8/21/2023 0 Comments The unholy filmWhat can I say? I have read all the books and never been disappointed with any from the Rats to the final Ash novel, he will be sadly missed. There is really no way in hell (pardon the pun) that any movie can take the atmosphere, character development, story development, and creative horror genius that exists in the writing of JH (Who incidentally, I rate above Stephen King and even Clive Barker as the best horror writer of all time). It was a very sad day when he passed to the other side and to be honest, I do not think it is possible to convert any of his books, realistically, to a movie format although possibly the best and truest to the book from which it came was "Haunted (1995)" although while not a good port from the book I also enjoyed "The Survivor (1981)". I have read every book the horror genius, that is James Herbert, has ever written. Solid 6 IMO due to acting and overall theme. But, hits a wall halfway through and never recovers. ![]() Entertaining for at least half the movie. It's like they spent a year recording the first half and a month on the second. Second half of the movie ignores the setup, ignores the characters and goes straight to the source of the problems. First half of the movie does a good setup job for the characters and direction. It provides the conclusions verses letting the audience figure them out. Even though the story felt like one we've seen a million times, I liked the premise and overall theme but the movie veers off and hits walls, then takes off at full speed before veering off into more walls. Directing and Editing were just OK and could have been better IMO. Of course, the movie didn't feel connected to itself after 52 minutes and goes wildly into warp speed conclusions. At times, it felt like the cast was not as connected to the movie as they could be. Cricket Brown was especially impressive because I believe this movie is one of her first larger productions and she gives the impression of being a pro in this department. Jeffrey Dean Morgan, William Sadler, Cary Elwes and Cricket Brown were all great. That all said, I think the cast was good. I'll admit, I'm a bit of a sucker for horror movies based around religion as generally they seem to be more interesting to me. However, it's definitely a fairly original take on the classic horror genre (demonic/possession). likely had an issue with the script and pacing. ![]() I think people that are genuine and gave the movie a low score. Almost like two different directors made this movie. Second half, feels like a rush to the finish line. First half sets things up and it's creepy and exactly what you'd expect. First half of the movie feels like a different flick than the second half. ![]() And so, Evan had to devise a plan to shoot them in their location - Portugal for Diogo and I think Cary was in Scotland - and then put all the actors together in one scene.While The Unholy is DEFINITELY not a 10 or a 9. We couldn't get Cary Elwes and Diogo (Morgado), we couldn't get them back for the second half of filming, they were both overseas, and stuck. Back then, though, when we were doing Unholy, it was people in like Hazmat suits running around, and we were very separated. I mean, here, in Georgia, I test two times a day, every day, for COVID. They're the safest places to be right now. And now, by the way, the only place I feel safe is on sets. Somehow, in all of this, was, oh s-, I've still got to do a performance and put it on screen! It was much more COVID-based than it was film-based for a while. As safe as we were, we still had a positive test when we went back, and so we shut down for another week, and it was a lot of craziness. We were also so early back, the only thing that had been shooting at that point was like Jurassic Park, and we kept hearing that people were getting sick, and they were having to shut down production, and so there was all of that. When we did go back to finish I wasn't even thinking about the movie, to be honest with you, I was way more concerned with safety protocols.
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![]() Everyone will think about this finale a little differently, but we're mainly glad that we got to see the way the writing, along with Pascal and Ramsey, brought these characters and this story to life. ![]() It's hard to think too much about what's right or what's wrong, and that's by the design of The Last of Us co-showrunners Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann, who may have saved their master stroke for last. And opinions will be had, takes will be made, and people will feel strongly one way or the other. We'll be talking and thinking for a long time about what Joel did in that hospital, and we'll be talking and thinking for a long time about what he told Ellie after it all went down. But the finale gives us another kind of trouble: a debate. The Last of Us has been a show where nearly every episode has come to some kind of upsetting, tragic, frightening, or otherwise devastating conclusion. And that messy start to a story came to a predictably messy conclusion. From the very start, we saw two figures: a man who didn't quite know how to connect with his own daughter even before losing her and the world coming to an end, and a teenage girl born after the end of the world who never even knew what a properly-functioning world was like, letalone her own place within it. This story of Joel and Ellie was never going to have a simple-letalone happy-ending. ![]() should probably have been watching some other show from the get-go. The Last of Us stuck us with Joel ( Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Ramsey) for the full duration of it's nine-episode cross-country first season journey, and anyone who was expecting this show, of all shows, to end with some sort of feel-good catharsis. IT WASN'T long ago that Bella Ramsey, who plays Ellie on The Last of Us, told Vogue that the hit HBO show's finale would divide audiences "massively- massively." And, well, now that we've seen that finale, we can see where she's coming from. The following story contains spoilers for The Last of Us Season 1, Episode 9. 8/21/2023 0 Comments Szechuan chicken vs kung pao![]() ![]() Dunlop explains that “sun-dried chillies are indispensable in Sichuan cooking several varieties can be found in the region’s markets”. This dish requires only two spices, and, since they are its defining characteristic, do not accept substitutions. (Plus I now have a vat of sweet-and-sour sauce in the fridge for all my late-night needs.) The aromatics and vegetables It is indeed much sweeter than the others I try but, balanced by the green pepper and roasted nuts, not unpleasantly so. The results, which bring back many happy memories, are then mixed with spicy bean paste and dark soy sauce in the wok, and thickened with starch, as usual. While wonderfully fragrant and intense, outside a Michelin-starred kitchen, it’s hard to justify 25 minutes of work, when most of the other sauces can be whisked together in 25 seconds.Īndrew Wong’s kung pao chicken starts with a kung pao stock, flavoured with Sichuan peppercorns, dried chillies, ginger and garlic.Īnother recipe designed for a professional kitchen is Chin and Choo’s, which starts with a takeaway-style sweet-and-sour sauce that’s “very different from the traditional” version, in that it’s made with malt vinegar, vast amounts of white sugar and double-concentrated orange squash, boiled up with ginger, garlic, cinnamon, star anise, cloves, orange slices and tomato puree. Wong starts with a kung pao stock, flavoured with Sichuan peppercorns, dried chillies, ginger and garlic, as well as the usual sugar, vinegar and soy, which is then reduced, as opposed to thickened. Feel free to add a splash, if you disagree. ![]() The same goes for Tan’s dash of sesame oil, which to my mind clashes with the actual nuts. In such small quantities, however, I don’t think there’s much point in using stock, unless you happen to have some to hand the soy should give it enough savoury oomph on its own. Tony Tan’s kung pao sauce is thickened with water or stock.įuchsia Dunlop’s masterwork, The Food of Sichuan, informs me that the sauce in this dish is known as li zhi wei, or “lychee-flavoured”, a milder version of sweet-and-sour made with a mixture of sugar, soy sauces and rice vinegar, thickened with corn or potato flour and loosened with water (or chicken stock, as Tony Tan does in his book Hong Kong Food City). Most recipes marinate the raw meat briefly before cooking, usually in a mixture of starch and water seasoned with soy sauce and rice wine – the classic “velveting” technique that helps form a protective barrier between the chicken and the hot wok keeping it, well, soft as velvet. This is boneless breast poached at 80C for 30 to 40 minutes, then cooled and sliced ideal if you want to get ahead, though it lacks the juiciness of the stir-fried stuff. Don’t worry: the rest is just water and salt, rather than anything sinister). This seeks to mimic the pre-cooked meat apparently used by many restaurants (though it seems it will never be quite as soft as the 60%-80% meat in the products available in catering quantities. Interestingly, Chin and Choo’s Chinese Takeaway Bible, the book based on the popular YouTube channel devoted to divulging the secrets of takeaway classics, starts with “pre-prepared chicken”. Harry Eastwood’s kung pao chicken – use plenty of spring onions or even some leeks. 8/21/2023 0 Comments Signal app secureI am a fan of Signal and I use it every day. We have to look structurally at what that organization is, who actually has control over these decisions, and at some of these details that often do not get discussed when we talk about message encryption overall. The choice to remove or enhance the encryption protocols is still in the hands of Facebook. It is not trivial to point out that WhatsApp metadata could easily be joined with Facebook data, and that it could easily reveal extremely intimate information about people. Facebook has a huge amount, just unspeakable volumes, of intimate information about billions of people across the globe. It is particularly powerful-and this is where we have to back out into a structural argument for a company to collect the data that is also owned by Meta/Facebook. WhatsApp, on the other hand, collects the information about your profile, your profile photo, who is talking to whom, who is a group member. ![]() It has gone above and beyond to minimize the collection of metadata. We don’t know who you are talking to or who is in the membership of a group. It doesn’t have your profile information and it has introduced group encryption protections. WhatsApp does not protect metadata the way that Signal does. But you can’t just look at that and then stop at message protection. That was absolutely a visionary choice that Brian and his team led back in the day - and big props to them for doing that. WhatsApp uses the Signal encryption protocol to provide encryption for its messages. Long and interesting interview with Signal’s new president, Meredith Whittaker: ![]() ![]() In short, the Bill poses an unprecedented threat to the privacy, safety and security of every UK citizen and the people with whom they communicate around the world, while emboldening hostile governments who may seek to draft copy-cat laws.īoth Signal and WhatsApp have said that they will cease services in the UK rather than compromise the security of their users worldwide. The Bill provides no explicit protection for encryption, and if implemented as written, could empower OFCOM to try to force the proactive scanning of private messages on end-to-end encrypted communication services-nullifying the purpose of end-to-end encryption as a result and compromising the privacy of all users. In an open letter, seven secure messaging apps-including Signal and WhatsApp-point out that the UK’s Online Safety Bill could destroy end-to-end encryption:Īs currently drafted, the Bill could break end-to-end encryption,opening the door to routine, general and indiscriminate surveillance of personal messages of friends, family members, employees, executives, journalists, human rights activists and even politicians themselves, which would fundamentally undermine everyone’s ability to communicate securely. 8/21/2023 0 Comments D5 bulldozer weight
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Like all good smart home security, the hardware is only half the story. ![]() You can also find some useful guides and tutorials on Abode's website (Image credit: Abode) Support The only things missing are a video doorbell and a touchscreen control panel to mount on the wall. Other Abode gadgets include a keypad, three 1080p security cameras, indoor and outdoor sirens and sensors for glass-break, smoke and water leak. Similarly, the system will let you know if you try and arm it when you left a window open. For instance, you can program via the app to arm the system whenever all the associated phones are outside the home geo-fence. These are tasks you can ask the system to perform automatically in the same way you would ask IFTT (if this, then that). It also allows up to 100 CUE automations. And it will respond to voice commands given to Alexa, Google Assistant or Siri. 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