At Noise From The Pit, our mission is to provide you with the latest insights and information on cyber security. This article will discuss Robert Downey Jr.’s appearance at the South by Southwest Conference & Festivals in Austin, Texas. He moderated a panel on cyber security titled “Online Crime: An American Crisis.”
Cyber Security is a Growing Problem
During the panel, which featured experts in the field of cyber security, the importance of taking necessary precautions to protect oneself and one’s data from cyber crime was emphasized. Cyber crime is a serious issue that affects millions of people every year. Americans lost $10.3 billion to cyber crime in the previous year alone.
Understanding the Methods of Cyber Criminals
One of the key takeaways from the panel was understanding the methods cyber criminals use to gain access to your information. Contrary to popular belief, cyber criminals are often highly skilled and organized, using various techniques to gain access to your data. These can include phishing scams, malware, and social engineering tactics.
Taking Steps to Protect Yourself from Cyber Crime
To protect oneself from cybercrime, the panelists recommended taking several steps, including using unique and complex passwords for all accounts, enabling two-factor authentication whenever possible, and using a password manager app to help keep track of passwords. Additionally, it’s important to stay vigilant and be wary of suspicious emails or messages.
Protecting Personal Information Online
Another key takeaway from the panel was protecting personal information online. This includes being careful about the information that you share on social media, as well as being cautious about accepting friend requests from people you don’t know. The panelists also stressed the importance of keeping the software and operating systems up-to-date and using reputable antivirus software.
The Threat of Cyber Attacks on Critical Infrastructure
The panelists also discussed the increasing threat of cyber attacks on critical infrastructure, such as the power grid. According to the panel, a single cyber attack on nine substations could take a large chunk of the U.S. power grid. Therefore, individuals and organizations must take steps to harden their infrastructure and to stay up-to-date on the latest threats and vulnerabilities.
Conclusion
In conclusion, cyber security is an important issue that affects everyone. By understanding the methods that cyber criminals use to gain access to our information and by taking steps to protect ourselves and our data, we can help to reduce the threat of cyber crime. At Noise From The Pit, we encourage everyone to stay vigilant and informed about the latest threats and trends in cyber security.
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Our SWARM Experience at the Austin Motel
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Our day started at the Austin Motel, where we had the chance to experience the activation for the new Donald Glover series, Swarm. The hotel office was transformed into a convenience store, and we were given $5 in Swarm money to purchase snacks and drinks and even a chance to win a Swarm hat. What a fun way to start off the day!
Highlights from the Austin Convention Center
We heard from some fantastic speakers at the Austin Convention Center, including SXSW Co-President Hugh Forrest and Simran Jeet Singh, the author of The Light We Give: How Sikh Wisdom Can Transform Your Life.
SXSW Featured Session with Chelsea Handler
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One of the standout moments from the day was the SXSW Featured Session with Chelsea Handler. She looked stunning in a Spring dress and took the stage to advocate for women’s reproductive rights. Handler shared her story of having an abortion in her youth and how it was a crucial decision for her future. The session was incredibly well-received, with a primarily female audience.
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Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Panel
We also had the opportunity to hear from the stars and filmmakers of the new Transformers movie, Rise of the Beasts. Director Steven Caple Jr, Producer Lorenzo Di Bonaventura, and stars Anthony Ramos and Dominique Fishback attended, and we got a sneak peek into what we can expect from the movie.
Museum of Graffiti: The Art of Hip Hop pop-up activation
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One of the most extraordinary things we did today was visit the “Museum of Graffiti: The Art of Hip Hop pop-up activation sponsored by Modelo and Mi Campo tequila. This spot is fantastic and has an open bar. They were even giving out Champion high-quality t-shirts with a bundle of socks, and I even got a Wind Rester Chair Inflatable Lounger. We also heard from Raekwon of the Legendary Wu-Tang Clan and the iconic music photographer who photographed all their early albums, Danny Hastings. They shared stories about the early days and how the covers were made.
Variety Power of Comedy Awards ceremony
Bob Odenkirk
Another night highlight was the Variety Power of Comedy Awards ceremony, sponsored by Inspired Brands. The event took place at the Creek and the Cave, a super small venue with a capacity of around 200 people. Celebrities and their friends surrounded us, and we even saw Katie Couric in attendance! Some award winners included Eric Andre of the Eric Andre Show on Adult Swim, Chelsea Handler, Jake Johnson, Anna Kendrick, Patton Oswalt, Phoebe Robinson, Tim Robinson & Zach Kanin, Rachel Sennott, and Bob Odenkirk.
Late Night With The Devil Premiere
We also attended the premiere of Late Night With The Devil, where we had an enlightening Q&A session with directors Colin and Cameron Cairnes and actor David Dastmalchian.
Flamifest at Flamingos
To cap off our night, we headed over to Flamingos on 6th St for the first night of Flamifest, an unofficial ska and punk showcase. The legendary ska band, The Toasters, headlined the night, and it was such a fun way to end our day!
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Audience Gathering of the Juggalos 2022 Photos by Dustin “Hazin” Lane & Cheryl “Cherry Bomb” Williams
Article by Chad Thomas Carsten
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From Tuesday, August 2nd through Saturday, August 6th, 2022 Legend Valley, Ohio was the Dark Carnival home for the 22nd annual Gathering of the Juggalos and triumphantly reunited the Juggalo Family for another unforgettable captivating festival experience! The Gathering of the Dreams was truthfully a magical weekend of powerful music, mad clown love, poop trick dollars, Juggalo beauty, and carnival rides/food greatness. And Noise from the Pit had a damn good Gathering! We wish we could DeLorean time travel and witness it allover again! Here are our top 10 (in no order) Gathering of Dreams performances! P.S. Shout out to all of Psychopathic Records for another monumental Gathering opportunity! And of course huge shout out to all the talented photographers for contributing their professional Gathering of Dreams shots towards this write-up!
McNastee
McNastee dominating the Nightmare Stage Photo by Dustin “Hazin” Lane
The Wicked Underground hip-hop legend, known across the globe as McNastee, completely dominated the Nightmare Stage during the 22nd annual Gathering of the Juggalos! His influential rhyme schemes and prolific stage presence had the Juggalos cheering all through out his set! Especially when the Arizona based emcee dived into his “Killmatic” persona. The crowd went beyond bonkers for it! More people need the “hip-hop you can relate to” music of McNastee in their lives. And we here at Noise from the Pit can guarantee that those present who were first time witnessing the indie hip-hop brilliance that McNastee displayed at the Gathering of Dreams, became new life long die hard fans of his signature flows!
Green Jellÿ
Green Jellÿ Photo by Dustin “Hazin” Lane
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Hailed as the worst band to ever open for The Ramones. The California punk rock puppet masters Green Jellÿ (AKA Green Jello) brought forth pure rock ‘n’ roll filth and pandemonium at its finest during the Gathering of Dreams! This was through gigantic puppet mosh pits, tons of toilet paper flinging around the audience, and high voltage foulmouthed punk rock tunes, that lead to the Juggalos roaring at the top of their lungs for more Green Jellÿ, long after their awe-inspiring Nightmare Stage set finished. INCREDIBLE! with that being said, frontman Bill Manspeaker deserves all the success he has achieved with Green Jellÿ due to the bands addictive chaotic originality that always leaves you foaming at the mouth for more!
Madd Maxxx
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During the Witching Hours. The Dirtcore Music phenomena Madd Maxxx wholeheartedly shook the Gathering of Dreams to its very core with a snuff-like stage presentation! The audience gasped in horror as Madd Maxxx tortured a gag bound woman on stage, b-rated horror movie style. While he dropped blood soaked bars and swung around a real katana blade. It was beyond intense! But Madd Maxxx’s Gathering of the Juggalos 2022 set served as a metaphor reminder towards how cruel the world can be. And that we as a human race can bring forth brightness inside this fucked up world with the power of music. P.S. Violent J is the one who coined Madd Maxx’s stage name nearly twenty years ago at the Lotus Pod!
Super Humman
Super Humman elbow drop! Photo by Dustin “Hazin” Lane
The viral Juggalo stunt madman that is Super Humman absolutely obliterated himself inside the Dream Tent at the Gathering of Dreams, alongside the P.O.R. Stunts crew! Super Humman even elbow dropped through a table of thumbtacks. And elbow dropped through a table with somebody else already laying on the table too! With all sorts of spectacular wacky back-breaking stunts, Super Humman has further proved to the entertainment masses that he’s most bold stunt performer the underground has witnessed with their own eyes in the last decade! Even a select few of the Jack Ass crew would be too scared to pull off the type of stunt chaos Super Humman does to himself without dying!
Scythe Gang 666
Scythe Gang 666 Gathering Photos by Dustin “Hazin” Lane
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New Jersey’s groundbreaking hardcore hip-hop punks Ho99o9 presented an intense raw mind-melter of a Gathering performance! Which at first, had the Juggalos stuck in some type of frozen trance of heavy metal bliss as if they were experiencing some sort of surprise rock ‘n’ roll LSD trip. Right before majority of the crowd decided to burst into a massive mosh pit of disarray and rage through out Ho99o9’s entire performance. And that’s due to Ho99o9’s break-neck speeds behind perfectly meshing 1980’s hardcore influenced tunes with a side of super sonic electro drum ‘n’ bass that had Juggalos straight up going berserk mode, Godzilla frat party style!
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Dana Dentata
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Rising Toronto underground rap metal vocalist Dana Dentata unleashed a swarm of Dark Carnival fury the very second she stepped out onto the Nightmare Stage sporting an entire clown outfit with superb clown make up. Then shortly after, she boldly dived right into her ultra freaky side as she revealed her gorgeous body alongside a vivid deathly glare towards the audience before venturing into darker music material. Dana’s live bone-chilling Otep influenced screams could quite literally summon the dead to awake to kick off an army length mosh pit. While her ferocious stage presence had the Juggalos clamoring for a longer set time! Simply put. Dana presented a spine shocking stage show that left you mentally battered and bruised. But at the same time, somehow feeling more alive than ever before!
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Mushroomhead
Mushroomhead Gathering of Dream clown masks! Photo Courtesy of Mushroomhead & Napalm RecordsMushroomhead’s Flesh Ripping Stage Show at the Gathering of Dreams! Photo by Dustin “Hazin” Lane
The lights started to go dark and the drums began to signal that mosh pit heaven was about to arrive to and fuck things up! As thousands witnessed an abundant of letter X’s emerged from the Nightmare Stage. The audience then exploded in sheer excitement as they suddenly realized that the Cleveland, Ohio industrial metal masters Mushroomhead were back at the Gathering of Juggalos to wreak havoc through theatrical black-light brutality! The Juggalos shouted out every lyric during their gut-wrenching audio-visual masterpieces. As Mushroomhead sported intriguing clown masks to honor Insane Clown Posse and their loyal Juggalo fan base while the masked legends were successfully delivering another flesh ripping stage show! The entire band went above and beyond 100 percent to rock faces off to show the whole world that after nearly 30 years of being a band, Mushroomhead can still throw-down an epic live heavy metal extravaganza!
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The Detroit, Michigan Godfather of the Wicket Shit indubitably brought forth another pure volcanic underground hip-hop fire set for the Juggalo masses! With back to back classics and and a slew of horror-filled bangers from Esham’s mighty influential Reel Life Productions catalogue. The crowd was beyond thrilled to be able to sing a long all through out Esham’s therapeutically stunning Gathering of Dreams stage show! Truly iconic! Nuff said!
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Insane Clown Posse’s Super Mix Juggalo Juke Box Show & Gathering 2022 finale
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The wicked clowns always know how to properly get an audience jumping out of their skin in mad hyped anticipation right before slaying the stage with gallons upon gallons of rocket launched Faygo 2 liters. Especially when it involves classic tracks the Insane Clown Posse have never performed live before.
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“The Lost City” isn’t an especially unique film; its premise draws on “Romancing the Stone” and countless other adventure movies. Its punchlines are recognizable from a distance as the volcano dominating the remote island where most of the story takes place. The movie’s initial sequence gives off a clear sense of the plot’s outcome.
Nevertheless, a great deal of comfort and enjoyment is derived from all of these countless experiences. Adam and Aaron Nee, directors, and co-writers, effectively and irresistibly tap into the profound emotions. These are feelings that only romantic comedies can provide. This is a film you see in movie theaters, with popcorn. Then on streaming, and once more with a glass of wine.
The Lost City Plot Set To The Tune Of A Familar Recipe
Loretta Sage (Sandra Bullock) is a burnt-out writer whose grief after the passing away of her husband almost ended her career. Her contempt for her books is matched by their detestable title figure Alan (Channing Tatum). Tatum is known for shamelessly indulging her readers at book signings.
After an event promoting her latest book, Loretta is kidnapped by explorer/rich guy Abigail (Aaron) Fairfax. He is played by Daniel Radcliffe. Fairfax knows that the lost city from Loretta’s book is real. He desires Loretta to translate some ancient writing. Which ultimately will lead to a trapdoor and a treasure before a volcano erupts and ruins everything. Alan ventures into an ill-advised expedition to rescue her. He is determined to meet up with Loretta to win her approval. This is attributed thanks to his friend Jack (Brad Pitt), and her beleaguered editor Beth (Da’Vine Joy Randolph).
Channing Tatum Shows He Is More Than Just A Face
Loretta and Alan’s romantic encounter is inevitable, but “The Lost City” helps explore the chemistry between Bullock and Tatum’s characters. In particular, the movie highlights the emotional intelligence and unwavering support Alan. He may be the kind of man who calls Loretta a “human mummy,” not the brightest toy in the box. However, there’s more to him than what Loretta thinks. Like others, a hero similar to a beloved novel, Alan isn’t just handsome, but a truly kind-hearted guy.
Tatum is a terrific choice for this role on several levels. Not only does he look like he belongs on the cover of a novel. He’s also an actor who has displayed time and time again that he adores acting for laughs. Bullock is also happy to play into her onscreen character’s physical insecurity and subsequent shedding of her prickly condition — it isn’t really unfamiliar territory for her, either. Together, the pair share joy and a sense of affection that one can readily get caught up in.
The other members of the supporting cast, particularly Patti Harrison as Loretta’s hysterically self-involved social media manager. She is put in a bright, unusual component of humor to a script that otherwise handles it fairly by the numbers. (oddly, this is not a criticism, “The Lost City” works with an effective approach). The only part that doesn’t stand out in the script is Radcliffe, as he’s the character that tries the most to alter up standardized type characters. So, Radcliffe appears to be out of place in a story where everyone else feels at home in their archetypes.
“The Lost City” may be deemed fluff by some viewers, but it certainly does a lot of improbable things well. It is well-lit, both visually and atmospherically. It is a creative movie that is told in some style. This story, at its core, examines how folks engage with romance and vulnerability. It’s extremely successful in doing so, as it focuses on its own central relationship throughout the entirety of the plot. Visually, “The Lost City” is a stunning film that successfully achieves its central relationship on a visual level.
Be sure to check out the SXSW QnA At the world premiere
Everything Everywhere All At Once is a film that leaves you with an endless amount of emotions that leaves one wondering their place and purpose. Writer-Directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert are known as the Daniels. They have brought forth a particularly rare and valid vision to life. With films like Ready Player One and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, the cinema has been moving in different directions. The Daniels will take you down Alice’s rabbit hole in Everything Everywhere All At Once. Tunneling through a spyglass of comedy, philosophy, the foundation of human emotions splashed with a dose of Kung-Fu. In other words, a complete tripped out mindfuck, with a heavy emphasis on tripped out.
Michelle Yeoh As Evelyn Wang Honing Her Kung-Fu Skills
Michele Yeoh Brings Her Best Performance To Date As Evelyn
Michelle Yeoh, the protagonist of the film, performs an absolute love letter cinematic silver screen, as Evelyn Wang. Evelyn Wang, the proprietor of a laundromat facing an Internal Revenue Service audit. We meet her enjoying a happy moment with Waymond (Ke Huy Quan) and their daughter Joy (Stephanie Hsu).
We see their beaming faces reflected in the mirror on their living room wall. As the camera zooms through the mirror, Evelyn’s smile fades, now sitting at a desk awash with business receipts. She is preparing to handle a meeting with an IRS auditor. While trying to serve a Chinese food feast for their Chinese New Year celebration.
Gong Gong’s (James Hong, glorious as ever) lofty expectations of his daughter are very high. On top of the to-do list of taking care of her father’s visit and the tax audit.
Evelyn’s sullen daughter Joy wants to bring her friend Becky (Tallie Medel) to the party, and her husband wants to talk about the state of their marriage.
Evelyn Wang Discovers The Overwhelming Power Of Everything Everywhere All At Once
Just as Evelyn begins to feel overwhelmed by everything happening in her life. She’s visited by another version of Waymond from what he calls the Alpha verse. There, humans have learned how to reverse chronological time and are threatened by a monster depicted as Jobu Tupaki.
Evelyn is then thrown headlong into a multiverse adventure that forces her to question everything she thought she knew regarding her existence.
Everything from her failures, to her wishes for her family. Most of the action takes place at an IRS office in Simi Valley, California.
This is where Evelyn must battle IRS agent Diedre (Jamie Lee Curtis, having a ball), hordes of security guards, and everyone else she’s ever met.
Production designer Jason Kisvarday constructs an endless cubicle arrangement where everything from the editor’s blade to a butt plug-shaped auditor of the year award can become a catalyst of sorts in a struggle to save the universe. The original speed of the script was equaled without breaking the editor’s direction. All by simply expanding Evelyn’s inner journey while various layers of universes folded into each other. Anticipated cuts held the scenes together, while snap cuts played up the prominent aspects of the story’s comical foundation.
Defined both ways and not, each realm looks and acts in a unique way. Serving as a worldview analogue, the winking film irony relates from “The Matrix” to “The Fall” to “2001: A Space Odyssey” to “In The Mood For Love” to “Ratatouille.” Even the performer’s own legacy makes a cameo appearance in the film with the use of loving callbacks to her Hong Kong action film days and the wuxia classic “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.” Even Michelle Yeoh’s own legacy makes a cameo appearance in the film. With the use of loving callbacks to her Hong Kong action film days and the wuxia classic “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
The fight sequences, choreographed by Andy and Brian Le, have a balletic beauty to them. They are well-executed from the perspective of cinematographer Larkin Seiple with much wide shot framing allowing the body to fill the frame.
Michelle Yeoh plays the lead role that showcases her distinctive talents Everything from her seasoned martial arts ability to her fantastically comic timing to her capability to delve into unfathomable cultural depths of reason simply from a look or a reaction. She is a movie star, and this is a film that recognizes it.
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Ke Huy Quan Delivers As A Love Stricken Benefactor
Much like Evelyn utilizes Yeoh’s artwork, elements of Waymond can be found throughout Quan’s distinct career path. The comic timing from his childhood parts as Data in “The Goonies” and Short Round in “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” echoes in the role.
His work as a fight coordinator is evident in the tight action of alpha-Fightstar. Who is able to take out a truckload of intruders with a fanny pack. Even his time as a production assistant, like for Wong Kar Wai’s “2046”, can be drawn from the universe in which he plays the role of the one who got away with a suave stance.
Quan utilizes his comedic talent to deliver a gentle reminder that an individual is a vital strength in kindness. Proving that nice guy may finish last but they will suffer through the pain for the greater good. A very relatable topic for me TBH.
Stephanie Hsu As Joy. Evelyn’S Daughter.
Stephanie Hsu, Depicts Evelyns Daughter Joy As A Broken Soul
While Evelyn’s and Waymond’s apathy with each other flows through alternative realities, it is their daughter Joy who proves to be the villian. In a clear victory for actress Stephanie Hsu, Joy delivers a generational contrast. Joy is the lasting weight of Evelyn’s fractured bond with her grandfather and the frustration of an American dream unattained. The color of her individual sexuality was in stark contrast to that of her mother’s country when she first arrived there. The story of Eveyln’s struggle is worsened by everything that she did to give up more opportunities for a better life than what was concluded. Owing to these pressures, she manifests a state of great rebellion that threatened even the universe the consumption of everything bagels threatens to swallow up everyone and everything.
When remembering loved ones who have suffered from generational trauma. Daniels’s perspective is that the void can be reversed through the experience of absolute love that is transmitted from one generation to the next. Only if we make sure to focus on love and tolerance rather than condemnation and rejection.
Life isn’t always a series of rational moments; it’s a series of fleeting, priceless, and magical moments. Sometimes they appear one by one and sometimes they are Everything Everywhere All At Once. This film is about choosing love no matter what. Even at the fate of the multiverse. It frequently visits the notion of how easy it is in life to let the past shape our future. Yielding two perspectives, one being “nothing really matters” and “nothing else matters”. It is a poem of our existence and presence, and the complete contrast of it. It often reminded me of the rabbit hole of an ego-death LSD trip into our purpose in life. I do believe I discovered my new favorite movie. The Daniels, Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, and the icon Jamie Lee Curtis truly came together to make this masterpiece. Everything Everywhere All At Once Don’t be surprised to see it nominated for a variety of awards in the future.
The Reverberation Appreciation Society revamped Austin Psych Fest to Levitation Fest in 2015, honoring the city’s former psych-rock pioneers, The 13 Floor Elevators. The new name also signified a change in programming to draw on adjacent music genres that didn’t fit Psych-Rock. Since the festival spread beyond the main venues of those original venues, its atmosphere has evolved into an Austin subculture vibe. With attendees spiking between their temporary residence closest to the Stubb s and Mohawk venues and the control center had never had, the event was almost a mini South by Southwest. Crumb provided Stubbs with a Mild High liftoff on Thursday night. As the keyboardist hypnotizes the audience to evoke a hazy trip-hop melancholy, they call to mind Melody’s Echo Chamber, a guest performance by fellow Levitation artist Dungen that Crumb had canceled at the last minute. Crumb’s composed pieces frequently incorporate a sense of movement, and their live performance often declines from lounge-y coziness to propulsive psychedelia and back, often at the same time.
For many kids, the comforting sounds of Crumb were their preferred; many packed Mohawk down the street for a deeper dose. Austin’s heavy metal band The Well rocked before a gathering of headbanging fans at Mohawk with their Sabbath-inspired chunky psych metal. At times the vocalizations of Ian Graham and Lisa Alley, in dual roles, seemed to emanate from the depths of a well far underground (pun unintended) that provided their sludgy blues with a haunted vibe. The outstanding scene arranged by Mohawk’s outdoor stage appeared in its iconic series with enveloping psychedelic light which was cast in sharp contrast to the outside-the-box melody of the band.
At the Mohawk, Levitation alum closed out the night with vocalist Fuzz, Ty Segall on drums, guitarist Charlie Moothart, and bassist Chad Ubovich. Fuzz pummeled its audience through a set of heavy acid rock, delighting listeners by executing every detail with the utmost precision. The Moothart Man’s vibrant, red-band shredding recalls the roaring power of Jimi’s psychedelic trio. The crowd stomped along to the dark throng of music mixing punk, rock, blues, and Psychedelic, proving once again why Fuzz is not to be missed.
