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Puca Pals is a weekly/bi-weekly article I write to chronicle my adventures on Puca Trade, the online trading system where Magic Players around the world trade with each other. In the articles, I will be discussing what cards I've traded away, the total amount of shipping I've paid, the total profit I've made after shipping costs, and what cards I've received in return. If you have any questions regarding the website feel free to ask. If you want to make your own account there, click on this unique invite link of mine and get started!
If that looks like a lot of cards, it's because it was. I sent 56 cards, 46 of which were sent in week 25, and 10 cards in the following 26th week. There were some bulk cards I sent to sweeten a shipment, but this is the most cards I've ever sent in a two week period, and 46 cards is the most I've ever sent in one week. Yeah, I was busy going to the post office but the amount of profit I made was totally worth it. How did I manage to send out so many cards so quickly? Simple: I raided a town I know that has a store with Magic cards but little to no demand for legacy, EDH, or modern format cards.
As you can see from the pictures above, I went pretty deep on a large number of cards. I bought close to $400 worth of cards, but all of them were great returns on investment. The Volrath's Strongholds only cost me 1000 yen each, Replenishes were 600, and the Vorinclex I bought was only 500 yen. The best deals were the Rishadan Port for 4800, and the Serra Sanctum for 1700 yen. There was a pretty good profit margin on a lot of the small stuff too, but these cards are the ones that (when compounded ) gave me the most.
About a third of the cards were shipped by themselves (19) for 110 yen a piece, 2 were shipped with tracking for 520 yen each, 1 was sent to Brazil for 130, and 2 envelopes were overweight and cost 190 and 130 yen to ship. The remaining 21 cards were all sent in 10 multi-card shipments that cost 110 yen each. The total price came out to 4680 yen, or 84 yen per card. Week 26's average cost was 88 yen an envelope, whereas week 25's was 82 yen an envelope. This was more expensive than some more recent weeks, and that was mostly because I sent out A LOT of single cards with a high profit margin on them.
I made a pretty good profit on foils and non-foils alike this time around. I made almost 1500 points in profit on 3 regular Parallel Lives I bought for 50 yen each, and made 1700 points total on a Xenagos, God of Revels and Lord of the Void foils. The Volrath's Strongholds I bought netted me more than 1000 points each which was easy money, and the Rishidan Port was almost 3000 points in profit. I had very few low profit trades, but at the same time I didn't have any super high profit trades such as foils as I did before. This time period was more about the volume of cards shipped.
After shipping costs my profit in week 25 was 20,376 points, and my profit in week 26 was 4308 points for a total of 24,684 points. These were solid, but not amazing results. The average profit in week 25 was 443 points per card, and in week 26 it was around 431 points. These averages are both less than my profits from the two weeks prior, but not horrible.
Lower profit margins means that the losses will also increase. Shipping ate up almost 19% of my profits this time around. This is an unlucky trade-off that happens when your volume increases but your profit per card average doesn't.
8-9 days was the most common length of time it took for cards to arrive, but there were a few long ones that took upwards of 3 weeks to reach their destination. Strangely enough, these problems all happened in the USA. For as old of an institution that the US Post Office is, you'd think they'd be able to deliver things faster. Europe continues to be incredibly efficient, and even cards to South America get delivered before cards to America sometimes.
There wasn't too much coming my way during these two weeks, but I did get some cards for my Modern GR Shaman CoCo deck, and also a few more missing pieces from my Tempest block Cube. The Stronghold cards were actually sent during the next puca period, but they arrived rather quickly so I'll just include them along with this weeks' goods. The only other cards I got were some bulk buys and a pair of Stifles for Legacy. I was re-filling my account with lots of outgoing points during these two weeks, as I had received cards like Karakas as well which really put a dent in my "savings".
The myth of "going infinite" has always been around. Back before Magic Online's switch to the current system of points + tickets , good players on MTGO were able to win enough tickets to continue to playing indefinitely, thus "going infinite". I'm here today to say that it's possible to "go infinite" on Puca Trade as well. The key is to to buy low and sell high. This is common business knowledge when working with investments but how to get this to work for you all depends on timing in good decisions. While this only pertains to playing standard, the same could be said for other formats when you know a spike is going to happen eventually. Down below, I'll go over some ways to make it so that you'll never have to buy standard cards again, or even if you have to it will be at a huge discount to what you paid before.
Buy Low – this is the most important point. You shouldn't be spending a lot of money on cards if you can help it. During every set release, it's pretty obvious to see which card is going to be the break out mythic/rare. What people tend to pass over are cheaper playable cards, especially those that would be a 4 of in an archetype. I recent example of this would be Tireless Tracker. It started at about $1.50 when it first went on sale, but after showing up in a variety of decks during the most recent SCG Open and Pro Tour, the price shot up to $7. For cards from the previous set, look for low prices on cards a few weeks before the next set comes out, or right after a deck has taken a dive and led to a massive sell off. Just because Eldrazi ramp is bad now doesn't mean Ulamog is worth less than $10.
Sell High – If you have bought a play set of Tireless Tracker at $1.50, you could have made a $22 profit. Of course it all depends on where you sell. Luckily Puca Trade is a rather fast and easy way to dump cards that spike in value. What's most important about selling high is timing. The best time to sell a card is after a big event. Events like the Pro Tour, a large Grand Prix, or other kind of high stakes tournament usually have deck lists posted on Sunday. Once somebody sees a deck do well, they'll want those cards. The cards won't have reached their maximum value on this Sunday or Monday, but the demand will. This is what's important. There are times when you'll have 20 buyers at 550 points for that Tireless Tracker, but only 2 for it at 750 points. Sell a card as it's going up, not down.
Recognizing playable cards from past sets – this is where it gets a little bit trickier. How do you know what's playable and what's not? Well, for starters you can look at decks that were popular the season before. Which ones aren't losing cards to rotation? Which ones will be better with rotating cards? If the last best deck was a 4 Color deck full of fetch lands and 3 color creatures and none of those cards are legal anymore, then you know the other cards in that deck won't be that good anymore. It's also better to get cards that are playable as a 4 of instead of a card that is a 2-3 of. There is a lot more potential value in 4 Sylvan Advocates at $4 each than 2 Ob Nixilis at $5. Sure they could both go up to $7-$8, but you'd make $16 in profit on the Advocates and only $6 on the Ob Nixilis.
Gambling on Mythic Rares – There are some junk mythic rares in constructed out there that are only for EDH, don't get me wrong (Behold the Beyond), but there are also a few that you look at and say "you know what, this could be pretty strong in the right deck. Why is it only $1 now?". Mythic rares that "might" see play are a good investment, if only because their rarity adds to their value. If anything ever happens, such as people thinking it's good post rotation (like everybody thought Avaricious Dragon would be good with madness), the card will spike pretty hard. It doesn't happen all of the time, but I'd say 50% of the time I make a nice profit on the cards I picked up for $1-2. This worked out well for me when I got my playset of Archangel of Tithes at $3 each (now $20) and Kytheon's at $5 (now $15). You can make up a large part of your profits though mythic trades.
Get rid of cards early – Lastly, if you're looking to get the maximum value from a card, you can't wait until a few weeks before rotation. Cards from Magic Origins or Dragons of Tarkir have about 4 months left in standard. This doesn't mean people won't be using them, but it means they won't be using them for much longer. Some cards such have modern/legacy playability like Collected Company or Ugin, the Spirit Dragon, but the vast majority of others won't see any play. Those $14 Deathmist Raptors or $7 Dark Petitions will probably both be $2-3 by July when the next set comes out. If you're not using them or don't plan to use them, just get rid of them now.
In my opinion, having about 20,000 Puca Points before a new set is a good number for people that want to get most of the new cards when they are released. You can't go spending them all at once though. You should budget them and use them in steps. First off, look for undervalued cards that you think will see play and spike. Then try to get cards you will most definitely use right away in your decks. After a few weeks have passed, most of the other cards will have dropped significantly and can get picked up for pennies on the dollar. This is when I usually pick up the remainder of off color lands I don't have, mythic rares in colors I don't usually use, and cards that I wanted before but were just too expensive initially (I've recently picked up Arlinn Kord for 1900 instead of the initial 3500 points). Don't feel the need to pick up every card either, especially if you never plan on using it. The longer you hold onto the points, the further you can make them go so that you can keep on using them whenever a new set comes out. With practice and some luck, you just might be able to go infinite and not have to spend money on cards again (but you'll still be stuck with postage ^_^).


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class TestCompleter():
    def test_gen_filename_completions(self, completer, tmpdir):
        completer.use_suffix = False
        os.chdir(str(tmpdir))
        file1, file2, file3 = 'x', 'y z', 'README.rst'
        tmpdir.mkdir(file1)
        tmpdir.mkdir(file2)
        tmpdir.join(file3).write('')
        assert {file1, file2, file3} == set(completer.get_matches(''))
        assert {file1} == set(completer.get_matches('x'))
        assert {file2} == set(completer.get_matches('z'))
        assert set() == set(completer.get_matches('zz'))

    def test_gen_variable_completions(self, completer, environment):
        # assuming $HOME is in environment
        word = "$H"
        matches = completer.get_matches(word)
        assert matches and all(m.startswith(word) for m in matches)

    def test_gen_variable_completions_generic(self, completer, environment):
        # assuming something is in environment
        word = "$"
        matches = completer.get_matches(word)
        assert matches and all(m.startswith(word) for m in matches)

    def test_gen_variable_completions_no_match(self, completer, environment):
        # assuming $QX.* is not in environment
        word = "$QX"
        matches = completer.get_matches(word)
        assert len(matches) == 0

    def test_gen_hyphen_completions(self, completer, tmpdir):
        completer.use_suffix = False
        os.chdir(str(tmpdir))
        file1 = "a-b"
        tmpdir.mkdir(file1)
        assert file1 == completer.complete("a", 0)
        assert file1 == completer.complete("a-", 0)
        assert file1 == completer.complete("a-b", 0)

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Suzanne Adams ( – ) est une soprano colorature américaine, connue pour sa voix pure et agile. Adams est connue en France avant de s'établir comme l'une des sopranos de premier plan du Metropolitan Opera au début du .

Biographie
Adams est née à Cambridge, dans le Massachusetts, le .

Elle étudie à Manhattan avec Jacques Bouhy, puis à Paris avec Mathilde Marchesi. Elle fait ses débuts à l'Opéra de Paris en 1894 ou 1895 dans Roméo et Juliette de Charles Gounod. Elle étudie les rôles de Juliette et Marguerite de Faust avec Gounod lui-même, qui admire sa belle technique, son ton brillant, et sa flexibilité vocale.

Adams reste à l'Opéra de Paris pendant trois ans, puis va à Nice. En France, elle chante de nombreux rôles de Gounod et de Meyerbeer, ainsi que la Reine de la Nuit de La Flûte enchantée de Mozart et le rôle-titre de Orphée et Eurydice de Gluck. Au cours de l'été 1898, elle apparaît à Covent Garden à Londres en tant que Hero dans la première mondiale de Much Ado About Nothing de Charles Villiers Stanford. À l'automne 1898, Adams rejoint le Metropolitan Opera de New York, où elle chante de nombreux rôles jusqu'en 1903. Ses rôles au MET inclus Juliette, Marguerite, Marguerite de Valois dans Les Huguenots, Micaela dans Carmen, Cherubino dans Les Noces de Figaro, Donna Elvira dans Don Giovanni, Philine dans Mignon, Berthe dans Le Prophète, l'Oiseau de la Forêt dans Siegfried, Nedda dans Pagliacci, Gilda dans Rigoletto, l'Infante dans Le Cid, Inès dans L'Africana, et Mimì dans La bohème , entre autres.

En 1898, Adams se marie avec Leo Stern, un violoncelliste britannique, qui est mort en 1904. À la suite de sa mort, Adams prend sa retraite de la scène et s'installe à Londres. Elle apparaît à Covent Garden dans quelques représentations de Carmen en novembre 1906, probablement dans le rôle de Micaela, peut être ses dernières apparitions à l'opéra.

Elle apparaît dans quelques concerts au Royaume-Uni, en 1905 et 1906. Elle va aux États-Unis fin 1907 pour apparaître dans un vaudeville à Chicago, New York et ailleurs.

En 1915, elle épouse John Lumsden Mackay, un homme riche. Il est mort en . Ils ont vécu pendant plusieurs années au nord de Hyde Park, à Londres, au 55 Inverness Terrace. Adams a peut-être continué à enseigner jusqu'à sa mort à Londres le .

Enregistrements
Adams a enregistré cinq cylindres phonographiques pour Gianni Bettini en 1898. En 1902, elle a fait cinq enregistrements de disques à Londres pour la Gramophone Company, dont quatre ont été publiés aux États-Unis par la Victor Talking Machine Company pour leur RCA Red Seal Records, l'année suivante. En 1903, Adams a fait sept disques de plus aux États-Unis pour Columbia Records de" pour la série Grand Opéra. Elle apparaît également sur quelques cylindres   enregistrés en live sur la scène du Metropolitan Opera, y compris A ce mot tout s'anime des Huguenots.

Références et notes

Notes

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Source
 Herman Klein/Harold Rosenthal: "Suzanne Adams", Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy (Consulté le , 2008), (accès avec abonnement)

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 A ce mot tout s'anime (cylindre Mapleson) Sur YouTube.com (attribué à tort à Melba)

Naissance en novembre 1872
Naissance à Cambridge (Massachusetts)
Décès en février 1953
Décès à Londres
Décès à 80 ans
Chanteuse américaine d'opéra
Actrice américaine de théâtre
Artiste lyrique de l'Opéra national de Paris
Soprano américaine

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Sober man gets arrested for DUI in Arizona
By Michael Smith Jun 10, 2013, 11:45am MDT
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64-year-old Jessie Thornton was arrested for DUI in Surprise, Ariz., even though he registered a 0.000 on a breathalyzer test.
A 64-year-old man was arrested for DUI in Surprise, Ariz., even though he registered a 0.000 on a breathalyzer test.
The Daily Mail reports Jessie Thornton was pulled over at 11 p.m. last week by police after they saw him crossing the white line of his lane.
"He [the officer] walked up and he said 'I can tell you're driving DUI by looking in your eyes,'" Thornton told ABC 15 in Arizona. "I said, 'I've been swimming at LA Fitness,' and he says, 'I think you're DUI … we're going to do a sobriety test.' I said, 'OK, but I got bad knees and a bad hip with surgery in two days.'"
Two additional officers came to the scene to conduct a sobriety test.
"At one point, one of the officers shined the light in my eye and said, 'Oh, sorry,' and asked the other officer if he was doing it right,'" Thornton said.
After the test, he was placed in handcuffs and told to sit on the curb. Thornton was then taken to the police station and was given a breathalyzer test.
There wasn't a trace of alcohol in his system. He registered a blood alcohol content of 0.000.
After taking the breathalyzer, a drug recognition expert was called in to test Thornton, and reportedly told the retired firefighter, "I would never have arrested you." The expert wrote a statement that read "...in my opinion Jessie was never under the influence of drugs or alcohol," according to Gawker.
By the time the expert cleared him, his car had been impounded and the Arizona Motor Vehicle Division had been told of his arrest.
Thornton told ABC 15 it wasn't DUI.
"It was driving while black," he said. "I've been stopped 10 times in Surprise and given four tickets, it's amazing."
Editor's Note: The original version of this story posted on June 10, 2013, failed to properly follow our editorial policies. The story was shortened on Oct. 8, 2013 to fall within our editorial guidelines for aggregation.
Michael Smith is an intern in the news section of DeseretNews.com. A 2013 graduate of the University of Utah, he will be attending Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism in the fall.
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Gil Paterson MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie has highlighted calculations from The Scottish Parliament Information Centre showing that Scottish taxpayers are saving an average of over £160 a year on their prescriptions compared to patients south of the border.
On average, Scots take out 19 prescriptions per year. If these were charged at the English rate of £8.60 each, people in Scotland would be out of pocket by an average of £1,143.80 since prescription charges were abolished in 2011.
Commenting, Mr Paterson said:
"People who are unfortunate enough to suffer ill health and those who have long-term conditions requiring medication should not have the added stress of worrying about how to pay for the medication they need.
"There is little point in GPs, consultants, dentists and all the other health professionals caring for the people who need their help if those people cannot then afford to take the medication prescribed. It makes sense for healthcare free at the point of need to include prescriptions.
"£160 is a substantial amount of money for people who may be struggling to get by and when you also take account of ending parking charges at NHS-run hospital car parks, free eye tests, free school meals for P1 to P3, care for the elderly and free bus passes for the elderly, free university education and investment in childcare, it all adds up.
"The Tories at Westminster are intent on inflicting their austerity agenda while the Scottish Government are getting on with delivering services for all of the people of Scotland."
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The Los Angeles duo The Peach Kings bring The Night Sweat tour to World Cafe Live tonight, featuring Mobley and Bett. Comprised of couple Paige Wood and Steven Dies, the band's sultry sound pairs well with the lyrical detailing of their life and love story. Tickets and more information can be found over at the XPN Concert Calendar. Check out the track "Say What" below.
The hard rock vets Deftones just began a summer tour and make their way to Sands Bethlehem tonight. Following the release of the band's eighth studio album Gore, back in April, Deftones is sure to deliver an expansive set highlighting work from throughout their nearly 30 year career. Watch the music video for 2003's "Minerva" below and find more info on tickets to the show here.
Philly's own Grandchildren are set for a theatrical performance tonight at Boot & Saddle. The big, bustling band is known for blending multiple elements and genres together for a one of a kind cocktail of sound. Check out the band's latest effort Zuni below, and go over to the XPN Concert Calendar for more details and tickets for the show.


I am so excited to be joining in hosting the Virtual Refrigerator Blog Hop each week with Homeschool Coffee Break and Every Bed of Roses!
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Last week Alec drew a picture using our scratch art and he has been enjoying trying a new dot to dot book all about animals.
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Q: How to create a new folder when taking a photo from custom camera application? Right now, I finished with my custom camera application that will save the picture that I took into sdcard. But I want to put these pictures in a folder which will be create when you took your first photo.
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All my son's friends will be in the other class next year. Tips?
It can be difficult for children when they are separated from their friends and feel like the odd one out. You can help your son by encouraging him to make new friends with the children in his class, but also making an effort to create other opportunities for your son to play with his friends in the other classroom outside of school time. If your son is upset, assure him that he will still be able to see his other friends at recess, after school or on weekends. You might set up a play date with a mix of your son's friends and some new classmates to make the transition easier.


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Hershey Foods recently opened its 1.2 million-sq.-ft. Eastern Distribution Center, EDC III, in Hershey, Pa.
Hershey Foodsrecently opened its 1.2 million-sq.-ft. Eastern Distribution Center, EDC III, in Hershey, Pa. The building's project team included Hershey employees; civil engineer Evans Engineering; facility engineer St. Onge Ruff and Associates; and material handling engineer St. Onge Co. The team looked at more than 100 sites within a 100-mile radius of Hershey. The final site selection was based on proximity to manufacturing facilities, access to major highways and availability of labor and services. Kinsley Construction Inc. was the design/build contractor. Hershey Foods expects the facility to be fully operational by the fall shipping season.
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Nurfarhana Hizan Binti Hijas, Nur Alwani Binti Zakaria & Mohammad Shahfiz Azman (2017, August). Rusa unicolor Kerr, 1972. Malaysia Biodiversity Information System (MyBIS). Retrieved April 19, 2019, from https://www.mybis.gov.my/art/183.
The largest species in the deer family (Cervidae), Rusa unicolor is commonly known as Sambar or Sambar Deer (Leslie, 2011). It is also the most widely sighted species in the world. This species ranges from India, Sri Lanka and Nepal through Burma, Southern China and Indochina, to Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. It is native to Southern and Southeast Asia (Timmins et. al., 2015). Sambar Deer inhabit gently sloping terrain in secondary forests, but can also be found on steep terrain in tall dipterocarp forests and in swamp forests (Francis, 2008).
Generally, the Sambar Deer has predominantly grey-brown skin covered with dark brown hair which is sometimes slightly reddish and darker along the midline. The underparts are the same colour as the upperparts or may even be darker. The tail is bushy, mainly blackish with whitish underside and around the rump area (Francis, 2008). The male is darker in colour than the female with long coarse hair on the neck, back and abdomen. The young are generally lighter in colour and may sometimes have spots (Leslie, 2011).
The male Sambar is one of the largest of Southeast Asia's deer, measuring 2 metres in length from head to tail and weighing up to 320 kg. The gender of R. unicolor can be distinguished by the presence of antlers in the male. Antlers of mature males are unique among cervids (Leslie, 2011). Even if the antlers have dropped, the males can be distinguished by the pedicle (Matsubayashi et al., 2007). Adult males typically have 3 tines to each antler with one in front and the other two at the tip of the main beam (Francis, 2008).
Rusa unicolor is herbivorous (Matsubayashi et. al., 2007). It feeds on grasses, herbs, shrubs, young leaves of woody plants and fallen fruits. It will often approach gardens and plantations to feed. It also often visits natural mineral sources, such as wildlife salt licks, particularly the adult male that needs minerals to promote growth of its antlers (Francis, 2008). Natural salt licks are among the most important mineral sources for herbivores, since they have difficulty ingesting a sufficient quantity of certain essential minerals through food, especially in inland terrestrial ecosystems. For Sambar Deer, natural salt licks are important not only for daily supplements but also for reproductive support (Matsubayashi et. al., 2007).
Among predators such as tigers and lions, Sambar Deer is the favourite prey species. Furthermore, Hayward et al. (2012) had reported that Sambar is one of the two most preferred prey species throughout the entire range of tigers, the other being wild boar. It is also an important prey because its widespread distribution in Asia largely overlaps that of the tiger in South Asia, South China and Southeast Asia (Corbett & Hill, 1992).
Due to habitat encroachment and being hunted for sport, food, medicinal products and other purposes, R. unicolor has been categorized as Vulnerable (VU) by the IUCN Red List (Timmins et. al., 2015). As a conservation effort to maintain the population and prevent the number of animals from decreasing, the Department of Wildlife with the cooperation of the Perak State Government has established a deer farm at Kampung Manderang, Sungkai. This farm houses a variety of deer species that are left to live freely, as they do in their natural habitat. This farm also provides shelter for certain species of birds and various other wildlife species.
Corbet, G.B. & Hill, J.E. (1992). The Mammals of the Indomalayan Region: A Systematic Review. Oxford University Press, United States of America. pp. 488.
Citation:- Nurfarhana Hizan Binti Hijas, Nur Alwani Binti Zakaria & Mohammad Shahfiz Azman (2017, August). Rusa unicolor Kerr, 1972. Malaysia Biodiversity Information System (MyBIS). Retrieved April 19, 2019, from https://www.mybis.gov.my/art/183.


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European Gothic
The production of horror films experienced a renaissance in the late fifties and early sixties, due largely to the breakthrough hits of England's Hammer films. It's no surprise that these commercial successes inspired others to follow, though it is somewhat counterintuitive that the first Spanish horror film, The Awful Dr. Orlof (1962), would up the ante in terms of sex and, to a lesser degree, violence. Spanish censorship was notoriously strict during the sixties and seventies, so much so that the writer/director of that film – Jesus 'Jess' Franco – would ultimately leave his homeland to be free of it.
Born in 1931, Franco had a handful of directorial credits to his name by the early sixties, none of which have received English-friendly distribution as far as I can remember. It was during the production of one of them – Vampireas 1930, apparently a musical – that he accompanied producers Serge Newman and Marius Lasoeur to a screening of Hammer's The Brides of Dracula (1960) and proposed they undertake something similar. Of course, Franco has spoken on many occasions of his ambivalence towards the Hammer horrors of the time, so while it was a film from that stable which provided the initial impetus for Orlof, the influence of continental productions is much more evident on screen. Franco is known to have been an admirer of German Expressionism – particularly of Robert Siodmak and Fritz Lang – and that admiration may well have influenced the shadowy canvases of Orlof. Equally, the scenes of characters creeping around Orlof's castle would not look out of place in the Italian Gothics of the time, the films of Freda, Bava, Margheriti et al.
"How sad to think that this juvenile grace, this freshness, can be withered by death"
Howard Vernon plays the titular Dr. Orlof, a man driven to desperate measures by the desire to remedy the disfigurement of this daughter Melissa (Diana Lorys). Assisted by his lumbering, bug-eyed henchman Morpho (Ricardo Valle), he kidnaps a series of young woman to serve as unconsenting skin donors. The premise, of course, owes a considerable debt to Georges Franju's wonderful Les Yeux Sans Visage (1960), in which Pierre Brasseur, as Dr Gennesier, takes similar action in a vain attempt to restore the features of his daughter Christiane, played by Edith Scob. The execution here is quite different though, with Franco – who wrote the screenplay under his 'David Khune' pseudonym – evoking an air of menace and perversion where Franju had conjured something more dreamlike, more akin to a fairytale.
While the narrative resemblance to Franju's masterpiece may be problematic for some, The Awful Dr. Orlof – or Gritos en la Noche, to give it its Spanish title – is a resounding stylistic success, thanks in no small part to the beautiful cinematography of Godofredo Pacheco. Shot in black and white, the aesthetic is one of darkly-clad characters on rain-soaked, cobbled streets, castles and cabaret, all brilliantly realised. There's a temptation to see Franco as the sole creative force behind his films – unsurprising given he has been known to write, direct, operate the camera and appear on screen – but we shouldn't underestimate the contributions of his collaborators in this case. In addition to the cinematography, the cacophonous, avant-garde jazzy score – credited to Jose Pagan and Antonio Ramirez Angel – adds significantly to the film's appeal and marks it out from its contemporaries.
We should also acknowledge the three principles in terms of the film's strengths, which is not to suggest any particularly revelatory acting occurs herein. Diana Lorys is competent enough in an important dual role though (she plays Orlof's daughter and Wanda, the fiancé of the inspector investigating the case) and Ricardo Valle certainly looks striking as Dr. Frankenstein's, I mean, Dr. Orlof's monster (I didn't say Franju's was the only film Franco borrowed from). Howard Vernon is undeniably the strongest presence though, dominating every scene he's in. It's no surprise that Franco would cast him again and again over the next twenty years.
That being said, there are a number of problems with the film, both in terms of its construction and execution. There is a scene between Orlof and Arne, his female accomplice, which jars due to some rather ham-fisted exposition, and I've always been bothered by Wanda's willingness to accompany Orlof – who she knows to be a killer – to his castle. The scenes focussing on the police investigation are also something of a weak link, looking rather old-fashioned at this point. One such scene even borders on comedy, when a mustachioed artist is commissioned to sketch the kidnapper(s) based on witness testimony. Not only is the appearance of the artist somewhat comic, the resultant sketches look to have been completed by a child. There are also a couple of rather glaring continuity errors in the French version, which brings us full circle, back to the thorny issue of sex and violence.
Preparing different versions for different territories was common practice during the heyday of horror and exploitation, due to the variance in censorship between countries. In the case of Orlof, a Spanish/French coproduction, this was clearly considered at the time of shooting and two distinct versions exist as a result. In the French – the more explicit and the one used in the preparation of this article – Howard Vernon is seen making an incision between the breasts of a prone female. In the Spanish, the incision is made to her face, which aligns with what we know of Melissa's disfigurement – that it is facial. The continuity errors occur thereafter, when the unwitting donor is seen in the French with a wound to her face, and her breast seemingly untouched. I would imagine that a lack of budget rather than care precluded the shooting of further, alternate footage but it's a problem nevertheless.
With regards to violence, the film obviously doesn't retain the shock value it apparently had in 1962 and looks like family fare compared to some the barbarism Franco depicted in the seventies. The scenes in which Morpho – surprisingly dexterous for a blind, brain-damaged man – attacks women are skilfully staged and fairly forceful though, containing as they do some inexplicable biting of the flesh.
It seems curious now, given the surprise international success of the aforementioned Orlof, that it would be almost two years before filming would begin on Dr Orlof's Monster – or The Mistresses of Dr Jekyll, to translate from the French and more easily distinguish the two. More of a riff on its predecessor than a direct sequel, this time around Orlof appears only briefly, most notably at the very beginning, informing his colleague Dr Jekyll (Marcelo Arroita-Jáuregui) that he has discovered how to use sound waves to animate the dead. Thereafter Jekyll leads his deceased brother Andros (Hugo Blanco) on a killing spree around provincial Austria, a spree complicated by a visit from his niece Melissa (Agnes Spaak), eager to establish the cause of her father's death.
"He's a nice man but strange, like he's hiding something."
By turns incoherent and inspired, Jekyll was hamstrung from the outset by a lack of funding, which apparently left entire sequences unfilmed and Hugo Blanco applying his own make-up. Another international coproduction, the film also exists in multiple versions, with the Spanish allegedly running 99 minutes, the English 84 and the French somewhere in between. Clearly some scenes are lost between versions, while others – for example, the death of Jekyll's wife – play out very differently. Names and dialogue also change between versions, with our protagonist – and by extension his brother – known as 'Jekyll' in the French and 'Fisherman' in the English. While this may not seem especially problematic in itself, it seriously undermines a key scene in which Andros stands forlorn above a grave which viewers of the English will recognise as his own, while viewers of the French will probably not.
Taken together, the variable running times, nomenclature and so on make an evaluation of the film's apparent narrative shortfalls problematic. With the longer, Spanish version never having received a home video release, it is unclear whether the inconsistencies stem from the script – again, written by Franco as 'David Khune' – the set or post-production. For instance, having watched the French and English versions, it is never really clear why Jekyll would want the assorted women dispatched. Is this some sort of crusade against working women or are they, as the French title suggests, genuinely his mistresses? There is no conclusive evidence of the latter in the available versions – perhaps in the Spanish? There is no evidence or explanation as to why Andros is able to speak in the final scene either, having been entirely mute up to that point.
I should restrain myself though, because I'm in danger of making the film sound like a disaster and it's really nothing of the sort. It may not be as well-constructed as its predecessor but it retains considerable merit. The opening montage, which focuses primarily on Andros' anguished face shot in tight close-up, is undeniably effective, as are many of the scenes that follow. The murders, more brutal than before and inflicted here on semi-naked women, foreshadow some of Franco's later films while also calling to mind the American 'roughies' of the period. The nightclub scenes, already a Franco staple, are also highlights, being both carefully choreographed and energetically played. The cinematography is again worth a mention, this time around the work of Alfonso Nieva, with bright outdoor sequences punctuating the darker moments here. It may not be entirely convincing narratively, but an aesthetic success is a success nonetheless and the film is always visually appealing. In many ways it resembles a dream, a dream in which mad scientists frequent smoke-filled bars, alcoholic aunts hide awful secrets and the dead walk the earth in turtleneck sweaters.
I'd suggest the cast are also best judged in similar aesthetic terms, given they are really just playing archetypes. Hugo Blanco, dressed in black throughout, has a certain presence and makes for a more communicative monster than his analogue Morpho despite, or perhaps because of, the thousand yard stare. Agnes Spaak and Jose Rubio, as Melissa and her on/off boyfriend Juan Manuel, support the contemporary setting by looking as though they have stepped straight out of a French New Wave film. It's really only Marcello Arroita-Jáuregui among the principals who lets the slide down, lacking the intensity Howard Vernon would have brought to the role, had Franco been able to afford him.
Vernon did appear in 1962's The Sadistic Baron Von Klaus, one of several films separating the Orlof's in Franco's filmography and one which, in some respects, provides an clearer indication of the shape of things to come. A woman is found dead amid the snow in the town of Holfen, causing locals to declare the return of the titular Baron, who has apparently been killing periodically since the 17th century. The police, working alongside a reporter bused in to cover the case, lean towards a more prosaic explanation and suspicion falls on the Baron's descendants Max (Howard Vernon) and Ludwig (Hugo Blanco), who are themselves reeling from a death in the family.
"It's an initiation into a passionate world of rare and unknown sensations."
Translating literally from the Spanish La Mano de un Hombre Muerto gives us 'The Hands of a Dead Man', yet the third film in our set never really convinces as a ghost story, despite the talk of curses and centuries-old murder weapons during the first half an hour. It's actually more of a proto-giallo, with its scenes of knife crime, stalking and amateur sleuthing. Indeed the sequence in which a man wearing a black hat and gloves attack's Max's mistress bares a striking resemblance to Bava's seminal Blood and Black Lace (1964), a film it predates by two years. I'm not aware of Bava ever having acknowledged the influence though, so one can only speculate as to whether the similarity is anything more than a coincidence.
In terms of Franco's cinema, the more important scene is the one in which a woman is stripped, whipped, chained and stabbed; a scene stronger than anything in the Orlof films and which comes as something of a shock here, given the murders to that point have mostly occurred offscreen. Aside from the sexualised violence, which would become a staple of Franco's cinema, the scene is stylistically distinct from those that surround it, playing out without ambient sound. I assume this stems from a conscious decision rather than a problem with the sound recording, given the film was likely shot without sound and dubbed thereafter. Either way, it gives the scene the feel of a fever dream, or perhaps more accurately, a nightmare.
While we're on the subject of Sadism, I'm sure any similarity between the 'original' Von Klaus and the Marquis DeSade – most clearly manifest in the writing Ludwig discovers in the former's cellar – is entirely intentional. Sade was a well from which Franco would draw time and again, particularly during the seventies, and which would inform some of his most memorable films – Eugenie De Sade to La Comtesse Perverse, to name just two.
Going back and watching these films (more or less) chronologically, one is struck not only by how watchable they are but also by how accomplished they are, and I think that is more evident here than in either of the others. Godofredo Pacheco's cinematography again shines, particularly during some beautiful woodland exteriors and with the crane shot which closes the film, in which the camera drawing back from the action vertically as the survivors depart the scene of the crime. Daniel White contributes a memorable score comprised primarily of modern jazz and a classical theme, the latter being played by Ludwig early in the piece, emphasising his link to the past. Franco is also at the top of his game here, keeping us guessing as to the identity of the killer and staging numerous memorable sequences, none more so than the climatic chase involving Ludwig's fiancé.
That's not to say the film is an unblemished masterpiece, of course. It suffers from some ill-judged comic relief, as did the Orlof's and as did many Hammer's of the period (coincidentally or otherwise). I think there might also be a problem with the timeline, with at least one person being murdered with an ancient dagger before Ludwig had entered his Grandfather's cellar (and therefore, before he would have had access to it). These are fairly minor criticisms though. The film is stylish, engaging throughout and bares repeat viewings. It is the work of a writer / director who understood the audio and visual elements of the medium, who could choreograph action and conjure atmosphere. It – like the aforementioned Orlof's – is also the work of someone who was willing to push the envelope in terms of what could be shown on the big screen, which is a topic we'll come back to.
WordPress does not lend itself to footnotes, but the following were consulted in constructing this review:
Immoral Tales, by Pete Tombes and Cathol Tohil (1994)
Bizarre Sinema! Jess Franco, by Carlos Aguilar (1999)
Tim Lucas' audio commentaries, which appear on the US releases of the Orlof films From Redemption films. I also read Lucas' 'How to read a Franco film' before starting this blog, so not specifically in the preparation of this piece.


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News Release 2020 March 09
City Partners with SIREN for Solarize 2020 to Make Going Solar Easier
401 N Morton Street Suite 150 Bloomington IN 47404
Lauren Travis
Assistant Director of Sustainability
lauren.travis@bloomington.in.gov
Anne Hedin
Solar Indiana Renewable Energy Network (SIREN)
a.hedin@comcast.net
Bloomington, Ind. – Homeowners, businesses, and nonprofits in Bloomington and Monroe and surrounding counties can learn more about installing solar panels at affordable rates during the fourth year of the Solarize initiative. The City of Bloomington is again partnering with Solar Indiana Renewable Energy Network (SIREN) to make it easier and more affordable for residents and organizations to go solar. Through Solarize, more than 250 residents have installed 1.8 mW solar capacity over four years.
Information sessions for prospective participants begin March 24 at City Hall (401 North Morton Street). The program is open to residential, commercial, and nonprofit property owners in Brown, Greene, Lawrence, Monroe, Morgan, Orange, and Owen counties. Residents can get started by registering for an information at www.tinyurl.com/HelpingYouGoSolar. Although attendance at one of the 10 information sessions to be held through October is required for participation, registration does not commit the prospective participant to installation.
The Solarize program makes solar installation more affordable through negotiated volume purchases with a solar installer. After applying the federal tax credit, a homeowner can expect a small solar system to cost about $8,000 when sized to offset half of the electricity used by a typical home. Currently, the federal tax credit allows homeowners to deduct 26 percent of the cost of installing a solar energy system from the taxes they owe, but the deduction is scheduled to step down to 22 percent in 2021. As an additional incentive, Duke Energy customers can lock in the benefits of net metering until 2032 for solar purchases.
Lower-income residents are invited to apply for solar installation assistance through Indiana Solar for All (ISFA). The program is subsidized through the savings solar installers realize in terms of marketing costs by participating in the Solarize group-buy arrangement. ISFA is a project of the nonprofit Center for Sustainable Living.
During 2019, Solarize information sessions were attended by 250 people and resulted in 70 new contracts to install 600 kilowatts of solar capacity, adding roughly ten percent of the previous total county-wide. An interactive map of some Indiana solar installations can be found at https://www.sirensolar.org/solar-map.
The Solarize program continues to play a pivotal role in helping to realize the City's sustainability goals, including mitigating carbon emissions, fostering the health of the ecosystem, and creating economic opportunity for those at all income levels. Residential solar capacity has increased in tandem with increases in renewable generation on municipal facilities. An EPA Green Power Partner, the City of Bloomington has installed over $13 million of solar capacity at 32 City facilities. Solar panels at City facilities generated 2.44 gWh of renewable energy in 2019, a 60 percent increase over previous generation. Efforts to increase renewable energy production, such as Solarize, have contributed to Bloomington receiving multiple environmental awards, including the Governor's Greening the Government Award in September 2019.
"Reducing our community's greenhouse gas emissions is a top priority, and one that requires the collective action of government, residents, and businesses," said Mayor John Hamilton. "The City is pleased to have the opportunity to partner with SIREN to facilitate access to renewable energy at serious savings for our residents."
SIREN will be partnering for Solarize this year with Solar Energy Solutions (SES). The solar installer is working locally to build a new clean energy economy through the creation of well-paid sustainable jobs while delivering high-quality renewable energy solutions throughout the Midwest. SES specializes in the engineering, procurement, and construction of residential, commercial, institutional, and utility photovoltaic and solar thermal systems.
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Historically, Trans-Am has been regarded as America's ultimate road racing series.
In the late '60s and early '70s, the Sports Car Club of America's (SCCA) Trans-Am series coupled true production cars prepped with factory technology—a place where world-class professional drivers raced against local heroes.
Hosted at tracks like Watkins Glen, Daytona, Mid-Ohio, Sears Point, Laguna, Lime Rock and Bridgehampton, these factory muscle car competitions were considered the glory days of championship competitiveness. Hence, the nickname 'Camelot.'
This rare color photograph of Ed Hinchliff was the lead shot from the 1968 T/A season recap article in the 1969 Wolverine Trans Am Program, page 43.
On its maiden voyage at Fontana, J. Bittle thumbs up his crew and friends that shared the 5 year jouney to bring back the Hinchliff/Ross Mustang to its glorious history.
J. Bittle enjoys celebrating the history and spirit of competition that vintage racing promotes around the country. With competition licenses from both the SCCA and the NHRA, he enjoys a wide variety of motorsports both current and historic.
Here's Ed Hinchliff's baseball-style card from the 1992 season. All competitors of the Trans-Am Series that year were featured in these hero cards. Ed had logged over 60 starts as an independent professional competitor in the SCCA Trans Am series when this card was issued.
Ed Hinchliff's Mustang on his way during his first Trans Am race to 8th at Watkins Glen, August 11, 1968.
Steve Ross' Mustang on its way to 14th at Mid-Ohio Trans-Am race, June 7, 1970.


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I visited Lush yesterday to stock up on toiletries, in advance of my holiday in a few weeks. Lush is great, as you can buy most toiletries packaging free. Above you can see (anti-clockwise from the giant henna block in the bottom left); Caca Marron Henna Hair Dye Block, Handy Gurugu Handcream, The Sunblock, Each Peach (and Two's a Pair) Massage Bar and Coalface Solid Bar Soap (just about visible on the black bag).
I love their henna, I never wanted to dye my hair but I am slowly going grey (the curse of having dark hair) and in my mid-thirties, it's got to the point where I really don't like it being so visible. These henna bars are a little bit of effort, but I love that they are all natural. They are well worth the effort and really do make your greys sparkle brighter, as they take the colour slightly differently and look like highlights.
The hand cream comes in a little black pot, but these are made from 100% recycled plastic. Lush has a closed loop system and you take your pots back to store for recycling. They take them back to the manufacturer and round and round they go! The plastic manufacturer is also down here in Poole, right next to the factories that make the lovely Lush products. I tried their solid hand cream, but it wasn't rich enough for me and far, far too greasy.
I don't fully understand why they wrap the sunblock in plastic, but currently they do. I suspect it's because it's prone to melting – I had this experience once. But I'd still rather buy it sans-packaging and put it into a little tin for travel, like I do with their solid shampoos and conditioners. (EDIT: I wrote to Lush and they tell me that their sunblock is more prone to melting than other solid products. However, the good news is that the "plastic wrap is a cellulose plastic, which is a bio-plastic made from things like vegetable fats. It can be popped in with your compost and should begin to biodegrade within a week or so"). My husband swears this is the best sun-care product he has ever used. He has pale skin that burns very easily, but this offers fabulous protection. You simply shower it on in the morning and it's SPF 30. You can also cut off a little bit and carry it with you in a tin, to top up. We also carry their 'Powdered Sunshine' which is fabulous and non-greasy, a little powder that you apply like talc. I even mix it with my face powder, to up my daily protection.
The massage bars are great for travel and completely sans-packaging. You just rub them over your skin to moisturise and it's as simple as that. Coal-face is a godsend for my oily skin and it doubles as an exfoliator, as it contains little pieces of coal to gently scrub. I love it more than any face wash I've ever tried. Combine these items with our solid shampoo and conditioners bars and we're set to go! We can't imagine ever going back to plastic-wrapped, unethical toiletries.
All in all, I love supporting a local retailer, employing (mostly) local people (more on that perhaps another time) all these products are made 5 miles from my house – though ironically I have to travel a couple of miles further on just to buy them! I took all old paper bags and re-used them all. I had to prompt the staff member a couple of times, but they obliged. They sell some items by weight, and they always weigh them without the packaging. They can even cut products to your requirements, like with my piece of coalface soap.
What did the World use as Packaging before Plastic?
What did the World use before plastic existed? The answer is 'jute'. Jute is a reed which grew in the rivers around Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India. It is extracted from the bark of the white jute plant (Corchorus Capsularis) and to a lesser extent from tossa jute (C. olitorius). Jute was woven into sack cloth and used to transport everything from potatoes to coal. In Britain, Dundee was the capital of jute manufacturing for the UK.
Jute is a natural product and should be at the forefront of any moves towards sustainable production and transport of goods. It is known as 'the golden fibre' partly due to its lovely shine and colour and also due to its ability to be woven into various textiles. It is incredibly strong when woven. But it is 100% biodegradable and therefore – more environmentally friendly. It is versatile and can be used as a yarn on its own, woven with other fibres and also made into more rigid products like baskets.
Perhaps jute is not confined to the history books and is about to have a resurgence? What do you think? It's an annual crop which takes only 120 days to grow, during the summer months (May, June, July, August). It's a rain-fed crop, with no need for fertilisers or pesticides. It also produces good yields, making it a very affordable crop.
Note: If this subject interests you, then you should catch up with Joanna Lumley's India on the ITV Hub.


The baroque Frauenkirche (engl. Church of Our Lady) replaced an old church from the 11th century in 1722 . Its cupola became famous as the ''Steinerne Glocke'' (engl. stony bell). It dominates the skyline of the historic Dresden. In 1945 the Frauenkirche was completely destroyed and rebuild with donations a few years ago.


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Publisher: New York Review of Books
Wild Geese Returning: Chinese Reversible Poems
byMichele Metail
Translator: Jody Gladding
Introduction by: Jeffrey Yang
Wild Geese Returning: Chinese Reversible Poems quantity
A breathtaking introduction to Chinese multidirectional poems, told through the story of Su Hui, the greatest writer of these poems who embroidered a silk with 840 characters–equaling as many as 12,000 multidirectional poems–for her distant husband.
For nearly two thousand years, the condensed language of classical Chinese has offered the possibility of writing poems that may be read both forward and backward, producing entirely different creations. The genre was known as the "flight of wild geese," and the poems were often symbolically or literally sent to a distant lover, in the hope that he or she, like the migrating birds, would return.
Its greatest practitioner, and the focus of this critical anthology, is Su Hui, a woman who, in the fourth century, embroidered a silk for her distant husband consisting of a grid of 840 characters. No one has ever fully explored all of its possibilities, but it is estimated that the poem–and the poems within the poem–may be read as many as twelve thousand ways. Su Hui herself said, "As it lingers aimlessly, twisting and turning, it takes on a pattern of its own. No one but my beloved can be sure of comprehending it."
With examples ranging from the third to the nineteenth centuries, Michèle Métail brings the scholarship of a Sinologist and the playfulness of an avant-gardist to this unique collection of perhaps the most ancient of experimental poems.
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