the film that was n't ( הסרט שלא היה ) is a two-part documentary series about interrogations in israel and the occupied territories , including the use of torture in those interrogations .

it aired on israeli television in 1993 and 1994 .

the film was directed by ram loevy .

the film that wasn ' t

: yeah , well , that class wasn ' t about what i thought it was about .
you obviously don ' t even have a clue what irrelevant means , because columbus certainly wasn ' t .
jolie : i would never have made the film if it wasn ' t in cambodia , if rithy hadn ' t agreed to do it , if it wasn ' t with cambodian actors , if it wasn ' t in [ khmer ] - that was the whole reason to make this film . to give this country a chance to speak . and if they weren ' t ready , then we wouldn ' t have made the film .
hijuelos added that she could not provide an exact count of the inquiries her office had received , but that number wasn ' t overwhelming because most mexicans in phoenix are from northern mexico , which wasn ' t affected .
that preamble wasn ' t enough to stop an online petition from being launched to pull to the bone from the public domain .
1 . judd nelson wasn ' t almost fired just for picking on molly ringwald . he also couldn ' t stay in the shots .
6 . a cut scene shows that allison wasn ' t smoking pot with the others because she was actually off somewhere singing .
2 . and jack black didn’t want to be in the film at all .
americans consider otto warmbier a murder victim , even if he wasn ' t technically
executed
by kim .
“consumption of film entertainment has become that much more immediate , fans simply can’t and won’t wait like they used to , ” says bourdillon .
2 . the topless scene wasn ' t the only scandalous moment removed . there was also a risque scene involving
milfs .
it is the 50th anniversary of cathy come home this year . what parallels are there between this new film and that film ?
of a film and then the film is something else . it happens to me once in a while where people just don’t get the ending . ’
then that in my mind makes the film successful ,
she said .
despite all his efforts , mr . aronofsky wasn’t fretting about viewers missing the point . “i can’t spoon - feed , i just don’t do that , ” he said . “my job , first and foremost , is to entertain and scare the audience . ”
the following is a faithful translation of a speech delivered by ram loevy at tel aviv university on 11 february 2009 . in that speech , loevy described the process by which he created his film , the film that wasn ' t ( הסרט שלא היה ) , about the use of torture in israel and the west bank .
but it wasn’t all good luck . spielberg was not happy when stock footage of both vehicles was later used in an episode of the television series
that comes through the ship and makes faces . cg was completely unproven . we didn’t know how it could be integrated with film .
the film would include many testimonies , so that it would be clear that we are talking about a common phenomenon .
blacks who aren ' t slaves still hate white people who aren ' t slavers though .
: well , you don ' t see that every day of the week .
the film , which premiered to tepid reviews at last year’s toronto film festival , is the latest in an increasingly long line that don’t rely on box office . in fact , the poor showing is of little consequence .
though it ' s reported that many scenes in the film were improvised , the scene where allison reynolds draws in the library isn ' t one of them .
j . a . bayona’s tear - jerking fantasy film doesn’t come close to earning its inevitably devastating emotional climax .
we celebrate the myth not the man . isn ' t that the excuse to keep jefferson and washington ?
now we were lying in bed . i wasn’t going to fuck her . she had her head on my shoulder . she started to talk . i let her .
“i’d made a really grueling , dark film and i just don’t think audiences in 1982 wanted to see that , ” said carpenter . “they wanted to see e . t . and the thing was the opposite . ”
16 years ago , zacharias kunuk made history several times over with his film atanarjuat : the fast runner . it was the first feature film ever in the inuktitut language , the first indigenous film submitted by canada to the academy awards and the first — and , to this day , only — canadian film to win the camera d ' or for best first feature at the cannes film festival .
you don ' t understand the term
history
. i wouldn ' t expect you to be capable of grasping all that much , honestly .
there were many turbulent arguments between us . we knew that this would not be just another film .
people don’t give george the credit that he deserves . the work he did on the prequels enabled a kind of filmmaking that has kept the industry alive .
this time , netflix included a trigger warning , stating that the film includes ,
realistic depictions that may be challenging for some viewers .
let me address my claim that it wasn ' t that entertaining . this could possibly be because nolan kept it as close to the source material as he could – and good for him , not being persuaded by the powers that be , who probably want more action scenes and love triangles .
darren aronofsky doesn’t want viewers to know the allegory ahead of time : “i can’t spoon - feed , i just don’t do that . my job , first and foremost , is to entertain and scare the audience . ”
i can ' t relate to it at all ,
mccarthy said of the film and portrayals of eating disorders in general .
independence day : resurgence didn’t screen early for critics . that could be a good thing .
] let me see if i got this . the third story on the news tonight was that someone i didn ' t know thirteen years ago when i wasn ' t president participated in a demonstration where no laws were being broken in protest of something that so many people were against , it doesn ' t exist anymore . just out of curiosity , what was the fourth story ?
hi noomi . in unlocked , you play a tough - as - nails spy tasked with preventing a terrorist attack . but the role was initially written for a man , wasn’t it ?
sheedy explains the scene was always in the film , and though she doesn ' t know who actually drew the picture , she did set the record straight on one detail . the actress explained that dandruff she scratched out of her hair wasn ' t actually dandruff or even parmesan cheese as previously thought .
i think it was potato flakes of some kind ,
sheedy said .
that’s nearly unprecedented for a movie of this size . it’s hard to think of many comparable films that weren’t screened for critics in advance : as scott mendelson points out at forbes , the closest comparisons are probably the 2014 hercules movie starring dwayne johnson , and 2009’s g . i . joe : rise of the cobra , a $ 175 million film based on a toy line that wasn’t quite the successful franchise starter it was obviously intended to be .
4 . a double amputee was used to create the film’s quintessential special effect .
kapelos pictured ( middle ) at the beginning of the film . ( image : mentalfloss )
the suffragette film shows the violent human cost of votes for women in britain . thank god
i am something in the nature of a film editor emeritus , and brothers joel and ethan coen are self - styled cinéastes who had begun shooting this , with little concern to what it might be called . pansies don’t float was an early working title that , thank goodness , they were prevailed upon to discard . —roderick jaynes , introduction to the published screenplay the man who wasn’t there
our reputation wasn’t stellar , because we were breaking a lot of rules . but at the same time , we were there at 3 o’clock in the morning when those studio guys were asleep in their beds .
sheedy confirmed that a topless scene involving a swimming teacher was cut out of the film , saying :
i think john [ hughes ] didn’t want to have it in the movie . i think he thought it didn’t really work for him .
, it seemed like we really hit a wall . cg had been floating around as this carrot : it was promising all this stuff for like 10 years but wasn’t really delivering on it .
the director and star of the monumental and critically acclaimed film open up on the latest episode of the filmmakers .
: perhaps i didn ' t properly explain the fundamentals of the slowdown plan .
kudrow later recalled , “i didn’t like the guitar . i wasn’t getting it . so i think i even asked , ‘what if she plays the bongos ? ’” they ended up bringing a guitar teacher in , but that didn’t last long . kudrow learned a couple of chords , then announced that she was done with the lessons . she decided that phoebe would only know a handful of chords anyway . and thank goodness because “smelly cat” is perfect just the way it is .
independence day : resurgence didn’t screen early for critics . that could be a good thing . - vox
: you kissed him ? you didn ' t tell me that . where did you kiss him ?
2 ) the scene alone tipped the film from being a pg - 13 to an r .
was a film that literally couldn’t be made ; the technology required to bring the movie’s universe to visual life simply didn’t exist . eventually 20th century fox gave lucas $ 25 , 000 to finish his screenplay—and then , after he garnered a best picture oscar nomination for
we made it through two years without a star wars film . i think we did five films in that time .
founded in 1950 through the enthusiasm of the athens association of film critics , it wasn’t until the 1960s that key members of the association , artists and writers , formalized their activities to establish this nonprofit cultural institution as it is known today . this initiative was led by aglaia mitropoulou , whose close collaboration and exchange with the french cinémathèque was significant to the archive’s development . such relationships continue , and the greek film archive and film museum remains committed to the research , collection , conservation , and promotion of greek and international film heritage . with its strong tradition of presenting , discussing , and analyzing films and other relevant documents , the greek film archive hosts the premieres and special cinema screenings of the work of documenta 14 filmmakers in athens .
[ kim ] chose to let a million to two million people starve to death in the 90’s . so 340 executions ,
malice said .
that number is better to focus on than the guy who probably wasn ' t eaten by dogs .
i don ' t need to be educated on the subject . you likewise don ' t need to make unverified , likely false claims .
you changed how you edited this film from previous ones . how and why ?
that peta has an impossible agenda and that someone probably tried to make money by making my film look bad , does not excuse the mistakes made 15 months ago , irrespective of the fact that the dog in question was unharmed .
every christmas season , there’s at least one film that rumbles into theaters with the sole purpose of yanking tears from its most cold - hearted viewers . enter a monster calls , a story about a young boy wrestling with his mother’s terminal illness . in a way , the film succeeds ; it’s hard not to get choked up at a premise like that . but as the movie rumbled toward its inevitably devastating conclusion , the chief emotion i felt wasn’t sadness but annoyance at the dashed grander potential .
he added : “i reached deep into myself and saw what this film was about , and i think it’s clear that audiences have responded . it’s is a very , very special film to me . ”
so , what wasn’t filmed in front of a live audience ? one example is the cliffhanger in the season four finale , “the one with ross’s wedding . ” at the end of the episode , ross is about to marry emily , but accidentally says rachel’s name at the altar . “we couldn’t have an audience for that , ” aniston said . “we always remove the audience for the cliffhangers because , obvious reasons , you don’t want to spoil it . ”
dunn’s body wasn’t found until july 14 . authorities were notified about the video after a relative found it on social media . while authorities could identify all of the teenagers , investigators initially said they did not commit a criminal act .
at the time , but it had the first digital star character of a feature - length film .
through that lens , the film also grapples with modern ideas of identity , particularly chu’s “struggle to define himself as an asian - american” and how the internet affects those perceptions as well . it’s currently the film’s only screening in chicago .
“i don’t think i was that aware really of how famous harry was , ” nolan said on friday ( july 7 ) . “i mean , my daughter had talked about him . my kids talked about him , but i wasn’t really that aware of it . so the truth is , i cast harry because he fit the part wonderfully and truly earned a seat at the table . ”
was the hardest film i’ve ever worked on . we had to train people to do work that we barely knew how to do .
a variety of scenes from the movie were cut from the final film , and sheedy recalled one that was a big moment for her character .
there were rumours that jimmy’s hall was going to be your last film . was that ever the case , and if so what persuaded you to make i , daniel blake ?
again , that doesn’t change the movie itself . but it can change the way you watch it — even when the theater is exactly the same .
those guys didn’t quite understand the critical nature of making a movie . you can’t be a day late ; it just doesn’t work . it all fits together into a giant mosaic . all the pieces have to fall together .
“i wasn’t given military orders . because of my own personal feelings , i treated the prisoners strictly as enemies of japan , ” he told his interviewer , bob simon . watanabe refused to meet with zamperini as part of the piece .
production on the film was bumpy , which is more frequent at pixar than might be assumed . faced with story and scheduling complications in 2010 , mr . lasseter ended up taking over the film from brad lewis , a first - time director who ultimately left the studio . if getting “cars 2” back on the road wasn’t big enough , mr . lasseter soon suffered the death of his father , paul . he also broke his arm .
when director nick broomfield sent a working edit of the film , i was so disturbed by the subject matter that i couldn’t even watch it . aileen wuornos led a tortured , torturing life that is beyond my worst nightmares . it wasn’t until i was told that aileen spent many hours listening to my album “tigerlily” while on death row and requested “carnival” be played at her funeral that i gave permission for the use of the song . it’s very odd to think of the places my music can go once it leaves my hands . if it gave her some solace , i have to be grateful .
that incident is one of many acts of militant suffrage depicted in new film suffragette , which is released in the uk on october 12 .
mr . aronofsky organized a private screening for ms . griffin and the writer rebecca solnit . “the film doesn’t operate in an intellectual way , it operates emotionally , and that’s its strength , ” ms . griffin said .
angelina jolie and rithy panh co - directed the film
first they killed my father .
what the film does so well is to depict just how united the suffragettes were behind a single cause .
we’d been cutting on film for many years but we found that the infrastructure for cutting on film was just disappearing . the biggest problem was the cost of printing the sound rushes on mag stock and also printing all the film rushes . it was more than i could justify so , reluctantly , we cut on avid . it has some advantages but i found cutting on film was a more human way of working – you can see what you’ve done at the end of the day . avid seems quicker but i don ' t think the overall time taken is any less . i just find the tactile quality of film is more interesting .
roderick jaynes is the pseudonym employed by the brothers joel and ethan coen to disguise the editing of the films they otherwise produce , direct , and write together under one or both of their given names . the use of this fictive persona ( a source that dares not speak its name ) in regard to the neo - noir ultimately released as the man who wasn’t there ( 2001 ) is doubly ironic . here it foregrounds a similar subterfuge of identification in the film itself , a subterfuge that has gone largely unnoticed or at least not remarked on in the discourse surrounding the film . 1
if you ' re really , really active in your eating disorder , don ' t watch this ,
said rogers .
don ' t watch it , and don ' t watch it alone .
the tomatometer score — based on the opinions of hundreds of film and television critics — is a trusted measurement of critical recommendation for millions of fans . it represents the percentage of professional critic reviews that are positive for a given film or television show .
alison rogers watches a difficult scene in the netflix film to the bone . the film , which came out last friday , portrays a woman with anorexia and has been accused of glamorizing the eating disorder . ( cbc )
an article last sunday about the making of the film “mother” misstated the year that susan griffin’s book “woman and nature” was published . it was 1978 , not 1979 .
: well , i haven ' t worked that out yet , but i ' m sure groveling will be involved .
dennis muren was curious and excited and wasn’t at all how i thought the ilm guys would be . he helped produce this soft - surface character : flowing , rippling , very complex . it became a pivot point in the history of visual effects .
: i will . because they weren ' t presidents when they first met them . that ' s not the case here .
: that ' s not what men do . i know no men who do that .
the other script was one he had on his mind lately , so it might not take that long . “the idea was , i was going to write two scripts , ” he said . “i wasn’t going to shoot the western until next winter , and i have been full of piss and vinegar about the other one . so now i’ll do that one . ”
—we wanted to have the flames reflecting off the alloy skin as the t - 1000 walks through them .
: i ' m sure he didn ' t take the time to . . .
by now you may have heard that nelson , who played the volatile john bender , was nearly let go from the film . though his picking on ringwald was a large part of that , sheedy explained to huffpost entertainment that there was more to the story .
' we won , '
ungalaaq recalls kunuk saying .
and i said , ' what are we trying to win ? ' and then zach said , ' we won , the film . . . in cannes ! ' and i said , ' oh , ok ! ' [ laughs ] i wasn ' t really focused on trying to win and all that .
declining to screen a film for critics before release is usually a pretty strong sign that the movie isn’t any good — or at least that the studio believes critics won’t like it . ( although some early reviews of independence day : resurgence do appear to be relatively kind . ) it can also be read as a signal that with a presold , megabudget sequel like this , the studio’s marketing team thinks critics simply don’t matter : it’s an independence day sequel . your decision to buy a ticket won’t have anything to do with whether a critic liked it or not .
part of the problem was that the thing opened two weeks after e . t . and while e . t . featured a benevolent alien and a happy ending , the thing starred a violent , evil alien and had an ending that left audiences scratching their heads a bit .
that sentiment is precisely what critics of to the bone have warned about : that the film glamorizes eating disorders and calorie counting and might serve as an instructional video on how best to have an eating disorder .
now , keene says , she’s glad about depp’s casting because it means a native person isn’t “embroiled in that mess . ”
though it’s often cited as a remake of the 1951 film the thing from another world , it’s really not . though the two films do share the same source material—john w . campbell jr . ’s 1938 story , “who goes there ? ”— carpenter was clear that he “didn’t want to compete with the old film , which was greatly beloved by me . so i went back the novella [ on ] which both films were based . ” unlike the 1951 film , carpenter’s movie features a creature that can perfectly imitate its victims .
as for where “the daily show” falls on that continuum , stewart admits that it’s probably at the intersection of the two extremes .
kudrow said that she was surprised to hear perry’s interpretation of chandler at the first table read because when she first read the script , she thought chandler was supposed to be gay . and she wasn’t the only one . during the first few seasons of the show , many fans speculated about chandler’s sexual orientation . in 1997 , david crane told entertainment weekly , “no , chandler isn’t gay . nor will he be gay . ”
winston , known for his work on movies like aliens , predator , edward scissorhands , and jurassic park , would not accept credit on the film , however , as he was adamant that it was “rob’s film . ” winston was thanked in the final credits .
as the truck rams the car over the cliff and falls off in the final film , there is a low roar sound effect that the filmmaker included to emphasize the death of the truck . spielberg , who wanted the truck to seem
quite literally , that is totally incorrect and retarded to think that ' s what history is .
carpenter does , however , pay homage to the earlier film , most notably in the scene where he shows the alien’s icy tomb that has been removed from the snow and in the main title sequence .
looking back on the entire incident , i now find it fascinating and somehow uplifting that the public broadcasting network in israel agreed to finance and broadcast a film that investigated the horrors inflicted by israeli forces on the palestinians . i wonder how many other countries would have agreed to do that .
: i don ' t know . but i would have liked that campaign . if my friend andy shepherd had shown up , i would have liked that campaign very much .
we didn’t have the go - ahead . spaz and stefen and i were fearless fools .
trump thinks immigration is his party’s winning issue in midterms . the polls aren’t so sure .
for every show i’ve done , i have convinced myself the work was obsolete . that was an intentional thing . if there’s another film out next summer , i don’t want to be reminded of the last one , even if the theme’s the same . it’s up to me to find some way to make that different .
preview screenings encourage that model of criticism , allowing critics to declare their opinion in advance of the movie’s opening day , before moving on to the next film and the next review .
don ' t have an account ? you can easily create a free account .
when it was released 16 years ago , i didn ' t get it .
the director and star of the award - winning film sat down with the filmmakers to look back at their collaboration . 10 : 02
] i regrouped . you have to give me that . i stood in the middle of the oval office and made it clear that he who doesn ' t take the gdc seriously does so at his peril .
there should be student conduct charges against the group that hosted the meeting that locked them out ,
he said .
she sang the song to herself and then she walked out of the room and just joined the group ,
sheedy went on .
so that wasn’t in the script , and he actually let me shoot it . he shot it twice , and then afterwards said that everybody sort of thought it was a little bit too weird .
7 . principal vernon ' s anger was totally real .
: lewis , we ' ve had presidents who were beloved , who couldn ' t find a coherent sentence with two hands and a flashlight . people don ' t drink the sand because they ' re thirsty . they drink the sand because they don ' t know the difference .
russell threw an actual stick of dynamite during a scene toward the end of the film . he did not , however , anticipate it being so powerful . russell was literally blown backwards after the device detonated ; this take was left in the film .
as for the working title , “ not to float” suggests submersion , something kept beneath the surface , and what in a hollywood film is more likely treated as submerged ( “subtextual , ” if you will ) than the representation of a homosexual ? yet “pansies don’t float , ” like “roderick jaynes , ” both shrouds and reveals , for , as we will show , more than one “pansy” ( beyond the secondary character openly disclosed as homosexual ) lurks beneath the surface of the man who wasn’t there . besides “outing” none other than the film’s protagonist , and assessing the significance of his “closeted” gayness , this essay will analyze the relation of homosexual submersion to film noir as a genre specifically , and to the issue of “gay representability” in american commercial cinema as a whole .
yes , let me just open the history book and read all the information that ' s not related to political history . oh there isn ' t any . how weird , a guy on 4chan told me history isn ' t about politics
they choose this room , which is a very inaccurate replica of french architecture ( deliberately so , inaccurate ) because one was suggesting that they had some idea of something that he might think was pretty , but wasn’t quite sure . just as we’re not quite sure what do in zoos with animals to try to give them what we think is their natural environment .
if i do it , all the components need to be right . that’s not a movie i can compromise with . she’s been a big part of my life ; at crucial moments , she was like an angel when i wasn’t in a good place . i have a painting in my house that’s four metres long that this swedish artist did for me . it has ravens and the lyrics of back to black . when i left sweden after my divorce ( 4 ) , that was what i brought with me . so the film needs to be close to my heart and done the right way . and if not , it won’t be me doing it . it’s too precious to gamble with .
i was naïve in my belief that a public outcry would ensue . critics praised the film , but with regard to the topic itself , there was absolute silence . it was as if the events described in the film had taken place somewhere far away . it was as if we bear no responsibility .
when the t - 1000 goes through the doors in the mental institution ? turns out that if you hold a can of dog food upside down , the sound of that cylinder slowly coming out of the can is the perfect combination of mud , metal , and suction . that sound effect cost 75 cents .
while the film was underway , we were informed that i had been awarded the israel prize . the headline on the front page of the yediot ahronot newspaper read ,
israel prize winner making film about the secret service ' s ' torture chambers . '
i was stunned by how it was worded . the use of the term
torture chambers
was ironic . perhaps it was intended to harm the film , and perhaps even to suggest that the state of israel ' s highest prize would be given to a traitor .
“i got way too big off views / back to the basics , i won’t lose . ”
: i don ' t even know what we call her . is she the first mistress ?
it doesn ' t matter the situations are analogous . further it ' s hilarious that you think romans somehow forgo the basic logic of associating behaviours with the animals that perform them , did they also presume every wasp stingless ?
as soon as the video was displayed on tmz , peta called for a boycott of the movie and i began receiving messages on twitter that ranged from polite questions about what happened to harsh anger . i wasn’t surprised nor resistant to this messaging , as i have also called for boycotts against those whom i felt are doing wrong to animals .
one negatively reviewed film , especially one that goes on to become a megahit , isn’t enough to scratch the pixar brand . but the commentary did dent morale at the studio , which until then had enjoyed an unbroken and perhaps unprecedented run of critical acclaim . reviewing the film for the wall street journal , joe morgenstern wrote , “this frenzied sequel seldom gets beyond mediocrity , ” perhaps suggesting that the creative spark that had guided pixar so successfully through 11 straight hits — including three “toy story” films — was beginning to dim .
eagle - eyed viewers will catch the word “flammable” scrawled across the back of the truck , yet when it careens off the cliff at the end of the movie it doesn’t go boom . the studio wanted a big explosion , but the director wanted a slower demise for his film’s villain .
that these aren ' t sanitised is a fitting testament to the long and painful path they had to travel to bring about social change in britain .
sorry , but that ' s wrong . you don ' t get to change the definition of words to fit your narrative ,
retardo
.
feel free to take a walk down memory lane with the ghostbusting girls , confident that they haven ' t committed any major sacrilege against your fondest cinematic memories . just know they haven ' t done anything to add to them either .
> msm : you won ' t believe what racist cuckservative said . . . etc
“i was slurring . my words rolled around and got sticky and didn’t come out .
but don’t worry : a national tour is set to kick off in fall 2019 .
don’t worry . we will never post to your social media account without your permission .
] syd , please , i don ' t want to lose you over this .
: i don ' t understand , sir , is there a problem . . .
stewart wasn’t entirely convinced he should — or could — direct the thing , but he didn’t let that stand in his way . “oh , i’m still not convinced , ” he says . “if you wait to be convinced that you can do something , you’ll never do anything . people always ask me , ‘how do i become a comedian ? ’ and i always say , ‘well , i think one thing you should do is get on stage and tell jokes . ’ ”
according to the script , the janitor is meant to be a former student of the high school , as indicated by his picture in the case at the beginning of the film . but when it came to moranis ' portrayal , kapelos said the actor and producers didn ' t have
a meeting of the creative minds at that moment .
don ' t you wish you were a man ?
a male passer - by barks at anne marie - duff ' s character , violet , as she campaigns on the streets of london in the film .
both jon favreau and jon cryer were considered for the role of chandler before it went to matthew perry . and perry almost didn’t get the gig either . during the 1994 pilot season , he filmed the pilot for a show called lax 2194 in addition to friends . the show would have been about baggage handlers at lax who sorted aliens’ luggage . thankfully , it wasn’t picked up , and perry was able to take the friends gig .
lisa marie roberts’s original lawyer wasn’t one of them . there were reasons to suspect her : she had a tumultuous , sometimes violent relationship with the victim , jerri williams . cell records showed that at 10 : 27 on the morning of the murder , roberts’s phone connected to a tower within 3 . 4 miles of kelley point park , where williams’s body was discovered . her attorney felt that was enough to convict her .
“i typically don’t read the reviews , ” he said , not exactly answering the question . “i make movies for that little boy who loves the characters so much that he wants to pack his clothes in a lightning mcqueen suitcase . ”
the frame ' s john horn met with jolie and panh to discuss the making of the film , and the importance of it being a truly cambodian production .
the makers of the hunting ground say they gave the young men implicated in the film a chance to comment , and none responded . but it wasn’t until february , a month after the documentary made a celebrated debut at the sundance film festival , that winston says he was first contacted by a representative for the film . he referred this person to zalkind , who says he never heard from anyone representing the hunting ground . i contacted kirby dick to talk to him about the willingham case . he declined to speak with me , but asked for a list of written questions . i sent him my questions by email , and he replied , “after careful consideration i respectfully decline . ” i also contacted cnn to discuss the case . a representative did not respond to a request for comment .
variety later reported that during the ovation , kristen had the cameras pan down to her feet which were covered in denim sneakers – a clear dig at t he no - flats policy that caused controversy at last year’s festival .
spielberg himself offered a clue when , continuing his conversation with those entertainment writers in los angeles , he described his father ' s own war stories :
i was supposed to wave the flag and be patriotic and say that without his efforts i wouldn ' t have the freedoms i had or even the freedom to have the bicycle i was riding .
only later did the director realize that it wasn ' t
a bunch of bunk he was telling me .
john miller , the high - school teacher from pennsylvania , teaches jimmy ryan the same lesson .
: well , if you go through that door , the united states secret service . that ' s my private office .
from what i was told ,
said kapelos ,
he wanted to play the character as a russian with gold teeth and keys between his legs , playing with it provocatively . . . and so it’s like , it wasn’t organic , i guess is putting it politely and correctly .
i was getting desperate . we didn’t stop pestering them . we placed dozens of calls to the idf spokesman , to the office of the director general of the israel broadcast authority , but to no avail . the idea of cutting the soldier from the film so that it could be broadcast was unacceptable to us . we used many different ways to verify his testimony and were convinced that it was reliable .
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] can i just state very clearly i can ' t be part of anything illegal .
boo hoo who cares . don ' t deify figures of the past that benefited from inherently misogynistic and racist systems . tradition is for idiots . science rules .
besides , stewart insists , he doesn’t have the right “skill set” for the job . and what might that skill set be , that this restless and responsible , hyper - verbal and deeply thoughtful funnyman - turned - filmmaker lacks ?
exclusive : learning today that his script the hateful eight leaked after he gave it to a small circle of actors , quentin tarantino tells me that he’s so upset that he has decided that he will not direct that film next . so basically that means the conversation that will be circulating around town following this story with tarantino goes from an ensemble western to a whodunit . as in , which actor or their reps leaked the script that , as a result , is going on the shelf — literally a bookstore shelf , because tarantino tells me he will publish it first and maybe revisit the prospect of a movie in the next five years .
chu’s meticulous , unconventional approach meant much of the attention he attracted was negative , but it wasn’t just his approach that people called out . much of that negativity was outright racist vitriol aimed at chu’s asian - american identity . since his run on the game show turned him into something of a public figure , chu has somewhat embraced that identity , speaking out about various social issues in public appearances and from his @ arthur _ affect twitter handle with more than 35 , 000 followers .
i was once young , and have since grown old , and i have yet to understand the apathy with which the issues raised in the film were received , just as i do not yet understand the laughter that erupted in the audience when i was suffering on stage in that student production .
[ the film ] makes me feel like there ' s something wrong with me ,
said rogers .
it makes me feel like other people are watching this film . . . thinking , ' god , how awful that is , how bad i feel for this young woman . '
well it’s the old phrase isn’t it : ‘agitate , educate , organise . ’ you can agitate with a film – you can’t educate much , though you can ask questions – and you can’t organise at all , but you can agitate . and i think to agitate is a great aim because being complacent about things that are intolerable is just not acceptable . characters trapped in situations where the implicit conflict has to be played out , that is the essence of drama . and if you can find that drama in things that are not only universal but have a real relevance to what’s going on in the world , then that’s all the better . i think anger can be very constructive if it can be used ; anger that leaves the audience with something unresolved in their mind , something to do , something challenging .
kira mccarthy prepared to watch the film by making sure her ipad was nearby to distract her during difficult moments . ( cbc )
] this isn ' t about me . how can you keep quiet ? how do you have patience for people who claim they love america , but clearly can ' t stand americans ?
for it was wilding ' s violent death that finally brought the suffragettes to the world ' s attention . the film depicts it unflinchingly and shows real footage of the hundreds of women who marched behind her coffin through the streets of london .
in the words of the prophet beyoncé , paramount pictures ain’t sorry . if mother ! ’s mania wasn’t for you , then … maybe there’s a sleepy showing of tulip fever you could slip into ? the studio is standing behind darren aronofsky’s controversial film and its “f” cinemascore rating . ( to be fair , the emoji movie has a “b” rating , so maybe take this with a grain of salt . ) paramount’s worldwide president of marketing and distribution megan colligan spoke to the hollywood reporter about the critics and audiences who were disgusted that the studio would release such a gruesome movie . colligan basically says that aronofsky is an auteur , jennifer lawrence is a star , and not everything has to be palatable . per thr :
the film leaves it to the viewer to decide whether the more extreme actions of the suffragettes could be justified . there are certainly moments of pure triumph against the lascivious male characters but there are also flickers of pure violence that risked injury to the innocent .
in order to capture the contemplative persona of the novel’s main character , the film’s writing team suggested modeling its narration after the michael caine film alfie , in which caine regularly addresses the audience straight on . cusack was hesitant , telling the new york times in 2000 , “i vetoed that idea . i thought there ' d just be too much of me . ” it was only after director stephen frears joined the team that cusack regained confidence in the device .
in this film the characters are explored more fully . both katie and dan are seen in extremis . in the end , their natural cheerfulness and resilience are not enough . certainly politically the world that this film shows is even more cruel than the world that cathy was in . the market economy has led us inexorably to this disaster . it could not do otherwise . it generates a working class that is vulnerable and easy to exploit . those who struggle to survive face poverty . it’s either the fault of the system or it’s the fault of the people . they don’t want to change the system , therefore they have to say it’s the fault of the people .
in the fall of 2011 , the administrative board ruled that winston was responsible for sexual harassment , and he was put on what the school calls “dismission , ” a form of expulsion that would allow him to reapply for admission . in the film , the finding against winston is presented as a rare triumph , though a fleeting one . willingham says in the movie that upon returning to cambridge in september , she received a facebook message from the dean of students , who wanted to meet with her . ( willingham had graduated from the law school ; she was back in cambridge for a teaching fellowship in the sociology department of harvard college . ) the meeting was to deliver the news that winston’s dismission had been overturned by the faculty . but the movie is misleading on the process and the timeline . winston missed the entire 2011–2012 academic year because of the finding of the administrative board . during that year , he was barred from attending classes while his case slowly worked its way through the law school’s disciplinary process ; at that time , expulsion required that two - thirds of the faculty vote to ratify the ruling . it wasn’t until the spring of 2012 that the faculty , after reviewing the testimony from the administrative hearing , voted to dismiss the charges against winston and allow his return that fall .
the frame ' s john horn with angelina jolie and rithy panh , who co - directed the film
first they killed my father .
was the most expensive film ever made at that point , and it all hinged on this liquid metal guy . so now we’re making , essentially , one of the two main characters of a $ 100 million movie a cg effect . that was really scary .
the universal story of people struggling to survive was the starting point . but then the characters and the situation have to be grounded in lived experience . if we look hard enough , we can all see the conscious cruelty at the heart of the state’s provision for those in desperate need and the use of bureaucracy , the intentional inefficiency of bureaucracy , as a political weapon : ‘this is what happens if you don’t work ; if you don’t find work you will suffer . ’ the anger at that was the motive behind the film .
everybody says , “oh , you’re going to replace actors . ” you can’t replace actors . we’ve created duplicates , clones , but they can’t act . they’re a computer , for god’s sake .
hijuelos said that authorities don ' t have a good sense of the full impact of the disaster . news reports from mexico on wednesday afternoon showed that rescuers were still in the early stages of going through rubble piles to look for trapped people and bodies .
“the main objective of a premium vod ( video on demand ) release is to try to get more income from vod than you might expect from just a standard vod release , ” says a source at bulldog film distribution . “misconduct definitely wasn’t a flop for us as a distributor , despite only making a few thousand pounds at the box office . theatrical is just one area of the whole release and other areas , including pvod , are much more positive . ”
it was an impossible number of shots for an era in which none of the equipment or the processes that were used to produce the film existed . it was overwhelming . it took almost a year just to get the camera going .
3 ) the film is set to be directed by kirsten sheridan , daughter of jim sheridan and co - writer of in america .
as for depp , he told npr that his version of tonto has to give a peek at the stereotypes that exist so that , when the stereotypes are flipped , the audience can recognize it . well - meaning efforts aside , keene doesn’t see it that way . “it would have been really cool and powerful if tonto was just another guy who happened to be indian , if they didn’t have to go into the whole mystical , spiritual fantasy element , ” she says . “just let tonto be a person . that would be really powerful . ”


the measure of all things is a 2014 documentary film co-directed by sam green and ymusic .

the film had its premiere at the 2014 sundance film festival on january 20 , 2014 .

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the body which we inhabit and which is for us the irreducible measure of all things is not in itself irreducible .
we’d love your help . let us know what’s wrong with this preview of the measure of all things by ken alder .
the measure of all things : the seven - year odyssey that transformed the world by ken adler little , brown £15 . 99 , pp466
the measure of all things calls for works of art that rethink humanism and anthropocentrism from various viewpoints . works may be connected to the theme broadly and all media will be considered .
let the same quantity of food , however , not be served out to young children but less than to older ones , observing measure in all things .
“the measure of all things , ” by contrast , “is a pretty weird movie , ” mr . green said . it was inspired by the guinness book of world records , although don’t tell the guinness folks that .
selection bias : your sample might not be representative of the group you’re trying to measure .
ken alder is a professor of history and milton h . wilson professor of the humanities at northwestern university . he is the author of the measure of all things , published to worldwide acclaim in fourteen languages . he lives in evanston , illinois .
precision : the measure of all things is a tv mini - series starring marcus du sautoy , michael de podesta , and nigel fox . professor marcus du sautoy explores why we are driven to measure and quantify the world around us and why we have reduced the universe to just a handful of fundamental units of measurement .
because there’s an infinite amount of things we can now see or know , there are also an infinite number of ways we can discover that we don’t measure up , that we’re not good enough , that things aren’t as great as they could be .
people who are terrified of what others think about them are actually terrified of all the negative things they think about themselves being reflected back at them .
most of us are pretty average at most things we do . even if you’re exceptional at one thing , chances are you’re average or below average at most other things .
the film explores the fascination of people of all over the world with the guinness book of world records .
in the measure of all things , ken alder describes the surprisingly difficult and adventurous process by which the length of the meter was determined . savants or learned men of france decided that the best way to develop a universal standard of measurement was to base that measurement on the natural world . they selected one ten - millionth of the distance from the equator to the north pole and tasked two savants with leading expeditions to measure part of that distance using triangulation ( the rest
all things cease to appear , by elizabeth brundage : ghosts , murder , a terrifying psychotic who seems normal , and beautiful writing . loved it .
instead of using voice - over , “the measure of all things” employs mr . green as an in - person narrator , punctuating the story with information or his own informal commentary . sometimes he just lets the images play out with the music . the effect is something like “koyaanisqatsi” filtered through an episode of “this american life . ”
a trifling complaint of a good book but it was frustrating as all - get - out to me that the how and where measurement of the all - important baseline wasn ' t mentioned at all until the . . .
14 . consider how george changes over the course of the novel . when were you first convinced of his guilt ? which moments in all things cease to appear did you find to be most disturbing ?
the sciences have many established measurement methods , so hubbard’s book focuses on the measurement of “business intangibles” that are important for decision - making but tricky to measure : things like management effectiveness , the “flexibility” to create new products , the risk of bankruptcy , and public image .
in this captivating book , the author recounts the adventures of two french astronomers who were commissioned to measure the length of the meridian that goes through paris from . . .
i picked up this book based on a colleague ' s recommendation and thoroughly enjoyed it . it is quite likely that
the measure of all things
would make for slow and dull reading for a number of folks , but is a
must read
for those involved the physical sciences or science history . the story - line centers around the munchausen - like adventures of two french savants , with the mission to measure the length of the meridian from dunkirk to barcelona right in the middle of the french revolution . the
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the ancient philosopher protagoras is most famous for his claim : “of all things the measure is man” and today , western societies continue to promote anthropocentrism , an approach to the world that assumes humans are the principal species of the planet . we naturalize a scale of worth , in which beings that most resemble our own forms or benefit us are valued over those that do not .
now that the va knew what they meant by “it security , ” they could measure specific variables , such as the number of virus attacks per year .
once you know what it’s worth to measure something , you can put the measurement effort in context and decide on the effort it should take .
“a marriage , a sociopath , a family destroyed by the economy , the things we do for love—all finely drawn . . . . all of the [ cast ] are sympathetic and suspicious in equal measure , a result of brundage’s ability to peel away the onionskin layers of emotion that define any relationship . as the clues accumulate and the killer is revealed , the truth becomes both horrifying and inevitable . in the end , justice is done and redemption found , though not at one might expect , which makes the book all the more satisfying . ” —vanessa friedman , the new york times book review
1 . the issue of class differences weighs heavily throughout all things cease to appear . discuss the faltering farm economy in the area and how that affects morale . which characters seem to represent the “old guard” of the town ? how does distrust of the wealthy manhattan set factor into the town’s perception of george ?
problems are inevitable , but what they mean is flexible . we get to control what our problems mean to us based on how we choose to think about them and how we choose to measure them . the way we measure success influences how we view the problems we face .
“we’re all going to die , all of us . what a circus ! that alone should make us love each other , but it doesn’t . ” - charles bukowski
professor marcus du sautoy explores why we are driven to measure and quantify the world around us and why we have reduced the universe to just a handful of fundamental units of measurement .
the result of this diligence , and alder ' s brilliance as a writer , is a book which thrills at every level . it is at once a historical detective story , a marvellous demonstration of how science and its social context animate one another , a human drama of the highest order and a parable which proves that - as protagoras put it 25 centuries ago - ' man is the measure of all things ' .
but let all except the very weak and the sick abstain altogether from eating the flesh of four - footed animals .
what’s the really simple question that makes the rest of the measurement moot ? first see if you can detect any change in research quality before trying to measure it more comprehensively .
all respond similarly to mechanical displacement ( distortion ) . because many of the same principles apply to other
douglas hubbard’s how to measure anything is one of my favorite how - to books . i hope this summary inspires you to buy the book ; it’s worth it .
on the day that the brethren return from the journey , let them lie prostrate on the floor of the oratory at all the canonical hours , when the work of god is finished , and ask the prayers of all on account of failings , for fear that the sight of evil or the sound of frivolous speech should have surprised them on the way .
—all still in the retina . the bipolar - cell axons extend afferently beyond the retina , leaving the eyeball to form the
still reading this fascinating story of the metric system , particularly what was involved to produce the meter distance as the savants delambre and mechain worked to measure the part of the meridian arc from dunkerque to barcelona during the french revolution .
if you followed the first three steps , then you’ve defined a variable you want to measure in terms of the decision it affects and how you observe it , you’ve quantified your uncertainty about it , and you’ve calculated the value of gaining additional information about it . now it’s time to reduce your uncertainty about the variable – that is , to measure it .
identified metrics procedures : procedures are put in place to measure some variables ( e . g . about project progress or external factors ) continually .
the measure of all things is one of the finest narrative histories i have ever read . it is beautifully written throughout , endlessly informative and meticulously documented . alder ' s learning seems inexhaustible : he is as happy to talk about the geopolitical implications of napoleon ' s 1798 campaign to egypt as about the niceties of surveying or the ethics of revolutionary utopianism . he has pored over hundreds of thousands of pages of unedited manuscripts , most of them in french . in 2000 , he cycled the entirety of the route that méchain and delambre took , and en route scoured countless local archives for traces of the astronomers ' visits .
although we read that wine is not at all proper for monks , yet , because monks in our times cannot be persuaded of this , let us agree to this , at least , that we do not drink to satiety , but sparingly ; because “wine maketh even wise men fall off” ( sir 19 : 2 ) . but where the poverty of the place will not permit the aforesaid measure to be had , but much less , or none at all , let those who live there bless god and murmur not . this we charge above all things , that they live without murmuring .
fate , war , envy , fraud , suffering and human drama - these are things that do not immediately spring to mind when discussing the history of geodesy .
of all dreary ideas for a book , the history of the meter might seem to be a sure no - go for any publisher .
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is the least understood among all of the human senses . the pattern of stimulation is more crucial in pain than in any other sense . a single brief
alder tells the story of two french scientists ' quest to measure the distance from the north pole to the equator in order to establish a standard meter , 1 / 10 , 000 , 000 that . . .
the story of tower records is an all - too - familiar one — one frequently told about other once - thriving retail chains that have found themselves on the wrong side of history . ( did somebody say radio shack ? borders ? ) it is much to the credit of hanks and his collaborators that “ all things must pass ” makes this particular iteration of the oft - told tale come across as freshly compelling , even poignant .
all right . lawton touched his shoulder in a fatherly way . you stay right here .
11 . justine is a defining character in all things cease to appear . how does her perspective offer insight into george and catherine’s relationship ? discuss the relationship between justine and her husband , bram . how do they defy the conventional expectations for marriage and couplehood ?
if the community is large , let assistants be given him , that , with their help , he too may fulfil the office entrusted to him with an even temper . let the things that are to be given be distributed , and the things that are to be gotten asked for at the proper times , so that nobody may be disturbed or grieved in the house of god .
if , however , the needs of the place , or poverty should require that they do the work of gathering the harvest themselves , let them not be downcast , for then are they monks in truth , if they live by the work of their hands , as did also our forefathers and the apostles . however , on account of the faint - hearted let all things be done with moderation .
a trifling complaint of a good book but it was frustrating as all - get - out to me . . .
, the sensation of things and reflection upon thought and mental activities , feelings , and desires . according to this classical empiricist view , all ideas , beliefs , and theories expressed in conceptual form are to be traced back to their origin in sense if they are to be understood and…
) , all of which subserve touch , temperature , and pain sensitivity in the tongue , as well as taste . the gustatory fibres of the anterior tongue leave the lingual nerve to form the
having , therefore , ascended all these degrees of humility , the monk will presently arrive at that love of god , which being perfect , casteth out fear ( 1 jn 4 : 18 ) . in virtue of this love all things which at first he observed not without fear , he will now begin to keep without any effort , and as it were , naturally by force of habit , no longer from the fear of hell , but from the love of christ , from the very habit of good and the pleasure in virtue . may the lord be pleased to manifest all this by his holy spirit in his laborer now cleansed from vice and sin .
with one of the a , b , or c fibre groups cannot be supported . all of the cutaneous senses seem to be associated with some fibres of all diameters ; furthermore , the c fibres ( once thought to be restricted to the pain function ) display quite specific sensitivities to nonpainful stimuli applied to the skin .
a horizontal cross section of the human eye , showing the major parts of the eye , including the protective covering of the cornea over the front of the eye .
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while focusing on the rise and demise of tower records , the fallen retail giant that once billed its flagship location as “the largest record - tape store in the known world , ” actor - turned - documentarian colin hanks also offers glances at the bigger picture of 21st - century recording industry upheavals in “all things must pass . ” the movie’s primary audience likely will [ … ]
let the brethren who are to be sent on a journey recommend themselves to the prayers of all the brotherhood and of the abbot . and after the last prayer at the work of god , let a commemoration always be made for the absent brethren .
if we do not venture to approach men who are in power , except with humility and reverence , when we wish to ask a favor , how much must we beseech the lord god of all things with all humility and purity of devotion ? and let us be assured that it is not in many words , but in the purity of heart and tears of compunction that we are heard . for this reason prayer ought to be short and pure , unless , perhaps it is lengthened by the inspiration of divine grace . at the community exercises , however , let the prayer always be short , and the sign having been given by the superior , let all rise together .
sometimes you’ll want to start by decomposing an uncertain variable into several parts to identify which observables you can most easily measure . for example , rather than directly estimating the cost of a large construction project , you could break it into parts and estimate the cost of each part of the project .
“every one hath his proper gift from god , one after this manner and another after that” ( 1 cor 7 : 7 ) . it is with some hesitation , therefore , that we determine the measure of nourishment for others . however , making allowance for the weakness of the infirm , we think one hemina of wine a day is sufficient for each one . but to whom god granteth the endurance of abstinence , let them know that they will have their special reward . if the circumstances of the place , or the work , or the summer’s heat should require more , let that depend on the judgment of the superior , who must above all things see to it , that excess or drunkenness do not creep in .
the life of a monk ought always to be a lenten observance . however , since such virtue is that of few , we advise that during these days of lent he guard his life with all purity and at the same time wash away during these holy days all the shortcomings of other times . this will then be worthily done , if we restrain ourselves from all vices . let us devote ourselves to tearful prayers , to reading and compunction of heart , and to abstinence .
few of these allegedly egalitarian initiatives lasted far into the nineteenth century . by a long chalk the most durable among them was the creation of the metre . in late eighteenth - century france more than 250 , 000 different units of weights and measures were in use . it was decided by the think - tanks of the first republic that the reform of the weights - and - measures system around a single unit would streamline the economy , improve prosperity and hasten the onset of equality and freedom . how , though , was a measure to be found that would be sufficiently impartial to conform to the revolution ' s egalitarianism ? it was decided ' to derive the fundamental unit of this utopian world from the measure of the world itself ' .
a final irony : “all things must pass” should enjoy a healthy run on the festival circuit , and may even have limited theatrical exposure . but , like the music that used to be tower records’ stock - in - trade , it will doubtless reach most people through digital streaming . and so it goes .
after following the above steps , hubbard writes , “the measurement instrument should be almost completely formed in your mind . ” but if you still can’t come up with a way to measure the target variable , here are some additional tips :
to be measured , the object of measurement must be described clearly , in terms of observables . a good way to clarify a vague object of measurement like “it security” is to ask “what is it security , and why do you care ? ” such probing can reveal that “it security” means things like a reduction in unauthorized intrusions and malware attacks , which the it department cares about because these things result in lost productivity , fraud losses , and legal liabilities .
buzzing comedies such as the spy who dumped me await you in our summer movie guide . check in for all the info you need .
…all risk in any project… can be expressed by one method : the ranges of uncertainty on the costs and benefits , and probabilities on events that might affect them .
contains about 50 to 75 slender taste receptor cells , all arranged in a banana - like cluster pointed toward the gustatory pore .
. here and at all levels of the brain , gustatory fibres run in distinct and separate pathways , lying close to the pathways for other modalities from the tongue and mouth cavity . from the
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he was thinking of emerson , the terrible aristocracy that is in nature . because there were things in this world you couldn’t control . and because even now he was thinking of her . even now , with his wife lying dead in that house .
the third degree of humility is , that for the love of god a man subject himself to a superior in all obedience , imitating the lord , of whom the apostle saith : “he became obedient unto death” ( phil 2 : 8 ) .
engaging read from a human angle about the effort to create a better standard and measure our earth . we are indebted to people who developed accurate measurement systems . wish we could move to a logical system like metric in the usa .
let all guests who arrive be received as christ , because he will say : “i was a stranger and you took me in” ( mt 25 : 35 ) . and let due honor be shown to all , especially to those “of the household of the faith” ( gal 6 : 10 ) and to wayfarers .
subtlety # 1 : not giving a fuck is not about being indifferent . it just means you’re comfortable with being different . don’t say fuck it to everything in life , just to the unimportant things .
chemical transmission of a nerve impulse at the synapsethe arrival of the nerve impulse at the presynaptic terminal stimulates the release of neurotransmitter into the synaptic gap . the binding of the neurotransmitter to receptors on the postsynaptic membrane stimulates the regeneration of the action potential in the postsynaptic neuron .
subtlety # 3 : whether you realize it or not , you are always choosing what to give a fuck about . the key is to gradually prune the things you care about , so that you only give a fuck on the most important of occasions .
children are to be kept under discipline at all times and by everyone . therefore , let the younger honor their elders , and the older love the younger .
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finding something important and meaningful in your life is the most productive use of your time and energy . this is true because every life has problems associated with it and finding meaning in your life will help you sustain the effort needed to overcome the particular problems you face . thus , we can say that the key to living a good life is not giving a fuck about more things , but rather , giving a fuck only about the things that align with your personal values .
series in which professor marcus du sautoy explores why we are driven to measure and quantify the world around us and why we have reduced the universe to just a handful of fundamental units of measurement . from the first cave paintings of cro - magnon man to atomic clocks , he shows how our human desire for ever greater precision has changed the course of history and society .
) attacks the sensory nerves of the cord’s dorsal column . the result is that the affected individual has difficulty sensing the position of his limbs . another general function of the muscle receptors is the maintenance of
extend the range and power of the senses . in the last analysis , however , all such devices convert ( transduce ) information back to a form of stimulus energy that is directly perceptible to the unaided senses . for example , a
let no one in the monastery follow the bent of his own heart , and let no one dare to dispute insolently with his abbot , either inside or outside the monastery . if any one dare to do so , let him be placed under the correction of the rule . let the abbot himself , however , do everything in the fear of the lord and out of reverence for the rule , knowing that , beyond a doubt , he will have to give an account to god , the most just judge , for all his rulings . if , however , matters of less importance , having to do with the welfare of the monastery , are to be treated of , let him use the counsel of the seniors only , as it is written : “do all things with counsel , and thou shalt not repent when thou hast done” ( sir 32 : 24 ) .
while the pious might wish to look to the gods to provide absolute moral guidance in the relativistic universe of the sophistic enlightenment , that certainty also was cast into doubt by philosophic and sophistic thinkers , who pointed out the absurdity and immorality of the conventional epic accounts of the gods . protagoras ' prose treatise about the gods began
concerning the gods , i have no means of knowing whether they exist or not or of what sort they may be . many things prevent knowledge including the obscurity of the subject and the brevity of human life .
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rejection of alternatives liberates us . in a strange way , commitment to one thing offers more freedom than anything else because it relieves you of all the second guessing about what else is out there .
the story of the lie detector takes us straight into the dark recesses of the american soul . it also leads us on a noir journey through some of the most storied episodes in american history . that is because the device we take for granted as an indicator of guilt or innocence actually tells us more about our beliefs than about our deeds . the machine does not measure deception so much as feelings of guilt or shame . as ken alder reveals in his fascinating and disturbing account , the history of the . . .
decision model detail : using an excel spreadsheet , the aie analyst elicits from the experts all the factors that matter for the decision being analyzed : costs and benefits , roi , etc .
anything can be measured . if a thing can be observed in any way at all , it lends itself to some type of measurement method . no matter how “fuzzy” the measurement is , it’s still a measurement if it tells you more than you knew before . and those very things most likely to be seen as immeasurable are , virtually always , solved by relatively simple measurement methods .
behold , these are the instruments of the spiritual art , which , if they have been applied without ceasing day and night and approved on judgment day , will merit for us from the lord that reward which he hath promised : “the eye hath not seen , nor the ear heard , neither hath it entered into the heart of man , what things god hath prepared for them that love him” ( 1 cor 2 : 9 ) . but the workshop in which we perform all these works with diligence is the enclosure of the monastery , and stability in the community .
if , however , the work hath been especially hard , it is left to the discretion and power of the abbot to add something , if he think fit , barring above all things every excess , that a monk be not overtaken by indigestion . for nothing is so contrary to christians as excess , as our lord saith : “see that your hearts be not overcharged with surfeiting” ( lk 21 : 34 ) .
june didn’t have children of her own , but she had raised dogs her whole life and saw the same dark knowing in the child’s eyes that confirmed what all animals understood , that the world was full of evil and beyond comprehension .
the book is a little slow until the last third . . it was interesting to learn about the expedition that led to the definition of the meter that we know and love today . it was designed to be one - millionth of the distance of the earth along from the equator to to the north pole ( at least that ' s what i remember it being ) . anyway , the distance from barcelona to the north of france was measured , the latitudes at the endpoints were measured , and from that , they defined the meter . two men did the measure
but afterward let him live in the apartment of novices , and there let him meditate , eat , and sleep . let a senior also be appointed for him , who is qualified to win souls , who will observe him with great care and see whether he really seeketh god , whether he is eager for the work of god , obedience and humiliations . let him be shown all the hard and rugged things through which we pass on to god .
above all things , let him be humble ; and if he hath not the things to give , let him answer with a kind word , because it is written : “a good word is above the best gift” ( sir 18 : 17 ) . let him have under his charge everything that the abbot hath entrusted to him , and not presume to meddle with matters forbidden him . let him give the brethren their apportioned allowance without a ruffle or delay , that they may not be scandalized , mindful of what the divine word declareth that he deserveth who shall scandalize one of these little ones : “it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea” ( mt 18 : 6 ) .
whenever weighty matters are to be transacted in the monastery , let the abbot call together the whole community , and make known the matter which is to be considered . having heard the brethren’s views , let him weigh the matter with himself and do what he thinketh best . it is for this reason , however , we said that all should be called for counsel , because the lord often revealeth to the younger what is best . let the brethren , however , give their advice with humble submission , and let them not presume stubbornly to defend what seemeth right to them , for it must depend rather on the abbot’s will , so that all obey him in what he considereth best . but as it becometh disciples to obey their master , so also it becometh the master to dispose all things with prudence and justice . therefore , let all follow the rule as their guide in everything , and let no one rashly depart from it .
above all , let not the evil of murmuring appear in the least word or sign for any reason whatever . if anyone be found guilty herein , let him be placed under very severe discipline .
let those who are poor act in like manner . but as to those who have nothing at all , let them simply make the declaration , and with the oblation offer their son in the presence of witnesses .
i asked for this book because i wanted to learn more about the development of the metric system and found so much more in it . other than the herculean effort it took to try and
measure
a portion of a meridian , it was the story of méchain ' s struggles that helped me get a better understanding of the origin of the scientific concept of
precision
. he couldn ' t understand why repeat measurements would yield different results and died thinking he had committed a serious scientific error that he was
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how does a biologist measure the number of fish in a lake ? she catches and tags a sample of fish – say , 1000 of them – and then releases them . after the fish have had time to spread amongst the rest of the population , she’ll catch another sample of fish . suppose she caught 1000 fish again , and 50 of them were tagged . this would mean 5 % of the fish were tagged , and thus that were about 20 , 000 fish in the entire lake . ( see hubbard’s book for the details on how to calculate the 90 % ci . )
let all keep their order in the monastery in such wise , that the time of their conversion and the merit of their life distinguish it , or as the abbot hath directed . let the abbot not disorder the flock committed to him , nor by an arbitrary use of his power dispose of anything unjustly ; but let him always bear in mind that he will have to give an account to god of all his judgments and works . hence in the order that he hath established , or that the brethren had , let them approach for the kiss of peace , for communion , intone the psalms , and stand in choir .
overlap , so that each place on the skin represents two and sometimes three dermatomes ; this yields a segmented pattern of strips over the body from head to toe . all dermatomes feed into a single relay centre ( the sensory
on the feasts of the saints and on all solemn festivals let the night office be performed as we said it should be done on sunday ; except that the psalms , the antiphons , and the lessons proper for that day be said ; but let the number above mentioned be maintained .
all have a similar odour . it is of historic interest that the first benzene derivatives studied by chemists were found in pleasant - smelling substances from plants ( such as oil of wintergreen or oil of anise ) , and so the entire class of compounds was labelled aromatic . subsequently , other so - called
during these days , therefore , let us add something to the usual amount of our service , special prayers , abstinence from food and drink , that each one offer to god “with the joy of the holy ghost” ( 1 thes 1 : 6 ) , of his own accord , something above his prescribed measure ; namely , let him withdraw from his body somewhat of food , drink , sleep , speech , merriment , and with the gladness of spiritual desire await holy easter .
i asked for this book because i wanted to learn more about the development of the metric system and found so much more in it . other than the herculean effort it took to try and
measure
a portion of a meridian , it was the story of méchain ' s struggles that helped me get a better understanding of the origin of the scientific concept of
precision
. he couldn ' t understand why repeat measurements would yield different results and died thinking he had committed a serious scientific error that he was ashamed to reveal .
the eighth degree of humility is , when a monk doeth nothing but what is sanctioned by the common rule of the monastery and the example of his elders .
learn about the sense of smell , including retailers ' use of olfactory manipulation .
maybe non - convergent : market value of corporations , individual levels of income , casualties of wars , size of volcanic eruptions .
let the abbot appoint brethren on whose life and character he can rely , over the property of the monastery in tools , clothing , and things generally , and let him assign to them , as he shall deem proper , all the articles which must be collected after use and stored away . let the abbot keep a list of these articles , so that , when the brethren in turn succeed each other in these trusts , he may know what he giveth and what he receiveth back . if anyone , however , handleth the goods of the monastery slovenly or carelessly let him be reprimanded and if he doth not amend let him come under the discipline of the rule .
if it’s really that important , it’s something you can define . if it’s something you think exists at all , it’s something you’ve already observed somehow .
somewhere near barcelona , at the very start of his triangulations , méchain made a small error of computation . once this error had entered his system , it was impossible to eradicate it . for years the knowledge of this error haunted méchain - the thought that he alone had managed to falsify what was intended to become ' the fundamental scientific value , the measure which would for ever more serve as the foundation for all scientific and commercial exchange ' . in 1804 , suffering from acute depression apparently brought on by guilt , méchain returned to the valencian coast to try to atone for his error . there he caught malaria and died .
owing to the sandals which are wont to spring up , the morning and the evening office should , plainly , never end unless the lord’s prayer is said in the hearing of all by the superior in its place at the end ; so that in virtue of the promise which the brethren make when they say , “forgive us as we forgive” ( mt 6 : 12 ) , they may cleanse themselves of failings of this kind .
one’s ability to taste is intimately involved with his eating habits or with his rejection of noxious substances . one of the earliest reflex responses of the infant , that of
don’t ask yourself what you want out of life . it’s easy to want success and fame and happiness and great sex . everybody wants those things . a much more interesting question to ask yourself is , “what kind of pain do i want ? ” what you are willing to struggle for is a greater determinant of how our lives turn out .
, a slender nerve that traverses the eardrum on the way to the brainstem . when the chorda tympani at one ear is cut or damaged ( by injury to the eardrum ) , taste buds begin to disappear and gustatory sensitivity is lost on the anterior two - thirds of the tongue on the same side . the taste fibres from all the sensory nerves from the mouth come together in the
updated decision model : the aie analyst updates the decision model based on the results of the measurements .
themselves are more or less shielded from nonvisual sources of energy by the surrounding structure of the eye .
at the other hours which are to be said , however , let only the last part of this prayer be said aloud , so that all may answer , “but deliver us from evil” ( mt 6 : 13 ) .
in june 1792 , amidst the chaos of the french revolution , two intrepid astronomers set out in opposite directions on an extraordinary journey . starting in paris , jean - baptiste - joseph delambre would make his way north to dunkirk , while pierre - françois - andré méchain voyaged south to barcelona . their mission was to measure the world , and their findings would help define the me
risk is a state of uncertainty in which some of the possibilities involve a loss .
don’t reinvent the world . in almost all cases , someone has already invented the measurement tool you need , and you just need to find it . here are hubbard’s tips on secondary research :
making allowance for the infirmities of different persons , we believe that for the daily meal , both at the sixth and the ninth hour , two kinds of cooked food are sufficient at all meals ; so that he who perchance cannot eat of one , may make his meal of the other . let two kinds of cooked food , therefore , be sufficient for all the brethren . and if there be fruit or fresh vegetables , a third may be added . let a pound of bread be sufficient for the day , whether there be only one meal or both dinner and supper . if they are to eat supper , let a third part of the pound be reserved by the cellarer and be given at supper .
let children and boys take their places in the oratory and at table with all due discipline ; outdoors , however , or wherever they may be , let them be under custody and discipline until they reach the age of understanding .
but let the one who hath been ordained be on his guard against arrogance and pride , and let him not attempt to do anything but what is commanded him by the abbot , knowing that he is now all the more subject to the discipline of the rule ; and in consequence of the priesthood let him not forget the obedience and discipline of the rule , but advance more and more in godliness .
now , brethren , that we have asked the lord who it is that shall dwell in his tabernacle , we have heard the conditions for dwelling there ; and if we fulfil the duties of tenants , we shall be heirs of the kingdom of heaven . our hearts and our bodies must , therefore , be ready to do battle under the biddings of holy obedience ; and let us ask the lord that he supply by the help of his grace what is impossible to us by nature . and if , flying from the pains of hell , we desire to reach life everlasting , then , while there is yet time , and we are still in the flesh , and are able during the present life to fulfil all these things , we must make haste to do now what will profit us forever .
the next step is to determine your level of uncertainty about the variables you want to measure . to do this , you can express a “confidence interval” ( ci ) . a 90 % ci is a range of values that is 90 % likely to contain the correct value . for example , the security experts at the va were 90 % confident that each agency - wide virus attack would affect between 25 , 000 and 65 , 000 people .
influences the strength of an odour by affecting the volatility and therefore the emission of odorous particles from the source ; humidity also affects odour for the same reasons .
( back - and - forth movement ) of the eyes . slow displacement of the eye occurs against the direction of rotation and serves to maintain the gaze at a fixed point in space ; this is followed by a quick return to the initial eye position in the direction of the rotation . stimulation of the hair cells in the absence of actual rotation tends to produce an apparent “swimming” of the visual field , often associated with
whoever is excommunicated for graver faults from the oratory and the table , let him , at the time that the work of god is celebrated in the oratory , lie stretched , face down in silence before the door of the oratory at the feet of all who pass out . and let him do this until the abbot judgeth that it is enough . when he then cometh at the abbot’s bidding , let him cast himself at the abbot’s feet , then at the feet of all , that they may pray for him . if then the abbot ordereth it , let him be received back into the choir in the place which the abbot shall direct ; yet so that he doth not presume to intone a psalm or a lesson or anything else in the oratory , unless the abbot again biddeth him to do so . then , at all the hours , when the work of god is ended , let him cast himself on the ground in the place where he standeth , and thus let him make satisfaction , until the abbot again biddeth him finally to cease from this penance .
of the muscle spindle form a neuromuscular loop that ensures that tension on the spindle is maintained within its efficient operating limits . the excitability of the muscle spindle also can be influenced through other neural pathways that control the general level of excitability of the central
from easter till the calends of november let the whole psalmody , as explained above , be said , except that on account of the shortness of the nights , no lessons are read from the book ; but instead of these three lessons , let one from the old testament be said from memory . let a short responsory follow this , and let all the rest be performed as was said ; namely , that never fewer than twelve psalms be said at the night office , exclusive of the third and the 94th psalm .
the vice of personal ownership must by all means be cut out in the monastery by the very root , so that no one may presume to give or receive anything without the command of the abbot ; nor to have anything whatever as his own , neither a book , nor a writing tablet , nor a pen , nor anything else whatsoever , since monks are allowed to have neither their bodies nor their wills in their own power . everything that is necessary , however , they must look for from the father of the monastery ; and let it not be allowed for anyone to have anything which the abbot did not give or permit him to have . let all things be common to all , as it is written . and let no one call or take to himself anything as his own ( cf acts 4 : 32 ) . but if anyone should be found to indulge this most baneful vice , and , having been admonished once and again , doth not amend , let him be subjected to punishment .
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