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Screening in the streaming age

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[Draft of article for the 2026 Film Studies conference, Melbourne] The promise of cinema, 1896 (top) / 2026 (bottom).   Screening in the streaming age - when too much is not enough! Michael Organ ....... Abstract : Film screening has come a long way from the days of the Edison Kinetoscope in the 1890s when a viewer had to manually turn a handle and look down a telescope-style tube, from silent to sound in the 1930s, black and white to colour, nitrate to celluloid, 16mm to 70mm Panavision, and from the projection era of the twentieth century on to non-physical, digital means of access such as television, optical media - video tape, laser disc, DVDs - and streaming in the new millennium, with the latter two largely removing the need to visit a cinema in order to experience film. In all instances, the technology has continued to evolve, from mechanical to digital, from physical to online. All the while, access has continued to improve ..... or has it? This is the question th...
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Beaches & crazy coastal constructions

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| Politics |   Oh, how I like to be beside the seaside; how I like to be beside the sea ...... Outer Banks , North Carolina, May 2022. Abstract : The following article is about people - ignorant human beings - who have constructed things in coastal areas where they should not be constructed. ---------------------- Stupid humans Erosion , Outer Banks The animal world is being left out here as we talk about crazy humans who building things in coastal areas subject to some of the following: Flooding inundation and erosion by the ocean. Flooding inundation and erosion by water by overflowing Rivers. In other words, so they're subject to the NATURAL destruction of property by Mother Nature; to the impact of waves, liquefaction of soil, and the undermining of foundations and barriers meant to protect them from the powerful forces which they are often ignorant of or choose to believe that they are impervious to. The energy present in the flow of water, whether ...
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The Muslim Brotherhood in Australia

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| Politics | Muslim Brotherhood logo Abstract : The misogynistic, racist, jihadist, anti-Western, anti-Christian, inhumane and brutal Muslim Brotherhood - a covert organisation formed in Egypt during 1928 - is revealed as the primary driver behind an expansion in new millennium (circa post-2000) Islamic terrorism and the spread of Sharia law around the world through affiliate organisations such as ISIS, al-Qaeda and Hamas. This terrorism is a continuation of that begun with  Muhammad (c.570-632) in the early 600s and carried out against non-Muslim peoples and nation states throughout the world ever since then. The covert nature of the Muslim Brotherhood is revealed in the existence of related overt puppet humanitarian organisations such as the Council for American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in the United States, and individuals such as lord mayors Sadiq Khan (London) and Zorhan Mamdani (New York). The manipulation of Left political organisations and groups by the Muslim...
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