Tom Conway (1904-1967) played "The
Falcon" in ten of that series' entries.
He starred in three Val Lewton horror
classics. He appeared in comedies,
musicals, two Tarzan films and even science fiction films. He was early television's Detective Mark
Saber, but Conway will probably be best remembered as George Sanders' brother. His hobbies
were boat and airplane design, swimming, skiing and tennis. He invented a pipe cleaner and co-invented
the "arcometer" for mechanical drawing with brother George. Brother
George persuaded him to come to Hollywood.
To prevent confusion on the part of the public, they tossed a coin to
see who would have to change his name.
Tom lost, thereby becoming Tom Conway.
When an American-born comic actor first came to Hollywood in the
early 1960s, he was forced to change his name because, although he was born as
Tom Conway, he could not use his own name due to the already-established
character actor Tom Conway. So he
changed his name and became known as Tim Conway. Read more and see picture at http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0007218/bio
Kentuck Knob In 1953, Bernardine and I.N. Hagan purchased eighty
acres in the mountains above Uniontown in Western Pennsylvania where their
families had lived for generations.
After falling in love with the home of their friends the Kaufmanns,
Fallingwater, they telephoned Frank Lloyd Wright and asked if he would design a
house for them. His answer was: “Of course.
Come on out.” At eighty-six, and
hard at work on the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Beth Shalom Synagogue in
Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, and about twelve residential homes, Wright said he
could “shake it (Kentuck Knob) out of his sleeve at will” never even setting
foot on the site, except for a short visit during the construction phase. This would be one of the last homes completed
by Wright. See picture and link to more
information at http://kentuckknob.com/about/
Simple Verses (Spanish: Versos sencillos) is
a poetry collection by Cuban writer
and political activist José Martí.
Published in October 1891, it was the last of Martí's works to be
printed before his death in 1895. Originally written in Spanish, it has been translated into over ten
languages. Among the poems of the collection are Yo soy un hombre
sincero (I), Si ves un monte de espumas (V),
and Cultivo una rosa blanca (XXXIX). Verses pruned from various poems were adapted
into the folk song Guantanamera,
which is the most popular patriotic song of Cuba and was popularized in the US
in the 1960s during the American folk
music revival. The bulk of
the book was written in 1890 while Martí was convalescing in a small town
called Haines Falls in the Catskill Mountains.
The manuscript was first read in public in December of that year, at the
home of Carmen Miyares in New York City; it was published ten months
later, by Louis Weiss & Co. of New York.
The book comprises 46 poems, written in four-line stanzas (quatrains) of octosyllabic verse. The diction is clean, sparse, and the verses
display regular rhyme schemes and alliteration.
The work is rich in the symbolism of color; its verses known for their
spontaneity and transparency. Their
style has been compared to that of Zen watercolor paintings. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Verses
venge
From Middle English vengen,
from Old French venger,
from Latin vindicare (“to avenge,
vindicate”). Verb venge (third-person singular simple present venges, present participle venging, simple past and past participle venged) (obsolete) To avenge; to
punish; to revenge. Related terms: avenge,
Internet
Archive is a
non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music,
websites, and more. Search various
databases including Wayback Machine, American Libraries and Universal Library
at https://archive.org/
The WABAC Machine or Wayback Machine refers to a fictional machine from
the cartoon segment Peabody's Improbably History, a recurring feature of the
1960s cartoon series The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show. The WABAC Machine is a plot device used to
transport the characters Mr. Peabody and Sherman back in time to visit
important events in human history. Either of the names WABAC or Wayback are in common
usage, with the term "WAYBACK" explicitly indicated during the
segment in which Mr. Peabody and Sherman visit the "Charge of the Light
Brigade". The precise meaning of
the acronym WABAC is unknown, but the term is obviously a play on "way
back", as in "way back in time", and the names of mid-century,
large-sized computers that often ended in "AC" (generally for
"Automatic Computer" or similar), such as ENIAC or UNIVAC. Indeed, according to Gerard Baldwin, one of
the show's directors, the name "WABAC" is a reference to the UNIVAC
I. The concept or term "Wayback
Machine" has been adopted in popular culture as a convenient way to
introduce issues or events of the past, often employing the original line
"Sherman, set the Wayback machine to . . . ". This introduction was used by the character
Kevin Flynn in the film Tron, for example.
As in the original cartoon, the Wayback Machine is often invoked to
suggest the audience follow the narrator back to the past. Frequently such visits to the past are trips
of nostalgia, remembering times, places, or things of the not-so-distant past. One example of popular usage occurred in an
episode of the TV show NewsRadio ("Goofy Ball", 1995), when station
owner Jimmy James (Stephen Root) says:
"Dave, don't mess with a man with a Wayback Machine. I can make it so you were never
born." The Wayback Machine of the Internet
Archive was named after the WABAC. http://rockyandbullwinkle.wikia.com/wiki/WABAC_machine
Freezing Sweet, Bell and Hot Peppers from University of Nebraska-Lincoln Institute
of Agriculture and Natural Resources Peppers are
one of those foods you can quickly freeze raw without blanching them
first. Thawed, raw peppers still retain
some crispness and can be used in cooked dishes or raw in uncooked dishes.
It is generally recommended frozen vegetables be eaten within about 8
months for best quality. Find easy
instructions at http://food.unl.edu/freezing-sweet-bell-and-hot-peppers
The television rights to the upcoming Bill Clinton-James Patterson novel
“The President Is Missing” have been acquired by Showtime with
plans to adapt it into a series, the network announced September 22, 2017. Set to
be published in 2018, the book tells the story of a sitting U.S. president’s
disappearance, with the level of detail that only someone who has held the
office can know. Clinton and Patterson’s
collaboration on the novel marks the first time an American President has ever
co-authored a thriller. The rights were
acquired by Showtime in a competitive situation, with many networks and
streaming services trying to secure the rights.
http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/bill-clinton-james-patterson-president-is-missing-showtime-1202566222/
WEEKEND WORDS David
Meade, who claimed the world would end
September 23, 2017 said doomsday wouldn't happen then after all. Self-published author Meade laid out
his "astronomical, scientific, the Book of Revelation and geopolitics" ideology
in his book Planet X—The 2017 Arrival. He claimed that "Planet Nibiru" would
collide with the Earth. But now Meade is saying this event won't
mark the apocalypse, but rather a series of dire events over the course of
weeks. Donald Trump modified his nickname for North
Korean leader Kim Jong Un, calling him "Little Rocket Man." The president said NFL owners should
fire players who kneel during the national anthem. Stephen Curry, a Golden State Warriors
guard and two-time NBA MVP, said he
would vote against the team visiting Trump’s White House to celebrate
the team’s 2017 championship. Trump
tweeted: “Going to the White House is
considered a great honor for a championship team. Stephen Curry is hesitating, therefore
invitation is withdrawn!” According to
NBCSports.com Steve Kerr, Warriors head coach, said that as of September 22 no
such invitation had been extended by the White House. On September 24, Trump called for a fan
boycott of the NFL.
Here’s what Jackie Robinson had to say about the
national anthem
http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2017/09/24/heres-what-jackie-robinson-had-to-say-about-the-national-anthem/
http://librariansmuse.blogspot.com Issue
1774 September 25, 2017 On this date in 1690, Publick Occurrences Both
Forreign and Domestick, the first newspaper to
appear in the Americas, was published for the first and only time. On this date in 1790, Peking opera was
born when the Four Great Anhui Troupes introduced Anhui opera to
Beijing in honor of the Qianlong
Emperor's eightieth birthday.
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