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Какое существует самое большое число на денежной купюре?

  Если вы цените наличные деньги, идея носить с собой огромную пачку денег вас разочарует. Итак, в этой статье мы составили список самых крупных банкнот, находившихся в обращении. В то время как в России растет отвращение к наличным деньгам, в Европе дела обстоят еще хуже. В течение многих лет Европейский центральный банк предпринимал шаги по уничтожению банкноты номиналом 500 евро. Итак, хотя мы все еще можем наслаждаться выражением удивления на лице кассира, когда выдаем мега-банкноту. Давайте возьмем за нее каждую копейку, которую она стоит.  

Самая большая купюра всех времен и народов

    Если вы задали этот вопрос, то ответ может вас удивить. Посмотрите на венгерский пенгё, который использовался с 1927 по 1946 год. Пенгё продержался всего 20 лет, вероятно, это связано с тем, что он пережил самую сильную гиперинфляцию из всех когда-либо существовавших валют. Насколько раздутым был венгерский пенго? Цены вышли из-под контроля после Второй мировой войны. Когда началась гиперинфляция пенгё, потребовалось всего 4 дня, чтобы он потерял более 90% своей первоначальной стоимости. Самый высокий номинал был 100 000 000 б-пенго (100 миллионов триллионов (100 квинтиллионов) пенго). Банкнота номиналом 1 000 000 000 б-пенго (изображение выше) была разработана, но так и не была введена в обращение. Это 1, за которой следует 21 ноль. Еще одним примером бесконтрольного выпуска денег стала Зимбабве. Где еще достаточно недавно была банкнота в 100 000 000 000 000 Z$ – один триллион зимбабвийских долларов.     Банкноту, наряду с предыдущими гиперинфляционными номиналами, включая 10 000 000 000 000 Z$ (десять триллионов) и 1 000 000 000 000 Z$ (один триллион), можно было обменять на доллары США до конца апреля 2016 года. Но стоила она всего около 0,40 доллара. На таких сайтах, как eBay, она до сих пор продается по значительно более высоким ценам. Когда в 2009 году инфляция достигла 230 000 000 процентов, резервный банк страны, печально известный своей неспособностью сдерживать заоблачную гиперинфляцию, объявил доллар США своей официальной валютой. В настоящее время во a href="https://infonotes.ru/interesnye-fakty-o-vetname-infonotes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"Вьетнаме/a один из самых крупных номиналов банкнот в мире. Это полимерная банкнота номиналом 500 000 донгов. 1 доллар США на данный момент равен около 24000 VND. Итак, банкнота выше равна 21 долларам США. Но вьетнамская валюта является лишь второй по величине номинала валютой в мире. Вероятно, это не самый высокий показатель за всю историю. Но в настоящее время Венесуэла ввела купюру в 1 миллион боливаров. Из-за гиперинфляции он стоит всего около 30 центов США (по состоянию ��а март 2023 года).   img src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/vietnam_.jpg" alt="В настоящее время во Вьетнаме один из самых крупных номиналов банкнот в мире. Это полимерная банкнота номиналом 500 000 донгов." /   Иранский риал является наименее ценной валютой в мире. В 2014 году риал значительно упал по отношению к доллару США. В настоящее время 1 доллар США равен 32 844 IRR. Таким образом, банкнота номиналом 100 000 IRR, указанная выше, равна 3,04 доллара США.   h2Самые большие американские купюры/h2   Те, кто думал, что самая крупная американская купюра - это 100 долларов, отчасти правы. Купюра в 100 долларов, это самый большой номинал, который до сих пор выпускается. Но это не значит, что это самая дорогая купюра, которая все еще признается в качестве законного платежного средства (то есть на нее можно купить что-то). В любом случае, купюры выше 100 долларов не только существуют, но и по-прежнему являются законным платежным средством. Они просто больше не выпускаются.   img src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/dollars_.jpg" alt="Самые большие американские купюры" /   Одной из таких купюр является банкнота в 500 долларов. Как это ни забавно, но вам не следует пытаться купить что-то с помощью купюры в 500 долларов. Большинство из них a href="https://prohranenie.ru/poleznoe-lajfhaki/kak-hranit-monety-polnoe-rukovodstvo.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"хранятся у коллекционеров./a Которые готовы заплатить за любую из них гораздо больше ее номинала. Выпуск этой банкноты был прекращен в 1969 году. Но подождите! И это еще не все. Купюры номиналом 1 000, 5 000 и 10 000 долларов так же можно использовать для покупки. Все три купюры были отменены в 1969 году вместе с 500 долларами. Эти купюры, о которых мы говорили до сих пор, были отменены из-за опасений отмывания денег. И чем выше их номинал, тем реже они встречаются. Осталось менее 170 000 1000-долларовых купюр, а 5000-долларовых - менее 400. Забавно, что сейчас, когда долг США настолько раздулся, а покупательная способность доллара неуклонно снижается, некоторые могут найти реальное применение купюрам в 500 или 1000 долларов. В перспективе 500 долларов в 1969 году имеют такую же ценность, как 3700 долларов сейчас.   img src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/money_.jpg" alt=""/p" />   Если бы вы вернули 1000 долларов в сегодняшних деньгах в 1969 год, это было бы все равно, что носить в кармане всего 100 долларов. Купюра в 10 000 долларов была самой крупной из когда-либо напечатанных для общественного пользования. Но никто ею не пользовался. Она впервые была напечатаны в 1918 году. Но на тот момент большинство американцев не имели подобной суммы даже в качестве всех своих сбережений.       Read the full article

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live psych class thoughts

This is for me later.

Prompt checklist:

E3: Define specific phobia, OCD, DID (The us. Don't go crazy with it.) (src: APA Dict)

breifly explain why they're classified as Mental disorders.

Describe therapies: (psychodynamic, CBT, and hypnotherapy).

Explain how the three are treatedy psychologist, psychiatrist, or both.

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Luna thoughts:

Our prof is explaining our condition to the class (we haven't come clean to him understandably). He's at least being respectful about it. Which is comforting. The incompetency of the medical board studying DID makes me giggle. At least the one Doc brought up.

Doc is telling us about a SWAT raid on an epic party lmao. This guy is finna gonna get a concussion, thanks for helping Doc.

Search up the Baker Act and where it applies from state to state.

Psychology today might be favorable for us. It depends on what our goals are. Ask whatever caretaker about what we need when she comes back. Also check insurance and how that works because none of us can really find work (that isn't commissions or trying ebay) until summer.

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Essay bits:

The definition of specific phobia that is listed in the (American Psychological Association )APA Dict. of Psychology (date) is ... (quote webbed site).

If classified in DSM-5 (2013), they're qualified as mental disorders because the person is harming themselves. (src: Intro to Psych class)

Describe, you can literally just cite the definitions of these therapies from slides, textbook, or apa dict. and he will not give a damn.

(Efficiency good to meh) -> Specific phobia - CBT, hypno, psychodynamic (psychologist/psychiatrist), OCD - CBT (psychologist and psychiatrist), DID - CBT, Hypnotherapy (need a psychiatrist)

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Due dates: April 8th week, April 15th week (4 ops total)

When it's done, there's a research paper unveiled.

Check Thursday smoke signals.

Listen in to Doc's policy on finals week.

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Harry Richardson Cremer :: Vine dance “Andante”. Gorgeous vintage nude Nymph, 1920-1930. The photograph is part of an amazing collection of vintage silver gelatin images from the estate of Harry Richardson Cremer. | src eBay H.R. Cremer was a fixture of the international camera circuit from 1924-1936. His work was shown across the US & Overseas. Mr. Cremer was a charter member of the Photographic Society of America, participating in more than 100 photographic exhibits. His works are reminiscent of contemporaries like Alfred Cheney Johnston & Edwin Bower Hesser, shooting nudes & portraits alike. (quoted from source)

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What Mac For Music

Insert Music Emoji in Mac As mentioned, you can use 4 digits hexadecimal codes in MacBook by changing the input method to Unicode Hex Input. For example, option + 266A will produce eight note symbol like ♪. Overall, the Mac Mini is an excellent choice for music production. Click here to checkout the Mac Mini on Amazon; Click here to read user reviews; View used listings on eBay. Without a doubt, the Macbook Pro is the best laptop for music production. Out of all of the few laptops that Apple offers, the Pro model is the most powerful. However, a Mac user can just plug in their music hardware and launch the GarageBand app—Apple's free pre-installed DAW (digital audio workstation) available on Macs, iPhones, and iPads. It's a personal music creation studio for recording and editing multi-track audio as well as composing and experimenting with a vast array of virtual.

Originally, music studios were the hub of music production. The studios had special, unique and expensive music equipment which was used to record a song. However due to numerous technological advancements, now music studios are losing their initial importance. Now you can very easily produce, record and edit music on your very own laptops. In this post you will be seeing the top 3 laptops as best Mac for Music production. These laptops can be used for music making and recording at your home even if you are a student.

To benefit from these advancements you will of course need to choose your laptop model very wisely. Apple Mac laptops, in this regard, offer top of the line laptops for music production. Over the course of 5 years, Apple MacBooks have established themselves as one of the best laptops for music production. However, due to the various Mac models, you will need to do a good research on laptops and their features to figure out if the laptop is compatible with your needs. But, if you read this article you would need not to do all that because we have already done that already. Here, we are sharing with you the best Mac for music production. If you are looking for other models which come with Windows Operating Systems also, here is the list for that.

We have earlier covered few best products for Mac, such as external hard disk and printers specifically built for Mac OS X.

Laptops – Best Mac for Music Production

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The 3rd best mac laptop available for music production is the Apple’s MacBook 12. This particular laptop contains up to 512GB flash storage space due to which a quite ample amount of music can be stored in it and there will be a very slim chance for the need of external storage device. In addition to this amazing feature, the MacBook comes with a 1.3GHz dual‑core Intel Core M processor (Turbo Boost up to 2.9GHz). This mac laptop can go on without any source of power for 9 hours straight, so you can work on it nonstop. You can very comfortably work on numerous music recordings and composing activities due to its 12‑inch (diagonal) LED‑backlit Retina display, 2304×1440 screen resolution, OS X El Capitan and built-in Apps.

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The 2nd best mac laptop available for music production is the MacBook Air’s newest version. This laptop is simply perfect for people on a tight leash financially, yet they still want a laptop that helps music production. MacBook Air is an extremely light weighted laptop, so it is very comfortable to be carried around. This feature of the laptop mostly attracts people who travel quite often. The battery life of this slim and sleek laptop is over 12 hours, which allows you to be quite carefree of where you go to get the music that you want. MacBook Air will come with app store apps and suitable pre-installed apps related to music production. Other special features of the laptop include its 13.3 inch display with 1440 x 900 display resolutions, Intel Core i5 processor of 1.4GHz, 4GB of RAM and 128GB SSD storage. You can find docking stations for Mac laptops here which helps to connect external keyboard, mouse, larger monitor and other USB devices during music recording.

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The most ideal mac laptop available for music production is the Apple MacBook Pro. It is, without a pinch of doubt, the best mac laptop available in the laptop market for the production, editing and recording of music on laptops. This laptop has an i7 processorwhich runs at the speed of 2.7GHz. Its other special features include the 8GB of RAM and 128GB SSD memory. Simply because of these advanced features, the whole process of making your music will be faster and easier than you have ever imagined. The battery time for this laptop is 7 hours, which provides you with a lot of mental ease. MacBook Pro also comes with the latest Intel Iris Pro graphics, the NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M and a 15.4 inch display of 2560 x 1600 resolution.

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These above 3 best Mac laptops will work as a music studio for production and recording purpose. If you are a student who is working in music industry, then Mac laptop is a must have product for music production and recording.

By now, you probably know what a powerful creative tool your Mac is. It’s definitely hard to beat when it comes to retouching photos, editing videos, and — naturally — making music.

There are, in fact, so many music making apps for Mac that it’s hard to decide which one to get and what’s the difference between them, especially if you’re just starting out. But don’t worry — below is the ultimate guide to help you pick the best music production software currently on the market.

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It’s important to note that no single music creation software is best for everyone. Needs, experience levels, and preferences tent do differ a lot, so the final choice should be different as well. Having said that, there are a few options that have been winning in their respective categories over the years again and again. Here they are.

GarageBand: The easiest way to start

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You don’t have to go far for an introductory experience to music making programs — the GarageBand app is already pre-installed on your system.

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GarageBand for Mac is a versatile free music making software for beginners. You can use its tutorials to make your first steps into playing an instrument, record your own music (including your voice), add special effects, and produce complete tracks to upload to SoundCloud or beyond.

Which Mac Laptop For Music Production

If you don’t have GarageBand in your Applications folder yet, download it from the App Store for free. When you open the app, it’ll prompt you to get all the available sounds and effects. In the latest GarageBand version for macOS Catalina, Apple has included a fantastic virtual drummer that you can customize to fit your patterns exactly, whether you’re playing rock or hip-hop. The layout of all the GarageBand options is quite intuitive, so you can definitely study the app on your own, learning more as you go.

Some downsides to the GarageBand app are essentially reasons why pros don’t use it: at some point you max out its capabilities and need features like advanced crossfades, for example. When you feel that instead of the music making software serving you, you start serving the music making software — it’s probably time to upgrade.

Ableton Live 10: The best music making software ever

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At the other end of the music software spectrum is the industry-standard Ableton Live. First released in 2001, Ableton has been honing its music making software for nearly two decades. It’s not only able to record, arrange, mix, and master your music but also be used at live shows to play that music back, right from the same interface.

What Is The Best Mac For Music

Bad news: it’s very difficult to learn Ableton on your own if you don’t have any background in music making. Luckily, there’s a large international community of users, so you’ll likely be able to find either a local or online group in your language, which could become instrumental to getting over various hurdles.

Even more bad news: Ableton is not a free music production software at all. While Ableton Live 9 used to have a Lite version that could be downloaded free, Ableton Live 10 starts with an Intro edition at $99 (then Standard at $449, then Suite at $749). The more expensive the version the more effects, instruments, and sounds it contains.

n-Track Studio: A top recording software for Mac

If the gap between GarageBand and Ableton Live is so wide, naturally there would be some music making apps that would try to fill it up. Enter n-Track Studio.

Make music with n-Track Studio

With this simple app, you can take a professional music recording studio to your Mac. No expensive equipment, no fuss.

n-Track Studio is a music making software free of Ableton’s complexities but with nearly all of its power. You can record songs from live instruments or create complex EDM tracks using virtual tools as well, with the help of a massive library of sound effects. What’s more, n-Track Studio features a free MIDI software built right in and doesn’t require a too powerful of a processor on your machine, since its audio engine is optimized for minimum latency, even when dozens of tracks are played at once.

Starting with n-Track Studio is very easy:

Click the circled plus icon to create a new track, either blank or armed for recording

Right-click on the new track and choose “Add blank MIDI track”

Select your instrument

Play any progression you like, either using your trackpad or a connected controller

Repeat as many times as needed and enhance with other effects

Overall, exploring n-Track Studio is pure pleasure: more freedom than the standard GarageBand without the difficulty and cost of Ableton. Perfect choice!

Make all music sound better with Boom 3D

While selecting the best free music making software is important, it’s equally important to ensure that whatever tunes you create are going to be played appropriately. As most Macs are simply too quiet for all the intricacies of the music software, you need Boom 3D to make it all work.

What Mac Is Best For Music Production

Boom 3D is a system-wide volume booster and equalizer for your Mac. First, it features a variety of presets to make every genre sound as good as possible, by setting the right midtones, bass levels, and high-pitched notes. Second, it lets you surpass the default volume limit on your Mac to really get the maximum out of your speakers.

Finally, Boom 3D also acts as a nifty little music player that features over 20,000 radio stations from around the world and plays back tracks set in your specific preferences.

So, again, while choosing the best music production software comes down to your level of experience and needs, if you go for a mid-market product like n-Track Studio, you definitely won’t be bored for a long time. Just don’t forget to couple it with Boom 3D for an absolute killer of a sound.

Best of all, n-Track Studio and Boom 3D are available to you absolutely free for seven days during the trial of Setapp, a platform with over 160 apps for your creative self, from music making programs to film editing and drawing. Try Setapp today and unleash you creator spirit. It’s free, so why not at least try?

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SuperNaturals Preview comic, early 2000ADs and a Dan Dare game "free gift" on offer in latest Comic Collector eBay auction

SuperNaturals Preview comic, early 2000ADs and a Dan Dare game “free gift” on offer in latest Comic Collector eBay auction

Eagle and Wildcat cover dated 10th June 1988 – with Dan Dare game free gift

The latest auction from The Comic Collector run by Willoughby Hurrell includes a number of early issues of 2000AD, including Prog One, Doctor Who annuals, and a copy of the Doctor Who Cookbook, Gerry Anderson-related annuals and more.

One highlight for Dan Dare fans might be a copy of Eagle and Wildcatpublished in…

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Interview with Mark A. Vieira, author of Forbidden Hollywood: The Pre-Code Era (1930-1934)

Mark A. Vieira is an acclaimed film historian, writer and photographer. His most recent book, Forbidden Hollywood: The Pre-Code Era (1930-1934): When Sin Ruled the Movies is now available from TCM and Running Press.

Raquel Stecher: Twenty years ago you wrote Sin in Soft Focus: Pre-Code Hollywood for Harry N. Abrams. Why did you decide to revisit the pre-Code era with your new TCM-Running Press book Forbidden Hollywood?

Mark A. Vieira: That’s a good question, Raquel. There were three reasons. First, Sin in Soft Focus had gone out of print, and copies were fetching high prices on eBay and AbeBooks. Second, the book was being used in classes at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. Third, Jeff Mantor of Larry Edmunds Cinema Book Shop told me that his customers were asking if I could do a follow-up to the 1999 book, which had gotten a good New York Times review and gone into a second printing. So I wrote a book proposal, citing all the discoveries I’d made since the first book. This is what happens when you write a book; information keeps coming for years after you publish it, and you want to share that new information. Sin in Soft Focus: Pre-Code Hollywood told the story of the Code from an industry standpoint. Forbidden Hollywood has that, but it also has the audience’s point of view. After all, a grassroots movement forced Hollywood to reconstitute the Code.

Raquel Stecher: Forbidden Hollywood includes reproduced images from the pre-Code era and early film history. How did you curate these images and what were your criteria for including a particular photograph?

Mark A. Vieira: The text suggests what image should be placed on a page or on succeeding pages. Readers wonder what Jason Joy looked like or what was so scandalous about CALL HER SAVAGE (’32), so I have to show them. But I can’t put just any picture on the page, especially to illustrate a well-known film. My readers own film books and look at Hollywood photos on the Internet. I have to find a photo that they haven’t seen. It has to be in mint condition because Running Press’s reproduction quality is so good. The image has to be arresting, a photo that is worthy in its own right, powerfully composed and beautifully lit—not just a “representative” photo from a pre-Code film. It also has to work with the other photos on that page or on the next page, in terms of composition, tone and theme. That’s what people liked about Sin in Soft Focus. It had sections that were like rooms in a museum or gallery, where each grouping worked on several levels. In Forbidden Hollywood, I’m going for a different effect. The photo choices and groupings give a feeling of movement, a dynamic affect. In this one, the pictures jump off the page.

Raquel Stecher: Why did you decide on a coffee table art book style format?

Mark A. Vieira: Movies are made of images. Sexy images dominated pre-Code. To tell the story properly, you have to show those images. Movie stills in the pre-Code era were shot with 8x10 view cameras. The quality of those big negatives is ideal for a fine-art volume. And film fans know the artistry of the Hollywood photographers of that era: Fred Archer, Milton Brown, William Walling, Bert Longworth, Clarence Bull, Ernest Bachrach and George Hurrell. They’re all represented—and credited—in Forbidden Hollywood.

Raquel Stecher: What was the research process like for Forbidden Hollywood?

Mark A. Vieira: I started at the University of Southern California, where I studied film 40 years ago. I sat down with Ned Comstock, the Senior Library Assistant, and mapped out a plan. USC has scripts from MGM, Universal and the Fox Film Corporation. The Academy Library has files from the Production Code Administration. I viewed DVDs and 16mm prints from my collection. I reviewed books on the Code by Thomas Doherty and other scholars. I jumped into the trade magazines of the period using the Media History Digital Library online. I created a file folder for each film of the era. It’s like detective work. It’s tedious—until it gets exciting.

Raquel Stecher: How does pre-Code differ from other film genres?

Mark A. Vieira: Well, pre-Code is not a genre like Westerns or musicals. It’s a rediscovered element of film history. It was named in retrospect, like film noir, but unlike film noir, pre-Code has lines of demarcation—March 1930 through June 1934—the four-year period before the Production Code was strengthened and enforced. When Mae West made I’M NO ANGEL (’33), she had no idea she was making a pre-Code movie. The pre-Code tag came later, when scholars realized that these films shared a time, a place and an attitude. There was a Code from 1930 on, but the studios negotiated with it, bypassed it or just plain ignored it, making movies that were irreverent and sexy. Modern viewers say, “I’ve never seen that in an old Hollywood movie!” This spree came to an end in 1934, when a Catholic-led boycott forced Hollywood to reconstitute the Code. It was administered for 20 years by Joseph Breen, so pre-Code is really pre-Breen.

Raquel Stecher: What are a few pre-Code films that you believe defined the era?

Mark A. Vieira: That question has popped up repeatedly since I wrote Sin in Soft Focus, so I decided which films had led to the reconstituted Code, and I gave them their own chapters. To qualify for that status, a film had to meet these standards: (1) They were adapted from proscribed books or plays; (2) They were widely seen; (3) They were attacked in the press; (4) They were heavily cut by the state or local boards; (5) They were banned in states, territories or entire countries; and (6) They were condemned in the Catholic Press and by the Legion of Decency. To name the most controversial: THE COCK-EYED WORLD (’29) (off-color dialogue); THE DIVORCEE (’30) (the first film to challenge the Code); FRANKENSTEIN (’31) (horror); SCARFACE (’32) (gang violence); RED-HEADED WOMAN (’32) (an unrepentant homewrecker); and CALL HER SAVAGE (’32) (the pre-Code film that manages to violate every prohibition of the Code). My big discovery was THE SIGN OF THE CROSS (’32). This Cecil B. DeMille epic showed the excesses of ancient Rome in such lurid detail that it offended Catholic filmgoers, thus setting off the so-called “Catholic Crusade.”

Raquel Stecher: It’s fascinating to read correspondence, interviews and reviews that react to the perceived immorality of these movies. How does including these conversations give your readers context about the pre-Code era?

Mark A. Vieira: Like some film noir scholars, I could tell you how I feel about the film, what it means, the significance of its themes. So what? Those are opinions. My readers deserve facts. Those can only come from documents of the period: letters, memos, contracts, news articles. These are the voices of the era, the voices of history. A 100-year-old person might misremember what happened. A document doesn’t misremember. It tells the tale. My task is to present a balanced selection of these documents so as not to stack the deck in favor of one side or the other.

Raquel Stecher: In your book you discuss the attempts made to censor movies from state and federal government regulation to the creation of the MPPDA to the involvement of key figures like Joseph Breen and Will H. Hays. What is the biggest misconception about the Production Code?

Mark A. Vieira: There are a number of misconceptions. I label them and counter them: (1) “Silent films are not “pre-Code films.” (2) Not every pre-Code film was a low-budget shocker but made with integrity and artistry; most were big-budget star vehicles. (3) The pre-Code censorship agency was the SRC (Studio Relations Committee), part of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors Association (MPPDA)—not the MPPA, which did not exist until the 1960s! (4) The Code did not mandate separate beds for married couples. (5) Joseph Breen was not a lifelong anti-Semite, second only to Hitler. He ended his long career with the respect and affection of his Jewish colleagues.

Raquel Stecher: How did the silent movie era and the Great Depression have an impact on the pre-Code era?

Mark A. Vieira: The silent era allowed the studios the freedom to show nudity and to write sexy intertitles, but the local censors cut those elements from release prints, costing the studios a lot of money, which in part led to the 1930 Code. The Great Depression emptied the theaters (or closed them), so producers used sexy films to lure filmgoers back to the theaters.

Raquel Stecher: TCM viewers love pre-Codes. What do you think it is about movies from several decades ago that still speak to contemporary audiences?

Mark A. Vieira: You’re right. Because we can see these films so readily, we forget that eight decades have passed since they premiered. We don’t listen to music of such a distant time, so how can we enjoy the art of a period in which community standards were so different from what they are now? After all, this was the tail end of the Victorian era, and the term “sex” was not used in polite society. How did it get into films like MIDNIGHT MARY (’33) and SEARCH FOR BEAUTY (’34)? There were protests against such films, and there were also millions of people enjoying them. What they enjoyed is what TCM viewers enjoy—frankness, honesty, risqué humor, beautiful bodies and adult-themed stories.

Raquel Stecher: What do you hope readers take away from your book?

Mark A. Vieira: One thing struck me as I wove the letters of just plain citizens into the tapestry of this story. Americans of the 1930s wrote articulate, heartfelt letters. One can only assume that these people were well educated and that they did a lot of reading—and letter writing. I want my readers to read the entire text of Forbidden Hollywood. I worked to make it accurate, suspenseful and funny. There are episodes in it that are hilarious. These people were witty! So I hope you’ll enjoy the pictures, but more so that you’ll dive into the story and let it carry you along. Here’s a quote about SO THIS IS AFRICA (‘33) from a theater owner: “I played it to adults only (over 15 years old). Kids who have been 12 for the last 10 years aged rapidly on their way to our box office.”

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People are selling iPhones with Fortnite installed for thousands of dollars

People are selling iPhones with Fortnite installed for thousands of dollars

People are willing to pay thousands of dollars for an iPhone with Fortnite installed, or at least that’s what some eBay sellers are hoping.

Apple removed Fortnite from the App Store earlier in the month due to a legal dispute with Epic games, sparking a feud that would include some pretty spicy shots fired from both sides. But the end result for iOS gamers, sadly, is the inability to download…

[pngmart]

vintage computers and accessories - by request

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To Do - Optimize your Camera!

Its an open secret that most camera owners fail to utilize beyond 20 percent of its capability, only to dabble with a fraction of its setting before concluding it did not live up to its expectation.

And leveraging on this exodus of excellent gears in their mint condition on sites such as eBay can be deemed wise and appropriate in this cash-strapped economy of ours. Its in fact, highly recommended, to continue on this course of action until we objectively see genuine technology breakthrough in imaging technology. With that said, I will be embarking on a series of articles in the coming weeks to help current Nikon DSLR users complete their first step of this journey - optimize their cameras so as to effectively squeeze that very drops of goodness from their gears!

The sample gear in use for this walk-through is a Nikon D7500 DSLR that I acquired in December 2019, at an interesting USD699 new. Let’s begin!

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Hello sir I have a proposition. May I direct your attention, to these slides. As the numbers show, your lizard is quantitatively "fucking cute." Now, compare this thought in every follower with possible reptile owners-to-be, and you will see the venn diagrams of these two is a circle. Sir, the customers have spoken. They want to know how hard it is to take care of a lizard, sir. Please, they need to convince their mom. The sales need it. They really want a reptile. Especially this customer.

this is my one. you’ll need a few decorations to make it interesting for your lizard as they can get bored, i have the hammock for her to climb as well as a log under her basking spot.

they also need specific lighting, which can be pricey. they need a heat lamp, which you can see on the right hand side of my viv, which costs me about 8 pounds every couple of months as obviously the bulb will blow like a normal lightbulb. they also need a UVB strip light, which is the bright white light you can see in my picture. this is essential and can cost quite a lot of money, they need replacing every 6 months to a year depending on the quality of your lamp. mine cost around 60 quid which is obviously a lot of money. i’m sure they can be found cheaper if you search a bit harder online.

after you’ve paid for the viv and lights, you also have to consider paying for food. they must eat live bugs, crickets of cockroaches are what my lizard eats and these cost (uk prices) about 5 pounds every two weeks. you also have to make sure you’re ok with handling live insects, my lizard is very lazy and won’t catch them herself so i have to pick them up and hold them for her. you get used to it i promise. feeding information along with great help with everything else can be found on beardeddragon.org which is a super helpful site.

other than all that, she’s easy to care for once you understand they’re not like dogs or cats. she’s great fun to play with, i take her around the house and even to the shops on hot days, she’ll come out for walks with me (obviously on my shoulder), and she’s just generally super cute. beardies are great lizards to start with if you’ve never owned a reptile before, but if you’re looking for something simpler , leopard geckos are brilliant and super cute, i owned one before my current lizard.

i hope this helped!! i really love my beardie and i hope you can convince your mum to get you one!!!!

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Drake bought a $200 Pusha T-autographed microphone from eBay

Drake bought a $200 Pusha T-autographed microphone from eBay

Drake Vs. Pusha-T is a battle that has been going on for years now and it looks like it’s going to keep going after Drake revealed on his Rap Radar interview that he has no desire to mend the beef with Pusha-T.

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Growing up, Drake used to be a big fan of Clipse and he revealed on MTV’s When I Was 17 series that he saw a…