#Oct 2nd 1956

[dopescissorscashwagon]

Frank Tashlin, Elvis Presley, & Leon Shamroy

~ October 2, 1956

[henrysglock]

The First Shadow's Fucked-Up Time Frame

Pulling this out of my time-loop post for reference reasons.

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We all know the TFS timeline is messy as hell and doesn't actually align with anything that's possible in filmed canon...or within its own time span, even.

For example, the attack on Mr. Newby happens both some point after October 1st, 1959 and before November 20th, 1959...but the papers for the incident report it on March 20th, 1958:

The timeline we're given also largely fabricated, as I pointed out in relation to the newspapers with dates that don't actually exist.

However, much like NINA, the sequence itself being fake doesn't mean the events didn't happen. It's just not happening in the time frame we're told it's happening in:

It's a set of real events, just portrayed on a different time scale.

The paper about the attack on Mr. Newby, dated March 20th, 1958, is released exactly 610 days, or 20 months, prior to the Creel murders on November 20th, 1959. It's not necessarily the exact dates that are important here (again, these dates are relatively unreliable), but the gap between the dates.

When put in accordance with filmed dates(i.e. setting the release of this paper exactly 610 days prior to March 22nd of 1959), the paper for the attack on Mr. Newby would have been released on July 20th, 1957. This would be in line with Edward Creel's move to Hawkins in the spring of 1957.

This July date is especially funny to me considering we get "throwaway" lines like this...with shots in filmed canon from summer-time:

Top: Joyce and Jim beginning their investigation into the attic attack. Hopper Sr. is questioning why Joyce and Jim are investigating, rather than attending school. Bottom: Alice and Henry with the rabbit death scenes in filmed canon, the setting showing full foliage and both children in summer clothing. "Is it summer break?" I don't know. You tell me, Chief.

Per TFS, Henry went missing in a cave system near his home town of Rachel, Nevada (didn't exist until the 70s, but we're looking past that for now) at some point in the year prior to the attack on Mr. Newby. We've been told that Dimension X was involved in this event in Nevada, something happened there that left "Henry" altered physically. He was also flayed at some point around this time.

This all coincides with Henry's dramatic mood shift from a "normal and good" boy to one suffering from Mindflayer-induced psychosis. This change happened in tandem with the Nevada incident, dating back 10 months prior to the attack on Mr. Newby:

If we set Henry's initial disappearance in line with filmed canon like before, it becomes September of 1956.

New additions:

If we apply the 610 day rule to Henry's "first day of school", then Oct. 1st, 1959, becomes Jan. 29th, 1958, which is over a year before the Creel murders on March 22nd, 1959, but well after the attic attack on July 20th, 1957. So that's a no-go.

However, if we sequester that pattern to the newspapers and instead apply the "Henry moved to Hawkins 8 months after his disappearance" (See: Moving in Oct. 1 and being taken in by the lab Nov. 20th/Dec. 2nd making exactly 2 months, give-or-take), we get a move-in date somewhere in late May of 1957.

Picture me making THE single most deadpan face staring at "We'll retcon Will's birthday to May 22nd" AND all of the weirdness about the on-screen Creel family's move-in day looking like May-June.

[yassssifiedhistory]

This is one of my favorite family photos. Unsure on the date, but I'm guessing mid to late 1910s

1) Anton Levi Peterson, Dec 19th, 1862-May 6th 1930. My great great great grandfather.

2) Elizabeth Ann Arbon, Dec 20th 1966-Jan 2nd 1937. My great great great grandmother.

3) John Charles Peterson, AKA "Uncle Charl." Jan 10th, 1884-Jul 13 1964.

4) Clara Isabella Peterson, Aug 13th 1886-Sep 14 1968.

5) Martha Elizabeth Peterson, AKA "Aunt Marth." Aug 28 1888-Jul 1st 1952.

6) Helena Claudina Peterson, AKA "Aunt Claud." Apr 27th 1890-Sep 2nd 1964.

7) Vivian Viola Peterson, AKA "Aunt Viv." Nov 15th, 1891/2

8) Leondo Peterson, AKA "Uncle Leon." Dec 25 1894-Jan 27 1956.

9) Arvella Peterson, AKA "Val" (only by her husband). Nov 13th 1895-Sep 27 1968. My great great grandmother.

10) Iris Rosella Peterson, Oct 15 1897.

11) Tresta Peterson, AKA "Aunt Tre" (pronounced like tree). Aug 17 1899.

12) Levi Golden Peterson, AKA "Goldie." Sep 28 1902

13) Lila Peterson, Aug 29 1904.

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🎂 Happy Birthday. Today, Oct 13, 1956 – #ChrisCarter, American director, producer, and screenwriter was born.

🎨 Featured Painting: a Big Custom #Commissioned #Painting I painted a few years ago:

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🎨 2nd Featured Painting: A Painting I painted a couple of months ago:

‘Mars Needs Women!’

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[speedracer2008isart]

Headcanon: Speed's birthday is Jan. 7 and Trixie's birthday is Feb 14. Both were born in 1965 AU (which just means they were born in the '65 of an alternate universe.)

They met in the 3rd grade. Source: The Offical Art of Speed Racer.

Following the Japanese school year, which is from April to March, they were 8 years old when they met. The school year is split into three semesters. Speed and Trixie met in early September at the start of the 2nd semester. Dec. 1st, 1973, Rex set the course record at Thunderhead.

Shortly after, Rex leaves home. He starts racing for Uniron and by March, rumors of Rex being involved in criminal activity has spread like wildfire. But the rumors had started four years before Rex left. By Oct. the rumors had become full on allegations.

The trial was still on going in December of 1974 when Rex crashed during the second leg of the 72nd annual Casa Cristo Classic. It was declared a mistrial. And a new case was open. The investigation of Rex's crash. Blackjack Benelli, crime boss with ties to Uniron was found guilty. Though evidence of foul play was never proven, Benelli was convicted of other crimes and rumored to be behind Rex's crash.

Speed was 9 years old when Rex died in 1974. Around one month before Speed's 10th birthday in '75. Spritle, born July 13 1974, was 5 months old. Sparky, Pops's godson who was later adopted, was 18. He was born on August 4, 1956. Rex was born on June 5, 1955 and left home at 18. He was 19 when he died.

For a year ater Rex's death, Racer Motors was shut down. Pops eventually reopened it as a car repair shop. Two years after Rex's crash, the mysterious masked driver, Racer X, appeared on the racing scene.

In 1981, Speed and Trixie were 16 and Speed was in his 2nd year of high school. (In Japan, high school lasts three years. After junior high, Trixie enrolled in technical college to get an associate's degree in aviatic eengineering). They started sneaking off to Thunderhead. Speed was challenged to drive and was caught by the press. Pops was angry at first, but soon came around to Speed being a professional racer. He even attended classes to learn about the latest tech in the racing industry.

For almost a year, Speed trained before entering his first race. At 17, he was the youngest driver in the WRL. In late March of 1983, Speed graduated high school. A college of technology last for five years, so Trixie is still in school.

Dec. 1st 1984, Speed (now 19) nearly sets the course record at T-Head. Later, circumstances lead to him racing in the 82nd annual Casa Cristo Classic. His team's victory earns him an invitation to compete in the 91st annual Grand Prix. Trixie is 19 and in her last year of technical college. She'll graduate in March of 1985 when she's 20. Spritle is 10 years old and in the fifth grade. He's in the end of the 2nd semester. The Grand Prix happens just before his winter break.

[tickertapein]

Evaluating Lemon Tree Hotels: business, financials, and recent developments

The impact of the coronavirus pandemic and the nation-wide lockdown on the hospitality sector has been and continues to be significant. Even as the curbs were lifted, lack of transport facilities and fear from getting infected with COVID-19 discouraged business and leisure travels. This dampened the demand for hotel rooms, which came as a severe blow to the hotel industry. At such a time, Lemon Tree Hotels managed to report a positive EBITDA in its Q1 FY2021 results, thanks to its timely, smart actions.

In this article, let’s look at Lemon Tree Hotels Ltd’s history, business model, profile, and financials.

About Lemon Tree

Headquartered at New Delhi, Lemon Tree Hotels is a well-known name in India’s hospitality sector. It has presence across the country and operates in upscale, midscale, and economy segments of the hotel business. Recently, Lemon Tree Hotels also expanded its business overseas. As of Jun 2017, Lemon Tree Hotels was India’s largest hotel chain in the mid-range hotel sector and the 3rd largest based on the controlling interest in owned and leased rooms.

History of Lemon Tree Hotels Limited

Incorporated as “P.M.G Hotels Private Limited” on 2nd Jun 1992 as a private limited company under the Companies Act 1956

Changed its name to “Krizm Hotels Private Limited” and got a new certificate of incorporation on 13th Dec 2002

Opened the first ‘Lemon Tree Hotel’ in Gurugram with 49 rooms in May 2004

Received investment from Maplewood Investment Ltd in 2006 and Citron Limited in 2008

Opened its first ‘Red Fox’ hotel under economy segment in Jaipur in 2009 Changed its name to “Lemon Tree Hotels Private Limited” on 2nd Jun 2010

Opened its first ‘Lemon Tree Premier’ hotel under upper midscale segment in Gurugram in 2010

Converted Lemon Tree Hotels into a public limited company on 29th Sep 2012 and changed its name to ‘Lemon Tree Hotels Limited’ in the same year

Issued an IPO of Rs 1,038.68 cr in 2018

Received final pre-construction approval for its subsidiary ‘Iora Hotels Private Limited’ (‘IORA’) in June 2018

Ventured overseas in Dec 2019 by launching a hotel in Dubai

Launched a hotel in Bhutan in Feb 2020

Currently, Lemon Tree Hotels operates ~8,100 rooms in 81 hotels across 49 cities under all its brands combined. About 3 hotels and over 25 management hotels are in the pipeline. After these become operational, Lemon Tree Hotels will have ~10,800 rooms in 109 hotels across 69 cities in and outside India.

Highlights of Lemon Tree Hotels Ltd

Apart from its excellent hospitality services, Lemon Tree Hotels is also known for its environmental and people-related initiatives. It currently focuses on the efficient use and conservation of energy and water in its daily operations. The company’s sustainability initiatives also include using CNG instead of LPG and green building material in the construction of its structures. In the mid- to long-term, Lemon Tree Hotels looks to use recycled water for AC cooling tower, wind and agro power, solar photo voltaic system for lighting and geothermal energy.

Talking of people-related initiatives, Lemon Tree Hotels is an equal opportunity employer and actively hires people with disabilities — physical and intellectual. It is also known for its work culture and has won several awards and recognitions for the same. For 7 consecutive years (from 2011 to 2017), the hotel chain has made it to the list of the “Best Companies to Work for” in India by the Great Place to Work Institute. Here are a few of its achievements.

Board of directors and key managerial personnel of Lemon Tree Hotels Limited

Patanjali Govind Keswani: Chairman & Managing Director

Rattan Keswani: Deputy Managing Director

Aditya Madhav Keswani: Non-Executive Director

Ravi Kant Jaipuria: Non-Executive Director

Willem Albertus Hazeleger: Non-Executive Director

Pradeep Mathur: Independent Director

Arindam Kumar Bhattacharya: Independent Director

Freyan Jamshed Desai: Independent Director

Paramartha Saikia: Independent Director

Arvind Singhania: Independent Director

Ashish Kumar Guha: Independent Director

Davander Tomar: Executive Vice-President, Corporate Affairs

Vikramjit Singh: President

Jagdish Kumar Chawla: Executive Vice President — Projects & Engineering Services

Kapil Sharma: Chief Finance Officer

Anshu Sarin: Chief Executive Officer, Keys Hotels

Sumant Jaidka: Senior Vice President — Operations

Mahesh S. Aiyer: Senior Vice President — Operations

Harleen Mehta: Senior Vice President — Sales

Business model of Lemon Tree Hotels

The hotel chain earns revenue via 3 avenues:

Owns hotels: Lemon Tree owns hotels and offers them to customers

Leases hotels: the hotel chain takes hotels on lease and earns by renting them to customers

Manages hotels: ties up with the management of other hotels and earns on a commission basis)

Business segments of Lemon Tree Hotels Limited

The company operates in the following segments:

Upscale

Mid-priced — upper-midscale, midscale, and economy

Brands of Lemon Tree Hotels Ltd

Lemon Tree Hotels operates under the following brands to serve customers belonging to its various business segments and meet their evolving behaviour:

Aurika Hotels & Resorts — Upscale

Lemon Tree Premier — Upper Midscale

Keys Prima — Upper Midscale

Keys Select — Midscale

Lemon Tree Hotels — Midscale

Keys Lite — Economy

Red Fox Hotels — Economy

In FY2020, Lemon Tree Hotels acquired 100% stake in Berggruen Hotels Private Limited via its subsidiary Fleur Hotels Private Limited. This makes Berggruen Hotels a direct subsidiary of Fleur Hotels Private Limited and an indirect subsidiary of Lemon Tree Hotels Limited.

Peers of Lemon Tree Hotels Ltd

Indian Hotels Company Ltd, EIH Ltd, and Chalet Hotels Ltd are some of the peers of Lemon Tree Hotels Ltd. Following is an image that compares the valuation metrics of these stocks.

To assess how Lemon Tree share compares with its peers based on technical and forecast metrics, go to ‘Peers’ tab of the stock page on Tickertape.

Lemon Tree share price

Here’s a chart comparing Lemon Tree share price movements with that of Indian Hotels and EIH Ltd from 16th Oct 2019 to 12th Oct 2020. You can also compare the stock with others.

Financials of Lemon Tree Hotels Ltd

Last 4 yrs’ income statement of Lemon Tree Hotels Ltd

While Lemon Tree Hotel’s revenue and EBITDA have risen consistently from FY2017 to FY2020, its net income saw a sharp decline in FY2020. This can be attributed to tepid demand due to the pandemic. Further, the increase in the company’s revenue is mostly due to its cost cutting-initiatives.

Over the last 5 yrs, Lemon Tree Hotels has generated a higher revenue compared to the industrial average. If you wish to do an in-depth analysis of Lemon Tree’s financials, you can do so by using the quarterly financials feature of Tickertape. Here’s how you can access the feature.

Last 4 yrs’ balance sheet of Lemon Tree Hotels Limited

Though Lemon Tree Hotel’s current ratio rose for the first 3 yrs in consideration, it dropped in FY2020 — due to the pandemic. The numbers also suggest that the company doesn’t have liquid assets in proportion with its current liabilities. Nonetheless, Lemon Tree Hotels current ratio has been higher than the industry average over the last 5 yrs, which is noteworthy.

Talking about the debt-to-equity ratio, the figure has seen a consistent rise over the 4 yrs under review. It also suggests that the company’s operations are significantly funded by debt. In fact, the company’s debt-to-equity ratio has been higher than the industry average over the last 5 yrs.

Cashflow statement of Lemon Tree Hotels Ltd

On Tickertape, you can access 9 yrs’ financial statements for every stock listed on NSE. Visit Lemon Tree Hotels stock page to view the information for all the 9 yrs.

Lemon Tree Hotels Ltd’s Q1 FY2021 results

Due to lack of business owing to the pandemic, Lemon Tree Hotels put in place a two-pronged strategy: to earn revenue from all possible segments amid the testing situation and redefine its cost fixed and variable structure. That is why the company implemented various cost-cutting measures — these include voluntary pay cuts and strict control in power and fuel cost — so expenses could shrink to match the level of revenue.

Although demand for Lemon Tree’s hotel rooms wasn’t at pre-COVID levels during Q1, the company saw it coming from Indians opting for institutional quarantine under the Vande Bharat Mission, global IT majors, and frontline workers. With 71% of inventory operational, a mere average occupancy of 28.9%, and average room rates down by 34.4%, the hotel chain’s revenue for Q1 FY2021 declined by 71.1% y-o-y. The hotel chain’s total operating expenses and EBITDA were also down by 62.2% and 83.8%, respectively.

Average Daily Rate (ADR) declined by 34.4% y-o-y compared to 60% of the industry. ADR is the average tariff per room per day, which is set based on the demand and supply in the sector. A decline in ADR also brings down the revenue

The occupancy rate fell by 48.6% during the quarter under review. The industry occupancy fell to 15%

The fees earned from managed hotels was Rs 0.5 cr, 1.1% of operations revenue

Total expenses came down by 62.2% y-o-y

According to the management, Lemon Tree Hotels has sufficient cash to pay the total expenses including debt for the following 4 quarters. Thanks to Unlock 3.0, the hotel chain had 85.5% of its owned/leased inventory operational in Jun. Although the company has seen a negligible rise in demand, the Lemon Tree Hotels hopes that the hospitality industry would start recovering from the second half of the FY2021.

Recent developments

Recently, Lemon Tree Hotels Limited launched two new properties in India.

Resort Lazy Lagoon at Baga, Goa

Hotel in Dwarka, Gujarat

As mentioned, the company has 3 own hotels and over 25 management hotels in the pipeline.

Prospects of Lemon Tree Hotels Limited

The pandemic and the resultant lockdown has had an enormous impact on Lemon Tree Hotels and the same would continue until business picks up. For now and some time to come, the hotel chain faces the structural loss of demand.

Finally, we suggest you conduct your own research before making an investment decision. Read the entire coverage of Lemon Tree Hotels Ltd here.

[risingpakistan]

Brigadier Tariq Mehmood Shaheed

Brigadier Tariq Mehmood Shaheed, most popularly known as Brigadier TM and now TM Shaheed, (8 Oct 1938 – 29 May 1989), SJ(Bar), SBt, SI(M) was a legendary soldier and lethal weapon of Pakistan Army. He was serving as the Commandant of Special Services Group, when died in an accident in 1989, due to malfunctioning of his parachute, during a free fall display at Rahwali, near Gujranwala. TM was one of the most decorated Army officer who saw SSG in two wars and various special operations. He played a fatherlike role in Special Services Group and has left a deep legacy, even after his death. He is arguably regarded as one of the best commandos of 20th century.[by whom?]

Early life and education

Mehmood was born on 8 October 1938 at Multan. His father was a professor at Government College, Asghar Mall. After completing his intermediate education from Gordon Christian College, Rawalpindi[1] in 1956, he went to Lahore and graduated from Government College in 1959. He was also a member of Government College cricket team captained by Javed Burki. After graduation he went to Peshawar to study Law at University of Peshawar, but he also got selected for Pakistan Army at the same time. He made a choice to serve his country at the battle front and joined Pakistan Military Academy as a cadet in 1960. He graduated from PMA in 1963 with a double B.Sc. in Military science and War studies. He also attended Command and Staff College, Quetta, and completed his Staff Course in 1969.[2]

Military career

Mahmood was commissioned in 2nd Battalion of The Baloch Regiment in 1960, when passed out from PMA in 1963.[3] The same year, he was inducted in 51st Paratrooper Division, Airborne Corps, and from there, he was selected for the Special Services Group (SSG). After completing the Special Training of SSG he was posted to the 1st Commando Battalion(Yaldram)(Shaheen Company).

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1965 Indo-Pakistani War

In 1965, SSG was preparing for covert Operations in Kashmir, meanwhile Captain TM was selected for an advance course with U.S. Army Special Forces, but he opted himself for covert operations instead of leaving for United States to attend the advance course. He was awarded Sitara-e-Juraat (SJ) for his acts of bravery during Indo-Pak war of 1965. Tariq Mahmood was promoted to the rank of Major in 1970 and was stationed in Peshawar. Major TM was posted as the commandant Parachute Training School.

1971 Winter War

In 1971, Major TM volunteered to go East Pakistan to participate in Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. He was an officer in command and had received direct orders from General Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi. General A. A. K. Niazi had given him a direct order, and told him ""if you hear or see the fire, burn the place down". In a conflict, Major TM was sent to Shahjalal International Airport (Dhaka Airport) to lead an operation against insurgents. The Airport was heavily guarded by the insurgents and it was considered no-fly zone. Major TM commanded the Shaheen Company, 1st commando battalion and his company saw the heavy fighting in the Airport. After 34 hours of tiring battle, the Shaheen Company, 1st commando battalion gained an absolute control of the Airport and its surrounding areas, and it was freed from the insurgents.[4] Both sides have had suffered heavy casualties and the Airport was nearly destroyed in the battle.

While in East-Pakistan, Tariq Mahmood was assigned another mission. He was sent to Northern Bangladesh, where he sat to led a covert operations against the insurgents. He was acommanding officer of the 25 SSG officers of Shaheen Company,1st commando battalion, saw the bloodiest and gruesome battle near at the river. The Shaheen Company, 1st battalion, re-captured and gained control of a bridge over the Brahmaputra River from the enemy. While commanding the operation, Major TM was hit by two bullets in his leg but continued to fight and lead the operation till the mission was successfully complete. After the operation, the Shaheen Company, 1st battalion was re-called to Dhaka. Major Tariq Mahmood was the last Pakistani soldier to leave East-Pakistan, commanding the C-130 aircraft departing from Dhaka Airport in 1971.[5]

After the war, in 1971, Major TM was awarded his second Sitara-e-Jurat, and was stationed in Lahore. In 1973, he posted to 3rd Commando Powinda Battalion, and was promoted to the rank ofLieutenant-Colonel in 1974. In 1977, he was made Commanding officer of the 3rd Commando Powinda Battalion, SSG Division. In 1977, he saw his battalion in action against the heavily armed Pashtun tribes in Northern Pakistan who blocked the Karakoram Highway which links Pakistan and China. In the summer of 1977, the Government of Pakistan had asked him to lead an operation against the belligerents. Lt. Col. TM was given the task to get the road opened and cleared the designated area from the insurgents. Lt. Col. TM delivered a quick and immediate military operation against the tribes and completed the mission with full success. In his recognition, the Government of Pakistan awarded him Sitara-e-Bisalat in 1977.

1984 Siachen War

In 1979, he was promoted to Colonel, and in 1982, he was promoted to the rank of Brigadier. Brigadier TM, now a one-star general, was made commandant of the Special Services Group. In 1984, Brigadier TM commanded the Special Services Group at Siachen Conflict. SSG launched an aggressive and quick operation against Indian Army. Brigadier TM led a mild victory in 1984, and the control of the Siachen glacier was given to X Corps headed by Colonel-Commandant (X Corps) Lieutenant-General Zahid Ali Akbar. However, the territory was lost when Indian Army launched a successful military operation, Operation Meghdoot, which resulted in an absolute control of Siachen glacier by Indian Army. Brigadier TM, in retaliation, launched covert operations which continued until his death. The Pakistani ISI learnt that India's secret agency RAW had received order to attempt an assassination on Brigadier TM, and Indian Prime minister Rajiv Gandhi was reportedly briefed once a week about the activities of TM. After this report, the security of Brigadier TM was further tightened by Pakistan Army.

Other operations

Throughout 1980s, the SSG and ISI were closely collaborating with the U.S. Special Forces and Special Activities Division in order to lead the secret operation known as Operation Cyclone. Brigadier TM was also a commanding officer of the Battle for Hill 3234, and the operation was fully executed by the Brigadier TM. On 5 September 1986, Pan Am Flight 73 was hijacked in Karachi, Sindh. Brigadier-General Tariq Mahmood quickly came to Karachi where he led the planning of the operation to free the Airline from terrorists. He came to public prominence when he had led the successful Operation PANAM to liberate the Airline from terrorists. The hijackers opened fire on SSG team, killing and injuring the passengers but due to SSG’s quick action soon all the hijackers were arrested saving many lives. In the later 1987–88, he led operations against criminals in Sindh.[6]

Death and legacy

On 29 May 1989, SSG suffered the tragic loss of its legendary commanding officer, when Brigadier TM was leading the team of SSG paratroopers for a free-fall at Pakistan Army Aviation School, Rahwali, Gujranwala. The jump was part of Army Aviation’s Passing Out parade.[7][8] The incident happened during a demonstration jump from an Army's Mi-17 helicopter when Brigadier TM's main and reserve parachute failed to open.[citation needed] According to the investigations, his first Parachute didn't open and the ropes were badly entangled. Brigadier TM attempted to cut the ropes with his dagger, and tried to open the backup Parachute. Unintentionally, he had released both back up and main parachutes, and the amount of velocity with which he was coming down was enormous. The moment he hit the ground, it was estimated that due to high momentum his body weight was about 200 tons.[citation needed]

[classiclasvegasblog]

Movie Theaters of my Youth

It is time to fire up the Way Back Machine.

As we celebrate the waning days of summer (somewhere that’s not the southwest where we have summer for another two months), I thought it might be fun to take a look at the movie theaters that were scattered around the Las Vegas Valley when I was growing up there back in the day. Back then, movie theaters were one of the recreational places we had on a hot summer day.

The Cinerama Theater -there weren't very many of them built-but, surprisingly in Las Vegas, we had one.  Located on Viking Road just off Paradise, this was a terrific theater.  It opened on January 13, 1965 with the John Wayne potboiler, “Circus World”. In 1967, MGM studios re-released “Gone With the Wind” in 70mm and my mother took me to this theater for the first time. I fell in love with it. I dragged my friends there to see many a film, including "Fantasia", "The Hindenburg" and "The Three Musketeers". For a time, between the Cinerama’s Dome, the Convention Center Rotunda and the Landmark Hotel that section of Paradise Road was mid-century modern nirvana. Like all great things in Classic Las Vegas, it was not to last. The Rotunda got torn down and replaced with the larger, low-rise Convention Center and the Cinerama was sold to a church and the ultimately demolished. I still miss it. Many people often confuse this theater with the Cine-Dome multiplex that was located on South Decatur Blvd. back in the 1980s and 1990s. They aren’t related.

      The Fox Theater was located in the Charleston Plaza Mall.  It was a large and elegant theater located in the first mall in Las Vegas.  On East Charleston, just south of downtown, this theater had a sign that could be seen for miles.  It opened on March 5, 1965 with the Jack Lemmon comedy, “How to Murder Your Wife”. We saw "The Sound of Music", "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", "The Hot Rock" and on New Year's Eve, "The Poseidon Adventure".

It was torn down to enlarge the mall. The Fox Theater sign is now in the Neon Museum’s Boneyard.

 The Stardust Drive-In began life as the Motor Vu and was the first drive-in in town. It originally openedon March 25, 1949 with Jon Hall starring in “Kit Carson”. It closed in 1956. After the hotel opened, it changed hands and names to become the Stardust Drive-In and reopened on March 20, 1959 with the Disney comedy, “The Shaggy Dog.  We saw "Viva Las Vegas" there.  My parents were big Elvis fans and my dad was working at the Golden Gate when they were filming the movie and stepped outside of the casino to watch the filming of the race. It closed for good in 1968 and was demolished.

The SkyWay Drive-In.  After the Stardust Drive-In closed, we used to drive out Boulder Highway to this great Drive-In.  It opened on June 9, 1954 with Joan Crawford in the cult classic, “Johnny Guitar” I remember on summer early evening, my dad got the old station wagon ready and took us to see "Night of the Living Dead" after my mother brought home a Reader's Digest that had an article, "The film you don't want your kids to see".  My dad had a wicked sense of humor. The Sky Way closed in 1981 and the theaters of the Boulder Station were built.

  The Huntridge Theater at East Charleston and Maryland Parkway was the closest theater we had to an old- fashioned movie palace.  It was designed by famed Los Angeles architect, S. Charles Lee. It opened on Oct. 4, 1944. In the 1950s and early 1960s, it was known around town for being non-segregated. Complete with soundproof "cry room" for unruly babies, the theater was home to Disney films and Saturday afternoons the theater was filled with kids.  In addition to the Disney films, my friend Allen and I saw "Kelly's Heroes" and "The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean" there. It closed in 1977 and was divided into two theaters. The new owners just built a dividing wall down the center of the auditorium. That didn’t last and it closed as a movie theater in 1989. In 1993, it had a new life as a concert hall and performing arts venue. The auditorium was restored to a single space and all the seating was removed. Before a concert featuring the Circle Jerks, the roof caved in. It was sold to the Mizrachi family in 2002 and finally closed for good in 2004 where it was used as storage for the family’s matress store next door.

Other theaters I loved were the long-gone MGM Grand Theater in the original MGM Grand Hotel (now Bally's).  This theater had plush love-sets and a cocktail waitress that brought your drink order to you.  You ordered just by pressing a button on the cocktail table in front of you.  They only ran classic MGM films but I was already a big film buff by the time the hotel opened in 1973 and they changed the bill every week.  You got a handout with a synopsis of the film and the cast listing.  They showed a cartoon, newsreel and then the film.  It was old-fashioned and it was beyond great.

The Red Rock Theaters located on West Charleston.  We lived in Charleston Heights and this was the theater closest to us.  Started as a single screened theater, and it ultimately expanded to 11 theaters.  The theaters in the back were placed around an old-time Main Street -like square from the turn of the previous century.  There were two snack bars. One was located in the center of the Main Street square area and the other was located up front by the original entrance. We lived at this place, it seemed, when I was in high school.  Between this and the MGM Grand theater, my weekends were spent at the movies.  We saw "The Sting", "Billy Jack", "The Godfather”, “American Graffiti,” and every major (and minor) film that came out in the early to mid 1970s. It was demolished in 2002

The Guild Theater, the El Portal and the Fremont Theaters were all located downtown.  The Guild was originally named The Palace and had opened in 1932. By 1943, it had been renamed the New Palace Theater. It was located on 2nd Street (today Casino Center Blvd). It was remodeled in the late 1950s and renamed The Guild in 1960. By the time I was going to the movies, it was more an art house back then.  I saw "Next Stop, Greenwich Village", "The Passenger" and other art films of the 1970s there. It was demolished and a parking structure replaced it.

The El Portal had been built in the late 1920s. It had originally been an outdoor theater called the Airdome. It opned in June 1928 wiith a pre-release of Clara Bow’s film, “Ladies of the Mob”. Built by Charles Alexander MacNelledge, the hacienda style building was an immediate hit. There was no front signage, just the marquee. The theater was successful enough that it had the first air conditioner in town installed The only signage originally was a roof-top sign. All that remains of the original theater are the interior beams and the exterior facade. The theater had a balcony and a strict segregation policy. Unlike Lloyd Katz, Cragin did not believe that blacks and whites should sit together in a movie theater.  In the early days there was a mighty Wurlitzer organ, luxury box seats and chandeliers. The El Portal also pioneered late, late screenings to accommodate the men and women who worked swing shift and could not see the movies during regular business hours. Frank Sinatra's film "The Joker is Wild" premiered at the El Portal in 1957. Ernie Cragin was the mayor of Las Vegas during the 1940s

It was segregated until the Civil Rights Act was passed. By the late 1970s, it was closed and turned into a gift store and then Indian Arts & Crafts store. That store was closed a few years ago and now it houses a tavern.

The Fremont Theater was attached to the Fremont Hotel and Casino. The Fremont Theater (approximately where the FDC Feeds Garage Dry Sign is today),  was owned by the Nevada Theater Group and run by Lloyd and Edythe Katz.  They also ran the Huntridge Theater on East Charleston at Maryland Parkway.  The Fremont Theater opened in 1948.  The seating capacity was reported to be 800 with a small balcony.  Katz had come from Los Angeles after World War II.  Katz had many Hollywood connections and a flair for showmanship.  Unlike the El Portal, the Fremont was not segregated. Katz loved to bring out the kleig lights and have old-fashioned movie premieres.  “The Las Vegas Story”, “Suddenly” and “Ocean's 11” all premiered at the Fremont Theater.  The “Suddenly” premiere had the added bonus of Frank Sinatra working the box office. Locals crowded into Fremont Street to see the men in tuxedos and women in fur coats and evening gowns going into the theater for the evening.  The “Ocean's 11” premiere was held on August 3rd, 1960 with the stars of the film in attendance.  After the premiere, the party continued as the revelers took over the Copa Room at the Sands for the Rat Pack's dinner show.  By the mid-1970s, the theater changed hands and became the place to see low-budget horror and Chuck Norris karate films.  It was cut up into a small multi-plex before finally being annexed when the Fremont Hotel expanded.

The Parkway Theater across the Maryland Parkway from the Boulevard Mall.  It opened as a single screen theater in February 1970 with the Barbra Streisand musical, “Hello Dolly!”  Five years later, The Parkway became a triple screen theater and was renamed The Parkway Cinemas.  We saw "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and "Star Wars" there. The theaters closed in 1995 and were converted to businesses.

How about you, which theater was your favorite? 

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Hans Selye #stress

János Hugo Bruno "Hans" Selye, CC (/ˈhænz ˈsɛljeɪ/; Hungarian: Selye János; January 26, 1907 – October 16, 1982), was a pioneering Hungarian-Canadian endocrinologist of Hungarian origin. He conducted much important scientific work on the hypothetical non-specific response of an organism to stressors. Although he did not recognize all of the many aspects of glucocorticoids, Selye was aware of their role in the stress response. Charlotte Gerson[1] considers him the first to demonstrate the existence of biological stress.

Biography Selye was born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary on 26 January 1907.[2] He grew up in Komárom, Slovakia, and the Selye János University a Hungarian language university in that town bears his name. He became a Doctor of Medicine and Chemistry in Prague in 1929, went to Johns Hopkins University on a Rockefeller Foundation Scholarship in 1931 and then went to McGill University in Montreal where he started researching the issue of stress in 1936. In 1945, he joined the Université de Montréal where he had 40 assistants and worked with 15,000 laboratory animals. Kantha (1992), in a survey of an elite group of scientists who have authored over 1,000 research publications, identified Selye as one who had published 1,700 research papers, 15 monographs, and 7 popular books. He died on 16 October 1982 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He was a nominee to the Nobel prize for the first time in 1949.[3] He often visited Hungary, giving lectures as well as interviews in Hungarian television programs. His book "The Stress of Life" appeared in Hungarian as "Az Életünk és a stressz" in 1964 and becoming a bestseller. Selye was of Austro-Hungarian origin, his father was of Hungarian ethnicity while his mother was Austrian. His father a doctor moved back to Budapest with his Austrian wife. Selye's mother died in 1956 from bullet hits during the revolution. He conducted a lecture in 1973 at the Hungarian Scientific Academy in Hungarian with no accent though he had lived many years abroad. [4

Work on stress

2nd World Conference on Stress. Stamp of Hungary, 2007. His last inspiration for general adaptation syndrome (GAS, a theory of stress) came from an endocrinological experiment in which he injected mice with extracts of various organs. He at first believed he had discovered a new hormone, but was proved wrong when every irritating substance he injected produced the same symptoms (swelling of the adrenal cortex, atrophy of the thymus, gastric and duodenal ulcers). This, paired with his observation that people with different diseases exhibit similar symptoms, led to his description of the effects of "noxious agents" as he at first called it. He later coined the term "stress", which has been accepted into the lexicon of most other languages.[citation needed] Selye has acknowledged the influence of Claude Bernard (who developed the idea of milieu intérieur) and Walter Cannon's "homeostasis". Selye conceptualized the physiology of stress as having two components: a set of responses which he called the "general adaptation syndrome", and the development of a pathological state from ongoing, unrelieved stress. Selye discovered and documented that stress differs from other physical responses in that stress is stressful whether one receives good or bad news, whether the impulse is positive or negative. He called negative stress "distress" and positive stress "eustress". The system whereby the body copes with stress, the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA axis) system, was also first described by Selye. He also pointed to an "alarm state", a "resistance state", and an "exhaustion state", largely referring to glandular states. Later he developed the idea of two "reservoirs" of stress resistance, or alternatively stress energy. Selye wrote The Stress of Life (1956), From Dream to Discovery: On Being a Scientist (1964) and Stress without Distress (1974). He worked as a professor and director of the Institute of Experimental Medicine and Surgery at the Université de Montréal. In 1975 he created the International Institute of Stress, and in 1979, Dr. Selye and Arthur Antille started the Hans Selye Foundation. Later Selye and eight Nobel laureates founded the Canadian Institute of Stress.[5] In 1968 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada. In 1976, he was awarded the Loyola Medal by Concordia University.[6] In recent years it has emerged that Selye worked as a consultant for the tobacco industry from the 1950s until his death, receiving extensive funding for his research, and taking part in pro-smoking campaigns paid for by the tobacco industry.[7] He also helped RJ Reynolds to recruit other scientists, and there is evidence that industry lawyers helped with the wording and content of some of Selye’s later academic papers. The tobacco industry’s funding of Selye’s research was cited as an example of racketeering in the successful anti-racketeering case brought by the US Department of Justice against 7 tobacco companies in 2009.

Former graduate students Roger Guillemin Paola S. Timiras

Publications "A Syndrome Produced by Diverse Nocuous Agents" - 1936 article by Hans Selye from The journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences

The Stress of Life. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1956, ISBN 978-0070562127 Selye, H. (Oct 7, 1955). "Stress and disease". Science. 122: 625–631. doi:10.1126/science.122.3171.625. From Dream to Discovery: On being a scientist. New York: McGraw-Hill 1964, ISBN 978-0405066160

Hormones and Resistance. Berlin; New York: Springer-Verlag, 1971, ISBN 978-3540054115

Stress Without Distress. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., c1974, ISBN 978-0397010264

See also Science and technology in Canada Alvin Toffler