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-- Alkman, trans. Anne Carson.
Alkman, as Anne Carson explains, was a poet who lived in Sparta in the 7th century B.C. He was likely poor, and constantly hungry. Spring, consequently, would be a bitter time for him, rudely forcing the fledgling bounty of the earth into stark contast with his bare larder.
This poem does not exist today in its complete form. Even the subject of the verb "make" is lost. In Carson's translation we have the question mark as a placeholder for the lost subject. Her discussion of the Alkman fragment can be found in her essay, "The Idea of a University."
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John Moriarty was born in Kerry in 1938.
Sometime gardener, lecturer and broadcaster, in 1997 he hosted the RTÉ television series, The Blackbird and the Bell.
His books include Dreamtime (Dublin, The Lilliput Press, 1994); Nostos (The Lilliput Press, 2001); Turtle Was Gone a Long Time Volume One: Crossing the Kedron (The Lilliput Press, 1996); Turtle Was Gone a Long Time Volume Two: Horsehead Nebula Neighing (The Lilliput Press, 1997); Turtle Was Gone a Long Time Volume Three: Anaconda Canoe (The Lilliput Press, 1999); Invoking Ireland: Ailiu Iath n-hErend (The Lilliput Press, 2005); Night Journey to Buddh Gaia (The Lilliput Press, 2006); and Serious Sounds (The Lilliput Press, 2007).
He lived down from the Horse's Glen at the foot of Mangerton Mountain in north Kerry, and died there in 2007.
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n. - The act of gainsaying, refusing, or disowning; negation; -- the contrary of affirmation. 2
n. - A refusal to admit the truth of a statement, charge, imputation, etc.; assertion of the untruth of a thing stated or maintained; a contradiction. 2
n. - A refusal to grant; rejection of a request. 2
n. - A refusal to acknowledge; disclaimer of connection with; disavowal; -- the contrary of confession; as, the denial of a fault charged on one; a denial of God. 2
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The 34-year-old Water for Elephants star recently launched the Avon Women's Empowerment Bracelet in honor of International Women's Day's 100th Anniversary.
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Christina Grimmie and Ed Sheeran perform "All Of The Stars" during day two of The Voice Season 6 Finale on Tuesday (May 20) in Universal City, Calif.
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'The Prince and The Showgirl'. It is based on memoirs by documentary filmmaker Colin Clark.
I can't wait-looks so good!
She's so pretty! I think Marilyn was one of the most fascinating people. I mean, she had ISSUES up the wazoo but was so incredibly beautiful.
I love Michelle Williams and I love English dramas but I'd be surprised if I could sit through this picture. For those of us old enough to have grown up at a time when Marilyn was practically the queen of Hollywood, the glaring differences in appearance, voice and mannerisms are much more noticeable. I'm still waiting to see if Naomi Watts has a prayer of capturing the essence of Marilyn in her movie Blonde. Others have tried and all have failed because there was only one Marilyn and she is inimitable.
Oh, yepp! Few days ago I saw it and love it of course!
Kudos to Michelle. I think she pulled it off very well.
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I can't wait to see this movie!! Michelle did an amazing job truly and truly embodied marilyn's spirit.
Wow, she looks so much like Marilyn. I love these photos and the feel from them. Wouldn't it be so much fun to have grown up back then! :)
also....oh man! That trailer looks so good, I cannot wait to see it! :)
gorgeous shots! i love her and i hope the movie does well.
She is so stunning I just love her!
Truly can't wait to see this.
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Love it! She looks fabulous :)
What a scoop - must see this: English tradition with American style - and the unforgettable beauty of Marilyn Monroe. Adding glamour to the world, as usual, Lenore - Sxox
Naomi Watts is another great actress, excited to see her role as well~
I think it's showing now in your side of the pond, hope you see it! For us, got to wait til next month~
Thank you everyone!
These Marilyn impersonators never do it for me.
Still, the film should be interesting.
I'm so excited to see this. I think she will be great in the role!
Michelle Williams looks like she's going to be a brilliant Marilyn Monroe! I almost forgot it wasn't Marilyn as I was watching the trailer!
Looks like it's going to be a sad movie... will have to wait for it to come out on DVD.... I hate crying at the movies!
haha Shari!
it's o.k to shed some tears...as long as you wear waterproof mascara!
Oh my goodness Michelle Williams looks just wonderful! I am jealous :P Excited for film :) <3
i'm looking forward for this movie!


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Most of the songs would have been on the Ballroom dance halls repertoire or at the Star Club in Hamburg.
My favourite songs from the album are Lucille, Summertime and Midnight Special. And yours?


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There are plenty of things that set DVD apart from other home video formats: The brilliant sharpness of the picture, the better-than-CD-quality audio, even the convenient small size of the disc. DVD also allows audiences to go behind the scenes with added features in the form of commentary tracks and outtakes. With DVD, as with all new technologies, there is some technical information you'll need to know to make your viewing experience more enjoyable.
There is actually a lot more to DVD technology than meets the eye, which is why it is taking so long for many of the major Anime studios to release their titles on DVD, and why some of them are going broke doing it! Here are answers to a few questions that I am frequently asked:
DVD, which once stood for Digital Video Disc or Digital Versatile Disc, is the next generation of optical disc storage technology. It's essentially a bigger, faster CD that can hold cinema-like video, better-than-CD audio, and computer data. DVD aims to encompass home entertainment, computers, and business information with a single digital format, eventually replacing audio CD, videotape, laserdisc, CD-ROM, and perhaps even video game cartridges. DVD has widespread support from all major electronics companies, all major computer hardware companies, and now most of the major domestic Anime studios.
It's important to understand the difference between the physical formats (such as DVD-ROM or DVD-R) and the application formats (such as DVD-Video or DVD-Audio). DVD-ROM is the base format that holds data. DVD-Video (often simply called DVD) defines how video programs are stored on disc and played in a DVD-Video player or a DVD computer. The difference is similar to that between CD-ROM and Audio CD. DVD-ROM includes recordable variations DVD-R, DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, and DVD+RW. The application formats include DVD-Video, DVD-Video Recording, DVD-Audio, DVD-Audio Recording, DVD Stream Recording, and SACD). There are also special application formats for game consoles such as Sony PlayStation II.
DVD has the capability to produce near-studio-quality video and better-than-CD-quality audio. DVD is vastly superior to videotape and generally better than laserdisc. However, quality depends on many production factors. As compression experience and technology improves we will see increasing quality, but as production costs decrease we will also see more shoddily produced discs. A few low-budget DVDs will even use MPEG-1 encoding (which is no better than VHS) instead of higher-quality MPEG-2.
DVD video is usually encoded from digital studio master tapes to MPEG-2 format. The encoding process uses lossy compression that removes redundant information (such as areas of the picture that don't change) and information that's not readily perceptible by the human eye. The resulting video, especially when it is complex or changing quickly, may sometimes contain visual flaws, depending on the processing quality and amount of compression. At average rates of 3.5 Mbps (million bits/second), compression artifacts may be occasionally noticeable. Higher data rates can result in higher quality, with almost no perceptible difference from the master at rates above 6 Mbps. As MPEG compression technology improves, better quality is being achieved at lower rates.
Video from DVD sometimes contains visible artifacts such as color banding, blurriness, blockiness, fuzzy dots, shimmering, missing detail, and even effects such as a face that "floats" behind the rest of the moving picture. It's important to understand that the term "artifact" refers to anything that was not originally present in the picture. Artifacts are sometimes caused by poor MPEG encoding, but artifacts are more often caused by a poorly adjusted TV, bad cables, electrical interference, sloppy digital noise reduction, improper picture enhancement, poor film-to-video transfer, film grain, player faults, disc read errors, etc. Most DVDs exhibit few visible MPEG compression artifacts on a properly configured system.. If you think otherwise, you are misinterpreting what you see.
Some early DVD demos were not very good, but this is simply an indication of how bad DVD can be if not properly processed and correctly reproduced. Many demo discs are rushed through the encoding process in order to be distributed as quickly as possible. Contrary to common opinion, and as stupid as it may seem, these demos were not carefully "tweaked" to show DVD at its best.
Most TVs have the sharpness set too high for the clarity of DVD. This exaggerates high-frequency video and causes distortion, just as the treble control set too high for a CD causes it to sound harsh. Many DVD players output video with a black-level setup of 0 IRE (Japanese standard) rather than 7.5 IRE (US standard). On TVs that are not properly adjusted this can cause some blotchiness in dark scenes. DVD video has exceptional color fidelity, so muddy or washed-out colors are almost always a problem in the display (or the original source), not in the DVD player or disc.
DVD audio quality is superb. DVD includes the option of PCM (pulse code modulation) digital audio with sampling sizes and rates higher than audio CD. Alternatively, audio for most movies is stored as discrete, multi-channel surround sound using Dolby Digital or DTS audio compression similar to the digital surround sound formats used in theaters. As with video, audio quality depends on how well the processing and encoding was done. In spite of compression, Dolby Digital and DTS can be close to or better than CD quality.
The final assessment of DVD quality is in the hands of consumers. Most viewers consistently rate it better than laserdisc, but no one can guarantee the quality of DVD, just as no one should dismiss it based on demos or hearsay. In the end it's a matter of individual perception and the level of quality delivered by the playback system.
There are 8 regions (also called "locales"). Players and discs are identified by the region number superimposed on a world globe printed on the disk or the disk case. If a disc plays in more than one region it will have more than one number on the globe.
Some players can be modified to play discs regardless of their regional codes. This usually voids the warranty, but is probably not illegal. Some discs, such as those from Buena Vista/Touchstone/Miramax, MGM/Universal, and Polygram contain program code that checks for the proper region. These "smart discs" that do active region checking won't play on code-free players that have their region set to 0, but they can be played on code-switchable players that allow you to change the region using the remote control. They may also not work on auto-switching players that recognize and match the disc region.
Regional codes also apply to DVD-ROM systems, but are allowed for use only with DVD-Video discs, not DVD-ROM discs containing computer software. Computer playback systems check for regional codes before playing movies from a DVD-Video. Newer "RPC2" DVD-ROM drives let you change the region code several times. Once a drive has reached the limit (usually 5 changes) it can't be changed again unless the vendor or manufacturer resets it. The Drive Info utility can tell you if you have an RPC2 drive (it will say "This drive has region protection"). Drive Info and information about circumventing. After December 31, 1999, only RPC Phase II drives will be manufactured.
Regional codes do not apply to DVD-Audio.
No, not yet! The primary advantages of DVD are quality and extra features. DVD will not degrade with age or after many playings like videotape will (which is an advantage for fans who might watch a particular Anime a few hundred times). Another perk is most Anime titles released on DVD include BOTH an English language (dubbed) track, and a Japanese language track with English subtitles, so you can watch it both ways without having to buy 2 separate video tapes.
If DVD features don't matter to you, then VHS is good enough. Also, it will take many YEARS for the majority of Anime titles to be released on DVD. Because of sell through issues, most of the attention placed on DVD from studios will be on new releases, and some existing older titles may NEVER see a DVD release.
DVD has the same NTSC vs. PAL problem as videotape and laserdisc. The MPEG video on DVD is stored in digital format, but it's formatted for one of two mutually incompatible television systems: 525/60 (NTSC) or 625/50 (PAL/SECAM). There are three differences between discs intended for playback on different systems: picture size and pixel aspect ratio (720x480 vs. 720x576), display frame rate (29.97 vs. 25), and surround audio (Dolby Digital vs. MPEG). Video from film is usually stored at 24 frames/sec but is preformatted for one of the two display rates. Movies formatted for PAL display are usually sped up by 4%, so the audio must be adjusted accordingly before being encoded. Unless the audio is digitally processed to shift the pitch back to normal, it will be slightly high. All PAL DVD players can play Dolby Digital audio tracks, but no NTSC players can play MPEG audio tracks. PAL and SECAM share the same scanning format, so discs are the same for both systems. The only difference is that SECAM players output the color signal in the format required for SECAM TVs.
Some players only play NTSC discs, some players only play PAL discs, and some play both. All DVD players sold in PAL countries play both. These multi-standard players partially convert NTSC to a 60Hz PAL (4.43 NTSC) signal. The player uses the PAL 4.43 MHz color subcarrier encoding format but keeps the 525/60 NTSC scanning rate. Most modern PAL TVs can handle this kind of "pseudo-PAL" 60-Hz signal. A few multi-standard PAL players output true 3.58 NTSC from 525/60 NTSC discs, which requires an NTSC TV or a multi-standard TV. Some players have a switch to choose 60-Hz PAL or NTSC output when playing NTSC discs. There are a few standards-converting PAL players (from Samsung and others) that convert from a 525/60 NTSC disc to standard PAL output. Proper standards conversion requires expensive hardware to handle scaling, temporal conversion, and object motion analysis. Because the quality of conversion in DVD players is poor, using 60Hz PAL output with a compatible TV provides a better picture. Most NTSC players can't play PAL discs. A very small number of NTSC players (such as the Apex) can convert 625/50 PAL to NTSC. External converter boxes are also available.
A producer can choose to put 525/60 video on one side of the disc and 625/50 on the other. Most studios so far are including Dolby Digital audio tracks on their PAL discs.
There are actually three types of DVD players if you count computers. Most DVD PC software and hardware can play both NTSC and PAL video and both Dolby Digital and MPEG audio. Some PCs can only display the converted video on the computer monitor, but others can output it as a video signal for a TV.
Some people claim that animation, especially hand-drawn cell animation such as Japanese Anime, does not compress well with MPEG-2 or even ends up larger than the original. Other people claim that animation is simple so it compresses better. Neither is true.
Supposedly the "jitter" between frames caused by differences in the drawings or in their alignment causes problems. An animation expert at Disney pointed out that this doesn't happen with modern animation techniques. And even if it did, the motion estimation feature of MPEG-2 would compensate for it.
Because of the way MPEG-2 breaks a picture into blocks and transforms them into frequency information it can have a problem with the sharp edges common in animation. This loss of high-frequency information can show up as "ringing" or blurry spots along edges (called the Gibbs effect). However, at the data rates commonly used for DVD this problem does not occur.
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Most DVD-Video discs contain Dolby Digital soundtracks. However, it's not required. Some discs, especially those containing only audio, have PCM tracks. It's also possible for a 625/50 (PAL) disc to contain only MPEG audio, but so far MPEG audio is not widely used.
Don't assume that the "Dolby Digital" label is a guarantee of 5.1 channels. A Dolby Digital soundtrack can be mono, dual mono, stereo, Dolby Surround stereo, etc. For example, Blazing Saddles and Caddyshack are mono movies, so the Dolby Digital soundtrack on these DVDs has only one channel. Some DVD packaging has small lettering or icons under the Dolby Digital logo that indicates the channel configuration. In some cases, there is more than one Dolby Digital version of a soundtrack: a 5.1-channel track and a track specially remixed for stereo Dolby Surround. It's perfectly normal for your DVD player to indicate playback of a Dolby Digital audio track while your receiver indicates Dolby Surround: it means that the disc contains a two-channel Dolby Surround signal encoded in Dolby Digital format.
Laser what?? Oh, I remember those.....
After DVD was released, it became clear that it had doomed laserdisc to quick obscurity. Pioneer Entertainment, the long-time champion of laserdisc, abandoned it in June of 1999. This was sooner than even Pioneer thought possible, (in September 1998, Pioneer's president Kaneo Ito said the company expected laserdisc products to be in the market for another one-and-a-half to two years).
Laserdisc is fading very quickly as an entertainment format. Existing players and discs will still be around for a very long time, and new discs are still being produced, since laserdisc has become well established over 20 years as a videophile format. There are over 9,000 laserdisc titles in the US and a total of over 35,000 titles worldwide that can be played on over 7 million laserdisc players. It will take DVD several years to reach this level, and even then there's no reason for laserdisc player owners to stop buying or playing laserdiscs, especially rare titles that may not appear on DVD for a long while if ever. One bright point is that laserdiscs (especially used discs) can now be had at bargain prices!
Short answers: Partially. No.
First, some quick definitions: HDTV (high-definition TV) encompasses both analog and digital televisions that have a 16:9 aspect ratio and approximately 5 times the resolution of standard TV (double vertical, double horizontal, wider aspect). DTV (digital TV) applies to digital broadcasts in general and to the U.S. ATSC standard in specific. The ATSC standard includes both standard-definition (SD) and high-definition (HD) digital formats. The notation H/DTV is often used to specifically refer to high-definition digital TV.
In December of 1996 the FCC approved the U.S. DTV standard. HDTVs became available in late 1998, but they are very expensive and won't become widespread for many years. DVD will look better on HDTVs but it won't provide the highest resolutions.
DVD-Video does not directly support HDTV. No digital HDTV standards were finalized when DVD was developed. In order to be compatible with existing televisions, DVD's MPEG-2 video resolutions and frame rates are closely tied to NTSC and PAL/SECAM video formats. DVD does use the same 16:9 aspect ratio of HDTV and the Dolby Digital audio format of U.S. DTV.
HDTV in the US is part of the ATSC DTV format. The resolution and frame rates of DTV in the US generally correspond to the ATSC recommendations for SD (640x480 and 704x480 at 24p, 30p, 60p, 60i) and HD (1280x720 at 24p, 20p, and 60p; 1920x1080 at 24p, 30p and 60i). (24p means 24 progressive frames/sec, 60i means 60 interlaced fields/sec [30 frames/sec].) The current DVD-Video spec covers all of SD except 60p. It's expected that future DVD players will output digital video signals from existing discs in SDTV formats. The HD formats are 2.7 and 6 times the resolution of DVD, and the 60p version is twice the frame rate. The ITU-R is working on BT.709 HDTV standards of 1125/60 (1920x1035/30) (same as SMPTE 240M, similar to Japan's analog MUSE HDTV) and 1250/50 (1920x1152/25) which may be used in Europe. The latter is 5.3 times the resolution of DVD's 720x576/25 format. HD maximum data rate is usually 19.4 Mbps, almost twice the maximum DVD-Video data rate. In other words, DVD-Video does not currently support HDTV video content.
HDTV will not make DVD obsolete. Those who postpone purchasing a DVD player because of HDTV are in for a long wait. HDTV became available in late 1998 at very high prices (about $5000 and up). It will take many years before even a small percentage of homes have HDTV sets. CEA expects 10 percent of U.S. households to have HDTV in 2003, 20 percent by 2005, and 30 percent by 2006.
HDTV sets include analog video connectors (composite, s-video, and component) that will work with all DVD players and other existing video equipment such as VCRs. Existing DVD players and discs will work perfectly with HDTV sets, and will provide a much better picture than any other prerecorded consumer video format, especially once new progressive-scan players become available. Since the cheapest route to HDTV reception will be HDTV converters for existing TV sets, HDTV for many viewers will look no better than DVD.
At some point, HDTV displays will support component digital video connections (YCbCr) and digital data connections (FireWire/IEEE 1394). The digital connections will provide the best possible reproduction of DVD-Video, especially in widescreen mode. Once DVD players have digital outputs, they may be usable as "transports" which output any kind of A/V data (even formats developed after the player was built) to any sort of external display or converter.
The interesting thing many people don't realize is that DTV is happening soonest, fastest, and cheapest on PCs. A year before any consumer DTV sets came out you could buy a DVD PC with a 34" VGA monitor and get gorgeous progressive-scan movies for under $3000. The quality of a good DVD PC connected to a data-grade video projector beats $30,000 line-doubler systems.
Eventually the DVD-Video format will be upgraded to an "HD-DVD" format.
Video can be stored on a DVD in 4:3 format (standard TV shape) or 16:9 (widescreen). The width-to-height ratio of standard televisions is 4 to 3; in other words, 1.33 times wider than high. New widescreen televisions, specifically those designed for HDTV, have a ratio of 16 to 9; that is, 1.78 times wider than high.
DVD is specially designed to support widescreen displays. Widescreen 16:9 video, such as from a 16:9 video camera, can be stored on the disc in anamorphic form, meaning the picture is squeezed horizontally to fit the standard 4:3 rectangle, then unsqueezed during playback.
Things get more complicated when film is transferred to video, since most movies today have an aspect ratio of 1.66, 1.85 ("flat"), or 2.40 ("scope"). Since these don't match 1.33 or 1.78 TV shapes, two processes are employed to make various movie pegs fit TV holes:
Letterbox (often abbreviated to LBX) means the video is presented in its theatrical aspect ratio, which is wider than standard or widescreen TV. Black bars, called mattes, are used to cover the gaps at the top and bottom. A 1.85 movie that has been letterboxed for 1.33 display has thinner mattes than a 2.4 movie letterboxed to 1.33 (28% of display height vs. 44%), although the former are about the same thickness as those of a 2.4 movie letterboxed to 1.78 (26% of display height). The mattes used to letterbox a 1.85 movie for 1.78 display are so thin (2%) that they're hidden by the overscan of most widescreen TVs. Some movies, especially animated features and European films, have an aspect ratio of 1.66, which can be letterboxed for 1.33 display or sideboxed for 1.78 display.
Pan & scan means the thinner TV "window" is panned and zoomed across the wider movie picture, chopping off the sides. However, most movies today are shot soft matte, which means a full 1.33 aspect film frame is used. (The cinematographer has two sets of frame marks in her viewfinder, one for 1.33 and one for 1.85, so she can allow for both formats.) The top and bottom are masked off in the theater, but when the film is transferred to video the full 1.33 frame can be used in the pan & scan process. Pan & scan is primarily used for 1.33 formatting, not for 1.78 formatting, since widescreen fans prefer that letterboxing be used to preserve the theatrical effect.
Once the video is formatted to full-frame or widescreen form, it's encoded and stored on DVD discs. DVD players have four playback modes, one for 4:3 video and three for 16:9 video:
Video stored in 4:3 format is not changed by the player. It will appear normally on a standard 4:3 display. Widescreen systems will either enlarge it or add black bars to the sides. 4:3 video may have been formatted with letterboxing or pan & scan before being transferred to DVD. All formatting done to the video prior to it being stored on the disc is transparent to the player. It merely reproduces it as a standard 4:3 TV picture. Video that is letterboxed before being encoded can be flagged so that the player will tell a widescreen TV to automatically expand the picture. Unfortunately, some discs (such as Fargo) do not flag the video properly. And worse, some players ignore the flags.
The beauty of anamorphosis is that less of the picture is wasted on letterbox mattes. DVD has a frame size designed for 1.33 display, so the video still has to be made to fit, but because it's only squeezed horizontally, 33% more pixels (25% of the total pixels in a video frame) are used to store active picture instead of black. Anamorphic video is best displayed on widescreen equipment, which stretches the video back out to its original width. Alternatively, many new 4:3 TV's can reduce the vertical scan area to restore the proper aspect ratio without losing resolution (an automatic trigger signal is sent to European TVs on SCART pin 8). Even though almost all computers have 4:3 monitors, they have higher resolution than TVs so they can display the full widescreen picture in a window (854x480 pixels or bigger for NTSC; 1024x576 or bigger for PAL).
Anamorphic video can be converted by the player for display on standard 4:3 TVs in letterbox or pan & scan form. If anamorphic video is shown unchanged on a standard 4:3 display, people will look tall and skinny as if they have been on a crash diet. The setup options of DVD players allow the viewer to indicate whether they have a 16:9 or 4:3 TV. In the case of a 4:3 TV, a second option lets the viewer indicate a preference for how the player will reformat anamorphic video. The two options are detailed below.
For automatic letterbox mode, the player generates black bars at the top and the bottom of the picture (60 lines each for NTSC, 72 for PAL). This leaves 3/4 of the height remaining, creating a shorter but wider rectangle (1.78:1). In order to fit this shorter rectangle, the anamorphic picture is squeezed vertically using a letterbox filter that combines every 4 lines into 3, reducing the vertical resolution from 480 scan lines to 360. (If the video was already letterboxed to fit the 1.78 aspect, then the mattes generated by the player will extend the mattes in the video.) The vertical squeezing exactly compensates for the original horizontal squeezing so that the movie is shown in its full width. Some players have better letterbox filters than others, using weighted averaging to combine lines (scaling 4 lines into 3 or merging the boundary lines) rather than simply dropping one out of every four lines. Widescreen video can be letterboxed to 4:3 on expensive studio equipment before it's stored on the disc, or it can be stored in anamorphic form and letterboxed to 4:3 in the player. If you compare the two, the letterbox mattes will be identical but the picture quality of the studio version may be slightly better.
For automatic pan & scan mode, the anamorphic video is unsqueezed to 16:9 and the sides are cropped off so that a portion of the image is shown at full height on a 4:3 screen by following a center of interest offset that's encoded in the video stream according to the preferences of the people who transferred the film to video. The pan & scan "window" is 75% of the full width, which reduces the horizontal pixels from 720 to 540. The pan & scan window can only travel laterally. This does not duplicate a true pan & scan process in which the window can also travel up and down and zoom in and out. Auto pan & scan has three strikes against it: 1) it doesn't provide the same artistic control as studio pan & scan, 2) there is a loss of detail when the picture is scaled up, and 3) equipment for recording picture shift information is not widely available. Therefore, no anamorphic movies have been released with auto pan & scan enabled, although a few discs use the pan & scan feature in menus so that the same menu video can be used in both widescreen and 4:3 mode. In order to present a quality full-screen picture to the vast majority of TV viewers, yet still provide the best experience for widescreen owners, some DVD producers choose to put two versions on a single disc: 4:3 studio pan & scan and 16:9 anamorphic.
Playback of widescreen material can be restricted by the producer of the disc.
You can usually tell if a disc contains anamorphic video if the packaging says "enhanced for 16:9 widescreen" or something similar. If all it says is "widescreen," it may be letterboxed to 4:3, not 16:9.
Anamorphosis causes no problems with line doublers and other video scalers, which simply duplicate the scan lines before they are stretched out by the widescreen display.
For anamorphic video, the pixels are fatter. Different pixel aspect ratios (none of them square) are used for each aspect ratio and resolution. 720-pixel and 704-pixel sizes have the same aspect ratio because the first includes overscan. Note that "conventional" values of 1.0950 and 0.9157 are for height/width (and are tweaked to match scanning rates).
DVD-Video players (and software DVD-Video navigators) support a command set that provides rudimentary interactivity. The main feature is menus, which are present on almost all discs to allow content selection and feature control. Each menu has a still-frame graphic and up to 36 highlightable, rectangular "buttons" (only 12 if widescreen, letterbox, and pan & scan modes are used). Remote control units have four arrow keys for selecting onscreen buttons, plus numeric keys, select key, menu key, and return key. Additional remote functions may include freeze, step, slow, fast, scan, next, previous, audio select, subtitle select, camera angle select, play mode select, search to program, search to part of title (chapter), search to time, and search to camera angle. Any of these features can be disabled by the producer of the disc.
Additional features of the command set include simple math (add, subtract, multiply, divide, modulo, random), bitwise and, bitwise or, bitwise xor, plus comparisons (equal, greater than, etc.), and register loading, moving, and swapping. There are 24 system registers for information such as language code, audio and subpicture settings, and parental level. There are 16 general registers for command use. A countdown timer is also provided. Commands can branch or jump to other commands. Commands can also control player settings, jump to different parts of the disc, and control presentation of audio, video, subpicture, camera angles, etc.
DVD-V content is broken into "titles" (movies or albums), and "parts of titles" (chapters or songs). Titles are made up of "cells" linked together by one or more "program chains" (PGC). A PGC can be on of three types: sequential play, random play (may repeat), or shuffle play (random order but no repeats). Individual cells may be used by more than one PGC, which is how parental management and seamless branching are accomplished: different PGCs define different sequences through mostly the same material.
Additional material for camera angles and seamless branching is interleaved together in small chunks. The player jumps from chunk to chunk, skipping over unused angles or branches, to stitch together the seamless video. Since angles are stored separately, they have no direct effect on the bitrate but they do affect the playing time. Adding 1 camera angle for a program roughly doubles the amount of space needed (and cuts the playing time in half).
Yes, if your computer has the right stuff. The computer operating system or playback software must support regional codes and be licensed to descramble copy-protected movies. If the computer has TV video out, it must support Macrovision in order to play copy-protected movies. You may also need software that can read the MicroUDF file system format used by DVDs. You don't need special drivers for Windows, since the existing CD-ROM drivers work fine with DVD-ROM drives. In addition to a DVD-ROM drive you must have extra hardware to decode MPEG-2 video and Dolby Digital or MPEG-2 audio, or your computer must be fast enough to handle software decoding. Good-quality software-only playback requires a 350-MHz Pentium II or a Mac G4. Less than 10% of new computers with DVD-ROM drives include decoder hardware, since software decoding is now possible on even the cheapest new models. Hardware upgrade kits can be purchased for existing computers (usually minimum 133 MHz Pentium or G3).
Certain MPEG decoding tasks such as motion compensation and IDCT (inverse discrete cosine transform) can be performed by additional circuitry on a video graphics card, improving the performance of software decoders. This is called hardware decode acceleration or hardware motion comp. All modern graphics cards also provide hardware colorspace conversion (YCbCr to RGB) and videoport overlay.
Microsoft Windows 98 and Windows 2000 includes DirectShow, which provides standardized support for DVD-Video and MPEG-2 playback. DirectShow can also be installed in Windows 95 (it's available for download). DirectShow creates a framework for DVD applications, but a third-party hardware or software decoder is required (see below). Windows NT 4.0 supports DVD-ROM drives for data, but has very little support for playing DVD-Video discs. Margi DVD-To-Go, Sigma Designs Hollywood Plus, and the related Creative Labs Dxr3 are among the few hardware decoders that work in NT 4.0. InterVideo WinDVD software works in NT 4.0 (Mediamatics DVD Express and MGI SoftDVD Max also work in NT 4.0, but they aren't available retail.) Windows 2000 uses essentially the same WDM drivers and DirectShow software as Windows 98, so it fully supports movie playback and DVD applications, including WebDVD. Internet Explorer 5.0 includes version 6.1 of Windows Media Player that enables scriptable DVD playback in an HTML page. Windows 98 and newer can read UDF discs. Adaptec provides a free filesystem driver, UDF Reader, for Windows 95/98/NT.
Apple QuickTime 4 is partially ready for DVD-Video and MPEG-2 but does not yet have full decoding or DVD-Video playback support in place. Mac OS 8.1 or newer can read UDF discs. Adaptec provides a free utility, UDF Volume Access, that enables Mac OS 7.6 and newer to read UDF discs.
Note: The QuickTime MPEG Extension for Mac OS is for MPEG-1 only and does not play MPEG-2 DVD-Video.
Some DVD-ROMs and a few DVD-Videos use video encoded using MPEG-1 instead of MPEG-2. Most recent computers have MPEG-1 hardware built in or are able to decode MPEG-1 with software.
DVD player applications (using either software or hardware decoding) are virtual DVD players. They support most DVD-Video features (menus, subpictures, etc.) and emulate the functionality of a DVD-Video player remote control. Many player applications include additional features such as bookmarks, chapter lists, and subtitle language lists.
Software decoders need at least a 350 MHz Pentium II and a DVD-ROM drive with bus mastering DMA to play without dropped frames. Anything slower than a 400 MHz Pentium III will benefit quite a bit from hardware decode acceleration in the graphics card. An AGP graphics card (rather than PCI) also improves the performance of software decoders.
All but the Sigma Designs decoder (including Creative Dxr3) have WDM drivers for DirectShow. The Sigma Designs decoder card is used in hardware upgrade kits from Hitachi, Panasonic, Phillips, Sony, Toshiba, and VideoLogic. The advantage of hardware decoders is that they don't eat up CPU processing power, and they often produce better quality video than software decoders. The Chromatic Mpact2 chip does 3-field analysis to produce exceptional progressive-scan video from DVDs (unfortunately, Chromatic was bought by ATI and the chip is no longer supported) Hardware decoders use video overlay to insert the video into the computer display. Some use analog overlay, which takes the analog VGA signal output from the graphics card and keys in the video, while others use video port extension (VPE), a direct digital connection to the graphics adapter via a cable inside the computer. Analog overlay may degrade the quality of the VGA signal.
Macintosh G4's and some iMacs come standard with DVD-ROM or DVD-RAM drives. They use the Velocity Engine (AltiVec) portion of the PowerPC chip for video and audio decoding. Unfortunately, there are numerous problems with Apple's software decoding. Apple released five software updates in the first four months. A few models of the iMac, PowerBook, and G3 lines can be ordered with DVD-ROM drives and hardware decoders.
Computers have the potential to produce better video than set-top DVD-Video players by using progressive display and higher scan rates, but many current systems don't look as good as a home player hooked up to a quality TV
If you want to hook a DVD computer to a TV, the decoder card or the VGA card must have a TV output (composite video or s-video). Video quality is much better with s-video. Alternatively, you can connect a scan converter to the VGA output. The quality of the video will depend on the decoder, the TV encoder chip, and other factors, but will usually be a little inferior to a good consumer DVD player. The RGB output of the VGA card in computers is at a different frequency than standard component RGB video, so it can't be directly connected to most RGB video monitors. If the decoder card or the sound card has Dolby Digital or DTS output, you can connect to your A/V receiver to get multichannel audio.
A DVD PC connected to a progressive-scan monitor or video projector, instead of a standard TV, usually looks much better than a consumer player.
Unlike CD-ROM drives, which took years to move up to 2x, 3x, and faster spin rates, faster DVD-ROM drives began appearing in the first year. 1x DVD-ROM drives provide a data transfer rate of 1.321 MB/s (11.08*10^6/8/2^20) with burst transfer rates of up to 12 MB/s or higher. The data transfer rate from a DVD-ROM disc at 1x speed is roughly equivalent to a 9x CD-ROM drive (1x CD-ROM data transfer rate is 150 KB/s, or 0.146 MB/s). DVD physical spin rate is about 3 times faster than CD (that is, 1x DVD spin ~ 3x CD spin), but most DVD-ROM drives increase motor speed when reading CD-ROMs, achieving 12x or faster performance. A drive listed as "16x/40x" spins a DVD at 16 times normal, or a CD at 40 times normal. DVD-ROM drives are available in 2x, 4x, 4.8x, 5x, 6x, 8x, 10x, and 16x speeds, although they usually don't achieve sustained transfer at their full rating. The "max" in DVD and CD speed ratings means that the listed speed only applies when reading data at the outer edge of the disc, which moves faster. The average data rate is lower than the max rate. Most 1x DVD-ROM drives have a seek time of 85-200 ms and access time of 90-250 ms.
This is useful primarily for data, not video. It may reduce or eliminate the pause during layer changes, but has no effect on video quality.
In order to maintain constant linear density, typical CD-ROM and DVD-ROM drives spin the disc more slowly when reading near the outside where there is more physical surface in each track. (This is CLV, constant linear velocity.) Some faster drives keep the rotational speed constant and use a buffer to deal with the differences in data readout speed. (This is CAV, constant angular velocity.) In CAV drives, the data is read fastest at the outside of the disc, which is why specifications often list "max speed."
Note: When playing movies, a fast DVD-ROM drive gains you nothing more than possibly smoother scanning and faster searching. Speeds above 1x do not improve video quality from DVD-Video discs. Higher speeds only make a difference when reading computer data, such as when playing a multimedia game or when using a database.
Connectivity is similar to that of CD-ROM drives: EIDE (ATAPI), SCSI-2, etc. All DVD-ROM drives have audio connections for playing audio CDs. No DVD-ROM drives have been announced with DVD audio or video outputs (which would require internal audio/video decoding hardware). In order to hook a DVD-ROM PC to a television and a stereo receiver, the decoder card or the video card must have a TV video output and an audio output. Some cards have SP/DIF outputs to connect to digital audio receivers. If there's no video output, a TV scan converter can be connected to the VGA output.
Almost all DVD-Video and DVD-ROM discs use the UDF Bridge format, which is a combination of the DVD MicroUDF and ISO 9660 file systems. The OSTA UDF file system will eventually replace the ISO 9660 system originally designed for CD-ROMs, but the bridge format provides backwards compatibility until more operating systems support UDF.
Much of this information was compiled with the help of Jim Taylor's DVD FAQ. Thanks Jim!
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…and then I find myself listening to cheesy music.2 06 2012
And I will probably die in your arms tonight.
Well, boy am I glad this is out of my system now. But every now an then I do like to indulge myself with some cheesy eighties music, because back then they knew how to make heartbreaking songs that you actually believed were sincere. Now a days it's just bullshit…
"..if you liked it you should have put a ring on it!.." well hold still bitch!
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Triathlon training for every level
A few years ago, triathlons were the last thing on Jessica McDonald's mind—the 30-year-old was about to have a baby. But nine months after giving birth, she completed her first-ever triathlon.
Now, she and her cousin Alison Cooper, 28 (a veteran triathlete) have launched the brand-new Empire Tri Club—a training team for a younger generation of triathletes. "We're trying to introduce more people to the sport," Cooper says. "This is something that's so much more realistic than a lot of people who haven't been athletic for 30 stryears might expect."
Tempted by doing a tri? We've got their three insider tips.
1. Set a goal and plan accordingly.
According to Cooper and McDonald, triathlons really are about mind over matter. Which is why they're into setting goals that are realistic and personalized.
For neophytes, good goals could be anything from boning up on your skills to actually finishing a race to. Once you've zeroed in, plan to make it happen. If, say, you want to improve your swim, hire a swim coach, go to a clinic, or register for a duathlon (run, bike, run) to build your confidence. Clubs help with this, too.
2. Train for your transitions.
"When most people train for a triathlon, they practice swimming, biking, and running, but neglect transitioning between each leg of the race," the cousins explain. "Transition is a skill that must be practiced."
For novices, that could mean focusing on what to pack on race day and how to lay it all out: "Practice setting up a mock transition area beforehand, so you know exactly what you're going to do and how. Many beginners make the mistake of bringing too much."
For more experienced folks, the cousins suggest checking out time-saving gear like a race belt, which saves you from having to pin your number onto your shirt. "Some die-hards even clip their shoes onto the bike ahead of time, so they can jump on and secure their shoes mid-ride!" they say.
3. Test drive your clothes and nutrition for race day.
On race day, you don't want to be experimenting with new equipment, a new outfit, or a different nutrition strategy, the cousins explain.
Newbies should test their outfit and wetsuit well in advance, lest your shorts chafe or your wetsuit fills with water. And no detail's too small: the athletes even suggest practicing how you'll drink from your water bottle on your bike.
More advanced peeps should really hone their nutrition strategy. "If the course serves GU Energy Gels, practice with them to see how your body reacts," the cousins say. "All the training in the world won't help when you spend half the race in the port-a-john." —Catherine Pearson
For more info about Empire Tri Club, visit www.empiretriclub.com
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1 Whole Packer brisket (11 to 12 pounds)
Brisket Rub
½ cup black pepper
½ cup salt
2 Tbsp paprika
2 tsp garlic powder
1. Pre-heat your smoker to 250 degrees.
2. Combine all ingredients of brisket rub and set aside
3. Trim your brisket leaving about 1/8 inch of fat across the surface. Remove hard parts of fat.
4. Season liberally with brisket rub
5. Add pre-soaked wood chunks to hot coals.
6. Place brisket on smoker and let cook for 8 to 10 hours.
7. Once the brisket has cooked for 8 hours check the internal temperature. You want it to be around 160 degrees.
8. Wrap the brisket in heavy duty tin foil and place back on smoker and let cook until the internal temperature reaches 190 to 200 degrees.
9. Pull brisket, wrap in a towel, and place in a cooler.
10. Let the brisket sit for 1 to 2 hours so that it can re-absorb some juices.
11. Unwrap and slice.


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Nutrition's Elite 8: #2 – Snacking Stay Power
This is the second installment of my Elite 8 tips for nutrition. As a complete picture, my hope is that these 8 tips will help guide you in improving your nutrition game plan.
Our second tip is to snack with power that will stay with you. These first three tips work hand in hand (in hand). You are trying to eat smaller meals more often so now we have to choose what to fill our days with. This post will dial in on your carbohydrate snacking techniques.
So there are two different areas that we need to evaluate when we look at carbohydrate snacks. The first is fiber and the second is glycemic index. One you should always plan on utilizing in any snack but the other can be modified and wielded as a tool depending on the needs of your day.
Fiber is interesting. You have heard a lot about it but most people either forget or write off the benefits of dietary fiber. It's the portion of a plant cell wall that can't be absorbed by the body; it can be broken down into soluble and insoluble portions. Soluble helps act as a prebiotic and insoluble aids your digestive tract motility. Fun stuff.
However, here's the part about fiber that you probably didn't know. Fiber contributes to satiety, or the feeling of fullness. The biological mechanism of this is somewhat disputed but it is an area of active investigation. Researchers are proposing that the primary reason is that fiber slows down your digestive system which helps send hormonal signals to the brain communicating fullness.
Mixing in fiber, therefore, can give you some staying power with your snacks. Instead of grabbing a chocolate bar off the gas station counter, pack something high fiber that will give you a 2-hour fix and not just a 20 min fix.
Another method of increasing the power of your snacking is to look into the glycemic index of said snack. One moment: glycemic index is the rate at which a carbohydrate snack enters the blood stream as blood sugar. If I have you drink straight glucose, its index is 100 whereas a low glycemic index food would rank 55 or lower.
Most people are looking for that 2-5pm source of energy and some might turn to coffee or soda drinks. I'd like to offer an alternative, especially if you're trying to follow tip #1. Spiked blood sugar can lead to a crash depending on the person or their individual body type. One of the best ways I have found to give that immediate burst of energy and prolong it is to mix low and high GI foods or combine a high GI food with some good fats (tip #3).
Conventionally, you may believe that oatmeal before a workout is a great way to fuel up. It is, don't get me wrong, but you might not want to use that depending on your specific goal. Low GI foods actually help you burn more fat than carbs during a workout! That's right, you can fine tune your body to use fat as a fuel over carbs in steady state, moderate intensity exercise.
Side note: in the study that evaluated high vs low GI snacks, they found that blood lactate was lower in the low GI group. This reinforces fat as the primary fuel.
Back to business, for you parents out there, here's another interesting point to consider. After a low GI breakfast and 10 minutes' exercise, cognitive function was improved in 12 yr old children. I'd like to believe there is some carry-over for us adults from my personal opinion but that's your personal call.
Lets go over our categories:
High GI Foods: Gatorade, instant oatmeal, branflakes, white rice, rice cakes, watermelon, fruit roll ups, pretzels, baked potato, bagels.
Low GI Foods: Rolled oats, yogurt, wheat tortilla, apple, orange, mango, peach, black beans, carrots, brown rice, sweet potato.
High Fiber Foods: raspberries, apple, pear, whole wheat spaghetti, oat bran muffin, split peas, black beans, lima beans, almonds, green peas, broccoli.
You will want to mix and match your snacks to cater to your needs throughout the day. Need an afternoon blast? Perhaps steal away to slab some peanut butter onto a rice cake (peanut butter has a GI of 14 along with good fats and protein, while rice cakes have a GI of 82). Trying to trim? Maybe now you go for some steel cut oats with banana cut into it (low GI foods with good fiber content to make sure you stay satisfied).
This definitely takes practice and a personal touch but after a while, you can build custom snacks for every situation. Figure out what works for you, look up foods before you plan and you'll have the hang of it in no time.
Happy snacking,
Questions? Email Alex at [email protected]
The Tips
- Eat Less, More Often.
- Snacking Stay Power.
- Swap Fat for Fat.
- Water, Drink It.
- Activate Once Every Hour.
- Meal Prep, A Plan for Every Day.
- Sleep, an Underrated Rockstar.
- Indulge.
- Atkinson FS, Foster-Powell K, Brand-Miller JC. International tables of glycemic index and glycemic load values: 2008. Diabetes Care. 2008;31(12):2281-2283.
- Cooper SB, Bandelow S, Nute ML, Morris JG, Nevill ME. Breakfast glycaemic index and exercise: combined effects on adolescents' cognition. Physiol Behav. 2015;139:104-111.
- Rebello CJ, O'Neil CE, Greenway FL. Dietary fiber and satiety: the effects of oats on satiety. Nutr Rev. 2016;74(2):131-147.
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The Friends of Foundry Wood have hosted a barbecue for all those who donated funds towards repairs at the site in Leamington, after it was vandalised earlier this summer.
The evening also included a moth identification event and those there managed to identify 14 different species. The next big event at the site is on Saturday (August 22), when theatre company Mikron will perform Raising Agent, a comedy play about the Women's Institute, at 3pm. Entry is not ticketed but there will be a collection after the show. For further details, visit www.mikron.org.uk/shows?details=raising-agents


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The clients we work with help define Parrish Construction Group, and because of this, Parrish is proud to support its clients as their business and facility needs grow and evolve. Parrish Construction Group prides itself on the working relationships it maintains with clients, and understands that client satisfaction is what wins competitive selections on multiple projects over time within an organization.
The clients we work with help define Parrish Construction Group, and because of this, Parrish is proud to support its clients as their business and facility needs grow and evolve. Parrish Construction Group prides itself on the working relationships it maintains with clients, and understands that client satisfaction is what wins competitive selections on multiple projects over time within an organization.
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Claydies used the motive of the Dahlia flower, hence the name of the rug, as the basis for their geometrical pattern:
"We are used to working three-dimensionally in stoneware. However, a rug has a two-dimensional form that places other demands on us on creating depth in the design. We have therefore worked with a round shape that creates good dynamics in the rug´s motif. We got hold of Karens old compass and a bunch of coloured pencils and played around with simple geometric forms and reflections. In this way the motif of the Dahlia was created and we believe that the rug has now achieved both a classic royal and a modern funky appearance." – Claydies
The rugs are available in blue/grey, red/pink and orange/yellow, as well as in three sizes:
Small: 100 cm
Medium: 130 cm
Large: 200 cm
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by Shirley Loefke
(Colden, NY ,USA)
One night as I was watching TV I caught a glimpse of something red on the wall just to the right of the screen. I looked at it and it was some kind of writing on the wall. It looked like ink on a blotter would, blurred and fuzzy and as I watched it, it gradually began to fade.
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I saw this writing on the wall, I was not sleeping or dreaming and my gut feeling told me it was an encounter of some kind.
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RKO Marble Hill Theatre
5625 Broadway,
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Uploaded an image of the theater. The source was purported to be Cinema Treasures, except it wasn't on Cinema Treasures for the Marble Hill. So who knows where it appeared before now.
Uploaded a photo of an RKO advertising matchbook. As far as they were concerned the Marble Hill was in the Bronx.
GPACRAMP, I stand corrected. This theatre was indeed always on the Bronx side of Marble Hill.
zoetmb correct on location
Al Alvarez This movie theater is NOT located in Manhattan and never has been.Manhattan never went past 230th street and Broadway .This movie theater was located between 231st and 232nd street On Broadway
@RobertR: There was no balcony. It had what we now call stadium seating for the balcony. The "balcony" started on the main floor behind where you walked in and rose for maybe 10 rows or so.
Manhattan or the Bronx?: To put that matter to rest, look at the ZIP. It's 10463. 104 represents the Bronx. Case closed.
The theatre is just north of 231st and Broadway and is most certainly The Bronx, regardless of the name. I lived off of 238th street (also the Bronx) when I was a child and spent many a Saturday at the RKO Marble Hill and sometimes at the independent Dale theatre around the corner. The RKO was always much more fun although the Dale tended to play better films (my father took me to see Fantasia at the Dale around 1955).
I also remember the matron: in my time (early 1960s), there was one, white haired matron who wore a white uniform (looking somewhat like a nurse) and who always wanted me to sit in the "children's section" even when I was forced to pay the adult ticket price. In the early 60's, they ran a Saturday promotion which still included a double feature, cartoons, newsreels, etc. for the massive sum of 20 cents. In those days, it was considered safe enough to send little kids to the movies by themselves.
I remember seeing both "The Tingler" and "13 Ghosts" at the RKO Marble Hill. I remember being very disappointed that the seats were not wired for "The Tingler" as they were in first-run theatres to give patrons a little buzz whenever the Tingler "got loose". But they did give out the blue and red viewers so you could choose to see or not see the ghosts in "13 Ghosts." I think the hot dogs were 25 cents back then, which was considered quite expensive, but I ate many anyway. Around the corner, on the south side of 231st street just west of Broadway was a pizza place that sold gigantic slices of pizza for 15 cents. One slice was more than enough.
The Three Stooges may have made a live appearance there, but my memory on that is a bit fuzzy.
One negative back then is that smoking was still permitted and the theatre was always filled with smoke.
I remember the "matrons" (those scary ladies in white dresses) monitoring the kids on Saturday afternoons during the 1940's. We could spend all Saturday afternoon at the Marble Hill … double feature … coming attractions … cartoons … the "chapters" … always a cliff hanger at the end to bring you back on the next Saturday .. and Movietone news ..all for about fifteen cents. Those were the days!
This theatre was/is located in Manhattan, not The Bronx.
Here is a 1973 photo:
From the NY Times, this odd explanation of why Marble Hill is really, sort of, Manhattan;
"The City of New York, as it was before 1899, became the borough of Manhattan. Its island boundaries have been changed many times by landfill as well as legislation. For example, when the bed of Spuyten Duyvil Creek was cut through a rocky bit of northern Manhattan to simplify navigation between the Hudson and East Rivers, the lost territory, known as Marble Hill, was joined physically by landfill to the Bronx. But legally, Marble Hill residents remain Manhattanites and vote in Manhattan, even though they have to cross Spuyten Duyvil Creek on the Broadway bridge to do so."
To promote his new film "The Ladies Man," Jerry Lewis appeared on stage at this theater on July 12, 1961.
My wife Dorothy Calafati was the daughter of Salvatore Calafati. Salvatore emigrated to United States from Serra San Bruno, Calabria Italy, at the age of 16 (in circa 1900) and worked in the New Jersey area until about the age of 22. He then came to New York State and settled in the New Rochelle area. He passed his New York exams to be an architect and practiced his profession until he passed away in 1967. After the depression of the '30s , he settled in East Northport, New York and designed and built homes and buildings out on Long Island. He was the father of a boy and three girls and raised them in Westchester County until his wife (Charmela Martignetti) passed in the early '20s. Salvatore then married Mable Russell and raised a family of two girls and a son on Long Island. We have pictures of many homes that he designed in the New Rochelle area. Unfortunately, his original plans were lost shortly after his passing. Dorothy and I are interested in any information that develops from this noble effort to preserve his building. My Email address is
From the looks of these pictures the balcony may still exist above the stores drop ceilings.
Yes it is Valencia. Especially with those dropped ceilings.
As a resident to the area I never knew the building during it's glorious theatre days. Until recently the upper outside facade was clean until graffiti vandals attacked it this past fall. I go to the KFC, the Chinese take out and the 99cent store and try to imagine what it might have been like, but that's very hard to do.
The theatre is a few blocks north of the Manhattan border in Kingsbridge which is located in the north west section of The Bronx. Being that the theatre bears the name Marble Hill it is confusing to some. Some may even claim that this is in the south east section of Riverdale (also part of The Bronx). Officially speaking, the theatre is located in the Bronx.
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This Bronx house was part of the RKO Chain.


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Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 Review
Put on your robe and wizard hat, it's time to play Lego
When it comes to books and movies, Harry Potter is king. It's hard to find someone who hasn't read one of the seven books, or watched one of the films in the beloved series. The much more prestigious form of entertainment that is video games, however, hasn't been quite as kind to The Boy Who Lived. Most Harry Potter games to date have been nothing more than generic movie-game tie-ins, and none have truly captivated the feeling of magic and fantasy that the source material provides so well. Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 successfully combines the mass appeal of Lego with the fantastical world of witches and wizards in what can easily be called the best Harry Potter game yet.
If you've played any of the previous Lego games, you'll be in familiar territory with Lego Harry Potter. The game features the same stud-collecting, puzzle-solving, environment-destroying action that gamers have come to know and love. The Leaky Cauldron serves as the game's main hub when not on a story level, and players can explore Diagon Alley for all their shopping needs whether that be new outfits, spells, or cheats. Hogwarts, which is the school for witchcraft and wizardry for those not in the know, serves as a kind of secondary hub in between levels. There you can explore the castle grounds, help out students in peril, and discover plenty of secrets. Whenever you decide to start a level, you simply follow the ghost Nearly Headless Nick to the required location.
And although the game's core gameplay remains largely unchanged from previous Lego games, Traveller's Tales has streamlined the experience in numerous ways. Combat, for example, plays a much smaller role in Lego Harry Potter than it did in, say, Lego Star Wars. Instead of having to fumble around with awkward aiming controls, a much larger emphasis is placed on finding collectibles and solving puzzles. This is a welcome addition, as combat has never been the main focus of the Lego games, and it isn't really missed.
Another way in which the gameplay is made more accessible is in the platforming. In previous Lego games, awkward camera angles made jumping from platform to platform a pain. It's clear that Traveller's Tales learned from this, as the platforming sections in Lego Harry Potter are greatly improved even without a double jump, I didn't find myself falling into bottomless pits and dying like I did in previous Lego games.
Perhaps the biggest difference between Lego Harry Potter and its predecessors is the spell system. Holding down the Y button opens up your spell wheel, where you can select from a variety of useful spells. Wingardium Leviosa, for example, is the levitation spell that you learn early in Year 1, and is used throughout the entire game. Like the force in Lego Star Wars, this spell is used to build various items with scattered Lego blocks. Other spells include Lumos, Expelliarmus, and Expecto Patronum. Some spells are taught via lessons in Hogwarts, whereas others are purchased with Lego studs (the game's currency) in Diagon Alley.
Like in every other Lego game, the story is told through pantomime, comedic cut scenes. These cinematics contain the same charm and humor that players have come to expect from Lego games, and put a fresh twist on the Harry Potter story. Since these cut scenes don't contain any actual talking or text, however, someone who has never read the books or watched the movies will probably have no idea what is going on in the story. Chances are if you don't know the difference between a muggle and a mudblood, you might find yourself a little confused.
For those who do know the Harry Potter story, however, rest assured that there's a ton of it to be experienced on this single disk. From fighting the mountain troll in the girl's bathroom in The Philosopher's Stone, to participating in the Triwizard Tournament in The Goblet of Fire, it's all in there. And with over 150 characters from the Harry Potter universe to unlock, fans of the series will be kept busy for a long, long time.
The tried and true drop-in/drop-out co-op makes a return, which is still a lot of fun. The screen splits in half when players decide to go and explore on their own, which is a neat effect, and keeps players from fighting over camera control. The lack of online co-op is disappointing, but isn't a gamebreaker by any means.
Graphically, Lego Harry Potter is easily the best looking game in the series. Hogwarts looks stunning, and is surprisingly detailed. The environments are cleverly put together, with Lego blocks of all shapes and sizes able to be interacted with. The licensed movie soundtrack is used throughout the game, which helps encapsulate that Harry Potter feeling, and is a nice addition considering there is no talking whatsoever.
If you've played the last few Lego games to death, then you might not be all that impressed with Lego Harry Potter. A lot of the core gameplay elements are unchanged, and although a score of minor improvements have been made, it's still a Lego game. Nonetheless, it is probably the best Lego game to date. If you're a Harry Potter fan, a Lego fan, or just looking for a fun pick up and play game, do yourself a favor and check it out.


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Exhibition: Painterly Impressions of Flow Festival 2016
This month we introduce the painterly works of Style of Sound founder John Noi which were created from memories of his recent visit to Flow Festival 2016, an event which took place in the old power plant area of Suvilahti, Helsinki.
As one of the major Nordic music festivals, this edition of Flow Festival attracted over 75,000 people who were treated to three days of cutting edge music from acts ranging from New Order to Liima to M83, + diverse food offerings, and art created by local Finnish talent.
While many music festivals often end up sharing the same acts, the one thing which truly makes Flow Festival stand apart is its visitors, a stylish group of people who know how to come together to create a good time for one – and all.
In a series of 15 paintings, Noi captures the essence of Flow Festival 2016 by documenting various characters he stumbled upon at the event. Each painting reveals different aspects of how the modern festival goer spends their time from hour-to-hour, either in groups or in solitary moments alone.
Noi comments, "It was refreshing to see an amazing group of people who made an effort to show off their individual style – influenced by music and the culture of Finland. I don't think I saw anyone who'd made a dreadful visit to the festival must-haves section of Primark."
Visitors are invited to view the collection of 15 paintings by visiting the Style of Sound Helsinki, or by clicking on the button below.
The next edition of Flow Festival happens from the 11th-13th August 2017 in Helsinki.


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Hi and happy weekend! I'm entering this card in the Freshly Made Sketches challenge.
It's hard to think about winter and snowflakes when we're having lots of summer sunshine but it will be here soon enough and I'll be prepared with this cute and simple card. I'm loving digging through my leftover basket to use that stuff up. These snowflake dies were cut with SSS snowflake dies from a piece of paper that had been watercolored. Love the variety of purples in this and I'm not usually a purple fan. The cardstock base is Bazzill Icy Mint - my favorite light blue. The sentiment and stamped snowflakes are from Avery Elle.
Thanks for stopping by!
Sunday, June 28, 2015
Freshly Made Sketches #192
Posted by Jennifer K at 12:09 PM
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4 comments:
- Lynn said...
So CAS and absolutely perfectly. Love the soft colors with the touch of gray and blue.
- June 28, 2015 at 12:46 PM
- Kim S said...
So soft and sweet. LOVE the lavenders on the snowflakes, and the soft gray sentiment Thank you for playing along with us at Freshly Made Sketches.
- June 29, 2015 at 7:17 PM
- Karren said...
Such beautiful watercolored snowflakes! What a gorgeous and clean Christmas card. Thanks so much for joining us at Freshly Made Sketches.
- June 30, 2015 at 1:18 AM
- Leigh Penner said...
Beautiful! I love those snowflakes!
- July 2, 2015 at 2:23 PM
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