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The 9 Most Unsubtle M. Night Shyamalan Movie Cameos, Ranked
All of M. Night Shyamalan's Movie Cameos
19 January 2019 by Ryan Roschke
Hello, welcome to my post about M. Night Shyamalan's way-too-extra cameos, which happen to occur in the vast majority of his films! Before we kick this off, I do want to say that I'm a casual Shyamalan fan. Loved The Sixth Sense. Enjoyed Signs. Loved The Visit. Split was shaky, but I think it did a pretty good job. It's true, the director has a hit-and-miss track record, but when he nails it, I think he really nails it. But I simply cannot deal with the cameos.
Why, Shyamalan, why?! I know it happens here and there in Hollywood, and not just in Shyamalan films. There's definitely a history of cameos, and even director cameos, in the canon. I mean, Hitchcock was notorious for appearing in his films. And yes, we can always expect a Stan Lee cameo in a Marvel film, but he's a f*cking legend who has a brilliant legacy. (Plus, not to split hairs, but he'd never directed the Marvel films in question.) Some people, like Bradley Cooper, direct and star in their own films, which I would argue is an entirely different beast. You know, because you see them the whole time and there's not a moment in which you're like, "Hey, isn't that the director?"
When it comes to cameos, though, I do think there's an art to it. A director cameo is a delicate balance. You want people to notice you if they're really paying attention, but it shouldn't be so overt that it's distracting. It shouldn't pull you out of the moment. Reader, I'm here to tell you that nearly every Shyamalan cameo pulls me out of the moment. His cameo in Glass elicited audible groans in my theatre. It's not good. As such, I thought it pertinent to discuss some of his most slap-you-across-the-face cameos, from quite subtle to painfully overt.
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do not change FIPS 180 Secure Hash Standard (SHS) digests.
And, yes, Paul Eggert is correct, I have a script that generated the file I submitted to the mailing list.
the TZ sphere.by ICANN/IANA (and IETF?).  I shudder at the thought of making it do so.
is all the information needed to make a leap-seconds.list file.
comments to generate "leapseconds".  So, no, I don't think I'll change the comments in the file.
in particular.  Data on the other hand, does ... we really should be using it.
Maybe we should be using USNO/MAIA leapsec.dat to generate the ZIC Leap directives in the first place.
the copyright files at the Paris Observatory.
that manipulate NTP timestamps into a format that can generate date strings usable for ZIC LEAP directives.
Thanks to dennis.c.ferguson for the germ of an idea to start years on 1 March when calculating leap-days.
15 Oct 1582 (14th cent).
A belated and long overdue thanks to Paul for pointing out Dennis function.  I apologize.
(with the wrong update timestamp but a correct expiry).  Also, Jeff Prillaman at USNO Time Services Dept.


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Wołów – dzielnica we wschodniej części miasta Stąporków w woj. świętokrzyskim, w powiecie koneckim. Rozpościera się wzdłuż ulicy Piłsudskiego do wschodniej granicy miasta. Do 1954 roku samodzielna wieś.

Historia

Wołów to dawna wieś. Należał początkowo do gminy Niekłań Wielki w powiecie koneckim w guberni kieleckiej, a od 25 stycznia 1926 do gminy Odrowąż w woj. kieleckim. Tam 4 listopada 1933 roku utworzył gromadę o nazwie Wołów w gminie Odrowąż, obejmującą oprócz Wołowa także gajówkę Kopytków, leśniczówkę Wołów oraz lasy majątku Błaszków. 1 kwietnia 1939 roku wraz z główną częścią powiatu koneckiego włączony do woj. łódzkiego.

Podczas II wojny światowej włączony do Generalnego Gubernatorstwa (dystrykt radomski), nadal jako gromada w gminie Odrowąż, licząca w 1943 roku 323 mieszkańców. W czasie okupacji niemieckiej mieszkająca we wsi rodzina Piwowarskich udzieliła pomocy Żydom, Janowi i Mali Hendler, Izaakowi i Ryfce Nisenbaum, Dawidowi i Gutcie Fridberg. W 1986 roku Instytut Jad Waszem podjął decyzję o przyznaniu Józefowi, Stefanii, Henrykowi i Marianowi Piwowarskim tytułu Sprawiedliwych wśród Narodów Świata.

Po wojnie początkowo w województwie łódzkim, a od 6 lipca 1950 roku ponownie w województwa kieleckim, jako jedna z 21 gromad gminy Odrowąż w powiecie koneckim.

W związku z reformą znoszącą gminy jesienią 1954 roku, Wołów włączono do nowo utworzonej gromady Stąporków Nowy z siedzibą w Stąporkowie Nowym został siedzibą. W skład gromady Stąporków Nowy weszły: Sadykierz i (Stary) Stąporków ze zniesionej gminy Duraczów oraz Nieborów, Koprusa, Miła, Stąporków Nowy i Wołów ze zniesionej gminy Odrowąż.

Gromada Stąporków Nowy przetrwała zaledwie sześć tygodni, bo już 13 listopada 1954 roku zniesiono ją w związku z nadaniem jej statusu osiedla o nazwie Stąporków, przez co Wołów stał się integralną częścią Stąporkowa. 1 stycznia 1967 roku osiedlu Stąporków nadano status miasta, w związku z czym Wołów stał się obszarem miejskim.

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Breast Cancer Misdiagnosis Most Frequent Cause of Malpractice Suits
PHILADELPHIA-"Breast cancer is the most frequent misdiagnosis leading to professional liability litigation, and the most common breast cancer malpractice lawsuit is for misdiagnosis," Kenneth Kern, MD, said at a 47th Annual Clinical Meeting of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). Furthermore, failing to detect breast cancer is among the top three law-suit-causing diagnostic errors made by internists, radiologists, general surgeons, OB-GYNs, and family practitioners, said Dr. Kern, of the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and Dartmouth Medical School. Dr. Kern derived these conclusions from several databases, including the NCI's SEER (Surveillance, Epidemiology and End-Results) Program, the Physician Insurers Association of America Data Sharing Reports, and the US Civil Litigation survey.
PHILADELPHIA—"Breast cancer is the most frequent misdiagnosis leading to professional liability litigation, and the most common breast cancer malpractice lawsuit is for misdiagnosis," Kenneth Kern, MD, said at a 47th Annual Clinical Meeting of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). Furthermore, failing to detect breast cancer is among the top three law-suit-causing diagnostic errors made by internists, radiologists, general surgeons, OB-GYNs, and family practitioners, said Dr. Kern, of the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and Dartmouth Medical School. Dr. Kern derived these conclusions from several databases, including the NCI's SEER (Surveillance, Epidemiology and End-Results) Program, the Physician Insurers Association of America Data Sharing Reports, and the US Civil Litigation survey.
Among plaintiffs claiming misdiagnosis of breast cancer, the subgroup suing because of diagnostic delay has clear characteristics, Dr. Kern said. Their triad of characteristics include a false-negative mammogram, a self-discovered breast mass, and young age.
Between the age when a cancer commonly occurs and the median age of malpractice litigants lies an age differential that Dr. Kern called the "litigation gap." It ranges from 8 years in male reproductive cancers to 27 years in female reproductive cancers. "Seventy-five percent of all breast cancer patients filing diag-nostic-delay malpractice suits are under age 45 (median, 42)," he noted.
An uncommonly young age for cancer is also the most frequent factor in misdiagnosis lawsuits involving eight other cancers: cutaneous, gastrointestinal, head and neck, lung, male reproductive, female reproductive, musculoskeletal, and urologic, Dr. Kern added.
False-Negative Mammograms
In the triad of characteristics common to these misdiagnosis lawsuits, a false-negative mammogram is not a particularly surprising element. "It's almost random whether you will see something or not on a mammogram for a woman under 50," Dr. Kern said, adding that physicians typically support settling these cases out of court.
In almost 75% of breast cancer misdiagnosis suits, physicians found a palpable mass on initial presentation, but subsequently performing mammography still left them open to a substantial risk for misdiagnosis and lawsuits.
"About half of misdiagnosis lawsuits involve a negative mammogram with palpable mass present," Dr. Kern said. "Yet attempts at diagnosis beyond mammography are virtually nonexistent. Physicians are lulled into the misdiagnosis of breast cancer by the young age of patients and false-negative readings of mammography, not by vague findings or difficult diagnostic situations."
To reduce their exposure to lawsuits when patients present with palpable findings and negative mammograms, Dr. Kern advised physicians to make liberal use of fine-needle aspiration biopsy, large-core biopsy, or open surgical biopsy.
Dr. Kern noted further that with the media attention given the breast cancer prevention conferred by tamoxifen (Nolvadex) in recent trials, patients are spontaneously asking, "At what level of risk do I need tamoxifen?" To answer that question, Dr. Kern suggested use of widely available risk calculators, such as the "risk disk," distributed by Zeneca and others. ASCO's Special Working Group, in its Technology Assessment Report, concluded that women age 35 and older with a 5-year cancer risk of 1.7% or higher may be considered tamoxifen candidates, based on all available literature from 1990 to 1998.

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Stacy is still keeping the random alive, so be sure to check out her blog to link up to Random Tuesday Thoughts. I wonder when Keely will resume her reign as Random Queen?
So, as the title implies, I hate Sarah McLachlan and her stupid ASPCA commercials.
mean to the kitten and for yelling at the kitten to stop trying to eat my face. I mean, am I supposed to be a horribly disfigured Whitney or a kitten-less Mama because Sabrina ate him? That's what I thought. Shut up Sarah McLachlan. I don't have any money to send those poor little kitties and puppies.
Ever read The Book Thief? Not what I thought it was going to be about; it's better. It's from the perspective of Death. And it's about a little German girl who was sent to live with a foster family in Nazi Germany. I've never read any books like this that are written in the time period of the Holocaust. It's an interesting perspective. I will definitely be doing a review when I finish it.
It is really hard to see what I am typing when there are two little orange ears in my way... Tobias!
We went to Target last night after watching a movie. We bought kitty litter, some facewash and make-up for me and some dog treats and spent over $105!!! WTH? EVERYTHING is too expensive.
Sorry all of this randomness is about the cat. He's just so darn cute, I can't help but talk about him.
Did y'all see the giveaway I posted yesterday! It's awesome software, so be sure to check it out! You really need to enter this giveaway! And tell all of your friends!
It's raining today. I LOVE it!
What is the best kitten food to feed Tobias? I've heard that if the first ingredient is corn, don't buy it. Is that true? What do you cat owners feed your kitties?
Did you know Roseanne is on Netflix? I'm already on Season 2. I love that show.
YOUR NURSING HOME FRIENDS : Use the first 7 people on the left side . No cheating!
Hope your head gets to feeling better, sweet friend! And I'm with you on men finding things. Or rather, NOT finding them. Bert is always asking ME where HIS belt/sunglasses/shoes/wallet/keys are. And the truly crazy part of it all... I usually know right where they are. Ugggh.
Those SPCA commercials get me every time. Damn you, Sarah McLachlan.
I love that FB mad libs. I'm so doing that!
As I type this, I have a bundle of purring beastie on my lap trying to stop my arms from wiggling because apparently I am disturbing her restful slumber... ROFL!
Those commercails are just depressing. And no men can't find things on their own. Mainly because they don't put effort into looking for said items,but mostly because they know their wives will do it for them! Lil man is 4 and already does it! It's just part of their DNA!


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'Politically driven': Hong Kong activist decries poll ban
Hong Kong protests
By Kirsty Needham
October 29, 2019 — 4.58pm
High-profile Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong said a decision to bar him from standing for election was "clearly politically driven".
The District Council elections on November 24 will be the first chance Hong Kong voters have to express support or disapproval for major political parties since protests began in June.
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong has been banned from running in Hong Kong's local government elections next month. Credit:Bloomberg
The decision to block Wong's candidacy was announced on Tuesday.
The Hong Kong government swiftly denied there had been any "political censorship, restriction of the freedom of speech or deprivation of the right to stand for elections as alleged by some members of the community".
The returning officer given the task to decide if Wong was fit to stand for office suddenly took indefinite sick leave last week.
Her replacement ruled Wong out on the grounds that Demosisto, the youth political party he co-founded, promoted self-determination for Hong Kong, which violated Hong Kong's Basic Law or constitution.
Wong is the only candidate to be barred from District Council elections.
Wong wrote on social media that "Beijing exerted extremely strong pressure on Hong Kong government officials" to block his candidacy for the South Horizons West electorate.
The major pro-democracy parties said barring Wong was politically driven and could spur more protests.
Democratic Party chairman Wu Chi-wai told public broadcaster Radio Television Hong Kong that it was "political screening". He said Wong had clearly stated that he doesn't support Hong Kong independence.
Pro-democracy lawmaker Wu Chi-Wai is restrained at the Legislative Council in May. Credit:AP
Wong said: "The true reason is my identity, Joshua Wong, is the crime in their mind. Beijing has deprived me of the right to institutional participation permanently, but no matter if they lock me up in prison, censor me... my commitment for the democracy movement in Hong Kong will never [be] eroded by Beijing and President Xi."
Lowy Institute analyst Ben Bland said: "There's been no way back for elections in Hong Kong since political screening of candidates began in 2016. It fundamentally undermined the (already limited) democratic part of Hong Kong's system."
The protest movement in Hong Kong was partly sparked by fears of encroachment by Beijing into Hong Kong's separate legal system and frustration that young pro-democracy candidates had been barred from standing for Legislative Council elections, while newly elected politicians were also disqualified for insulting China when taking their oaths.
Agnes Chow, who co-founded Demosisto with Wong, was barred from standing as a candidate in the Legislative Council last year. But that decision was recently overturned in the High Court on the grounds the returning officer didn't give Chow the opportunity to respond to questions about whether she believed in self-determination.
Protesters hold umbrellas as they march in Hong Kong earlier this month. Credit:AP
Wong exchanged a series of letters with returning officers this month, but the officer concluded he was trying to mislead the public when he said he had abandoned support for Hong Kong independence.
Beijing has accused the protesters of being "separatists" and likened the four months of street protests to a "colour revolution".
Pro-democracy politicians and activists such as Wong have denied this and said they wanted the 1997 handover agreement struck between Britain and China upheld, and universal suffrage in the election of the chief executive, as promised in the Basic Law.
Wong had travelled to Washington in recent weeks to lobby the US Congress to pass legislation that would impose trade restrictions on Hong Kong if it failed to pass a human rights standard each year.
Kirsty Needham is a former China Correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.Connect via Twitter or email.


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Need Manual for finePix 4500 NOT for FinePix S4500!!
Oct 20, 2013, 9:06 AM #1
Hi To All Forum Mates,
Most people are confused between the 2 models of the above cited fujifilm cameras in the subject.
Desperately in need of the manual in English for finePix 4500 NOT for FinePix S4500!!
Please give any link.
Love to all forum mates and blessings!
Oct 20, 2013, 4:45 PM #2
Ozzie_Traveller
Location: Australia, New South Wales central coast
G'day Hani
As this is a very old camera, I would doubt that one could be found on-line
It is also possible that it used the old 'smart-card' media that is no longer available [as its creators couldn't see any need for more than 128Mb of storage on the card]
And/or, maybe find someone in the local camera club who might have had one of these cameras years ago and can remember most of its old settings
Hope this helps a bit ...
Has Lumix mirrorless & superzoom cameras and loves their amazing capabilities
Spends 8-9 months each year travelling Australia
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Nov 2, 2013, 6:16 AM #3
Have you tried emailing or phoning Fuji? They helped me out with a manual before. They may hold it in their archives and be able to send you a copy. I tried searching for it but like you say, it just brings up the S4500.
Nov 2, 2013, 11:21 AM #4
Location: Savannah, GA (USA)
As far as I can tell, Fuji never offered an English language version of that camera. It was announced in September 2000 on the Fujifilm Japan web site, and we had a short news story about it here:
http://www.steves-digicams.com/news/...epix-4500.html
But, I see no evidence that it ever made it to any English speaking markets, with no reviews of it on any of the popular review sites that were writing camera reviews at that time.
IOW, I don't think an English language manual would even exist for it, since it doesn't appear that Fuji ever offered that camera to English speaking markets.
The closest thing I see to it for English Speaking markets is the Finepix 40i (with mp3 remote control features missing on the 4500 from what I can tell from press photos of the 4500). The 40i has the same specs as far as sensor size and available shooting resolutions, avi recording, lens specifications, shooting modes, ISO 200 sensitivity, LCD size/resolution, etc. IOW, the Finepix 4500 appears to be the same camera as the 40i, only without the mp3 player features, included remote for that purpose, and minor cosmetic differences, with the port missing for the remote on the 4500.
You can see our review of the FinePix 40i from 2000 here (first look published in September, full review published on October 1, 2000):
http://www.steves-digicams.com/fuji40i.html
A few more reviews here:
http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/fu...iew/index.html
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/fuji40i/
http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/F40/F40A.HTM
I see no ability to change language in the review screens showing the menu options.
All of the menus and controls are probably the same with the 4500. The main difference is that the 40i has the ability to act as an MP3 Player and came with a remote control and ear buds for that purpose.
Basically, the 40i shipped with software for transferring mp3 files to the camera, and all mp3 playback functions were performed with the included remote control that plugged into the remote jack on the 40i. So, the menus did not control that feature. So, camera menus for the 4500 are probably identical to the 40i (as it appears to be the same camera, except for the mp3 player features and minor cosmetic differences).
So, you could probably use the reviews of the 40i as a guide to changing settings (as ours and others show you the menus and what they are for, except it sounds like you have a camera that was not intended for English speaking markets and so you won't be able to see the menu items in English).
Some of the early Fuji models did not have the ability to change language in the menus. I do not see that ability in the menus we published for the 40i (or in the menus published by other sites in their 40i review). So, the same thing is probably true for the 4500 (you probably can't change the language it shipped with, and I've found no evidence that an English language version of that camera was ever released).
Odd suggestion I know, but how about a translation app like World Lens. You could point your phone at it and read it in English?
Nov 2, 2013, 12:21 PM #6
I would suggest that the OP just buy a different camera. The FinePix 4500 was released 13 years ago in September 2000. That's a very long time as far as digital camera technology is concerned.
It uses obsolete SmartMedia cards, and uses a 2.4 Megapixel sensor. There's nothing wrong with a 2MP camera (and the 2400 x 1800 resolution it supports would be sufficient for prints up to 8x10" at normal viewing distances IMO, as I have 8x10" prints hanging on the wall from lower 1600x1200 resolution cameras). You wouldn't want to push the print sizes much larger than that. But, in my opinion, 2400x1800 is fine for 8x10" prints unless you have your nose up to the photo (versus viewing it from a typical distance).
But, a camera that old is likely to have other issues like capacitors or internal batteries no longer working to maintain camera settings (and sensor issues are common with cameras that old, too). It's lens is also a fixed focal length (equivalent to 36mm), with no optical zoom, and has a fixed ISO speed of ISO 200.
I see the 40i models (also released in 2000, virtually identical specs, and also available in English) for around $50 used now, complete with manuals, CDs, etc. (and the 40i also had mp3 player features with a wired remote control for mp3 player purposes). But, I wouldn't bother to buy one of those either (as they're just too old to be counted on, and it's fixed focal length lens and fixed ISO speed of ISO 200 limits flexibility, too).
Now, I still have an even older Nikon Coolpix 950 that my wife uses. But, it quit storing settings a long time ago (as it's internal capacitor or battery quit working years ago). That's typical with an older camera (no longer retaining settings for date/time info, etc., if you remove the main batteries for recharging or replacement). But, it still works, uses more popular CompactFlash cards, and has an optical zoom lens, with more control over settings like an adjustable ISO speed.
So, if I had a Finepix 4500 that had menus that are not even in a language I could read, I think I'd just buy a different camera, rather than try to remember what menu choices controlled what features by looking at other camera models' (like the 40i) menus in English (assuming the 4500 is even in working condition).
From my perspective, it's just not worth the effort to try and use a camera in a language you can't understand (as it sounds like from previous posts made by the OP), that's as old as that one (some 13 years since introduced), using an obsolete memory card type like SmartMedia, few adjustments available like sensitivity via ISO speed settings (ISO 200 only), with a fixed focal length lens (with only digital zoom available with a lower resolution 2.4 Megapixel sensor, meaning degraded image quality if you try to use the digital zoom feature).


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Fifty Years in Oregon was written by Theodore T. Geer, a grandson of Joseph Carey Geer and a shirttail ancestor of ours.
I have put much of the book on this website. I started because several chapters describe the early roots of our family history in Oregon. I kept going because I found many of the chapters from this perspective on the early settlers and the history of Oregon to be quite interesting.
This book was originally published in 1912 by The Neale Publishing Co. If you are interested in a copy, search at Powell's Books.
EXPERIENCES, OBSERVATIONS, AND COMMENTARIES UPON MEN, MEASURES, AND CUSTOMS IN PIONEER DAYS AND LATER TIMES
BY T. T. Geer, formerly Governor of Oregon, and one of her native sons
On the fifth of September, 1863, I entered the primary department of the Willamette University, then known as the "Institute." It was the name of the institution established and erected by Jason Lee and his associates and was, indeed, the same building. It was rechristened by the Legislature the "Willamette University," but in 1863 nearly all the pioneer missionaries were yet living and many of them were to be seen on the streets of Salem every day. I easily recall the faces of "Father" Waller, David Leslie, Gustavus Hines and his brother Harvey, William Roberts, J. L. Parrish and others as prominent men in those days. The University was called the "Institute" until it was removed to the new brick structure, a hundred yards distant, on October 21, 1867, the cornerstone of which had been laid with fitting ceremonies on July 24, 1864. I remember with what pride the students, some two hundred in number, marched on that occasion across the campus to view the rare collection of souvenirs deposited in the cornerstone, and to listen to the addresses of the men who had been instrumental in securing the money which enabled the trustees to begin the structure. It was more than three years before it was actually occupied, so difficult did it prove for even Father Waller and his persistent associates to raise sufficient funds to proceed with the work.
The Institute had been changed to the Willamette University by the territorial Legislature on January 12, 1853, the preamble of which act read as follows:
Whereas, the happiness and prosperity of every community, under the direction and government of Divine Providence, depend in an eminent degree on the right education of the youth who must succeed the aged in the important offices of society, and the principles of virtue and the elements of liberal knowledge fostered and imparted in the higher institutions of learning tend to develop a people in those qualifications most essential to their welfare and future advancement; and,
Whereas, it appears that the establishment of a university in the town of Salem, Marion County, with a suitable preparatory department for the instruction of youth in the arts and sciences, is likely to subserve the intellectual development and enlightening of the youth of this Territory,
Therefore, Be it enacted, etc.
Section I of the charter of this, the oldest university in the United States west of the Rocky Mountains, has been deemed of sufficient interest to warrant reproduction here because of the unusual array of prominent men who constituted its first Board of Trustees:
Section I. That there shall be established in the town of Salem, in the County of Marion, a university to be called the Willamette University, and that David Leslie, William Roberts, George Abernethy, W. H. Willson, Alanson Beers, Thomas H. Pearne, Francis S. Hoyt, James H. Wilbur, Calvin S. Kingsley, John Flinn, E. M. Barnum, L. F. Grover, B. F. Harding, Samuel Burch, Francis Fletcher, Jeremiah Ralston, J. D. Boon, Joseph Holman, James R. Robb, Cyrus Olney, Asahel Bush and Samuel Parker, and their associates and successors, are hereby declared to be a body corporate and politic in law by the name and style of "The Trustees of the Willamette University."
To the pioneer Oregonians, what a wealth of memories in law, religion, business, campaigning, backbiting, scheming, vituperation, successes, failure, statesmanship and genuine Christianity does this list of names recall! At that time, Oregon had been a territory but four years and it had belonged to the United States but seven years. Prior to that (1846) it had been No Man's Land – a veritable wanderer upon the face of the earth, if the somewhat strained figure of speech may be pardoned.
But these men were here at this early date – many of them for several years previous – and showing a remarkable activity in developing the country along all lines which tended toward better conditions materially, socially, spiritually and intellectually.
David Leslie, the president of the Board, who had joined the old Mission in September, 1837, accompanied by his wife and several children, was a member of a prominent New England family. One of the first men to settle in Salem, he "took up" a quarter section of land which now constitutes a part of the southern section of Oregon's capital city.
Mr. Leslie deserves a more extended mention and a larger degree of appreciation than is usually given him in the accounts of the early history of Oregon. As early as 1839, Senator Lewis F. Linn, of Missouri, presented a petition to the Senate of the United States, dated March 16, 1838, setting forth the earnest desire of the American settlers that Congress should take immediate and decisive steps toward the ultimate acquisition of the Oregon Country. I will quote a few paragraphs which will serve to illustrate the forceful character of the few men who, even at this early date, had made their way to the Pacific Coast and were clamoring for national recognition and protection. This great plea for help from the nation's representatives began with the following clear-cut statement of conditions and possibilities:
We are anxious when we imagine what will be, what must be, the condition of so mixed a community, free from all legal restraint and superior to that moral influence which has hitherto been the pledge of our safety. We flatter ourselves that we are the germ of a great State and are anxious to give an early tone to the moral and intellectual character of our citizens, for the destinies of our posterity will be immediately affected by the character of those who immigrate. The Territory must populate – the Congress of the United States must say by whom. The natural resources of the country, with a well-judged civil code, will invite a good community, but a good community will hardly emigrate to a country which promises no protection to life and property… Well are we assured that it will cost the Government of the United States more to reduce elements so discordant to social order than to promote our permanent peace and prosperity by a timely action of Congress.
This patriotic and dignified appeal for assistance in the great work which confronted the early settlers in the Northwest is worthy a place alongside the best clauses in the Declaration of Independence. It was a strong cry from the wilderness, from those who had wandered afar in the interest of the mother government, to be taken under the shadow of the Stars and Stripes.
This petition was followed by another in 1840, of which David Leslie was the author. It was no less patriotic and earnest, and eloquently expressed the purpose of the American settlers here to remain Americans, and to hold the fort until the Government should recognize the value of the great region which could be acquired if prompt and energetic steps were but taken. A part of this appeal reads as follows:
They have settled themselves in said territory under the belief that it was a portion of the public domain of said States, and that they might rely upon the Government thereof for the blessings of free institutions and the protection of its arms. But they are uninformed of any acts of said Government by which its institutions and protection are extended to them; in consequence whereof, themselves and the families are exposed to be destroyed by the savages around them, and others who would do them harm.
That they have no means of protecting their own and the lives of their families other than self-constituted tribunals originated and sustained by the power of an ill-instructed public opinion, and the resort to force and to arms.
That these means of safety are an insufficient safeguard of life and property – that they are unable to arrest the progress of crime without the aid of law and the necessary tribunals to enforce it.
Thus was Father Leslie taking a prominent and effective part in "saving" Oregon two decades before the breaking out of the Civil War and many years before most of the men now prominent in national affairs were born.
David Leslie was born in New Hampshire in 1797, was reared in the shadow of the White Mountains, and remained there, preaching from the time he was twenty-five years of age until his coming to Oregon in his fortieth year. He was in charge of the Oregon Mission from 1838 to 1840 during the absence of Jason Lee while the latter was engaged in securing the "Great Re-enforcement," which arrived in the latter year.
A great affliction overtook Mr. Leslie in 1842 in the death of his wife. Being left with a family of five daughters, he soon afterward decided to take two of them to the Sandwich Islands, that they might have the advantages of an education, leaving the youngest two with a married daughter, Mrs. Cornelius Rodgers. Mr. Rodgers and his wife were moving just then to the Falls, as Oregon City was called in those days, which they intended to make their future home. The journey was made in a large "Chinook" canoe, manned by four Indians. In the boat were Dr. White, Nathaniel Crocker, W. W. Raymond, of the Mission, Mr. Rodgers and his wife, with the youngest Leslie girl, the other, who was in delicate health, remaining with some friends in Salem.
Upon their arrival at the Falls, it was necessary to make a portage. They fastened a line to the canoe, as was customary, and Mr. Raymond, with two Indians, walked along the rocks, endeavoring to guide it to a safe landing. Dr. White had also stepped ashore. At this juncture a swift current struck the boat and capsized it, with the result that it was immediately swept into the raging waters. The men lost the line, and in a moment Mr. Rodgers, his wife and her little sister were dashed over the Falls. A contemporary account of this most appalling affair says: "Mrs. Rodgers, on seeing her inevitable fate, clasped her baby sister to her breast and the remorseless waters passed over them, hiding them forever from mortal sight." Mr. Crocker also lost his life in this disaster which threw a mantle of gloom over the little settlement of whites.
During the three years I attended the Willamette University, David Leslie was the president of the Board of Trustees. I remember he appeared to me as an extremely old man. I do not know what his physical affliction was, but it must have been some phase of paralysis, as his steps were scarcely six inches in length and he seemed to be so very feeble that it used to make me long to render him some assistance. He always had a kind word for everybody and was beloved by all. He remained at the head of the Board of Trustees for twenty-five years, or until a year before his death, which occurred at his home in Salem on March I, 1869, when a truly good man passed on, "full of years and full of honors."
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Joaquín Sorolla revisits the Alhambra
Show examines the Valencia painter's fascination with Moorish Spain
Ángeles GarcíaMauricio Vicent
Joaquín Sorolla's 'Reflections in a Fountain' is part of the 'Gardens of Light' exhibition.
The Palazzo dei Diamanti in Ferrara, northern Italy, was due to be the first stop for Jardines de luz (Gardens of light), an exhibition of artist Joaquín Sorolla's (1863-1923) work inspired by Andalusia's Arab palaces and gardens. But the show had to be closed ahead of schedule after an earthquake struck the region on February 19.
Now this collection of late oil paintings by the Valencian artist is coming back home, to the Alhambra's Palacio de Carlos V in Granada.
Sorolla's "discovery" of the Alhambra and the Alcázar in Seville marked his reconciliation with Spanish culture, which in the last years of his life shifted him toward an esthetic and ethic shared by Nobel-winning writer Juan Ramón Jiménez (1881-1958).
"Even though Jiménez and Sorolla were from different generations, they both coincided on many things and above all on their vision of Spain," says the exhibition's curator, Tomás Llorens. "They were looking for that other Spain, deep and far away from the clichés, which Lorca and Ortega y Gasset also needed."
Sorolla traveled to Seville in 1908 with a commission to paint Alfonso XIII, "and he had a terrible time," says Llorens. "He hated the bullfights, and the flamenco made him dizzy. He wrote to his wife that he was going to go to bed early because he couldn't stand the Andalusians."
Sorolla hated the vulgar and empty Spain but the Alhambra can be said to have changed his life
Like the Generation of '98, Sorolla hated the vulgar and empty Spain. But when he discovered the Alcázar in Seville in 1908 and, a year later, the Alhambra and Sierra Nevada, he became captivated and reconciled with Andalusia.
The Alhambra can be said to have changed his life. He started to paint patios, marble, ceramics, ponds and columns, as well as the gardens and interiors in which he took refuge, like other painters and writers before him.
When in 1911 he was commissioned to decorate the walls of the Hispanic Society of America in New York with Spanish landscapes, and again painted Jiménez in 1916, his attraction for the writer's Spain became absolute. So much so that in this final portrait he placed his 1910 painting Fuente y patio de Alcázar de Sevilla (or, Fountain and patio in the Alcázar in Seville) behind the figure of the poet.
Jardines de luz, which travels to the Sorolla Museum in Madrid in the fall, silently speaks of the relationship between these two men via paintings that are evocative and filled with light. There are around 50 of them, more than two-thirds loaned by the Sorolla Museum, arranged in seven sections.
Llorens says that Sorolla and Jiménez converged through the Spain that they rediscovered through those Andalusian gardens. "The poet feels like he is at the beginning and throws out his question, like a manifesto, toward the future, while the painter, who has a long past, saturated in experiences and contrasting emotions, dissolves in the sheer pleasure of painting."
Sorolla. Jardines de luz. Until October 14 at Palacio de Carlos V, Conjunto Monumental de la Alhambra y Generalife, Granada. www.alhambra-patronato.es
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A headline-making new book from the bestselling author of Black Dahlia Avenger.
When veteran LAPD homicide detective Steve Hodel discovered that his own late father, Dr. George Hill Hodel, had known the victim in the infamous Black Dahlia murder case of 1947 Los Angeles, the ensuing three-year investigation became the New York Times bestseller, Black Dahlia Avenger. Publication led directly to the discovery of a cache of hidden documents, covered up for decades, that confirm George Hodel had long been law enforcement's number one suspect in Elizabeth Short's grisly death.
But for Steve Hodel, that revelation was only the beginning. With twenty-four years of experience investigating homicides as an LAPD detective he instinctively knew that if his father was capable of that level of cruelty, it probably didn't begin or end with the Black Dahlia.
Steve Hodel has devoted the last decade to examining the evidence of his father's fascinating and mysterious life, and the shocking new revelations that have come to light in the last five years are the subject of Most Evil. His findings indicate that Dr. George Hill Hodel was among the most prolific serial killers in history, beginning as a young man and continuing to kill throughout his long life of ninety-one years. Among his crimes are dozens of unsolved murder cases stretching back sixty years.
Most Evil compiles an astonishing amount of never-before-seen visual, circumstantial, and forensic evidence to prove Hodel's case. This relentless, compelling, and persuasive investigation will revolutionize the way we think about some of the most intriguing, brutal, unsolved, and previously unconnected murders in American history—and it may change our understanding of serial killers altogether.


Few things are more life-changing than buying a home. It's your slice of the American Dream, a place to raise your family and create memories for years. As your mortgage goes down, it becomes something more — financial stability. It's hard to imagine plans getting off track, but your home is at risk while you're still making payments. If you weren't around to cover the mortgage, it could become a financial burden on your family.
Does your family rely on you for support? If you're wealthy and there's an estate plan to pass money along — great, but most of us don't fall into that category.
A recent study found 35 percent of families would struggle within a month if their primary income earner passed away. Many Americans can't scrape together $400 for an unplanned expense, so it's easy to see how catastrophic an untimely passing could be.
If your family lost you, it may not be long before your family, too, is drowning in bills. Covering the mortgage could be difficult. But it could be easier with a term life insurance policy. You'll sleep better knowing you're not one of the 41 percent of adults without protection.
How much life insurance you actually need?
What's the right amount for your family? Well, it depends. There are a few ways experts calculate the number. One method — called financial needs analysis — considers everything you own. It estimates the total expenses in your absence, subtracts your assets, and covers the difference with insurance.
Immediate expenses may include your funeral and a period for grieving. After that, your family may need to pay for basic living expenses, children, and college. If running the numbers feels overwhelming, Life Happens has a calculator.
You will also want to pay off debt. If you're like most people, your primary debt is your mortgage. Some people prefer a separate life insurance policy for this purpose. If you have $150,000 and 20 years left on your mortgage, you could buy a separate policy to match that amount and time frame. If you're young and healthy, it may be more affordable than you expect.
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In the event of a tragic accident, you would hate for your family to struggle to pay the mortgage or, worse, to lose the home and stability for which you've worked so hard. Term life insurance is a simple, affordable way to protect your family. It may be one of the smartest decisions you'll ever make.


Drano Lake – 25 boat anglers kept 8 steelhead and released 14 others plus 1 chinook jack. The bite was reported good around daylight. About 28 boats were counted here last Saturday morning (July 24).
White Salmon River – 5 bank anglers had no catch. Some steelhead have been reported caught early in the morning.
Lower Columbia below Bonneville Dam – Effort and catch rates were similar to the previous week.
Last week we sampled 1,594 salmonid bank anglers from Bonneville Dam downstream with 6 adult summer Chinook, 360 steelhead and 1 sockeye, an average of a salmonid kept/released per every 4.3 rods based on mainly incomplete trips. In addition, we sampled 446 salmonid boat anglers (208 boats) with 3 adult and 1 jack summer Chinook, 110 steelhead and no sockeye, an average of a salmonid kept/released per every 3.9 rods based on mainly completed trips. Overall, 78% of the adult Chinook and 62% of the steelhead caught were kept.
350 salmonid boats and 789 bank anglers were observed from Bonneville Dam downstream during last Saturday's (July 24) effort flight count. Nearly three-quarters of the bank effort was found on the Washington side. Boat effort was more scattered.
An estimated 33,900 salmonid angler trips below Bonneville Dam resulted in a 3,400 steelhead kept in June. The catch for the month was the highest since at least the early 1970s.
Bonneville Pool – Boat anglers off the White Salmon and Klickitat rivers are catching some steelhead though just over half were wild and had to be released. Last Saturday 38 boats were observed off the White Salmon River and a half dozen each off Drano Lake and the Klickitat River.
The Dalles Pool – Bank anglers averaged nearly a steelhead per rod when including fish released. The majority of the fish caught were wild and had to be released.
John Day Pool – No anglers were observed fishing for salmon or steelhead last week.
Lower Columbia from the Wauna powerlines downstream – Effort in the estuary was higher but catch rates were similar to the previous week.
Charter boat anglers averaged slightly better than a legal kept per every 3 rods while private boaters sampled at the ports of Chinook and Ilwaco averaged one per every 6.6 rods. At the Deep River and Knappton ramps, boat anglers averaged 0.84 legals kept per boat. Bank anglers sampled in the estuary did not catch any legals. Overall, if an angler caught a fish there was a 37% chance it would be a keeper.
254 private and 12 charter boats were found fishing for sturgeon from the Wauna powerlines downstream during last Saturday's flight count.
Through July 18 there were an estimated 31,400 sturgeon angler trips in the estuary that resulted in 4,900 legals kept. The catch guideline for the season is 9,600 fish.
A Compact hearing is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on July 29 in Cathlamet, Washington to consider fall season commercial fishing periods. Given the date, this hearing will also provide a timely opportunity to review the estuary sturgeon sport fishery.
Lower Columbia from the Wauna powerlines to Marker 82 – Effort and success remains about the same as the previous week. A few legals were caught by boat anglers in the Vancouver to Kalama area and by bank anglers in Woodland.
Just over a hundred boats were counted from Wauna upstream during last Saturday's effort flight count. Only 37 bank rods were counted during the same flight.
John Day Pool – Boat anglers averaged a sturgeon per every 6.2 hours fished in the area open for catch-and-release. The Columbia River from the Interstate 82 bridge upstream to McNary Dam will remain closed to all sturgeon fishing until August 1. On August 1 this area will reopen for CATCH & RELEASE ONLY!
Lower Columbia below Bonneville Dam – Some walleye are being caught by boaters in the Camas/Washougal area.
The Dalles Pool – The few boat and bank anglers sampled had caught some smallmouth bass and walleye.
John Day Pool – Boat anglers targeting bass and walleye averaged one and 4.4 hours per fish, respectively. Walleye anglers had also caught more bass than walleye.
Swift Reservoir – Planted with 2,900 one pound and 1,260 five pound rainbows July 20.
Takhlakh Lake (Skamania County) – Planted with 172 "jumbo" rainbows averaging 4 pounds each July 19.
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BMW has launched two avatars of the 8 Series in India, and they promise to be the pinnacle of performance and luxury
Praveen Raja
Published: | 13th May 2020 07:36 PM
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Touted to be the most luxurious sports coupé ever built by BMW, the 8 Series twins offer a rather emotive design, supreme driving dynamics and a high level of personalisation as well. On offer is the 8 Series Gran Coupé and the M8 Coupé, which gets the full M treatment!
The BMW 8 Series has an iconic heritage that truly embodies what a dream car means. The elegant flowing lines, characteristic kidney grille, sleek headlights, chiselled character lines, long bonnet and squat sporty stance give this car an unmistakable identity that screams performance, yet has a luxurious air to it.
Designed as a sports car for four passengers, there is a generous amount of interior space that has been kitted out with the finest materials to suit its ultra-luxurious image. The fit and finish are outstanding and like all cars by the brand, the 8 Series also boasts of a driver-oriented cockpit. The cars also sport a plethora of high-end features to cater to all your connectivity and infotainment needs.
While both variants have been tuned to offer the ultimate in terms of drive dynamics, the Gran Coupé comes fitted with a 340 hp, three-litre, 6-cylinder petrol engine that delivers 500 Nm of torque and can take the car from 0-100 kmph in just 5.2 seconds. For the thrill-seekers, who want something that can burn some serious rubber, the automobile manufacturer is also offering the M8 Coupé that comes fitted with a 4-litre 8-cylinder petrol engine that melds maximum power with exemplary efficiency and offers spontaneous responsiveness even at low engine speeds. With two highly dynamic turbochargers, high-pressure direct injection, Valvetronic and a proven cooling concept, the engine produces an output of
600 hp and maximum torque of 750 Nm, and can take the car from 0-100 kmph in just 3.3 seconds! Incidentally, both engines are BS6 compliant.
Contactless experience
Keeping in mind the current situation, BMW will be offering the 8 Series Gran Coupé and M8 Coupé through their recently introduced contactless experience. Customers can log into the website, customise their car from the comfort of their home, chat with a salesperson for more information, and eventually book their car through the click of a button. Payments are processed securely and all the paperwork is done digitally.
The Gran Coupé has been introduced for Rs 1.29 crore, while the Gran Coupé M Sport Edition retails for Rs 1.55 crore and the M8 Coupé for Rs 2.15 crore.
BMW 8 Series Gran Coupé M8 Coupé


Oh, and I forgot Brecht of course.
This is the kind of movie I really can't write about in English because my English isn't good enough to completely express what I feel about it. Yet I think it's unfairly dismissed here, and no, sorry, it's not Haneke's Precious. It may not be Haneke's best (that's still, in my opinion, Hidden), but it's so full of historical, literary references and it's so intelligently done that I think it should made ALL the Ten Best lists I've read in the other thread.
Ok, it's not a cartoon (this year it seems that if you are not a cartoon this board won't like you; let's just hope the Academy will be less shallow). Is it frustrating? Ambiguous, yes, but frustrating I don't know. It doesn't offer easy solutions, this is true, but we have plenty of conventional American (and not only American) movies which do that, so if for once we have to thnk a bit I wouldnt be so disappointed honestly (and our thoughts shouldnt only be about "who did it" by the way). "Frustrating", "boring", "too long scenes" are the typical old accusations once directed at artists like Resnais or Antonioni; now it's Haneke's turn.
As for me, I wasn't bored, I was intrigued, I felt like I was reading a modern German classic; Durenmatt, Zweig, Boll, Mann all came to my mind. They werent quick, they werent Mickey Spillane; they took their time.
This is also obviously a movie directed by an old man, but for once in a good way, the way novels written by old men often are (for movies it's usually different, and directors tend not to age too well). It gives you a glimpse into an era, into its tensions, both social and emotional; we don't see this too often in movies. The Hurt Locker it isn't. And unlike The Hurt Locker, it doesn't even provide an easy emotional way out, it doesnt let your own tension to dissolve after each scene. Life isn't like that; movies (even good ones) can be of course, but Haneke clearly isn't John Lee Hancock (or, so that I won't be accused of being anti American, Giuseppe Tornatore).
But I agree that the cinematography is sublime. It doesn't shout to you that it's in black and white; it rather captures you quietly, and it's true to both the period and the metaphorical, literary dark heart of the movie.
Sabin, you're right on a lot of points. The White Ribbon IS a frustrating movie, and, from a writing standpoint, I wish the film built a lot more. (It's sort of what I meant by my 'less is less' comment...we can only take so many awful things happening one after another before we want more answers...more fleshing out of the ideas...etc.) And it should have been shorter, making its point in a far more concise manner.
But it's an ambitious movie, and a strange, fascinating one, and I have to tip my hat to it, in the same way that I've mostly come around to admiring A Serious Man (can't get it out of my head!) even though I still don't think it makes total sense to me.
Plus, The White Ribbon looks so darn purty.
What's frustrating about The White Ribbon is that it is so beautiful that it makes you think there is more going on [artistically] than perhaps there is. This isn't a Limits of Control-scale con job, but it's not as far off as I would like. The White Ribbon is, as Michael Haneke puts it, "the origin of every type of terrorism, be it of political or religious nature." But really it just says that Violence/Intolerance is Taught. That's a powerful thesis, one of the most powerful you can undertake. What's also frustrating about The White Ribbon is that Haneke is clearly right, but that doesn't make his film compelling.
BJ, you are correct in your assessment of the film as to What it is saying, but I think this is all obvious during the film. Because the only character we can possibly connect to is the Teacher (who narrates, and falls in love much outside the circle of violence), we can only get so close what is happening to this town. I figured out Who Done It really quickly. The White Ribbon suggests that the confines of society are more important to the adults than their own progeny. They don't see the advancements of the twentieth century coming at all, so essentially they create a mass of children ripe for the Nazi movement, where they will feel inspired and rejuvenated after World War 1 and the Weimar Republic. So, The White Ribbon becomes one of those movies where you nod your head and understand, but this is all text that took two and a half monotonous hours to unspool.
Every scene in The White Ribbon more or less ends the same way: with a note of casual cruelty. It takes perhaps twenty minutes to reach this monotony, but once it does this will commence every scene essentially feeling the same for the rest of the film. Haneke's style is that of a mundane terrorist, which is not a great fit for The White Ribbon because he makes it feel flat, some scenes (none of which are very long) almost interchangeable. And because the characters only deepen with added nominal cruelty, it's not like there is anything to look deeper at. I was looking forward to The White Ribbon and I wasn't incredibly bored by it because it is just so goddamn beautiful to look at. Had I seen this before the precursors, I would have without hesitation predicted it for the across the board sweep it picked up. This is the year's best cinematography.
You cite the schoolteacher as the stand-in for Haneke. The Baroness was essentially standing-in for me if had gone to the bathroom (which I didn't, but I wanted to; and not because I had to). She says that she is leaving the Baron because she has had enough of this village of petty revenge, suffering, bigotry, etc. I felt that about this movie and increasingly about Haneke's movies in general. I can only get in so deep. Had I seen Code Unknown on the big screen, I might be more enthusiastic about it; right now, it's my favorite of his by far, as I cannot quite bring myself to watch Funny Games. Sadly for the Baroness, World War I broke up and I am unsure as to her fate.
It's like Haneke's Precious, but longer, better directed, prettier, and with a less funny retarded child.
Hmmmm.... I wish I liked it as much as you.
My biggest issue was that I felt the allegorical underpinning was quite weak. I remember being quite startled when a character mentioned the assassination of the Archduke in the film because it just didn't seem like it fit. I didn't buy the world as presented. Glorious cinematography though (my favourite moment was the funeral sequence and moments before). I saw it two and half months ago, though, and very little has stuck with me (compare that to A Prophet, which feels as if I watched it yesterday, in terms of the big guns from forei).
I hope everyone gets a chance to see The White Ribbon, partly because I'm DYING to hear some reactions and interpretations of the film from people here. As for my own take, I can't say that I adored it -- some of it I found perplexing, distant, and occasionally too long. But, while watching the film, I had no doubt I was seeing something significant and very rich, the product of a grand and singular vision.
I think your mileage on a film like this will vary based on how much "mysteries with no solution" appeal to you. And I have to be honest and admit that it's not my favorite type of film. At the beginning of The White Ribbon, I was hugely intrigued by the bizarre events plaguing the film's characters...but as the movie went on, I did start to feel like less was less, that I wanted more answers to the film's mysteries, instead of just, well, MORE mysteries.
The film's basis in allegory is also quite clear. The three major town figures -- the baron, the doctor, and the pastor -- can be seen as emblems of business, medicine, and religion, and I think one of the major ideas of the film is the way that the adherence to these power structures (including the hypocritical adherence to them) can lead to the evils that develop in town. The fourth major male character is the schoolteacher, literally the academic who analyzes the events of the film from a distance (and in some ways, he serves as a stand-in figure for Haneke).
Haneke's direction is less overtly jolt-inducing than some of his other films (there's nothing here rivaling the violence of Funny Games or Cache), but he's still got a number of very compellingly filmed sequences. One involves a young boy going in and out of doors -- we don't see what's behind each of them, but we know what will be behind one of them, and the tension that builds is palpable. The discovery of what happens to the retarded boy was chilling. And the film has one of the most effective single cuts in any film this year -- not only does the bridge between two scenes contrast extremes of sexual restraint and indulgence, but it initially made me think something completely different (and far more disturbing) was happening in the second scene than actually was. It's to Haneke's credit as a director that he's able to so often suggest even greater horrors than he shows.
I'm not betting on a Cinematography Oscar nod -- I bet Ed Wood's Stefan Czapsky can tell you that critics' prizes can only go so far for black-and-white films. But I'm definitely rooting for it. Here's also to hoping the normally bone-headed Foreign Film branch doesn't snub a film this provocative and unnerving. I couldn't always wrap my head around it, but it really got under my skin.


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Beaumont-cum-Moze () is a civil parish in the Tendring district of Essex, England.  According to the 2001 census it had a population of 352, reducing to 339 at the 2011 Census.  The parish includes the hamlets of Beaumont and Moze Cross.

The place-name 'Beaumont' was originally Fulanpettæ in a Saxon charter of circa 995, and Fulepet in the Domesday Book of 1086, meaning 'foul pit'. By 1175-80 it had become Bealmont, meaning 'beautiful hill', a very early example of successful rebranding.

The place-name 'Moze' is first attested in the Domesday Book, where it appears as Mosa. This is from the Old English mos meaning 'marsh' or 'moss'.

Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy lived at Thorpe Hall in Thorpe-le-Soken and is buried at the 11th-century Parish Church of St Leonard in Beaumont-cum-Moze.

Beaumont Cut is a derelict canal in the parish.

Governance
Beaumont-cum-Moze is part of the electoral ward called Beaumont and Thorpe. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 2,300.

References

Civil parishes in Essex
Tendring

External links
 St Leonard & St Mary's Church website


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Study Explores Possible Therapeutic Target for SARS-CoV-2
By Melissa Rohman on	 Jun 24, 2021
Ludmilla Shuvalova, PhD, research associate professor of Microbiology-Immunology, was a co-author of the study published in PNAS.
Inhibiting a specific protein complex in SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, may be a promising therapeutic target for treating the disease, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
Similar to other RNA viruses, the genome of the SARS-CoV-2 contains a "capping" modification which stabilizes and improves viral translation as well as protects the virus from degradation by the host's immune system and allows it to proliferate.
"The virus developed the defense mechanism by capping the freshly made RNA inside the host cell allowing it to avoid host anti-viral defenses and giving it time to multiply," said Ludmilla Shuvalova, PhD, research associate professor of Microbiology-Immunology and a co-author of the study.
Previous work has found that this capping is performed by viral proteins that assemble into a large replication-transcription complex. The final step of this multistep process is completed by two protein complexes, Nsp10/14 and Nsp10/16, with Nsp10/16 — an RNA methyltransferase comprised of two proteins bound together — specifically responsible for critical methyltransferase activity.
Andrzej Joachimiak, PhD, adjunct professor of Microbiology-Immunology and co-director of the Center for Structural Genomics of Infectious Diseases, was senior author of the study.
For the current study, the investigators studied the exact conformational changes of the Nsp10/16 complex during methyltransferase activity in SARS-CoV-2-infected cells using synchrotron serial crystallography.
The team determined that inhibiting this complex and its capping ability may reduce viral proliferation, potentially serving as a drug target for treating COVID-19.
"Considering that capping of viral RNA is vital for the virus, finding the inhibitors or potential drugs of this reaction could be very beneficial in fight against COVID-19. If a drug can be developed to inhibit Nsp10/16, the immune system should be able to detect the virus and eradicate it faster," Shuvalova said.
Additional co-authors of the study include George Minasov, PhD, research associate professor of Microbiology-Immunology, and Karla Satchell, PhD, professor of Microbiology-Immunology, co-director of the Center for Structural Genomics of Infectious Diseases and a member of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University.
The active site of nsp16 with the Cap-1 analog and S-Adenosyl-L-Homocysteine (SAH), products of the methyl transfer reaction. Atoms include the following: oxygen (red), nitrogen (blue), phosphorous (orange), sulfur (gold), carbon (cyan), the Cap-1 analog (yellow) and SAH (green). The electron density map surrounding the Cap-1 is shown as a mesh in red and for SAH in purple.
In a recent follow-up paper published in Science Signaling, the investigators identified another novel therapeutic target — a coronavirus-specific pocket in the protein Nsp16, that binds the virus-genomic fragment which is used by the coronavirus as the template for the viral building block. Developing a drug to fit this unique pocket and block the function of the Nsp16 protein may be another promising therapeutic strategy, according to the authors.
The current study was supported by, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the Department of Health and Human Services, under Contract HHSN272201700060C, and the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science through the National Virtual Biotechnology Laboratory, a consortium of DOE national laboratories focused on response to COVID-19, with funding provided by the CARES Act.
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It's hard to keep up with all that's opening in this great city of ours so keep this page bookmarked for regular updates of what to add to your list next!
Potentially one of the best openings of the year. As the name suggests, this is a 6 storey townhouse in Soho Square with various bars and restaurants as well as private spaces available for hire. With Afternoon Tea arriving soon, this place will be a winner.
Behind City Hall on the Southbank is the new Lalit Hotel. This new hotel will be something special but The Baluchi will be its best restaurant. They've served some of the best food in the high-end hotel market in India and this is their first foray in London. Expect fine dining and incredible flavour.
The famous Bleecker guys have now opened their first permanent indoor site. These guys have been serving up some of the tastiest burgers for a few years now so expect the Bleecker Black and always pair it with some Angry Fries!
Food from LA means healthy, colourful and most importantly; tasty! They excelled in Shoreditch with their array of amazing salads and falafels. Now they move to Farringdon with the same ethic in a more accessible spot for City folk.
We've been to the one in Paris and can safely say it'll be at home in Mayfair. A-listers frequent the French version so expect the same here with Parisian comfort food and excellent decor.
The first restaurant in Brixton was a massive hit and the small plates style of dining with Indian food proved wonderful. They've now opened in Soho so they will be harder to get a booking but don't fret as they have a bigger restaurant than before!
As the name shows, this is a Paris stalwart coming with a triple-Michelin starred chef. Her name is Anne-Sophie Pic and she'll be running the flagship restaurant at the new Four Seasons Hotel in the City. Expect fancy and expect some of the best food in the city.
A Tel Aviv–style eatery serving authentic Israeli dishes from an ex-Ottolenghi chef. SE1 is getting some fine restaurants this year and Bala Baya is earning some rave reviews!
The first of its kind in London after successful bar openings around the world, this venture see's Ralph Lauren combine elements of New York, Manhattan and Paris. An all day menu will be on hand as well as excellent cocktails into the night.
A new Italian in the Clerkenwell area that is focusing on Roman cuisine. Like Rotarino in Dalston, Stevie Parle is using upscale British Produced cooked in an authentic Italian way. So expect a lot of pasta, pizza and carpaccio.
Barrafina's owners have decided to take on the humble taco. If our favourite tapas restaurant can do what they do to Spanish food can hit the same heights with Mexican (and we know they can), then we're in for a treat!
If you ever tried Bonnie Gull in Exmouth Market you'll have tasted some of the tastiest seafood in London. The guys behind Bonnie Gull pride themselves in sourcing the best catches and then producing some excellent plates of food.
One of the best looking pubs around is The Culpeper near Spitalfields. Great food, decor and ambience made it a big hit. Now they're about to open another restaurant in Clerkenwell which is renowned for having some of the best selection of pubs in the city.
The best tacos we've eaten have found their first home in Clerkenwell. Much like Smokestak, they have graced Street Feast with ease and you'll never forget eating their food. Another great name to hit Clerkenwell and we can't wait to go!
Perhaps one of the best vegetarian restaurants in the city is opening at another location in Marylebone. Expect the same great food in a great space.
Jamavar London is the latest outpost for the upmarket restaurant chain who own the Leela Palace Hotel in India. They'll be in Mayfair serving up some very high-end dishes now that they have an ex-Gymkhana chef in the kitchen. This place will definitely do well and we're sure it'll be hard to get a booking soon.
Pizza from Florence hits the city of London and comes with a serious amount of heritage. The owners have a restaurant in Florence that has been going for over 60 years. Expect the best ingredients and some excellent pizza.
Cinnamon Cafe and Cinnamon Soho have a new sibling; Cinnamon Bazaar in Covent Garden. When you have a winning formula, it makes sense to have another restaurant. There will be great Indian food and a new menu to show.
Italian food from the guys behind one of our favourite restaurants – The Clove Club. They're focusing on British produce and excellent ingredients with two menus. One for the bar which will be more casual dining and one for the restaurant. We can't wait to go to this one.
English chops cooked one of the best ways – Indian. We tend to judge an Indian restaurant on its chops so to have it in the name means we're excited. Expect great snacks, a series of mains and lots of naans and sides.
More tacos to grace the city. This time you'll be able to see them being made freshly in front of you with lots of tequila, margaritas and authentic Mexican food.
Remember Sumosan? It's moving to a new spot and extending its name. This time they aim to wow the crowds with specific chefs for the excellent Italian and Japanese food they serve. Our two favourite cuisines all under one roof!
Fresh pasta fan? You're in luck! This place wants to be the best in London and we love a restaurant with lofty expectations. Think along the lines of Padella in Borough Market but in a very exclusive setting.
Our favourite meal of 2015 and the beginning of 2016 sees Barrafina move home. If you've been to the Michelin starred Frith Street establishment, they've now moved to where Quo Vadis used to be on Dean Street. Love your tapas? Then come here for the best in town.
Jason Atherton's next place to grace the city after the Michelin starred City Social. Expect a menu focusing on British meat and fish.
Famed high-end Nordic restaurant from New York comes to London and another to join a plethora of great names to inhabit St James's Square. Expect the very best in Nordic cuisine and flavour combinations plus the backing of 2 Michelin stars across the pond.
Nothing more to say here than a place specialising in crisps and dips. What's not to like?!
A new restaurant from the guys behind Shiori in Notting Hill. They're one of the first to specialise in Washoku dining which incorporates rice, fish and lots of miso. Love your sake too? Here's the place to get it with its own dedicated bar.
Various cafes all over London and they're a big hit with us. Great coffee, cool meeting spot or lovely work area. This time they're going all-day dining and late-night drinking!
Meat is the name of the game and Neil Rankin could be the best in the business. Following Smokehouse and Bad Egg (lovely breakfast spot in Moorgate) comes Temper. Expect meat of all varieties on in-house bread much like tacos. The beef fat variety is off the charts!
As the name suggests, this Borough stalwart specialises in Iberian meats and tapas. Moving to Soho in a prime location can only enhance how good the food here is!
BYOC is one of the most fun restaurants in London. You bring the bottle, they make the drinks for you and the menu is pretty special too. To make matters even better, James Cochran is an ex-Ledbury chef and this is his first restaurant in the City.
Another restaurant to head to the new development in St James's Market (it will be the new destination this year!). Have you been to Tonkotsu to sample their ramen? Here they go upmarket and are concentrating on set lunches.
A newcomer to the pizza game. Panzo take the Neapolitan pizza and make it lighter and double fry the dough. The panuozzo sandwich makes a debut here too. It'll give Pizza Pilgrims a run but we can't choose who would win!
The best smoked/BBQ food in London finds their first permanent spot in London after thrilling customers at Street Feast for a few years now.
If you know burgers then you've heard of Bleecker Street Burger. Their burger van has been in various spots in London and they've finally found a home in Spitalfields Market. The Black Burger is one of the best around and pair it with their Angry Fries and you won't look back.
From Kurobuta's Scott Hallsworth comes a new restaurant to fill the void left by the Kurobuta pop-up. There will be a myriad of Asian flavours and according to Scott they will be trying a lot of new things here.
Taking over the space that Giant Robot inhabited is a New York style restaurant that will be serving brunch as well as a very decent drinks menu. If it can build on what Giant Robot had then it's a winner in our eyes.
Hailing from Hoxton, the Dolls House has now moved to Islington. This was a popular restaurant serving up great dishes with British ingredients. If you remember the House of Wolf, then your standards will still be high.
Coal Vaults is one of our favourite eateries in Soho so it made us happy to learn they will be taking over Millroy's. Primarily a whisky shop with a cocktail bar in the basement, this won't have a massive restaurant menu but it will have meat and cheese.
Part of the Ham Yard Hotel group, this restaurant will specialise in Kobe beef in a Teppanyaki setting. If you love that combination (who wouldn't?) then head over that way soon.
A restaurant that specialises in smoked food always piques our interest. Great food coupled with South-East Asian influences will draw a large crowd.
A long-term pop-up from Bone Daddies. This will have some similar food items to the busy Bone Daddies that's not far away. Only open until roughly the end of the year so don't miss out.
Some of the best chops in town with cheap cocktails in a basement location: ingredients for success!
Kurobuta in Marble Arch is excellent but it started life off as a pop-up in Chelsea. It's doing very well that they've now acquired a permanent site so expect an excellent menu with plenty of sake.
Headed up by one guy from Quality Chop House and one from 10 Greek Street, this combination is on to a winner. It will be an all day restaurant serving up great British ingredients in a brightly lit setting.
The top few floors of the 'Walkie Talkie' building in the city has been inhabited by the Sky Garden. There will be an all day brasserie, a seafood restaurant and a cocktail bar. The views will be stunning and the food will be great. Bookings are full until March but you can walk in from 6pm, first come first served.
Anything by Neil Rankin is something to look out for. Pitt Cue Co, Smokehouse and now Bad Egg. It's an all day diner with a speciality for eggs. Think breakfast, brunches, lunches and dinners with burgers, ribs, tacos, 'bad eggs' and awesome combinations.
Contemporary Japanese food set to open near Covent Garden/Leicester Square. There will be excellent sushi and food from the robata grill. Sake will be present so expect some Izakaya dining.
The follow up to Copita in Soho. For starters, that's a recipe for success. There's now a terrace to accompany the excellent food and wine so be sure to get there as soon as Spring comes.
When the people behind Burger & Lobster and Goodman come together to make a seafood restaurant, it's one to make sure you go to. The ingredients will be high end, simple but most importantly, affordable. You can also only imagine how good the wine list will be!
Hailing from Moscow, Bocconcino is a successful chain of pizza and pasta restaurants coming to London. A prime location and following in the footsteps of Novikov it may be pricey but it will be worth it.
If you know The Ivy then you know there's great food. It's being called a smaller sibling however it exists to create its own identity. We've seen the menu and be sure to get yourselves there soon.
An New York deli specialising in salt beef and salmon. The sandwiches here will be monster and blow torched. A recipe for success.
Tried and trusted shrimp restaurant from across the pond. If you've never been you will be in for a treat. This place has been on the cards for a while now and it's getting closer to opening. Wait until you order buckets of shrimp with their signature sauce!
There's always something special about a restaurant that started from a little van (could be seen around Soho). They were at many food festivals and still are! After opening their first restaurant in Soho, they are about to embark on their second in Kingly Court. This will be slightly different from the Soho branch with more specials and dishes unique to this restaurant only. Opening this week so get ready!
The famous chicken and steak restaurant heads down to Bankside. After successful launches in Shoreditch (Tramshed) and Liverpool street (Hixter), it's now time for the third installment. Mark Hix's take on chicken and steak is fantastic and this is going to be the third of many we think!
Alan Yau of Hakkasan, Wagamamma, Yauatcha and Cha Cha Moon fame is to open his first pub. This is going to be a Chinese gastropub and is right next to his old place Yauatcha. This is going to be fantastic so keep your calendar free for the inevitable soft launch.
Marcus Wareing is a restauranteur this time and leaving the cooking to Chantelle Nicholson (chef at the Savoy Grill, one of Marcus's haunts). This has been labelled as a causal but informed restaurant, serving food you like and when you like.
After successes in Covent Garden and Shoreditch (this one we go to a lot!), Dishoom are opening their third restaurant in Kings Cross. This will not only be their largest, but also one of the largest in the area. You can expect the trusty Dishoom menu here and another place to eat their signature Lamb Raan is one of many reasons to go.
This one is simple, the people behind Burger & Lobster are opening up a deli focussing on lobster rolls. Think of Bob's Lobster but in a more upmarket area (Mayfair). This will be a takeaway restaurant as well and there are to be a few other dishes on the menu but there's not much to go on yet. Keep you posted!
The famous Roka is expanding and it will be much the same as before: impressively modern Japanese food and the signature robata grill. There will be unique dishes served at this branch but you can still get your fix of your Roka favourites here so don't fret.
Probably Jamie Oliver's best restaurant is gaining another site on Piccaddilly. Expect very much the same BBQ menu but in a larger space and a bar.
Another one from Alan Yau. The restauranteur is taking over the old Automat and will serve Chinese dishes that were famous in Shanghai during the 50s.
This is on this list just due to the lavishness of it. Biblioteka is going to cost £15m and comes from the owners of Bob Bob Ricard in Soho. The space is going to be vast (17,000 square foot) and the menu will be very much the same as in Soho: English and Russian specialities.


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Q: Passing Variables into a SQL String Can someone help me with the syntax attached
DECLARE @SearchString NVARCHAR(MAX)
SET     @SearchString = 'fletc'

USE [Prodution]
GO

SELECT * FROM [User] WHERE Username LIKE '%' + @SearchString + '%'

I am trying to concatenate the LIKE statement at the bottom.  However, I am getting the error message attached:

Msg 137, Level 15, State 2, Line 3
  Must declare the scalar variable "@SearchString".

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
thanks
Rob

A: The use of GO terminates a scope (so all variables declared before it are "lost") - move your declaration to after the GO:
USE [Production]
GO

DECLARE @SearchString NVARCHAR(MAX)
SET     @SearchString = 'fletc'

SELECT * FROM [User] WHERE Username LIKE '%' + @SearchString + '%'

A: In your code:
DECLARE @SearchString NVARCHAR(MAX)
SET     @SearchString = 'fletc'

USE [Prodution]
GO

SELECT * FROM [User] WHERE Username LIKE '%' + @SearchString + '%'

there's a GO statement. Visibility starts again after GO

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The Silence Breakers: Does it include #MeToo?
Posted on 16 Jan 2019 15 Feb 2019
By Alice Sleightholme, first year Geography student
The hard-hitting and ground-breaking anti-sexual assault and women's empowerment movement #MeToo has been a constant feature of public conversation since its start in 2017. Although March the 8th every year is officially International Women's Day, it's undeniable that thanks to movements like this one and Time's Up, 2017 and 2018 have been pivotal years for women. However, many women, and indeed men, across the globe still ask, do these movements involve me?
The answer is simply yes, to everyone that is. One of the most fundamental issues surrounding feminism and empowerment movements is the fact that men, and indeed some women, believe it doesn't include them. Many believe feminism is simply man hating, but it's not, nor is it the fight against men or a competition against them. Feminism is the simple belief that women are humans too, who deserve equal rights, equal pay, equal treatment and so forth.
feminism has entered the public sphere
Over time feminism has entered the public sphere, becoming a very palpable movement that is at the heart of many cultures, societies and groups. Hereafter, we welcome the #MeToo movement.
The #MeToo movement has become the forefront for empowerment movements as it has upended the public conversation about women's issues globally and thus elevated our universal consciousness surrounding the obstacles women encounter, both on professional level and in daily life. Searched on Google in 196 countries last year alone, it is clear that such women's movements are not being ignored. People have finally started to listen.
we can change cultural boundaries that leave women voiceless and unheard
Although the #MeToo movement, to the founder Burke, "specifically deals with sexual violence and is a framework for how to work towards the end of sexual violence", the intentions – to allow women's voices to be heard – fundamentally underline the motifs of feminism and other progressive movements. By listening to victims, enabling them stand up, have their voices heard and believed underpins feminist movements. Herein we all have a role to play. We must allow these women to stand up, we need to rally behind them, help them, hold them, love and listen to them; by doing this we can change cultural boundaries that leave women voiceless and unheard.
By believing and following the #MeToo movement in both the news and on social media I have become more aware of the daily struggles women face, even my own, that previously I did not realise. Movements like these help you realise your worth. It's time we stood up together and achieved great things. Burke herself noted, in an interview, the pivotal importance of communities in helping to rally the larger conversation. By being a part of this conversation, even just by listening to it, we begin to improve public understanding of the issues women go through. Truthfully, it's not just a hashtag or something else on the internet that trends for a few weeks or months – it's a cultural transformation that encourages women to speak up about sexual violence and harassment. By speaking and listening together, as a society, it becomes easier to empower women and to fight these injustices.
Thanks to movements such as #MeToo, Billboard reported that 1 in 4 young people said that men have changed their behaviour around them. This shows the radical impact feminist movements have in society today. From social to political spheres, movements gain greater power and importance if they receive support. Take, for example, an interview, where MP Malcolmson stated that the #MeToo movement has "rung the alarm on sexual violence and it has gotten everyone's attention, and now it's up to us to put these changes in place". This reveals the scale these movements can amount to and highlights the need for your support.
women are finally being listened to
The #MeToo movement's motto is "empowerment through empathy", proving the crucial need for us to listen and get involved – men included. It's so important for the survivors of abuse to know they are not alone. By standing up as one, together we can fight for justice for women everywhere. Movements like these do not wish to see women advance at the disadvantage of men, nor do they want to see men fail when women succeed. Instead, they seek equal understanding, opportunities, treatment and hope for both men and women. Fundamentally, what this movement means is that women are finally being listened to. We're slowly, but surely, coming together, which is what feminism is all about. That's why I stand with #MeToo, do you?
As Maya Angelou once said, "each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it, possibly without claiming it, she stands up for all women". In light of this, I urge you all to get behind this movement. Even by just subscribing to their social media pages, you become a listener, a believer and help to fuel change. You become part of a movement that seeks justice in what is right and necessary for women everywhere.
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