10/30/2022 0 Comments Bellhop cafe![]() He was a staple on music night for nine years, and could be found setting up his camera in the back corner. All our prints are hand-illustrated by Nicole in her home studio.Ĭopyright © Woolgather Creative, LLC. It is with a heavy heart that BellHOP Caf share the death of our dear friend Jim Coughlin. On Lane Avenue is the passion project of illustrator & graphic designer, Nicole Cicak. **FREE SHIPPING TO ANYWHERE IN THE U.S., ON ANY SIZE ORDER** A Swanky Coffee Shop A room inside an establishment that is turned into a cafe, with the words COFFEE SHOP on the left brown wall with gray accents, circular. **NO GOLD FOIL OR METALLIC INKS ARE USED IN ANY PIECES. * All prints ship in plastic sleeve with mat and protective envelope*
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10/30/2022 0 Comments Crypto trading![]() ![]() ![]() Gabriella is a Fellow of the Digital Euro Association and was recently appointed by the Speaker of the US State of Arizona House of Representatives to lend her knowledge to the state’s Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Study Committee (pursuant to Arizona Laws 2021, Chapter 339). Her background has largely included working in international financial sector and economic growth including working with the World Bank Group Governance Global Practice where she was responsible for leading the Corporate Governance and Financial Reporting (CGFR) workstream for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Prior to this role, she served as the Principal for Strategic Initiatives at the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) where, in addition to other areas, she supported the profession’s leadership and innovation in the digital era. Gabriella Kusz serves as Board Director at the Global Digital Asset and Cryptocurrency Association, a global voluntary self-regulatory association for the industry and Deputy Chair of the Government Blockchain Association (GBA) Regulator Working Group – which provides a community of practice for regulators working around the world to navigate the digital asset space. She has been covered by Fortune’s Most Powerful Women, as well as featured in Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, CNBC, Bloomberg, Business Insider, POLITICO, The Hill, RealClearMarkets, CoinDesk, Traders Magazine, and other leading publications. Bond launched her legal career at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) before practicing law at Hogan Lovells and WilmerHale. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs for the Dodd-Frank Act and its technical corrections bill, as well as the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS Act). Bond was also a subject matter expert on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act. Bond previously served as international counsel at the U.S. Bond has also worked at Bloomberg LP, serving as head of global regulatory affairs – and she is an expert in securities, derivatives, banking, and fintech regulation. Prior to joining ADAM as its CEO, Bond has served as the global head of policy and regulatory affairs at two fintech companies, where she developed and executed global regulatory strategy for digital assets, blockchain, and global payments. ![]() 10/30/2022 0 Comments Sherman tank battles![]() ![]() The Sherman tank remained in service with both the Army and the Marine Corps after World War II, and saw action throughout the Korean War. military and armed forces around the world. ![]() Shermans modified to stream napalm through their gun muzzles blasted Japanese strongholds with jets of flame aimed at the enemy gun ports.ĭespite its many weaknesses, the Sherman tank became a mainstay for both the U.S. In the last months of the war when die-hard Japanese soldiers rarely surrendered, shelling pillboxes often didn’t stop the withering fire directed at American troops. In the Pacific, Marines deployed Shermans equipped with flamethrowers to destroy Japanese defensive positions. Both guns could mow down German infantry or destroy machine gun nests. Although its 75-millimeter gun was less potent than German tank guns were, it still could fire high-explosive rounds that would level buildings sheltering German troops.Īdditional weapons included two M1919 Browning. But for all of its problems, infantrymen were always happy when a Sherman arrived.Ĭommon roles included infantry support-often times, soldiers would stack up in long lines behind Shermans as the tanks advanced across open fields, leading the assault and letting armor block rounds fired from German MG-42 machine guns or small-arms fire from enemy soldiers. Whether there was another trained tank crew to man the Sherman was more problematic. The Tiger outmatched the Sherman, but the United States always had another Sherman to put in the field. The Germans manufactured slightly more than 1,300 Tigers. ![]() In comparison, the Tiger-clearly the superior tank when compared to the Sherman-was made of costly materials, laboriously assembled and expensive to operate. in tank production at that time through manufacturing the legendary T-34. to Ford Motors cranked out nearly 50,000 Shermans, the second-most produced tank during the war. It was one more example of the United States’ industrial prowess during World War II, a time where factory workers and factory output did as much to win the war for the Allies as the soldiers, sailors and airmen in battle.Ĭompanies ranging from the Pullman Car Co. Yet, the Sherman’s strength was in its numbers. “During the European Campaign, the Division had some 648 Sherman tanks completely destroyed in combat and had another 700 knocked out, repaired and put back into operation. armored divisions and their battles in Europe during World War II. “The 3rd Armored Division entered combat in Normandy with 232 M-4 Sherman tanks,” writes Belton Cooper, author of the appropriately named Death Traps, a study of U.S. Simply put, in the heat of battle it was as dangerous inside of a Sherman tank as it was outside of one. The loss of both men and machines is hard to grasp. “The German tank had an 88- and it just blew the General Sherman tank to pieces until there was nothing left but smoke and fire.” “If you’ve seen movies where the people come out of the tank all aflame-I saw that,” Stavros said during a video interview for a combat oral history sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Gus Stavros, a World War II veteran who witnessed actual combat between a Sherman and a Tiger outside of the town of Nennig, Germany, said the reality of pitched battle between the two tanks was just as horrifying. In the new film Fury, a single Tiger tank devastates a platoon of Shermans advancing across Germany. Hence, the Sherman’s grim nickname-Ronson, like the cigarette lighter, because “it lights up the first time, every time.” ![]() 10/30/2022 0 Comments I am ghost real boxing![]() ![]() Story-wise it's a slight, farcical and chaotic sideshow. However to their surprise the occupants happen to be ghosts and they have no intention of leaving. Two cops, Buford and Benny are sent to a supposedly rundown southern plantation to evict the residents of the Victorian mansion. I guess that's got to count for something. Not that I found it funny, but at least it didn't bore me. Well actually, I was somewhat amused by it. "Ghost Fever" is very corny and boisterous, but a very misguided slapstick low-budget horror comedy with little in the way laughs, but filled with constant annoyance and stupidity in the sketches. Yes, after watching "Ghost Fever" you'll see why this popular pseudonym (in placed for Lee Madden) was used. Seek it out if you DARE!!!Īlan Smithee strikes again. #I am ghost real boxing movieThen Hemsley and Avalos do a dance number and then when you are begging the movie to end there is a looooong boxing scene where Avalos boxes Smokin Joe Frazier (this scene goes on and on and has not one funny moment). Like when a mummy appears wearing shades a bow-tie and a top hat and proceeds to BREAK DANCE. You keep getting shocked by another terrible set piece. Yet, because the movie is jawdroppingly incompetent, it is cruelly enjoyable. ![]() His double takes fail, his funny faces, his "fear" of the ghosts, his physical comedy - all of it fails. Oddly though Hemsley seems to turn over lots of the movie to his co-star Luis Avalos and Avalos gives one of the worst "comedic" performances ever captured on film. One of the machines (which of course Hemsley gets trapped in) has two large hammers coming down close to the person's groin while a device is twirled into their backside (supposedly to give them rhythm!!!) Yikes. Plenty of groin and crotch humor and a truly offensive scene where they find machines in the basement of a Southern mansion that were used on slaves. ![]() The script is credited to three hacks and the script is truly awful. The director, Lee Madden was so aghast at the finished product he took his name off and they slapped on the infamous Alan Smithee credit. Hemsley had a lot of faith in this Ghostbusters-like rip-off and it tanked big time and messy lawsuits followed btwn Hemsley and the producers. MADE might be too strong of a word - regurgitated and somewhat spliced together in an editing bay is maybe more apropos. GHOST FEVER is possibly one of the greatest bad movies ever made. My question is, why didn't this movie have a cult following? Am I the only person on Earth who loves this messy treat? It is a genuinely disturbing image that was supposed to be played for laughs. His comedic performance is nothing new, but he is a good guide through a tangled web of a story that becomes completely lost in horrible direction. You have to respect a man that gives it all in a film he must have known was a complete mess. ![]() Sherman Helmsley keeps his head up through it all. I've been waiting for it to air since, but I haven't been able to experience the wonder of a film so bad I ponder how it was ever produced. It is a celebration in all that is bad in movies, but when it was on rotation in 1999, I couldn't take my pre-teen eyes off of it! There was an appealing creepiness about how truly awful the movie is. The real director of the film "Ghost Fever", Lee Madden was too ashamed to take credit for this disasterpiece. God bless the abstraction of a director, Alan Smithee. Sometimes a film can be so bad, it's totally enjoyable. ![]() 10/30/2022 0 Comments Tenkey adjustable window screens![]() ![]()
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