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Local organization tracks money and politics
The bill is the Credit Card Holder's Bill of Rights. It would prevent credit card companies from doing things like jacking up interest rates retroactively. Maplight.org is a non-profit organization that tracks congressional legislation. They also track political contributions.
In a converted two-bedroom apartment in Berkeley, Maplight.org is following the money.
"I come from a tech background. I started this website to shine a light on the connections between the river of money that flows into politics and how it effects people," says Dan Newman.
Specifically, Dan Newman and his team have developed a website that links political contributions to votes on legislation.
"Our site makes these nice graphs and charts that show when the money came in when the votes were, the correlations and all that."
Congress voted to give telecom companies immunity from eavesdropping lawsuits.
"The House Democrats who changed their position got twice as much money from Sprint Verizon and AT&T."
A bill was introduced to levy a windfall profits tax on oil companies.
"We found that the senators who voted in favor of this of taxing the oil companies got only a fraction as much money from the oil companies as the senators who voted the other way."
On Maplight, you can even track bills that are still in committee like the Credit Card Holder Bill of Rights Act.
"You can see that the groups that didn't want this law, like the credit card companies. They gave $341,000 to Barney Frank, who is the Chair of the Financial Service Committee, and we compare that with the tiny amount, $10,000 that he got from the consumer groups and the groups that wanted this law."
A spokesman for Chairman Barney Frank says the bill has been in his committee since February. But, Frank voted for the bill. It just hasn't yet been scheduled for a vote in house and he couldn't say if it would be scheduled before Congress adjourns. Newman says it's symptomatic of the river of money that flows through politics.
"The number one place to get that money is from these interests groups that want things to happen or in this case, don't want things to happen," says Newman.
On the Credit Card Holders Bill of Rights, a New York Times editorial calls on Speaker Nancy Pelosi to put it up for vote before the November election.
Her press secretary told ABC7 that she's very busy and he couldn't get an answer as to when she'll call the bill.
But if you want to see whose see the actual Credit Card Holder's Bill of Rights, click here.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger won Mr Olympia six times but now a Welsh bodybuilder is hoping to emulate his success at the competition in Las Vegas.
James 'Flex' Lewis from Llanelli has won the 212lb weight category at the contest for the last five years and he hopes to secure his sixth this weekend.
He started bodybuilding as a teenager in a bid to improve his rugby playing.
But it soon turned to his sport of choice and he is now a bodybuilding celebrity in America.
His success in the sport has led to him appearing on magazine covers and television in the US.
Yet, his fame has hardly caused a ripple in his home country.
"I get a lot of love around the world. I'm on US television, on the front cover of magazines, but in my own country I get a small column in my local paper, the Llanelli Star," he said.
Mr Lewis took up bodybuilding when he was a student. He was a keen rugby player and had dreams of playing for Wales at rugby, earning the nickname of Flex after being able to dodge tackles as a winger on the pitch.
In a bid to improve his rugby skills, he started lifting weights.
"It was a fluke really how I got into bodybuilding," he explained.
"When I was 19, the owner of the local gym said if I entered one competition I'd get free membership.
But when he won the competition in Port Talbot and was offered the chance to to represent Wales, his sense of national pride took over.
By 20, he had won junior Mr Wales and junior Mr Great Britain twice, and junior Mr Universe. By 22 he was competing against men in their late 30s in the senior category and had turned professional by 24.
Describing it as "a whirlwind", he said: "Even looking back to my nickname playing rugby, I think I had a path to follow.
Mr Lewis settled in America after going on a trip to Muscle Beach in Santa Monica and Gold's Gym, California and now has a family and several businesses he runs as well as training for the competitions.
He said he has "a love-hate relationship" with the gym, with every training day like "groundhog day" – his motto is "get in and get it done".
In 2012, he won his first title at the Mr Olympia competition.
But it took a trip back to Llanelli for him to realise the significance.
"I had left home at 19, slept on sofas, chased the dream," he said.
"It was probably not until two weeks later that winning it it sank in.
Five years later and he is preparing for his sixth title and emulating his hero, Arnold Schwarzenegger.
"I used to watch WWF, but then I saw Arnold's films, and he blew my mind. he looked un-human, like a cartoon," he explained.
"There is nothing better than meeting someone you idolise. But I already have one up on him apart from the Mr Olympia record.
And he hopes that his success will be shared by his fans, some of who are travelling from Wales.
"There are no better fans in the world than the Welsh – it won't be a Conor McGregor draw, but I will have an area in Vegas that will be the loudest," he said.


Week 8 – Here's a secret weapon for handling change.
I'll be in Denver, CO, for the "I Can Do It" conference at the end of April and I hope to see you there! Check out all the details here.
Here's a secret weapon for handling change.
I'm spending the afternoon shoveling (my new spiritual practice) and when I searched for a blog to resend this week, I found a letter I'd written to myself during a time of change and uncertainty.
Change is uncomfortable and scary for all of us. And it's especially hard to release "the old" when we haven't met "the new" yet. But let go we must if we want a life that's aligned with the integrity of who we are as we grow.
Life is about growth, not safety.
So, just in case you need a little courage and comfort with a change in your life, feel free to use this letter for yourself –you're welcome to share it with someone you care about who needs a little courage, too.
Take a deep breath. Big change is on the way. It's all good, even though it may not feel like it right now.
You have an intuitive sense that something wonderful is on the way but you mostly feel nervous.
And the more nervous you feel, the more the things you've outgrown start to become attractive again. They tempt you to hang on to what's familiar.
The anxious, fearful voices in your head get louder.
You question yourself – your thinking, your motives, and your decision-making ability.
Fortunately, you also feel a growing sense of excitement and relief in knowing that you're about to set yourself free from an outdated prison.
But the relief and excitement aren't strong enough yet.
So you teeter on the edge between what you know now and what you secretly desire.
Ride the edge of uncertainty for a while.
Become cozy and comfortable with self-doubt.
Fall in love with ambiguity and chance.
The edge is a place where trailblazers live – brave men and women who are incapable of settling for less.
Otherwise you'll end up with good instead of great.
It's time to be patient. You can trust Life.
And most of all, be gentle with yourself as you wait for something solid and true and soulful to reach out and grab you.
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Puddings, pies and crackers for Christmas
Co-operative colleagues are going crackers at Hampshire funeralcare branches with thousands of puddings, pies, crackers and trees donated across the south.
Schools, community groups and voluntary associations are all benefitting from the donations from The Co-operative Funeralcare branches and Southern Co-op.
Donations have included 2,000 crackers to Community First and Fareham Connect, Court Lane School, Beacon View Primary Academy, St Pauls Catholic School, Victory Primary School and Park Community School's MUNCH project.
More than 1,000 mince pies are being donated to Candles at Christmas at Farlington Church, for Festive Bags for service users at the Society of St James, for the Lake of Lights and Christ Church in Widley, and The Church of Resurrection, Portsmouth.
These have come from The Co-operative Funeralcare branches and colleagues in Cosham, Paulsgrove, Fratton, Widley and Fareham, and Southern Co-op's head office in Lakeside.
A further £570 has been donated to Gosport Voluntary Action for hampers for 100 local people.
Claire McGinty, Client Experience & Aftercare Manager at Southern Co-op, said: "Our colleagues have also donated nine Christmas trees to help light up various corners of the south.
"Each donation might seem trivial but they contribute to a wider picture which helps individuals and families across our communities – whether that is an excuse for people to come together, or a warm meal with an added piece of festive fun.
"It is a real pleasure to be able to spread some joy at this time of year and help in whatever way we can."
Being part of Southern Co-op, the funeralcare colleagues have also been joined in making festive donations by their retail counterparts.
Stores across West Hampshire have been taking part in Wave 105's Mission Christmas with collection points in store and £1,000 worth of gifts donated for children to open on Christmas day.
The Co-operative Food stores involved are in Southampton, Romsey, North Baddersley, Lyndhurst, Lee on Solent, Chandlers Ford, Fareham, Titchfield, Bishop's Waltham, Wickham, Boyatt Wood, Whiteley, Colden Common and Eastleigh.
Outside of Hampshire, donations have also been made in Burgess Hill at the Junction Road store with 260 Christmas puddings donated to Burgess Hill Town Council's Christmas Hampers Project.
And over on the Isle of Wight, 400 mince pies were baked at The Co-operative Food store in Ryde and donated to Mountbatten Hospice's Lite Up A Life service.
A further £2,500 has also been donated to the Royal Voluntary Service to pay for meals for 500 people at its lunch clubs.
To find out more about Southern Co-op's community programme, Love Your Neighbourhood, visit southern.coop/how-we-do-it/community.
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Hi Class, Chalenge will be leading the discussion this week. Please read the attached reading for our discussions! Let me know if you have problems downloading it.
Looking forward to yet another good presentation and discussion!
At the very least, please skim the paper and the article. See you Wednesday.
I will be speaking about transformational mobile banking as well next Wednesday, basically taking the conversation forward from where Saurabh left it. I intend to speak about two broad things: i) savings on the mobile platform and ii) taking the conversation of mobiles and money beyond mobile banking. I will be presenting my own research for the most part.
I am including a bunch of readings here. Fortunately, the mobile banking space has a lot of non-academic traction, so I am also including a blog post for a quick overview!
1. Why M-Pesa should offer savings accounts?
For our upcoming class, Saurabh Panjwani will be giving a talk on "Security issues in branchless banking". Please read the paper linked below and come prepared for some awesome discussions!
Even with the increasing variety and sophistication of financial tools in today's world, billions of people in developing countries remain without access to a basic bank account. Recent efforts under the hood of "branchless banking" are beginning to address this gap, by combining existing mobile phone infrastructures and human agent networks in novel ways to enable such people to access formal banking. But such efforts also face new technical challenges: they must provide basic security guarantees to users, while satisfying some of the unique constraints of the developing world, like the continuing usage of low-end phones and limited literacy of the target users.
Please sign up for your presentation session!
Hi everyone, Thanks for an exciting discussion of your topics of interest at our most recent class. We have created a spreadsheet for your presentations this semester. You can access and insert your session at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Au3AVyFkpf86dFVXdS1KSTNRVXRqMDhqUWFxQlVzTWc&usp=sharing We can't wait to hear more from you!
As you know, as part of the requirements of this seminar, each student is expected to lead and facilitate a discussion on a relevant topic of his/her own choosing. (You can read more about requirements at the About page). For this class, please come prepared to discuss your proposed topic. We are looking forward to it!
Catalyst is a £1.9M UK funded research project looking at how digital technologies either promote or act as a barrier to social change. Catalyst has developed a novel approach to such research which involves building partnerships of academics and non-academics (community organizations, charities, social enterprises etc.) to jointly imagine and develop digital technologies to address particular social agendas. Catalyst is run as a framework of projects — or sprints — in which teams form and very quickly work together on new ideas with long term sustainability in mind from the start. To date, Catalyst has involved around 70 community groups as well as academics from seven different disciplines (computing, psychology, sociology, management, health and medicine, art and design, linguistics). Projects to date have worked with charities for the homeless, adults on the autism spectrum, local sustainability initiatives, and the use of social media to connect communities.
In this talk, I will give an overview of the Catalyst project, describe its methods and approaches, and reflect on what has been learned about doing research with and for communities outside the university.
Is there such a thing? And if so, when is it not meaningful? Our guest lecturers from the Digital Divide Institute, a broadband policy and deployment organization will share its work with us. To prepare for class, please read more about their framework of programming.


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Movies Movie News 7 Superhero Films That Could Be In Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase 5
7 Superhero Films That Could Be In Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase 5
The recent San Diego Comic-Con gave fans a ton of exciting news when Marvel Studios announced the full slate for Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
A total of 10 movies and Disney+ shows from Phase 4 will spread out across 2 years, up until the end of 2021. That means anything coming after will be Phase 5. The good news is, we already know at least half of the movies that could be release from 2022 onwards.
"We debated what we should announce today. Should we announce 4 and 5? We've planned them out, we've got five years down the road and I was like, I think eleven projects in two years is plenty, having not mentioned anything for two or three years," Marvel CEO Kevin Feige said.
Feige mentioned 11 projects in 2 years, despite only 10 of them appearing on the official timeline. This suggests that Mahershala Ali's "Blade" must be the 11th. As expected, a couple of them are going to be sequels.
"Spider-Man: Far From Home" sequel
Since Sony Pictures and Sony distributes the "Spider-Man" films, "Spider-Man 3" could still appear in Phase 4 in 2021, which is 2 years after "Far From Home". But if not, then it's almost certain to be included in Phase 5.
Although Feige name drop The Fantastic Four and X-Men, it doesn't guarantee that they are going to be in Phase 5. Having said that, it is Marvel's eventual goal to integrate the mutants into the MCU.
Feige even said that the MCU's version of the X-Men "will be quite different than what's been done before" in previous movies. Plus, the next time the Avengers assemble on the big screen? It will be a "very different team than we've seen before". Don't forget, we have a new Captain America in Sam Wilson and a female Thor (played Natalie Portman).
Source: MCU Direct
In addition, Paul Rudd and Peyton Reed have also voiced out about wanting do "Ant-Man 3", but no official plans are in the works yet.
MCU Phase 5
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Sons of Anarchy is almost finished filming this seasons batch of episodes and with creator Kurt Sutter only committing to one more season, Charlie Hunnam has about 20 episodes left to play Jax, his character on the show. The whole thing is leaving him "bittersweet," he said in a roundtable interview at Comic-Con.
In this interview, he talks about eventually leaving Jax, the upcoming season and if he prepares differently now that the show is in its sixth season.
Playing Jax for so long now, do you have a sense of where his mind is, is he going to stay or get out, playing the role? Or what you do think, where he is now what his mind frame is?
Charlie Hunnam: Yeah, I've gotten very close to this character and I'm actually kind of close to this world, the real world. And I know a lot of guys that are living Jax's life for real and I just see that they very, very rarely leave the club. You know? It becomes such a part of who these guys are and their identity and it's very difficult to go and live a normal life after living in the fast lane and with such freedom. I couldn't imagine, no matter what, Jax will ever be able to walk away from the club.
But he's also not going to walk away from his children, so I think he'll… he's just going to do everything he can to continue trying to balance both the best way he can.
But there's always external factors that are going to contribute to that decision and, who knows, maybe the decision won't be his in the end.
You've played this character for so long, it's so engrained in you I would think. When you get the scripts now, are you preparing any differently now? Writing things in the script and doing all the method stuff?
Charlie Hunnam: Probably the reverse. There's a lot less writing in the script than there used to be. I used to keep meticulous notes and always be exploring the character and how we would feel here and how we would react to this. And much more now it just is… I just feel very close to him and don't really need to reach as far to find his truth.
So it's been an amazing journey. I just dread having to take that coat off now at the end. There's a part of me that is excited about the future and excited to finally exorcise him from my psyche because there's been a weight to carrying this guy for so many years in my mind and in my heart, but there's a much bigger part of me that just absolutely dreads it and already is kind of… it's almost like finding out that there's a relative who's sick and having to prepare oneself for having to say goodbye is the feeling that I have going… being halfway through the 6th season because I'm pretty sure that Kurt is committed to only doing one more season after this. So I've got less than 20 episodes left to be this guy, so it's… it's gonna be really bittersweet.


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"Hotshot crime magazine editor George Stroud inadvertently becomes the subject of a murder investigation after spending an evening with his boss' mistress" -- Container.
A World War II veteran is accused of killing his unfaithful wife and races against time to find the real murderer with the help of a sympathetic stranger.
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Set in 12th century China, the captured Tartar princess, Bortai, tricks Genghis Khan into mistrusting his blood brother, but falls in love with the Mongol chief.
"The story of Robert Jordan (Cooper), an American demolition expert who lends his abilities to the anti-fascist freedom fighters of Spain. Assisting him is a band of warriors that includes the strong-willed Pilar (Katina Paxinou), the dangerously undependable Pablo (Akim Tamiroff), and the lovely, innocent Maria (Bergman). As danger mounts, Robert and Maria develop a closeness that blossoms into one of the screen's greatest love stories."--Container.
Saloon owner Vienna battles the local townspeople headed by Emma, the local sexually repressed, lynch-happy female rancher out to frame her for a string of robberies. Johnny Logan is a guitar-strumming drifter with a dark past who was once in love with Vienna and has been offered a job in her saloon. Nicholas Ray's epic western is considered one of the most original westerns of all time. The women are far tougher than the men and some saw a bizarre allegory for the McCarthy era Red Scare.
En route to London after being released from a mental institution, Stephen Neale stops at a seemingly innocent village fair, after which he finds himself caught in the web of a sinister underworld with possible Nazi connections.
A drifter and retired gunfighter assists a homestead family terrorized by an aging cattleman and his hired gun.
A pair of siblings from London purchases a surprisingly affordable, lonely cliff-top house in Cornwall, only to discover that it actually carries a ghostly price soon they're caught up in a bizarre romantic triangle from beyond the grave. A tragic family past, a mysteriously locked room, cold chills, bumps in the night-this gothic Hollywood classic has it all.


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Q: bash: crw-rw----: command not found I am currently trying to build a LIDAR robot with RPLIDAR A1 and Jetson Nano following the guide below.
https://www.hackster.io/shahizat005/building-a-map-using-lidar-with-ros-melodic-on-jetson-nano-2f92dd
I have reached step 8 where I'm trying to initialize the USB port to connect the robot with the LIDAR. However, upon running
ls -l /dev | grep ttyUSB
I did not get any output, which I assume is not normal as ls should show the files in that directory from my understanding.
After that, I ran
crw-rw----
As it have stated in the guide. It should have outputs, however, an error occurred as follows.
bash: crw-rw----: command not found
Does anyone know how to fix this as I am new to the linux development environment? Thanks for all the help!

A: crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 188,  0 Oct 30 18:10 ttyUSB0

is meant to be the output of the previous
ls -l /dev | grep ttyUSB

command (which will give a report of the metadata including permissions for all the files in /dev whose name or symlink target contains ttyUSB), not a command you're meant to run. You just need to verify that you get a similar output and note the exact name of the ttyUSB device file that corresponds to your USB device.
Then it tells you to run the chmod 666 command on that file after which the first field in the ls -l output should look like crw-rw-rw-.
Now, making a system file world writeable (here device file) is not a wise thing to do. That's a shortcut  that has security implications and will likely be lost the next time you reboot or unplug the USB device. I don't know the details of that system they're documenting, but I'd expect a better solution would be to add the user that's meant to  interact with that device into the dialout group.

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Q: Vizframe UI5 Pie Chart Odata Binding Issue I am trying to display a pie chart using odata binding but it's not visible in output. I can see the data in console during debugging, but chart is not getting displayed. Please find the attached view code for your reference. The table code in the view is working fine. I needs to display policy number/premium value as dimension and measure in chart. Can you please help me how to rectify it.
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Cyware Daily Threat Intelligence October 18, 2017
WaterMiner
Recently, researchers found that a Russian hacker--known for creating game mods--had implanted a stealth cryptominer in a mod of Grand Theft Auto (GTA). The hacker behind the WaterMiner variant of XMRig goes with the alias Martin Opc0d3r. Using this malware, the hackers are mining Monero from the victims' computers.
Chinese Backdoor
Hacker's Door, a sophisticated remote access trojan that was seen almost a decade ago was found again recently. The trojan is believed to be managed by Chinese APT hacker group known as Winnti. The malware comprises a backdoor and a rootkit which enables it to reach the operating system's core to access to system information.
Renewed Necurs botnet
A slew of advanced features has been added to Necurs botnet by the hacker group behind its malspam operations. The developments suggest that Necurs attackers are trying to gain operational intelligence about the performance of their campaigns. The new programs added are capable of downloading Locky and Trickbot.
Oracle flaws fixed
Oracle has fixed about 250 vulnerabilities across its various products. Most of the flaws identified were exploitable in all the versions of Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) including 11i, 12.0, 12.1, and 12.2. Some of the flaws that were fixed included high-risk flaws such as SQL injection, XSS, XML eternity attacks and privilege escalation.
ROCA vulnerability
A major security loophole has been found in the RSA keys used in Infineon Technologies-produced hardware chips. These keys are used in government-issued identity documents, during software signings, and during secure browsing. This vulnerability allows hackers to compute private parts of an RSA key.
Domino's customer data breached
Presumably, a system issue of a former supplier has caused the leak of personal customer information which has swarmed customers' inboxes with spam emails. Although, Domino's Australia said there was no evidence to suggest there had been unauthorized access to its systems.
South African data breach
A massive data bank containing millions of South Africans' personal information has been found to be floating around online by a researcher who runs a popular site that tracks identity theft. He revealed this massive leak on Twitter and added that the data could have come from the deeds office as the file was titled, 'masterdeeds'.
Tricksters target Richard Branson
Recently, Sir Richard Branson--founder of Virgin Group--revealed that he has been a target of two elaborate confidence tricks. In the first trick, the trickster posed herself/himself as the defense secretary, Sir Michael Fallon, and tried to make Mr. Branson pay 5 million pounds. In the second one, a fraudster posed as Sir Richard Branson and swindled $2 million from his business associate.
FBI warns businesses
FBI Chicago has issued warnings for the area business owners who find themselves to be a target of the Business Email Compromise (BEC) scam. These scams have already cost $5 billion to the business community. Business owners are requested to immediately contact their banks should they be a victim of such a scam.


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Published on October 14, 2014 at 5:36 pm Last update on October 14, 2014 at 5:51 pm
By Alex Pelham
"Gone Girl" takes a lowbrow, clichéd formula — the tale of a missing wife whose sketchy husband most likely has something to do with her disappearance — and manages to analyze, satirize and give it new life in one magnificent, thought-provoking film. Director David Fincher, known for his cold, serious masterpieces, delivers a story that grows darker at every turn and features complex characters whose sinister motivations drive the film.
On his fifth anniversary, Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck) returns home to find his house a wreck and his wife, Amy (Rosamund Pike), missing. Soon, the media descends upon Nick's small town to cover the disappearance, which has become national news. Nick's awkwardness and anti-social qualities start to draw suspicion, leaving people to wonder whether he had something to do with the disappearance. With help from his twin sister, Margo (Carrie Coon), and his lawyer, Tanner Bolt (Tyler Perry), Nick works to prove his innocence to a society that has already decided he's guilty.
The success of "Gone Girl" stems from the wonderful combination of Fincher's directing and Gillian Flynn's screenplay. Fincher, famous for his chilling, psychoanalytical films, delivers a story that delves into the darkness surrounding dysfunctional relationships. Flynn, who adapted the screenplay from her 2012 novel, creates characters who feel authentic and have mesmerizing interpersonal relationships.
The story, a bleak tale that constantly toys with audience expectations, is expertly crafted. It finds a perfect balance between Nick's attempts to clear his name and the flashbacks that illustrate how such a happy marriage falls apart.
The performances from every actor are superb. Affleck is wonderful as Nick, giving his character the edge of coldness and creepiness the film plays off of.
Coon is great as the cynical, sarcastic Margo. Even Neil Patrick Harris, who doesn't have much screen time, is unnerving and creepy as Amy's ex-boyfriend.
But it is Pike who outshines everyone as the elusive Amy. Her performance captures the sweetness, cleverness and ruthlessness of her character. It's remarkable how Pike can craft someone who can be simultaneously sympathetic and loathed. With a performance as emotional as hers, it will be interesting to see if Pike could walks away with any trophies this award season.
The movie isn't afraid to tackle big issues — such as infidelity, psychopathy and media scrutiny — in the most brutal way possible. No faults or short-comings are spared as Fincher proves that no one is innocent in a story like this. "Gone Girl" easily turns into a puzzle, giving the audience the ability to wonder who's really at fault for all the turmoil that occurs.
"Gone Girl" is another staple in Fincher's celebrated list of phenomenal films. It stands as one of the harshest, most chilling films about marriage and relationships to date. Using a combination of brilliant acting, meticulous directing and a deep, complex screenplay, "Gone Girl" remains the movie to beat in 2014.
Director/producer Ben Affleck accepts the award for best picture for "Argo" during theOscars at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday Feb. 24, 2013, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
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Published on February 24, 2013 at 6:51 pm Last update on February 25, 2013 at 12:09 pm
By Kelsey McKinney
This live blog was written during the 2013 Academy Awards. It is a live, slightly snarky feed of everything that happened and did not happen at this year's Academy Awards.
11:01 In the most annoying way possible, the 2013 Academy Awards end with the ever grating Kristin Chenoweth and Seth MacFarlane. They sing some horrible song which reminds us only of how horrible things were before they started awarding the good statues.
10:54 The Oscar for BEST MOTION PICTURE is awarded to ARGO presented by Michelle Obama. These producers are all strange men who don't know where to stand. Oh, except best beard George Clooney who's looking great. Ben also has a beard. He could be nominated. He makes Jennifer Garner cry, and all of us cry, and even himself cry a little.
10:52 Jack Nicholson announces Michelle Obama on screen from the White House. Rocking her bangs and a beautiful silver dress, Michelle deserves this honor. She should probably win. She plugs how important arts are to our country, and she is right.
10:45 Meryl Streep arrives in a very sparkly dress to present the award for BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE. The Oscar goes to Daniel Day Lewis in Lincoln over Bradley Cooper in Silver Linings Playbook, Hugh Jackman in Les Miserables, Joaquin Phoenix in The Master, Denzel Washington in Flight. He is the first actor to win three Oscars in the BEST ACTOR category. There is a standing ovation, and he looks so happy he almost looks miserable. Unlike our girl Lawrence, Day Lewis has his speech together. He thanks Abraham Lincoln.
10:40 The Oscar for BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE goes to Jennifer Lawrence for Silver Linings Playbook over Jessica Chastain for Zero Dark Thirty, Emmanuelle Rivera for Amour, Quvenzhane Wallis for Beasts of the Southern Wild, and Naomi Watts for the Impossible. She almost falls in her hurry up the stairs and receives a standing ovation. "This is nuts," she says, and nuts it is. Every Oscar pool is ruined by this point. Jennifer Larence looks incredible, Bradley Cooper looks so proud. Lawrence is totally scattered and has no speech. She was obviously not expecting that.
10:32 Jane Fonda and Michael Douglas arrive to present the Oscar for BEST DIRECTOR to Ang Lee for LIFE OF PI for their FOURTH Oscar of the night. Lee thanks the movie god and thanks the 3,000 people who worked with him on Life of Pi.
10:26 BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY is awarded to Quentin Tarantino for Django Unchained. Tarantino is a total bozo. He's rambling about character choosing, and calling himself awesome for his casting choices. He "peace out"s the audience.
10:22 Seth. Please stop. Dustin Hoffman and Charlize Theron arrive with a massive height disparity to present the award for BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY goes to Argo by Chris Terrio. He apparently sprinted to the stage. What is this bad situation? Can you tell us that story?
10:08 The cast of Chicago appears on stage to present the Oscar for BEST MOVIE SCORE to Life of Pi. Richard Gere makes a joke. It's funnier than anything MacFarland has said. Which is to say, marginally funny. Life of Pi is sweeping up Oscars. Norah Jones arrives on stage she looks nothing like herself. Is she even famous anymore? The Oscar for BEST ORIGINAL SONG goes to Skyfall by Adele who apparently has a last name. It is her first Academy Award. She cries immediately. Some other bro is there. He did something. He does not cry.
10:01 Another not Beyonce arrives, this time in the form of Barbara Streisand. She receives a standing ovation. Take that Adele.
9:57 Beard number 1 aka George Clooney arrives for "In Memoriam." He says we could dedicate an entire show to it, you know, a show that NO ONE would watch.
9:50 Selma Hayek looks like she tried to dress up as Cleopatra for a sorority Halloween party. They recap some Governor's Awards, which goes to people who love movies and have done great things for film. No one explains why they are called "Governor's."
9:48 Daniel Radcliffe and Kristen Stewart arrive on stage. Fittingly, the Harry Potter music plays. Stewart looks like she walked through some brush backstage and got her hair sucked into a whirlpool. They present the Oscar for PRODUCTION DESIGN to Lincoln. Christoph returns to the screen from earlier, and we still love him.
9:43 Nicole Kidman shows us the next three Best Picture nominees with Silver Lining Playbook, Django Unchained, and Amour. Despite Argo's editing win and thus my prediction for best picture, Silver Lining Playbook was by far my favorite of the nominations.
9:35 Jennifer Lawrence introduces Adele to sing "Skyfall." Adele looks like the sky fell onto her dress. There is no standing ovation for Adele. She is the first singing number to not receive one. The COLD SHOULDER award goes to Adele.
9:32 Sandra Bullock presents the award for FILM EDITING goes to William Goldenberg for Argo.
9:29 The Academy Preseident takes the stage and explains a future Oscar museum. It will be the "first of it's kind." It sounds like a museum. REPRESENT. Jennifer Brofer of UT AUSTIN is on the stage!
9:23 Anne Hathaway thanks everyone and bows to her competitors. She is--as she has been since her transformation into Princess Mia--eloquent, elegent, and beautiful. She thanks her husband, who is teary. Who knew Anne Hathaway had a husband!?
9:20 MacFarlane tries to convince us the Von Trapps are coming. His jokes are all bad. I am not laughing. Christopher Plummer joins us on stage. People laugh at his jokes. He says he has 30 films coming and we are ready for all of them. He presents the Oscar for BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE. It goes to Anne Hathaway for Les Miserables over Amy Adams for the Master, Sally Field for Lincoln, Helen Hunt for The Sessions, and Jacki Weaver for Silver Linings Playbook.
9:17 The JAWS wrap it up music is old.
9:09 Facial hair is really back. Everyone is bearded. Beards, beards, beards, beards, beards. There is some learning going on now which is kind of a bummer, but not as much of a bummer as MacFarlane. Mark Wahlberg comes to the stage with some bear that was in a movie that no one saw. The Oscar for BEST SOUND MIXING goes to Les Miserables. The Oscar for SOUND EDITING is a tie. WHAT? Is this soccer!? This is art. Can't we just be judgement about these subjective things. The first goes to Zero Dark Thirty and the second goes to Skyfall.
9:01 The musical tribute moves to Les Mis. Hugh Jackman's voice is still not good enough for this role. Also, facial hair, facial hair everywhere. Anne Hathaway is beautiful. Her lip quivers with "One Day More." Samantha Barkman looks like she could be the American Kate Middleton. The entire cast of Les Mis is on stage, and they look just as upset as they did in the movie. French flags drop from the ceiling. They receive the second standing ovation of the night.
9:00 Still "not Beyonce" continues to sing. Girl's got pipes, but no Blue Ivy.
8:53 John Travolta lists 1,000 names for a tribute to great musicals. He mispronounces Catherine Zeta Jones's name, but it doesn't matter because she's on stage, and she looks awesome. No one knows why someone who is NOT BEYONCE is singing the Dreamgirls tribute. Where is Beyonce? Where is she?
8:49 Seth MacFarlane compares the Oscars to church, which is maybe possible since he's offending everyone. Jennifer Garner is wearing all the diamonds. BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM goes to AMOUR which is unsurprising because, I don't know, they're nominated for best picture. He thanks his wife and its adorable.
8:42 Ben Affleck is bringing facial hair back. The Oscar for BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE goes to Searching for Sugarman by two men whose names were not on the screen for long enough for me to figure out how to spell them. The JAWS theme song returns, and they leave.
8:37 Liam Neeson gives us three more previews for best picture with Argo, Lincoln, Zero Dark Thirty. Liam Neeson could have probably also played Lincoln.
8:32 Kerry Washington and Jamie Foxx arrive to present BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM to Curfew by Sean Christensen. He notes his short time window, salutes someone, thanks his "devishly handsom father," and leaves. The Oscar for BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT goes to Inocente by Shaun Fine and Andrea Nix Fine. They talk about supporting the arts and the music plays even though Amy Adams eyes are welling and we all love her so much.
8:21 Hallie Berry appears to celebrate the 50th anniversary of James Bond in motion pictures. There is, of course, a play by play of Bond girls in bikinis, some explosions, some car chases, and more Bond girls. Some lady appears dressed like an Oscar statue to sing about Bond. My guess is that this is about the time for Meryl Streep to arrive late with Starbucks in hand during the standing ovation.
8:16 Seth MacFarlane looks like a longer-haired Ken doll, and has about the same sense of humor. Channing Tatum and Jennifer Aniston arrive on stage, thank god. No one looks good in this lighting. The Oscar for ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN goes to Jaqueline Duran for Anna Karenina. Who is all of our hero since she also did Atonement and Pride and Predjudice. The Oscar for ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP AND HAIR STYLING goes to Lisa Westcott and Julie Darnell for their face dirt application in Les Miserables. One of them appears to be wearing pink jeans. Who doesn't know Oscar dress code!?
8:09 The award for ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS, which is maybe the same award as cinematography with totally different nominees(?), goes to Life of Pi again, because it was beautiful. The first of these award winers tries to make a joke about meta-reality, literally no one laughs. He keeps talking over increadibly loud "wrap it up music" because despite the Oscar's faking love for visual effects, they really don't care.
8:06 Samuel L. Jackson is in a red velvet blazer. The Avengers present the award for ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY, aka pretty movie award, to Claudio Miranda for Life of Pi. He is rambling about how much he loves his movie and getting teary. "Oh my god, I can't even speak," he says, which is kind of true.
8:00 Reese Witherspoon joins us with perfect hair waves. She talks about the Best Picture Nominees. We see previews for Les Miserables, Life of Pi, Beasts of the Southern Wild. MacFarlane calls Jennifer Lawrence old, and makes jokes on the expense of the nine year old. He is the worst, but he welcomes six of the Avengers, which we like--mostly because he's leaving.
7:55 Paul Rudd and Melissa McCarthy join us with the gold envelope for some jokes. The award for BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM goes to "Paperman" by John Kahrs. It is his first Academy Award and nomination. His speech is short and sweet, he's no Christopher Waltz. The BEST ANIMATED FILM award goes to Brave Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman. Andrews has on a kilt, which no one "just happens to be wearing."
7:47 We finally get Octavia Spencer with a gold envelope for ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE. And the Oscar goes to Christoph Waltz for Django Unchained. He bows to his competitors and tears up in his speech behind his thick rimmed black glasses. He looks genuinely surprised, and gives an inspiring speech. Everyone falls in love with Christoph Waltz.
7:45 This intro is still going. It shouldn't be.
7:38 There is an inappropriate "fake" musical number titled "We saw your boobs." This intro is rough. MacFarlane asks how to fix this and the answer is hidden from everyone. He introduces Channing Tatum and Charlize Theron to dance to "The Way You Look Tonight." Channing Tatum can dance, but MacFarlane still can't sing. He welcomes Daniel Radcliffe and Joseph Gordon-Levitt to dance and sing with him. I'm ignoring everyone but Gordon-Levitt.
7:30 We are welcomed to the Oscars by our host Seth MacFarlane. For the first time, the Oscars has a theme "music in films." Probably because Adele is here. MacFarlane makes a couple of jokes that do actually seem funny, but he introduces the Oscars with some sort of roll call that allows him to make these jokes. He makes a slavery joke. Is this okay? He moves on to Django Unchained and also makes a Chris Brown Rihanna reference. A screen descends behind him with Star Trek's Captain Kirk to stop him from "destroying the Academy Awards." Kirk asks "why can't Tina and Amy host everything?" which is really all any of us want.
7:22 Every red carpet host is incredibly awkward. At the five minute mark we are inside some producing truck where everyone looks awkward. Queen Latifah manages to interact with them like they are normal, and it is an incredibly feat of acting on her part. They are now sitting down, and the real show will start soon. Chenoweth brings up Texas football, and it's horrible.
7:15 Jamie Foxx really embarrasses his 19 year old college daughter who looks very uncomfortable and unhappy. She looks like someone stole her smile while her father hits on the interviewer. The camera cuts away from some of the most brilliant television drama the Oscars has seen thus far to visit Daniel Day Lewis who is a snooze in comparison.
7:12 Anne Hathaway gives us a preview that the cast will be performing. Kristin Chenoweth's voice still feels like a cheese grater. Especially as she tells Hathaway akwardly that "her hair is growing back nicely." There is a "magic" box they are trying to get us behind. Anne Hathaway guesses that Dorothy's slippers are in there, and people say bad things about the Smithsonian and I cry.
7:05 George Clooney is unamused with everyone's antics because he's been in Berlin. He promises to drink and makes snarky faces at the hosts, but looks very very nice in his tux. When Sandra Bullock is interviewed, there are a lot of weird things going on with the sound including Kristin Chenoweth's weird mousy voice.
7:01 Jennifer Anniston calls the Oscars, "ya know, a magical piece of time," but does say that she will only be attending only one party in her red Valentino dress. The only important people thus far are named Jennifer. The Garner Jennifer claims that she's "just a puddle," which is kind of what the back of her purple dress looks like.
6:55 Best Dressed has gone to Jennifer Lawrence. No one is quite sure who decided this. Amy Adams and Anne Hathaway were given honorable mentions.
Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt play two versions of the same character in Rian Johnson's mind-bending "Looper" (Photo courtesy of Sony Pictures).
Published on January 2, 2013 at 10:55 pm Last update on January 14, 2013 at 1:36 pm
By Alex Williams
The first film I saw in 2012 was Joe Carnahan's riveting "The Grey," and the last was Gareth Evans' action masterpiece "The Raid: Redemption." In between, an extremely rewarding year of cinema unfurled across big screens in dark, crowded rooms. Moviegoers were treated to a barrage of exceptional films, with accomplished work from established filmmakers and promising debuts from fresh new voices. Not to mention the year's preposterous amount of great performances, remarkable moments in disappointing films (I'm looking at you, "Prometheus"), and a ridiculous number of irresistibly watchable (and rewatchable) movies.
2012 was simply too stacked to keep my list to 10, so I've also added 15 Honorable Mentions; films that easily could have made my list in a weaker year, and that remain exceptional nonetheless.
Anna Karenina – A marvelous presentation renders an old story exciting again, and Joe Wright makes his best period piece to date.
The Avengers – Marvel pulled off an unprecedented storytelling gamble with "The Avengers," and the result was a thrilling, endlessly rewatchable superhero triumph.
Beasts of the Southern Wild – Pure poetry abounds in Benh Zeitlin's intimate fairytale, brought to life by Quvenzhané Wallis' vivid performance.
Bernie – Richard Linklater's dark comedy was exceptional for its creative approach and an unexpected mannered performance from Jack Black.
The Cabin in the Woods –Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon's deconstruction of the horror genre is hilarious, creative, and extremely satisfying.
Compliance – Human performances from Ann Dowd and Dreama Walker, plus a sleazy turn from Pat Healy sell the year's ickiest film.
God Bless America – Bobcat Goldthwait's self-righteous rant of a film stumbles on occasion, but that doesn't make its message any less essential.
Goon – The best kind of underdog sports film, "Goon" makes the art of hockey fighting exciting, funny, and even emotionally rewarding.
Haywire – Steven Soderbergh's spy jaunt shines thanks to its propulsive score and the charming, unrefined presence of real-life MMA fighter Gina Carano.
Holy Motors – The last film cut from my top 10 was this squirmy conceptual oddity, an ode to all levels of cinema and a beautiful showcase for lead actor Denis Lavant.
Lincoln – Daniel Day-Lewis is the obvious standout in Spielberg's latest, but a tough, unsentimental script from Tony Kushner and a massive ensemble bolster the film.
Paranorman – The year's best animated film crams memorable, striking imagery and surprising social relevance into its unconventional zombie tale.
The Raid: Redemption – No action film this year came close to the bone-crunching efficiency of Gareth Evan's masterful beat-'em-up.
Ruby Sparks – Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris' latest was a fascinating deconstruction of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl from star/screenwriter Zoe Kazan
Rust and Bone – Marion Cotillard and Matthais Schoenaerts sell a strange love story in Jacques Audiard's tough emotional scrapper.
Skyfall – Sam Mendes and Roger Deakins gave Bond new relevance (and the franchise some of its most indelible images) with this standout addition.
10. Sound of my Voice – Brit Marling co-wrote and stars in "Sound of my Voice," an intriguing, low-key sci-fi yarn. Marling stars as Maggie, the leader of a cult who claims to be from the future, and she's an assured presence, playing Maggie not as a deity, but a hypnotic yet recognizably human figure. Collaborator/director Zal Batmanglij builds tension mercilessly throughout, finding the sinister in the seemingly harmless, and "Sound of my Voice"'s deliciously ambiguous finale is one of the year's great question marks.
9. Argo –Ben Affleck becomes one of Hollywood's most reliable, interesting filmmakers with "Argo," his best work yet. Affleck stars as Tony Mendez, an exfiltration specialist brought in to rescue a handful of diplomats during the Iran hostage crisis by passing them off as a production crew for a science fiction film. Scott McNairy, Bryan Cranston, and John Goodman are all memorable in supporting roles, and Affleck does understated but earnest work. Behind the camera, Affleck walks a delicate tonal tightrope, satirizing Hollywood with deft, wry humor, and then cranking up the tension for a gripping finale.
8. Moonrise Kingdom – Wes Anderson's greatest skill is how he reveals his characters' personalities through his film's aesthetics, and "Moonrise Kingdom" is perhaps his best film to date. Jared Gilman and Kara Hayward are deeply charming as two headstrong children who have run away from home together, and its their chemistry and awkwardness that sells the film's whimsical fairy tale. Anderson's script is full of youthful exuberance, and the adults in his cast – Frances McDormand, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, and especially Bruce Willis – are all exceptional, bringing weariness, regret, and a quiet optimism to their parts.
7. Zero Dark Thirty – "Zero Dark Thirty" is a daunting film and its no-frills approach to the story of CIA analyst Maya's (Jessica Chastain) hunt for Osama bin Laden is rivetingly told. Chastain is passionate in the lead role, uncontrollably hungry for her target and unrelenting in her hunt, and Bigelow masterfully navigates the labyrinth of her narrative with tension and grace. "Zero Dark Thirty" represents the best kind of fact-based filmmaking, a realistic look at a major American triumph that never forgets the moral grey zone our victory inhabits.
6. The Grey – Joe Carnahan's macho emotional powerhouse strands Liam Neeson and a small group of survivors in the Alaskan wilderness, and as wolves and the elements begin to pick at them, the film becomes something of a philosophical slasher film. Carnahan stages a breathtaking plane crash in the film's early goings, and instills the wolves with creeping menace. Even more striking is Liam Neeson's raw, complex performance, which skillfully blends the badass action hero with the skilled thespian to devastating, powerful effect.
5. Killer Joe – William Friedkin's adaptation of Tracy Letts' play is a necessary evil, its sweaty, sleazy aesthetic equally responsible for its NC-17 rating and considerable entertainment value. Matthew McConaughey's performance as the titular Dallas cop, hired to bump off the matriarch of a dysfunctional family, caps off an incredible year for the actor, reappropriating his silky charm into something much more predatory. "Killer Joe" shines in its merciless finale, especially in its perfectly timed ending, an ellipsis on the page that becomes an exclamation point onscreen thanks to the reckless abandon Friedkin and his cast bring to the material.
4. Take This Waltz – Few films can make a lead character like Margot (Michelle Williams, a happily married woman who falls for her neighbor, and make her relatable. However, "Take This Waltz" is so wonderfully observant and beautifully detailed, and Williams (giving the year's best performance) reflects every wave of anxiety, desire, and regret so aptly that it's impossible not to feel for her. The nuance and wisdom in Sarah Polley's writing and direction set "Take This Waltz" apart, and the level of understanding and empathy she lends to her characters and their lives establish Polley as a masterful storyteller.
3. Cloud Atlas – The year's most ambitious film by a mile, "Cloud Atlas" unfurls half a dozen narratives at once, each edit timed to heighten suspense or draw a parallel, to breathless, dizzying effect. An unprecedented feat of storytelling, "Cloud Atlas" is an epic work of genuine, touching optimism, and its steadfast belief in humanity's basic goodness is inspiring and uplifting. The film's ensemble plays six roles each, and Jim Broadbent's easy, befuddled charm and Doona Bae's heartwrenching serenity sell the film's biggest emotional wallops. The Wachowskis and Tom Twyker gambled big with "Cloud Atlas," and the result is an unapologetic masterpiece.
2. Django Unchained – Quentin Tarantino's newest is easily one of the most unabashedly entertaining works he's ever produced, even as Tarantino dips into yet another controversial historical well. The film tramples through very sensitive territory, but it's the skill with which Tarantino mixes the ugly with the spectacle, the tongue-in-cheek with the horrifying, that makes "Django" such a blast. Jamie Foxx gives an intense, understated performance, while Christoph Waltz does multi-faceted, surprising work. Plus, there's a trio of great villainous turns from Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson, and Walton Goggins playing some of Tarantino's most vivid, compelling characters.
1. Looper – My favorite film of 2012, has a spectacular ensemble doing distinct, engaging work. First and foremost is Joseph Gordon-Levitt, disappearing into his challenging role of a futuristic hitman tasked with the murder of his older self (Bruce Willis). The sympathetic Emily Blunt and Pierce Gagnon lend the film's second half vital emotional weight, and Jeff Daniels is smarmy and hilarious as a crime boss. But what makes "Looper" the year's best film is Rian Johnson, Hollywood's new smartest guy in the room. His screenplay is rife with intellectual and emotional complexities, and his direction stages pivotal moments with genuine cinematic flair. Johnson mixes originality, intelligence, and plain great storytelling to make "Looper" the year's best film.
Ben Affleck as Tony Mendez, center, in "Argo," a rescue thriller about the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis.
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At this point in his career, any avid moviegoer is actually looking forward to Ben Affleck's films. If you'd told me that 10 years ago, I would have laughed in your face. After all, Affleck was in more than his fair share of terrible movies, and it wasn't until his 2007 directorial debut "Gone Baby Gone" that audiences were ready to take him seriously again. With "Argo," Affleck proves that he's got a handle on action, tension and entertaining dialogue, producing arguably his most accomplished work as a director yet.
Set during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, "Argo" tells the story of six American embassy workers who managed to avoid capture by hiding in the Canadian ambassador's home and the CIA's attempts to return them to friendly soil. Tony Mendez (Affleck) is brought in to consult on the project and ends up spearheading an initiative to smuggle the diplomats out as part of a film crew for a sci-fi film that doesn't exist.
The most surprising thing about "Argo" is how funny it is. Most of the middle section of the film focuses on Mendez's interactions with John Chambers (John Goodman) and Lester Siegel (Alan Arkin,) his contacts in Hollywood, and the guys who help him get his fake production, a "Star Wars" rip-off called "Argo," off the ground. Arkin and Goodman get "Argo's" best dialogue by far, and Goodman shines with his wry, beautifully timed delivery of each and every line. For a good chunk of time, "Argo" is just as much a Hollywood satire as it is political thriller, and Affleck walks that tonal tightrope with grace.
When he dives into the situation in Iran, "Argo" is just as entertaining. Affleck stages the grand takeover of the American embassy fantastically, cutting between staged recreations and legitimate archival footage to harrowing effect. Once Mendez goes to Iran to rescue the diplomats, the film takes on some remarkable tension, especially in its third act. Affleck wrings some spectacularly squirmy suspense out of things as simple as waiting in an airport security line. The third act is fairly brilliant, bringing all of the film's disparate elements together for a climax that's subdued but no less excellent for it.
Affleck has also assembled a sprawling, impressive cast for his film. Actors like Christopher Denham, Kerry Bishe and the wonderfully named Scoot McNairy all impress as the American diplomats. But the film's ensemble truly shines when Affleck depicts the CIA's involvement in their rescue. Kyle Chandler, Chris Messina and a passionate, fierce Bryan Cranston all show up here, turning in strong, effective performances. Affleck is arguably the star of the film, but his performance is quiet and understated, letting the actors around him stand out. It's also worth mentioning just how well Affleck makes his film look like it was made, and set, in the '70s. Every detail of the production is measured to perfection, and each member of the cast is given some pretty heinous or majestic (depending on your taste) outfits and hairstyles to work with, all of which makes for an experience that feels retro, but not dated.
This weekend is full of films about movies. "Sinister" is an intelligent rumination on what we take away from horror movies, and "Seven Psychopaths" is a hilarious, self-aware look at violence in cinema. However, "Argo" is the best of the bunch: an intense but vastly entertaining story that proves once and for all that truth is stranger than fiction and that Ben Affleck is one of the best filmmakers working today.
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Khalid Hassan ( Al-Nasser Polyclinic, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. )
Abdnl Hannan Nagi ( Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore. )
Abdul Hayee ( K.E. Medical College, Lahore. )
A clinico-morphological study of twelve patients of non-Hodgkin\'s lymphomas, diagnosed on bone marrow biopsy, is presented. They manifested with pyrexia of uncertain origin and/or unexplainable anaemia. These patients did not show any superficial lymphadenopa-thy, mediastinal lymph node enlargement or a specific mass in the abdomen. Eleven patients showed enlargement of the liver, whereas, eleven manifested with splenomegaly. Bone marrow aspirate and trephine biopsy performed as an investigational procedure, lead to a diagnosis of non-Hodgkin\'s lymphoma. According to the classification by W.H.O. (I978), six of them showed diffuse lymphoblastic lymphosarcoma, whereas, in the remaining six patients, the histological type was diffuse lymphocytic lymphosarcoma (JPMA 32:230, 1982).
The commonest early manifestation of malignant lymphomas is the enlargement of a single superficial lymph node or a lymph node group, in an otherwise asymptomatic patient (Rappaport, 1966; Freeman et al., 1972; Jones et al., 1973; Rosen et al., 1977). A variable number of patients show a mediastinal lymph node enlargement (Bharat et al., 1976; Rosen et al., 1977). In some instances, the patients of non-Hodgkin\'s lymphomas may present with an extranodal involvement (Rappaport, 1966; Hellman et al., 1975). Different primary extranodal sites are skin, testis, pharynx, gastro-intestinal tract, salivary glands, breast, bones and spleen (Abell and Holtz, 1968; Parkhill, 1968; Nobrega and Harrison, 1973; Al-Salecm and Blady, 1970; Hamlin et al., 1972; Kim and Dorfman, 1974; Edelsen and Aftab, 1975; Hellman et al., 1975; Nordqvist and Kinney, 1976; Wolley and Canellas, 1976). In some patients, bone marrow involvement by non-Hodgkin\'s lymphoma may be encountered in biopsies performed as a part of diagnostic evaluation for abnormal peripheral blood parameters, fever of undetermined aetiology or unexplained organomegaly (Brunning et al., 1975).
Diagnosis of lymphomatous infiltration of the bone marrow cannot be based upon the examination of smears alone. It should be correlated with the findings in bone marrow clot (Liao, 1971) and histological examination of trephine sections (Kaplan, 1968; Jones, 1972; Goffinet, 1973). According to a number of reports (Jones et al., 1972; Jones et al., 1973; Goffinet and Kaplan, 1973; Brunning et al., 1975; Stein et al.,\' 1976; Castellani and Rilke, 1977), the bone marrow trephine biopsy is superior to bone marrow smears and sections of the clot.
Poorly differentiated lymphocytic lymphoma has been observed to be the commonest varicty of lymphoma (Jones et ai., 1973; Mckenna et al., 1975; Lotz et al., 1976; Reddy et al., 1977; Stein et al., 1976; Castellani and Rilke, 1977). Well differentiated lymphocytic lymphoma is relatively less common (Stein et al., 1976; Castellani and Rilke, 1977).
Patients: Twelve patients were included in this study. They presented with pyrexia of uncertain origin and/or unexplainable anaemia, but did not manifest superficial, mediastinal or palpable abdominal lymph node enlargement.
Investigations: Patients were subjected to the following panel of investigations.
Peripheral Blood Examination
1. Haemoglobin estimation by cyanmetha-emoglobin method.
2. Erythrocyte sedimentation rate by Westergren\'s method.
3. White cell count.
4. Platelet count.
5. Reticulocyte count.
6. Differential leucocyte count.
7. Direct coomb\'s test.
Bone Marrow Aspiration
Bone marrow aspirate was obtained from posterior part of iliac crest, using Saleh\'s bone marrow aspiration needle. The smears were stained with May-Grunwald-Giemsa stain. The remaining aspirate was allowed to clot, and fixed in formal saline for 18-24 hours. The marrow was processed through ascending grades of acetone, cleared in xylene and embedded in molten, paraffin wax. Blocks were made, and 3-4 micron thick sections were cut. They were stained with Haemotoxylin and eosin stains.
Bone Marrow Trephine Biopsy
Bone marrow trephine biopsy was obtained, using Gardner\'s trephine biopsy needle. It was fixed in formal-saline and decalcified in 8% nitric acid. After processing through acetone, xylene and molten paraffin wax, multiple 3-4 micron thick sections were cut, and stained with Haemotoxylin and eosin stains.
Histological diagnosis of non-Hodgkin\'s lymphoma was based upon correlation between marrow smears, and sections of clots and trephines. Leukemias were excluded by performing peripheral blood picture. Classification of non-Hodgkin\'s lymphomas by W.H.O. (1978) was followed for histological purpose.
Age and Sex: Ten patients were between 32 and 65 years of age, whereas, the remaining two were 21 and 22 years. Six of these 12 patients were between 32 and 45 years of age. Ten patients were males and two females, with a male: female ratio of 5:1 (Table I).
Clinical Features: Majority of the patients (75%), presented with the symptoms of 6-8 months duration. The remaining 25% showed longer duration of symptoms (1-2 years).
Ten patients presented with pyrexia of uncertain origin and symptoms of anaemia, whereas, the remaining two patients mainly showed symptoms of anaemia along with constitutional symptoms other than pyrexia (anorexia, weight loss, fatigue and night sweats). "B symptoms" according to Ann-Arbor staging classification of lymphomas, (fever and/or night sweats and/or weight loss) were observed in all the patients. Pallor, easy fatiguability, and weakness were invariably present. Eleven patients showed a notable degree of weight loss. Other prominent symptoms included exertional dyspnoea (7 patients), and palpitations (6 patients). Pruritus was not observed in any patient.
Superficial lymphadenopathy, even on a very careful examination, was invariably absent. Hepatomegaly was observed in eleven patients. Nine of them showed enlargement by 1-3 fingers below the subcostal margin. In the remaining two patients, the liver was moderately enlarged (4-5 fingers). Splenomegaly was present in eleven patients; in four of them, it was moderate (4-6 fingers).
Peripheral Blood Picture
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate: ESR ranged from 48-108mm after one hour. In nine of the twelve patients, it was between 60 and 90 mm after one hour.
Haemoglobin: All patients showed anaemia of variable severity. Haemoglobin ranged between 4.0 and 9.8 G/dL. In ten of the twelve patients, haemoglobin was 8.0 G/dL or less.
White cell count: Seven patients showed leucopenia, with total leucocyte count ranging between 2,000 and 4,000/cmm. One patient showed leucocytosis (white cell count-14,700/cmm). In the remaining four patients, leucocyte count was within normal limits.
Differential leucocyte count: Seven patients manifested neutropenia. The remaining five patients showed neutrophil count within normal limits. The lymphocyte count was normal in ten patients, whereas, lymphopenia was observed in two. None of these patients showed leukemic peripheral blood picture (Table II).
Direct coomb's test was negative in all the patients.
Bone Marrow Aspiration and Trephine Biopsy. For the purpose of description, we followed the classification of lymphomas by W.H.O. (1978). Six patients were diagnosed to have lymphoblastic lymphosarcoma, whereas, the remaining six showed lymphocytic lymphosarcoma.
Lymphoblasts were large cells, round or oval in shape. They contained large, round or oval nuclei, containing open chromatin, and 1-2 nucleoli. Nuclear cleavage and convolutions were not observed (Fig. 1).
Bone Marrow Clot Sections: Bone marrow-clot sections could be prepared in four patients. The marrow sections were slightly hypercellular in three, and markedly hypercellular in one patient. Normal cellular elements were uni-formally depressed in all the patients. Although lymphocytes were slightly increased in number, the main cell type was lymphoblasts (Fig. 2, 3).
There was no evidence of nuclear clefting and convolutions. The lymphoblasts were scattered diffusely in the marrow fragments. However, in two of them, they also formed cell aggregates. Follicle formation was not observed.
Bone Marrow Trephine Biopsy: Trephine biopsy was performed in five patients. The marrow fragments were slightly hyperplastic in one, and markedly hyperplastic in four patients. The normal marrow cells were moderately or severely depressed in all the patients. Lymphoblasts constituted 50-75% of all the cells. Lymphoma cells were represented both in aggregates and diffusely scattered forms.
Lymphocytic Lymphosarcoma
Bone Marrow Smears: Erythropoiesis and megakaryopoicsis were depressed in four patients. A gross increase in the number of mature lymphocytes was observed in all patients (Fig. 4).
These cells constituted 50-70% of the nucleated cells of the marrow.
Bone Marrow Clot Sections: The clot sections could be made available in four patients. Cellularity of the marrow fragments was remarkably increased in three, and slightly in one patient. Normal marrow cells were invariably depressed. Lymphocytes constituted 50-70% of nucleated cells of the marrow. They showed the features of normal lymphocytes. These cells were present both diffusely scattered amongst the remaining normal cell, as well as in aggregates (Fig. 5).
Bone Marrow Trephine Sections: Trephine biopsy was performed in all the patients. The marrow fragments were very hypercellular. Normal cells were grossly depressed. The main cell type was mature lymphocytes, which constituted 80-90% of the nucleated cells (Fig. 6).
The commonest presenting feature of non-Hodgkin\'s lymphomas is a superficial lymph node enlargement (Lotz et al., 1976). A few patients may present with mediastinal (Bharat et al., 1976) or abdominal lymphadenopathy. Primary extranodal lymphomas, which usually arise from pharynx, skin, testis and gastrointestinal tract, (Al-Saleem and Blady,\' 1970; Hellman et al., 1975; Nordqvist and Kinney, 1976; Wolley and Canellas, 1976), may occasionally originate from the bones (Jones et al., 1973).
In the present series, we have documented an unusual presentation of non-Hodgkin\'s lymphomas in 12 patients. These patients presented with pyrexia of uncertain origin and/or unexplainable anaemia, along with constitutional symptoms. They did not manifest superficial, mediastinal or palpable abdominrl lymph nodeenlargement. However, they showed a high incidence of hepatomegaly (91.7%), which is very high as compared to the previous reports of 9.9% to 20% (Olumide et al., 1971; Hanks et al., 1972; Muggiaand Ultmann, 1972). Splenomegaly was also observed in 91.7% of patients, whereas, Liao (1971), Jones et al. (1972) and Goffinet and Kaplan (1973) observed a palpably enlarged spleen in 10-54% of patients.
Haematological parameters, which are usually within normal limits in non-Hodgkin\'s lymphomas (Bloomfield et al., 1976; Stein et al., 1976), were grossly abnormal in this series. Anaemia was invariably present in 83% of patients, haemoglobin level was between 4.0 and 8.0 grams/dL. Leucopenia was observed in 58% of patients; it was mainly due to neutropenia. One patient manifested leucocytosis. Thrombocytopenia was present in 91.7% of patients. Erythrocyte sedimentation rate was increased invariably.
Bone marrow aspiration and trephine biopsies were performed in an attempt to find out the cause of unexplainable anaemia or pyrexia of uncertain origin. After examination of bone marrow smears, marrow clot sections and sections of trephine biopsies, a diagnosis of non-Hodgkin\'s lymphomas was established.
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Why 2023 could be a quiet year for Apple Watch
Influential tipster says no big upgrades in 2023
By James Stables @stablesjames
By James Stables
@stablesjames
It could be a quiet year for Apple wearables, according to a recent report.
The hugely influential – although sometimes wide-of-the-mark – Mark Gurman from Bloomberg, reported in his PowerOn newsletter that this year would mark minor changes for Apple Watch Series 9, SE, Ultra, and AirPods.
"I wouldn't anticipate major changes to the Apple Watch's hardware this year, save for some minor performance boosts," Gurman wrote.
"The AirPods probably won't get any updates of note in 2023 either," he concluded.
It's an interesting take. Last year the Apple Watch Series 8 took a back seat, bar the addition of the temperature sensor for women's cycle tracking.
That was natural with the all-new Ultra taking center stage. But we felt that Apple's flagship would naturally come back strong in 2023 with Series 9.
But on consideration, what is there left to add? Which new major hardware features are left to add? The answer, right now, is not many.
It's clear that Apple's next big steps will be to the major new health metrics of blood pressure and glucose – but there's next to no chance either of these will drop in 2023.
Then there's micro LED, which would enable better battery life and thinner designs.
There have been recent rumors – coming from a Jan 2023 research note from analyst Jeff Pu – that the Apple Watch Ultra could get micro-LED in 2024. But there have been no rumblings of a 2023 release.
We're increasingly at a crossroads, where wearables are waiting for new technologies to come down the pipe. This will mean a slowdown in innovation – which has arguably been going on for over a year.
But that doesn't mean that 2023 will be a quiet year for Apple Watch altogether. WWDC will likely reveal watchOS 10, which we'd anticipate being a bumper edition.
There are still plenty of software applications to be gleaned from the Watch's enormous array of sensors – but in terms of hardware, Apple fans should steel themselves for a year of minor gains.
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James is the co-founder of Wareable, and he has been a technology journalist for 15 years.
He started his career at Future Publishing, James became the features editor of T3 Magazine and T3.com and was a regular contributor to TechRadar – before leaving Future Publishing to found Wareable in 2014.
James has been at the helm of Wareable since 2014 and has become one of the leading experts in wearable technologies globally. He has reviewed, tested, and covered pretty much every wearable on the market, and is passionate about the evolving industry, and wearables helping people achieve healthier and happier lives.


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DENVER, Colo.—— Gov. John Hickenlooper announced today Suma Nallapati will be the next Secretary of Technology and Chief Information Officer for the Governor's Office of Information Technology (OIT).
Nallapati is now the Chief Technology Officer at OIT and has more than 17 years of progressive experience in establishing and executing valuedriven global IT service strategy and delivery. She has extensive experience with leading technologydriven innovation for business transformation, health care infrastructure operations, and global enterprise business applications.
Nallapati will be responsible for overseeing the operation and delivery of information technology services and innovation across all Executive Branch agencies in state government. She will also lead the State's IT economic development efforts and work with the Office of Economic Development and International Trade to promote Colorado as the ideal location for IT companies and technologybased workers.
Nallapati earlier worked at Catholic Health Initiatives, one of the nation's largest healthcare networks, where she led service delivery operations for a complex multistate rapidly growing healthcare IT footprint leading distributed teams that included data center and network operations, service desk and end user computing.
Previously, Nallapati worked at TeleTech, where she served as the Global Director of Enterprise applications. Nallapati worked to deploy complex enterprise resource planning, selfservice business applications and relatedsystems in a governed, best practices framework across 19 countries and helped with the transformation of the technology organization to a true service provider model.
Nallapati earned a bachelor's degree in Electronics from Nagarjuna University and a master's degree in Nuclear Physics from Andhra University, both in India.
Her appointment at OIT is effective June 1. Kevin Patterson, a deputy chief of staff in the Governor's Office, will continue overseeing OIT until that time.


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Our History: Traveling ministers started the first Methodist congregation in the 1850's on the northwest side of Manito.
rev. M.E. Pomfret was the first resident pastor during 1866 and 1867. In 1867 a new one-room church was built across the street south of the masonic hall. In 1880 the Manito and Spring Lake circuits were combined because neither congregation could support a minister alone. When Manito received its first post office in 1881 the charge became known as the Manito Methodist church. In 1898 a more up-to-date church was erected and dedicated by rev. Clarke in 1899. a fire in 1930 destroyed the church building and it was replaced by a larger brick church in 1931. the new church was dedicated in 1936. Through the years, the location, the building and the people have changed but there remains one constant that never changes: god's love for His children and His desire to share the love with the world through the local Church.
OUR Pastor: Steve Oaks


A two-year girl is fighting for her life at an intensive care unit of a hospital in Trang province after she was struck by an electric surge at an automatic telling machine of the Siam Commercial Bank.
The girls's mother, 39-year old Mrs Sukalaya Nupinit, said that she was told by a doctor at the hospital to be prepared for the worst as her daughter had only 40 percent chance of survival because a brainstem had stopped functioning.
The victim has been living with the help of life-supporting machine in the hospital since she was admitted to the hospital August 7 when she was struck by the electric surge from an ATM where her father took her to withdraw some cash.
Mrs Sukalaya said electricity was leaked to the machine for several days and the problem was not fixed until several people were given electric shocks, including her two-year old daughter.
Siam Commercial Bank's regional manager, Mr Prasarn Lohajarikul, said in a statement issued to the media that the bank felt very sorry for the incident and promised to provide full support to the victim's family.
As for the ATM in question, bank officials and police had examined the machine to find out the problem and source of power leakage. The machine was also put out of service pending the investigation.