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An sophisticated and very funny UFA super-production which I ripped from the UFA Klassiker Edition DVD. I translated the German HI subs into English. As extra on the DVD there is a 20 min. video essay (Enttarnung der Götter) by Hans Günther Pflaum. He doesn't say much, but shows newsreel clips from the set (harbor scene), a model of Amphitryon's villa and an interesting split-screen comparison with the French version "Les dieux s'amusent", shot simultaneously with French actors taking over the speaking parts (infinitely better than dubbing). I could rip and upload the extra later. The film made me think of Cukor several times (Dinner at eight - Marie Dressler - or The Women - Alkmene's four friends). IMDB
IMDB quote 1: This is one of the last productions in the UFA style at the beginning of the 30s, originally planned as an Erich Pommer production. The productions values are still here, but Pommer had already left for the U.S.A. The sets are fabulous, the dialogue is great (and very funny) and the cast is outstanding (note e.g. Willi Fritsch, showing that he can do more than just smile; and Adele Sandrock). This is Schünzel's masterpiece: his direction is elegance itself. [...] Many sources claim that contemporary German audience recognized the - concealed - Göring parody and other references to the present situation. After some hesitation the showing of the film was allowed by the Propaganda Minister Goebbels: he also recognized the Göring parody. The film became a great success. This film should be an international classic; and Schünzel a more known director.
IMDB quote 2: Just like the Roman comedy Amphitruo by Plautus, on which the movie is loosely based, Schünzel's musical film-version is a very funny doppelganger comedy.
The romance between Amphitryon (then famous heart-throb Willy Fritsch) and Alkmene (Käthe Gold) is portrayed in rather conventional ways, but the real stars are the minor characters, then well-known comedians Paul Kemp (playing both Mercury on roller skates and Amphitryon's drunkard slave Sosia) and Fita Benkhoff as Sosia's wife Andria. Their antics make this movie still worth watching. Similarly, Fritsch in his other role as aged Jupiter, bald and with beer-belly, and his tyrannical wife, the truly ancient Adele Sandrock, then the grand old dame of German cinema, are very funny. Both Sandrock and Benkhoff were nominated for the 1935 Oscars, the only foreign actors thus honored that year.
Maybe the best part of the movie, though, is the way director Reinhold Schünzl, a half-Jew who had to emigrate to the United States not much later, slyly parodies German militarism, and that under Nazi censorship and with SS men as extras (playing Theban soldiers in the mass scenes). I guess Hitler and Goebbels, who both visited the shooting of the movie, were fooled by the National Socialist realism of parts of the set (especially when the Theban army triumphantly returns from war), and I guess they also liked the traditional way gender roles are portrayed in the movie (in the end, Andria becomes an obedient wife full of newly gained respect for her husband, the new Sosia (a.k.a. Mercury), and is rewarded with a fashionable hat).
In brief, this is a really funny movie, and I only wish it had already been re-issued with English subtitles so that Schünzl could receive the fame and admiration he deserves.
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about the Kleist play
text of Kleist play in German
wikipedia on the Amphitryon myth
11 page essay: Heinrich von Kleist's Amphitryon: Romanticism, rape, and comic irresolution (Jean Wilson 2001)
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Original Music by Franz Doelle
Cinematography by Werner Bohne and Fritz Arno Wagner
Production Design by Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig
Willy Fritsch ... Jupiter / Amphitryon
Paul Kemp ... Merkur (Mercury) / Sosias
Käthe Gold ... Alkmene (Alcmena)
Fita Benkhoff ... Andria (Charis in the play)
Adele Sandrock ... Juno
Hilde Hildebrand ... First friend of Alkmene
Annie Ann ... Friend of Alkmene
Vilma Bekendorf ... Friend of Alkmene
Hilde Boenisch ... Friend of Alkmene
Ewald Wenck ... Dr. Äskulap (Eskulapus)
Aribert Wäscher ... the Theban minister of war
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Talking about the third robot transformation for this month alone: Composite Ver. Ka Cybaster's Cybird mode. ^^
Discutter, and Vanity Ripper have nowhere to be on Cybird. ^^;
The transformation involves a bit of part-swapping - the tail unit, and both hands must be detached from the figure as well.
The head is pushed into its chest.
The upper body is bent to the front for as much as the waist allows it to go.
The forward bending shown above is enabled by the waist port's hinge joint.
The backpack is split apart.
The bottom edge of the backpack can be used to secure the upper body's bent position.
Since it's not mentioned in the instruction sheet, I suppose it can be considered a bonus feature of the transformation design.
Using its multiple hinge joints, the knee is extended downward.
The knee's transformation involves inversely bending the lower half of the leg so that the round cap sits (about) inside the shallow port beside the thigh.
Like this. ^^
The transformed left leg versus the normal right leg.
(Left) The right leg has been transformed.
(Right) The legs are bent downward at their hips.
The collision between the skirt armors and the downward bent legs causes the former to be split apart.
The four talons on each foot are hinged to the front.
Each shoulder is rotated downward until the shoulder armor is facing the front side of Cybird. The forearm is bent upward for 90 degrees.
Using the bicep swivel, the arm is rotated inward for a slight degree, until the wrist joint is hidden from sight.
The last step shown above is not mentioned in the instruction sheet, but I think it's necessary, as it makes the arm seems more cohesive with the body.
The shoulder spike is rotated backward.
Done for the arms' transformation. ^^
The front skirt armor is pulled upward for as far as its straight peg allows it to go.
The tail unit is attached to the hip port meant for the figure's display stand in robot mode (see Part 2).
The bottom point of the front skirt armor matches the sunken area above the tail unit. ^^
The wings clusters are adjusted so that the tips are facing backward.
All done for Cybird's transformation. ^^
Despite having two peg slots on the back (one from the detached tail unit, and one bonus port for Soul Stage display base sets - see Part 5), none of them is useful to mount Cybird to the figure's own display stand. ^^;
Unless you want your Cybird to be displayed "poking" straight up like this. ^^;
The bendable joint of a Soul Stage display stand is much more flexible to show off Cybird in midair. ^^
Like this. ^^
More images of Cybaster in its Cybird mode:
Closeups on the details:
[Main body]
Bottom view:
No matter how, or from which angle it's viewed, the transformed figure looks like it's Cybaster holding up its robot mode tail on its hips, and pointing it straight to the front.
Oh my~ XD
Perhaps that's why the instruction sheet never mentioned bending the forearm inward to hide the wrist joint, an optional step I took when transforming my Cybaster. XD
On a more serious note, Cybird's design is not exactly interesting to begin with. It didn't seem that great when I first saw it in the TV series of "Super Robot Wars Original Generation: Divine Wars", and there's very little that this Composite Ver. Ka realization is offering to change that impression of mine (or lack thereof). ^^; With that in mind, the transformation design, as well as Cybird itself are features that I don't really care too much about on this figure. It's not poor per se, and I don't think the part-swapping design actively degrades the playability of the transformation either. I just don't think there's much the figure can offer when the mecha it's supposed to transform into isn't intrinsically interesting. ^^;
More action poses from Cybaster in robot mode coming up next, in what would be the last posting of this review series. ^^


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We have had some awesome sunshine here over the past week. It was warm towards the end of July but it got cold again over the weekend, however the sun is still shining. My knee is still very sore and I now suspect I have done ligament damage. I will try and get to the doctor at some point this week. Despite the soreness I still managed to do my first ever ride to North Head last week when the car was in for a service. It was gorgeous and warm and I really enjoyed the downhill to Manly. The uphill to North Head and again on the way home was rather tiring but I managed to make it all the way up the steep hills without stopping on my first ever attempt so I am happy. Especially given I should probably have been resting instead.
Also, because I can't run at the moment (too painful) I have been walking the dog and getting the kids to come so we could go geocaching. We have found some great kid friendly caches this week and the kids have had fun with new treasures and deciding what to leave behind. We have had to do a bit of bush bashing to get to some of the caches but I think that is half the fun.


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In such a hot weather there is only one thing which will cool you down: Beach! Thanks to the Atlantic ocean surrounding 832 km of coastline, Portugal is the perfect place to enjoy sandy beaches, not far away from the capitol. If you are a fan of water-related activities like surfing, kiteboarding or simply build sand castles in the sand, you will enjoy yourself so much! How to get there? If you stay in Lisbon, there are plenty of ways how to get to near the beaches. All of them are reachable by public transport.
Vamos para a praia!
Costa da Caparica
The route to Costa da Caparica might look little more difficult than the other two, but there are few tricks on how to pick the right way. The longest beach in nearby Lisbon is situated on the other side of river Tejo, near Almada. It offers 30 km long coastline with huge waves, just perfect for surfing. For inspiration, you can watch the VIDEO of this magnificent beach.
There are various options on how to cross the river. You can go from Cais do Sodré (green line metro, terminal station) by ferry and cross the river in a few minutes with a single ticket for €1.25. You will arrive in the city of Almada, from where you can take Ônibus n. 135 (TST company), which will take you to the beach in 14 minutes for max €3.
Photo by Ana Pinto
To make your journey easier, we suggest you use a bus going from Praca do Areeiro with blue & white buses which will take you directly from the centre of Lisbon to praia. Buses go twice an hour from 8 AM to 7 PM during weekdays and on weekends it is every 15 and 45 minutes past the hour. It is more convenient and you do not need to change vehicles. The bus (TST n.161) goes from 40-60 minutes depending on the current traffic and season. You can buy the ticket on board, single ticket for €3,20.
If you do not mind paying little more money and you would like to enjoy a comfortable ride, you can use an Uber or regular taxi. When it is up to 4 of you and prices are in the range of €13-20. You can get there in 30 minutes tops. To entertain yourself, you can try stand-up paddleboarding or kiteboarding.
Photo from Lisboaportual.com
Carcavelos is known to be one of the most popular beaches near Lisbon and the journey to this beach is super-easy. From the riverside of river Tejo, there is a train departing every 20 minutes from Cais do Sodré straight to the Carcavelos. You can buy your ticket in a vending machine or at the cashier for 3 zones, return ticket is less than €5. The ride itself is no longer than half an hour. From the train station, it is 5 minutes walk to the beach. There you can enjoy wide place to lay down, play games and get a snack. If you stay after sunset, you can enjoy dancing in near beach clubs.
Photo by Zaira Wardrope
If you approach the same train, buy the ticket to the terminal station Cascais, you can enjoy more peace and quiet from the city. Cascais is a favourite place to hang out if you want to escape from the city jungle. Whether you are travelling with children or your mates, Cascais has beaches for everyone. All beaches are warm enough to swim from May till late September. Do not expect any spa, the Atlantic ocean holds it temperature down around 20C, which is handy for long warm days during summer. On Cascais beaches, companies are well prepared for customers and provide them with a wide range of services and facilities. You can rent an umbrella or lounger up to €15/day. Would you like to try kiteboarding? Have a look at the VIDEO so you know what to expect.
Photo by HomeAway Portugal
The two other beaches are the best to reach by car. If you happen to rent one, own one or have friends which will take you there, it might be the best option for you. Take a day trip and try Ericeira, the little fishermen's village. If you are a surf-lover, it's A-MUST to try this beach. After dark, you can enjoy the nightlife in lovely restaurants and bars along the streets.
Photo by Maria Rosario Fonseca
When locals go to escape tourist crowds, they head to the beach. There are buses going multiple times a day which will take you to the stunning beaches on the coast. Praia Grande is the closest and the most easily accessible beach from Sintra. As a name reveals, this beach is huge and perfect for surfing. The waves on Praia Grande as big as the name itself. To reach Praia da Adraga you definitely need a car. It is just around the corner from Praia Grande, but definitely less touristic and much quieter. If you are looking for peace and calm beach, Praia da Adraga is the best option.
Praia da Ursa, photo from TripAdvisor
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Harsh light is not the best for photography, but what happens when you don't have much choice? I think it is better to take photos any time of day is better than to take none at all. And also it depends on your location. I, for example, live in Ecuador, living close to the equator which means the light is harsh most of the time, even more so around midday. And it also means that sunset and sunrise (I don't enjoy getting up) are really quick, often only a few minutes long so if you are not quick enough you have missed you photo opportunity altogether.
So what what are your best options if harsh light are when you take photos. This really depends on what your subject is. I take mainly landscape photos rather than portraits so it is difficult to say find some shade for your model/s.
You could use a polarizer, this will enhance the blue in the sky. Personally I do not own a polarizer, I might buy one some day, but right now the budget for a decent one just doesn't allow for it. But here in Ecuador when the sky is blue, the sky is intense blue. The above photo was taken in the Cotopaxi National Park, one of my favourite places to visit, at 11.30 AM, here I think the harsh light adds to the photo as it enhances the harsh landscape.
Try and photograph your subject in the shade, again, not always the best option, the above photo was taken at 1 PM this time, the sun glows through the trees and they also create shade.
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Below is a list of all previous posts, just click on the title to read it. They are just arranged in chronological order, newest at the top and oldest at the bottom (the ones at the bottom probably aren't very good, whether the ones at the top are is open to debate, they are certainly longer...)
Also included is the archive from my blog on the old Columbia-Bikefood team website, this was moved across to here in December 2011.
Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Socks But Were Afraid To Ask
You've Got To Be In It To Win It (And Ride A Very Long Way On A Very Silly Bike)
Relentless - That Really Cold One
Probabilmente La Gara Piu Difficile Che Abbia Mai Fatto!
24/12 - That Muddy One
National 24(ish) Hour Championship
It's Nearly The Shortest Day, So Let's Talk About The Longest
Turns Out I Am Just As Daft As Everyone Else
24hr Races Are Getting Longer
A 'Brave' Choice Of Wheels
Sometimes Racing In The Rain Is Fun
New Team For The World Champ
Soca Valley MTB Marathon
Twenty-Three And A Bit Hours In A Field
Three Days, Nine Countries, One Long Drive
When Crasher Met Doris
I Like Shiny Things
It's That Time Of Year Again
Relentless - Living Up To It's Name
Winter Training Run (A Run The Winter I Really Should Have Trained For...)
Stories From Ages Ago - My First Ever 24
One Big Lap In One Little Gear
The Right Tools For The Bodge
That Was Harder Than I Was Expecting...
Il Anno Duemila E Quindici Ventiquattro Ore Campionato Di Europa - Finale Ligure.
What's Up Doc?
Stories From Last Summer - 2014 Manx 100
Something Exciting To Torq About
It's Not A Bike Race Without A Van Incident
My First Product Review - Exposure TraceR
Guest Writer - Richard Horton. WCA 12hr Time Trial
How It All Went Wrong
Broken Bikes, Bruised Bodies And Bottled Beer
Stories From The Summer - National 24hr Time Trial
Megavalanche - The Whole Soggy Saga
2014 Egg Throwing World Championship
The Wet Highland Way Race
Megavalance Race Day
Saturday Muddy Saturday
Megavalanche Qualifying
More Of The Same, But With Added Snow
Still Raining
Is This The Most Glamorous MTB Race In The World?
All The Gear But No Idea
Snow At 30 Degrees
That French Race Which Everyone Is Talking About
Sun, Sea, Scorpions And Smashed Sumps
XCRacer - On Tour: Day Six, Nearly Enough Tent Pegs
XCRacer - On Tour: Day Five, Starting To Get Excited
XCRacer - On Tour: Day Four, Hatching A Plan
XCRacer - On Tour: Day Three, Dropping Like Flies
XCRacer - On Tour: Day Two, French Motorways
XCRacer - On Tour
The Big Night Out
Tan-Lines (Good) Line Choices (Bad)
This Week I Have Mostly Been Doing
↓Shameless Plug↓
Welsh Sunshine - Margam Madness
Find A Gear You Like And Stick With It
This Is Not A Race Report
Beginners Guide To Trailside Bodging - Drivetrain
Start Big, And Work Up From There
24 Hour European Championship 2014
Top Tips For A Tip-Top 24
24 Hour World Championship 2014
My 15 Minutes Of Fame
Eating For 24hrs
I Need The Other Rear Wheel And A Piece Of Cutlery
T Minus 1
T Minus 2
T Minus 3
Unexpected Race
Hong Kong
I'm Off!
For My Birthday I Got Some Candlesticks
Winter Sports In The Summer
You Wait All Year For A Win
Left, Left, Right, Right, Left, Middle
Tough Weekend - Sunday
Tough Weekend - Saturday
You Don't Need To Lead Much Of The Race As Long As You Lead The Right Bit
Isle Of Man Summer Series - Round One
The Manx 100-And-A-Bit
I Have Waited 14 Months For This Moment
Other People Who Have Done Rather Well
Whinlatter 2013 - Not Quite As Dry As We Had Hoped
2013 Kielder 100 - Cancelled
The Hare And The Imaginary Tortoise
Winter Training - Not On A Bike
Winter Training - On The Wrong Bike
Winter Training - On The Right Bike
2013 National Marathon Championship
2012 Overview
A Twice In A Lifetime Experience
2013 Already!
Tour Of Ben Nevis
Another Post To Say Thankyou To Some Very Helpful People
I've Won Something
The Championship Decider - Kielder 100
Gorrick 12 Hour: Torq In Your Sleep
Big Dogging Down Brighton Way
I've Been Road Racing - National 12 Hour
Classic Weekender
A Couple Of Thank-Yous
Transvesubienne - The Race
Transvesubienne - Prologue
24hr World Champs 2012
Gorrick 100
I'm Off!
European 24hr Championship
Whinlatter - I Almost Did Very Well
Midland Series Round 2
Tybed os gall unrhyw un ddarlien hwn
Even If You Win The Rat Race You Are Still A Rat
29 February - An Extra Day, And The First Podium Of The Year
Ben Is Going To Be On The Telly
Cupar 5
Midland Series Round 1
My Bike Is In Ruins
Running The Rauceby Ripper
A Big Thank-You To Robin At Evans
2011 Overview
How Not To Prepare For A Race
Well Done Ben (And Others!)
Good Luck To All At The 'Puffer
Mending A Carbon Frame
Exciting Sponsor News Part Two
24 Hour World Championships 2012
Exciting Sponsor News
Crash Of The year 2011
I Have Found Something Brighter than A Hardnutz Helmet! No, Really I Have
And God Said "Let there Be Light"
First Win Of The Year
BMBS Round 5
Road Racing
Killer Keilder
Lots Of Boring Numbers
Showing Ann My Shiny Bits
National XC Championship
Some Results
BMBS Round 3
And Now For Something Completely Different
Last Week
Midland Series Round 2
Bit Of A Cheeky Post
Full Suss Ready
24hr European Championship 2011
The Week Before The 24
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June 26, 2015: Steve Cahill receives award from NSW Business Chamber Deputy President, Trevor Cairney, OAM
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Most of the picks the Penguins made were for players that are not going to be called on for an immediate impact in the NHL. A lot of these guys are very raw and will need a great deal of development. To me, these 6 guys are long-term prospects (with one exception).
I will say this, if anyone out there has any of these guys on cardboard, I would be happy to take them off your hands. I know Jarry has a few cards out there in the ITG Draft set and the ITG Between the Pipes set but I doubt the others will yet since most of them were still in High School.
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Tristan Jarry
Jarry was the first pick in the 2013 NHL Draft by the Penguins. He came to them in the 2nd Round with the 44th overall pick (they didn't have a 1st round pick), but not without a price. Ray Shero gave up their 50th pick in the 2nd round along with a 3rd round pick in order to move up the that spot and take Jarry.
Jarry played for the WHL Edmonton Oil Kings last season and finished with a league leading .936 save percentage and a record of 18-7. He is a a butterfly-style goaltender and uses his size and agility well in net. He is basically the complete opposite of Marc-Andre Fleury. His stick work and glove side skills are top tier in the junior leagues and he is considered by many to have one of the best mental games around. Plus, you won't see him slamming his stick, yelling at himself, or generally whining about giving up bad goals.
My take....First, he looks like his is 12 years old. Heir apparent, indeed. But if I've said this before, I'll say it again, I have very little expectations in the first few years for a highly touted goalie pick moving from junior hockey to the NHL. The maturation process for a goaltender in the NHL is much longer than a forward or defenseman. Skaters have an advantage because the speed of the game changes in intervals. There is a big difference for a goalie from lower division hockey to the NHL. Even at Penguins player development camp this summer, Jarry mentioned to the coaching staff that he thought the pucks were smaller because they were coming at him a lot faster than he was used to. I think you will see him in Juniors for a few more years before he gets an opportunity on WBS or even a pre-season NHL game or two. The Oil Kings should be giving him 35-40 starts this season.
Jake Guentzel
Guentzel was obtained in the 3rd round with the 77th overall pick. Guentzel is still young and was scouted early on while playing for the Hill-Murray School in Maplewood, MN. In 2010-11 he racked up 15 goals and 28 assists, followed by another 25 goals and 46 assists the following year. In 2012-13, he played for Sioux City in the USHL where he put up 73 points and was named to the Second Team All-Stars. His senior year at Hill-Murray, he committed to the University of Nebraska-Omaha where he will play alongside another Penguin prospect, Josh Archibald.
My take...This guy is small. But don't let size fool you into thinking he can't play. He has all the prerequisites of a top-line NHLer, with the speed and agility of a guy 6 inches taller. He has a head for hockey as his dad was once a prospect for the Rangers and is now an assistant coach for the University of Minnesota. The Penguins are still hoping for a growth spurt in him (since the other men in his family are over 6' tall) and with a solid college program to compete in, the strength and condition will certainly help. Because he is very skilled on both sides of the puck, I think he will inevitably get his shot sooner rather than later (as long as he grows).
Ryan Segalla
Segalla is a defenseman straight out of high school. The Penguins selected Ryan with their 4th Round, 119th overall pick. Segalla is a very big, strong, hard-hitting defenseman that can skate well and has excellent puck handling skills. But the foundation of his ability lies in his physical game. He is a very tenacious player with all the same capabilities of any "nuisance" grinder-type guy in the NHL. He scored 10 goals and 8 assists in 28 games last year for Salisbury Prep in Connecticut. He will also be playing in two seasons for the University of Connecticut. Next year, he will most likely spend a year in the USHL with the Dubuque Fighting Saints who took him 15th overall in their Entry Draft.
Dane Birks
Dane is another big defenseman that the Pens took with their 6th Round pick, 164th overall. At 6'3", 190lbs, Birks has a big size advantage over a lot of the more speedy forwards that he faces, all of which could translate into a promising NHL career. He is mobile and a very adept passer but with his lack of experience, he can only get better. He played in the BCHL last year for the Merritt Centennials and will probably spend another year there before going on to play at Michigan Tech.
My take...Again, here was another pick that I was not too keen on but what do I know. Apparently Birks has a wicked point shot already and a huge upside for skill development. These young guys are all projects that are 4-5 years away and Birks is no exception. With college in his future, he can hopefully learn what it takes to be a quality two-way defenseman because the Pens need that guy that can put up points on the PP and shut it down on the PK. The depth they have already in the younger ranks of defensemen is quite astonishing when you compare that with other teams around the league. It's one thing to have prospect depth. It's another thing entirely when most of them will probably compete at the Pro level.
Blaine Byron
Blaine, while professionally raw, has all the skill to be a top-line forward in the NHL. Last season, he put up 52 points in 51 games playing in the CCHL, winning the Top Propect Award for 12-13. What he lacks in size, he makes up for in stick work, playmaking ability, and tenacity. He is heading for the University of Maine where he should be able to hone his skills and hopefully develop into a premier shooting forward.
Troy Josephs
Mr. Irrelevant from a team perspective, Troy Josephs is anything but. He is probably the most high-intensity, up-tempo, fore-check you to death guy they picked in the draft. At 19, he has already shown that he can play at a high level from both a third or fourth line battler position or a goal scorer. Last season, he put up 17 goals and 22 assists in 42 games. Add to that another 20 points in 24 playoff games. But like the others, he is a raw "work in progress" player that will be a long term project for the Pens to develop. He is going to Clarkson University in the fall.
My take...Josephs is a checker. Plain and simple. The guy bangs on the fore-check, he bangs on the boards, and he is the first one into the pile in the corners. If there is a need for a solid two-way guy for a checking line or the PK, Josephs will most certainly become one of the best at it. Plus, with his on-ice vision and ability to put pucks tape-to-tape, there is no telling the potential here for Troy. His stint in college should help clean up his game a little and strengthen his ability to compete at the NHL level.
Here are the particulars of the players in case you are into that kind of thing.
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Well, Cabin Boy is going to soil yet another set of pants…
It's amazing that on March 20, BS was attributing his weight loss and miraculous ability to drive again to diet and exercise on his part. Predictably, as a new court date loomed, he claimed that his weight loss was mysterious and could be a sign of A Dreaded Disease. All this in less than a week!
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He inherited $15,000 and could afford to buy a car six months ago, and to move lock, stock, and barrel to Iowa in January.
And rent a house.
And get a dog and a cat.
And buy cigars.
But he's raising funds for, among other things, yet another new laptop and a professional camera.
Is it working? Because I tried to suckered you rubes (I mean generous donors) out of money a while back on my blog and got bupkis.
How people get thousands per month in patreon is a mystery to me.
They either provide people with high-quality creative works that a lot of people are willing to pay for, or they use the right words to sucker in a bunch of slactivist idiots.
My words were all wrong! http://cutjibnewsletter.com/2016/05/caveat-donor-emptor/
I hope you warned the Sherrif's Department about the fear pee.
I'd like to think there's some poor deputy right now using Sharpies to draw a "uniform" onto a set of Tyvek coveralls.
Let's be honest…
We ALL saw that coming.
Except for Cousin Bill.
From his gofundme: "I've decided I would like to create a video tribute to the country I love, the nation I served in the military and as a civil servant."
"The country I love." This is how much he "loves" it:
He only loves his country when its busy giving him stuff for no real work it looks like to me. He did as little as possible in the Navy, probably the same as a "civil servant", and then hoaxed a pension it looks like.
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Ah, the memories. Remember when BS had that kickstarter to raise funds so that he could hire a lawyer and "restore his good name"? What was that one for, $15k or $25?
You know what's funny? That BS got a lawyer for free, by creating a fiction about his assets for the court, and the lawyer still kicked him and his case to the curb. Keep in mind that BS got the lawyer only about 8-9 months after he received his $15,000 insurance check, yet he told the court he was a pauper. That's not counting any money he may have received for his house and trailer.
Anybody archive those tweets?
My Twitter scraper hiccoughed, and missed them.
As you know, I'm collecting the entire set, so any help would be appreciated…
Which tweets? The ones where he was threatening to dox people a day or so ago?
Let me see if I have this right.
The GoFundMe account is NOT about getting together the money to give him cancer?
My bad.
When my mom was diagnosed with cancer, the very first thing she did was say, "Honey, let's make money off this! I'm going to start a gofundme to remodel the kitchen. I'm going to ask for money to install a new flat screen TV in there, plus a Mac Book Pro and a new video camera so that I can record myself cooking the food I love in the country that I love. I won't be around to use any of it for long, but there's a sucker born every minute!"
No, not really, she didn't say any of that. She told me she loved me and let's spend as much time together as we could. But my mom wasn't an obese, malignant narcissist running scams with 9 restraining orders, either.
Agreed. When my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer it was damned scary. But we caught it early and she beat it with all our support. She's still cancer free, and we've still got her 🙂
"But to suggest that complete strangers but gas, hotels and fast food so that Bill Schmalfeldt can create a diary of the country he loves…
While evading service in a civil suit…
Keeping his address secret even from the court…
Wow." – Dave Alexander https://ukuleledave.wordpress.com/2017/03/31/go-fund-my-efforts-to-evade-service/
Kyle also makes the point that BS's proposed jaunt through the lower 48 is so fast that it doesn't leave for anything at all. Yet BS is claiming he's going to try to arrange interviews with "state officials." I don't think that the janitor at the state rest stop should count as an official. At any rate, this inability to plan road trips calls into question his claim that he was ever a trucker. On the other hand, it could explain why he couldn't hold down that job for long, either.
The main reason he couldn't be a trucker [at least according to the many truckers I've known] is "That boy ain't quite right in the head." If you can sit at the trucker tables in a gas stop cafe [and I could, way back in the day], that pronouncement indicated a very short haul as a trucker.
"Obviously, someone decided to do a little bit of research. Or have someone do a bit of research for them." https://billysez.wordpress.com/2017/03/30/the-schadenfreud-is-breathtaking/#more-4100
Heh, heh.
As is usual in this sort of case, I'd hope any and all who might be suckered into sending him money would Google his name first.
You know what's a puzzler? He has stated that one of his accomplishments, including having sex on stage with a prostitute in Japan, was visiting all 50 states. Yet, suddenly, he feels this urge to take a 14,000 mile road trip cross country while he has PD, which he doesn't happen to mention in his gofundme.
"I've been in all 50 states."
I just have to question the veracity of a man who puts that he has no children on this dating profile, but says this:
"I have six children — some of which love me, others of whom are ambivalent at best, others who hate my guts. I have two grandchildren, one I haven't seen since he was a baby, one I've never seen."
Are you calling such a person a liar? Won't you get sued for "defamation per se"? Aren't you afraid to answer your door for fear of being "served" by such a person? Have you decide to go into hiding and not tell anyone your new address?
I noticed a tweet of his last night that said, to the effect, that he knows half the people at the local Sheriffs office and they were going to sit around laughing about the vexatious redneck from MD.
Does freindship mean they don't have to serve him? I'm confused how that's supposed to help him.
He says he "knows" them, not that they're friends.
HIC! I'll bet he knows them!
And the term was "hillbilly." More proof of the deep love for his country beating in his cold heart.
Bill does realize that he–that is Bill Schmalfeldt–is who will be paying those $$$$ when it is all said and done.
No, he thinks gofundme suckers will foot the bill. I doubt $25 will do it though.
I guess he figures stating on Twitter that he knows about the hearing somehow absolves him of HIS responsibility to notify the court of his change of address.
I dont think the judge will see it that way but IANAL.
I do hope that Mr. Hoge was able to print out a copy of that tweet and include it in the envelope before sending.
Good grief, he's going on about "weenie juice" again. The man is absolutely obsessed with male genitalia, male sex acts, and all things poop.
Gee, maybe because he had to get a 2 year restraining order against Bill Schmalfeldt, his harasser? Sane people don't want to chat with their stalkers.
I learned early in life that the way to get people to talk to me was to (1) call them names, (2) make veiled homophobic comments, (3) demean them publicly, (4) write Cub Scout rape "parodies" and then refer to people who had to get a restraining order against me as "little boys."
Nah, fooled you again! My mama didn't raise a moron and a pervert!
apparently Bill thinks the best way to get someone to talk to him is to yell, impotently, at a completely different person than the one he claims he's trying to contact….
Maybe the Schmalrus is just an idiot. Not that that hasn't been noticed before.
Question: did he eat Boris and Jake?
I don't know. Given that those are both male names, and Cuz's not so secret love of homoerotica, such beastiality doesn't seem unlikely, at all.


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After a long and very stressful week, I decided to take a break this morning doing two things I really love to do! Taking photos and spending time with the cows!!!!
After having an unexpected visit this morning at chore time that actually helped me get morning chores done a little bit faster, I came inside and sat down in front of the computer…my fingers hovering over the keyboard trying to wrap my head about what I wanted to write for the upcoming article I need to get together on a farm I went to an interview for yesterday. My head just wanted in it. I couldn't focus on the topic at hand…so I decided I just needed to go clear my head and what better place for me to do it than out in the pastures.
I just start walking slowly, noticing different things that are all around me…from a protective mothers to the smallest of plants. It reminds me of the big, wide world we live in and how small our lives are in the big scheme of life. All we can do is to take each moment as it comes, enjoy the little things and keep a good spirit about the next step, the next moment instead of looking at too much at once.
So, now I will leave you with a few photos as a glimpse into my little world…….


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Admittedly I've tried to get back to regularly photographing for years. Each site, group or app I joined had a very limited success in getting me there. The biggest downside I felt was while I was taking and posting lots of photos, I wasn't actually improving my technique or understanding the ins and outs of my camera's idiosyncrasies. So when the opportunity came to sign up for a course at our local museum, I signed up! We're at our 3rd bi-weekly meeting and the topics we've covered, and the lessons I've learned from them, so far:
Week 1: Intro Portfolio – when you pick only your best work to show, it can leave a wrong impression. Trying to narrow down the choice to only a few images was enlightening/terrifying! Another thing that became apparent while browsing so many images was how my phone pictures have an immediacy about them that my camera doesn't seem to capture, or maybe that's my perception.
Week 2: Triptych, 3 images of a single object/process – This was an exercise in framing/composing an image. Not a huge success in my eyes. I ended up focusing too much on choosing the object (wooden shoes) and didn't really connect emotionally with any of my photos.
We learned a bit about the history of image making, including Camera Obscura and the development of the camera. (I'm really hoping that we will make a pinhole camera, but the others don't seem too enthusiastic to work in a darkroom.)
Week 3: Black and White – Again an exercise in framing and composition and during this session we have finally begun talking about aperture and length of exposure. There's a lot to learn.
Besides critiquing each others' work every week, our teacher introduces us to the works of local and international photographers and since we meet at the museum, she also takes us on tours of the current exhibitions.
Last week I sat down with my camera's manual for several hours and discovered that this little Canon thingamajig has more features than I will ever remember when I need to use them. It's rather like that old joke about having a million functions on your Beta/VCR/DVD/Blu-Ray player, but never needing or wanting more than Play and Stop. But now that I have someone to help guide me, I do.


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Today 9th September 2015 Queen Elizabeth 2nd becomes Britain's longest-reigning monarch (1952-2015), when she passes the record set by her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria (1837-1901).
The Queen will have reigned for 63 years and seven months – an amazing 23,226 days!
Congratulations, Ma'am!
This has led to a range of postal commemoratives such as this Isle of Man stamp first day cover from the Westminster Collection:
Inspiration for Primary History Teaching – Two Queens
The different reign of the two queens is covered in some units based on the Primary History National Curriculum such as Cornwall Learning's Inspire Curriculum Year 2 National Celebration Two Queens : http://theinspirecurriculum.co.uk/product/national-celebration
There is a similar Curriculum map for Year 6 A Voyage of Discovery covering Charles Darwin's voyages and the Victorians.
This is an exciting opportunity to combine Science and History (of Science) and Geography (and RE) which should be interesting to explore in the classroom and at zoo workshops or offsites. We had great fun exploring these topics in schools and at the zoo and galleries in Darwin 200 Bicentenary Year 2009:
We also saw an interesting postal related unit for Year 1 called Posting and Places. This involves letter and postcard writing (and led to a flurry of enquiries and visit requests about penguins at Newquay Zoo last Spring). Maybe stamp design could creep in somewhere?
So an amazing history record by Queen Victoria and some great opportunities to explore topics in the classroom and enjoy Victorians, stamps and postal history as learning opportunities and fascinating hobby learning.


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1971 Born in Hamburg, DE
Lives and works in Huntlosen, DE
1998 Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften / FB Gestaltung, Hamburg, DE
1993 Muthesius Hochschule für Kunst und Gestaltung, Kiel, DE
Falsches Erwachen, Galerie Michael Janssen, Berlin, DE
Spellbound, The Goma, Madrid, ES
A Recurring Dream, Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg, DE
Ahnen ahnen, The Goma, Madrid, ES
Fading Song of the Wood, Loyal, Malmö, SE
Eulen und Engel, Galerie Bel'Art, Stockholm, SE
The Fifth Sun, Galleri K, Oslo, NO
The Future of Yesterday, The Goma, Madrid, ES
Dreckiges Licht der alten Zeit, Marstall, Ahrensburg, DE
Das Licht am Ende - with Tilman Knop, Kunstverein Buchholz, Buchholz, DE
Arbeit im Berg der Wahrheit, Patricia Low Gallery, Gstaad, CH
Inneres Licht gegen äussere Dunkelheit, Stellan Holm Gallery, New York, US
Mansion on the Hill, Loyal, Stockholm, SE
Glaube, Hoffnung und Liebe, Galerie Michael Janssen, Berlin, DE
Erntedank, Galleri K, Oslo, NO
Die Rache der Wirklichkeit, Galerie Michael Janssen, Köln, DE
Black Nostalgia, Stellan Holm Gallery, New York, US
Das Wir Gefühl, Stellan Holm Gallery, New York, US
Die Guten und die Anderen, Galleri K, Oslo, NO
HelterSkelterShelter, Projekt Just, Düsseldorf, DE
Zwielicht Palace, Halle K3 auf Kampnagel, Hamburg, DE
Heimspiel, Marstall, Ahrensburg, DE
Aussteiger, Freikunst Krüger / Multiple Box, Hamburg, DE
AlohaDiscoInkluse, art frankfurt projects, Frankfurt, DE
Aloha from Hell, Hinterconti, Hamburg, DE
Auf Verlangen vorzeigen, Multiple Box, Hamburg, DE
Horror Vacui, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, SE
Puertos de Entrada, Sala de Exposiciones, Huesca, Spain, ES
El canto de los árboles, Matucana 100, Santiago de Chile, CL
La Buena Estrella, OTR Espacio de Arte, Madrid, ES
The Age of Collage, Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg, DE
Pop Politics: Activism at 33 Revolutions, CA2M, Madrid, ES
Moorende Bauernfrühstück, Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg, DE
Mortal Reflections, Ikon Ltd, Santa Monica, US
Surf+Anarchie+Alchemie, Amtsrichterhaus, Schwarzenbek, DE
Jack Helgesen Family Collection / Bildets arkeologi, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Norway, NO
23_dity-feeds&dirty-mind, Gängeviertel, Hamburg, DE
Casa de Empeño, Anonymous Gallery, Mexico City, MX
Totholz - curated by Till Gerhard, Loyal, Malmö, SE
Borowski, Brooks, Gerhard and Mull, Stellan Holm Gallery, New York, US
Man Son.1969 - Vom Schrecken der Situation, Villa Merkel, Esslingen portugal arte 10. Portugal Pavillon, Lissabon, PT
XXL 2 TAGILE FORTI, Velan Center for Contemporary Art, Turin, IT
MAN SON 1969. Vom Schrecken der Situation, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, DE (cat)
Knospen wollen explodieren,Palais für aktuelle Kunst, Glückstadt, DE
Works on paper, Patricia Low Contemporary, Gstaad, CH
Altered States Of Paint, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, UK
The Triumph of Painting, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Kombilösung: Spiegelvision, Artleib, Düsseldorf, DE
Hinter den sieben Bergen - with Marcel Dzama, Jonathan Meese, etc., Patricia Low Contemporary, Gstaad, CH
Blood Meridian - curated by David Hunt, Galerie Michael Janssen, Berlin, DE
Seestücke, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, DE
Unholy Truths, Initial Access, Wolverhampton
Sunset in Athens II, Vamiali´s Gallery, Athen, GR
Figuring The Landscape. Contemporary Art Galleries, Storrs, CT
"was wäre ich ohne dich...". Deutsche Kunst der letzten 40 Jahre, Stadtgalerie Prag, Prag, CZ
4x2 - with Alex Müller, Projekt Just, Düsseldorf, DE
Sammlung Falckenberg, art Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, DE
Passion des Sammelns, Stiftung Federkiel Halle 14, Leipzig, DE
See history 2005, Kunsthalle Kiel, Kiel, DE
Security check, Arndt&Partner, Zürich, CH
Gegenwärtig: Geschichtenerzähler, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, DE
Ein Tag, Ein Raum, Ein Bild. Sebastian Fath Contemporary, Mannheim, DE
Ohne uns hätte man Beton - with Tilman Knop. SKAMraum, Hamburg, DE
Jahresgaben. Hinterconti, Hamburg, DE
SKAMfinale. SKAM, Hamburg, DE
Marken Kunst. art agents gallery, Hamburg, DE
Nerdism - with Henning Kles. Zeughaus, Hamburg, DE
Bestandsaufnahme: 43200 min BRD - with Henning Kles. xy-Galerie, Hamburg, DE
Junge Hamburger, Studio Galerie, Hamburg, DE
Press text 'Falsches Erwachen' '(2018)
Galerie Michael Janssen is delighted to present the third solo exhibition by artist Till Gerhard entitled Falsches Erwachen (False Awakening), a new cycle of large- and medium-format paintings from 2016-2017.
In his earlier work, Gerhard largely deals with the fantastic and the uncanny, which he conveys via motifs embedded and borrowed from popular culture. In like fashion, his new paintings are informed by dreams and the unconscious, as well as by pantheistic folk and nature mythologies.
The late-Romantic writings of the Irish poet William Butler Yeats (who was, in turn, influenced by Celtic mysticism and traditional English poetry, such as that of William Blake) also provide rich source material for Gerhard's imagery. Here again, the artist takes a detour through popular culture to chance upon Yeat's 1899 poem "The Song of Wandering Aengus"* in the guise of Donovan's 1971 musical version of the original text.
The title of the exhibition, Falsches
Erwachen, describes a shifting dream state, during which a sleeper transitions from one dream into another but believes to have awaken at the onset of the second. Under such circumstances, many people believe they are indeed awake, and as a result, they are unaware of remaining within a dream. This occurrence is often interpreted as a sort of "defense strategy" by the unconscious mind against the lucidity of the dreamer.***
With his new paintings, Gerhard reveals an "alternate dimension," as he did in his previous work. However, the streamer-decorated party zones of esoteric happenings are now replaced by the interior space of the unconscious—the singular and astonishing self.
Yet, the pictorial space created by the painter still lies beyond the rational and possesses a mysterious and mystical quality. Many of his figures have their backs turned to the viewer, thereby signaling the border between an inside and outside world; or they are faceless, thus becoming a projection surface generated by and for dreamers.
Gerhard's imagery oscillates between the figurative and the abstract, although the abstract elements in his new works are bolder and strongly emphasized. Furthermore, his color palette appears more intensely hued; and through which he aligns himself to models of Nordic painting, such as Edward Munch, and to the post-impressionism and expressionism of Paul Gauguin.
The increasingly ambiguous fusion between humans and nature; dreams and the presumed reality of wakefulness; mysticism and unconsciousness; the figurative and the abstract; and paint and its substrate provides another essential element of abstraction to the content, and, on a painterly level, to its form.
Press text 'Glaube, Hoffnung und Liebe' (2007)
After his solo exhibition in 2006 in the gallery's showrooms in Cologne, the Galerie Michael Janssen now has the pleasure to present Till Gerhard's second solo exhibition in Berlin.
Gerhard, born in 1971 in Hamburg, where he now lives and works, among others took part in exhibitions at the Hamburger Kunsthalle (Hamburg) and at Saatchi Gallery (London).
The scenes in Till Gerhard's paintings might, at first sight, seem perfectly cosy but at second sight they at the latest cause discomfort. Ostensible unoffending photo templates of young people on festivals in front of moody sunsets are turned through painterly transformation into something sinister and threatening, with deformed faces, dark and threatening skies and spookily levitating shining entities.
With loose painterly gestures in lucid neon-colour hues and by means of impalpable shifts and inserting mysterious, inexplicable aspects that seem to be visible on canvas only for a couple of seconds only to disappear the next moment, Gerhard turns the icons of a hippie-contemplativeness from the sixties up to the present time into weirdness.
The channelling of such frightening elements in everyday situations -or rather vice versa, the discovery of weirdness in familiar surroundings- does not serve Gerhard as stylistic device for a gothic fictitious movie but documents his doubts on the innocence of the very real times of his childhood, which in retrospection and on photos seems unnaturally safe and sound.
Press text 'Die Rache der Wirklichkeit' (2006)
Till Gerhard's painting suggests his own microcosm in which the boundaries between reality and fiction dissolve and the fantastic invades the real world. For the first time, six oil paintings and six drawings by the Hamburg artist Till Gerhard will be presented at the Galerie Michael Janssen.
Gerhard's large paintings tell the story of people who congregate and form a society to experience a specific moment. The visual space the painter creates lies beyond the rational and harmonious worlds, communicating a mysterious, unnerving mood. His figures turn their backs on the viewers, thereby marking the boundary between interior and exterior worlds. In the painting "Falscher Guru" (2006), the presented figures form a semicircle around a covered object in the centre, above which a ghost seems to hover. Gerhard's visual world moves between figuration and abstraction. On closer observation the presented figures appear distorted or unfocussed, underlining how his figurative motifs also have remnants of abstraction within them.
Gerhard's skill lies in his ambiguity. His visual world is mysterious and fantastic, thereby irritating and unsettling his viewers. The writer Tzvetan Todorov defines the fantastic as, "the indecisiveness a person feels through knowing only natural laws and facing an event that has a metaphysical appearance."
For instance the group event in the painting "Avantgarde Backlash" (2006) radiates a subversive threat stemming from apparently metaphysical phenomena. In a seemingly visionistic way, Gerhard paints the metaphysical world invading into reality. His painting reflects the paranoid condition of the world, which although painted in glowing, bright colours, communicates a threatening character and creates its own dynamism from which onlookers are unable to escape.
The artist often uses motifs from the world of pop, as is apparent in the painting "Die andere Seite" (2006), which clearly refers to the legendary cover of the Beatles album Abbey Road. Gerhard plays with the viewer's power of association in a targeted way, deliberately unsettling him with informal elements that overlap the original identity. It remains uncertain whether the ghostly figures are really pop icons or perhaps just the shadow of broken illusions.


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ASSEMBLY: (May require up to eleven 12x12 sheets)
1. Identify and cut the shapes:
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B under-base cover (hides construction tabs)
C* & D* left and right side walls
E back wall
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and gluing the rim triangle tab
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wall shape in place, it will help to insert a flat
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of the drawer box and glue in place.
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the backside of the previous assembly.
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side and back panels.
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side triangle tabs back, apply glue,
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NOTE: this is a snug fit.
and lining up the angle of the "top" face
with the Side Wall angle.
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to align edges and punch holes.
shapes similar to Lower Front Lid shapes.
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and attaching the circles (10), one by one,
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