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In the textile industry, a hank refers to a unit of yarn or twine that is in a coiled form. This is often the best form for use with hand looms, compared to the cone form needed for power looms. Hanks come in a fixed length depending on the type of material, so the term hank is sometimes used as a unit of measure. For instance, a hank of linen is 270 metres, and a hank of cotton or silk is 768 metres. In beads, 1 hank = 3.333 fathoms = 6.667 yards = 20 feet = 6.096 metres.
In yarns for handcrafts such as knitting or crochet, hanks are not a fixed length, but are sold in units by weight, most commonly 50 grams. Depending on the thickness of the strand as well as the inherent density of the material, hanks can range widely in yardage per 50 gram unit; for example, 440 yards for a lace weight mohair, to 60 yards for a chunky weight cotton. Special treatments to the materials that add cost, such as mercerisation or labor-intensive hand-painting of colors, can influence a manufacturer's desired length per unit as well. Knitters and crocheters rewind the hanks into balls or centre-pull skeins prior to use, in order to prevent the yarn from becoming tangled.
Robert James "Bob" Ritchie (born January 17, 1971), known by his stage name Kid Rock, is an American singer-songwriter, musician, multi-instrumentalist and rapper with five Grammy Awards nominations. Kid Rock released several studio albums that mostly went unnoticed before his 1998 record Devil Without a Cause, released with Atlantic Records, sold 11 million albums behind the hits, "Bawitdaba", "Cowboy", and "Only God Knows Why". In 2000, he released The History of Rock, a compilation of remixed and remastered versions of songs from previous albums as well as the hit single, "American Bad Ass" and the previously unreleased "Abortion".
Kid Rock released the follow-up in 2001, Cocky. After a slow start, his country-flavored hit "Picture" with Sheryl Crow resurrected the album and it went gold as a single and pushed the album's sales over 5 million. It was followed by 2003's self-titled release, which went platinum in the USA and reached No. 8 on the Billboard charts. In 2006 he released Live Trucker, a greatest hits live album that went mostly unnoticed.
Waylon Arnold Jennings (pronounced /welən dʒɛnɪŋz/; June 15, 1937 – February 13, 2002) was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician. Jennings began playing guitar at eight and began performing at twelve on KVOW radio. He formed a band, The Texas Longhorns. Jennings worked as a D.J on KVOW, KDAV, KYTI and KLLL. In 1958, Buddy Holly arranged Jennings' first recording session, of "Jolie Blon" and "When Sin Stops (Love Begins)". Holly hired him to play bass. During the Winter Dance Party Tour, in Clear Lake, Iowa, Holly chartered a plane to arrive to the next venue. Jennings gave up his seat in the plane to J. P. Richardson, who was suffering from a cold. The flight that carried Holly, Richardson and Ritchie Valens crashed, on the day later known as The Day the Music Died. Following the accident, Jennings worked as a D.J in Coolidge, Arizona and Phoenix. He formed a rockabilly club band, The Waylors. He recorded for independent label Trend Records, A&M Records before succeeding with RCA Victor after achieving creative control of his records.
Actors: Peter Benson (director), Teryl Rothery (actress), Peter Benson (writer), Peter Benson (writer), Lochlyn Munro (actor), Michael Eklund (actor), Zak Santiago (actor), Peter Benson (producer), Peter Benson (actor), Aleks Paunovic (actor), Alistair Abell (actor), Viv Leacock (actor), Doug Abrahams (actor), David Milchard (actor), Benjamin Ayres (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Anthony Alabi (actor), Sonya Godwin (actress), Sonya Godwin (miscellaneous crew), Melanie Lyons (actress), Troy Mittleider (actor), Andrew Prahlow (composer), Nicole Hawkyard (actress), Bill Hendricks (editor), Bill Hendricks (writer), Bill Hendricks (actor), Bill Hendricks (producer), Bill Hendricks (producer), Bill Hendricks (producer), Bill Hendricks (writer), Bill Hendricks (director),
Plot: With their marriage on the rocks, Helen and John desperately attempt to salvage their relationship. To that end, they visit the home of Sheryl, a lively yet mysterious housewife who befriends the unhappy couple. As the night progresses, Sheryl's intentions become more clear, even as she copes with the ever-bickering twosome. What results is anything but an ordinary gathering among friends.
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Short,Actors: Steven Van Zandt (actor), Michelle Henderson (writer), Michelle Henderson (producer), Michelle Henderson (director), Michelle Henderson (composer), Michelle Henderson (editor), Michelle Henderson (actress), Shannon Casto (director), Shannon Casto (writer), Shannon Casto (producer), Andrew Rose (actor), Dione Rose (actress), Katherine Cooper (actress), Sherry Eichberger (actress), Bill Dubois (actor),
Plot: Powerful witch Morgan heads to a festival at a bed and breakfast nestled in the small town of Stevenson, Texas. There, she and her coven get more than they bargain for when they meet Reverend Montgomery, a man who has more than the church on his side. In this return of Morgan from the film Sinner, the passive witch must call up her greatest powers to save her coven and right the wrongs of the town and congregation.
Keywords: power, religion, suspense, witchcraftActors: Christian de Rezendes (actor), Rich Camp (director), Rich Camp (actor), Rich Camp (writer), Matt Zuena (actor), Joe Agresti (actor), James Rossi (actor), Joe Agresti (producer), Chris Loens (actor), John DeCorpo (actor), Harold Ashton (actor), Frank Iacobucci (actor), Ashley Arnold (actress), Jeff Vilardo (actor), Justin McCormick (actor),
Plot: Elwood, an honest lumberjack, refuses to make the switch from axe to saw. Hank, Elwood's boss, fires him for disregarding his instructions only solidifying Elwood's decision to move into the woods to begin a simpler life. While Elwood searches to find a life more in sync with nature Ellen, a news reporter, approaches Hank about doing a story on the turn of events. Hank realizing he must find his former employee to settle this matter before public humiliation sets out after Elwood to bring him back.
Keywords: axe, hermit, lumberjackActors: Debra Wilson (actress), Sherilyn Fenn (actress), Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (actor), Enrico Lo Verso (actor), RuPaul (actor), Karen Black (actress), Hill Harper (actor), Geretta Geretta (director), Lisa Bonet (actress), Geretta Geretta (writer), Marc John Jefferies (actor), Stephen Winter (producer), Rod Hamilton (producer), Taylor Dooley (actress), Scott Erickson (composer),
Plot: Free-spirit Karen reluctantly returns home to Portland, Oregon and finds an unusual change: the old neighborhood has suddenly become predominantly Black. Trying to fit in with her new neighbors she also struggles to keep her own patchwork family in check...as she falls in love with the wrong guy at a very wrong time.
Keywords: african-american, independent-film, interracial-relationship, portland-oregon, title-directed-by-femaleActors: Jaclyn Smith (actress), Skates Naiman (miscellaneous crew), Mark Snow (composer), Richard Masur (actor), Jeffrey DeMunn (actor), Howard Duff (actor), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (actor), Frederick Coffin (actor), Louise Latham (actress), Amy Wright (actress), Dave Adams (actor), Donald Hotton (actor), Bob Larkin (actor), Robert King (actor), William B. Stich (editor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Robert Presnell Sr. (producer), Frank Albertson (actor), Steve McQueen (actor), Scott Hale (actor), Mike O'Dowd (actor), Arthur J. Beckhard (director), Harry Bannister (actor), Richard Coogan (actor), Arthur J. Beckhard (writer), Joseph Sullivan (actor), Cedric Worth (writer), Edith King (actress), Rosemary Pettit (actress), Charles Bolender (actor), Dorothy Westcott (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Crime, Mystery,Actors: Ray Jones (actor), Roy Gordon (actor), Arthur Hunnicutt (actor), Donald Curtis (actor), Robert Adler (actor), Noah Beery Jr. (actor), Everett Glass (actor), Harry Carter (actor), Jeff Chandler (actor), Stanley Andrews (actor), Chet Brandenburg (actor), Joseph Cotten (actor), Ralph Bucko (actor), Dale Robertson (actor), Jay C. Flippen (actor),
Plot: During the Civil War Confederate prisoners of war choose to join the Union Army in its fight against Indians on the condition they won't have to fight against the Confederacy but old animosities between Unionists and Confederates resurface during their fragile alliance against the Indians.
Keywords: american-civil-war, apache, attack, battle, camp, capture, colonel, confederate, desert, devotionActors: Ted Adams (actor), Richard Alexander (actor), Frank Austin (actor), Roy Barcroft (actor), Noah Beery Jr. (actor), Charles Bickford (actor), James Blaine (actor), Monte Blue (actor), Frank Brownlee (actor), Bob Burns (actor), Rod Cameron (actor), Leo Carrillo (actor), Lon Chaney Jr. (actor), Jack Clifford (actor), Ernie Adams (actor),
Plot: Promoted and advertised as "The Million Dollar Serial", most of which appears to have been spent on advertising and the most elaborate pressbook ever put out by Universal on a serial (or 95% of their feature films for that matter), Universal's 51st sound-era serial (following "Sky Raiders" and before "Sea Raiders" and, to quote the late Oliver Drake who wrote the original story,..."we were lucky they didn't call it 'Land Raiders'), "Riders of Death Valley" remains a favorite for the 7-12 year-old kids who saw in on original release in 1941, and a major disappointment for those who came later and never saw it in the 35mm version shown on a screen in a 350-seat grind-house theatre, and now question what all the excitement was about. Hey, you had to have been there. Actually, it is just one long prolonged chase after another for the most part and, even worse, it is usually the 5-6 good guys running from 2-3 of the bad guys (which even had eight-year-old kids of 1941 wondering what's up with this?) and has lots of stock-footage cliffhangers from earlier Universal western serials and features. The plot has Jim Benton (Dick Foran) as the head of a vigilante group, known as the Riders of Death Valley, organized to protect the miners from the take-over plots hatched by Joseph Kirby (James Blaine) and Rance Davis (Monte Blue.) They hire Wolf Reade (Charles Bickford) and his motley crew to do their dirty work, and spend most of their time lamenting their choice of sub-contractee as Reade deals his employees as much misery as he does the "Riders" and miners. Benton's "Riders" are Tombstone (Buck Jones), Pancho (Leo Carrillo), Smokey (Noah Beery, Jr, who is a no-show in most episodes), Borax Bill (Big Boy Williams) and Tex (Glenn Strange.) Always worth watching just for Foran, Jones, Carillo, and Jeanne Kelly (Jean Brooks), and especially if one flash forwards the chase scenes, which will serve to basically make a seven chapter offering out of the original 15.
Keywords: 1880s, ambush, archive-footage, avalanche, b-movie, b-western, barfly, bartender, borax-mining, bridgeActors: Howard Bretherton (director), Noah Beery (actor), Monte Blue (actor), Ivan F. Simpson (actor), Betty Compson (actress), Rose Dione (actress), Myrna Loy (actress), J. Grubb Alexander (writer), Lucien Hubbard (writer), Adolph Milar (actor), Jack Ackroyd (actor), Nina Quartero (actress), Nick De Ruiz (actor), Duke Kahanamoku (actor), Campbell Dixon (writer),
Genres: Drama,