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Ya'll Want An Excerpt?
Yea, you want an excerpt! One good thing about 2 snow days is that Rearview Mirror, the sequel to Move, has progressed by 4 chapters over 2 days. Wow! And it's progressing in ways that frankly, surprised even me. I've thrown in some elements that I didn't expect, like developing an interweaving culture of djinn and humans that I never even thought about when I originally started with this in writing Move. It's been a bit of a challenge, because Judeao-Christian culture doesn't believe in djinn. That's actually an Islamic belief, so I've really had to stretch and research to get my head around this. Truth is, I'm amazed at where this is going. But I'm pleased, and excited to see where these new unexpected elements lead.
This is why writing is so much fun. As you write, things unfold that even you don't expect. It really is a world taking on a life of it's own.
Anyway, now I'd like to share a bit of what I've written on my snow days. Here's an excerpt of Chapter 11. It's a high paced chase that ends with a bang - literally! Ruby has just found out that Bryce wasn't the only djinn she was bound to. In fact, she's been bound to three. That's right, that means that two other characters in Move were djinn. *Cue dramatic music here* So now you have more reason to go back and read it again. Who were they? It may be obvious - or not!
So without further ado, here's an except from my latest progress with Rearview Mirror:
Time passed. It might have been a little or a lot. She forgot her watch, and frankly she didn't care. None of it mattered anymore. She ran through the woods, searching for a place where she could sort out the whirlwind in her mind.
"Ruby, where are you! Come back!"
She was working with Bryce. She called him here to me!
"It's dangerous out here! Please, Ruby, come back and let's fix this!"
She played me for five years.
"Ruby, please! I'm trying to help you! That's all I ever tried to do!"
I don't know what's real anymore.
She forged ahead faster, propelled by their chasing voices. No, she wasn't going back. Not now. She couldn't believe it. Her whole life, since her mother died, had been a lie. Nothing had been real. It was all smoke and mirrors to make her believe she had a choice, when in fact she was being manipulated by everything around her.
I thought Simone turned on me first, but it turns out that Denise was playing me long before that. My best friend. The one person I trusted the most betrayed me the worst.
Ruby stopped dead in her tracks, not by the voices chasing her, but by her own thoughts.
If Denise called Bryce here to work on me, then how did Simone get tangled up with him?
She leaned against a tree, her mind swirling faster and faster.
Was he already here, or was he playing both sides against the middle?
"Ruby, please come back! It's dangerous out here!"
Ruby grabbed the tree to steady herself as her heart raced and her breath came in fast gasps. She tried to slow her breathing. She didn't want them to find her like this. She didn't want them to find her at all; not now at least!
Which came first – Simone's mistakes, or my own?
"Actually, it was a little bit of both," a voice said behind Ruby.
She turned to see the figure of a person behind her, but she couldn't make it out in the darkness. In fact, the figure itself seemed to be wrapped in black, and just barely formed a person. It reached out a hand.
"You both trusted the wrong people. But come to me, and let's make it right."
"Leave her alone!" Ruby heard Oliver shout behind the black form. It turned to face him.
"What do you know of this? You have no part in this matter! Leave us be!"
Oliver pulled a silver amulet out of his pocket and held it up, chanting in a strange tongue. The figure let out a shriek. Ruby trembled against the tree and put her hands against her ears, screaming against the painful whale of the figure as it expanded until it was mere dots exploding against the sky above them. Something fell from the explosion, hitting Ruby on the temple before bouncing on her foot. Oliver rushed forward, grabbing Ruby and pulling her away from the tree.
"Are you alright?" he asked, his hand probing the tender spot on her forehead where she was hit. "Are you hurt?"
"No, I'm fine," Ruby said.
And then she fainted.
New Year; New Novel
It's a new year, and what better way to kick it off as a writer than by starting a new novel! That's right, I officially started my rough draft of the sequel to Move yesterday. I'm still doing some research, but I finally had an idea of how to open it and figured, why wait? There's no reason why I can't write what I have and keep researching for later plot points at the same time. It's untitled right now, but I'm sure that will come soon as well. For now, I'm happy to open 2014 on this blog with the following very rough draft of my prologue for this project. I hope you enjoy it:
She ran down the pathway, pushing aside branches and twigs lashing at her arms and face. As she came to a clearing, she paused briefly to glance behind her. They paused, just out of sight. All she would make out were three vague images bathed in yellow, blue, and black – a terrible blackness that felt more like a void than a presence.
"Come to us, Claire," they whispered.
She turned and dashed down the path again. She knew this path. It should lead to – yes, she saw it up ahead! She dashed off the path and hid behind a tree, pressing her back against it and taking slow, deep breaths to silence herself, just like they taught her at the academy, until her breathing slowed to a more controlled rate. She listened for a moment to see if they passed. After two full minutes passed without a sound, she hazarded a glance around.
Nothing. But then again, it was dark. They could still be nearby. She crept toward the dilapidated cabin just out of sight of the path, careful to avoid stepping on any twigs, fallen branches, or low spots that might trip her.
Somehow, she knew where they all were. As if she had been here before. he reached the door and dashed inside, closing it behind her silently and leaning her head against it, finally allowing herself to gasp for the air that wouldn't seem to fill her lungs.
"What are you looking for, Claire?"
She turned slowly to see the yellow presence behind her, inside the cabin. It was in the shape of a person, but she couldn't clearly make out who it was, but they seemed familiar – as if it were a presence she once knew well, but now only remembered vaguely. She turned to face it, blinking her eyes several times to try and focus. "Do I know you?"
The image cleared to a woman with long, brown hair and big, brown eyes. "You did once, Detective Claire Barnes, but it's been a while."
Claire shook her head, confused. "It must have been quite a while. I don't remember your name."
The woman smiled. "Give it time."
"Where are we?" Claire said, looking at the dusty computer equipment around the cabin. "And wait, weren't you just chasing me?"
The woman laughed nervously. "Yes. And no. It's complicated. I'm trying to help you. I know what you face. And I know what you need to help. I just don't know if it's best for the greater good."
"How can you know?" Claire gasped. "I don't know you. And you don't know what's happening around here. It's a mess. Things that were once so clear – I don't know. Tanger Falls used to be such a nice, simple town. And I thought that the Simone Dawkins case coming to trial would help us find closure on all that tragedy that tore the town apart a few years ago, but then everything came unraveled. Evidence that was conclusive was suddenly tainted and …"
"It's coming undone," the woman in yellow said.
"Exactly." Claire paused studied the woman, thinking. Wait, that face. And the Simone Dawkins trial. "Wait, I do know you. Didn't you work for Simone at that advertising company? I talked to someone, a young woman. But no, she didn't look like you. She was someone different. Someone who's gone now." Claire shook her head and slumped against the wall, running her hand over her face. "What's wrong with me? I can't seem to get my head on straight all of a sudden. I have to go on the bench in a few days to testify and I can't clearly remember anything! It's bits and pieces. Almost like a dream."
The woman put out her hand and helped Claire back to her feet. "It can come back together, but I'm not the one you need. You need another. You need the one that can set things right in Tanger Falls, for once and for all."
The woman held out her hand an opened it to reveal a ruby ring in a yellow gold setting. Claire took it and held it up to a ray of moonlight shining through the slits in the boards over the cabin windows. Of course! That was it!
The light was blocked by a blue light shining outside the window. Claire gasped and grabbed the ring, clasping it in her hand. The woman in yellow put her hand on the doorknob. "Go now. Find her before it's too late. Find her before it all comes undone."
"Who?" Claire asked as the door exploded to reveal the blue and black presences standing on the other side of the door, grabbing the woman in yellow.
Claire screamed as she jerked awake, staring around her bedroom. She gasped for breath for several moments until she realized her cell phone was vibrating on the bedside table. She jerked it up.
IT'S COMING UNDONE.
She dropped the phone, wiping the sweat off her forehead. What did these dreams mean? Why did she keep dreaming of the ruby ring? The one piece of evidence that put Simone in jail. The piece that Simone claimed was never hers, and that her ex-husband verified. The one piece suddenly wiped clean of conclusive evidence. The one piece of evidence that suddenly didn't fit anymore.
The ruby ring.
"Ruby Josen," Claire whispered.
And she remembered it all.
Another Excerpt
Well folks, the sci-fi novella is coming along great. It has a title - Incursion - and it just grew by 2 chapters. Yep, it's now going to be a 12 chapter novella. But that's alright. It's all about what it takes to make it the best story it can be. And I've written 10 chapters so far, so I'm very close to having the rough draft done. Yay!
I've done a lot of work on it this weekend. In fact, on Friday night I woke up around midnight unable to sleep because I had so many ideas, so I got up and I wrote 3 chapters in an hour and a half. Not bad, but thank goodness it was a weekend night because that wouldn't work on a work night like tonight!
Today I'd like to share another excerpt with you. This is from Chapter 6. Enjoy!
The viewscreen switched to a man with deep colored skin, curly brown hair and deep brown eyes. "Greetings ship. My name is Esau Norali. I'm a cleric with the Gnostic Order. With whom am I speaking?"
Paige jerked. That voice sounded so familiar, like the one from her visions. She composed herself quickly and pulled her jumpsuit straight. "My name is Paige Lybrand, Captain of the Callisto 2. We're here to investigate the dark matter mass over your sector."
Esau smiled nervously. "Thank you for taking my transmission. We've been trying to hail the other Earth sectors since the dark matter mass ppeared two weeks ago, but nobody will respond to our hails."
"They might not be getting them. The dark matter is interfering with communications," Molly said. "Do you have data on this dark matter mass?"
"It's an incursion, and we desperately need your help." Esau looked around nervously. Several hooded clerics behind him nodded in unison. "Captain, we're aware that the Terran and Jovan Councils are considering action on us regarding the attack on the Middle Eastern sector, but there's information you need to know. We didn't launch those missiles. Those strikes were the result of the dark matter incursion and we need to stop it before they destroy more of Earth."
"Wait, what do you mean?" Paige asked. "Who are 'they?'"
"Captain, we're getting another hail," Janelle said. She stared at the console. "I'm not sure of the source. It has the same frequency as the transmissions I read from the dark matter, but it appears to be routing through the lunar communications satellite."
"Split screen view," Paige said. The screen split in half to show Esau on the left and the image of a tall man standing in a shadow in a cowl, covering his head. Paige stood and walked to the center of the bridge. "This is Captain Paige Lybrand of the Callisto 2."
"Captain Lybrand, you've been warned."
Paige raised an eyebrow and looked around at the bridge crew. Everybody nodded.
This was the man from their visions.
"With whom am I speaking. Show yourself!"
The man stepped out of the shadows and threw back his cowl. "I'm Esau Norali, head of the Gnostic Order. You've been warned. Retreat from the dark matter mass within thirty seconds or we'll fire on your ship."
Paige turned to face her crew, who were staring at the split screen images of Esau with dropped jaws. "Can anybody tell me what the hell's going on?"
First Excerpt!
I'm happy to report that the sci-fi novella is in full progress! I've written about 2 chapters of it. It's flowing nicely but (no surprise here) the outline I shared with you last week has already been destroyed. Yea, that pretty much met the "delete" key when I finished the prologue! Oh well. That's fairly normal for me. Outlines never worked out for me anyway. I don't know why I even mess with them. I guess it makes me feel better about getting started on a new writing project.
I still don't have a title for this piece. I'm hoping that something brilliant and powerful comes to me soon, because referring to it as "Sci-Fi Novella" is driving me a little batty. But again, this isn't completely unusual. I haven't had titles for about half of my projects until I was nearly halfway done. I'm sure it'll come.
And so, without further ado, here's an excerpt from Chapter 1 of the Sci-Fi Novella-in-Progress:
"The American Sector is sending a standard greeting."
"Put it through," Paige said, smoothing her uniform and walking to her seat. Earth was replaced with a middle aged woman with dark hair in a tight bun and dark eyes staring at the screen.
"Greetings, Callisto 2. I'm Majorie Banks, commander of the American Sector Station. What brings you here today?"
"Greetings, Commander Banks. I'm Paige Lybrand, captain of the Callisto 2. We're here today on a standard supply run." She pulled up her computer manifest. "We're scheduled to pick up food and medical supplies, a shipment of construction materials for the development of the Saturn 2 spacestation, and," she paused to clear her throat, "thirteen parakeets."
Commander Banks eyes glistened as she suppressed a laugh. "I'm sorry, I'm not sure I got that last item."
Paige put her computer in her pocket. "It's actually thirteen budgies. The Jovan Council approved a request for Dr. Hailey Heslop, a scientist on Callisto, to set up a parakeet aviary to breed birds. People love their pets and the Council feels the time is right to see how well domesticated animals fare in interstellar environments. With human companions, of course." Paige blushed as she heard barely muffled laughter in the background of both the station and her ship.
"Of course," Commander Banks said. "But why get an odd number if they scientist plans to breed them?"
"One's for me, okay? I like birds. I helped the scientist get approval for the request and she procured an extra bird for me."
Commander Banks smiled. "There's nothing wrong with being an animal lover. I hope the experiment works. Pets would certainly make interstellar life more pleasant."
"More interesting, at least," Paige said. "I also want to advise you that we've discovered two items of interest. There's a dark matter mass over the Middle East and Pacific Sectors. We're transmitting what we have to you," she said, nodding to Malaki who nodded back as he sent a copy of the data.
"It formed suddenly over the past three hours. We tried to advise you of it, but our long range communications have been disrupted all day. In fact, we've been trying to hail you since we discovered it and this was the first transmission to go through." Commander Banks walked to her communications console to study the data as it arrived. "Thank you. It's more than we've been able to find. What was the other item?"
"Our communications director picked up strange transmissions originating in the Pacific Sector. We aren't sure what it is. Our computer is running a decryption sequence now, but it hasn't been able to identify it."
Commander Banks paled. "Dark matter and strange signals from the same place? That doesn't sound good." She stared at the computer console again.
"Do you believe it's safe for us to continue our approach for the pick up?" Paige asked.
Commander Banks pulled out her computer and studied it. "Your supplies are scheduled for lift off from the procurement station in Cape Canaveral in fifteen minutes. I think you'll be okay …" the signal cut off abruptly, leaving the screen blank.
Paige turned to Janelle. "What happened?"
Janelle shrugged, "I don't know. It just cut off without warning." She stared at her console, her green eyes widening. "Captain, I just detected three, no four, mushroom clouds in the Middle Eastern Sector." Her console went blank. "I just lost my visual. I'll have to turn off the dark matter scanners to pick up the data on the ground."
Paige's brown eyes matched Janelle's. "Get these viewscreens working again!"
"I can't," Malaki said, "our systems are going haywire. They aren't responding. The satellite communication feeds have stopped transmitting."
"Switch the sensors. I want to know what's going on down there!"
Molly got out of her chair and walked to Paige's side. "Captain, I think we should leave."
"We don't know what's happening," Paige said.
"It's obvious, isn't it?" Molly asked, staring at Paige sternly.
"I'm detecting six more nuclear energy spikes in the Middle Eastern sector," Janelle said.
"It's a nuclear attack," Molly said. "We need to leave!"
"I don't understand," Paige said, rooted to her spot in the middle of the bridge. She stared at the blank viewscreen in confusion. There are no nuclear weapons. Everybody disarmed. We made sure of it."
"Obviously somebody either didn't completely disarm, or they rebuilt those weapons," Malaki said.
"Think about it," Molly said, "the Middle East Sector and Pacific Sector are isolated from the rest of humanity. The puzzle isn't that hard to put together, Paige. You know what happened."
Paige sighed and sank in her chair. "I know, but we can't make any assumptions. What I don't understand his how the communications can also be down." She thought a moment, then sat up straight. "It doesn't matter. We know enough to understand that an act of war just occurred and we are obligated to evacuate the area immediately."
Everybody on the bridge started at Paige as she sat with her hand against her head. Finally, Malaki turned to face Paige. "Ma'am, was that an order to retreat?"
Paige snapped form her reverie. "Yes, of course. Set course for the Martian Transport Station. Maybe we can find out more there."
"Yes, ma'am," Malaki said, setting the coordinates. "I guess the budgies will have to wait."
"I guess so," Paige said, rubbing her head as she imagined the blue jewel of Earth wrapped in radiation behind them.
I hope you enjoyed this excerpt and will be sure to post more as the novella progresses!


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Q: PL/SQL How to obtain count of the table I am querying from? How to use NEW with COUNT? below is my code that will trigger when a new row in Trip is inserted. Then it will update on the column totalTripMade in the Driver table.
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER UPDATE_TOTAL_TRIPS_MADE
AFTER INSERT
      ON TRIP
      FOR EACH ROW

DECLARE
    tripsDone NUMBER(6);
    driverL# NUMBER(12);

BEGIN
    --Find the L# of the Driver performing the INSERT into the Trip table
    SELECT D.L# INTO driverL#
    FROM DRIVER D
    WHERE D.L# =: NEW.L#;

    --Find the number of trips done by the driver (Error occured here)
    SELECT COUNT(T#) INTO tripsDone
    FROM TRIP T
    WHERE NEW.L# =: driverL#;

    --Then update the totaltripmade by the driver
    UPDATE
        DRIVER
    SET
        totalTripMade = tripsDone
    WHERE
        L# = driverL#;
END UPDATE_TOTAL_TRIPS_MADE;
/

However, there is compilation error due to not able to query TRIP until the trigger is completed.
So, I tried changing the select count statement to like that:
SELECT COUNT(*) INTO tripsDone
FROM TRIP T
WHERE driverL# =: NEW.L#;

But it did not work too. I am not sure how can I work around to get the total number of rows in the table Trip with the driverL# that triggered the trigger.

A: For solving this problem, you should probably NOT use a trigger.  Just write a query for counting the "trips".  Example:
Tables
create table driver (
  id number generated always as identity start with 1 primary key
, surname varchar2( 50 )
-- , ttm number -- total trips made: redundant!
) ;

create table trip (
  id number generated always as identity start with 1000 primary key
, from_ varchar2( 50 )
, to_   varchar2( 50 )
, driver number references driver( id )
) ;

Test data: DRIVER
insert into driver( surname )
select
  'driver_' || to_char( level )
from dual
connect by level <= 10 ;

select * from driver ;
  ID SURNAME
   1 driver_1
   2 driver_2
   3 driver_3
   4 driver_4
   5 driver_5
   6 driver_6
   7 driver_7
   8 driver_8
   9 driver_9
  10 driver_10

Test data: TRIP
begin
  for i in 1 .. 10
  loop
    insert into trip ( from_, to_, driver ) values (
      'departure_' || to_char( i )
    , 'arrival_' || to_char( i )
    , mod( i, 3 ) + 1
    ) ;
  end loop ;
  commit ;
end ;
/

SQL> select * from trip ;
    ID FROM_          TO_            DRIVER
  1000 departure_1    arrival_1           2
  1001 departure_2    arrival_2           3
  1002 departure_3    arrival_3           1
  1003 departure_4    arrival_4           2
  1004 departure_5    arrival_5           3
  1005 departure_6    arrival_6           1
  1006 departure_7    arrival_7           2
  1007 departure_8    arrival_8           3
  1008 departure_9    arrival_9           1
  1009 departure_10   arrival_10          2

Query: find the "trip count"
select D.id, D.surname, count(*) as trips_made
from driver D
  join trip T on D.id = T.driver
group by D.id, D.surname ;

-- result
  ID SURNAME      TRIPS_MADE
   1 driver_1              3
   2 driver_2              4
   3 driver_3              3

However, if you want to learn about triggers, you will find that a "row level trigger" will give you "mutating table" errors.  When using a "table level" trigger, you cannot reference :NEW and :OLD.  What you need is a COMPOUND TRIGGER.  You can find numerous discussions about this problem.  Apart from consulting the Oracle PL/SQL documentation, it may be worth your while looking that the examples written by T Hall eg here, and S Feuerstein eg here.
The dbfiddle here contains the code used for this answer, and a third example table called DRIVERV2 plus examples of the above mentioned trigger types (and typical error messages).

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All these photos are all over gorgeous interior with light grey accents mixed with white, plus pop color here and there. I really like gray color decor, especially for wall and some furniture, but I took a long time to find them all and it was really fun. All collections are gathered here to beautify home, ranging from bedroom, dining room, living room, office, or even the kitchen. Look at light grey interior ideas for your reference creates the ideal space.


Home of Lynne Ota's homemade crafts.
Keep one on your kitchen or bathroom floor and quickly mop up spills.
This little bag with a velcro top holds a pack of tissue, tiny bottle of hand sanitizer and a hand wipe. Perfect size to keep in your purse.
Popular in the 50's, this yoyo cushion cover will brighten a sofa or chair.
This bright patchwork quilt will fit a twin bed and will surely be a hit with a little boy.
This crocheted chair cover will look pretty on a wheelchair, rocking chair, or any chair.
You can use this cozy pillow and lap size blanket set on the airplane, at home, camping or wherever! Some are lined with flannel. Includes a case to hold the blanket and pillow.
This Oriental bowl is filled with tasty snacks. Who wouldn't appreciate this practical gift?
What a practical gift for the holidays. Use them in the kitchen or bathroom.
This lauhala bag holds a matching set of potholder and oven mitt, a pair of mini tongs, a scrubber and a 3-oz. bag of home made seasoned salt.
This beautiful Hawaiian doll will brighten up any room with sweet fragrance. Just lift the doll and replace with a new air freshener.
This pretty bag can hold a bento container or your cosmetics or just about anything.
Beautiful lei for a special occasion.
The note set includes post-it notes and a glass magnet. Comes in Hawaiian, contemporary or Japanese designs and is one inch square.
These useful and colorful scrubbies are ideal to use in your kitchen or bathroom. They come in several colors and are about 3 by 4 inches.
This cheerful bib or apron will protect your clothing as you eat or cook. Just wipe your hands on it instead of wasting paper towels. Comes in Hawaiian or country prints. Easy to put on with velcro at the back of the neck.
This bag is ideal to hold socks, undies, clothespins, etc. It measures at 16" long and 12" across and is available in Hawaiian or country prints.
This set would make a useful gift or for yourself. Since I'm from Lana'i, the theme is pineapples!
This Japanese omiyage bag is so handy and versatile. Use it to take a potluck dish, as a gift bag or to carry your craft work. A flat juice box fits perfectly inside.
Any child will love this bright pillow. It's 18 inches square and comes in different children's prints.
This is a queen size quilt made of coordinating orange, green and gold prints.
This quilt will fit the top of a double bed or serve as a twin bedspread.
This teal quilt is a lap quilt or may also be used as a baby quilt.
I can customize a quilt to any size and color of sashing and border.
Comes in assorted Hawaiian and holiday prints. Unlined, with a pocket.
This cute pillow (about 6" square) will hold a child's tooth safely for the tooth fairy to find. Comes in assorted Hawaiian children's prints.
This pretty silk lei has a strand of ilima looking cord lei.
This pretty lei looks so real with tiny pink flowers wound around it. Also comes in lavender and yellow flowers.
This set of bottle or can wrap and a matching coaster will keep your desk, table or counter from getting wet. And it looks so pretty too. Comes in Hawaiian prints. One size will fit small, medium and large water bottles.
This is a family recipe of seasoned salt that is includes garlic, ginger and sweet onion. It can be used in many ways. The salt bags make ideal gifts for parties or any occasion.
This baby set includes a lined baby blanket and matching baby pad. Comes in assorted prints and colors. Makes a perfect baby gift.
This nursing apron is adjustable and made so that you can easily see your baby. Made of light cotton prints.
What a perfect way to give a bottle of wine, dressing or marinade. Made of Hawaiian, Oriental or seasonal prints.
Keep your handles clean with these covers. Assorted prints and washable.
This Hawaiian crazy quilt has red sashing. I make them any size and color.
Matching bottle wrap and coaster in Hawaiian print.
These Temari balls are safe for infants and toddlers. They are washable and come in Hawaiian or Oriental prints.
These bright crocheted pompoms help you to identify your luggage quickly!
I love to sew the old-fashioned crazy quilts like my mom used to sew. I added sashing for a modern look.
Crocheted kitchen towels that you can hang on drawer handles.
Handy sack savers - Tie your plastic grocery bags into knots and drop them into the top opening. Pull from the bottom whenever you need one. Saves space.
Carry your water bottle in this handy bag. Comes in Hawaiian or country prints and lined with solid quilted fabric and shoulder length straps.
I make Hawaiian bags in small, medium and large sizes. They are lined with solid, quilted fabric with shoulder straps. For a perfect baby gift, a matching blanket can be tucked into the bag.
These bottle bags will hold your gift of wine or dressing or anything! They can be used as water bottle bags too.
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More Ministry and Revco pictures
As promised here's some more photos from Saturday night's Ministry/Revolting Cocks show.
Revolting Cocks
More pictures after the jump…
Buzzcocks 7/15/2006 at Double Door
Ministry, Revolting Cocks – 7/1/06
durante vita says:
I don't know who they are, but it looks like it was an entertaining evening.
Thanks for sharing the pictures!
I have a comment. I went to this show in Austin, TX at La Zona Rosa last week and the sound was terrible. I missed the opening band and TRC's, but made it to see Ministry. I grew up listening to these bands when I was younger and always vowed I would see them some day. What a let down.
Drunk Injuns 2/21/20 at The Uptown
Friday night was a special night in Oakland, CA as The Uptown hosted MoFo's 60th birthday party and it was a skate rock extravaganza! Drunk Injuns and JFA played together in honor of MoFo, and they were joined by...
The Adicts – 1/29/20 at House of Blues
Wednesday night, UK punk legends, The Adicts, made their long-awaited return to the windy city to headline a three band bill. The club was packed full of excited punk fans spanning a wide range of ages. First up was...
Street Sects 12/7/19 at Downstairs Subterranean
Last night in the downstairs room of Subterranean, Street Sects headlined a three band bill. The band has been touring quite a bit recently and after returning from Europe, they hit the road one more time to get some...

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Wisconsin-- A Major Battlefront In The Republican War Against Women
Tammy Baldwin is a congresswoman from Madison, Wisconsin. The people she represents know better than most what a Republican War Against Women feels like. The state's far right governor, Scott Walker, is trying to set up a model of right-wing governance in America. And the Koch brothers are underwriting the project. And part of that agenda is putting women back "in their place." Walker has been a disaster for his entire state, but especially for workers and for women, whose role as equals he has worked hard to undermine.
It seems that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) might have been overreaching when he promised to create 250,000 new jobs in his first term. While Walker has spent the last twelve months slashing state budgets and busting unions, Wisconsinites have been dealing with the consequences. New data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that Walker's state saw the largest decrease in jobs over the last year, dropping nearly a full percentage point:
Over the year, nonfarm employment increased in 45 states and the District of Columbia, decreased in 4 states, and was unchanged in Alabama. The largest over-the-year percentage increase occurred in North Dakota (+6.5 percent). The largest over-the-year percentage decrease in employment occurred in Wisconsin (-0.9 percent).
The other states that were the big losers were Kasich's Ohio, and Chris Christie's New Jersey. But Walker has been-- and continues to be-- especially bad for women. Just before Good Friday, Walker signed a raft of bill beating down women and workers-- including attacks on women's health and equality for women in he workplace.
And if Walker is getting away with this kind of crap in Wisconsin, the Republican majority in the House wants to give it one more shot before they get turned out of office in November. Tammy Baldwin, who is now running statewide in Wisconsin for the Senate (and has been endorsed by Blue America), is fighting-- and fighting hard against the GOP attempts to prevent the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). "I'm teaming up with Kirsten Gillibrand, a leader on women's rights I look forward to working with next year in the Senate, to send a message: preventing domestic violence is common-sense and we REALLY must reauthorize VAWA!"
VAWA was the first federal legislation acknowledging domestic violence and sexual assault as crimes. It's been around for almost 20 years. I was proud to work on its reauthorization in 2000 and again in 2005 with widespread bipartisan support in both chambers of Congress. But, as Kirsten and I see more each day, the Republicans are digging their heels into the mud trying to roll back our rights hoping it will work for them at the voting booth this November.
At a time when Americans are crying out for leadership on our economy-- when Wisconsin needs jobs-- the extreme GOP in DC are trying to rack up political points. It's outrageous!
There are some things that are too important to play around with. Domestic violence and sexual assault? Off the table in my book.
Over at Salon, author Jennifer Whitaker makes the case that the conservatives' war on women in no longer under the radar.
Despite long years of exposure to anti-abortionists' fervent, occasionally violent, hostility toward reproductive choice, most beneficiaries of the women's movement have been happy to assume that their equal rights have been secured. Culturally conditioned to avoid direct conflict, they have looked the other way-- and been blindsided.
Following the Republican triumph in the 2010 mid-term election, however, the misogynist Right did the women's revolution a real favor. Feeling secure enough during the primaries to rip off their Mr. Nice Guy masks, the party's candidates publicly revealed a contempt for women's rights they had downplayed previously. After the escalating attacks on Planned Parenthood, contraception itself, and women's moral adulthood, female voters are much less likely to treat the right-wing war on women as an electoral sideshow.
Hearing insurance reimbursements for contraception likened to payments for prostitution; a state-administered vaginal probe equated with heterosexual intercourse; a state legislator advise abused wives not to consider divorce but to think loving thoughts about the husbands beating them; presidential hopeful Santorum calling women's workplace advancement "a radical feminist pitch," gave women a long-overdue wake-up call. This strident Republican campaign has now made it clear that the battle against women's reproductive rights is the first shot at a more radical goal: derailing the women's revolution of the last 50 years.
Much has happened under the radar in little noticed state legislation. For example, Alabama has arrested and is prosecuting around 60 pregnant women under a 2006 law criminalizing the exposure of a child (aka fetus) to controlled substances (including prescription drugs). The bill quietly rolling back the 2009 Equal Pay Enforcement Act recently passed by the Wisconsin legislature points the way toward a rich array of legal targets in the misogynist shooting gallery. Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972, which has changed the physical image and self-image of females by banning gender discrimination in access to athletics in educational institutions receiving government money, would be a priority. It has been under attack since the law was framed. Existing federal law on violence against women is now under siege in Congress. Plans for eviscerating or dismantling legislation penalizing sexual discrimination in hiring and promotion, sexual harassment on the job, and violence against women are ready for launching.
All of this flies directly in the face of U.S. public opinion. A large majority of Americans believe that women should have equal rights with men and that this country needs to continue making changes to achieve that goal. Polls now show female voters reacting en masse to the overt misogyny of 2011 and 2012 by shifting to Obama in swing states. With the battle for Republican primary voters now ended, the Party will try-- and fail-- to walk away from this spring's assault. With female voters immediately alerted, the fallout will help Democrats significantly. But as crucial as the election undoubtedly will be, women must define their goals in longer terms.
...Despite their huge achievements, women are facing a thick cobweb of ideology that threatens to impede their movement and their vision. Women committed to pushing their revolution forward have, however, gained a great advantage. They now know what they are fighting, for their adversaries have tipped their hand. To prevail, they will have to define themselves.
It's important to remember that although almost the entire Republican Party-- including many Republican women-- are on the wrong side of the battlelines, not all Democrats stand with Tammy Baldwin on the right side of the battle. Congressional Democratic leaders like Steve Israel and Debbie Wasserman Schultz have a devotion towards feminism that is as deep as their ability to make it a partisan issue. When it comes to recruiting and backing virulent anti-Choice slobs like Steve Pestka (MI), Tim Holden (PA), Mike McIntyre (NC), John Barrow (GA) and Hayden Rogers (NC), whose side are Wasserman Schultz and Israel really on? Whose side are they ever really on?
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'Scream' review: Radio Silence duo takes a stab at horror's greatest franchise and makes a killing [Grade: B+]
Nate Adams January 12, 2022
Who's black and white and blood red all over? Ghostface is back and scarier than ever.
When Wes Craven's Scream took over the pop culture zeitgeist 25-years ago not many, including the late Craven who died of brain cancer in 2015, assumed it would be cemented in horror movie history as one of, if not, the greatest slasher film of all time. The formulaic approach of a killer on the loose, sporting a ghoulish mask and wielding a razor-sharp knife as his weapon of choice found success thanks to an incredible cast of rising stars and its savvy deconstruction of the horror genre, which at that point was running on fumes. Cut to 2022 and three sequels later, the franchise (on life support after diminishing box office returns and two crummy MTV spinoffs) has been revived with a serrated edge by Radio Silence duo Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett (of Ready or Not and V/H/S fame) two Scream superfans who, with the assistance of series creator Kevin Williamson (he's got an executive producing credit) and writers James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick, have crafted a loving homage to the series' enduring legacy while balancing an appropriate amount of fan service with meta commentary on elevated horror. Oh, and there's blood. Lots and lots of blood.
Not so much a reboot, but a "requel" (terminology used by those in the film), Scream juggles a fair amount of narrative exposition (perhaps too much) before arriving at its twisty and contemporary conclusion. Featuring several callbacks, references and well-tuned needle drops guaranteed to send fans into a frenzy, Olpin and Gillett carefully thread the line between the old school and new school. Not unlike 2018's slasher revival of Halloween, 2022's iteration of Scream doesn't go as far to retcon the events of the previous entries, but you don't need to be well versed in Scream lore to tag along for the ride. When Neve Campbell's heroine Sidney Prescott, David Arquette's retired Sheriff Deputy "Dewey" Riley or Courteney Cox's plucky reporter Gale Weathers show-up on screen, you'll know who they are, but this isn't their story so much as it belongs to the new cast. The legacy characters dutifully step aside to allow the next generation to take over.
And it starts in earnest with a signature opening sequence (one of the best and scariest of the franchise) I wouldn't dare give away, though it maintains that breezy, conversational lure from when Drew Barrymore's ill-fated Casey Becker picked up the phone in the 1996 classic. This brings audiences back to Woodsboro where a fresh crop of victims and suspects are introduced: Melissa Barrera's Sam Carpenter steps in to become the new Sidney Prescott, though a complicated past makes you question her trustworthiness. Same for her younger, estranged sister Tara (Jenna Ortega) and canonically suspicious boyfriend Richie Kirsch (Jack Quaid). Rounding out the roster is Dylan Minette's geeky and knowledgeable Wes Hicks (son to Marley Shelton's now Sheriff Judy Hicks), Mikey Madison's emo and sheltered Amber Freeman, Sonia Ammar's ditzy Liv McKenzie, and finally, playing twins with their own family history tied to Woodsboro, Mason Gooding's Chad Meeks-Martin and Jasmin Savoy Brown's Mindy Meeks-Martin, the latter perfectly encapsulating Jamie Kennedy's lightning-in-a-bottle energy and horror movie nerdom when he played fan-favorite Randy.
They're all on the chopping block as someone is donning the elusive white mask, stalking, and tormenting them, except, akin to the previous entries, the characters are aware of their situation and utilize several tools (namely the Stab films, the movies-within-the-movie based on the events of 1996's Scream) to try and stay alive long enough to unveil the culprit. Sidney, now a mother in a happy marriage and Gale, the co-host of a popular morning show, haven't set foot in Woodsboro for over a decade, leaving Dewey, holed-up in his mobile home washing down morning coffee with whisky, as the residential veteran enlisted to lead the new group and explain "the rules of surviving a horror movie." Busick and Vanderbilt's script gives Arquette plenty of character to chew on (he's lost the most) which helps create a full circle moment during the climactic third act showdown.
Scream is hip with the times much in the same way its predecessors were, throwing nods to Rian Johnson, It Follows and Hereditary and playfully toys with audience expectations. It also features some of the gruesomest and most original killings of the franchise, not to mention the filmmakers have worked in tandem to make Ghostface a terrifying presence (cinematographer Brett Jutkiewicz steps up in a major way here). There's the occasional jovial moment of self-aware banter that earns a chuckle, but as soon as Roger L. Jackson's iconic Ghostface voice blasts through the speakers, run for the hills. Mad props to composer Brian Tyler for meticulously weaving a chilling score for those "cover your eyes" moments.
Not all of Scream works and there's creative liberties and questionable choices taken that'll be divisive (you can tell the screenwriters didn't want to irk the fans that much and plays several moments on the safe, and sometimes confusing side). The social commentary on revived franchises and sequels seemed a little too on the nose (in passing, a character talks about how popular franchises derail after their fifth movie. Go figure). Aside from those occasional blemishes, the Radio Silence duo and writers can rest easy knowing they've created a worthwhile continuation of a horror staple with enough thrills, chills and kills that would've made Wes Craven proud. Somewhere, he's smiling.
Paramount Pictures is releasing Scream (2022) only in theaters on January 14.
Nate Adams
Nate Adams is a Michigan based film, television, and theatre critic who's appeared on FOX 2 Detroit, Civic Center TV and MovieShow Plus. He's also a member of the Detroit Film Critics Society. You can find him on Twitter @TheOnlyCritic.
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Mike is now a regular writer on this blog; he's an LSE philosopher, a member of the USS pension scheme and an expert in pensions (not a "pensions expert").
Southampton has come out in favour of closing USS's defined benefit (DB) pension to future accrual and moving to a purely defined contribution (DC) scheme. Their VC, Sir Christopher Snowden, has issued a statement in defence of this decision. As a recent past President of Universities UK, Sir Christopher is a leader among senior managers in the higher education sector. Given his prominence in UUK, it is alarming that his statement harbours so many myths, misconceptions, and misunderstandings (to borrow a phrase from UUK's Employers Pensions Forum).
Sir Christopher (i) refers to "the growing deficit", (ii) claims that the "current USS scheme is heavily in deficit", and (iii) speaks of an "increase in deficit payments".
(i) The scheme's deficit is not growing. It is lower in absolute terms than the deficit recorded at the last valuation — £5.1 bn for March 2017 versus £5.3 bn for March 2014. More significantly, when one places this billion pounds shortfall in the proper context of the enormous size of the scheme and looks at the funding level of assets as a percentage of prudently valued liabilities, we see that the funding level of the scheme has improved from 89% in March 2014 to 92% in March 2017.
(ii) A scheme that is 92% funded is not "heavily in deficit".
(iii) There is no proposed increase in deficit recovery contributions. The proposal is for DRC to remain unchanged at 2.1%.
It is precisely the opposite of the truth to claim that DC gives greater certainty in terms of benefits. Unlike DB, which provides a great deal of certainty in terms of the pension benefits one will receive in retirement for one's contributions, DC provides no such certainty whatsoever. It all depends on investment returns during one's working life and annuity rates at retirement. That's why it's called 'defined contribution' rather than 'defined benefit'.
This one needs no further comment.
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Eventually there will come a point when a DC scheme will very likely produce a better pension than a DB scheme with the required contributions increasing as threatened. The FTSE dividend yield is about 3.5%, the current CB scheme offers 1/75 for a 24% total contribution, i.e. effectively a yield of 5.55% uprated by CPI. Invest in a FTSE tracker, reinvest the dividends for, say, 20 years, about the average time between contributions and payment, which will double the capital (in real terms, if company profits keep pace with inflation) and then taking the dividends as income will give a better income than the CB, and that's without touching the capital. No need to worry about annuity rates or 'lifestyling' into bonds, either. There is of course more 'risk', but something seriously wrong will have happened to the western economy if this doesn't work out on average over several decades.
An increase in the contribution rate to 32% will swing this argument even more.
Btw, new article in the FT this evening, regarding a letter from the Pensions Regulator to the USS – they are no convinced by the covenant!! Ooops!
Richard, I agree with your conclusions. There is of course another way, CDC- which might be an eventual answer for employers with weak covenants and a workforce which believes in the western economy! I have read the piece in the FT, the letter beggars belief.
Thanks, Henry. Yes, of course an investment strategy which works for an individual would work even better if pooled in a risk-sharing scheme like CDC.


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Laura Belin
Three state agencies that play important roles in Iowa's use of COVID-19 relief funds will have new leadership in the coming weeks.
The turnover underscores the need for lawmakers, state and federal auditors, and the news media to keep a close watch on how Governor Kim Reynolds' administration spends money Congress approved last year to address the coronavirus pandemic.
What's going on at the Iowa Department of Revenue?
Saturday, Feb 23 2019
Governor Kim Reynolds appointed former Iowa House Speaker Kraig Paulsen as director of the Iowa Department of Revenue on February 22, only six weeks after she had named Adam Humes to lead the agency. A late Friday afternoon news release did not explain the reason for the change, saying only that Humes "has decided to pursue other opportunities."* Paulsen will start work this coming Monday. Leadership transitions at state agencies typically are weeks or months in the making.
Humes' predecessor, Courtney Kay-Decker, also left under odd circumstances. Appointed by Governor Terry Branstad in 2011, she sounded excited to continue to lead the department after the 2018 election. But in early December, Kay-Decker announced her resignation, effective at the start of the new year.
Payout for sexual harassment leaves oversight failures unexplored
Tuesday, Feb 5 2019
A divided state board has approved settlements worth a combined $4.15 million to two women who reported extensive, appalling sexual misconduct by former Iowa Finance Authority Director Dave Jamison. Under the agreements posted in full below, $2.35 million will go to the agency's former business development director Beth Mahaffey, and $1.8 million will go to the agency's communications director Ashley Jared. Attorney's fees for both women will come out of those payments.
The settlements bring closure to women who endured a horrific workplace environment. But they also ensure that oversight failures at the finance authority will never be fully explored in litigation.
State treasurer questions legality of planned budget fix
Friday, Sep 29 2017
Governor Kim Reynolds' plan to transfer $13 million from the Iowa Economic Emergency Fund to balance the fiscal year 2017 budget "would not be in compliance with Iowa law," according to a letter State Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald sent to the governor today.
If his interpretation is correct, then a special legislative session will be required to cover the year-end shortfall. Reynolds' staff dismissed and mocked Fitzgerald's concerns.
How did Kim Reynolds crunch the numbers to avoid a special session?
Wednesday, Sep 20 2017
Governor Kim Reynolds won't call a special legislative session to balance the budget for the year that ended on June 30, her office announced this morning.
They haven't explained how a fiscal year 2017 shortfall that non-partisan analysts estimated at $104 million in July and around $75 million a few weeks ago became a $14.6 million shortfall, according to the governor's staff.
Reynolds didn't take questions from the press today. She didn't even attend the briefing where Department of Management Director Dave Roederer handed out a puzzling table.
Whatever the Reynolds administration did to avert a short-term political problem will likely worsen the strain on the state budget in the coming months.
Vaudt rules out running for governor in 2010
Who's a Culver-skeptic now?
State Auditor David Vaudt announced today that he won't run for Iowa governor in 2010. It's bad news for Republicans who were hoping to recruit a candidate known for expertise on fiscal matters.
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I hope this new year we can start with a fresh vibe, that way we will enjoy this amazing class and get the best out of it.
As the name of the subject suggests, you will require a solid knowledge of Algebra and General Math for this class.
The AP Physics 1 Course has been designed by the College Board as a course equivalent to the Algebra-based college-level Physics class. At the end of the course, students will take the AP Physics 1 Exam, which will test their knowledge of both the concepts taught in the classroom and their use of the correct formulas. Students will have the opportunity to meet the learning objectives in a variety of ways and apply their knowledge to real world experiences and societal issues. Instruction involves a variety of student-centered, inquiry-based activities that focus on experimentation. Students have the opportunity to work cooperatively to solve challenging problems and to present their solutions to the class. Throughout the year connections to the world are explored in discussions, group projects, and class demonstrations. In the classroom, graphing calculators and digital devices will be used for interactive simulations, Physlet- based exercises, collaborative activities, and formative assessments. Laboratory work will offer frequent opportunities to work cooperatively, explore ideas, present information, and practice scientific argumentation.
Use of scientific argumentation will be standardized with the CER (Claim, Evidence, Reasoning) format. We will practice creating, evaluating, and critiquing scientific claims. Then we will look at the evidence available or provided and look for connections with the original claim. This includes analysis of the data. Students will learn to make and evaluate sound reasoning based on the previous claims and evidence. This will improve their ability to use questioning, critical thinking, and seeking clarification. Outside of class students read the assigned text and complete homework assignments that support and reinforce each lesson as well as what has been learned in the laboratory setting. They may also need to prepare for certain labs outside of class depending on experimental designs the students come up with for inquiry based labs.
This website contains many resources that will help you to understand better the dynamics on the classroom.
Our text will be online accessible, the students will receive the access code at the beginning of the school year. We also have hard copies of the college level book that will be assigned to each student.
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Dallas Area Transit (DART) Attorneys Pressure Judge to Reverse Transgender Women's Gender Marker Order
Dart Tyrannically crushes a transgender woman's life and steals her legal identity.
By Kelli Anne Busey/Dallas Transgender Advocates and Allies
Found in the Dallas Voice "DART stands accused of bigotry and transphobia after attorneys for the local transit agency intervened in family court last year to challenge a gender-marker change granted to an employee."
"According to court records, a transgender DART employee obtained a court order in February 2009 directing all state agencies to correct their records by changing her gender-marker from male to female, including on her birth certificate."
"But DART's attorneys objected to the gender-marker change and responded by filing a motion seeking a rehearing in court. DART's objections prompted 301st Family District Court Judge Lynn Cherry to reverse her order granting the gender-marker change."
Is it legally permissible for a publicly funded service agency to employee it's attorneys to influence a family judge's decision in a private matter which results in that persons entire life ruined?
That is tyrannical. !Notice! The DFW LGBT community will not accept this.
This jeopardizes all transgender people in Texas.
Ironically the DART mission statement says one of the purposes that DART was formed was to "improve the quality of life'. That statement should be rewritten DART "will subjectively elect which citizen it will tyrannically oppress and reserves the right to use public funds to accomplish this goal.
DART Mission Statement
DART's mission statement defines the purpose for which the Agency was created:
The mission of Dallas Area Rapid Transit is to build, establish and operate a safe, efficient and effective transportation system that, within the DART Service Area, provides mobility, improves the quality of life, and stimulates economic development through the implementation of the DART Service Plan as adopted by the voters on August 13, 1983, and as amended from time to time.
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All that does not augur well for the flourishing of dissent within the body politic and within the political class. Nor does demand for loyalty bear good tidings for the Institutions of the state and of the bureaucracies who run them.
A salutary gloss on the Union Minister's position has, meanwhile, come from her co-party candidate from Mathura, Hema Malini. She has said she does not share her thinking and believes that once elected, the successful candidate is obliged to work impartially for all citizen-voters.


Learn how an epidural steroid injection works to reduce inflammation around nerve roots to reduce spinal pain.
The membrane that covers the spinal canal and nerve roots in your spine is called the dura membrane. The space surrounding the dura is the epidural space. The epidural space is near nerve roots that may the source of your pain, caused by a disc herniation and/or bone spurs. Your doctor may be able to inject medications such as steroids into the epidural space to relieve the inflammation and associated spinal pain.
What is an epidural steroid injection? How can it be helpful?
An epidural steroid injection places steroid medicine into the epidural space in order to reduce inflammation around the nerve roots that are irritated by ruptured discs and/or bone spurs. This medical condition is known as radiculopathy. The reduction in inflammation reduces the pain.
The injection may be targeted in the middle of the epidural space (interlaminar) or directed at specific nerve root levels (transforaminal). The transforaminal route (also known as selective nerve root block) may be useful for diagnostic purposes to sort out the specific nerve root that is causing the pain based upon the response of the injection.
When will the injection take effect and how long will it last?
Pain relief could begin the next day or be delayed up to a week, but typically takes two to three days on average. It is difficult to predict the effect of the injection or its duration of pain relief. There is a broad range, but a good effect is longer than three months.
You will lie on your stomach on a procedure table with pillows positioned for optimal comfort. After the back area is prepped with special soap, local anesthetic numbing medicine will be injected over a small area of the skin, which may sting for a few seconds. Next, a special needle will be inserted and guided via X-ray to the epidural space. Dye is then injected to confirm proper location into the epidural space. Finally, the healthcare provider injects the medication (such as a steroid or anesthetic). You may feel pressure in the back or down the leg as the medication is injected.
We prefer that you have a ride home, and if you do, you can leave right after the procedure if you feel normal. If you do not have a ride home, and have not had any oral or IV sedating medicine, you can drive yourself home if, after being observed for 30 minutes following the injection, you do not develop any neurological symptoms.
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Based on the extremely popular and successful book by Stephen King, The Dark Tower has finally hit the big screen. Years and years of anticipation of bringing the much-loved characters to life has finally arrived. But is it the film that everyone has been waiting for? Dating back to as far as 2009, JJ Abrams was in talks for a short while to adapting the book to screen. Then came in Ron Howard, the legendary director was attached the project for a long time. Wanting to utilize the source material and make multiple films based on the books, the studio decides against the idea. In came Nikolaj Arcel, a reasonably unknown foreign director to most. He was drafted in when the studio decided to make one film on The Dark Tower and base it across numerous books. Are the alarm bells ringing yet?
I'll put my hands up straight away and say that I haven't read the books. I have spoken to many people who have read the series and have mentioned how brilliant they are. It's probably Stephen King's biggest and most popular so why would the studio go out of their way to squeeze numerous books into one very short movie? The amount of source material in the books is humongous, and the biggest problem or problems shall we say is not utilizing all the material they have. Running just over 90 minutes, it almost feels like the producers are intentionally looking to sabotage its future, if it has one. Whilst The Man in Black is effortlessly trying to take down The Dark Tower for himself in the novels, it seems as that the production companies behind it have beaten him to it.
Having not read the novels, I went into the film not knowing what to expect. The film takes off like wild-fire and throws you into the mosh pit that is the extremely complex storyline that has been ripped to shreds and expects you to understand what the hell is going on. Fans of the books will somehow keep up with what's going on, but will be mortified to see so much not being used or explored. Personally for me, it feels a though a huge opportunity to really get the fans excited about a novel to film adaptation right has gone desperately down the drain. The production team had two options in my mind. 1) Have the guts to make 5-6 movies use the source material. 2) Skip the big screen and make an outstanding TV series. Two simple options, viably, I think TV would have been the better of the two.
Incredibly though, Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey try their hardest to pick up the pieces and make something out of it. I personally enjoyed their performances as the Gunslinger and Man in Black. Elba comes across as this misunderstood, cool gunslinger that has nothing left to offer to society, whereas McConaughey's personality resonates through his character. Maybe often at times he could be more menacing but I enjoyed his character be ruthless and slightly entertaining. There isn't much to say at all about the supporting cast, they made little to no impact on the film whatsoever. Frustration is the key word to this film. I'm aware of how much there is to use from the books and it's frustrating that it's not being used. There was times when I was enjoying what I was seeing on the screen. But before you could get really comfortable, the plot moves on rapidly and you're ending up having to adapt to the storyline changing every 5 minutes.
The fans of the books are most likely going to be the ones that feel robbed when you go to your local and pay a lot of money to see this film. I felt cheated and robbed to a sense and I don't know the whole source material. But you can tell that something is amiss. For me it's just pure laziness all round to think that you could make the series into one incredibly short film. At least have the decency to make it two-to-two and a half hours. Make a decent and honest attempt at recreating Stephen King's vision. As I said before, the lead stars performances are just about enough to stop the film from becoming one of my worst of the year. They do an incredible job of covering the cracks enough to make me not to want to hate it. 2.5 out of 5 stars.


Two stories, with activities. One is an anecdote about Socrates and the other about a young man having a revelatory moment on a beach. They are great for Citizenship as well as for teaching ESL.
The above printable, downloadable handout is meant for high school students and adults at Upper-intermediate (B2) and Advanced (C1) level. It is valuable for revising Past simple tense in English, and was designed for improving your groups' Reading and Writing skills.


Bloomingdale resident Amanda Magadan began her personal chef business – Savor Life – two years ago after sending her son, Jacob, off to Kindergarten at Nativity Catholic School.
In 2009, she began taking business classes at the Brandon Chamber. She had her first cooking session in April of 2010. "Once I formed an LLC, filed my business name and told my mom, I felt like I couldn't look back," she said. And she hasn't looked back.
Her menu consists of items that freeze well and can be reheated without taking away flavor. Magadan revealed that she has a soft spot for the recipes that remind her of her late mother-in-law, Alice.
In addition to her flourishing business, Magadan has been connected with Crunch Pak, a company that produces sliced apples. "I have sent them close to 20 recipes since November." In the near future, she will be featured on the company's Website.
Examples of Magadan's recipes include acorn squash with turkey sausage and apples, an apple and prosciutto tart with blue cheese, several savory recipes, salads as well as desserts…of course.
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My photo this week, but I'm out and about so I'll have to catch up properly in a couple of weeks. Also means I can't add the image from here, but you can see it on Rochelle's ff homepage.
The years ticked past as she sat rocking baby after baby through the cries of hunger, teething and fearful dreams. Each one grew, learned to walk, then talk and then push her gently away.
They returned, when the pain or fear or joys heaped upon them by the world were too great for their broadening shoulders to bear. And she, faithful comforter and trusted confidente, embraced them each time anew.
Then one day her chair rocked empty. Gathered around it, they saw for the first time the grooves her feet had worn into the floor, as she had etched footprints on their hearts.
With apologies for being a little late this week, here's my story for the Friday Fictioneers. I was reminded the other day of an old favourite from a few years ago, so if you read this one and want more from me, click here.
For now, here's the photo from Roger Bultot, that inspired today's entry. Your feedback is always welcome.
The view was dreary, so Mom picked dandelions to fill the apartment with colour and painted our rooms with cans the store threw out for being mixed wrong. Mine was "Resplendent Ruby", but it came out green. When it snowed she showed us the beauty in each flake, and bustled us out on 'adventures' to scavenge the Clearance shelves for dinner.
For years, we bought it – credulous before our benevolent dictator's relentless positivity. But even a kindergartener knows food isn't good just because it's in date. And that you don't call Daddy "gentle" just because the bruises don't show.
Today's post is another heavy one, and once again about motherhood. Maybe it says something about the mood I'm in at the moment (although this story is not specifically autobiographical), maybe it's just the bleakness I got from Peter Abbey's fantastic photograph below. Either way, I couldn't think of a title, so feel free to wade in on that, or the story itself.
Lisa rocked backward and forward, like a silent pendulum of motherhood. Ethan whimpered occasionally, his tiny fingers rhythmically scraping the tender skin of her other breast. Pain, loneliness and darkness seemed each to magnify the others into an eternity of agony, emptiness and night.
She could faintly hear another world, where her husband and parents breathed and showered and laughed.
Tears moistened Ethan's hair. She daren't move, so they fell freely.
When he finally dropped sleeping from her breast, she stood and touched her wet face to his. "I love you," she mouthed as she laid him into his crib.
I'll save my introduction for after the story, lest it count as a spoiler. Here, I will just say thank you to Rochelle for hosting, Claire Fuller for the photograph, and all the Fictioneers for cutting me a bit of slack at the moment, when I am struggling to read more than one or two submissions each week. My story (and then the intro) follows, and your comments and feedback are always gratefully received.
Ella bought her first display cabinet when she was thirty-four. She'd never really been a collector; knickknacks always seemed like an expensive way to fill a house with nothing.
She chose a wooden, rugged-looking one, because Peter would have liked it. Pirate treasure wouldn't have felt odd there. His treasures – hers now – fitted too: a piece of coral, seven rocks, a couple of dried leaves and a coin among the favourites. And then, in the final spot, the too-small urn where Peter himself could count them all forever. Her little Peter Pan, who would never grow out of boyish things.
I've touched on this subject before, but this week is Pregnancy and Infant Loss awareness week, and while Peter in the story is a little older than that technically includes, the grief his mother feels is certainly in the same camp.
I know all about boyish collections – our front window ledge and porch are cluttered with just the sorts of things Peter has left for his mother, and soon I will have a second little collector on my hands. What I can only imagine (and frankly, try not to), is the grief of a mother who has lost her child. The origins of Peter Pan, it has been suggested, are in just this sort of loss, and certainly when I read about a little boy who never grew up, the childish fantasy is edged with the adult fear. There is only one way to avoid aging, and very few of us would choose it for ourselves or our children.
I am thinking and feeling today for the Lost Boys (and Girls), and for the parents they left behind. I know this includes some of the Friday Fictioneers – my heart goes out to you all.
A moment's pause in our day, just long enough to find something to say about Claire Fuller's intriguing picture prompt (the first image below) for the Friday Fictioneers. I still haven't worked out what it is, but a couple of phrases sprung to mind from the picture and from those phrases came a story. I appreciate your honest feedback.
They stood row upon row. Uniform and yet unique. Brian stood out to me, because of the invisible umbilical cord linking us long beyond the real one, but I know he was just part of the blur of green to the mothers of the boys beside him, behind him and in front.
Perhaps they had mentioned him in letters; perhaps they were some of the boys he occasionally referred to when he wrote.
I stare again at them all. The other boys' just part of the blur of white surrounding Brian's cross: uniform and yet unique. Like all the rest.
Last week's literary references seemed to go down well with most of the Fictioneers – anyone would think you were a bunch of readers as well as writers. I have never been a big fan of poetry, but there are some that I have learned and loved, and both Ozymandias and For Whom The Bell Tolls fall into that box for me. Another favourite verse is referenced this week, although this literary theme is purely accidental! Thank you to Rochelle for guiding us, and Santosh writer for this week's photo.
As ever, your comments and critique are welcome and constructive criticism is strongly encouraged. Thanks to the early commenters, the story below the pic is version 2 (v1 appears below it for posterity). I hope it's clearer now, but you are welcome to disagree.
Danny was everything to Ellen: he nourished her, feeding desires she'd never known she had. When they were apart, she felt parched by his absence and when he returned, she drank him in with unquenchable thirst. To Ellen, it was love.
But her mother saw a man who minimised his exposure: who shared Ellen's unshakeable fixation… with himself.
She saw, and she worried, but having spoken once, she held her tongue to avoid a schism. And she watched her daughter drift away, hoping only to still be in sight when Ellen stopped waving and realised she was drowning.
But Jennie saw a man who minimised his exposure: clinging with that same unshakeable fixation, to himself.
Jennie saw, and she worried, but having spoken once, she held her tongue to avoid a schism. And she watched her daughter drift away, hoping only that she would still be in sight when Ellen stopped waving and realised she was drowning.
Still no laptop. Still no word count widget, but I think this one's 100 bang on. Photo copyright to Marie Gail Stratford, FF central is over at Rochelle's. Enjoy!
"Who, Mum?" His face was bright with excitement.
"The fork people," I said, trying to keep the frustration out of my voice as I rubbed soap up my arm.


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Christian Hvidt, född 15 juli 1942 i Köpenhamn i Köpenhamns amt, är en dansk militär som var försvarschef 1996–2002.

Biografi
Hvidt inledde sin tjänstgöring i Danmarks flygvapen som löjtnant 1962 och gjorde 1962–1969 flygtjänst på North American F-100 Super Sabre samt befordrades till förste löjtnant 1967, varefter han 1967–1969 var gruppchef vid Eskadrille 725. År 1969 befordrades han till kapten och därefter var han testpilot för Saab 35 Draken vid Saab AB i Linköping 1969–1972 och ställföreträdande divisionschef för ett Draken-förband 1972–1974. Åren 1974–1975 gick han Advanced Staff Course hos Royal Air Force i Storbritannien. Han befordrades till major 1974, var sektionschef vid Flyvertaktisk Kommando 1975–1979 och divisionschef vid Eskadrille 727 1979–1983. Åren 1983–1987 var han stabsofficer och sektionschef vid planerings- och policyavdelningen i Forsvarskommandoen och befordrades 1984 till överstelöjtnant. År 1987 befordrades han till överste, varefter han var chef för Flyvestation Karup 1987–1988 och stabschef vid Flyvertaktisk Kommando 1989–1990. Efter att 1990 ha befordrats till generalmajor var han 1990–1994 chef för Operations- og Driftsstaben vid Forsvarskommandoen. Han befordrades 1994 till generallöjtnant, varpå han var permanent representant hos NATO:s militärkommitté i Bryssel 1994–1996 och stabschef vid Forsvarskommandoen under 1996. År 1996 befordrades Hvidt till general, varefter han var försvarschef 1996–2002.

Christian Hvidt kallades 1997 till ledamot av svenska Kungliga Krigsvetenskapsakademien.

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Födda 1942
Levande personer
Personer från Köpenhamn
Danska militärer under 1900-talet
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El nombre de cristal de roca se emplea para designar al cuarzo incoloro y transparente.  Este nombre es muy antiguo. En la Grecia clásica se utilizaba el nombre de krystallos, equivalente a hielo. La Biblia da una interpretación semejante, por lo que ésta se mantuvo sin cambios hasta el Renacimiento. Andrés Laguna en sus comentarios a la traducción de la obra de materia médica de Dioscórides, indica que esta explicación es errónea, basándose en que el cristal tiene siempre las mismas formas y el hielo no, y que además no se puede fundir por mucho que se le caliente.

La composición del cristal de roca es óxido de silicio (SiO2), casi puro, aunque puede contener trazas de otros elementos, especialmente aluminio, que generarán centros de color si se somete a la acción de la radiactividad natural o artificial.  Los cristales de esta variedad de cuarzo suelen ser turbios y lechosos en la zona en la que se unen al cuarzo masivo.

Localización y yacimientos
El cristal de roca aparece en muchos entornos geológicos. Son frecuentes los cristales en cavidades de filones hidrotermales de cuarzo masivo, o en grietas alpinas. En las pegmatitas aparece en cavidades de los núcleos masivos de cuarzo. En las cavidades miarolíticas es más raro, ya que la presencia de minerales radiactivos hace que se oscurezca, aunque sea ligeramente. También se encuentra en entornos sedimentarios, dentro de septarias en rocas calizas.

El cristal de roca se encuentra en, literalmente, decenas de miles de yacimientos, y en varios de ellos se explota comercialmente para obtener ejemplares para los coleccionistas. Son famosos los yacimientos de la zona del monte Ida, en el condado de Montgomery, Arkansas (Estados Unidos), en los que existen explotaciones comerciales  y otras de acceso público mediante pago de entrada. También se encuentra cristal de roca en los Alpes, tanto en los franceses como en los suizos e italianos. En España existen muchos yacimientos en los que se ha encontrado cristal de roca de buena calidad. La conocida como Cueva del Cristal, en La Cabrera, fue explotada para extraer este material y utilizarlo para fabricar objetos de decoración ya en el siglo XVIII. En los ríos Manzanares y Jarama y en los depósitos de grava próximos se encontraban cantos rodados de cristal de roca, conocidos como diamantes de San Isidro. Uno de ellos fue tallado para Felipe II.

Utilización del cristal de roca

Aunque tiene peores cualidades que el sílex para esta aplicación, el cristal de roca  se ha utilizado desde la prehistoria  para fabricar herramientas cortantes, utilizable, como las  puntas de flecha, o muy probablemente destinadas al uso ceremonial como la hoja de puñal de cristal de roca completamente transparente, de 19 centímetros de longitud, perfectamente elaborada, encontrada en el asentamiento calcolítico de Montelirio, en Castilleja de Guzmán (Sevilla). En las civilizaciones clásicas se ha tallado como gemas, sellos, pequeños objetos de adorno o recipientes. También se trabajó en época medieval, pero es a partir del Renacimiento cuando se producen las mejores obras de arte utilizando este material. Las más valiosas son jarras, fuentes y demás recipientes de gran tamaño, resultantes del laborioso vaciado y tallado de grandes bloques de cristal. Algunas de ellas, con delicadísimos relieves, pueden verse en el Tesoro del Delfín, en el Museo del Prado, Madrid, España, y en el Museo del Louvre, París Francia.

El cristal de roca se ha utilizado también para la fabricación de instrumentos ópticos (ya que es transparente entre 145 ηm, en el ultravioleta, y 2700 ηm, en el infrarrojo), y también en electrónica, por sus propiedades piezoeléctricas, aunque actualmente se utilizan  cristales de cuarzo artificiales.

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The 2012 Adamawa State gubernatorial election occurred in Nigeria on February 4, 2012. The PDP nominee Murtala Nyako won the election, defeating Markus Gundiri of the ACN.

Murtala Nyako emerged as PDP candidate. He picked Bala James Ngilari as his running mate. Markus Gundiri was the ACN candidate with Abdulrazak Namdas as his running mate.

Electoral system
The Governor of Adamawa State is elected using the plurality voting system.

Primary election

PDP primary
The PDP primary election was held on October 24, 2011. Murtala Nyako emerged PDP flag bearer after polling 854 votes and defeating his closest rival, Umar Ardo who withdrew from the race. He picked Bala James Ngilari as his running mate.

ACN primary
The ACN primary election was held in 2011. Markus Gundiri emerged the party's flag bearer and picked Abdulrazak Namdas as his running mate.

Results

By local government area
Here are the results of the election by local government area for the two major parties. Green represents LGAs won by Murtala Nyako. Blue represents LGAs won by Markus Gundiri.

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