been married to makeup artist Mariló Osuna since December 15, 2006. He was previously married to director, screenwriter Cecilia Bartolomé. In 2009, NotroFilms offered to direct his first TV series: “Doctor Mateo” which was screened for two seasons.
Alcaine was the cinematographer on two Euro-westerns: “Rustlers’ Rhapsody” (1984) and “Gunslinger’s Revenge” (1999).
Today we celebrate José Luis Alcaine’s 75th birthday.

Remembering Maurizio Arena

Maurizio Arena was born Maurizio Di Lorenzo on December 26, 1933 in Rome, Italy. He is the brother of actress Rosanna Di Lorenzo [1938- ]. Maurizio chose the name Arena as a pseudonym in honor of the actress Anna Arena, who he was romantically linked to for a few years, despite the strong difference of age. Arena was very famous especially in the 1950s, thanks to the success of the film trilogy directed by Dino Risi “Poveri ma belli”, “Belle ma povere” (both 1957) and “Poveri milionari” (1958), embodying the kind popular, young, handsome and apathetic Roman of his time.
He also tried to be a director, without much success. He produced and starred in the 1960 film “Il principe fusto”, whose cast also included his mother and father. The film foreshadowed in some way, the lack of affinity of its values with those of a certain Roman aristocracy, as demonstrated by the contrasting the love story of Beatrice de Savoia (1943). “Il prinicipe fusto” was shot while Fellini was making “La dolce vita”, centered on the Via Veneto which also saw Arena among its "natural actors". Arena would go on to appear in over 80 films during his short career including two Euro-westerns “The Terror of Oklahoma” (1959) as Clay Norton and “The Grandsons of Zorro” (1975) as Fiar Miguel.
Like many of his fellow actors, he took the risk of becoming a singer and in the last years of his short life, he introduced himself as a healer. He died on November 21, 1979 at the age of 45 following a heart attack he had suffered in his villa in Casal Palocco.

Remembering Elisha Cook

Elisha Vanslyck Cook, Jr. was born on December 26, 1903 in San Francisco, California. He grew up in Chicago and started out in vaudeville and stock by the age of fourteen. He was a traveling actor in the East Coast and the Midwest before arriving in New York City, where Eugene O'Neill cast him in his play Ah, Wilderness!, which ran on Broadway for two years.
In 1936, Cook travelled to Hollywood and, after playing a series of college-aged parts, began a long period playing weaklings, sadistic losers and hoods. Cook's characters usually ended up being killed off; he was perhaps Hollywood's most notable fall guy for many years. In Universal's “Phantom Lady” (1944), he portrayed a slimy, intoxicated nightclub-orchestra drummer to memorable effect. He had a substantial uncredited role as Bobo in “I, the Jury” (1953). Other notable roles included Wilmer “The Maltese Falcon” (1941), Marty Waterman in “Born to Kill” (1947), Harry Jones in “The Big Sleep” (1946), "Stonewall" Torrey in “Shane” (1953), and George Peatty in “The Killing” (1956). At the other end of the cinematic spectrum, he appeared in William Castle's horror film House on Haunted Hill (1959) and Rosemary's Baby (1968).
Cook also appeared often on television in such series as ‘The Adventures of Superman’ (1953), ‘The Dennis Day Show’ (1953), ‘Perry Mason’ (1958, 1964), ‘The Real McCoys’ (1960).
Elisha Cook appeared in one Euro-western as the old convict befriended by Jim Brown in “El Condor” (1969). Cook died of a stroke on May 18, 1995 in Big Pine, California. He was 91.
Today we remember Elisha Cook on what would have been his 110th birthday.

Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Christmas 2013

I ain't much good at prayin', and you may not know me, Lord-
I ain't much seen in churches where they preach Thy Holy Word,
But you may have observed me out here on the lonely plains,
A-looking after cattle, feelin thankful when it rains,
Admirin' Thy great handiwork, the miracle of grass,
Aware of thy kind spirit in the way it comes to pass
That hired men on horseback and the livestock that we tend
Can look up at the stars at night and know we've got a Friend.
So here's ol' Christmas comin' on, remindin' us again
Of Him whose coming brought good will into the hearts of men
A cowboy ain't no preacher, Lord, but if you'll hear my prayer,
I'll ask as good as we have got for all men everywhere.
Don't let no hearts be bitter, Lord; don't let no child be cold.
Make easy beds for them that's sick, and them that's weak and old.
Let kindness bless the trail we ride, no matter what we're after,
And sorta keep us on Your side, in tears as well as laughter.
I've seen old cows a-starvin', and it ain't no happy sight;
Please don't leave no one hungry, Lord, on Thy good Christmas Night,
No man, no child, no woman, and no critter on four feet-
I'll aim to do my best to help You find 'em chuck to eat.
I'm just a sinful cowpoke, Lord -ain't got no business prayin' -
But still I hope You'll ketch a word or two what I am sayin'
We speak of Merry Christmas, Lord - I reckon You'll agree
There ain't no Merry Christmas for nobody that ain't free.
So one thing more I'll ask You, Lord, just help us what you can,
To save some seed for freedom for the future sons of man!
S. Omar Barker

Sunset - When a Man Dies

tramonto – Italian title
Sunset – When a Man Dies - English title
A 2012 Italian production [Terra Lontana (Rome)]
Producer: Roberto Urbani
Director: Roberto Urbani
Story: Roberto Urbani
Screenplay: Roberto Urbani
Cinematography: Dario di Mella [color]
Music: Giovanni Piccardi
Running time: 12 minutes
Daniel – Carlo Capriolli
Kid – Jacopo Losani
Young Daniel – Giacomo Nasta
Father – Pino Quartullo
Mother - Veruska Rossi
Man - Riccardo Scarafoni

It’s the Wild West. A man is crossing the desert and becoming more and more desperate. He is barely able to walk, as he is very dehydrated. When, across the barren land, he sees a flower and he knows he is going to survive. He rushes to a small stream of water, and as he is about to drink the water, a deep voice from across the stream stops him from drinking. The voice belongs to a gunman, and his name is Daniel.

YouTube trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0j4vswm-dc

Happy 70th Birthday

Hanna Schygulla was born on December 25, 1943 in Königshütte, Upper Silesia, Germany. Her father, a timber merchant by profession, was then drafted as an infantryman in the German Army and was captured by American forces in Italy, subsequently being held as a prisoner of war until 1948. In 1945, Schygulla, and her mother, arrived as refugees in Munich following the expulsion of the majority German population of Königshütte by Communist Poland. Much later, in the 1960s, Schygulla studied Romance languages and German studies, while taking acting lessons in Munich during her spare time.
Acting eventually became her focus, and she became particularly known for her film work with Rainer Werner Fassbinder. During the making of “Effi Briest” (1974), an adaptation of a German novel by Theodor Fontane, Fassbinder and Schygulla fell out over divergent interpretations of the character. Also a problem for Schygulla was her low pay, and she led a revolt against Fassbinder on this issue during the making of “Effi Briest”, shot in September 1972 sometime before its commercial release. Fassbinder's response was typically blunt: "I can't stand the sight of your face any more. You bust my balls". After this, they did not work together for several years until “The Marriage of Maria Braun” in 1978. The film was entered into the 29th Berlin International Film Festival, where Schygulla won the Silver Bear for Best Actress for her performance. Her only Euro-western appearance was in another Fassbinder film “Whity” in 1971 playing the role of Hanna.
Schygulla has acted in French, Italian, and American films. In the 1990s she also became known and well regarded as a chanson singer. In Juliane Lorenz's documentary film “Life, Love and Celluloid” (1998), on Fassbinder and related topics, Schygulla performs several songs.
In 2002, she appeared in “VB51”, a performance by the artist Vanessa Beecroft. In 2007, she appeared in the film “The Edge of Heaven”, directed by Fatih Akın, to wide acclaim. In 2007 she received the Honorary Award from the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival and in 2010 she received the Honorary Golden Bear from the Berlin Film Festival.
Today we celebrate Hanna Schygulla’s 70th birthday.

Remembering Larry Cross

Larry Cross was born Rusel Titus on December 25, 1913 in St. John, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was an actor who appeared in over 50 films and TV series. He’ best remembered for his roles as a reporter in “Time Lock” (1957), “The Gangster Show: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui” (1972) as Sheet and as Henry Cabot Lodge  in “The Wind and the Lion” (1975). His only Euro-western was the role of Perkins in “Carry on Cowboy” (1965).
Cross died on June 29, 1976 in London, England.
Today we remember Larry Cross on what would have been his 100th birthday.

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Happy 65th Birthday Edwige Fenech

Edwige Fenech was born Edwige Sfenek on December 24, 1948 in Bône, Constantine, France. She began her show business career as a participant in beauty contests (she won the title of "Miss Mannequin de la Cote d'Azur" at age 16 and even won a Miss France beauty contest) and worked as a photo model in. Fenech then moved from Nice to Rome in 1967 for her first Italian film “Samoa, regina della giungla” by Guido Malatesta. In 1968, she came under contract with Austrian director Franz Antel and from the late 1960s to early 1970s; she acted in various films of Antel (including his acclaimed “Frau Wirtin” series) as well as some Franz Marischka films.
Fenech starred in many genres of cinema but her greatest commercial success came with Italian sex comedies, particularly her early works “Ubalda, All Naked and Warm” (1972) and “Giovannona Long-Thigh” (1973), as well as the following l'insegnante (school teacher), la soldatessa (soldier), la poliziotta (policewoman) series and other films that featured Fenech in stereotypical professions, which further bolstered Fenech's position as the most popular actress of the genre. She often paired with Carlo Giuffrè and later with Renzo Montagnani in these films.
Fenech was also a regular in giallo films. Her works in this genre include “Five Dolls for an August Moon” (1970), “The Case of the Bloody Iris” (1971), “The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh” (1971), “Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key” (1972), “All the Colors of the Dark” (1972), and “Nude per l'assassino” (1975). Edwige appeared in only one Euro-western: “Heads or Tails” (1969) in the role of Manuela.
In the 1980s, she became a television personality, typically appearing with Barbara Bouchet on a chat show on Italian television.
After many years of work in movie production, she became a producer and produced, among others, “The Merchant of Venice” (2004) with Al Pacino, and Fenech accepted Quentin Tarantino's offer to star in another movie, “Hostel: Part II” (2007).
Today we celebrate Edwige Fenech’s 65th birthday.

Happy 85th Birthday Sigurd Fitzek

Sigurd Fitzek was born on Christmas Eve 1928 in Wroclaw, Lower Silesia Poland. After leaving school he wanted to become a farmer. After World War II, he came to Munich and later took over a riding school. Pursuing his desire to be an actor, he trained at the Munich Otto -Falkenberg School. In 1950 he went to the boy’s theater in Stuttgart. During this time he was seen in the role of the Indian chief Winnetou on the outdoor stage, together with his colleague Hellmut Lange, who played the role of Old Shatterhand. From 1960 to 1965 he worked regularly in small comedies at today's GOP Variety Theatre. During this time he acted with others in the pieces “Hocus Pocus” by Curt Goetz, “Do You Remember” by John Osborne and “A Thousand Clowns” by Herb Gardner.
In the mid-1950s Fitzek turned to television, where he was for decades seen in many television dramas, series and miniseries. In 1955 he appeared in the movie “Unruhige Nacht” and then in the role of the deserter soldier Baranovsky, during the last night before his scheduled execution. Four years later he was seen in the first Durbridge Classic “Der Andere”, in which he played the role of the journalist Robin Craven to the main cast.
Sigurd then took a turn as a radio actor, mainly working for the SDR. He had lead roles among others in “Der Fall Dynamit” (1956) with Wilhelm Kuerten, Hans Mahnke and Hans Helmut Dickow.
Fitzek also appeared in a few movies. For example, the Jerry Cotton filmMordnacht in Manhattan” (1965), his only Euro-western “Deadlock” (1970) as Enzo and “Fluchtweg St. Pauli – Großalarm für die Davidswache”.
Sigurd’s last film appearance was in 1997 TV series ‘Dr. Stefan Frank - Der Arzt, dem die Frauen
Today we celebrate Sigurd Fitzek’s 85th birthday.

Monday, December 23, 2013

Tierra de fuego – Spanish title
Jessy non perdona uccide – Italian title
Vergeltung in Catano – German title
Land des feurs – French title
Jessy Does Not Forgive… He Kills – English title
Blazing Sun – English title
Land of Fire – English title
Sunscorched – U.S.A. title
A 1965 Spanish, Italian, German co-production [Balcázar Producciones Cinematográficas (Barcelona), Afilm (Rome), Creole Filmproduktion GmbH (Berlin)]
Producers: Ronald Rietti, Alfosno Balcázar
Director: Jaime Jesús Balcázar (Jaime Granda), Mark Stevens (Richard Stevens
Story: Alfonso Balcázar (Alfonso Granda)
Screnplay: Alfonso Balcázar (Alfonso Granda), José Antonio de la Loma (José Hernandez), Irving Dennis, Mark Stevens (Richard Stevens), Warren Kiefer
Cinematography: Francisco Marín (Francisco Harrada) [Eastmancolor, Techniscope]
Music: Michèle Auzépy
Running time: 98 minutes
Sheriff Jess Kinley/Masters – Mark Stevens (Richard Stevens)
Abel Dragna – Mario Adorf
Anna-Lisa Schmidt – Marianne Koch
Luke Shaw – Frank Oliveras (Francisco Oliveras)
Charlie Rivers – Antonio Iranzo (Antonio Escurijuela)
Lillian/Nellie Kinley – Vivien Dodds
Twitch – Óscar Pellicer
Reverend Dietrich/Dean – Julio Peña (Julio Muñoz)
Shoemaker - Albert Bessler
Sepp Dietrich – Mario Via
Saul – Luis Induni (Luigi Radici)
Judge - Felipe Peña
Kurt – Luis Rivera
Papa Schmidt - Jesús Puche
Meninlea – Gustavo Re
With: Frank Braña (Francisco Pérez), Ricardo Valor, Montserrat Lapua

Abel Dragna and his gang arrive in town and find out their old pal Jess Kinley, who used to ride with the gang, is the towns sheriff. The gang begins to bully the citizens to see how much they can get away with. When Jess fails to stop their actions they push a little harder including assaults and even a murder which they claim was in self-defense. When the Sheriff fails to jail the law breakers the town thinks he is a coward and takes his badge. A young woman named Anna-Lisa Schmidt, who helps her father run the town’s stable, continues to have faith in the sheriff and also has a crush on the older man. The town feels a sense of relief when Abel and his thugs leave town but they are filled with concern when the gang returns, having relieved another town of a few bags of gold. Jess decides to show the town he is not a coward and confronts both Abel and his own past. When Anna-Lisa is attacked by one of the thugs Jess and the town unite to defeat and eliminate the outlaws.

Remembering Franco Zauli

Franco Zauli was born on December 23, 1923 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. Encouraged by his family, at the age of six he began to play the piano, later graduating from the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia in Rome, despite his classical training, in the 1940s he began his career as a pianist as an accompanist, working among others with Wanda Osiris and Erminio Macario. At the end of the decade he began playing in several jazz groups, several varying activities will continue in the following decades .
In 1952 he enrolled in the SIAE and began to compose songs, some very successful as it is A Roma è sempre primavera (with lyrics by Pino Cassia, which won the Festival of Velletri in 1958) Se vuoi andare vai o Suspiranno nu nomme; over the years Franco composed the music for over three thousand songs and scores for films (including the Euro-western “Alleluia and Sartana Sons of God” (1972)), however, he also continued the work as a pianist, accompanying Bruno Venturini among others.
Zauli worked as a music consultant for several record labels, including SMR, Belldisc, Associate Producers, Kansas and other the various labels of the group Saar .
In the 1980s he assumed important roles in the management bodies of SIAE. He continued to work with the same passion as always until a few days before he was sticken by a sudden illness. He died of a heart attack on May 28, 2006 in Rome.
Today we remember Franco Zauli on what would have been his 90th birthday.

Remembering José Greco

Constanzo Greco Bucci was born on December 23, 1918 in Montorio nei Frentani, Molise, Italy. He later changed his real name to José Greco. When he was 10 years old, Greco and his family moved to New York City. He began dancing in Brooklyn with his sister Norina at a young age.
He made his professional dancing debut in 1937 at the Hippodrome Theatre in Manhattan. His most famous partners were La Argentinita (Encarnación López Júlvez) and, after her death, her sister Pilar López. In 1949, he started the José Greco Dance Company, with which he toured extensively.
Greco also appeared in a number of films, including “Sombrero” (1953), “Around the World in 80 Days” (1956), “Holiday for Lovers” (1959), “Ship of Fools” (1965), and his only Euro-western “The Proud and the Damned” (1968).

He received many honors and awards including being knighted by the Spanish government (Cruz Laureada del Caballero del Mérito Civil) and also received 4 honorary doctorates.
José started the José Greco Foundation for Hispanic Dance in 1972 and retired from the stage for the first time in 1974. He published an autobiography, Gypsy in My Soul: The Autobiography of José Greco, in 1977. He had six children, three boys and three girls. His sons José Luis and Paolo are composers; his son José Greco II is a dancer as are his three daughters, Alessandra, Carmela and Lola.
He came out of retirement in the late 1980s to form a company featuring his children. He appeared on stage for the last time in 1995, at the age of 77. Until his death he was Visiting Professor of Dance at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, PA.
Greco died of heart failure in his home in Lancaster, Pennsylvania on December 31, 2000. He is survived by his wife Margaret-Ana Börger-Greco, professor of Spanish at Millersville University.
Today we remember José Greco on what would have been his 95th birthday.

Remembering Lothar Olias

Lotar Olias was born on December 23, 1913 in Königsberg, East-Prussia, Germany. He attended the Klindworth-Scharwenka Conservatory in Berlin, where Moritz Mayer- Mahr and Institute Director Robitschek were his teachers. Already at that time he had composed songs for singers such as Max Hansen and Lucienne Boyer. He then wrote revues for the Berlin conservatory and Hamburg planet un Blomen. In 1937 he wrote his first film scores for several short films.
In 1932 Olias became a member of NSDAP and NSDAP culture warden in Berlin. For the Nazi leaders, he wrote in the 1930s several titles with Nazi content. These include the “SA-Totenmarsch”, “Braun und grau”, and the official Walter March. Nevertheless Olias did not belong to the Nazi government and court composer of the Nazi leadership. During World War II Olias was head of the theater front , the jackboots.
In 1939 he returned to Hamburg and participated in the founding of the literary cabaret “Bonbonnière” for which he composed in 1945 and wrote the lyrics. Since he received no major job offers, he for years worked at fairground jobs, and as a musician at weddings and as a fashion show presenter.
Then in 1949 he made his breakthrough as a popular pop and film music composer. He also wrote popular songs and musical soundtracks to over 40 films in the 1950s and 1960s. In particular his only Euro-western score for “The Sheriff was a Lady” with songs sung by Freddy Quinn. The film became a great popular success and the songs are now considered classics. Olias composed regularly until 1964 for the films in which Quinn was seen as the main character. This partnership with Freddy Quinn began when they appeared at the Grand Prix Euro Vision Song Contest in Lausanne in 1956.
Olias died on October 21, 1990 in Hamburg-Ohlsdorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Today we remember Lotar Olias on what would have been his 100th birthday.

Sunday, December 22, 2013

New DVD Releases

C’era una volta il West
(Once Upon a Time in the West)
Director: Sergio Leone
Starring: Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Jason Robards, Claudia Cardinale
Country: Italy
Label: Amaray
Region: 2, PAL
Aspect ratio: 2.35
Language: Italian
Audio: High definition 5.1
Running time: 160 minutes
Restored by the Cineteca of Bologna, Italy
Available: December 18, 2013

Giu la testa
(Duck You Sucker)
Director: Sergio Leone
Starring: Rod Steiger, James Coburn
Country: Italy
Label: Amaray
Region: 2, PAL
Aspect ratio: 2.35
Language: Italian
Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0
Running time: 175 minutes
Extras: Sergio Leone tribute
Restored by the Cineteca of Bologna, Italy
Available: December 18, 2013

Per Qualche Dollaro in Piu
(For a Few Dollars More)
Director: Sergio Leone
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volonte
Country: Italy
Label: Amaray
Region: 2, PAL
Aspect ratio: 2.35
Language: Italian
Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0
Running time: 127 minutes
Extras: Sergio Leone tribute
Restored by the Cineteca of Bologna, Italy
Available: December 18, 2013

Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo
(The Good, the Bad and the Ugly)
Director: Sergio Leone
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Eli Wallach
Country: Italy
Label: Amaray
Region: 2, PAL
Aspect ratio: 2.35
Language: Italian
Audio: Italian Dolby 5.1
Running time: 175 minutes
Extras: Sergio Leone tribute
Restored by the Cineteca of Bologna, Italy
Available: December 18, 2013

Remembering Heinz Bernard

Heinz Bernard Löwenstein was born on December 22, 1923 in Nuremberg, Bavaira, Germany.  Of Jewish origin, he also lived and worked in Israel from 1971 to 1981. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA), graduating in 1951.
After graduation he worked in the Peter Allan Theatre, possibly the last group of travelling players to operate in the British Isles, performing every night in different towns and villages in the British countryside. He went on to become the manager of the famous leftist Unity Theatre in London. As manager of Unity Theatre he staged the first professional British production of a Brecht play, the Visions of Simone Marchard. Lionel Bart, who later gained fame as the author of the musical Oliver!, designed the poster.
Heinz Bernard also acted and directed in the travelling Century Theatre and taught at RADA, where he was director of admissions.
Heinz's name at birth was Heinz Messinger. He was adopted as a baby by a family called Löwenstein. After leaving RADA he worked under the professional name Harry Bernard, eventually dropping the Harry and becoming simply Heinz Bernard.
Following the death of his Israeli brother in the late 1960s, Heinz decided to emigrate to Israel. He acted the part of the Rabbi in the West End production of Fiddler on the Roof to raise money for the move. In Israel he became a legend on account of his performances in English teaching television programs, "Neighbours" (written by his wife Nettie) and "Here We Are". Each of the series was broadcast twice a week on the single national TV channel for over fifteen years, making him a familiar face to most Israelis. He appeared in many Israeli films of the seventies, working with Shaike Ophir, Ephraim Kishon and Menachem Golan. Among these films were two Euro-westerns: “God’s Gun” playing Judge Barrett alongside Lee Van Cleef and Jack Palance and “Kid Vengeance” as George again alongside Lee Van Cleef. Both films were made in 1976.
After 10 years in Israel, Heinz returned to England where he had to restart his career. He continued to work until his death of a rare blood disease in 1994.
Today we remember Heinz Bernard on what would have been his 90th birthday.


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Friday, May 17, 2013

Friday Freakout

The end of the work week here, just in time for the long week-end.

Queen Victoria is the reason why you have a long week-end. You're welcome.
Some Canadian news:

It's as likely that these Grade Five students thought this up themselves as the Senate is forthright and not at all greedy:

Some Grade 5 students have some advice for Prime Minister Stephen Harper: Stop being mean to Justin Trudeau.

Seven students from an Ottawa-area Catholic school have written to Harper asking that he pull Conservative attack ads, which began running within hours of Trudeau claiming the Liberal leadership last month.

It's time to tell the children that Justin Trudeau is like that "cool" student counsellor who is zero-help in choosing a class that will secure them a pension-earning future. Will these Grade Five kids thank him when Fatima comes back from summer holiday "different" or be cool with his preference for the "better" Quebec kids? I'm sure they will. Maybe someone should tell the children that Justin Trudeau should man the hell up because when you're an adult you can't wear a pink t-shirt and cry that people are mean.

Nigeria takes the fight to Islamists and the US expresses displeasure:

Nigerian warplanes struck militant camps in the northeast on Friday in a major push against an Islamist insurgency, drawing a sharp warning from the United States to respect human rights and not harm civilians.

Troops used jets and helicopters to bombard targets in their biggest offensive since the Boko Haram group launched a revolt almost four years ago to establish a breakaway Islamic state and one military source said at least 30 militants had been killed.

But three days after President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in the northeast, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry issued a strongly worded statement saying: "We are ... deeply concerned by credible allegations that Nigerian security forces are committing gross human rights violations, which, in turn, only escalate the violence and fuel extremism."

The United States is the biggest foreign investor in Africa's most populous nation, notably in its energy sector, and buys a third of Nigeria's oil. Washington "condemns Boko Haram's campaign of terror in the strongest terms", Kerry said, but urged Nigeria's armed forces to show restraint and discipline.

Where was John Kerry when Boko Haram attacked churches? Were those attacks not "gross human rights violations"?

What does one expect from this scandal-ridden administration and its Kenyan dictator?

And now, because the long week-end approaches, Star Trek:

Star Trek is a utopian vision -- it portrays a future in which mankind has advanced and left behind its primitive, savage ways. But somehow this has resulted in a race in which cynicism, and even basic caution, is in short supply. ...

We'll accept that most people in the Federation are decent enough to not break the rules whenever they feel like it, and that civilized life on Earth has advanced to a point where criminal activity is more or less unheard of. But the whole point of the Enterprise's mission is to discover bizarre new life forms, and some of them are bound to be mind-ripping star beasts who simply do not subscribe to the honor system. And shoving your hands in your pockets and whistling your way through the galaxy isn't going to keep you safe from the billions of rapacious multidimensional contagions waiting to turn the Enterprise into the Event Horizon. The most competent and cautious person on the bridge is probably Lieutenant Worf, and, unsurprisingly, there's a montage of people telling him to shut the hell up.

A battle-ready bat'leth: when simply killing your enemy will not do.

The origin of the Vulcan salute:

But where on earth did Nimoy get the idea to put his alien hands in such a formation? "That came from my Jewish background," Nimoy said in 2000. It's a gesture used in the Priestly Blessing during Jewish services. Priests give the hand gesture — similar to the Vulcan salute but with two hands — to bless their congregation. Priests form their hands in the shape of the letter Shin (or Sin) from the Hebrew alphabet. It's a name for God. "I saw it done as a kid, was entranced by it, and so I brought it into 'Star Trek,'" Nimoy explained.

Jim said...

Lest the unwashed think that the 'priestly blessing' is a blessing of "sin", Hebrew has two letters that look vaguely "w" like (hence the Vulcan salute). One is pronounced "S" (called Sin) and the other "Sh" (called "Shin").

And it's not actually the name for G-d, it's simply a representation of "Ha-Shem" ('The Name' or 'The Holy Name') which is what many Orthodox and Conservative Jews use to refer to G-d.

Osumashi Kinyobe said...

I was not aware of that.

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Sunday, April 27, 2008

Good Sunday Eats

We cooked a bunch of stuff today.

For breakfast we made frittatas using veggies from our garden (chili peppers, tomatoes, and basil):
frittata w/ tomatoes, chili peppers, and basilbeef noodle soup
For lunch we made beef noodle soup!
green bean soup
Our afternoon snack was green (mung) bean soup:

Dinner was broiled salmon w/ ginger teriyaki glaze and snow peas w/ shrimp (no pics).

1 comment:

Darin said...

Wow, that looks good. :)


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I Predicted The Existence Of Component Five

27 February, 2016
The discovery of a "music area" in the human primary auditory cortex by Norman-Haignere et al was accompanied by the discovery of a "language area", one which responds to language independently of specific language. This response to language is very similar to the response to "speech-like sounds" which I hypothesised as both an evolutionary pre-cursor to the response to music, and as an important component of the early stages of infant language acquisition.

The Discovery of a "Music Area" (or something close to it) in the Human Brain

In Distinct Cortical Pathways for Music and Speech Revealed by Hypothesis-Free Voxel Decomposition, authors Sam Norman-Haignere, Nancy G. Kanwisher and Josh H. McDermott announced the discovery of a set of neurons in the human primary auditory cortex which primarily respond to music.

There are various caveats to this discovery, including the limitation that activity of neurons in the human brain is primarily observed via fMRI. Subject to choice of magnetic field strength (a fairly standard 3 Tesla machine was used in the research reported in the paper), each voxel (ie each pixel in the image) represents "hundreds of thousands" of neurons, so our current best views of human brain activity are very fuzzy.

The Six Responses

The authors used a statistical approach which allowed them to identify six distinct components of response in the primary auditory cortex, each component defined by the aspect of sound that it responds to:

  1. Low frequency sounds
  2. High frequency sounds
  3. Fast temporal modulation and coarse-scale spectral modulation
  4. Fine spectral modulation and slow temporal modulation
  5. Speech
  6. Music

The statistical approach used allowed the authors to identify components of response where different components might co-exist within individual voxels. Of course such a voxel represents "hundreds of thousands" of neurons, and one might suppose that individual neurons within such voxels belong primarily to only one of the six response components (but verifying that supposition is way beyond the capability of any existing imaging technology).

Response Component Six: Music

The most significant of the six response components is the last one, component six, which is a response to music. It is significant because this is the first time anyone has convincingly identified a music-specific processing region in the human brain (although past work has found limited evidence for localisation of music processing in the brain, as the paper's authors list in the discussion section of their paper).

Response Component Five: Language

But also of interest is component five, which is a response to the sounds of speech.

What is particularly of interest is the non-language specific nature of this response. That is, component five is a response to the sounds of spoken language, whether or not that language is the native language of the listener.

As it happens, this response is a very close match to the response which I have hypothesized as both an evolutionary pre-cursor to our response to music, and also as a component of the mechanism of language acquisition, where it matters simply for the infant learning language to identify which sounds are language and which sounds aren't language.

I first published this hypothesis about a response to language-like sounds in my blog article Music and Daydreaming (6 May 2015), and I elaborated further on it in later articles, in particular Music, Twin Speak and the Language Prototype, Music and the Language Prototype in a Venn Diagram, Music: The Third Reality and Language, Displacement, and the State of Mind Induced by Music.

Where Do We Go From Here?

My theory does make one prediction about responses to speech and music in infants and in older humans (be it older children or adults), which is:

Apparently it is possible to do research involving fMRI scans of young babies, so this is a prediction that could be tested in practice.


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February 10, 2013

two part rope bracelet with breads 2642

 This is the simplest turks head knot you can tie, just two parts wrapped around and laid out flat instead of bunched up. This pattern is somewhat unstable as the strands are not naturally positioned as is the case with the three part braid.

The secret is hidden.

Here's a similar you might like design made without beads.
There is a piece of four ply nylon thread placed at each crossing point. This edge binding holds the strands together in a nice parallel pattern and also holds those clear glass beads you see in the space between the parts.

The rope material is a 3/16" braided cord. Notice the overlapping ends also secured with the nylon thread.
Made on an 8" mold this bracelet measures about 7 3/4" (197 mm) inside circumference.

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design and photographs © copyright 2013 WhatKnotShop

Lauren said...

Hi George! Very cool bracelet, ill have to try it. Would you know how to make a bracelet like this thought (or know of someone who has done a tutorial? I am stumped by the clasps and the 3 color pattern. Thank you!!

George said...

Three colors of cord appear to be a simple three part braid with open ends concealed in metal cone or ferrule. It's not clear from the picture just how the cord is secured to the metal cones. It might be some kind of adhesive.


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Franklin/Trade Graphics Enters Digital Printing Market with First Xerox iGen3 Press in Miami

Thursday, December 08, 2005

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MIAMI & ROCHESTER, N.Y.--Dec. 7, 2005-- Franklin/Trade Graphics LLC has entered the digital printing market by installing a Xerox iGen3 110 Digital Production Press - the first in Miami. The graphic communications company is using digital technology to complement its traditional offset printing. Franklin/Trade Graphics expects print volume on the Xerox iGen3 to grow quickly as new and existing customers seek short-run, fast-turnaround, full-color jobs. The need for personalized communications in marketing programs also is driving demand for digital color printing. "The concept of personalizing direct mail pieces is gaining momentum as the image quality of digital printing begins to rival offset, plus the advantages of customized one-to-one communications have reached the decision makers at major corporations," said Peter Dunne, president and chief operating officer of Franklin/Trade Graphics. For example, Franklin/Trade Graphics is in the process of producing a full-color, personalized season ticket renewal package for Major League Baseball's Florida Marlins that features the customer's name and ticket location and special offers for team merchandise. "Adding personalization and color to documents helps to increase customer response rates and results in a better return on investment," said Dunne. In addition to personalized print jobs, the company also plans to produce brochures, catalogs, posters and postcards on the iGen3 press. According to Dunne, the company researched competitive digital presses, but it chose the Xerox iGen3 because of its image quality, speed and versatility. Franklin/Trade Graphics is using both Xerox FreeFlow(TM) DocuSP(TM) and EFI Fiery color servers on the Xerox iGen3 to integrate workflow with its existing print production environment.

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April 18, 2015

Grist Mill in Gruene for Steak and Shrimp

Checked out the Grist Mill in Gruene, Texas last night for Dinner. Steve Earle was next door at Gruene Hall! Sounded like a grea show. No worries though... had a great meal of Steak and Shrimp with a "pile" of Fried Onion Rings!

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"She thought it over, but couldn’t see any immediate loopholes other than the threat of her inner slut emerging, and she could darned well control that little bitch."— Susan Elizabeth Phillips

One simple explanation!

His Dark Kiss - Eve Silver
I read this for the Gothic square for Romance Bingo.

"If I was a new governess come to Manorbrier," he said, drawing out each word, "I would pay no mind to the Round Tower. No mind at all."

OR you people could tell her the reason why she should stay away instead of overacting your side-eye, ghoulish, and secretive roles. This was so gothic, it was a bit paint-by-numbers; every trope and characteristic from the genre was added. The dark lord, murder mysteries, disappearances, and gloom are always going to be present in gothics, along with the melodrama but the usual lingering questions that aren't or can't quite be answered yet that create the mystery was so incredibly forced. Our heroine is told death is in the tower and to stay away. The spoiler is the explanation for this, so don't read if you don't want to know because you don't get the answer until the second half.

the hero is a doctor, he researches diseases in the tower

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Why, at no point, did he or no one simply say this to the heroine?!? Drove me batty. If your story falls completely apart because of forcing off one simple explanation, that's pretty weak.

I get that the usual culprit in gothics is supernatural and the author makes it

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 here, which works because of the time period but it was ridiculous how this explanation just wasn't said right away. If you couldn't tell, this ruined the story for me. Felt like insta-love, too many inner thoughts from heroine, villain was clever and mysterious; wish that had been the only focus of the mystery and built up more over time to give its shocking conclusion.
I thought the first one was much better in characterization and story.


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Saturday, September 05, 2009

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Holding everyone and everything together in unity is another way of saying 'Catholic.' Unity with God is sanctity. Unity with believers in Christ is called ecclesial communion, church. Unity among bishops is called collegiality. Unity between husband and wife for the sake of their children is called family. Unity with fellow citizens who love a common homeland is called patriotism. Unity with those with whom we share similar values is called fraternity, friendship.

A Catholic way of life is unified as a way of life when it is based on assent to revealed truth and on obedience to appointed pastors, both of which together create the unity of faith and of community that Jesus himself wishes us to enjoy.

The Church’s unity today is severely strained, as we all know, and alternative Catholicisms are claiming authenticity, even sometimes against the Holy Father and bishops. Even Bishops and priests have sometimes been less than worthy of their calling, and lay groups have sometimes come together to create a Church in their image and likeness rather than Christ’s. Political interference in many countries, including our own, and the hostility of some in the media and entertainment industries, the self-righteousness of some on both the right and the left, various pressure groups with their own agendas, have created a situation full of danger for the Church’s unity, a situation the bishops now want to explicitly address in this country.

How to stitch up the Church where her unity is torn, how to use the authority given by Christ to the apostles without wounding the faithful who are already hurting is a project that begins with the bishops’ own submission to Christ and our own self-examination in the light of God’s word that lasts forever.
--Cardinal Francis George OMI
Archbishop of Chicago
President of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops
Address at the Knights of Columbus' States Dinner
Phoenix, 4 August 2009

...and now, by the looks of it, the "project" is off and running.

Pan-flash... or Pendulum-shift? Only time will tell.

As always, stay tuned.

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Pandemic Legacy October Revisited

Monday four bruised and battered adventurers once more tackled the month of October after managing to somehow get themselves back up off the ground from their last kicking by the game.

Joe the soldier had been dumped from the team, his inability to find a cure was not helpful. So parachuted in to take his place was Typhoid Mary the immunologist.

The easy objective of destroying two military bases was easily achieved, one of them was also a starting military base.

Between Mat and myself we had found two cures. The third was on its way. We had even built a vaccine building and had started making vaccine and using it to get rid of the faded.

Our third and final cure was in sight. In fact we were a couple of moves away from getting a much needed win.

That's when the game decided it had had enough playing with us, and it was time to put its meal out of its misery.

Once more an epidemic outbreak broke into pandemics, and like a broken record we ran out of faded and lost the game.

Our fourth loss in a row.

Mat was given the honour of opening the box he had been eying up since the beginning. Inside that mysterious box so many have seen but few have opened, were some cards! Cards that get shuffled into the players deck that will hopefully make our next game easier!

We decide to call it a day after yet another tick in the loser column, and attempt November next time.

But wow we are potentially now two games away from the end of the game, but with the way we have been playing more likely four.

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And on we go – typical sibs

My daughter bounces out of Middle School orientation to greet us, beaming. She walks a few steps ahead with her little brother whilst I guide the spinner. I am extremely grateful for the extra wide path as he circles and lurches between bushes filled with bugs and cement pavers full of cracks. He has another year to familiarize himself with the new territory, vicariously, before he joins his sister at the very same school. He is silent and busy and not making much progress as the other two dawdle, waiting for me to get a grip. “Hey look at that!” she points.
“What is it being?”
“Dere is being litter out of dah Middle School. Dey are not nature lovers?”
“Gross. Dya know that’s called a cigarette butt?”
“You mean……Middle School is dah litter and dah Nature hater and dah rude!”
“It’s not really rude when it’s a cigarette butt……is it Mom?”
“Hmm I suppose not. I’m not sure really, we’d need to ask an American.”
Surely better than dog end or fag end?
“But we is being dah Americans Mom!”
“He’s right ya know.”
“Hmm indeed.” I hold one by the shoulders as I watch the other one ping, just as if he’s been touched by a cattle prod as he sparks into action, “I know!” he bellows in robot mode, “Ban dah butt! Ban dah butt! Ban dah butt!” We watch him, arms up, full bounce as he chants his new cheer. His sister looks at him, from him, to me, from me to him, rolls her eyes as a drift of Middle Schoolers pass by and giggle. It’s a knowing look, wise beyond her years, half resignation half beam.

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Saturday, May 13, 2017

21.1 - The goal is universal health care

The goal is universal health care

I'm not going to spend any time telling you just how bad is the so-called American Health Care Act, the ACHA, recently passed by the misobiosers - which is a word I think I just made up - the haters of life in the House of Representatives.

That's because if you are the kind of person who is interested in watching this show, who has seen this show, you have heard plenty about how bad it is, how it would increase the number of people without health insurance, undermine Medicaid, "protect" people with pre-existing conditions by allowing the insurance companies to price them out of the market, and, well, a whole lot more.

And you have heard about how the leadership in the Senate is figuring they will pretty much just ignore what the House has done take up their own bill with the promise that it will only stink, not reek, which is supposed to make us happy somehow.

So I'm not going to spend any time on that. Nor am I going to spend my time going "Save the Affordable Care Act!" Remember, the GOPpers' plan, it was said, would result in 24 million more uninsured. What is rarely noted is that the actual number of uninsured would be 52 million because those 24 million were in addition to, on top of, the 28 million projected to be uninsured under Obamacare, a figure that hardly seems worth cheering about or spending all our energy trying to preserve.

What I'm going to do instead is to say that this is an opportunity, there is a political opening, to raise the banner of what should be the goal: a national health care system. And note well that I say national health care, not national health insurance, not even single-payer insurance. Bernie Sanders' repeated call for "Medicare for All" is good as far as it goes in that it's easy to understand and is light-years better than what we have - and you should know that there is a Medicare for All bill in the House, introduced by John Conyers, and Sanders intends to introduce a companion bill in the Senate.

But at the same time that ease of understanding is it's biggest flaw and failing: "Medicare for All," exactly like Medicare itself, only goes so far and sometimes, that's not nearly far enough, as anyone who has dealt with Medicare, especially in cases involving long-term care or lengthy illness, can tell you. In short, it's good, it's certainly better than what we have - but it's not good enough.

The goal is universal health care. Health insurance is supposed to be a means to health care. But what we have done is made insurance the goal, not the means, and that is a failure. Any program built around insurance, even universal insurance, is not good enough and will inevitably fall short of the goal of everyone, regardless of means or condition, having access to adequate, affordable, health care. And I'm not going to play the GOPpers' verbal game about "sure you have access to health care (footnote in small type: if you can afford it)." The fact is, I do not have access to a door if it is locked and I do not have access to health care (or anything else) if I can't afford the cost.

But in fact, the heck with it. The heck with all the talk about "affordable." I don't want "affordable" health care, which only leads to plunging into the dark labyrinth of what constitutes "affordable" and does any level of expense short of what would produce penury or bankruptcy make it "affordable." I wanted taxpayer-financed, government-funded health care. I want people to be able to go into a clinic, into an emergency room, into a hospital, into a skilled care facility, and not have to worry about the size of the bill because there won't be one. I want people to be able to get the care they need without having to think about the cost because there won't be any. I want no more hospitals designed and laid out so that you have to go past the cashier's window in order to leave the building.

What I want, that is, is a national health care system, a layered system running from neighborhood-level clinics through community hospitals and regional health centers up to a small number of national district hospitals for special, rare, or unusually complex treatments. The workers in all those facilities are federal employees. Ethical and financial oversight is exercised by committees of the public and health care workers at each level. The system is primarily financed through taxes and if - if - there is any payment for elective services it is on a sliding scale based strictly on ability to pay.

And know that, as radical as that sounds, we would not be the first nation to have a system similar to that.

If alongside that public system a private system persists for those who can afford and want to pay for some extra luxury or who will indulge in various nips and tucks and facelifts and the rest of the vanities, fine. In fact, good, because those people will still be paying their full share of taxes to support the system - no tax deductions for private insurance - while reducing the demands on it.

My wife is a retired registered nurse who often lamented the fact that the health care industry is becoming ever-more "industry" and ever-less "health care." She continues to cling to the ideal that the needs of the patient, not the needs of accountants or investors or executives of health insurance corporations, should be the focus of health care workers.

Ultimately, a not-for-profit national health care system is the only way to get there. And we as progressives should take this opening to call for it. And don't give me any of that "It's all  fantasy, it'll never pass this Congress." Of course it will not pass this year; don't take me for a fool. But it never will pass unless at some point you stake out the ground and say this is where we want to be, this where we should be, this is where we have to go.

So let's do it.

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The Best Free Summer Concerts in Utica and Central New York

from Fritz;s Polka Band Facebook page

If you’re a music lover, there’s no better way to spend a warm summer night than taking in one of the many free concerts offered by municipalities throughout  the area.

There are a number of options available, so pull up a lawn chair or lay down a blanket and get ready to enjoy some great tunes.

  • Village of WhitesboroConcerts in The Park are held every Wednesday night on the Village Green starting at 6:30.  The season kicks off on May 22nd and runs through August 28th.
  • Village of New York MillsThe Summer Concert Series begins on June 4th and takes place every Tuesday through August 26th.  The concerts take place at Pulaski Park on Main Street starting at 7:00 in June and July and at 6:30 in August.
  • City of Sherrill — The Summer Concert Series takes place every Tuesday night from June 25th through August 27th at the Reilly-Mumford Park Gazebo.  The music begins at 6:30.
  • Town of Marcy — The 27th season of the Betsy the Barge Concert Series gets underway on Thursday, June 27th at Erie Canal Lock 20 in Marcy.  The series runs through Labor Day.
  • Village of SherburneMusic in The Park, Wednesday evenings from 6:00 – 8:30 in Gaines Park.
  • The City of Utica–  is currently working on this year’s Monday Night at Hanna Park schedule.

Fritz’s Polka Band will be performing on June 27th at Betsy the Barge in Marcy and at Pulaski park in New York Mills on August 6th.

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Monday, December 30, 2013

Since the murder of her best friend, Jazz is stuck in a safe but lonely way of life. She’s willing to sacrifice everything to keep herself and her family safe from the shifter world. The sexy stranger who struts into her friend’s bar changes all that. From the first glance Jazz knows she’s sunk—their chemistry sizzles from across the room, it’ll be undeniable up close.

Jazz is the most beautiful female Rafe has ever seen and he wants her from the second he sets eyes on her. The depth of the need that swamps him every time he’s near her surprises him. It takes every last ounce of his self control not to pounce on Jazz and make her his. Only her distrust of his shifter nature holds him back. He counts it as a win every time his beloved human gives in to their passion and takes him to her bed. But Rafe’s patience isn’t infinite and he’ll do whatever it takes, face any danger—past or present—to ensure that Jazz becomes his. Forever.

Unexpected Find -

This is the first book in the Royal Prides series, and the debut novel of Nancy Corrigan. I have to say, I will definitely be picking up the rest of the books in this series as they come out. The author definitely has talent, and knows her way around a story.

Jazz is a human who is very wary of shifters. She has already lost her best friend, and will do anything to keep her family safe from shifter threat.

Rafe is the shifter that comes along, and changes her world and beliefs..

This shifter story really took me by surprise. The world building is superb,  and the vivid imagery unique. She allows the reader to "walk" beside the characters and see what they see, hear what they hear, feel what they feel. It was very well done, and took me on a journey that I was unable to stop until the end.

Jazz and Rafe are very likeable main characters, the emotions they feel come across as you read. You can empathize with them, hurt with them, and cheer beside them. The sexual aspect of their relationship was smoking hot, sizzling even. A few times I thought my kindle would spontaneously combust. Lynn sure knows her way around a bedroom scene...

The plot was fast paced, well thought out, action packed, and sincere. I was thoroughly entertained from beginning to end.

This was a fantastic read, and I recommend it to all the shifter lovers out there. You will not be disappointed.

The butterflies in Jazz’s belly took flight. The man was a romantic. “You know, I’m starting to enjoy the odd way you talk. It makes me feel as if I walked into a world where princesses wait to be swept away by their knight in shining armor.”

Rafe grinned, the sad look replaced by amusement. Releasing her hands, he slid his around her waist. “You would make a beautiful princess.”

“Would I?”

“One to be fought for.” He twirled a lock of her hair around a finger. “What about me? Would I fill the role of your knight in shining armor?”

She smiled, completely charmed by this man. She ran her hands over his chest, luxuriated in the layers of muscle under her palms. “I don’t know if any horse would be able to carry you for long. I see you more as a warrior, a conqueror.”

“One who demands the bonny ladies as his reward after a battle?” He swept her into his arms. She gasped and grabbed his shoulders. Lust heated his eyes as he mapped her face. “Oh yes, I like this fantasy and in it I get to choose you as my booty.” He bent his head closer so his golden eyes filled her vision. “I think I might keep you, Jasmine.”

Her breath hitched. “I think you have a wild imagination.”

“Or a hopeful one.” He eased back but watched her with that focused gaze she was starting to associate with him. “I want you.”

The lust-hazed glint to his eyes told her exactly what he wanted. For once in her life, she did too—but it couldn’t happen. She had responsibilities. Spontaneity and motherhood did not mesh. The little episode in Josh’s office proved that. She would’ve been mortified if Sara walked in while they were having sex. Everyone in town would’ve known within the hour. The other playgroup moms would find out, maybe shun her or at least look at her negatively. No. Any liaisons she had would have to be planned and kept hidden.

She licked her upper lip. “I haven’t had sex in a really long time, Rafe.” She dropped her gaze and stared at his chin. “What we did tonight wasn’t like me either. I’m not like that. Easy.”

He brushed his lips over her forehead. “I know.” He set her on her feet and took her hand. “Come, let’s get you home.”

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Tales of the Were: Rocky
On the run from her husband's killers, there is only one man who can help her now... her Rock.

Maggie is on the run from those who killed her husband nine months ago. She knows the only one who can help her is Rocco, a grizzly shifter she knew in her youth. She arrives on his doorstep in labor with twins. Magical, shapeshifting, bear cub twins destined to lead the next generation of werecreatures in North America.

Rocky is devastated by the news of his Clan brother's death, but he cannot deny the attraction that has never waned for the small human woman who stole his heart a long time ago. Rocky absented himself from her life when she chose to marry his childhood friend, but the years haven't changed the way he feels for her.

And now there are two young lives to protect. Rocky will do everything in his power to end the threat to the small family and claim them for himself. He knows he is the perfect Alpha to teach the cubs as they grow into their power... if their mother will let him love her as he has always longed to do.

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Tales of the Were: Slade

The fate of all shifters rests on his broad shoulders, but all he can think of is her.

Slade is a mystery. A warrior and spy who serves two masters - those in the human world and the Lords of the Were. They've sent him to Nevada to track a brutal murderer before the existence of all shifters is revealed to a world not ready to know.

Kate is a priestess serving the Goddess and the large community of shifters that have gathered around the Redstone cougars. When their matriarch is murdered and the scene poluted by dark magics, she knows she must help the enigmatic man sent to track the killer.

Together, Slade and Kate find not one but two evil mages that they alone can neutralize. It's a tricky situation because Slade finds it hard to keep his hands off his sexy new partner, the cougars are out for blood, and the killers have an even more sinister plan in mind.

Can Kate somehow keep her hands to herself when the most attractive man she's ever met makes her want to throw caution to the wind? And can Slade do his job and save the situation when he's finally found a woman who can make him purr?

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Tales of the Were: Grif
Redstone Clan #1

Griffon Redstone is the eldest of five brothers and the leader of one of the most influential shifter Clans in North America. He seeks solace in the mountains, away from the horrific events of the past months, for both himself and his young sister. The deaths of their older sister and mother have hit them both very hard.

Lindsey Tate is human, but very aware of the werewolf Pack that lives near her grandfather's old cabin. She's come to right a wrong her grandfather committed against the Pack and salvage what's left of her family's honor - if the wolves will let her. Mostly, they seem intent on running her out of town on a rail.

But the golden haired stranger, Grif, comes to her rescue more than once. He stands up for her against the wolf Pack and then helps her fix the old generator at the cabin, making it habitable for her while she completes her task. He's friendly and all too attractive, but she has a job to do, regardless of the cost to herself or her budding relationship with the local handyman.

When she performs the ceremony she expects will end in her death, the shifter deity has other ideas and turns the tables on them all. Grif's dual nature is revealed and Lindsey learns there is much more going on than she thought.

Thrown together by fate, neither of them can deny the deep and true attraction between them. They come together, but in the end will an old enemy rip them apart?

Warning: Cats are frisky and they get up to all sorts of naughtiness, including a frenzy-induced multi-partner situation that might be a little intense for some readers. You have been warned.

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Tales of the Were: Red
Redstone Clan #2

A water nymph and a werecougar meet in a bar fight... No joke.
Steve Redstone agrees to keep an eye on his friend's little sister while she's partying in Las Vegas. He's happy to do the favor for an old Army buddy. What he doesn't expect is the wild woman who heats his blood and attracts too much attention from Others in the area.

Steve ends up defending her honor, breaking his cover and seducing the woman all within hours of meeting her, but he's helpless to resist her. She is his mate and that startling fact is going to open up a whole can of worms with her, her brother and the rest of the Redstone Clan.

Trisha's had to hide her special abilities most of her life, but with her brother's Army buddy - the guy they call Red - she's finally free to be herself. He calls to her in a way she's never experienced before and while bad guys keep trying to abduct her, he's her safe port in the storm. But can such dangerous beginnings lead to a life-long love?

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Tales of the Were: Magnus
Redstone Clan #3

Magnus Redstone is the middle of five brothers. As a result, he's always had a little bit of a hard time forging his own identity. While he excels at martial arts, he didn't want to be a soldier like Grif and Steve, his two older brothers. He also doesn't have time for practical jokes like the younger two, Bob and Matt. No, Mag is probably the most serious of the brothers and he always has been. The only real moment when he threw caution to the wind was when he met one very special lady. A lady with fangs...

Additional Series Info:
 The Tales of the Were includes:
Main series: Lords of the Were, Inferno
The Others: Rocky, Slade
Redstone Clan: Grif, Red, and three more coming soon!

The Brotherhood of Blood series is related, and includes:
Vamps: One & Only (novella), Rare Vintage (novella), Phantom Desires (novella), Sweeter Than Wine (novel), & Forever Valentine (novella).
Wolves: Wolf Hills, Wolf Quest

Bianca D'Arc has run a laboratory, climbed the corporate ladder in the shark-infested streets of lower Manhattan, studied and taught martial arts, and earned the right to put a whole bunch of letters after her name, but she’s always enjoyed writing more than any of her other pursuits. She grew up and still lives on Long Island, where she keeps busy with an extensive garden, several aquariums full of very demanding fish, and writing her favorite genres of paranormal, fantasy and sci-fi romance.

You can usually find Bianca on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/BiancaDArcAuthor), Twitter (https://twitter.com/biancadarc) or you can find out more about her books on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/38820.Bianca_D_Arc) or her website - WWW.BIANCADARC.COM

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Might Be In Over My Head…Maybe?

The other day I was meandering through my local Albertsons grocery store when inspiration hit – I so love when it comes out of nowhere! I saw these three adorably cute and soft Valentine’s Day teddy bears holding hearts. Each heart had a keyhole and a play on the saying “you have the key to my heart.” Well one did actually say that but now we are splitting hairs. The first one I saw actually said, “you hold the key to my kisses” and it was then that the light bulb went off!

Behind me was a Valentine’s Day bag of Hershey Kisses. The ideas was super simple and not too expensive. Have the bear hold a bag of kisses. Get it! Your special Valentine has the key to his kisses – chocolate kisses that is! Total cost was less than $15. The Valentine’s bear was $10 and the Valentine Hershey Kisses range on sale about $2 but regular price about $4. Plus, you could do similar for the other two bears for an awesome Valentine’s gift! Use Valentine’s Hershey Hugs for the Valentine’s bear that’s heart said, “you have the key to my hugs” and Brach’s Valentine’s Conversation Hearts for the Valentine’s bear whose heart read, “you have the key to my heart”.

I quickly put them together in the store and snapped some shots. Have pity on my photos here as they are not my best work but I was in the grocery store when I took them so what can I say. I would probably put him and his appropriate Valentine’s candy in a gift bag with tissue sticking out to hide him and his Valentine’s surprise. But just sticking the bag slightly under the heart held the candy really well so there really isn’t much putting together. As I said – Fun. Fast. Easy. And SUPER Cute Valentine’s Day gift idea that won’t break the bank. I think it would be perfect for almost anyone. A child would love it, girlfriends and wives a like and frankly, I think even men would find it as a fun and slightly goofy Valentine’s gift for them.

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The Ilwrath Avenger is the result of technology that the Ur-Quan Kzer-Za bestowed upon the once newly conquered, technologically simple Ilwrath.1 Above all, the Ilwrath delight in tormenting their victims and this cruelty has carried over to how they wage war. Stealth technology is employed so widely by the Ilwrath armed forces that it has become synonymous with their species. Due to the ship's stealth capabilities, combat involving an Avenger will more often than not play out like a game of cat and mouse. It is because of this stealth capability that, according to Commander Hayes, the Avenger was as deadly a threat as the Androsynth Guardian to the Alliance deep-space patrols.

The Avenger turns and accelerates swiftly, but its top speed is fairly low. This limitation is considered the ship's Achilles' heel.

The primary weapon of the Avenger is a short range flamethrower which has been dubbed the "Hellfire Spout". The Avenger's rapid rate of energy recovery allows it to maintain a nearly constant stream of flame over a length of time. Each individual puff of flame inflicts a single point of damage.

All Avenger craft come equipped with a cloaking device. Homing weapon systems and subsidiary craft of all shapes and sizes are unable to follow a cloaked Avenger. However, the Ilwrath cloak is not perfect — some of the Avenger's own scanning instruments do not function properly while the cloaking device is active.2 In addition to that, hostile craft will retain some awareness of the Avenger's approximate position. In Super-Melee, the game's camera remains centered between the Avenger and its opponent regardless of whether the cloak is active. The Hellfire Spout and cloaking device cannot function at the same time. The Avenger's cloak will shut off automatically when the weapon is activated. If stealth is broken in this way, the Avenger will also orient itself towards the enemy ship's position regardless of where the Avenger was facing before.

See Also: Hoaxes and Rumours FAQ

Tactical Overview[edit]

  • When up against an opponent that is too fast for the Avenger to catch, the best solution is to find a planet. The Avenger's top speed is no longer restricted while the ship is within a gravity well's area of effect. This can be capitalized upon by lurking around a planet's immediate vicinity until the opponent moves in to engage or by performing a Leyland Gravity Whip towards the enemy, hopefully overtaking them.
  • The cloaking device may not be very helpful for sneaking up on an opponent, but the ability to negate the homing function of most weapons is no small thing. This can buy an Avenger the time needed to find a planet or force a short-ranged enemy ship to travel straight towards the Avenger (and hopefully its Hellfire Spout) to attack.
  • It is difficult to figure out what direction the Avenger is facing while cloaked. When in doubt, especially near planetary bodies, the cloak should be turned off to reorient the ship.
  • When fighting against an Avenger, the best approach is to keep one's distance and gradually pick the ship apart from outside of its range. A direct shoot-out against an Avenger is not recommended with anything less than overwhelming firepower.

Notes and references[edit]

1According to the Star Control II manual, pg. 69 (PC) or pg. 34 (3DO), the Ur-Quan gave the Ilwrath modern weaponry and drive systems which they previously lacked. Additionally, the Ilwrath captain dialog indicates that the Ur-Quan improved the Ilwrath's starships and weapons 29 years prior to the events of Star Control II.
2From the 2007 IRC chat with Toys for Bob (robot is Fred Ford, PR3 is Paul Reiche III):
23:21 <@Meep-Eep> < Shiver-> I've been kicking this around a while: Was the Ilwrath Avenger ever meant to be visible to the player controlling it while cloaked? With online play this feature could enhance the ship a good deal.
23:42 <@fOSSiL> So, not to press the question, but was the Ilwrath Avenger ever meant to be visible while cloaked to the player controlling it?
23:43 <@fOSSiL> re Avenger; Now with netplay it could be done pretty well.
23:43 <+PR3> We meant for the Ilwrath's cloak to somewhat affect that ship's captain as well, though it was not a huge issue.
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3DO Ilwrath Avenger
Basic stats
Crew: 22 Value: 10 pts
Battery: 16 Batt. Regeneration: 0.8 units/frame
Primary: Hellfire Spout Secondary: Cloaking Device
Refire delay: 0 frames Refire delay: 13 frames
Energy use: 1 units Energy use: 3 units
Max speed: 25 world units/frame Turn rate: 0.33 facings/frame
Acceleration: 5 units/frame Mass: 7


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Sunday, March 25, 2012

Early Spring

Hi from Zeeba and Robin. Looks like we're having an early Spring and lots of new things are happening.Mom got a new "dogmobile', a Subaru Outback. We also are trying out new phone and internet connections--we're going wireless. Hope this makes it easier for mom to help us write in our Blog. Poor Zeeba had Lymes again this winter and also a pulled muscle so he took some time off from work and play. We've been to one agaility trial so far and Robin is now showing in "preferred" since she is 10 years old. She got two ribbons--a first and second. Zeeba had one bar down in each class so he didn't Q. Mom has to send out lots of e-mails since we have a new address.