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To stay competitive in today's digitally driven market, the modern enterprise must keep pace with end users' expectations. Customers and employees alike want access to information anytime, anywhere, giving them the flexibility to work, shop, bank, and live on their own terms. While most forward-looking organizations are making strides to deliver this remote access—largely by moving to a hybrid IT model—many are still limited by the state of their back-end infrastructures.
Posted October 10, 2018
These days, clouds are everywhere, providing today's database managers with an impressive range of options to choose from—including public cloud, private cloud, and, for most, somewhere in between in the hybrid realm. There may be multiple variations within a single organization, and these distinct hybrid environments are constantly evolving as well. These may be "intentional" and "accidental" hybrid environments, but accidental or not, "variety" is the watchword for many hybrid projects.
There is no shortage of content flowing through today's enterprises, including data, documents, graphics, videos, and more. This is raw material that provides a wealth of opportunities—many of which are untapped—to businesses. The catch is that this data and content is scattered across various systems inside and outside of enterprises. Plus, there is not enough understanding of who views which content, and what is motivating them to consume the content. As more organizations seek to embrace digital transformation, they are turning to content automation as a way to deliver information quickly and effectively to their customers.
The Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG) is committed to the education, networking, and advocacy of Oracle Applications users. Each year during Oracle OpenWorld, the group hosts special interest group (SIG) meetings as well as additional opportunities for networking and education.
Posted September 20, 2018
Quest Oracle Community (formerly Quest International Users Group) just rebranded and launched a fully redesigned digital experience to better meet customer needs amidst the rapidly changing landscape of business technology and Oracle solutions. Quest offers Oracle users a wealth of resources through webinars, blogs, customer stories and more, along with support from a community of users with similar interests.
2018 is an exciting year for Oracle OpenWorld, with as much change in the event format as there is in the technology. The Independent Oracle Users Group (IOUG) will be well represented in the Content Catalog, as over 20 members are scheduled to present on the hot topics for data professionals.
Every year, thousands of data experts and professionals from over 100 different countries converge at Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco to discover the newest updates to Oracle's ecosystem of technologies. Designed for attendees who want to connect, learn, explore and be inspired, Oracle OpenWorld offers more than 2,200 educational sessions led by more than 2,000 customers and partners sharing their experiences, first hand.
Posted September 04, 2018
The Open Mainframe Project has announced Zowe, an open source software framework that bridges the divide between modern applications and the mainframe, intended to provide easier interoperability and scalability among products and solutions from multiple vendors. Zowe is the first open source project based on z/OS.
As the industry embraces artificial intelligence and marches toward autonomous systems, some enterprises will still need to rely on traditional databases that must be managed, tuned, and secured to ensure the best performance. And while not all organizations will be able to make the autonomous transition quickly due to internal processes, there are a few tricks to optimize your old database with terabytes of data at speeds needed for everything from e-commerce to IoT and music streaming services on a global scale.
Data integration aims to provide a unified and consistent view of all enterprise wide data. The goal is to logically (and sometimes also physically) unify different data sources or data silos to provide a single unified view which is as correct, complete, and consistent as possible.
There's been a lot of discussion recently about autonomous databases, which offer the promise of keeping database systems stable and performant while alleviating much of the tuning and configuration drudgery that DBAs must typically slog through. It is important to note that an autonomous database needs to strike a balance between giving administrators too much and too little control. Too much control takes the form of endless configuration and tuning parameters that place the burden of performance and stability on the operator. Too little control takes the form of automated behaviors that reduce the predictability of the system to an unacceptable level.
One of the most important shifts in data warehousing in recent times has been the emergence of the cloud data warehouse. Previously, setting up a data warehouse required a huge investment in IT resources to build and manage a specially designed on-premise data center. Now, several cloud computing vendors offer data warehousing functions as a service (DWaaS), accessible via an Internet connection. This model negates the costly capital expenditure and management required for an on-premise data warehouse.
Everyone wants to be part of a data-driven enterprise, and for good reason. Data analytics, when applied in a meaningful way, provides an enormous competitive advantage. There's a catch to this though that frequently gets overlooked amidst the glowing analyst projections and keynote speeches about a limitless future in which systems and machines do all the heavy lifting and thinking for businesses. Data—the right kind, in the right sequence, in the right context—doesn't just magically drop out of the cloud. It needs to be discovered, identified, transformed, and brought together for analysis, management, and eventual storage.
Data lakes are a convenient and cost effective way to store a lot of data with completely diverse structures so that you don't have to build the model ahead of time, explained Paul Sonderegger, senior data strategist, Oracle, during Data Summit 2018. Data lakes are a convenient way and cost effective way to store a lot of data with completely diverse structures so that you don't have to build the model ahead of time, explained Paul Sonderegger, senior data strategist, Oracle during Data Summit 2018.
Costly data breaches are on the rise—2017 was a record-setting year in terms of cybersecurity incidents, with more than 14.5 billion malware-infected emails sent and 1.9 billion data records stolen in the first 6 months of the year.
Posted August 08, 2018
This year is an expansive one for the database ecosystems that have evolved around the major platforms. Artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, the Internet of Things (IoT), and cloud computing are now mainstream offerings seen within the constellations of database vendors, partners, and integrators.
This may seem contradictory at first glance: Fresh data from the database user community finds that data lakes continue to increase within the enterprise space as big data flows get even bigger. Yet, at the same time, enterprises appear to have pulled back on Hadoop implementations.
The concepts of Agile methodology and continuous delivery have become popular in software development, yet they are somewhat less mature among DBAs and database developers. Shay Shmeltzer, director of product management for Oracle Cloud Development Tools, discussed how database administrators (DBAs) and SQL developers can take advantage of newer development approaches while also dealing with the unique challenges that exist in the world of database development.
Experts may disagree on the precise definitions of artificial intelligence (AI), cognitive computing, machine learning (ML), or natural language processing. However, there is no debate about whether the proliferation of sensors and mobile devices, the rapid increase in data volume, and the heightened need for rapid decision making is fueling a demand for smarter solutions and greater automation.
The votes have been counted and the results are in. Now, it's time to offer congratulations as Database Trends and Applications magazine unveils the 2018 Readers' Choice Awards winners. Many of the vendors and products are well-known with market-leading positions established over many years. However, there are also newer names in the mix, representing the rapidly evolving nature of information technology solutions and services.
Today, there is a wide range of big data technologies helping organizations reap the benefits of the massive data volumes available to their companies. Until recently, most data was generated for a single objective and difficult to repurpose. Much of it even ended up stored on tapes that were rarely if ever accessed. The bottom line is that it was difficult for decision makers to get to all the information they needed. But today, new tools, platforms, and technologies are changing all that.
The demand to become a data-driven business with a competitive edge in the digital economy is greater now than ever. BI and analytics is recognized as the cornerstone to success today. As the value of data becomes better appreciated, organizations are deploying a multi-pronged approach that includes making data access and insights available to a broader swath of users as opposed to it remaining limited to small groups of analysts or executives, offering compelling data visualizations, and making data available more quickly for decision making.
As a key component to data integration best practices, change data capture (CDC) is based on the identification, capture, and delivery of the changes made to enterprise data. CDC helps minimize access to both source and target systems. It also supports the ability to keep a record of changes for compliance, and is a key component of many data processes.
After many years of relying mainly on relational database management systems in on-premise data centers, organizations are finding viable additional options in the form of cloud computing deployments and newer NoSQL options, a new study finds. Cloud computing options have provided the possibility to host some database-centric applications that typically would be hosted in an on-premises data center.
Business agility and reduced cost are leading reasons that companies are adopting cloud technologies and hybrid cloud approaches. Although security was initially a key obstacle standing in the way, increasingly that concern is dissipating while advantages in agility and cost reduction become leading drivers for the move to the cloud.
Whether it is cognitive computing, machine learning, intelligent automation, augmented reality, or artificial intelligence, smart technologies are gaining ground with use cases spanning health services, analytics, customer service, manufacturing, logistics, and a range of other fields.
The big focus in analytics today is on access for all, and the ability to not only see what happened in the past but what is going on now or about to take place. A recent survey by Forbes Insights and Dun & Bradstreet of more than 300 senior executives across a broad range of industries confirmed that the goal of many organizations is to develop a data-driven culture, but also finds there is still plenty of work to be done to make that a reality.
The data governance market is expected to grow from $1.31 billion in 2018 to $3.53 billion by 2023, increasing by a CAGR of 22%, according to a recent ResearchandMarkets.com report. What is driving that growth? It is a combination of factors, the research shows, including rapidly increasing data volumes, new regulatory and compliance mandates, and the need to enhance strategic risk management and decision making as well as greater business collaboration.
Today, data is both the output and the fuel of companies. For many however, the process of becoming a data-driven organization is hindered inflexible systems that were created years and even decades earlier.
Top data modeling solutions enable organizations to discover, design, visualize, standardize and deploy high-quality data assets through an intuitive GUI. With the ability to view "any data" from "anywhere" for consistency, clarity and artifact reuse across large-scale data integration, master data management, big data and business intelligence/analytics initiatives, today, data modeling is a critical component to many initiatives.
Today, data quality solutions are available in the cloud as software as a service as well as on premise, and support the necessary data integrity for critical systems such as customer relationship management, master data management, data governance initiatives, and database management, as well as for regulatory compliance initiatives—including the E.U.'s new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
While the data growth rate, number of database instances, and number of platforms that each DBA must support has not changed radically in the last few years, the database infrastructure has become more complicated. Two key factors are at play in the increasing complexity.
Cyberattacks are becoming the number-one risk to businesses, brands, operations, and financials, according to recent "SonicWall Cyber Threat Report" (March 2018). There were 9.32 billion malware attacks in total in 2017, representing an 18.4% increase over 2016. On the other hand, Verizon's Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) shows that more a quarter of the time, data breaches across the world originated from an organization's "insiders." But the report notes, malicious employees looking aren't the only insider threat you face. Errors were at the heart of almost one in five (17%) breaches.
Storage solutions provide critical services for backup and archiving, content storage and distribution, big data analytics, and disaster recovery. Increasingly also there are smarter storage solutions, enabling greater efficiency and cost reduction through data compression, information lifecycle management, and tiered storage strategies.
With data virtualization organizations can gain the ability to allow the business and IT sides of organizations work closer together in a much more agile fashion, reducing complexity and boosting productivity. Data Virtualization helps customers find and analyze the data they need in hours or days, rather than months, so that they can quickly discover insights and take insight-driven action, said Mark Palmer, senior vice president of analytics, TIBCO.
Today's data visualization tools go beyond the standard charts and graphs used in Excel spreadsheets, displaying data in more sophisticated ways such as infographics, dials and gauges, geographic maps, sparklines, heat maps, and detailed bar, pie and fever charts. The images may include interactive capabilities, enabling users to manipulate them or drill into the data for querying and analysis.
Companies are increasingly looking for the right database for the data storage need at hand. That might mean NoSQL, NewSQL, in-memory databases, and cloud databases—also known as database as a service—approaches.
Today's database administration solutions help to improve DBA productivity while simplifying repetitive administrative tasks, helping to locate and alleviate performance bottlenecks, and optimizing code. Businesses are utlizing highly complex, data environments with multiple data platforms across physical data centers and the cloud, managing systems and processes manually is no longer sufficient. What is needed is the ability to manage and monitor business-critical assets with automated precision.
Database downtime can inflict a fatal wound on the life of a business and having a trusted backup solution that can ensure that databases can be back up and running quickly in the event of an outage is critical. With long downtimes simply unacceptable, organizations seek solutions with capabilities such as the ability to manage backups seamlessly, manage and monitor backups, ensure data integrity, scale efficiently restore quickly to any point in time, and provide security features to stay in compliance with local geographic and industry mandates.
Providing an integrated environment that simplifies software development, these solutions are valued for their ability to improve database development with an end-to-end approach that helps developers stay on top of the latest technology innovations and build modern applications. For database development teams, maximizing competence, performance, adaptability, and readiness, will help simplify development and allow automation to achieve repeatable processes, all while avoiding potential risks that create downtime.
A brand new study fielded among Database Trends and Applications readers and members of the Independent Oracle Users Group reveals that database professionals are being tasked with managing more database instances and platforms, and in greater sizes, than ever before - both on premises and in the cloud. As a result, it's no surprise that the biggest priorities for database teams this year are improving database performance, database upgrades, and data integration.
After more than 10 years, there is no technology more aligned with advent of big data than Hadoop. The Apache Hadoop framework allows for the distributed processing of large datasets across compute clusters, enabling scale up from single commodity servers to thousands of machines for local computing and storage. Designed to detect and handle failures at the application layer, the framework supports high availability.
In-memory technology has become a relied-upon part of the data world, now available through most major database vendors. In-memory can process workloads up to 100 times faster than disk-to-memory configurations, which enables business at the speed of thought.
The Internet of things (IoT) is the inter-networking of physical devices, vehicles (also referred to as "connected devices" and "smart devices"), buildings, and other items embedded with electronics, software, sensors, actuators, and network connectivity which enable these objects to collect and exchange data.
MultiValue database technology continues to boost a strong following of loyal supporters. This NoSQL database technology is found in many industry verticals, including retail, travel industry, oil & gas, healthcare, government, banking, and education. Highly customized, mission-critical applications have been built on MultiValue database technology, which is sometimes called the fifth NoSQL database technology. The MultiValue database dates back to the mid-1960s, with Don Nelson and Dick Pick widely credited as the founding fathers of the technology. Also referred to as Pick or MultiDimensional, a key advantage of MultiValue, is the database structure's use of attributes that can have multiple values, rather than one single value as with relational technology.
Addressing the need to store and manage increasingly large amounts of data that does not fit neatly in rows and columns, NoSQL databases can run on commodity hardware, support the unstructured, non-relational data flowing into organizations from the proliferation of new sources, and are available in a variety of structures that open up new types of data sources, providing ways to tap into the institutional knowledge locked in PCs and departmental silos.
A relational database is a set of formally described tables from which data can be accessed or reassembled in many different ways without having to reorganize the database tables. The standard user and application programming interface (API) of a relational database is the Structured Query Language (SQL). SQL statements are used both for interactive queries for information from a relational database and for gathering data for reports.
Still a relatively new solution coming into its own streaming platforms allow individuals to see data in real-time batches. Streaming solutions can help businesses analyze data in motion, simplify the development of applications, and extend the value of existing systems by integrating with already implemented applications along with supporting both structured and unstructured data.
Expanding its range of services, in 2017, Dell Boomi acquired ManyWho, a provider of a unified cloud and low-code development platform that helps simplify workflow automation. Recently, Steve Wood, chief product officer at Boomi, talked about what's ahead for Boomi, what it means to be a connected business in the new hybrid cloud era, and the importance of low-code development.
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Moderator and actress Clare Kramer welcomed Stan Lee to the Emerald City Comicon stage, asking the comic book legend about the inspiration for a co-creation of his that everyone loves -- Spider-Man.
"My inspiration was greed," Lee jokingly replied. He explained that he, along with Jack Kirby, had created the Fantastic Four and the Hulk prior to Spidey. With both books doing well, his publisher called him into his office and asked him about the possibility of creating another hero.
"Well, when he asked a question like that, it meant, 'Do it or I'll fire you.'" As he was brainstorming, Lee saw an insect crawling on the wall and thought it would be "groovy" (to use the vernacular of the time) to have a hero who could stick to walls.
"Then I figured, to make him different -- I'd make him a teenager. And to make him even more different, I'd give him a lot of personal problems. I thought, 'Oh man, this is going to be a hit!'
"My publisher said, 'Stan, that is the worst idea. First of all, people don't like spiders. You can't call the hero Spider-Man. And you can't make him a teenager -- teenagers can only be sidekicks. And you want him to have personal problems? Stan, don't you know what a superhero is?' He did everything but kick me out of the office!"
The writer obviously wasn't pleased by this response, but there was a magazine the company had called "Amazing Fantasy" that would soon cease publication. According to Lee, it wasn't selling well, "but I loved it -- I did all the stories!" Since the magazine was going to end, no one at the company cared about it, so Stan put his Spider-Man story in there, showcasing the character on the cover, to get it out of his system.
"About a month later, the sales figures came in, and my publisher called me in and said, 'Hey Stan, you remember that character Spider-Man you came up with that we both liked so much? Let's make it a series...' And that's how Spidey was born!"
One of the first fans to the microphone asked Lee if he felt any of his characters are underused. He smiled and replied, "No, because we're going to be using all of them."
The next person wanted to know more about a lesser-known creation of Lee's -- Heroman, a character he created in 2009 that's been featured in manga and anime. Lee explained that Heroman is owned by Square Enix in Japan, and they control how the character is used.
Romance was in the air after this, as the creator was asked about the secret to a long marriage. Lee was married to Joan Clayton Boocock on December 5, 1947, and they're still together, living their "happily ever after." As for the key to achieving this, he grinned and replied, "Go to lots of comic book conventions, and then you can't get in trouble."
Next, surprise guest J. Scott Campbell made an appearance. Lee showered the illustrator with praise, joking that he didn't need someone who was "younger and better-looking" than him on stage. The Campbell thanked Lee for all he's done in comics and presented him the original art for his "Spider-Gwen," "Darth Vader," "Star Wars" and "Princess Leia" variant covers. The writer graciously accepted the gifts and thanked Campbell.
Going back to questions from the fans, someone asked if Marvel mandated anti-bullying messages in their comic stories when Lee was writing them, as they seemed to appear quite often in Lee's work. It wasn't a requirement -- it just naturally occurred that many characters would come up against bullies when acting like heroes. He always wanted to keep his themes and messages subtle, the best example of which was the X-Men. "When I did that, the underlying theme was to show we shouldn't dislike, fear and hate people who are different than we are."
Following this, a young boy with a homemade Ant-Man helmet approached the microphone and asked Lee how he came up with the idea for the diminutive hero. Lee answered, "The same way I came up with Spider-Man. I asked, 'What can I do that's different?' And I thought, 'Maybe a little guy.' And if you want a little guy, you're gonna call him Ant-Man. And of course, after that, we did Giant-Man -- we didn't want a good thing to go to waste! In fact, maybe the next one I'll do I'll call Normal-Size Man."
Asked about his current process for creating characters, he replied, "The first thing I ask is 'What hasn't been done?'"
He feels that this is tough to answer nowadays, as most interesting characters have already been created. The writer laughed as he mentioned that he will occasionally come up with ideas for new characters, start to research them, and then discover that the creation he came up with was already done -- by him!
Lee added that he does have a character right now that's being developed into a film in China. It's a Chinese-American co-production based on a character called the Annihilator. With any luck, fans will be introduced to this character within the next two years.
Asked whether the lasting popularity of any of his creations surprised him, Lee pondered the question and looked to the present in his response. "Iron Man, but it's really been the movie that's done that -- Robert Downey Jr. was so perfect."
Lee was then asked to consider the opposite end of this spectrum and talk about a book or character that didn't do as well as he hoped. Ironically, his answer involved a comic that launched one of his most famous creations. "'Amazing Fantasy' was actually one of my favorite books. I had written little five-page stories with O. Henry-type surprise endings. They were all bigger-than-life stories, and [Spider-Man co-creator] Steve Ditko illustrated them, and I thought the magazine was one of the best things we did. But at that time, the public just wanted superheroes. That was a big disappointment."
In addition to all his work on the page, Lee is also well-known for his cameo roles in films. When asked if he has any say in what the roles will be, the creator replied that he didn't, because he doesn't want to interfere with the filmmaking process. Lee said he just shows up and is sent to makeup and wardrobe.
It was announced recently that Lee is actually returning to play himself on film once again, having joined the cast of filmmaker Kevin Smith's "Mallrats 2." He wanted it known that he has a big role in this movie, not just a cameo.
Thinking about all the films he has appeared in, Lee chuckled and told the crowd, "Almost every day, I get invited to do a cameo in some movie or another that has nothing to do with Marvel. They just call me up, 'Hey, we're doing a movie. Do you want to do a cameo?' It's kind of funny -- I've become known as a cameo specialist."
He joked that his cameos are the real reason Marvel movies make so much money. "When people don't see my cameo in a movie, they buy another ticket to see the film again so they can find me."
The next person to the microphone asked Lee if he had ever heard a theory that some fans have put forth online, positing that all of Lee's cameos across the Marvel movies are actually the same character -- Uatu the Watcher. Upon hearing this, Lee burst into laughter. "I haven't heard that, but it's a good idea!"
The panel then drew to a close with one final question: Of all his many cameos, which one was his favorite? Lee paused, and then smiled wide. "My favorite is one I can't tell you about, but I'll give you a hint -- don't miss the new Avengers movie!"

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Inhofe presses nominee on 2007 fuel-procurement law
Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) this week expressed concerns with a Defense Department nominee due to her apparent support of a law that prohibits federal agencies from buying alternative fuels that have higher lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions than conventional fuels.
Inhofe maintains that Section 526 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 could block the military from employing fuel sources such as coal-to-liquid and natural gas-to-liquid fuels.
"We must in the near-term and in the midterm develop and produce alternative fuel using proven technologies. I'm talking about gas-to-liquid and coal-to-liquid," Inhofe said at a Senate Armed Services hearing Tuesday. "Unfortunately, section 526 puts a cloud over some of the abilities of federal agencies from entering into contracts for synthetic or alternative fuel contracts for mobility-related use other than research, in other words for use in combat."
As the director of operational energy plans and programs, Sharon Burke would be responsible for working toward better fuel demand management for the services' ships, tanks, aircraft and vehicles as well as the generators that provide heating, air conditioning and power to bases in Afghanistan and Iraq.
"Our military forces will not be energy independent because we do not procure our fuel where our forces are deployed," Burke told the Armed Services panel. "My focus if I am confirmed for this job is our military forces."
She added, "I consider the security risks from added greenhouse gases as well. I would not promote the use of fuels that are carbon intensive."
Burke is a vice president at the Center for a New American Security in Washington, D.C., focusing on ways international demand for natural resources affects climate change, biodiversity and security.
At the hearing, Inhofe expressed concern that if fuel is purchased in the field for combat use it may not be possible to determine if it meets the requirements of section 526, which Burke said she would look into if confirmed for the position.
Inhofe is not planning on blocking her confirmation, according to Jared Young, a spokesman for his office, but he is seeking more explanation about her stance on those issues in writing.
Inhofe, the ranking member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, first introduced legislation to repeal section 526 in 2008. According to a letter from the Pentagon provided to E&E by Inhofe's office, DOD supported Inhofe's legislation at the time.
Section 526, a one-sentence provision, was originally geared toward blocking Air Force plans to buy jet fuels that would be made from domestic coal supplies. While DOD was interested in bolstering development of a domestic coal-to-liquids industry, producing such fuels would produce far more greenhouse gas emissions than conventional fuels if the carbon dioxide is not captured and stored (E&E Daily, April 16, 2008).
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Every Upcoming Star Wars Movie & Release Date
Here's every upcoming Star Wars movie in development, from The Rise of Skywalker to the Game of Thrones showrunners' trilogy by way of Feige's movie.
Star Wars: 10 Things You Didn't Know About Boba Fett's Suit
Boba Fett is one of the most feared assassins in the galaxy and his armor suit is a big reason for that. Here's some facts and trivia about his suit.
Star Wars: 10 Most Feared Bounty Hunters in the Galaxy, Ranked
Star Wars has tons of bounty hunters, but which ones are the most feared in the galaxy? Here is a ranking of the top 10 including Boba Fett and more!
The Ultimate Boba Fett Gift Guide For Star Wars Fans
Despite his limited appearances in the movies, Boba Fett is a beloved Star Wars character. For his fans, give them a product from this gift guide!
5 Cancelled Sequels and 5 Prequels We Still Want to See
Tons of movie sequels and prequels never see the light of day. Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Mad Max: Fury Road and other classics are on this list.
Star Wars: The Mandalorian Was Created To Fill Void Left By Boba Fett Hype
The Boba Fett movie is no more, but the upcoming live-action TV show The Mandalorian will be the perfect bounty hunter fix for Star Wars fanatics.
Star Wars Theory: Boba Fett's Solo Cameo Was Setting Up His Movie
Did Boba Fett cameo in Solo: A Star Wars Story after all? Here's why fans missed him, and how his new look would've set up his origin movie.
Boba Fett Movie Would've Had Other Empire Strikes Back Bounty Hunters Return
Lucasfilm's no longer in development Boba Fett movie would've seen the bounty hunters from The Empire Strikes Back make appearances.
Star Wars: Boba Fett Movie is Reportedly No Longer Happening
The long-rumored Boba Fett spinoff movie is reportedly no longer happening as Lucasfilm turns their attention to The Mandalorian.
Disney Star Wars Doesn't Know How To Use Boba Fett
In 2013, Lucasfilm revealed that they were working on a Boba Fett Star Wars spinoff. But they seem far more interested in Mandalorians.
Star Wars Movie Release Schedule May 'Slowdown' After Episode 9
Disney may be planning to slowdown their Star Wars release schedule after Episode 9 that may not guarantee a new film every year.
The Boba Fett Movie Could Feature Alden Ehrenreich's Han Solo
The Boba Fett movie could possibly draw inspiration from a short story that detailed the bounty hunter's rivalry with Han Solo.
How Lucasfilm's Boba Fett Movie Will Be Impacted By Solo's Box Office
Lucasfilm is reassessing their strategy when it comes to Star Wars spinoffs and will reconfigure James Mangold's Boba Fett movie as a result.
Disney Should Start Making Mid-Budget Star Wars Movies
Now that Disney is reassessing its business strategy with Star Wars, they may want to consider making mid-budget movies to relieve the pressure.
Lucasfilm's Mistake Was Choosing The Wrong Star Wars Stories
Lucasfilm is holding back on Star Wars Stories going forward. But the real problem isn't that spinoffs exist - it's that they chose the wrong stories.
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- Average everyday people. Gaining remote access to a someone's computer, attackers could steal personal information to perform identity theft or blackmail the victim into paying a large ransom for stolen data.
Understanding Our Sticky Note AttackThere are many steps to this attack, so I'll first provide a brief overview of the scenario before showing how to put it all together.
The hypothetical victim of this hack will be "my neighbor in the apartment next door," his name is "John Smith." The goal is to social engineer John Smith into visiting a website that we control by exploiting the inherent trust we allot to our everyday neighbors. Finally, we will acquire access to a computer in Gospels's apartment by tricking him into entrance a malicious file.
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In the second part of this guide, we'll create a payload to run on a Virtual Private Server (VPS) so that it can be downloaded from any computer in the world. We'll also need to install Metasploit on the VPS, which will be used to interface with and control the compromised machine after our malicious file is opened.
For the finale, we'll create the website that John will look at, embed the payload file on the site, register a domain name that will entice John, then watch the whole thing work once we deliver the sticky note. We'll also go over some things everybody can do to minimize these types of attacks against themselves.
Step 1Know Your TargetReconnaissance is very important to the success of this hack. There are many social engineering angles we can take to trick someone into visiting our evil website. For example, targeting our neighbor in the apartment next door would be easy. In some apartment buildings and condominiums, we could identify our neighbor's name by checking the resident listed on the lobby intercom or their mailbox.
We can also learn their name by creating small talk with them or other people who live or work in the building who might unwittingly divulge personal information about our target. People who live in rural areas may have better luck using whitepages to identify names of residents in the house next door. In certain parts of the United States, property history may be easily obtainable. A parcel, county auditor, or property assessment Google inquiry with the targets corresponding county may produce a searchable database of current and past residents for the target's home address.
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if John was a raging Philadelphia Eagles fan on Instagram, "john-smith-philly-eagles.com" would probably be more than enough to spike John's curiosity. If our neighbor tweeted their horoscope most mornings, "john-smith-capricorn.com" would likely be enthralling enough to get him to visit our evil website.
The goal here is to find something that would interest our victim into visiting the website we control. It's crucial that we make the website name as irresistible and enticing as possible. If all else fails, we can always try "john-smith-nudes.com" to get someone's attention. Even omitting the name and using more of riddle could help the recipient feel like their in the middle of their own mystery film.
Step 2Know Your Target's Hardware (Optional)Identifying devices connecting to Gospels Suffragist's material is also real distinguished to the success of this flak. If there are few wireless networks in your expanse and you get several tune which Wi-Fi cloth belongs to the mortal, it might be getable to passively supervise devices conjunctive to the Wi-Fi system. Monitoring material expression gift ameliorate us ascertain the identify of flak we present apply in after stages of this machine.
If there are triplex Robot devices regularly connecting to the textile, we may analyze creating a backdoored Golem app and friendly engineering Evangel Singer into installing it. Alternately, if there are Hollow and Asus devices on the fabric, it's belike unhurt to acquire Book Metalworker is using Windows 10 or Windows 7. In that housing, we would study few category of Windows-specific payload.
It would also be accommodative to bang what indication of day these devices regularly join to the Wi-Fi network. With this message, we'll bed when to expect new connections on your VPS and Metasploit conference.
1Install Aircrack-NgLet's get into monitoring network activity. To better understand what kind of activity is taking place on John Smith's network, we'll use airodump-ng to monitor devices connecting to the network. Airodump-ng is available in all popular Linux distributions and will work in virtual machines and on Raspberry Pi installations. I'll be using Kali Linux to monitor Wi-Fi networks in my area.
Airodump-ng is a part of the Aircrack-ng suite of wireless cracking utilities and can be installed with the apt-get command below.
sudo apt-get install aircrack-ng
2Enable Monitor Mode on Your Wireless AdapterConnect your wireless network adapter to your computer. Use the ifconfig command to find the name of your wireless adapter. It will most likely be named "wlan0" or "wlan1."
When you've identified the wireless adapter name, enable monitor mode with the airmon-ng command.
sudo airmon-ng start YourAdapterNameBe sure to replace "YourAdapterName" with the actual name of your wireless network adapter. Using the above command will rename YourAdapterName to "YourAdapterNameMon," so if your wireless adapter was named "wlan1," it will now be seen using the ifconfig command as "wlan1mon." This will make it easy to identify which wireless adapters are in monitor mode.
We can now start airodump-ng using the wireless adapter in monitor mode.
3Launch Airodump-NgType the following into a terminal to start airodump-ng.
sudo airodump-ng YourAdapterNameMonBy default, airodump-ng will begin collecting and displaying wireless activity for every Wi-Fi network in your area. Let airodump-ng run for a minute or two, and press Ctrl + C to stop scanning.
I'll be targetting the "My-Neighbor" network, a wireless network I setup and control. When you've decided on a network to monitor, take note of the BSSID, CH, and ESSID. BSSID is the MAC address of the router we'll be monitoring. CH is the channel the router is transmitting on. ESSID is simply the name of the Wi-Fi network. These three values are essential to monitoring one specific router.
To monitor a specific router using airodump-ng, use the below command.
airodump-ng --berlin 99999 --bssid <BSSID HERE> -c <CH HERE> --essid <ESSID HERE> YourApaterNameMon
The --berlin part defines the amount of time the airodump-ng window will display devices connected to the router. By default, devices are displayed for only 120 seconds. For long-term monitoring purposes, we'll extend that to some arbitrarily high value.
4Look Up MAC AddressesPay close attention to the STATION column while airodump-ng is running.
This is where connecting devices will be displayed. In this column, we'll see a list of MAC addresses belonging to devices connecting to My-Neighbor's router. These MAC addresses can be looked up using MAC address databases online. Enter the first 6 characters of the MAC address to find the manufacturer of the device.
A Hollow or Hewlett-Packard MAC tactfulness would be a powerful indicator of a Windows computer on the network. If many Apple MAC addresses seem in the Move pillar, then there are probably MacBook's and iPhones connecting to the meshing. In that scenario, you would person to get up with whatsoever gracious of Apple-specific explosive. For the remainder of this programme, we'll centre on targeting Windows computers as Windows is the most hot desktop operating grouping in the humans.
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William's experience on the submarine was about what he expected, once he knew that there actually were submarines. Not that he had been on a submarine on Earth, but he'd seen enough to know the basics. Mostly, they went underwater. That was the very basics of their function, but not as easy as it sounded. Beyond that… they had a form of radar for navigation. Cruonia also had some- the ship detection system was a very primitive version of that, but local versions were more effective.
The Allied Subterranean Territories had a better version… and more useful in some ways than real radar. It actually created a three dimensional map of the locations of monsters and objects, though they were still basically single points of light. Their intensity somewhat reflected their size, or other relevant features from the detector such as mana they carried with them. Of course, none of the versions were real radar… they didn't use radio waves after all, but mana. However, what something was called wasn't as important as whether or not it worked.
William stroked his chin. "I wonder if we can steal this technology."
"Umm…" the captain of the submarine blinked, "It is possible the technology would be available for purchase…"
"Don't worry, I would never physically steal it… but I can certainly gain inspiration from it. Three dimensional representation shouldn't be that much harder…"
The trip was rather short, since it was just meant to demonstrate the capabilities of the submarine and not actually perform any sort of mission. William was glad to have them as an option, but was disappointed because he would probably need to take all the help he could get if the recent reports about New Eclea were accurate.
Jordan was glad to hear about the existence of submarines, and formulated a number of strategies based on how many they might have access to. William could tell Jordan was happy to have another type of piece to strategize with.
"My king…" Jordan turned more serious after a moment of enthusiasm at new options, "New Eclean ships have been spotted in a number of locations. It is likely that they have established a number of new sea routes. They won't be as safe as their seaway, but require us to defend a broader area. Some of our outposts have fallen under their attacks. Even if they held, at some point they will succeed at bringing more fleets to our shores."
William nodded, "We can't just sit and wait. The short term boost to our economy isn't worthwhile if we stagnate our growth… and that's not counting the lives lost. It looks like we'll have to deal with them on their own land. It's more difficult, but better for Cruonia in the long run." William scratched his chin, "The biggest question is how much I should be personally involved."
"Your presence would be a significant boost to morale, and your presence in a strike force would certainly be beneficial. Of course… that would come with some risk to yourself." Jordan pondered for a few moments, "We are likely capable of operating without you, if it came to that, but Cruonia would be less stable until your return, and nothing is guaranteed. The queen would also be decidedly unhappy if you were to perish."
"I know all of that…" William frowned, "But even if all goes well I'm not sure if it's a good idea. People are starting to forget the terror of demon lords. Tiburcio is different- he's a solid soldier, but he's unlikely to make anyone afraid of the gevai if they weren't already. When he goes into battle, people either want him on their side or at least to not be on the side of his enemies. He has the sort of strength people can respect."
"I respect your strength, my king."
"Sure, but you aren't people as whole. Besides, I don't think I want people to respect me for being able to destroy a soul, or lay flat a company of troops without them even being able to react."
Jordan blinked, "I may have made some mistakes in my calculations."
"How so?"
"You weren't exaggerating, right?"
William shook his head, "Not at all."
Jordan nodded, "I forgot to factor in an increase in your personal strength."
William shrugged, "What's a company here or there anyway? Their first attack was a dozen battalions, what could I have done against that?" There were a few moments of silence. "What? You look like you're waiting for something."
"I was hoping you could tell me the effect you could have on a dozen battalions."
"Not much. It would take me all day to wipe them out, even if they just stood there and let me. Realistically a single battalion without magical defenses would be the limit before I rolled over and died."
"That is… a battalion of… humans?"
"Of course. Do you really think I could take on a battalion of gevai? That would be ridiculous."
"Right. Are you taking guns into account?"
"Of course. Otherwise it's just a very long series of dozen-on-one fights with some arrows thrown in." William tilted his head, "Unless they have better guns than we think. Or adamantine bullets."
"… Do you think they could have many of those?"
"They only need to hit with a few. Or one, if they're lucky. But that's not really the point here… I'm not sure if I should participate at all."
"I think… it would be good to show yourself on the battlefield, one last time. I can't guarantee this will be the last war and afterwards will be an eternal era of peace… but people are going to think about this one, and remember it. This will be the first large war where everyone can be updated with news the same day… or next day at the latest." Jordan shrugged, "And from a practical standpoint, you should be able to carve a pretty safe path through island outposts. Once we reach New Eclea's shores, letting them know that their leaders are cowards who send them to fight and die without doing so themselves might help as well. Though the exact state of things there will probably be different than expected."
William nodded, "Fine. I'll discuss it with Lorelei before I decide." William sighed, "Wouldn't it be nice though? If this was the last war? Too bad the only way to end war is to not have people… and that's not a better solution."
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By Tacoma Rainiers | June 13, 2019 5:05 PM
Top Mariners prospect Justus Sheffield (2-5, 5.74) and the Tacoma Rainiers (32-34) will visit the San Antonio Missions (40-26) on Thursday at 5:05 PM PDT. After claiming the series opener in extra innings on Wednesday, Tacoma can take the three-game series ahead of Friday's finale.
Tacoma is celebrating its 25th season as the Triple-A affiliate of the Seattle Mariners and its 60th season in the Pacific Coast League.
Last Game
Ian Miller and Kristopher Negron provided RBI singles in the top of the 10th inning on Wednesday night in San Antonio as the Tacoma Rainiers completed a 4-2 come-from-behind victory in the series opener against the Missions. Ryan Garton, Matt Festa and Parker Markel combined for 4 1/3 innings, allowing just one baserunner in Tacoma's second-straight win.
Rainiers Leaders
BATTING AVERAGE: Austin Nola, .335
ON-BASE PCT: Nola, .425
SLUGGING PCT: Jaycob Brugman, .686
HOME RUNS: Jose Lobaton, 8
RBI: Kristopher Negron, 43
SB: Ian Miller, 18
WINS: Jonathon Niese, 3
ERA: Matt Carasiti, 2.73
STRIKEOUTS: Sheffield, 46
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FRI: @ San Antonio, 5:05 PM PDT
SAT: @ Round Rock, 4:05 PM PDT
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MON: @ Round Rock, 5:05 PM PDT
TUE: @ Round Rock, 5:05 PM PDT
About Cheney Stadium
Since 1960, Cheney Stadium has stood proudly as an anchoring crown jewel in the heart of Central Tacoma. In 2010, the stadium fondly regarded as "R House" underwent a massive transformation to compete as a state-of-the-art entertainment venue in the modern era of professional sports. Once merely the grounds for the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers baseball team, Cheney Stadium is now also home to a pair of professional soccer clubs: Reign FC of the National Women's Soccer League and Tacoma Defiance, the highest-level USL squad for Seattle Sounders FC.
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The Tacoma Rainiers are the Triple-A affiliate of the Seattle Mariners. Season and single-match tickets for the 2019 season at Cheney Stadium, including hospitality and group ticket options, are now available at tacomarainiers.com/tickets or by contacting the We R Tacoma front office at (253) 752-7707. We R Tacoma is the overseeing body of the Tacoma Rainiers, Reign FC of the NWSL and Tacoma Defiance, USL Championship affiliate of Seattle Sounders FC.
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Today, I am at the user conference of GroupBC, previously Business Collaborator, at the Coin Street Conference Centre in London's South Bank – and will be updating during the day. As well as an overview of recent company and software developments, the day will see presentations from customers Thames Water, Sainsbury's and Balfour Beatty, plus …
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Sep 28 2017
Live from GroupBC user conference 2017
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Mar 21 2013
Unit4 BC: future is BIM and linked data
SaaS platform Business Collaborator is a key component in Unit4's strategy to integrate its business software with BIM, using linked data to manage asset-related processes. I attended the Unit4 user 2013 user conference at the ICC in Birmingham last week, ostensibly to join the sessions devoted to its SaaS collaboration solution Business Collaborator, but – …
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Sep 29 2011
Unit4 Collaboration launches BC Assure
Yesterday, I dashed from BIW's breakfast briefing in London to Reading to catch the second half of Unit4 Collaboration's seminar on BC Assure. Described as "progressive quality assurance for projects and programmes" BC Assure provides a secure cloud-based platform to manage and audit quality and process compliance. Launched at Project Challenge in London last week, …
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Sep 19 2011
Five PR updates from UK AEC collaboration vendors
More US repro tie-ups for Asite London-based software-as-a-service construction collaboration technology vendor Asite has just announced a relationships with three more reprographic service providers in the United States. Following its earlier tie-up with the ReproMAX marketing network (see post), it is now reaching out to AEC professionals via LINK Document Services Group, Thomas Reprographics and NRI (the …
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As SaaS construction collaboration technology vendors have sought to differentiate themselves from document management providers, we have seen how some have focused on various areas of workflow (eg: contract administration, project costs, health & safety) in recent years. In the process, one or two vendors have dropped, or reduced, their use of the term 'collaboration', …
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- The shockwaves from Defense Secretary Jim Mattis' surprise resignation Thursday continued to reverberate across the political establishment in to the weekend. In a letter, the outgoing secretary cited policy and viewpoint differences with President Trump.
- Thoughts of Mattis' replacement quickly united around a common theme: senators want a defense secretary who will challenge and contain the president's isolationist views. "I'd like a Mattis clone. I think we all would," Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) summed up.
- Taking to his favorite platform, President Trump tweeted Saturday that he gave Mattis a second chance, after President Obama "ingloriously fired" him. Regarding their apparent difference of opinion, he added that "allies are very important-but not when they take advantage of U.S."
- Mattis' resignation is proof, says Eliot Cohen in The Atlantic, that you can't have it all. "In the end, he could not do his job and serve the country as he knew it had to be served. No one could."
- Writing for Fox News, Jim Hanson asserts that the secretary of defense, like all other subordinates, must support the president's policies. "It is one thing to have a 'team of rivals,'" he argues. "It is unacceptable for the president to be prevented from leading the nation by Cabinet members not on board with his agenda."
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Three armed men in balaclavas have escaped with cash after holding up two female staff members at a hotel in southwest Sydney.
Police say the men threatened the women with knives after they had finished work and left the hotel in Marrickville in the early hours of this morning.
They then forced the women back inside and demanded they open the safe. The women complied, handing over the cash.
Nobody was injured in the robbery.


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Mitchell's Plain Library
My contribution for the Month of People's Photography 2009 was a series of various scenes from around the world containing or implying certain pithy exhortations, forming a mini-manual of 'Epigrams for the 21st Century'. These were inspired by an earlier series of photographs of the ubiquitous tabloid newspaper headlines seen on lampposts and at street corners around Cape Town, which led me to the idea that a photograph could contain its own caption. The photos were framed simply in black file folders under the heading of 'Pictures and Words' (inspired from a set of chinese tiles for children) meant to emphasize the universality of the messages they convey.
Gugulethu Library
The theme for the 2009 exhibition was 'Maybe Tomorrow'. It was a landmark year, one which saw the cafe-circuit exhibitions augmented by a special traveling exhibition that spent one week each at four different venues in the Cape Flats: Gugulethu, Langa, Mitchell's Plain and Grassy Park, thus bringing photography within the reach of all Capetonians and not just residents downtown.
From the MOPP website:
This year's theme, "Maybe Tomorrow" is expected to bring out peoples responses and personal 'views' of what tomorrow may bring in this time of change we find ourselves in both here in South Africa and around the Globe. Are you optimistic, skeptical…..even pessimistic about the future ?Photographers are asked to submit images that best describe their thoughts on the possibilities offered by our future, or on the possible futures available to us, in any way they choose to interpret the theme.
Read more here.
See more images of the exhibition here.
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Friday, September 11, 2009
mizmor l'todah: hoda'ah or viduy?
Perhaps there is a way to reconcile the two views. R' Yosef Engel in his derasha for shabbos shuva cites a Tosefta which tells of a man who instructed his son to make an elaborate seudas hoda'ah because he fulfilled the mitzvah of shikcha. The father explained that being able to fulfill shikcha gave him more joy than any other mitzvah because shikcha occurs only where a person forgets crops in the field unintentionally. Hashem brings about the mitzvah without the doer intending it and gives him the credit! Therefore, a special hoda'ah is required.
The same holds true of tshuvah. Tshuvah m'ahavah transforms all sins into merits, yet it is obviously prohibited to sin in with the intent to then do tshuvah to accrue more merits that way. Like shikcha, these zechuyos come without the person intending to do good (in fact, the person had just the opposite intention), yet Hashem gives credit anyway. Therefore, like shikcha, these zechuyos which come through our viduy and tshuvah warrant a special hoda'ah to Hashem.
Interestingly, the MG"A (O.C. 51:10) quotes a minhag (which we do not have) to recite mizmor l'todah on R"H and Y"K. He attributes the minhag to the fact that the mizmor contains the words "hari'u l'Hashem", hinting to tekiyas shofar. Based on the Yerushalmi perhaps the minhag is rooted in the relationship between the today and viduy.
(Also see Sefas Emes, Chanukah leil 3, 5631, who explains hoda'ah in a way that relates to viduy.)
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Interesting that the incongruity of Vidui Ma'asros crops up with Mizmor Le'Soda. Also with Modim in Shmoneh Esrei-- does it mean "we thank you", or does it mean "we admit our indebtedness"? I suppose the reason for the ambiguity is because the ideas are adnate: We thank/praise a person when we recognize/admit what they have done for us.ReplyDelete
I'm sorry; adnate is not a normal word unless you spend a lot of time thinking about plants. I meant that the two meanings stem from the same underlying conceptual structure.ReplyDelete
Chaim and Barzilai,ReplyDelete
See Yalkut Shimoni on Tehillim 100, where it is interpreted as admission. Since I saw that I realized that Modim in SE is an admission. If I recall in Otzar Hatefilo he notes that it is so and therefore we read Shoato Hu... not Sheato (that you are, rather than because or for you are )
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Nice 'vort', but just because Moshe said 'mizmor l'todah' on the caparah of the sa'ir l'chatat doesn't mean it had vidduy-related elements, could be he's just thankin' G-d for the caparah..ReplyDelete
the lashon of the Y"lmi is "hischil lomar mizmor l'sodah al shem v'hisvadah alav", which points to the todah-viduy relationship.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous3:21 PM
The Bavli in Shvu'os 16b says that Mizmor LeSodah is the shirah that accompanied korbanos Todah, the Shir shel Todah referred to in the first Mishna of the Perek where it talks about how they expanded Kedushas Yerushalayim and the Azaros. For sure it's a Korban Todah there.ReplyDelete
The English equivalent of 'Hoda'ah' is 'acknowledgment.' This English word encompasses the same two meanings as the Hebrew, and for the same reason.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous6:16 PM
Wow, that's crazy man. They should really try to do something to fix that.ReplyDelete


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Amazon's retail presence has continued to grow with a diverse mix of outlets. The company now operates 17 brick-and-mortar bookstores, Amazon Fresh grocery pickup locations, pop-up stores it locates in shopping malls, and four Amazon Go grab-and-leave bodegas. In 2017, Amazon acquired the Whole Foods supermarket chain, which currently operates 470 locations.
Like Me is an indictment of a life spent "extremely" online: a thriller in which the thrill is the threat of empty transgression; a body horror flick in which the body horror is the way social media and Tumblr and Reddit and YouTube transform us, make us grotesque, perverting basic physical functions into scary, dysmorphic representations of the flesh sacks we carry around with us whenever we're not online. Early in the film, writer-director Robert Mockler introduces us to the online world of our main character, Kiya (Addison Timlin, terrifying), via a disturbing barrage of hyperreal, gif-like images—close-ups of sugary cereal and milk chewed sloppily, of a viscous tongue mid-slurp, of Kiya doing weird kinesthetics in a dirty motel room while the camera capsizes and arises around her, this Manic Pixie Dream Girl who embodies each of those words as literally as possible. Though Mockler implies that these are all curated posts Kiya's put online, we believe that this is how she sees the world. Aided by some seriously heady opioids and hallucinogens, she can't help but digest her lived experiences without mitigating them digitally. As Kiya moves through Mockler's pink-ish, neon dystopia, DP James Siewert shooting Timlin as if she's stranded in the middle of a Michael Mann joint, everything seems on the table. Kiya lures a motel manager, Marshall (Larry Fessenden, better than excellent), to her room—another room, another motel, somewhere on this stupid planet—with the possibility of sex. Instead, he finds Kiya's redecorated her room like an outtake from The Cell, testing the lonely guy's willingness to go along with whatever insanity's in store. Of course, some icky gastrointestinal calamity occurs, but Marshall never flinches, so Kiya kidnaps him and takes him with her. Gorgeous and gross in equal measure, Like Me is a visual feast. Mockler conjures setpieces out of practically nothing, crafting each frame with a meticulous symmetry that belies the chaos at the heart of Kiya's impulsive odyssey. —Dom Sinacola
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