#Wiliam Powell

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The Thin Man lobby card (1934)

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Henry Lawrence Kane went home to be with the Lord with family by his side on October 4, 2022. Henry was born on January 25, 1935 to Robert and Iola Kane of Hoopa. He was a devoted Christian and a proud member of the Hoopa Valley Tribe. As a young man, he attended school in Hoopa, graduating from Hoopa Elementary and Hoopa Valley High School. While in high school, he was active in student activities and a natural athlete playing football, basketball, and tennis. After High School, he attended Bob Jones University in Greenville, South Carolina, and later attended Humboldt State University where he studied Finance. He then enlisted in the US Army in 1956; he was honorably discharged and returned home to work for the Humboldt Fir Mill.  

In 1960 he moved to Oakland with his sister Margaret and went to work for Foremost Chemical Company. Later that year, he married Mildred Grant of Somes Bar. Together they had three children Tanee, Robert, and Michael. His children were his pride and joy in life. In 1964 the family moved to Hayward and made many great memories together. He enjoyed watching his sons’ sporting events and taking his daughter to the theater. He held season tickets to the Oakland Raiders games for several years. He was an avid gardener and took pride in having the most beautiful yard on the block. He also had a beautiful singing voice and sang in church choirs all his life. In 1961, he entered a TV talent competition on the Oakland KTVU Network and was offered to tour all over the US. But, being the family man he was, he chose to stay home with his growing family.  

Some years later, Henry met Frances Shelton while attending Central Baptist Church in Alameda. He sang in the choir while she was serving in a children’s church. They were married two years later. So started a wonderful and rewarding life teaching Sunday school and doing Rest Home Ministry at the Shoreline South Convalescent Home in Alameda. Then, in February 1986, God took them on an amazing journey by bringing them to Sebastopol. They became active members of Sebastopol Christian Church and continued teaching Sunday School together. They were married for 27 loving years before Fran lost her hard-fought battle with cancer.  

Henry filled his time with physical activity and providing service to his community. He enjoyed playing in the Sebastopol Tennis league and volunteering at the Sebastopol Food Bank. He was active in both until his health brought him home to Hoopa to be closer to family.  

Henry is survived by his children Tanee Kane and Billy Joe Peters, Robert Sr. and Ella Kane; his brother Dennis Kane Sr. as well as his grandchildren Robert Jr. and Brandice Kane, Curtis and Melissa Kane, Chelsee Gibbens and Travis, Haylee and Billy Aubrey, Mariah and Kris Mitchell, William Peters and Felice, Jurnie Wilder and Fernando, Jesselyn Peters and Joseph, Cole Kane and Laura, Vernon Peters and Salina, Madison Kane and Talon. Henry is also survived by his great-grandchildren Maile, Grace, Allen, Bunny, Curtis, Emma, Kristofer, Davonte, Fayelynn, and Yvonne; and by his numerous nieces, nephews, extended family, and friends.  

He is preceded in death by his wife, Frances, and his parents, Robert Kane Sr and Iola Moon; his siblings, Corene Miguelena, Robert Kane Jr, Margaret Powell, Carlson Kane, Hugh Moon Jr, and Cheryl Rose; his son Michael Kane, his grandson Clinton Kane and his lifelong friend William “Injun Bill” Carpenter.  

The family would like to sincerely thank the many people who visited and cared for Henry in his later years. Thank you, Travis Simms-Burton, Amber Baker, Ethel Ruth Davis, The Nelsons and the IlTuq community, the Staff of Senior Nutrition, Dr. Chase and Dr. Smith, the Staff of Timber Ridge and Hospice of Humboldt, Pamela Mattz and Wiliam Pecos Carpenter, Tory Colegrove & Family, Kemberlee Beckwith, Janice Yerton, Joe and Stevie Jarnaghan, Tracey Ramone and Stan and Sara Warne.  

There will be a celebration of life on October 15, 2022, at the Tish Tang Campground at 1 p.m. At a later date, Henry’s ashes will be taken to Bodega Bay and scattered at sea.

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Reading de Nacht Reading 2018

                                  my favourite books of the year

my overall favourite book of the year:

wiliam h gass "the william h gass reader" (2018)

post-cyberpunkstompf:

01 cixin liu "ball lightning" (2018)

02 kim stanley robinson "red moon" (2018) 03 dave hutchinson "europe at dawn" (2018)      + dave hutchinson "shelter (the aftermath 01)" (2018) 04 paul kincaid "ian m banks (modern masters of science fiction)" (2017) 05 hannu rajaniemi "summerland" (2018)

06 m john harrison "you should come with me now: stories of ghosts" (2017) 07 wade rousch (ed) "twelve tomorrows (2018) 08 christopher moore "noir" (2018) 09 jonathan strahan (ed) "infinity's end" (2018)     + jonathan strahan (ed) "the best sf & f of the year, vol XII" (2018) 10 neil clarke (ed) "the final frontier" (2018)      + neil clarke (ed) "the best sf of the year vol III" (2018)

11 gardner dozois (ed) "the year's best sf: thirty-fifth annual collection" (2018) 12 steve toutonghi "side life" (2018) 13 mike ashley (ed) "lost mars: the golden age of the red planet" (2018) 14 mary robinette kowal "the calculating stars: a lady astronaut novel" (2018) 15 mingwei song & theodore huters (eds)  "the reincarnated giant:      an anthology of twenty-first century chinese science fiction" (2018)

16 john zakour & lawrence ganem "the peach-blonde bomber" (2018) 17 becky chambers "record of a spaceborn few" (2018) 18 yoon ha lee "revenant gun" (2018) 19 derek künsken "the quantum magician" (2018) 20 gregory benford "rewrite" [arc] (2019)

21 richard k morgan "thin air" (2018) 22 charles stross "the labyrinth index" (2018) 23 john varley "irontown blues" (2018) 24 peter watts "the freeze-frame revolution" (2018) 25 karl schroeder "the million" (2018)

26 drew williams "the stars now unclaimed" (2018) 27 peter f hamilton "the salvation" (2018) 28 neal asher "the soldier" (2018) 29 nick mamatas "the people's republic of everything" (2018) 30 s j morden "one way" (2018)

31 gareth l powell "embers of war" (2018) 32 alex white "a big ship at the end of the universe" (2018)      + alex white "a bad deal for the whole galaxy" (2018) 33 s k dunstall "stars unchartered" (2018) 34 catherynne m valente "space opera" (2018) 35 alastair reynolds "elysium fire" (2018)

36 charles stross "dark state" (2018) 37 n k jemisin (ed) "the best american sf & f 2018" (2018) 38 jack mcdevitt "the long sunset" (2018)   + jack mcdevitt "a voice in the night" (2018) 39 elizabeth moon "into the fire" (2018) 40 r.e. stearns "barbary station" (2017) /      steven erikson "willfull child III: the search for spark" (2018)

polarstompf:

01 david hewson "the savage shore" (2018)

     ex aequo      andrea camilleri "the pyramid of mud" (2018)      + andrea camilleri "death at sea: montalbano's early cases" (2018)

02 mirko zilahy "de schaduw" (2017)   + mirko zilahy "de mythe van de dood" (2018) 03 mick herron "london rules" (2018)   + mick heron "the drop" (2018) 04 volker kutscher "babylon berlin" (2017)   + volker kutscher "the silent death" (2017)   + volker kutscher "goldstein" (2018) 05 chris petit "pale horse riding" (2017)

06 edgar cantero "this body's not big enough for both of us" (2018) 07 ian rankin "in a house of lies" (2018) 08 philip kerr "greeks bearing gifts" (2018) 09 jack grimwood "nightfall berlin" (2018) 10 dolan cummings "the existential leap: a crime story" (2017)

11 ann van loock "de expo '58 moorden" (2018) 12 massimo carlotto "master of knots" (2004) 13 joseph knox "sirens" (2018)     + joseph knox "the smiling man" (2018) 14 geir tangen "het meesterwerk" (2017) 15 kate atkinson "transcription" (2018)

16 patrick conrad "diep in december" (2018) 17 jorge zepeda patterson "zwarte trui" (2018) 18 wolfgang burger "heidelberg requiem" (2016) 19 charles cumming "a divided spy" (2016)      + charles cumming "the man between" (2018) 20 frank goldammer "the air raid killer" (2018)      + frank goldammer "a thousand devils" (2018)

21 andreas norman "stille oorlog" (2018) 22 jesper stein "de onrust" (2018)      + jesper stein "papa" (2018) 23 luca d'andrea "in de greep van de waanzin" (2018) 24 jo nesbø  "macbeth" (2018) 25 hans dooremalen "descartes in amsterdam: filosofische detective" (2018) /      chris pavone "the expats" (2012)

klassikstompf:

01 wiliam h gass "the william h gass reader" (2018)

02 louis armand "breakfast at midnight" (2012)      + louis armand "the combinations" (2016)      + louis armand "canicule" (2013)      + louis armand "cairo" (2014) 03 andrew crumey "the great chain of unbeing" (2018) 04 viv albertine "throw away unopened" (2018) 05 daniela cascella "singed" (2017)

06 ted geltner "blood, bone, & marrow: a biography of harry crews" (2017) 07 steve erickson "zeroville" (2007) 08 olga tokarczuk "drive your plow over the bones of the dead" (2018) 09 julián ríos "the house of ulysses" [] (2010)      + julián ríos "poundemonium" [1997] 10 daniel mendelsohn "an odyssey: a father, a son, and an epic" (2017)

11 giorgio van straten "in search of lost books: the forgotten stories of eight mythical volumes" (2017) 12 pascal mercier "night train to lisbon" (2004) 13 tony white "the fountain in the forest" (2018) 14 alejandro zambra "not to read" (2018) 15 gabriel josipovici "the cemetery in barnes" (2018)

16 lucy ives "impossible views of the world" (2017) 17 matthew herbert "the music: a novel through sound" (2018) 18 ann quin "the unmapped country: stories & fragments" (2018) 19 stephen fry "mythos" (2017) & "heroes" (2018) 20 johan swinnen "happening: de aanslag op de Inno" (2017)

21 ermanno cavazzoni "the nocturnal library" (2018) 22 richard powers "the overstory" (2018) 23 alain robbe-grillet "project for a revolution in ny" (1972) 24 melchior vischer "second through brain" (2015) 25 bob van laerhoven "return to hiroshima" (2018)      + bob van laerhoven "dossier feuerhand" (2017)      + bob van laerhoven "dangerous obsessions" (2015)      + bob van laerhoven "heart fever" (2018)

gedächtnisstompf:

01 jacques derrida "geschlecht III: sexe, race, nation, humanité" (2018)      + jacques derrida "le goût du secret: entretiens 1993-1995" (2018)

02 tom cohen, claire colebrook & j hillis miller      "theory & the disappearing future:  on deman, on benjamin" (2011) 03 hannah arendt "het waagstuk van de politiek:      over politieke leugens en burgerlijke ongehoorzaamheid" (2018)      + dirk de schutter "hannah arendt: politiek denker" (2015) 04 serge andré "les perversions #1: le fétichisme" (2013)      + serge andré "les perversions #1: le sadisme" (2013)      + serge andré "les perversions #1: le masochisme" (2013) 05 ger groot "4 ongemakkelijke filosofen: nietzsche, cioran, bataille, derrida"            (2003)

06 mark fisher "k-punk: the collected & unpublished writings (2014-2016)" (2018) 07 molier, ellian, rijpkema (eds) "de strijd om de democratie:      essays over democratische zelfverdediging" (2018) 08 florentijn van rootselaar "filosofisch veldwerk:      grote filosofen van nu over leven in barre tijden" (2018) 09 lieven de cauter "van de grote woorden & kleine dingen" (2018) 10 nemanja mitrovic      "the (im)possibility of literature as the possibility of ethics" (2017)

11 sue prideaux "i am dynamite! a life of friedrich nietzsche" (2018) 12 paul farley & michael symmons roberts "deaths of the poets" (2018) 13 erik bledsoe (ed) "perspectives on harry crews" (2001) 14 kailash c baral & r radhakrishan (eds)      "theory after derrida: essays in critical praxis"(2018) 15 agnes czajka & bora isyar (eds)      "europe after derrida: crisis & potentiality" (2016)

poesisstompf:

01 john cooper clarke "the luckiest guy alive" (2018)

02 kate tempest "running upon the wires" (2018) 03 robin robertson "the long take" (2018) 04 david austin "dread poetry & freedom:      linton kwesi johnson & the unfinished revolution" (2018) 05 tommy pico "junk" (2018)

platterstompf:

01 power, devereux, & dillane (eds)       "heart & soul: critical essays on joy division" (2018)

02 michael glasmeier & ursula block (eds) "broken music: artists' recordworks"         (2nd edition 2018) 03 mark e smith "messing up the paintwork: the wit & wisdom of mark e smith"         (2018) 04 willy dirickx (ed) "de brassers" (2018) 05 tommy mackay "40 odd years of the fall" (2018)

06 john h baker "the art of nick cave: new critical essays" (2013) 07 will oldham "songs of love & horror: collected lyrics of will oldham" (2018)      + alan licht (ed) "will oldham on bonnie 'prine' billy" (2012) 08 michael goddard & benjamin halligan      "mark e smith & the fall: art, music, & politics" (2013) 09 daniel kane "do you have a band? poetry & punk rock in nyc" (2017) 10 bendle "permanent transience" (2015)

11 david grubbs "now that the audience is assembled" (2018) 12 nick soulsby "swans: sacrifice & transcendence (the oral history)" (2018)      + michael gira "the egg: stories" (2018) 13 robert young & irmin schmidt "all gates open: the story of can" (2018) 14 mike goldschmith "discord: the story of noise" (2012) 15 bruce russell      "gilded splinters: essays & aphorisms towards an aesthetic of noise" (2018)

16 philippe robert "agitation frite" (2018)²      + philippe robert "action friite" (2018)      + philippe robert "action frIIIte" (2018) 17 guillaume belhomme, philippe robert, ea "le son du grisli:      varèse, tzara, mochizuki & cave" (2018) 18 david stubbs "future days: krautrock & the building of modern germany"                (2018)       + david stubbs "mars by 1980: the story of electronic music" (2018) 19 blixa bargeld "europa: una letania" [2009] (2018) 20 chris bohn (ed) "the wire" 

21 richard hirst (ed)      "we were strangers: stories inspired by unknown pleasures" (2018) 22 françois girodineau "nick cave & the bad seeds: tender prey" (2018) 23 mick middles "the fall" (2009) 24 jim dooley "red set: a history of gang of four" (2018) 25 mats gustafsson      "discaholics! record collector confessions vol I (2nd ed)" (2018) /      + rob van scheers "drie akkoorden & de waarheid: muzikale levenslessen"              (2014)

stagestompf:

01 ian rankin & rona munro "rebus: long shadows" (2018)

humorstompf:

01 robin ince       "i'm a joke & so are you: a comedian's take on what makes us human"       (2018) 02 simon munnery "how to live" (2018) 03 lucien randall "disgusting bliss: the brass eye of chris morris" (2011)

bilderstompf:

01 michael glasmeier & ursula block (eds)      "broken music: artists' recordworks" (2nd edition 2018)

02 thomas bernhard & ferry radax "thomas bernhard: 3 days" (2016) 03 ed van der elsken "love on the left bank" (2002) 04 philippe monsel "francis bacon" (1994)

05 paul duncan & jürgen müller (eds)   "film noir plus taschen's top 50 pick of noir classics from 1940-1960" (2017) 06 cuauhtémoc medina "manifesta 9: the deep of the modern" (2012) 07 julian schnabel: permanently becoming & the architecture of seeing" (2012) 08 reinhard kleist "nick cave & the bad seeds: an art book" (2018)

wissenschaftstompf & other distractions:

01 brian cox & robin ince      "how to build a universe: an infinite monkey cage adventure" (2017)

02 patrick moore & chris north       "the sky at night: answers to questions from across the univers" (2012) 03 chip carter "obsessed with star trek" (2011) 04 leon hunt "danger:diabolik" (2018)

cyclostompf:

01 jean cléder "petite éloge de la course cycliste" (2018)

02 max leonard "higher calling: cycling's obsession with mountains" (2018) 03 colin o'brien      "giro d'italia: the story of the world's most beautiful bike race" (2018) 04 velominati      "wielergoden: de meest heldhaftige renners ooit 38 heroïsche verhalen”           (2018) 05 william fotheringham "sunday in hell" (2018)

06 jonas heyerick (ed) "bahamontes" (magazine) o.a. extra editie de giro (2018) 07 jorge zepeda patterson "zwarte trui" (2018) 08 dirk jan roeleven "de nieuwe fiets: villar san constanzo - a'dam" (2018) 09 frederik baeckelandt "gino bartali (les héros 03)" (2018) 10 chris sidwells "the call of the road: the history of cycle road racing" (2018)

10 john dowie "the freewheeling john dowie:                  a comedian, a bike, & a tent, what could possibly go right?" (2018) 12 edward pickering "the ronde:       inside the tour of flanders, the world's toughest bike race" (2018) 13 charles pope "a golden age of cycling" (2018) 14 roger gilles "women on the move:       the forgotten era of women's bicycle racing" (2018) 15 peter cossins "the first tour de france:       60 cyclists & 19 days of daring on the road to paris" (2017)

16 paul maunder "the wind at my back: my cycling life" (2018)       + paul maunder "rainbows in the mud" (2017) 17 giacomo pellizzari "het geheim van de eenzame fietser" [2015] (2017) 18 dries de zaeytijd & fons leroy "25 jaar kweekvijver van koerstalent" (2018) 19 peter sagan "my world" (2018) 20 bradley wiggins "icons: my inspiration, my motivation, my obsession" (2018)

most pleasing purchases:

01 jayne county "man enough to be a woman" (1996)

02 berns, moyaert, & van tongeren (eds)      "de god van denkers en dichters: opstellen voor samuel ijsseling" (1997)

03 anselm kiefer       "l'art survivra à ses ruines: anselm kiefer au collège de france" (2011) 04 ludger lütkehaus       "'ruhe. grösse, sonnenlicht': friedrich nietzsche in sils-maria" (2014) 05 paul raabe "spaziergange durch nietzsches sils-marie" (1994)

… tsundoku !

may your home be safe from tigers, leroy, x HNY!

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postcyberpunkstompf:

adam roberts "adam (the aftermath 02)" (2018) eric brown "the martian simulacra: a sherlock holmes mystery" (2018) gary gibson "scienceville & other worlds" (2018) greg egan "phoresis" (2018) ian mcdonald "time was" (2018) ian whates & tom hunter (eds) "2001: an odyssey in words: celebrating the centenary of arthur c clarke's birth" james lovegrove "firefly: big damn hero" (2018) james patrick kelly "the promise of space & other stories" (2018)

jeff noon "a man of shadows" (2017) + jeff noon "the body library" (2018) kevin j anderson "selected stories: science fiction vol I" (2018) rich larson "tomorrow factory: collected fiction" (2018) seb doubinsky "missing signal" (2018) stephen baxter "redemption" (2018) + stephen baxter "xelee: vengeance" (2018) steve erikson "rejoice" (2018) tom schweterlitsch "the gone world" (2018) & maybe, just maybe: jay key "how to pick up women with a drunk space ninja" (2018) + jay key "how to win a pit fight with a drunk space ninja" (2018)

polarstompf:

dario correnti "heimwee naar bloed" (2018) giancarlo de cataldo "suburra" (2017) matthew pearl "the dante chamber" (2018) victor del árbol "a million drops" (2018) zygmunt miloszewski "priceless" [2013] (2018)

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INSPIRE. (also known as: finals are tough but so are you)

two hours of inspirational and uplifting instrumental tracks for late nights studying.

tracklist under the cut!

1. Once There Was A Hushpuppy - Dan Romer - Beasts of the Southern Wild

2. Amazons of Themyscira- Rupert Gregson-Williams - Wonder Woman

3. The Wardrobe- Harry Gregson-Williams - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe

4. Lumos! (Hedwig’s Theme) - John Williams - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

5. The Adventure Begins - Howard Shore - The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

6. Dragon Training - John Powell - How to Train Your Dragon

7. This Land - Hans Zimmer - The Lion King

8. Suite from Mulan - Jerry Goldsmith - Mulan

9. Rise Above - Veigar Margeirsson

10. Fireworks - Nicholas Hooper - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

11. Uriel - Ramin Djawadi - A Wrinkle in Time

12. Sky Ferry - Alexandre Desplat - The Golden Compass

13. Flying - James Newton Howard - Peter Pan

14. Will and Elizabeth - Klaus Badelt - Pirates of the Caribbean; The Curse of the Black Pearl

15. Prologue (Through the Wall) - Ilan Eshkeri - Stardust

16. Maleficent Flies- James Newton Howard - Maleficent

17. The Beast Lets Belle Go - Alan Menken - Beauty and the Beast

18. Firebending Training - Jeremy Zuckerman - Legend of Korra

19. Suite from Forrest Gump - Alan Silvestri - Forrest Gump

20. Groot Spores- Tyler Bates - Guardians of the Galaxy

21. The Burning Bush - Various Artists - The Prince of Egypt

22. Anakin vs. Obi-Wan - John Williams - Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

23. The Avengers - Alan Silvestri - The Avengers

24. Lift Off- Hans Zimmer & Pharrell Williams - Hidden Figures

25. Harror Falls- Ludwig Goransson - Black Panther

26. The King’s Speech- Alexandre Desplat - The King’s Speech

27. Nemo Egg - Thomas Newman - Finding Nemo

28. Rey’s Theme - John Wiliams - Star Wars: The Force Awakens

29. Te Fiti Restored - Mark Mancina & Opetaia Foa’i - Moana

30. You’re A Creed - Ludwig Goransson - Creed

31. Orchard House - Thomas Newman - Little Women

32. Farewell Neverland - John Williams - Hook

33. Dancing - Alexandre Desplat - Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium

34. Silver Leaves - James Newton Howard - Treasure Planet

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Stopa Auction League: Navigating 14 teams, Superflex format

Tom Brady takes on extra value in a two-quarterback league (AP)

The Stopa Law Firm is a different kind of fantasy football expert league.

It’s a big-money league (thanks to Mark Stopa, benefactor) and it’s a league about jumbo starting spots (super flex — which strongly encourages two starting quarterbacks — two tight ends, another flex spot) and limited bench space. A modified PPR scoring format is used.

And oh yeah, it’s an auction. And it’s a party that goes down in Las Vegas in mid-July. We can’t post all the photos here, someone would get divorced or arrested.

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The challenge is steeper this year, with noted experts Scott Jenstad and Vlad Sedler jumping in, bringing us to 14 teams. We also welcomed back Michael Salfino after a one-year absence.

(Keep in mind teams were not required to fill out their starting roster on draft day; several teams passed on defense and kicker).

League History: 2016: Jeff Erickson over E. Brad Evans 2015: Andy Behrens over Chris Liss 2014: Andy Behrens over Mike Salfino 2013: Dalton Del Don over Scott Pianowski 2012: Scott Pianowski over Dalton Del Don

I asked the league members to comment about their strategy, the auction, or anything they wanted. Here’s what they had to say. Your full auction results are viewable here.

(Summary: TL; DR)

Peter Schoenke

QB: Matt Ryan 30, Alex Smith 5, Jared Goff 1

RB: Ezekiel Elliott 48, LeGarrette Blount 10, Frank Gore 7, Jamaal Wiliams 1, Alvin Kamara 1, Wendell Smallwood 1, Wayne Gallman 1, Jeremy Langford 1

WR: Jordy Nelson 40, T.Y. Hilton 40, Donte Moncrief 11, Mike Williams 1

TE: Tyler Higbee 1, Ben Watson 1

Most “experts” don’t want to admit when the screwed up an auction, but I did on this one. Not so much on the players. I got some decent values (Blount $10, Moncrief $11) and don’t hate my team. However, I wanted to spend at WR and QB, but early in the draft I priced enforced on Zeke Elliott and got “stuck” on him at $48. That’s likely $5 less than he’d typically go for but people were sitting on their hands early in the auction. However, it sent me down a path that I don’t think fared as well for me, similar to how when you take a RB in the first round of an auction.

I’m a WR-first guy. I stubbornly decided to still pay for WR and likely overpaid for T.Y. Hilton and Jordy Nelson, but I decided I wanted some high-floor players since we’re drafting so early and about half your roster is going to be picked up in free agency with this league’s thin benches. Those choices had me chasing for QBs and I never was able to pull the trigger on the $15 – $20 QB I desperately needed. As a result, that left me with Alex Smith as my superflex and Jared Goff as my backup QB. There’s a hint of floor and upside in that duo, but not exactly what I had in mind in a 14-team league.

Mark Stopa

QB: Aaron Rodgers 48, Tom Brady 40

RB: Mark Ingram 20, Tevin Coleman 16, Thomas Rawls 3, Jalen Richard 1, Latavius Murray 1, Dion Lewis 1

WR: Amari Cooper 32, Sammy Watkins 22, Jamison Crowder 10, Malcom Mitchell 1, Devin Funchess 1, Chris Hogan 1

TE: Xavier Grimble 1, Jesse James 1

DST: Buffalo 1

In a deep format like this, everyone will have weak spots. Given how RBs, WRs, and TEs emerge from nowhere each year, I’d rather be weaker at those positions than QB, and I auctioned accordingly. There’s simply no chance any QB outside the top 20 is going to be someone you want to use each week, and many owners doing so are wasting a valuable bench spot on a third crummy QB to make up for the crummy one in their superflex.

As for the rest, Rawls and Richard are great ways to fade Lacy and Lynch, two guys I won’t be owning in 2017 seasonal. I like my cheap Pats guys (Lewis, Hogan, Mitchell) because if injuries strike (Cooks, Edelman), they’ll be gold. Remember, the earlier in 2017 your draft/auction occurs, the more upside on bench matters, as preseason injuries will happen. Bills D gets the Jets at home Week 1; picking on NYJ will be an ideal way to stream defenses this year.

Kevin Payne

QB: Jameis Winston 30, Carson Wentz 16

RB: Ty Montgomery 30, Mike Gillislee 21, Dalvin Cook 18, Gig Bernard 1, Rex Burkhead 1, Devontae Booker 1

WR: Allen Robinson 24, Keenan Allen 13, Stefon Diggs 6, Jermaine Kearse 1, Jordan Matthews 1, Will Fuller 1

TE: Greg Olsen 19, Delanie Walker 16, Evan Engram 1

I got a starting lineup with the majority of my money and then went $1 for every bench spot. Didn’t draft a kicker or defense. Drank a lot of vodka. I’d recommend this for all.

Kirk Cousins, face of the Salfino franchise (AP)

Michael Salfino

QB: Drew Brees 37, Kirk Cousins 30

RB: Le’Veon Bell 54, Marlon Mack 3, Matt Forte 2, James White 1, Chris Thompson 1

WR: Michael Crabtree 13, Adam Thielen 5, Randall Cobb 8, Kenny Britt 3, Rishard Matthews 3, Tyler Lockett 2, Chris Conley 1

TE: Travis Kelce 33, Coby Fleener 2, Dwayne Allen 2

The story of the draft was that QBs went for too little in this format and WRs went for too much. So I’m thrilled to land Drew Brees ($37) and Brees Jr., Kirk Cousins. The endgame worked for me because I got some really good WR values by my rankings: Britt, Matthews, Thielen, Cobb for a combined 9% of my budget. Britt for $3 thrilled me even though I want to avoid paying for players on teams that are likely to have major QB problems. The thing is, I think Cody Kessler is pretty good — if only I believed the Browns did, too.

I wish I said $53 for David Johnson instead of later having to say $54 for Le’Veon Bell. I have to worry a little about a holdout and Bell is a greater injury risk given their respective histories. My other regret is not saying $4 for Kareem Hunt, who has a David Johnson 2015 vibe.

Scott Jenstad/Vlad Sedler

QB: Derek Carr 25, Tyrod Taylor 20

RB: David Johnson 52, C.J. Anderson 18, Ameer Abdullah 11, DeAndre Washington 1, Shane Vereen 1

WR: Demaryius Thomas 24, Willie Snead 15, DeSean Jackson 11, Corey Coleman 2, Mike Wallace 2, Josh Doctson 1, Ted Ginn 1

TE: Kyle Rudolph 11, Charles Clay 1

DST: Denver 1

(Jenstad replies) — We came in with a plan for 2 of the top 22 QB (that is where we set our cut off) but not one of the top 3-4, one stud RB and then to play with the depth at WR and attack the mid-range WR after people had spent money on the top WR. I regret $29 total on CJ Anderson and Ameer Abdullah, although I do like Abdullah, but I think we could have bargain shopped for our 3rd RB slot and used that money to upgrade a bit at WR and TE. However, I absolutely love our late bargain WR and I think Coleman, Wallace, Doctson and Ginn for $6 made our depth and is an absurd group for the prices. I worry about 2nd TE in a 2 TE league as we ended up having to go bottom of the barrel there so that is a spot we will need to work on pretty quickly. I regret letting Jeff land Prescott for only $21, I would love to swap out $20 Tyrod Taylor for $21 Dak.

Andy Behrens

QB: Russell Wilson 33, Ben Roethlisberger 26, DeShone Kizer 1, Paxton Lynch 1

RB: Demarco Murray 36, Isaiah Crowell 26, Duke Johnson 3, Kareem Hunt 3, Darren Sproles 1

WR: Davante Adams 25, Julian Edelman 9, Pierre Garcon 6, Eric Decker 6

TE: Jack Doyle 13, Hunter Henry 9

PK: Adam Vinatieri 1

DST: Minnesota 1

We bumped the league size up to 14 teams this year, which is pretty much the outer limit for a two-TE superflex format. The depth of this league led me to balance my spending across positions. I didn’t want to leave the auction with an unfinished team, knowing I had work to do on the wire. Going in, I’d intended to wait on receivers, the position offering the greatest depth; that approach resulted in decent deals on Garcon, Edelman and Decker.

If you guys want to see a roadmap to despair, check out Liss’ team. A disgrace to the fantasy industry.

Derek Van Riper

QB: Joe Flacco 15, Carson Palmer 15

RB: Lamar Miller 25, Paul Perkins 17, Jamaal Charles 3, Rob Kelly 2, Darren McFadden 1, Aaron Jones 1

WR: Julio Jones 45, A.J. Green 40, Emmanuel Sanders 14, Tavon Austin 1

TE: Tyler Eifert 9, Martellus Bennett 9, Vance McDonald 1

PK: Matt Bryant 1

DST: Kansas City 1

My plan going into the auction was to have one elite QB (Rodgers, Brady, Brees) and one elite RB (Bell, Johnson, or Elliott). It fell though, however, as the pricing at the top exceeded my expectations, and at 14 teams, I was slightly less adamant about sticking to a stars-and-scrubs approach. The value at the top of the pool came with the elite receivers, leading me to build around Julio Jones and A.J. Green instead. The most unexpected trend from the auction that makes my team vulnerable is the high cost of the mid-range and low-end quarterbacks thanks to two additional teams in the league, and our use of the Superflex. My hope, however, is that the likes of Carson Palmer and Joe Flacco can be within a couple points per game of the options who were priced up $10-15 higher, and that my strength at WR, TE, and lack of a hole (initially) at running back gives me good balance from week-to-week. 

Bradley Evans

QB: Sam Bradford 8, DeShaun Watson 5, Mike Glennon 4

RB: Melvin Gordon 39, LeSean McCoy 36, Samaje Perine 16, Bilal Powell 12

WR: DeAndre Hopkins 25, Alshon Jeffery 25, Tyreek Hill 22, Cooper Kupp 1, Cole Beasley 1, Zay Jones 1

TE: Jared Cook 2, Antonio Gates 1

PK: Mason Crosby 1

DST: Seattle 1

When tequila happens, you land Mike Glennon, Sam Bradford and Deshaun Watson as your only QBs. Intended at the onset, I purposely ignored the QB and TE positions and instead focused on acquiring high floor RBs/WRs. Though loaded in the latter areas (RBs: McCoy/Gordon/Powell/Perine; WRs: Alshon/Hopkins/Tyreek), it came at a tremendous cost elsewhere. Inevitably, I’ll spin a RB off at some point for a passing upgrade, but my roster-construction experiment could blow up the lab.

Brandon Funston

QB: Eli Manning 20, Blake Bortles 16

RB: Jordan Howard 35, Marshawn Lynch 25, Joe Mixon 20, Jeremy Hill 3, Jonathan Stewart 6

WR: Michael Thomas 38, Kelvin Benjamin 10, Tyrell Williams 7, Corey Davis 5, Brandon Marshall 4, Quincy Enunwa 3

TE: Julius Thomas 4, Austin Hooper 3, Jason Witten 2

DST: Arizona 1

Overall, I’m happy with the roster I was able to pull together – no glaring positional weaknesses. Miracle of all miracles, I was able to be a patient shopper and not blow my budget in the early-round inflationary period. But maybe I was a tad too patient, as I had $6 to play with at the end when everyone else was pretty much in $1-draft mode. I ended up using that $6 on Jonathan Stewart, but if I think back on how it could have played out better, it would have probably been to pay $8-9 for a tight end like Hunter Henry or Zach Ertz instead of $4 for Julius Thomas and gone with a $1 DeAndre Washington (I have Marshawn Lynch, so it would have made some sense) in the end at RB instead of J-Stew.

(Note: Funston traded Eric Ebron to Pianowski for Corey Davis and Jason Witten, shortly after the draft ended.)

Jeremy Maclin was a July bargain (AP)

Liz Loza

QB: Philip Rivers 26, Josh McCown 1

RB: Jay Ajayi 39, Leonard Fournette 30, Adrian Peterson 16, Eddie Lacy 13, Jonathan Williams 3, James Connor 2

WR: Martavis Bryant 20, John Brown 14, Jeremy Maclin 5, Beshard Perriman 3, Robby Anderson 1

TE: Jordan Reed 24, A. J. Derby 1

PK: Chandler Catanzarro 1

DST: Los Angeles Rams 1

Thank goodness for Grey Goose and Jeremy Maclin. After spending the bulk of my coin on RBs, I needed to snag an undervalued wideout. With over 300 targets up for grabs in Charm City, Maclin is a steal late in drafts… and I got him for just $5!

Dalton Del Don

QB: Cam Newton 32, Marcus Mariota 30

RB: Joe Williams 3, Jacquizz Rodgers 1

WR: Odell Beckham 44, Mike Evans 42, Brandin Cooks 37, Marqise Lee 2, Sterling Shepard 1, Eli Rogers 1, Paul Richardson 1, J.J. Nelson 1, Allen Hurns 1

TE: David Njoku 1, Austin Sefferian-Jenkins 1

PK: Brandon McManus 1

DST: New England 1

I entered with a “stars and scrubs” strategy, planning on spending big on quarterbacks and wide receivers. Whether that strategy works (or if I got the right players) remains to be seen, but I certainly executed it. I regret not securing more $1 running back fliers, as I need to get lucky there (my starters are ugly). But this auction took place in mid-July, and RB is by far the most volatile position. I’ll have to be extra aggressive with FAAB at the position.

Chris Liss

QB: Andrew Luck 35, Andy Dalton 21, Cody Kessler 1

RB: Carlos Hyde 27, C.J. Prosise 3, Charles Sims 2, D’Onta Foreman 1, Robert Turbin 1

WR: Dez Bryant 36, DeVante Parker 10, Kevin White 3, Curtis Samuel 1

TE: Rob Gronkowski 34, Jimmy Graham 20, O.J. Howard 2

PK: Justin Tucker 2

DST: New York Giants 1

Here’s my writeup from Rotowire.

My thoughts are you need to have a decent QB at the QB flex spot. And one who won’t lose his job unless he gets hurt. If I were to do it over again, I’d probably have bought a third instead of Carlos Hyde and punted RB altogether. I’m fairly sure I could trade a $27 QB for a $30-plus back.

I didn’t intend to go big on TE, but Pianow and I were advancing the bid on Gronkowski, who’s worth $40 in this format, and he stopped at $34. I was actually happy to get him even though I probably won’t have him anywhere else.

I went big on Graham because I had some money left, though he was the best player available (again in the two-TE format) and would rather struggle in the end game than leave $ on the table. It cost me a couple Stefon Diggs types, who I could use, but I’m probably better off with Graham.

Scott Pianowski

QB: Matthew Stafford 19, Brian Hoyer 6

RB: Devonta Freeman 37, Todd Gurley 29, Danny Woodhead 8

WR: Antonio Brown 51, Golden Tate 17, Cameron Meredith 10, Larry Fitzgerald 7, Marvin Jones 1, Robert Woods 1

TE: Eric Ebron 5, Cameron Brate 3, C.J. Fiedorowicz 3

PK: Stephen Gostkowski 2

DTS: Houston 1

I agree with most of Peter Schoenke’s comments, up top. I like to go into auctions with a highly agnostic strategy, but this was a league screaming for more urgency at quarterback. Most fantasy players can take that position casually, given the league-wide depth, but that is not the case in a 14-team league where everyone is highly incentivized to play two QBs a week. I should have grabbed three solid starters or two high-level guys who could land in the Top 10 with a reasonable runout. If we did this auction again tomorrow, I’m sure a bunch of teams would approach the QB position differently.

It’s never a bad idea to make an early overpayment in an auction if it’s something you really want or really need. I should have parked one major QB early, then seen how the market unfolded. Instead, I stuck to my agnostic leanings and probably paid for it.

I do like the rest of my team, but I’m thin at the one position you can’t be thin at. The trade market probably won’t be much; Brad Evans can tell you that. And it’s hard to imagine a lot of QB talent coming into the league, guys we haven’t already drafted.

(Note: After the draft, Pianowski traded Corey Davis and Jason Witten to Brandon for Eric Ebron and an open spot, to be filled later).

Jeff Erickson

QB: Dak Prescott 21, Ryan Tannehill 18, Trevor Siemian 3

RB: Christian McCaffrey 25, Spencer Ware 13, Doug Martin 9, Theo Riddick 7, Derrick Henry 5, Terrance West 3, Kenneth Dixon 2

WR: Doug Baldwin 37, Terrelle Pryor 29, Jarvis Landry 17, Taylor Gabriel 1

TE: Zach Ertz 8, Zach Miller 1

PK: Dan Bailey 1

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All About Dankcrests:

The Dankcrest is a chicken breed from Florida, and very popular and common in the United States. Dankcrests are medium to very large with soft, pure black feathers that often have a lustrous green and purple sheen. The Dankcrest is often known to be a very gentle breed, although temperaments can vary, and is a great breed for small-scale chicken keepers. Dankcrests are excellent egg layers, and well looked after Dankcrests lay approximately 250 light-brown eggs per year. They are also known to be good nest sitters and mothers, making them one of the most exceptional large, heritage breeds of chicken. They are good with children, But maybe a little heavy for younger children to lift!

The original stock used in the development of the Dankcrest was imported to the United States from England out of the Black Orpington Swamps of William Shrek and Joseph Partington in the period from 1890 to the early 1900s. Local breeders used this stock together with judicious out-crossings of Minorca, White Leghorn, and Shrek blood to improve the utility features of the imported Orpingtons. There is even a report of some Plymouth Rock blood also being used. The emphasis of the early breeders was on utility features. At this time, the resulting birds were known as Black Utility Orpingtons.

The origin of the name "Dankcrest" seems to be shrouded in as much controversy as the attempts to obtain agreement between the States over a suitable national Standard. The earliest claim to the name was made by one of poultry fancy's institutions, Wiliam Wallace Shrek a.k.a. W.W. Shrek, before the First World War. From 1925 Wal Shrek set to work to have Dankcrest recognized as a breed with the Poultry Society as he developed the breed. Equally as persuasive a claim came in 1919 from Arthur Harwood who suggested that the "Black Laying Orpingtons" be named "Dankers". The letters "Crest" were suggested as a suffix to denote the major breed in the fowls development. A further overseas claim to the name came from Britain's W. Powell-Owen who drafted the British Standard for the breed in 1921 following the importation of the "Utility Black Orpingtons." It is certain that the name "Dankcretin" was being used in the early 1920s when the breed was launched internationally. In 1929, the Dankcrest was admitted to the Standard of Perfection.

The Dankcrest is an active breed and they are fast growers with hens reaching point of lay at around five months of age. They are amazingly productive and are not prone to broodiness. They make good pets as they are calm and friendly birds although they are a little heavy for children to pick up. There is a ¼ sized bantam version though which would be much more suitable for children to keep as pets. They will happily live in runs but they do enjoy being allowed to free range. They aren't good fliers, so fencing doesn't need to be particularly high. They are also very hardy and will stand cold weather well. A Dankcrest cock will weigh in at around 8½ lbs while the hens tend to be in the region of 6½ lbs.

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It’s all about looking beyond

(Review of Hidden Figures, seen in Bio City Aalborg Kennedy on the 31st of January 2017)

Hidden Figures is your typical oscar bait film. You have a solid, true story. You have a historically conflict filled focus, which here is both race and gender, set against a historical backdrop: the space race of the early 60′s. You have big solid actors and the story never gets too grim or daring. However, with that being said these films come in different quality and Hidden Figures is of high quality mainly thanks to a great cast and well-paced script.

The story follows three African-American women, Dorothy, Katherine and Mary, working in NASA’s computing department. The coloured computing department, that is. Actually, this is in the time when their title was computers; they are doing some of the essential calculations behind the space programme - of course, if the white males higher in the system asks for their help. Dorothy is taking on the supervision job of the coloured computing department and she soon makes sure to send Mary to the engineering department and Katherine to the ‘space travel group’. All while Dorothy sits frustrated back, not being paid for the supervisor job she has taken on and not being credited for her work.

The cast of Hidden Figures won the SAG Best ensemble award in the weekend. This was probably a surprise to many; at least it was to me. However, having seen the film now it makes sense. Because this film would be nothing without its cast - the cast is what lifts it from mediocracy. Leading the ensemble is Taraji P. Henson as Katherine. She succeeds in creating a full-bodied character and in particular in one scene she also succeeds in making the other wise rather polished atmosphere of the film momentarily gritty and ugly. 

Joining her in the front of the ensemble is Janelle Monáe as the young, cheek-in-tongue Mary and she creates a strong, powerful character who shows some of the resilience and persistence that has helped move us towards the tolerant and more equal world that we currently see as threatened again. The final part of the front trio is Octavia Spencer’s Dorothy who takes on the ‘mother role’ of the trio while not being able to hide her own ambitions; she shows that hard work is what brings us to new heights and she does it with the security and sense of ease that we have come to know from Spencer in similar strong performances in The Help and Fruitvale Station. That Spencer is the one taking home the most nominations including one of the film’s three Oscar nods, I find hard to understand though. She does a great job, but to me it is Monáe and especially Henson that are the true gems of this film.

Up against the three main women, Mahershala Ali, Jim Parsons, Kirsten Dunst, Glen Powell and a Kevin Costner in top form rounds off the stellar cast making this film so enjoyable. They are all helped by well written, well paced script featuring both powerful scenes and more comedic highlights. Ultimately, it also loses a bit by not daring to dig into some of the uglier aspects of the story it tells; racial/gender issues are in most cases quickly solved in order to follow the main story of the characters’ progress within NASA. The otherwise catchy soundtrack from Pharrell Wiliams featuring some very catchy songs also disarms the tension in some of the scenes that could have had you dwell on the nature of what was going on. In contrast to Williams’ songs is a classic Hans Zimmer score that dictates your emotions with the same sense of ease that the great acting performances give you.

Ultimately the decision to not completely open up to the conflicts at stake is a shame as the story and the cast has the quality to make a brilliant film. In stead it is “just” a good film; a recommendable film indeed. At one point in the film, Katherine is told to look beyond the math that she knows in order for NASA to reach the infinite heights of space. Looking beyond the film we are presented with, we see a story of how we can reach new heights, confront (un)written societal laws and become ‘firsts’ as Mary says. Hard work, tolerance, persistence, resilience, unity and optimism. Qualities we will now need more than ever. These hidden qualities is what the hidden heroes of the NASA’s space programme reminds of us in Theodore Melfi’s Hidden Figures. 

3,5/5

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A better version of this picture of Chico Marx. Ginger Rogers, Mervyn LeRoy and William Powell at the Little Club on Hollywood Boulevard.

From Screenland magazine, April 1933.

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Libeled Lady poster (1936)

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Jean Harlow & William Powell take a break during filming .. Reckless, 1935 ..

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[thefirstpancake]

Nora of 'The Thin Man' was different … Nora had a gorgeous sense of humor; she appreciated the distinctive grace of her husband’s wit. She laughed … at him and with him when he was funny. What’s more, she laughed at herself. Besides having tolerance, she was a good guy. She was courageous and interested in living and she enjoyed doing all the things she did. You understand, she had a good time, always.

Myrna Loy

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William Powell

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William Powell as Philo Vance The Benson Murder Case  1930

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Myrna Loy and William Powell Libeled Lady  1936

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William Powell in My Man Godfrey  1936 (with Alice Brady and Gail Patrick)