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Netherlands Yearbook of International Law 2016
Netherlands Yearbook of International Law 2016 pp 245-262 | Cite as
Citizenship at Home and Across Borders
Ernst M.H. Hirsch Ballin
First Online: 14 December 2017
Part of the Netherlands Yearbook of International Law book series (NYIL, volume 47)
This chapter focuses on citizenship as an increasingly important aspect of the relationship between international law and the delineation of territories. Traditionally, nation-states are tilted towards an identification of their established population with its nationality. In times of rapidly growing migration and border-crossing relations, this identification is under pressure and requires additional—often contested—rules about acquisition and loss of citizenship. At first sight, increasing hyper-connectivity on a global scale would seem to diminish the importance of territoriality for citizenship. However, a re-assessment of the importance of citizenship for the realization of fundamental rights supports paradoxically a connection of citizenship with the territoriality of a democratic society. The notion of citizenship has to be reconnected to that of territory, but in a different manner than in the past. The territorial state provides the constitutional setting for citizenship free from ethnic privileges and prejudices. This means that the state should constitute the democratic home for people who participate in its social, economic and cultural life.
Citizenship Territoriality Nationality Human rights Democracy Migration
Distinguished University Professor (Tilburg University), President of the Asser Institute for International and European Law, and Professor of Human Rights Law (University of Amsterdam).
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Research, Gender Studies for Men
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By Yoav Levin
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& Men rights activist.
BOOKS & RESEARCH
THE LAST TABOO
THE UNKNOWN HISTORY Of MISANDRY, GYNOCENTRISM, FEMINISM AND THE FUTURE MATRIARCHY
The Last Taboo is a trilogy that constitutes a comprehensive and systemic encyclopedia focusing on misandry, feminism and gynocentrism.
What is misandry?
Misandry has been defined and is the hatred of males or strong prejudice against men as a sex. Alongside hatred, it also describes to the oppression of males as the inferior sex by both men and women. The word comes from misos (Greek μῖσος, ; "hatred") + andr- (Greek ἄνδρ-, stem of ἄνηρ, "man") + -y (Greek -ία, abstract noun suffix). Etymologically the origins in the English language are traced to 1871[4] with usage in European languages, French ("Misandrie") and German (Männerhaß), from at least 1803. Dutch sources show "Misandrie" being translated to "Mannenhaat" ("Mannen = Man"+"Haat = Hate") in 1843. Below is a further and more detailed discussion on the etymological origins of misandry. Feminist activists and writers have reported that they see Misandry, including ironic-misandry, as a tool or weapon to be employed politically across media. The above definition may be improved by distinguishing the different levels of misandry.
What is gynocentrism?
Gynocentrism (Greek, γυνή, "female" – Latin centrum, "centered" ) refers to a dominant or exclusive focus on women in theory or practice; or to the advocacy of this.1 Anything can be considered gynocentric (Adj.) when it is concerned exclusively with a female (or specifically a feminist) focus or point of view whether in interpersonal or cultural;-societal-political context. The definition we use in this book for Gynocentrism is not the traditional one but goes beyond the specific borders of time and geographical boundaries as the traditional definition does.
Yet, it is a multi-faceted definition that still includes the traditional too. Thus on its deepest levels, Gynocentrism is rooted in the biological differences between men and women leading to an unavoidable male dependence on women among others as babies and young children and thus the focus on women in society, interpersonal relationships and gender roles. On this level especially regarding birth, pregnancy, and creation of life it includes the anti-male bias that denies the male part in life creation and concentrating only on the birth sequence itself. It's the misandric degradation of men from an actual human being to a none entity as birth in a female is possible without males.
Coupled with reproductive rights the end goal is the creation of the disposable father myth that is un-necessary for the child. That's the basic level to most feminist laws regarding child custody, alimony and many more. It's also the manipulation of biological truth that both men and women create life while women give birth and men provide, protect, save and make it less painful (endurable) for everyone. As standing opposed to feminist lies and propaganda, Gynocentrism is not about female fertility but life – especially the disposable one (of men). That's the first pillar. Based on the first one, the second pillar of Gynocentrism is putting women on a pedestal, the so-called self princess syndrome, and being there at a whim for all her caprices and demands. The third pillar of Gynocentrism is the idea of female superiority over men – especially the moral one
From those two basic pillars springs:
The demand from men to provide for the woman giving her all earning and almost leaving nothing for the man
The reality of taking all of the abuse, physical one of course, but never hitting back
►• Gynomendacity: this is a term describing the technique used by authoritarian feminists to prevent others from learning the facts of history as we attempt to do in this book. This is crucial not only to manipulate history, truth and reality but especially for the achievement of the feminist end goal and utopia that is a feminist-gynocentric matriarchy. This method is derived from cultural Marxism. "Critical theory" was developed by the "Frankfurt School" in order to undermine what they saw as a great evil – Western civilization – so they could replace it with a bureaucratic utopia based on their theories. Powerful capitalist foundations, controlled by the wealthiest families in the world, have financed the cultural Marxism project for the reason that social control through oppressive bureaucracy serves their interests. The goal is to re-institutionalize serfdom. Female supremacists are financially rewarded for imposing the brainwashing falsehoods of gynomendacity. If you want to become a well-rounded MRA (Men's Rights Activist), then you must learn about the unknown history of misandry, gynocentrism as well as feminism which this is all the book is about.
Feminism is Gynocentrism!
The feminist project is a continuation of the longer gynocentric tradition to which it belongs. In fact, feminism took gynocentrism into a new level of extremity by grounding it in misandry and with the aim of creating a gynocentric-feminist matriarchy as we will elaborate in this book and with the help of the modern welfare state whether it's the Marxist-left or the liberal-right one. The underlying thesis in this book regarding feminism and gynocentrim is adopted from Adam Kostakis, put and summarized in this following passage:
"Feminism is only the modern packaging of Gynocentrism, an ancient product, made possible in its present form by the extensive public welfare arrangements of the post-war period. In spite of its radical rhetoric, the content of feminism, or one could say, its essence, is remarkably traditional; so traditional, in fact, that its core ideas are simply taken for granted, as unquestioned and unquestionable dogma, enjoying uniform assent across the political spectrum. Feminism is distinguishable only because it takes a certain traditional idea – the deference of men to women – to an unsustainable extreme. Political extremism, a product of modernity, shall fittingly put an end to the traditional idea itself; that is, in the aftermath of its astounding, all-singing, all-dancing final act"
The traditional idea under discussion is a male sacrifice for the benefit of women, which we term Gynocentrism. This is the historical norm, and it was the way of the world long before anything called 'feminism' made itself known. There is an enormous amount of continuity between the chivalric class code which arose in the Middle Ages and modern feminism, for instance. That the two are distinguishable is clear enough, but the latter is simply a progressive extension of the former over several centuries, having retained its essence over a long period of transition. One could say that they are the same entity, which now exists in a more mature form – certainly, we are not dealing with two separate creatures.
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The Metalloproteinase Stromelysin-1 (Transin) Mediates PC12 Cell Growth Cone Invasiveness through Basal Laminae
Lora A. Nordstrom, Janis Lochner, Wendy Yeung, Gary Ciment
Cell, Developmental, & Cancer Biology
Matrix metalloproteinases have been implicated in various extracellular matrix remodeling events that occur during normal development and in a number of pathologies. In previous work with PC12 rat pheochromocytoma cells, we found that the matrix metalloproteinase stromelysin-1 (ST1) was highly induced by nerve growth factor (NGF), but not by epidermal growth factor (EGF). Here, we show that ST1 immunoreactivity is present in growth cones of NGF-treated PC12 calls, but not EGF-treated or untreated cells. To determine whether ST1 expression confers neurite invasiveness, three lines of PC12 cells were produced that constitutively express ST1 antisense mRNA. These lines expressed and secreted significantly reduced levels of ST1 protein, as determined by immunoblot and immunocytochemical methods, but otherwise responded normally to NGF-treatment by elaborating neurites. We found, however, that the neurites of these ST1 antisense cells showed a significantly reduced ability to penetrate a Matrigel reconstituted basal lamina, as compared to the parental cells, suggesting that ST1 confers neurite invasiveness. Finally, we show that ST1 is also expressed in vivo in sections through Embryonic Day 15 rat embryos, including neurons of both the peripheral and central nervous systems. These date indicate that ST1 may play a role in axonal growth in vivo, including a role in growth cone invasiveness.
Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience
https://doi.org/10.1006/mcne.1995.1006
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Nordstrom, L. A., Lochner, J., Yeung, W., & Ciment, G. (1995). The Metalloproteinase Stromelysin-1 (Transin) Mediates PC12 Cell Growth Cone Invasiveness through Basal Laminae. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, 6(1), 56-68. https://doi.org/10.1006/mcne.1995.1006
The Metalloproteinase Stromelysin-1 (Transin) Mediates PC12 Cell Growth Cone Invasiveness through Basal Laminae. / Nordstrom, Lora A.; Lochner, Janis; Yeung, Wendy; Ciment, Gary.
In: Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Vol. 6, No. 1, 02.1995, p. 56-68.
Nordstrom, LA, Lochner, J, Yeung, W & Ciment, G 1995, 'The Metalloproteinase Stromelysin-1 (Transin) Mediates PC12 Cell Growth Cone Invasiveness through Basal Laminae', Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 56-68. https://doi.org/10.1006/mcne.1995.1006
Nordstrom LA, Lochner J, Yeung W, Ciment G. The Metalloproteinase Stromelysin-1 (Transin) Mediates PC12 Cell Growth Cone Invasiveness through Basal Laminae. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 1995 Feb;6(1):56-68. https://doi.org/10.1006/mcne.1995.1006
Nordstrom, Lora A. ; Lochner, Janis ; Yeung, Wendy ; Ciment, Gary. / The Metalloproteinase Stromelysin-1 (Transin) Mediates PC12 Cell Growth Cone Invasiveness through Basal Laminae. In: Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 1995 ; Vol. 6, No. 1. pp. 56-68.
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A tour of the solar system's ocean worlds
By Sarah Kaplan
The solar system is surprisingly wet.
Water is everywhere: frozen in flying chunks of space rock, floating in the atmospheres of gas giants, and — perhaps most remarkable of all — sloshing about in huge oceans hidden under the icy crusts of distant moons.
This last group includes the "ocean worlds." If there is life in our solar system (other than us, of course), there's a decent chance it lives in one of these places, and at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, dozens of oceanographers and planetary scientists came together Thursday to discuss how we might explore them.
It would be a long trip — taking us to the frigid outer reaches of the solar system. But there are plenty of beaches to stop at along the way (whether you would want to go swimming in them is another matter). Here are a few of the most intriguing ocean worlds:
This moon of Jupiter has the smoothest surface of any object in the solar system; it has a thick, icy crust streaked with reddish marks thought to be deposits of salt from an interior sea. The ocean beneath that crust is kept liquid by "tidal heating" — the act of orbiting Jupiter actually keeps the moon's interior warm. And it might share some key characteristics with the oceans on Earth: a study from NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab earlier this year suggested that the moon could have the right balance of chemicals to power biological processes. A NASA mission to do several long flybys of Europa is already in the works.
In 2005, NASA's Cassini spacecraft noticed something strange going on near the surface of Enceladus, one of Saturn's moons: geyser-like jets of water vapor, carbon dioxide and other gases and particles were erupting from fissures near the moon's south pole. Beneath Enceladus's fractured surface, a liquid ocean is being churned by volcanic activity in the moon's rocky interior. Because it is thought that life on Earth first evolved around similar sea vents on our planet, this find makes the moon pretty enticing to astrobiologists. Carolyn Porco, the imaging team leader for the Cassini mission, said Thursday, "Some of us regard Enceladus is actually — with no hype — the best place in the solar system to search for extraterrestrial life."
Jupiter's biggest moon is the largest in our solar system — and the only one with its own magnetic field. Researchers have said it has a large, salty ocean sandwiched between an inner and outer layer of rock. It could even have several oceans layered between sheathes of ice, like a very strange club sandwich.
Saturn's largest moon is the only place in the solar system known to have liquid lakes on its surface (other than Earth, of course). But the far-flung satellite is super cold — a biting minus-292 degrees Fahrenheit — so they're filled with methane and ethane, rather than water (which would freeze). Below the surface, on the other hand, it's thought that a liquid ocean layer causes the moon to morph and deform as it responds to Saturn's gravitational pull. Titan has been called the most Earth-like world ever discovered, and it could theoretically be habitable.
You may laugh, but there are parts of Earth's oceans that are as foreign to scientists as any extraterrestrial sea. The first organisms around deep-sea vents weren't discovered until 1977 — before then, scientists imagined the dark, deep ocean as a lifeless place. "Of all the earthbound sciences," said Chris German, a geologist at Woods Hole who helped organize the conference, "the ocean sciences might be about as close to possible as the science of space."
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Ace Ventura: When Slinky Falls
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Big weekend, blasting "The Sound of Music" and that darn Gretl.
The revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's soaring musical concluded its Atlanta performances, part of a big stage tour, last evening. I was not in the cast. My lederhosen wept.
Anyway, that's what I'm telling the dry cleaner.
As you may know, a sincere, lifelong dream of mine has been to play the demanding role of Gretl, the teeniest of Von Trapps. I've fully confessed the quest, the craft, the whining like a little girl.
See: "The Sound of Mikey" | "Meanwhile..."
I was never extended so much as a phone call inviting me to audition. Thus, you know what that meant. No "Thank you, Mr. Durrett, nice gams."
I'm not getting any younger here, producers. You are forcing me into Plan B. I've written a sequel, "The Sound of Hip-Hop," wherein Gretl (Mike Durrett) and the kin kiddies (Some Fresh-Faced Brats) flee Austria to revolutionize Motown with popping, locking, and B-boying. Feel da funk. Word. Edelweiss.
Then, stardom in my claws, I'll mount "The Sound of Kabuki" with me as most honorable G. and kimonoed kiddie kin (Some Other Fresh-Faced Brats).
In the short term, however, I get livid when I think of this year's fruitless toil, the expense, the tappity-tappity-tappity-tappity-tappity-tappity-tap taps.
Even the elementary Botox® injections were for naught. At least, I have three months of pre-schooler pouty lips left to carry me through the indignation and appearances on GretaWire.
And now, seriously, before my blood pressure rises any higher, I need to go phone the pediatrician....
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I've been pondering the toys of childhood. One of the greats is the Slinky.
The Slinky was a must-have item for me. I had to have a Slinky or I could not go on. It was as simple as that — and so be it.
I was presented my first Slinky, all silvery and metallic, on Christmas morn of Mikey's fourth or fifth year on the 1950s planet. It was a grand occasion and I immediately raced from our living room, up the ominous staircase to the second floor, and encouraged the virginal Slinky to "walk" down the steps, all the way to the bottom.
Success! What a sight to behold! Bravo, Slinky!
I descended, grabbed the Slinky and toddled back up to do it all over again.
Whee!
Then, I was done. As wonderful a toy as it is, Slinky is good for only about 90 seconds of enjoyment. I don't recall playing with the lovely gift ever again.
On a nostalgic whim, I purchased a colorful, plastic Slinky in 1992. I sent it down our steps once and crossed the springy coil over to the opposite hand and reversed the motion three or four times. I put the marvel into its carton and that was that.
I still own Slinky. Somewhere. Probably in a big mystery box in a closet.
I saw the toy in 1999, when we moved to our current home. I did not play with my Slinky. The 90 seconds of seven years prior continued to satiate me.
One moment.
Okay. I've huddled with myself. Sorry, Slink.
In a related memory from the titanic tot era, I fell down those early wooden steps in a nasty tumble.
Bump! Bump! Bump!
I instructed the survivors to dub me "Mlinky."
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Joy Story 3
During "Toy Story 3" at the Fox, I found myself caught up in the sentimentality and nostalgia of the film for the playthings of our youth. It got me reminiscing about my favorite childhood toys. I can name the triumvirate, which provided hours upon hours of fun. I've written of Kenner's Give-A-Show Projector, so that leaves Pepsi and pickles.
"Pepsi Commercial 1960s" via YouTube
"Heinz Pickles Commercial 1960s" via YouTube
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'Toy Stories 3'
All of these movie projection systems -- which to see?
There are Disney Digital 3-D, Disney Digital 2-D, 35mm 2-D, and 70mm dual-strip IMAX 3-D. I didn't like any of them, so I made up my own.
Not "Toy Story 3-D," but "Toy Story 3 2-D Déjà View":
Swan Drive-in Theatre, Blue Ridge, Ga., June 2010
Fox Theatre, Atlanta, Ga., August 2010
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Consolation Video: "Dancing Panda '70s Remix" via YouTube
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Sheesh. This is why I don't drink. Usually. One little indiscretion and now I gotta marry the Hoveround Collapsible Grabber.
Monday. A strong sense of foreshadowing hovers over my week. My car is in the shop and our bananas are speckled.
@screencrave sez: "Clint Eastwood's Hereafter to Close New York Film Fest" ... I didn't even know he was sick.
There's a big Revival underway down the road. They're trying to bring the church school fruit punch back to flavor.
Gov. Blagojevich is coming over. We're having a Moe-Off.
Just reflecting, I have been out of radio for three decades. Not once, not once have I missed Sugarloaf.
Why is it, as I age, my eyebrows get bigger? They're huge. They oscillate. They make a high, shrill noise. They're a '50s sci-fi movie....
Today's Quote: "You'll be glad you did." -- David Oreck
I've penciled in Errol Flynn films for Saturday. I like to see movies made before my birth and I changed the world.
"Apply to be a beta tester & get the first look at upcoming Facebook products." That means I'll be first to read who's "going to bed now."
Twitter Birds by SpoonGraphics
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A Confederacy of Coincidences — And That Brings Us Back to Mo
Two weeks ago, it was my nice fortune to be a projectionist on duty when we presented a rare showing of "The General" (1926) in the Atlanta Fox Theatre, accompanied with a live musical score performed on our powerful Moller pipe organ. Buster Keaton's classic Civil War comedy is based on the actual 1862 incident when Union soldiers and sympathizers stole a Confederate train, setting off a dangerous locomotive chase through Georgia.
I learned of "The General" booking in late spring, about the time my wife and I renewed our season tickets to Theatre in the Square, a small, professional venue producing plays in nearby Marietta, Ga. TITS, as we like to call it (Donna said it first! Donna said it first!), announced their line-up of shows, but I paid minimal notice. I get so much more out of theatregoing by not immersing myself in details of the productions in advance.
Sunday, 12 evenings after "The General," I found myself in our second row seats at Theatre in the Square, watching the world premiere of "Stealing Dixie," a gripping drama —
(One moment. Let me copy and paste this...)
— based on an actual 1862 incident when Union soldiers and sympathizers stole a Confederate train, setting off a dangerous locomotive chase through Georgia.
"Stealing Dixie" promo, Marietta.
I was bewildered. This largely unknown historical event provided the frameworks for two entertainments I was essentially summoned to attend less than a fortnight apart.
The coincidences continue.
Theatre in the Square is located one storefront away from the Marietta railroad tracks. Standing at the entrance, one can glimpse the former Kennesaw House, maybe 200 feet yonder. It was inside that building, depicted explicitly in "Stealing Dixie," where the Union men holed up the night before their crime. The boarding of The General, I assume, occurred mere yards away, too.
Western & Atlantic Railroad No. 3, The General on display in Kennesaw, Ga.
Until yesterday, the above material was enough of a weird story for me to ponder. Then, out of the blue, things took another turn.
Accomplished theatre organist and silent film enthusiast Dennis James uncovered my previous article on "The General" at The Fabulous Fox. He sent a note of kind remarks and shared his memories.
I had projected "The Phantom of the Opera" (1925) for one of Dennis' special Fox appearances, around 25 years ago. He was at the keys of the "Mighty Mo" organ, supporting the motion picture.
Dennis wrote:
I well remember our sellout screenings of Lon Chaney's PHANTOM OF THE OPERA over the years, and the TCM presented Erich von Stroheim THE MERRY WIDOW that we also recorded for the cable channel periodic broadcasts. What a house, what an organ!
I was pleased to hear from him and startled I had somehow missed his connection to "The Merry Widow." I had no idea he had provided the soundtrack, recorded at the very same Fox console. How did I miss this development? Turner Classic Movies, after all, is my second home. I practically live inside the channel.
I dropped what I was doing and immediately moused my way over to TCM.com. I would have TCM send me an Email Alert in advance of their next presentation of "The Merry Widow." They occasionally broadcast silent films. This one would be back around within a year or two.
*Gulp*
What is going on here? "The Merry Widow," I read, was scheduled to be aired:
Tue, Aug 24, 2010 8:30 AM EDT
That was THIS morning, only 14 hours later.
Screen credits from "The Merry Widow" (1925), as seen on TV
I recorded the movie. Does the story end here?
I don't know because I seem to be back at the Fox. I'm going to enjoy running "The Merry Widow" on my television, but with one begrudging caveat. I should be paid to listen to the Fox organ, you know. I have always been paid to listen to the Fox organ, working there and all. It's what I do.
Play it again, Dennis....
Train photo courtesy Harvey Henkelmann.
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Big weekend, salivating over Pop-Tarts World.
Pop-Tarts World has opened in New York City. I'd surely enjoy the thrill rides, but I don't care to "FASTEN YOUR FRUIT FILLINGS."
How dare they say that to me?
Furthermore, "YOU HAVE TO BE THIS NOT PARTICULARLY NOURISHING TO RIDE."
Photo courtesy of Diaper, Creative Commons license.
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Sux and the Mikey, Too
Although the Fox Theatre marquee publicized the wrong film, we played "Sex and the City 2" recently to an appreciative, mostly female audience.
The afternoon before, the hostage me, the all-by-myself all-male audience, sat alone in the immense auditorium to observe the feature's Digital Cinema print during a technical run-through. Someone had to do it and that someone was Projector Boy.
I rue the day I mentioned I had liked a chick flick. Word got out and here I was, against my will, force-fed widescreen botox and wall-to-wall twatters (which are below-the-belt titters).
Not even slightly assuaged by my presence on the company payroll, I persevered, borderline horrified from the first frame of the picture until the final fade, trapped within an 146-minute "Eek!"
"Ohmigod, it's Liza Minnelli."
"Ohmigod, it's Liza Minnelli impersonators.
"Ohmigod, it's only the first reel."
"Ohmigod, they're being Beyoncé."
"Ohmigod, 'Single Ladies.'"
"Ohmigod, put a ring on it."
"Ohmigod, if you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it."
"Ohmigod, oh oh oh."
"Ohmigod, put a bazooka on it."
"Ohmigod, I'm thinking of doilies."
"Oh! My! God!"
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'Singin'' 'n' the Train
ATLANTA, Ga. — After running Buster Keaton's locomotive "The General" (1926) for the lucky Fox Theatre throng, my projection partner and I stayed after hours to conduct a tech screening of "Singin' in the Rain" (1952), the next program in the 35mm summer film series.
Watching my favorite musical from the observation window, I was struck by how this night's unintended double feature is so perfect together. Each is one of the best comedies of its respective silent or sound eras, machinery propels both yarns, inventiveness is key, and rails play roles with either a train or a trolley. Furthermore, the plot of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's "Singin'" cleverly depicts Hollywood's growing pains, changing gears and moving moving pictures into the talkies era.
Gene Kelly image via Wikipedia
I first experienced "Singin' in the Rain" at age 18, through the good fortune of my high school's film appreciation course. I was also, naturally, the class projectionist, enabling me to get my hands on the 16mm print a few days before the students' viewing. I had planned to screen a minute or two for grins, but the snowball effect kicked in and I rolled the entire film down to "The End."
What a superlative movie. I've seen it, perhaps, two dozens times in the intervening years and plan to collect a few more, preferably with large, appreciative audiences, a practice I shun with lesser attractions.
Here's a moment, one of the many exceptional musical numbers spanning "Singin' in the Rain." I recall being alone, slouched in the darkness of my school's auditorium, looking on as 26-year-old Donald O'Connor (who would portray The Great Stone Face in "The Buster Keaton Story") made 'em laugh and took my breath.
"Singin' in the Rain: Make 'Em Laugh" via Google Video
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"The Jack Benny Program: Horatio Hornblower Parody" with Mel Blanc via YouTube
Specific clips of note at :00-1:11 and 3:51-5:07
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"The Jack Benny Program" with The Tijuana Troubadours via YouTube
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The General on 'The General'
It did me good to hear the boisterous cheers and laughter coming from the large audience during the Atlanta Fox presentation of Buster Keaton's "The General," an 84-year-old silent movie, "the number 18 greatest film of all time," according to the American Film Institute.
Clark Wilson, resident organist of the Ohio Theatre in Columbus, was the nimble guest performer at the keys of the powerful Mighty Mo. He accompanied the film with his rousing, tender, and patriotic musical score, weaving together appropriate melodies of The War Between the States period. I found the evening moving. I was proud and happy for Buster.
As a projectionist, "The General" was also excellent because we had no need for the usual, somewhat tedious regimen of sound checks and adjustments. Boys and girls, silents are our friends!
"Buster Keaton Performing Stunts in 'The General'" via YouTube
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Big weekend, brooding, beaming brooding to beaming brooders.
We finished the annual Fox Theatre summer film festival with a downtown Atlanta showing of "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse," but I was still miffed over the events of a few days prior when I drew the occupational short straw, requiring me to be the one to pre-screen the motion picture. We projectionists troubleshoot related technical issues through this practice in advance of the public attending a film.
People say to me, "Oh, you get paid to watch the movies!"
True. I do. And to those people, I say, "Ernest Scared Stupid."
Not having seen the first two episodes of the "Twilight" franchise, I was at a loss as to what was unfolding before the balcony — something hotsy about commingled, overly-coiffed vampires, werewolves, and Dakota Fannings.
When the bite fest concluded, I sprinted a few blocks down Peachtree to the nearby hospital emergency room for a precautionary blood test and a good, old-school leeching. I avoided looking in mirrors and serpentined to sidestep any aloft silver bullets.
For the record, the series of rabies shots to the gut were less painful than my required pre-screening of "Sex and the City 2."
Yeah, hotsy.
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As of today, I have acquired all 190 Three Stooges comedy shorts -- and is there a pie in this house? No! There! Is! Not!
Sharing some 3 Stooges love, @WH2H_Radio threw me a virtual pie, which my wife intercepted. I'm off to Virtual Divorce Court & Laundromat...
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO is super. I, The Boy With the Dragon Breath, connected with it. I give it four Tic Tacs.
Judge ruled it's OK to lie about military service. You know, I was in the Navy to get the gravy & the Army, I got the beans.
Actual Headline: "Suspect wore fake breasts, clown pants" ... Some days, I am afraid to read the news....
Tonite's Movie: THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS (2009) was like staring at goats.
I need to correct a previous post. Full disclosure: Watching THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS was like staring at eyelids. The inside of eyelids.
Why I Do What I Do: Because I am the only person posting to my accounts, I always get to sit in The Legs Chair.
I believe my Bruce Willis Eau de Parfum is a knock-off. It has a hair in it.
Press Release: "An Evening with Garrison Keillor, Wednesday, Nov. 17," Atlanta. Well, that explains the loud snoring noise over N. GA today.
Consolation Video: "Hollywood Squares" 1970s Naughty Reel via YouTube
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Big weekend, shepherding an intervention with Justin Bieber on pitfalls of the comb-over.
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Saving Facebook: My Confessions:
On International Intimate Apparel Week
I'm going to need my tortoise suit back. Don't forget the wax snapper lips and turtleneck dickey.
On Snapshots
[Looking at] photos of my high school reunion, taken shortly before they threw me out of the A/V Club and yanked the loop on the back of my shirt.
I missed [out on other events] to attend my high school reunion, however I doubt I would have received the nine noogies.
On Current Events
Friend Ray
It's tough deciding which I care less about, Mel Gibson or Chelsea Clinton gettin' married! Guess I'll flip a coin.
If it lands on its edge, that means Lindsay Lohan.
On Our Mammoth Southwestern USA Vacation
Friend Jeremy
Glad to see the trip getting some web-site time. I hope Silt wasn't the most interesting place you went...
Silt, of course, was scintillating, but the other places were cute, too. I'll get around to writing on them. Time's in short supply this week though. Memories of Silt will carry me through. Be Silt my heart....
On Late-Night Television
Who exactly is watching POKER AFTER DARK? Huh? TV card games? C'mon, MOONBAT PARCHEESI is much more action-packed.
Friend Mark
Maybe if they had an all-women STRIP POKER AFTER DARK version???
I prefer to play STRIP YAHTZEE. I never like to hear "no dice."
The Fox and the Cats
ATLANTA, Ga. — Yesterday, I was there at The Fab, working on computer files for several upcoming movie events.
At the end of the afternoon, we pair o' projectionists strolled through the empty auditorium, observing the quiet stage festooned with the trashy set from "Cats," the musical appearing that night in its umpteenth engagement at the theatre.
"Is this the national Broadway tour?" I asked my associate.
"Yes," he said.
"Good grief, this play has to have been on the road for more than 20 years! Are those poor cats using walkers with tinkle bells in 'em?"
Scott kept moving along the aisle through the orchestra seats.
"I bet Rum Tum Tugger is plum plum tuckered," I said. "Do they require orthopedic catnip? I think I smell Tabby Pampers."
"Yes."
"You are rather non-verbal."
"I don't want to be on the Internet."
We passed through the doorway to backstage. The unmistakable aroma of cats was in the air. I took keen interest in the placement of my feet.
"Is this play in English?" I asked.
"I'd come to see it if it were in Kitty."
"You mean, 'Meow, meow, meow?'"
"Sure. I'd like to hear the show in its native tongue, with some vigorous yawns and implausible wild scampering not altered for the locals." I looked at the employees' time clock and punched out.
"Two hours to curtain," said a six-foot-tall cat stirring from a nap near a coil of rope. She flicked out her tongue with the precision of a switchblade and commenced to bathe before us, fluffing her coat and extended leg fur contortioned behind her neck and pointy ears. I was beginning to feel sympathy moist.
Another feline snooped about the Production Office. He wore street attire -- a big, black, rhinestone collar with "SKIMBLESHANKS" on it. I think there may have been a tattoo of The Aristocats in his tramp stamp region.
Amazingly, and absolutely true, he asked if we had a can opener.
Scott produced one, while I wondered, "Doesn't Fancy Feast have pop-tops?"
"Thanks, man," the mouser said, strutting away on two legs. "Down with IAMS!"
His declawed fist #4 was in the air with defiance. Then, I saw it.
A thumb!
Something was not right with these immensely overgrown, poetry-reciting pussycats. I phoned Animal Control, Homeland Security, and Blofeld.
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Screen Fest
ATLANTA, Ga. — Stagehands remount and hang the movie screen at the Fox Theatre, days before the continuation of the summer film series.
Due to space demands of the larger Broadway tours to appear here, like the recently concluded "Phantom of the Opera," the vacationing screen, which prefers to hover overhead backstage, is sometimes dismantled and packed under the floorboards between flicks.
As a staff projectionist, I have the same deal. Thanks, my union!
In this photo, a few minutes after our presentation of "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," the crew "flies" the screen up and away, and lowers the movie speakers, which sit on an elevator, to the basement until next time.
All of this is preparation for a live run of the musical with those human-sized "Cats." The stage will be cleared, ready and dreading the forthcoming fur ball mayhem.
And, yes, the orchestra pit will be lined and filled with kitty litter.
'Sabotage!'
I am a movie projectionist.
During "Caddyshack," mysterious technical issues arose. People called me "crazy," but my suspicions were correct....
"Sabotage!" via YouTube
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'Caddy' Shock
One thing projectionists hate is for the movie sound to fail unexpectedly. During the "Caddyshack" show, we jumped hurdles in seconds and manually overrode the pesky system when it muted itself.
"What's going on here?" I asked my partner.
"The processor needs to reboot," he said, but I knew better.
GOPHER!!
On the first evening of the film's release in 1969, 17-year-old me sat in the Fox Theatre's orchestra section to watch "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid." I thought of my strong desire to operate the projectors in this movie palace, Atlanta's largest and finest. It was a personal goal and seemingly uncrackable.
More than four decades later, including 1978, the year I gained entrée, Butch and Sundance and the Fox and I reunited, with me looking on, all comfy from the projection room stool.
Big weekend.
A Confederacy of Coincidences — And That Brings Us...
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SAG and PGA Awards 2020: What the 'Parasite' and '1917' Wins Mean for a Tight Oscar Race - After this weekend's SAG, PGA, and Eddie Awards, "Parasite" and "1917" each picked up momentum, while "The Irishman" lost it.


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Opinion: Some thoughts on Saints' current predicament
Southampton fans grow increasingly upset with their club, but is such vocal negativity fair or helpful?
By Dan Vaughan@vaughan_of_89 Jan 12, 2016, 9:20am GMT
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Southampton's season is close to falling apart. A third round FA Cup exit at the hands of a manager sacked under former Southampton chairman Nicola Cortese, combined with a gutting 6-1 loss to Liverpool (of all teams) and nine losses in eleven games, has seen some fans start to turn on current manager Ronald Koeman.
While placing our current struggles into the context of where we have been in the last decade should calm Saints fans a little, it is no reason to just accept the recent troubles on the field or, perhaps, those behind the scenes.
Ronald Koeman has done a superb job since arriving as Southampton manager, but there is a growing feeling that something is not right and the Dutch legend has recently appeared frustrated in the media for various reasons.
Yet, despite the dreadful form and occasionally questionable tactics, some reactions by supporters - particularly on social media - are downright embarrassing. Everyone has a right to criticise their team - that's a given - but the #RonaldOut brigade and those bashing the board in direct tweets should think twice about what they are achieving by doing that.
And that's before we get to Tweeters and stadium booers who criticise players, week in, week out. The latest example being the abuse directed at Matt Targett, which I for one believe to be some of the most idiotic vitriol ever spouted by Saints fans (and there has been a lot over recent years).
While frustrations are understandable and shared by all who have followed our team of late, some fans need to get a grip. Yes, the board need to invest in a couple of players and yes, Ronald has got a few things wrong this season, but the constant perpetuating of... myths... lets call them, is grating, nonsensical and counter-productive when directed at the squad and manager.
With that in mind, here is my take on a few of the popular opinions being voiced by supporters recently.
Ronald Koeman has to go: Our manager is undoubtedly under pressure for both performances and results. The team are only able to string together patches of good football rather than dominate matches - the Arsenal game aside. Given the constant turnover of players, the lack of cohesion at times must be understandable but Ronald has performed miracles in the past, albeit not at the moment.
A closer inspection of our troubles reveals that our inability to take our chances is the fundamental problem - this weekend's late rally against Crystal Palace should have resulted in at least a draw but, predictably, we lost. Again. Koeman has publicly stated that he has had the team on shooting practice in training, as well as telling the board that he needs a striker and shifted formation in recent times to try to find answers.
Yet for some fans this isn't good enough. Against Palace, Koeman went with the same three at the back formation that trounced Everton last autumn but had also been deployed in our awful exit from the Europa League. The fact that supporters viewed this as five, rather than three, defenders speaks volumes - formations shift depending on whether the team is attacking or defending, so both are right but the negative comments of fans are short sighted given how frustratingly one dimensional we were under Pochettino. At least the manager is trying something different - which is great to see given the recent injury to Pelle and our present woes in front of goal. Good on Ronald for pro-actively looking for solutions, and he even changed it at half time in an attempt to wrestle back the result.
The squad isn't good enough: The classic response to our inability to hold on to English players leaving to chase their dreams of success: "we've sold the silverware, replaced with cheap foreign tat".This is a claim that I just don't buy, with the following players highlighting why.
Jordy Clasie has been a bright light recently, although obviously not as good as Schneiderlin was for two main reasons. 1) He is adapting B) he is a different type of player. Yes, both are defensive midfielders, but while Schneiderlin is a ball winner in the mould of Coquelin, Clasie is a creator, more like a Cazorla. Some of Clasie's passing is fantastic, and that he isn't as effective a hustler as the Frenchman is fine because we have Wanyama and Romeu to do that job, so people should consider this before haranguing the newbie.
Hearing fans boo Graziano Pelle at St Mary's in his early Southampton days was embarrassing for the same 'settling' reasons as with Clasie. Beyond that, Pelle gets labelled an 'immobile, useless lump' every week. Sorry, but the Italian has a great deal more fluency to his play than Ricky Lambert ever did, although the Liverpudlian was a lot more clinical in front of goal. For me, Pelle is one of the best forwards in the league in terms of his hold up play and has a decent goals to game ratio. Clearly, he could be more ruthless (as could all our players), but as the lone 'proper' centre forward in a team not blessed with super star creators. The man is an over relied-upon, yet a very good player. While his constant gesturing to team mates is annoying at times, at least the guy has passion; lay off Pelle!
Recent abuse of Matt Targett is, for me, the biggest indictment of our fans losing grip of reality. A fantastic, developing talent, that has played well 90% of the occasions in which I have seen him play. A local academy graduate who epitomises much of what has given us reason to be so proud in recent years. Yet, some are calling him out as crap online! Unbelievable! We call for more academy players to be given a chance and then roast them when results disappoint. Shame on you, those who do this because that is not what Southampton fans should be about, much less supporters of a football club; turn the blinkers off and give the kid a break! Likewise: James Ward-Prowse.
Finally in this category of the new Guly-shaped scapegoat we have Maya Yoshida. A squad player who is given far too many minutes, many of them in an unfamiliar right back position, and has made far too many mistakes to warrant his consistent selection. Fine, no one can argue with any of that and one of the frustrating things is that Koeman keeps faith with him. Yet, however, is the abuse on social media, on club forums and in the stands helpful? Clearly not. Knocking the guy's confidence is only more likely to lead to more jittery performances and chip away at Maya's self belief. For a rotation player (no doubt paid accordingly) who gives 100% each game, he at least deserves praise for when he performs well (which is more often than many give him credit for) as he does derision for the times he makes costly errors.
Ronald has lost the dressing room: This claim is as hard to prove as it is to disprove, but the body language from players and staff recently certainly gives reason to be concerned. Recent form, however, should at least give provide fans with an alternative theory; that the highly competitive athletes are gutted! While I suspect that Ron has one or two dressing room issues, I struggle to comprehend what he could do to address them.
Our transfer policy and current position in the pecking order depresses me as much as any Saints fan - so why should it be different for our key players and staff? That we are lacking in team spirit at the moment and a couple of players are apparently agitating for moves away is probably at the heart of that. Personally, Ronald's promises to let the players rot in the stands should they not behave themselves - which must have board approval - are perfect responses befitting the authority that endeared the Dutchman to us from the onset of his reign as manager. Certain players are harder to motivate than others, and, generally speaking, superstars have bigger egos and are harder to manage than others; looking at the players who appear to be demotivated would back up this theory.
So what, apart from laying down the law, punishing players and dropping them, can Ronald do? More to the point, what would another manager do that would have different results?
The board have lost the plot: Finally, perhaps the most popular complaints among fans involve the board's apparent lack of vision, passion, and ambition. This one would need a whole blog of its own to dissect fully, but suffice to say that, for me, it comes down to two things:
A) Player retention. Clearly we have sold too many players - particularly English, academy graduates, and this has affected the club in a number of ways. While this is hard to swallow, and fans shouldn't be expected to just accept this is part of the modern game, it is difficult to see how the board can prevent it - current 'bad apple' issues proving how want-away players can negatively affect morale, motivation and the like. All the board can do is ensure that we get a good price for them - which they have considering remaining contract lengths - and find suitable replacements, which I think they have also done. In a timely and cost-effective manor too, I would argue.
I do not believe for one second that the likes of Cedric is an awful player as many believe, for example. Nathaniel Clyne was a questionable defender for a long time as evidenced by how Calum Chambers was often preferred in games against top attackers, and Clyne still can't head a ball... Similarly, Oriol Romeu has been here for five minutes and looks to have some weaknesses in his game, but can you really expect him to be instantly be as dominating as Morgan Schneiderlin - a player who developed through eight years at the club through League 1, The Championship, the lower and higher echelons Premier League, surrounded by players he had known for years? Obviously not. Give the new guys time and understand that to expect instant results, as happened last season, is a rare thing. Even our best players do not hit the ground running, they developed into those players at a club that does that better than any - fans would do good to remember that now.
B) Wage structure and purchasing. This is one area in which I am somewhat critical of the board; how can we expect to push on while paying so little in wages? While this one is particularly complicated, with Financial Fair Play, the club's minuscule commercial income and various other things in mind. Being among the lowest paying clubs in the league is worrying and bound to have an effect particularly when these figures are public knowledge with players and their agents looking to secure their fortunes fast. And who can blame them in today's world where we are taught that such self preservation is absolutely correct?
While it pains me to appear on the sides of the players, rather than the fans in this instance, you have to be realistic in assessing this issue in the light of our constant trouble to prevent player losses and in buying proven Premier League proven replacements. What I would like, more than anything else, is for the club to go out and buy Charlie Austin tomorrow thereby proving their ambition and giving Ronald and his team a much needed lift. He could even be given a relegation release clause to alleviate any concerns that the board might have although I do not think that we are in danger of going down yet (although we are drifting dangerously close to that, as Ronald has said).
So, the way forward as far as I am concerned consists of this. The board backing Ronald in the short term with a quality striker to alleviate the pressure on the team. I do not for one second believe that we can't afford it with our net spend being what it has been in the last couple of seasons. Only then will the Dutchman consider a contract extension which I am positive is the way forward - who, realistically, could we get with the same gravitas and managerial ability as Ronald? Secondly, I would challenge the fans who are (understandably) upset at the lack of loyalty on display in the modern game to ask themselves if such loyalty should not be reciprocated to Ronald and to the players they consistently deride and single out.
We all have a right to be upset, but there have to better ways to display our fandom than booing people at the stadium, criticising online or telling people they are $h!t on Twitter - as if behaving like some Aston Villa fans have yesterday will have anything other than an abhorrent affect on team morale. To criticise players for not doing their jobs properly, we as fans should at least be playing our part in supporting our team. And don't even get me started on the St Mary's atmosphere...
To borrow a phrase from others on Southampton forums, keep the faith in Ronald, in the board, and in our players both young or new to the team.


Home » News » How will the Northam drama affect critical tax and budget issues facing Virginia?
BY MICHAEL MARTZ Richmond Times Dispatch, February 2, 2019.
Whether Gov. Ralph Northam resigns or not, the General Assembly's money committees will meet on Sunday to issue their versions of the two-year state budget that are sure to contain $1 billion less than the spending plan the governor introduced less than two months ago.
Nor will the drama affect a political impasse in both legislative chambers over widely differing approaches to changing Virginia tax policy, even as hundreds of thousands of Virginians file tax returns that the state cannot process or issue any refunds owed without conforming the state tax code in some fashion to federal law under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act to allow the state and federal tax departments to work together.
But the governor's personal crisis comes at a crucial time in a process built on a three-legged stool supported by the executive branch and two legislative chambers that are sharply divided after a bitter budget battle last year that ended with Northam's greatest triumph — expansion of Virginia's Medicaid program.
Ahead of Tuesday's procedural midpoint for the General Assembly session, lawmakers must hash out a host of complex issues on matters, from redistricting to a funding fix for Interstate 81.
Part of Layne's job is working on both sides of the Capitol with House and Senate leaders who oppose the governor's plan to return $216 million in anticipated new revenues to lower income earners and invest the rest either in bolstering state financial reserves or expanding major programs with "limited time" money from provisions of the federal tax law that will expire after 2025.
"The task remains the same," House Appropriations Chairman Chris Jones, R-Suffolk, said Saturday in response to a potential gubernatorial resignation.
The House Appropriations and Senate Finance committees will meet consecutively on Sunday afternoon to propose changes to the 2018-2020 budget that will rely on more than $900 million in projected state revenues without any of the money anticipated from the unintended consequences of the tax law signed by President Donald Trump in December 2017. The House and Senate will act on the budget proposals on Thursday and ultimately reconcile the differences in a conference committee that will send a compromise budget to the governor, whomever that will be.
But Northam's potential resignation could undermine the ability of the government's executive branch to broker a deal on tax policy, which would require emergency legislation to take effect immediately on the governor's signature to conform the tax codes and give guidance to taxpayers who began filing state tax returns Monday on income from the 2018 tax year. The Senate failed to pass emergency legislation on Friday that includes sweeping tax policy changes opposed by Democrats, and the House faces a crucial vote Monday on its tax conformity bill with similar opposition by Democrats who want to address policy after conformity.
Emergency legislation requires approval by 80 percent of each body — 80 members of the House and 32 in the Senate — to take effect immediately instead of on July 1, two months after the state tax filing deadline.
"The problem this year is the conformity thing," Layne said.
Should Northam resign, his sudden departure also could throw into doubt the process of acting on legislation already adopted by both chambers of the assembly, including the approval of an incentive package of up to $700 million for Amazon to create as many as 38,850 jobs at the new East Coast headquarters that it plans in Arlington County. Northam announced the $2.5 billion Amazon investment with company officials in mid-November at the Crystal City site of the project. The General Assembly swiftly approved the incentive package, which had been vetted by a legislative commission that includes top Republican leaders in both chambers.
Even if the governor remains in office, his ability to lead has been cast into doubt by calls for his resignation by his closest allies, including Democrats in both chambers of the assembly. He would have to bargain from a weakened political position with Republican legislators who already have shown they are collecting fodder for upcoming legislative elections in November that will determine partisan control of both sides of the General Assembly.


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The Business Council of Westchester recently submitted a letter on behalf of the Coalition for Westchester Airport in order to add to the draft scope for a Supplement to the Master Plan for the Westchester County Airport.
Reduce the Airport's environmental footprint.
Make it a priority to hire and buy locally, working with local partners to support broader economic development and job creation in the county.
Be a vigilant partner in preserving the quality of life in the communities surrounding the Airport by creating a Citizens Environmental Committee.
Construct additional wastewater treatment capacity as a means of avoiding regulatory infraction.
The expansion of deicing runoff protections to minimize potential contamination of the Kensico Reservoir.
Improve controls around stormwater and general flooding.
Create a mechanism for community involvement in the master planning process and other concerns about transparency and participation in major decisions made regarding the Airport.
Outreach to Westchester schools and youth organizations to establish aviation education and internship programs.
Community involvement, including business community outreach to better serve Westchester County's aviation needs.
Work with the Westchester County's Department of Economic Development, including their Minority Business database to identify and engage DBE, MWBE and WBEs.
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Discussion in 'Creative Archive' started by Tailon, Jan 28, 2011.
This guy's Don, a Honchkrow belonging to one of my OCs.
Edit: Since I've been in a drawing mood lately, I feel the need to add some rules here.
If you wouldn't mind... can I have either a Totodile or a Feraligatr? Your choice. Their names are Niko and Ali, respectively. Thanks, Tailon.
These are awesome! My favorite is the Honchkrow one. Not because I like Honchkrow more, it is because it seems like it was the harder one to draw. When I first looked at the Buizel one, I looked up at yuor Sora avi and they looked so similar. Don't know why. xDD Mind doing a Ctndaquil or a Typhlosion? I don't mind if you don't want to.
The only thing that could use a little work is the shading. It looks a bit blocky and unnatural in places. Sometimes rounding the shading out instead of one straight line helps it look more natural.
Seth looks really awesome. I really like the hat and bandana. He looks very serious, which I like. Don is just as good. He is very well detailed, especially the wings.
These are good~ You're talented at poses and proportions, which are one of the most difficult things to master in art~ You've also got some un-wobbly lines which are great for a beginner. One thing I'd say needs improving is the shading. It's a bit limp and doesn't really make it 3D. Perhaps have multiple dark and light shades (or at least 1 dark shade and 1 light shade) and picture where shadows would fall and where the light source is.
Your Buizel looks a bit jagged and awkward, but I do like the pose.
Don, however, looks much better. The shading is decent for the style, and the only thing I can pick at are the talons. They look a bit flat.
But I must say, I really like Don. You made him look fierce and powerful instead of fat as your typical Honchkrow. Really awesome, keep that style up!
This is the same lineart as the one from the first post, but I decided to go back and apply the more recent shading style to it, and think it's an improvement overall.
I really love your drawings, they look really neat! ♥ The Honchkrow one is definitely my favorite, followed by the fighting type things xD Oh and the shading is pretty much perfect!
Wow, this certainly is an improvement. I like the closer shading between the feathers. However, you could still work on your joints for the talon grasping movement.
Fantastic drawings here Tailon. I especially liked how you gave Don that extra shading. It gives the piece a much darker and menacing look to it in my opinion. The purple background helps as well.
So, I'm horrible and still haven't done your requests, and apologize profusely. In the meantime, however, I derped out an art and find it just barely worth putting up here.
This is Jason, a Net Angel. He's my character from Dark Soul's Net Angel RP. He uses the powars of TVTropes, allowing him access to various fictional weapons and such, including the Gurren Lagann's sword made of shades, shown here, and also grants him wings based on the given by Excalibur in Soul Eater.
This is Jason Wright, my OC for the Digimon RP I'm doing. His partner is a Bearmon who digivolves into an unusally colored Marsmon, matching his color scheme.


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Business houses lose K120,000 to robbers
DULCIE OREKE
TWO business houses have suffered at the hands of robbers in two consecutive days in Port Moresby, losing more than K119,000 worth of cash and items.
The first robbery was reported at Waigani at about 9.30am on Sunday when three men, posing as customers, entered the shop's premises armed with two pistols and ransacked the cash office, police said yesterday.
Police reports indicated that the robbers made off with K59,325.95 in cash and K4,500 worth of mobile flex cards in a waiting vehicle.
The suspects were described to have donned black shirts, brown shorts and balaclavas as disguise and were clean shaven.
Police later attended the scene to get details .
According to police, the second robbery took place on Monday, at about 3pm, at a hardware shop, located at Gordon.
Police said an employee of the company had left the building in the company vehicle for banking purposes when she was held up in the car park.
She was inside the vehicle, about to start it when two men came
up and surrounded the vehicle forcing her out and grabbed the cash totalling K55,906.
Police said the robbers escaped in a black sedan vehicle.
The robbery was later reported to police.
Port Moresby police also reported a robbery last Sept 23 at Kanudi in which K119,850 was stolen.
Information given by police was sketchy but it is understood that one person, out of four suspects, had been arrested and charged in connection with the robbery.
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We've had a lot of experiences out in this digital world with our film cameras so we all sit down to share some of the more interesting stories of what we've experienced out there. And we're not just talking about the age-old "Can you still get film for that" question. But run-ins with the law, security, great conversations, strange questions, and so much more. So sit down, take a listen, and let us know in the comments of any stories you have!


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Neuhessisch ist ein deutscher Regiolekt, der in Mittel- und Südhessen gesprochen wird. Umgangssprachlich wird er oft als "Hessisch" bezeichnet, obwohl er der deutschen Standardsprache deutlich näher steht als den traditionellen hessischen Dialekten.

Sprachwissenschaftliche Einordnung
Die regionalsprachliche Entwicklung, die im Laufe des 20. Jahrhunderts eingetreten ist, hat im Rhein-Main-Gebiet zu einer "Rhein-Mainisierung" des südlichen Zentralhessisch geführt. Die alten sprachlichen Strukturgrenzen wurden aufgebrochen und haben zu einer Neugliederung des Sprachraums geführt. In sprachwissenschaftlicher Sicht spricht man deshalb statt von "Neuhessisch" vom Rhein-Main-Regiolekt.

Neuhessisch und hessische Mundart in Medien und Kultur
Überregionale Bekanntheit hat die südhessisch eingefärbte Umgangssprache des Rhein-Main-Gebietes durch Hörfunk und Fernsehen erlangt, besonders durch den in Frankfurt am Main ansässigen Hessischen Rundfunk. In den 1960er und 1970er Jahren prägten volkstümliche, überregional erfolgreiche Fernsehsendungen wie Heinz Schenks Zum Blauen Bock oder Die Hesselbachs mit Wolf Schmidt und Liesel Christ den Eindruck von hessischer Mundart. Was außerhalb Hessens heute oftmals als "typische hessische Mundart" angesehen wird, ist tatsächlich der Regiolekt des südhessischen Rhein-Main-Gebiets, der sich in der zweiten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts herausgebildet hat.

Sogar in der 1976 entstandenen mehrteiligen Fernsehproduktion des Hessischen Rundfunks Der Winter, der ein Sommer war, die unter anderem in Kassel und Treysa spielt, bedienen sich in Dialektpassagen die Darsteller überwiegend der ortsfremden südhessischen Mundart. Um das Neuhessische von den traditionellen Mundarten Mittelhessens und Nordhessens abzugrenzen, wird deshalb auch der Begriff Fernsehhessisch oder Ebbelwoihessisch verwendet.

Das Neuhessische wird auch von modernen südhessischen Mundartautoren wie Kurt Sigel, Ernst Schildger oder Fritz Ullrich (Frankfurter Rundschau) und Schriftstellern wie Rudolf Krämer-Badoni (Deutschland – Deine Hessen) und Herbert Heckmann verwendet. Der aus Darmstadt stammende Schauspieler Günter Strack war immer wieder in südhessischen Dialektrollen zu sehen, zum Beispiel in der Filmreihe Hessische Geschichten, in der Strack verschiedene volkstümliche Charaktere verkörperte, oder die Serien Diese Drombuschs, Mit Leib und Seele. Das von 1971 bis 2013 bestehende Frankfurter Volkstheater spielte zahlreiche moderne Theaterstücke in mundartlicher Bearbeitung.

Literarisch bedeutsam für das moderne hessische Volkstheater war der Bühnenautor, Regisseur und Schauspieler Wolfgang Deichsel mit seinen Molière-Bearbeitungen im Frankfurter Dialekt. Sie wurden seit den 1960er Jahren im Theater am Turm und im Schauspiel Frankfurt gespielt, heute vor allem von der Frankfurter Volksbühne sowie beim Theaterfestival Barock am Main. Zu den bekannten neuhessischen Schauspielern und Kabarettisten zählen Michael Quast, Matthias Beltz und Walter Renneisen.

Populärkultur
In jüngerer Zeit bestimmen Gruppen wie Saure Gummern (Ried-Blues), die Rockband Rodgau Monotones, die Comedy-Gruppen Badesalz und Mundstuhl sowie die Komiker Bodo Bach und Maddin, aber auch der Kabarettist Urban Priol aus dem an der Grenze zu Südhessen liegenden, zum bayerischen Regierungsbezirk Unterfranken gehörenden Aschaffenburg sowie Rainer Bange aus Hanau die Regiolektszene im südhessischen Raum.

Man kann hier auch die Rap-Gruppe Rödelheim Hartreim Projekt einreihen. Hier wird eher ein hessisch-hochdeutsches Missingsch verwendet. Die dabei vorgetragenen Regiolekte sind überwiegend Neuhessisch auf frankfurterischem und auch südhessischem Substrat, deren Formen im Frankfurter, Mainzer, Wiesbadener, Offenbacher,  Hanauer, Aschaffenburger und Darmstädter Raum gesprochen werden, oder rheinfränkisch eingefärbtes Hochdeutsch.

Die regionalen Basisdialekte Mittel- und Oberhessens gehen in einem sich entwickelnden Neuhessisch entlang der wirtschaftlichen Verkehrsbeziehungen (spöttisch: "RMV-Hessisch") im Süden auf.

Andere Regiolekte in Deutschland
 Ruhrdeutsch
 Rheinischer Regiolekt

Literatur
 Heinrich J. Dingeldein: Grundzüge einer Grammatik des Neuhessischen. In: Brücken schlagen. "Weit draußen auf eigenen Füßen." Festschrift für Fernand Hoffmann. Hrsg. v. Joseph Kohnen, Hans-Joachim Solms und Klaus-Peter Wegera. Lang, Frankfurt am Main 1994, S. 273–309, ISBN 3-631-47300-1.
 Hans Sarkowicz, Ulrich Sonnenschein (Hrsg.): Die großen Hessen. Insel, Frankfurt a. M. / Leipzig 1996 (HR-Produktion), ISBN 3-458-16817-6.
 Lars Vorberger: Regionalsprache in Hessen. Eine Untersuchung zu Sprachvariation und Sprachwandel im mittleren Hessen (= Zeitschrift für Dialektologie und Linguistik. Beiheft 178). Stuttgart 2019, ISBN 978-3-515-12363-1.

Weblinks
 "reimtext", Frankfurt (inkl. Videos und Liedproben)

Einzelnachweise

Kultur (Hessen)
Kultur (Südhessen)
Dialektologie des Deutschen
Regiolekt

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There's a teeny tiny ripoff on one label, maybe visible in second scan. Other label is fine. Inner sleeve is possibly original, has U.K. Patent No. 1,072,844 in blue ink at the bottom (No splits) Disc itself looks great, no nasty looking marks. Sleeve has edgewear and a small sticker on the back. Actual sleeve + label are pictured in the scans.


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The Association's region covers the states of Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa and Western Wisconsin. Staff of member companies are eligible to participate in all events and benefits as members.
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Wyndham Hotel Group grows in Africa with first Hotel in Ethiopia
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Wyndham Hotel Group, the world's largest hotel company with approximately 7,540 hotels and part of Wyndham Worldwide Corporation (NYSE: WYN), today announced the signing of a management agreement for the Hotel Group's first property in Ethiopia, the 136-room Ramada® Addis.
Upon opening in the first half of next year, Ramada Addis will offer 128 guest rooms and eight suites, ideally located on a major transport route linking the city center with Addis Abeba Bole International Airport.
The addition of Ramada Addis expands Wyndham Hotel Group into its seventh market on the African continent and follows an announcement just last week that the company plans to introduce its flagship Wyndham Hotels and Resorts® brand to Kenya. With more than 940 rooms now in the pipeline across Africa, Wyndham Hotel Group is set to more than double its presence in the region over the next three years.
While the company was historically focused on franchise contracts within Africa, much of Wyndham Hotel Group's recent growth has been fueled by the company's strategic decision to expand its management services into the region.
"Not only can we offer diverse branding solutions through our spectrum of hotel brands and strong onward distribution through our sheer global scale, we also offer owners the flexibility of either franchise or management contracts," said Bani Haddad, Wyndham Hotel Group's regional vice president for the Middle East and Africa. "This enables us to work with valued partners such as ADM Business Plc, who share our passion for providing great guest experiences and our vision to ensure the Ramada brand continues to act as a benchmark for midscale hospitality in the region."
Wyndham Hotel Group's existing portfolio on the continent includes five hotels and 819 rooms operated via franchise agreements under the Ramada and Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham® brands across Ghana, Morocco, Nigeria and Tunisia. The group's pipeline now comprises of two hotels in Kenya, one each under the Wyndham Hotels and Resorts and Ramada brand flags, two Ramada hotels in Tanzania and a further Ramada hotel in Nigeria, in addition to Ramada Addis in Ethiopia. Once these hotels open, the group's African presence will span almost 2,000 rooms across three brands and seven countries.
"ADM Business Plc is proud to partner with Wyndham Hotel Group to introduce the fourth international hotel brand to one of the most vibrant and economically robust cities of Africa," said Adugna Bekele, owner of the Ramada Addis. "We are deeply privileged to be part of the country's ever growing tourism industry and we believe this partnership will bring world class service to the capital. Once open, Ramada Addis will create job opportunities for over 250 people, serve Africa's capital city to host its multitude of conference attendees and play a vital role in bringing foreign investment into the market."
All of Wyndham Hotel Group's properties in Africa participate in Wyndham Rewards®, the company's free-to-join guest loyalty program, which allows members to earn valuable points during their stay. Points may be redeemed for a wide variety of reward options including free hotel stays, air travel, gift cards for leading retailers and more.
Part of Wyndham Hotel Group, Ramada is a global chain of nearly 830 midscale and upscale hotels. Each Ramada hotel is independently owned and operated, except for certain Ramada hotels outside of the U.S. which are managed by an affiliate. Ramada Worldwide is a subsidiary of Wyndham Hotel Group and parent company Wyndham Worldwide Corporation (NYSE: WYN).
Cover Photo: Bani Haddad (Left) and Adugna Bekele
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Playing a game of golf is a nice way to spend some time, and there's a tremendous swimming pool here at La Floresta, so you could swim a few laps. Swimming at La Floresta is perfect exercise and lots of fun too; playing shuffleboard here is great excitement. Restrooms are as expected on hand; obviously there are showers at this campground.
There are glorious tent sites here where you can pitch that tent of yours; there is a laundromat for you to benefit from.
in Texas if you fancy the outdoors.
At La Floresta amusing stuff to do is bountiful, and when you're here you're always having a splendid time. Outdoors recreation is bountiful, some of the exciting stuff you can do is playing golf, fishing, hiking, and swimming, so you won't run out of things to do.
The fine pick of local attractions, and such a fine variety of outdoors recreation will unquestionably have you coming back repeatedly.
not stop at Valley Acres Reservoir. This is truly a perfect campground. La Floresta is in the vicinity of Bounce Station where you may have plenty of pleasure.
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Watch: Video Homage To Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Puts His Films Into Focus
Cain Rodriguez
Up until last year's "Birdman," Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu was mostly known for making gritty, dour dramas with sprawling ensembles. Though the Best Picture nominee does have its own introspective moments, most of the runtime is filled with a dizzying madcap energy that makes the Inarritu of "Amores Perros" seem lightyears away from the Oscar frontrunner of today. With this year's Academy Awards only days away, it's time to take a look back at the filmography of the Oscar nominee.
Thanks to our pals over at Press Play, there's a short video essay from Steven Thomas being floated around that tracks the Mexican director from his debut feature-length film 15 years ago to last year's triumphant (CG-assisted) one-take wonder.
Watch Thomas' "Focus" below and pick up "Birdman" on DVD or Blu-ray starting today.
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