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Star Wars Expanded Universe: Splinter of the Mind's Eye
In the event that the first Star Wars film was not commercially successful, George Lucas had a plan for turning it into a lower budget franchise. In addition to ghost writing the novelization of Star Wars, Alan Dean Foster was commissioned to write a possible sequel to that could be shot on a low budget and utilize many of the props and sets already created for the original production.
In his 1996 introduction to the Dark Horse Comics adaptation of his book, Alan Dean Foster wrote:
George [Lucas], thinking ahead, wanted to be able to utilize props and backgrounds and the detritus of filmmaking in a second film, thereby reducing cost if necessary. So in writing the sequel, Splinter of the Mind's Eye, I was asked to come up with a story that could be filmed on a low budget... It was, to say the least, an interesting way for a writer to approach a novel. (Foster, 1996)
When Star Wars was released in May 1977 it became clear that plans for a low budget sequel would not be necessary. Plans for a high-concept follow-up were put in motion and Foster's proposed sequel was scrapped. But it wasn't tossed out. It saw the light of day as the first Star Wars EU novel, Splinter of the Mind's Eye.
Splinter of the Mind's Eye followed the same branding as the first Star Wars novel, sporting the From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker subtitle. This helped to connect it to that work and validate them as companion pieces to each other. It also helped to suggest that both works were part of a larger series of adventures.
Consider that the first Star Wars novel was released prior to the release of the film. Well before, in fact. It had no movie poster for its cover, only a concept design from production artist Ralph McQuarrie. It lacked the now iconic logo and had no insert in the middle with the production stills from the film that can be found in later printings of the book. There was a teaser on the bottom of the back cover promising that the book was soon to become a major motion picture. Aside from this, the book for all intents and purposes looked like any other paperback science fiction novel.
Splinter of the Mind's Eye came hard upon the heels of the first book and the first movie, featuring an all new story about Luke and Leia taking R2-D2 and C-3PO to a distant world to face off against Darth Vader. This book was just a book with no movie tie-in at all. Like its predecessor, it sported a cover by Ralph McQuarrie. It also claimed to be from the Adventures of Luke Skywalker. To the casual observer, these books were not derived from the movie. The casual observer was justified in wrongly inferring that the Star Wars story actually began as a series of books.
As a child I had heard the rumor that Star Wars came from a series of books, and discovering an apocryphal tome like Splinter of the Mind's Eye only helped support the claim. You have to remember that there was no internet or even wide-spread marketing media like there is today. What you saw in stores or in catalogues was all you knew about what was available, so outside of that you relied upon anything you either heard from someone else or decided for yourself based on whatever dubious data you managed to collect.
You may think the internet is an effective source of misinformation, but imagine that same misinformation spreading by word of mouth with no centralized communication tool you could use to research its roots. A savvy internet user can weed out unfounded rumors by judging their sources, but back in those days information was hard to come by. Whatever information you acquired had to be held as valid until a more credible source came along to refute it.
There was also a rumor going around at this time that Splinter of the Mind's Eye was being filmed as a sequel to Star Wars. Most likely this was thanks to a bastardized version of the actual story behind the book's creation. In any event, trust me when I tell you that misinformation and misconception were both alive and well long before the internet ever came into the mix.
The story of Splinter of the Mind's Eye was kept simple, in accordance with Foster's task to deliver something that could be produced on a low budget. Instead of engaging in expensive space battles, Luke and Leia crash landed on a distant world with their faithful droid companions. There they were forced to race through jungles and ancient ruins to beat Darth Vader to a mystical Force-amplifying gem called the Kaiburr Crystal.
The story would have set the stage for a much different series of movies, partly because it didn't push the mythology very far forward and partly because it didn't include all the core characters. Han Solo and Chewbacca didn't tag along, so as a sequel this would have excluded them from what is now considered to be the necessary ensemble for a complete Star Wars story. Of course, having fewer characters may have also been a budgetary consideration.
The story doesn't overtly contradict the canon to follow, but there are some uncomfortable moments of sexual tension between Luke and Leia. In his foreword to the Dark Horse comics adaptation, Alan Dean Foster says that the tension between them could work in the context of future film canon, if it were interpreted to be more of a sibling rivalry than a romantic attraction. We can concede that to him; in The Empire Strikes Back Leia kisses Luke right on the mouth and no one ever even says anything about it in Return of the Jedi when they go around merrily telling everybody they're brother and sister.
During the EU explosion of the 90's, everything Star Wars came back into print. Among them was a special re-release of Splinter of the Mind's Eye. The new paperback edition bore a banner identifying it as "Classic Star Wars" and lacked the From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker subtitle. In the introduction to this edition, George Lucas wrote:
After Star Wars was released, it became apparent that my story – however many films it took to tell – was only one of thousands that could be told about the characters who inhabit its galaxy... This legacy began with Splinter of the Mind's Eye, published less than a year after the release of Star Wars. (Lucas, 1996)
By the time Lucas wrote those words the official Star Wars Expanded Universe had already contributed plenty of new stories to his galaxy. But that expansion began in 1978 with the publication of Splinter of the Mind's Eye. For that brief time it wasn't the Expanded Universe or even Star Wars, for that matter. It was The Adventures of Luke Skywalker, according to the early novels. The Official Star Wars Fan Club Newsletter even referred to the movie series as The Adventures of Luke Skywalker until as late as 1980.
But it all started with Alan Dean Foster. The Star Wars novelization introduced the series as The Adventures of Luke Skywalker. And with Splinter of the Mind's Eye, Foster introduced the first original expansion of the Star Wars Universe.
And that universe has been expanding ever since.
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Greg returns as TVAMD project observer while Sean and Lynn discuss the gothic nuances of the Moth Diaries. There is also some discussion of Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, Brave, 7 psychopaths and other stuff.
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Sean, Andrew and Lynn come down from talking about the Hobbit by randomly assaulting movies like the Dark Knight Rises, Prometheus, Total Recall and Wrath of the Titans. There's also some polite discussion about Dredd.
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Sean, Lynn and Andrew continue to talk about the Hobbit, Star Wars, and eventually Lord of the Rings versus Star Wars in an ongoing effort to examine what it takes to make a lasting mythology. Also there is some comparison of George Lucas and Joss Whedon, since we're just chucking stuff into the conversation randomly.
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Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Wednesday that 47 rescued migrants aboard the Sea Watch NGO vessel could finally disembark after Italy and six other countries agreed to take them in.
"Luxembourg has joined the list of friendly countries that responded to our invitation (to take the migrants), now we are seven countries," Conte told journalists. "Disembarking will begin in the coming hours."
The other countries that have agreed to take in the migrants and asylum seekers, who have been stuck on the Sea Watch 3 vessel for nearly two weeks, are France, Germany, Malta, Portugal and Romania.
Their fate has been at the centre of a standoff between Italy's far-right anti-migrant Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini and the German NGO Sea Watch.
The aid group on Friday filed an urgent case at the European Human Rights Court against Italy for refusing to allow its ship to dock.
Sea Watch took the step because of Rome's hardline attitude against the mainly sub-Saharan migrants that its ship Sea Watch 3 pulled out of the Mediterranean on January 19.
Sea Watch 3 is sailing under a Dutch flag and currently sheltering from bad weather off Sicily.
It picked up the migrants and asylum-seekers -- including eight minors -- off the coast of Libya as they made the treacherous Mediterranean crossing.
The Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday urged the Italian government to "take all necessary measures, as quickly as possible", to provide migrants on board the Sea-Watch 3 with medical care, water and food.

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The West Gate at Falerii Novi. Photo credit: Beatrice Fochetti.
Dr Beatrice Fochetti has recently been named a Research Fellow at the BSR. Her project, 'Archaeological research on the central area of Falerii Novi and the monumental architecture of insula XXXI', is made possible by a formal collaboration between the BSR and the Università degli Studi di Firenze and aligns simultaneously with the BSR's new major excavations at the site of Falerii Novi (Latium).
Here, we introduce Beatrice and her research, which is part of the broader 'Falerii Novi Project': an international excavation and research collaboration between the BSR and the Universities of Harvard, Toronto and Ghent, and authorized by the Italian Ministry of Culture and Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio per la Provincia di Viterbo e l'Etruria Meridionale.
Insula XXXI. Photo credit: Beatrice Fochetti.
Falerii Novi is a Roman town in South Etruria, located about 50 km north of Rome, in the volcanic area west of the Tiber Valley. According to the sources, it was founded by Rome in 241 BC in the Faliscan territory. The walled city, with an area of 30.5 ha, remains buried.
Insula XXXI is located in the central area of the city of Falerii Novi, next to the western flank of the hypothesised Forum. Partially excavated from 1969-75, its architectural remains are, together with the dramatic city walls, the only visible traces of the buried Roman town within the walled area. Little is known about this insula. The 1969-75 excavations were concentrated on its eastern-half, revealing a multiphase monumental structure at the crossroads of the decumanus maximus and the main north-south road, the Via Amerina. It is built mostly with opus quadratum, though was heavily spoliated during the post-Roman phases.
By systematically analysing both the excavated and non-excavated areas of insula XXXI, these new investigations will provide information on the urban development of Falerii Novi's central area. The research adopts an interdisciplinary approach, combining traditional methodologies (i.e. excavation data and archival research), with the most modern methodologies applied to topographical studies, including 3D laser scanning, Ground-Penetrating Radar analysis and drone mapping.
Beatrice Fochetti. Photo credit: Niccolò Mugnai
Dr Beatrice Fochetti is a Roman archaeologist, specialized in ancient topography, urbanism and Roman architecture. Currently she is a postdoctoral research fellow and honorary fellow in Ancient Topography at the University of Florence. Dr Fochetti has an Italian-German academic background: trained at the Universities of Viterbo, Tübingen and Berlin, she holds a binational Ph.D. from the Universities of Pisa and Cologne. Her Ph.D. research focused on the city of Ostia, where she investigated tabernae and the commercial architecture in light of the city's 2nd century AD urban transformation. She previously worked on several excavations and international research projects in Italy (Rome, Ostia, Aquinum, Norba, Ferento, Falerii Novi and other sites in South Etruria, Marche, Molise), Germany (Berlin), Turkey (Carian Iasos). In Rome, she is part of the ERC-funded 'Rome Transformed' project, investigating the large-scale topographical transformation of the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran and the Caelian region. Since 2020, she has been a member of the Italian association of academic researchers for Ancient Topography. Dr Fochetti joined the 'Falerii Novi Project' in 2021 as Research Assistant of the University of Toronto, and will continue collaborative work on-site through this new project at insula XXXI.


Horror Game - The "Watchmaker" put your little brother to sleep and broke his watch so they couldn't go. Now the dream for your brother will last forever. To awaken the brother, you need to find all the details and fix the clock. Only then will the charms of the watchmaker fall and your brother will wake up. Beware of watchmaker's assistants, they will chase you. Nightmares. Heartbreaking sounds. Fear and horror will wait for you around every corner. This game is filled with horror.


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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) North Carolina State coach Kevin Keatts won't hesitate to go to his bench, especially if he keeps getting production like this.
Dec 22, 2018 at 3:25 pm ET • 3 min read
Graduate transfer Eric Lockett had season highs of 15 points and eight rebounds to lead a high-scoring group of reserves in the Wolfpack's 98-71 win against USC Upstate on Saturday, avoiding any stumble following a rousing upset of No. 7 Auburn a few days earlier.
With the starting five having a largely quiet afternoon, the Wolfpack (11-1) instead thrived by getting 62 points from the bench to account for nearly two-thirds of the team's production. Lockett led the way after not even seeing the court against the Tigers, while Devon Daniels (13 points and eight rebounds) was one of four double-digit scorers among the reserves.
''I know a lot of you guys would say, `Well, your starters didn't play well,''' Keatts said. ''I put together a roster with 10 guys who I feel comfortable that I can play all 10 guys.''
The Wolfpack shot 55 percent and led most of the way by double figures, winning a fifth straight game and positioning Keatts' club for a possible appearance in Monday's new AP Top 25 poll. N.C. State also has its best start since going 12-1 to start the 2005-06 season.
Senior Pat Welch scored a career-high 14 points with four 3-pointers for the Spartans (4-9), who shot 47 percent. But USC Upstate committed 21 turnovers against the Wolfpack's pressure, and N.C. State converted those into 28 points.
USC Upstate managed trim a 23-point deficit to 70-59 midway through the second half, but Lockett answered with a 3-pointer, then another - starting a run of five in a row for the Wolfpack to re-inflate the lead.
''His players play the right way and they play hard,'' USC Upstate coach Dave Dickerson said. ''And they compete. ... We faced a really good team. I'm proud of the way our guys battled and stayed with the game plan.''
USC Upstate: The Spartans faced a tough task trying to take down a power-conference opponent on the road. USC Upstate lost at South Carolina to open the season and visits another Atlantic Coast Conference team with a Jan. 2 trip to Georgia Tech before starting their first run through the Big South after 11 years in the Atlantic Sun Conference.
''When you have nine freshmen in your program, you're going to have those ups and downs of finding the right combination to play against a really good team like this,'' Dickerson said.
N.C. State: The Wolfpack turned in a rousing and impressive performance in knocking off Auburn. The trick Saturday was to follow up with a quality performance in a game N.C. State was expected to win comfortably. It just didn't come in conventional fashion with the reserves in charge.
NO MESSAGE?
At one point in the first half, USC Upstate had dunked home a transition score, but Keatts turned almost before the ball was through the net and signaled for five reserves to go in.
He stood silently with arms folded as the starters headed to the bench, then went for a quick word with them and a wave of his arms that prompted three of them to put on their warmup shirts over their jerseys. Most of that group sat for nearly 6 minutes, then Keatts went with his reserves for the first 4-plus minutes after halftime.
''It wasn't so much I was sending a message,'' Keatts said, ''it was hard to keep the other guys off the floor.''
LOCKETT'S RETURN
Keatts joked that Lockett ''made me look like a bad coach'' by playing well Saturday after not playing against Auburn.
''If we're getting the job done, we're winning, I'm happy,'' Lockett said. ''That's what I came here for. I came here to win games and get to the NCAA Tournament.''
USC Upstate: The Spartans return home to face Coker on Dec. 29.
N.C. State: Loyola (Maryland) visits the Wolfpack on Friday night.
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Following the success of their Trooper ale, as well as the limited-edition Trooper 666 and Red 'N' Black porter, Iron Maiden have announced their latest foray into the beer world. They've once again teamed with Robinsons to create a Belgian-style beer, Hallowed.
Dickinson again worked with Robinsons' head brewer, Martyn Weeks, in creating Hallowed, which is six percent ABV. According to the press release, it marks one of the few times since 1942 that Robinsons has used a different yeast in any of their brews.
True to form with Iron Maiden, the label features Eddie, the band's mascot, dressed as a Belgian monk, a reference to the Trappist monasteries that have been brewing beer in Belgium for centuries. Its name acknowledges both that tradition and Iron Maiden's song "Hallowed Be Thy Name," the closing track from 1982's The Number of the Beast.
Hallowed will only be sold for four months, beginning in October of this year. As that date nears, locations on where to purchase it will be released on the Facebook pages for both the band and Robinsons.


Hi, I'm Dr. Steve Tatevossian from King House Dental Group in Redlands. Today I want to talk to you about braces and all of the advancements that we have in the last few decades. I'm sure everybody's heard about aligners. Hopefully you can see that. These are in place of the brackets that we used to use and you wear a different one every month and it successively moves the teeth and then you're done. We also have triangular braces and mini-brackets instead of the big bands. They move your teeth much more efficiently so we ... I can show you that closer a little bit. We can move the teeth and be done with these new braces and the nickel titanium wires in about half the time of braces. Usually in a year to a year and a half we're done with braces instead of the three, four years. We also have instead of the old retainers which had the metal acrylic that took up a lot of your palate, we have the clear retainers which is what all the teenagers want nowadays. Last but not least, we have invisible braces. They are white or clear brackets that go over the teeth and they even have the white coated wires so you can have invisible braces. There's pros and cons to each one of these but just wanted to let you know that at the King House Dental Group, yes, we do do braces. We also work with some amazing orthodontists for the difficult cases. So hopefully we'll see you soon. Look forward to talking to you at your next visit.


With the general election looming, what better way to herald another five years of Tory rule (probably) than with Terry Gilliam's surreal dystopian classic, set in a dysfunctional, totalitarian state?
Brazil isn't actually set in the country from which it takes its title, but rather in a brilliantly realised retro-future ruled over by a monstrous, despotic bureaucracy, with the all-powerful Ministry of Information at its heart. Our 'hero', lowly office clerk Sam Lowry (Jonathan Pryce) is just another cog in the machine of the Ministry, despite his overbearing mother's best efforts. That is until a clerical error leads to a chance encounter with the woman (literally) of his dreams, and sets his repressed grey existence on collision course with his vivid fantasy life.
Gilliam's wildly inventive satire is a comic fantasy of the darkest kind; where prisoners are obliged to pay for the torture they endure at the hands of the state, and the only troubling aspect about a death in custody is the appropriate paperwork not being in order. It's the ultimate, automated 'computer says no' nightmare of your worst imaginings, where convoluted systems are designed to confound. It is also without doubt the only film where Robert De Niro could possibly have a cameo as a black-clad, abseiling, vigilante heating system engineer.
Although now over 30 years old, with its stark inequality, extreme narcissism, polluted landscapes, all-pervasive surveillance and paranoia about unspecified 'terrorists', Brazil seems to become ever more disturbingly prescient as time goes by. If you haven't see it before, don't miss it. If you have, watch it again. Either way you won't be disappointed.


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Top 10 Movies About Captivity
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Words by Sophie Jackson The looming prospect of torture, the complete lack of control, the continuous uncertainty and increasing sense of claustrophobia – it's...
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The looming prospect of torture, the complete lack of control, the continuous uncertainty and increasing sense of claustrophobia – it's no wonder moved about captivity and kidnapping fare so well with audiences. We've rounded up the top ten.
This list will not examine hostage movies which tend to portray a more unified approach to captivity as opposed to the lonely plight suffered by protagonists in the following films. It won't look at those movies where characters are confined anywhere larger than a building (Alien, Get Out!, The Descent), nor will it look at those movies in which protagonists find themselves trapped following due to a life-threatening disaster (World Trade Centre, Sanctum).
The below movies are focused on horrific stories of individuals in captivity either from a kidnapping or through otherwise being forced into an enclosed space. Some of the films psychological, some are not-so-subtle gore fests. All are fantastic movies for those who have nightmares about waking up chained to the pipes of some desolate and unrecognizable place…
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Horror fan or not, everyone's heard of the brutal Saw films – one of the highest grossing franchises of all time, it should be added. No matter how much the later installments may raise the eyebrows of disapproving film critics, there's no denying that the first Saw movie was original, artistically inspiring and an overall thrilling piece of filmmaking. The sordid bathroom in which Jigsaw traps his victims will forever be entrenched as a vision of horrifying captivity. Strangers to each other, chained to bathroom pipes and with a dead body between them – two men must search for clues and make difficult decisions if they are to understand why they have been kidnapped and how, if possible, they can get out of this place alive.
A dystopian classic; the 1997 cult film Cube at first seems to tell a simple story, but is in fact rich with metaphorical subtext. Seven strangers awake in cube shaped rooms with no memory of how they got there and no idea of how to get out. It soon becomes apparent that overcoming certain challenges, while avoiding lethal booby traps, allows for entry into a new cubed room. Continually squabbling over leadership and breeding mistrust, the strangers make their way through the seemingly endless maze of cube rooms while gradually learning more about each other's past. Cube is a masterful horror – both psychological and gory – and a film that will entice those who enjoy looking for underlying metaphors.
An odd premise that is all the more intriguing for it; Poker Night is an often overlooked abduction horror from 2014. Inspired by 90s serial killer flicks, Poker Night sees a young detective transferred to quiet Indiana where he joins the older local detectives in regular poker nights. During these games, each detective shares with him personal experience and general wisdom through table talk. The information imparted to him transpires to be crucial to his survival when he is kidnapped by a serial killer on his way home from one of the poker games. It's not the first time 'table talk' has been used as a narrative device in movies, (nor is it the first time Beau Mirchoff has portrayed a poker player, but Poker Night makes a great story out of it.
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The protagonist in After.Life is definitely trapped – but perhaps not in the way she thinks. After a terrible car crash, the young woman of our story wakes up under the care of an undertaker who claims she died in the crash and that he is the only person who can communicate with her. Convinced she has been kidnapped and now held captive, the woman attempts to escape which proves to be harder than she thought. Viewers can't be quite so sure that protagonist isn't in fact a ghost, as truth becomes increasingly obscured. Twists, turns and doubts makes this a suspenseful psychological horror-thriller based on a clever idea.
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Anyone who had seen the original Cloverfield might have expected a similar found-footage style horror from the sequel. 10 Cloverfield Lane, although also stress-inducing and nail-biting, was a different movie experience altogether. After a serious car crash, a young woman wakes up strapped to the wall in a basement she's never seen before. Her broken bones have been tended to, a medical drip has fed her fluids – but the unfamiliar setting in which she finds herself is far from comforting. When she meets her captor, she is asked to accept a horrifying and totally unbelievable reality – the earth's surface is now fatally toxic from radiation, presumably from nuclear war, and those survivors who managed to get themselves in protected bunkers must subsequently remain underground for the next few years.
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In the role that won Kathy Bates an Oscar, a mentally unstable nurse traps her favourite author in her home after rescuing him from a car crash. The movie has everything that you would expect from a film based on a Stephen King story – dark woods, dangerous weather, psychological issues and strange mysteries. Though thankful at first for his rescue, author Paul Sheldon grows suspicious when the former nurse, portrayed by Bates, refuses to take him to the hospital. When her at-first dismissive behaviour turns violent, he realizes there is serious cause for concern…
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Perhaps a little dated, and probably better described as a thriller, the 2002 film Panic Room is nonetheless worth your time.. As to be expected from David Fincher, the film is a dark cat-and-mouse thriller. A newly divorced women, upon discovering intruders in her luxury New York apartment, takes her young daughter into their high security panic room to wait for help…except the emergency phone line hasn't been hooked up and cell phones don't work inside the panic room. What's more – it soon becomes apparent that what the intruders want is located in the panic room itself, and they're not going to leave until they get it.
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As with every globally successful film arising from anywhere other than America – Hollywood had to remake Oldboy; the critically acclaimed South Korean drama that Tarantino calls one of his all-time favourite movies. If you want to experience one of the most astounding pieces of cinematic work in all of history, then watch the original Oldboy. Otherwise settle for the pale imitation. But Oldboy didn't earn international recognition just from being a masterfully directed and beautifully scripted movie. The synopsis alone is enticing, but actually watching the mystery unravel in front of your eyes is unbearably hair-raising.
Kidnapped one night by unknown assailants, our protagonist is held captive in a hotel-like room for fifteen years for no apparent reason. When suddenly released, our protagonist wakes to find he is invited to track down his abductors and discover the reason for his imprisonment – an invitation he eagerly accepts.
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This gory and insanely tense remake of Rec follows a couple of documentary makers as they interview and film the work of a city fire fighting team when a call comes through that there's a sick woman in need of help in a nearby apartment block. Though neither kidnapped nor held captive, the fire fighting team and documentary makers face one of the most terrifying types of confinement ever depicted on screen. Coupled with fantastic acting and excellent execution of the found-footage style narration, Quarantine is sure to thrill those who are terrified of both captivity and monsters.
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Working at a 911 call centre has got to be one of the most stressful jobs ever, and I'm not basing that assumption solely on the terrifying suspense in The Call. Though this underrated gem of a thriller is perhaps not one of the first movies that come to mind on the theme of captivity, it is nonetheless a great example of confinement used as a horror device. A woman working as a 911 operator receives a call from a young girl who has been kidnapped and is trapped inside the boot of her kidnapper's moving car. A vast part of the movie depicts the ordeal of being trapped in a car boot from the perspective of the kidnapped, and does a great job of depicting the frustrating sense of helplessness felt by the girl and the operator.
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What might first appear like a rather unoriginal story about a sadistic loner kidnapping a pretty young woman soon turns into a clever abduction flick with a twist. Pet may not terrify you – but it will definitely surprise you. As it turns out, the abducted women and subject of the captor's obsession turns out to be a lot more than what the captor bargained for. In this film, it is not the kidnapper exerting psychological manipulation – it is the kidnapped.
From Edgar Allen Poe's The Burial to Emma Donoghue's Room, themes of captivity have always made for disturbing literary stories. These themes translate equally well on screen – typically in horror movies, where the helplessness, frustration, paranoia and uncertainty of captivity are central to the fear factor. No matter how unlikely the scenario that we get kidnapped or trapped – most humans tend to agree that the captivity by a sadist is a genuinely blood-curdling prospect.
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Q: Toggle switch for Model field Livewire I'm trying to implement a slider checkbox that automatically updates a field in my Post column.
Here's my css
 .toggle-checkbox:checked {
    @apply: right-0 border-green-400;
    right: 0;
    border-color: #68D391;
  }
  .toggle-checkbox:checked + .toggle-label {
    @apply: bg-green-400;
    background-color: #68D391;
  }

And this is my toggle button component
namespace App\Http\Livewire\Admin\Table;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Livewire\Component;

class Published extends Component
{
    public Model $model;
    public string $field;
    public bool $isPublished;

    public function mount()
    {
       $this->isPublished = (bool) $this->model->getAttribute($this->field);
    }

    public function render()
    {
        return view('livewire.admin.table.published');
    }

    public function updating($field, $value)
    {
        $this->model->setAttribute($this->field, $value)->save();
    }

}

This is my blade for the toggle button

        <input wire:model="isPublished"  type="checkbox" name="toggle" id="toggle" class="toggle-checkbox absolute block w-6 h-6 rounded-full bg-white border-4 appearance-none cursor-pointer" />

This is the parent component for the toggle button
@foreach ($values as $value)

         @livewire('admin.table.published', ['model' => $value, 'field' => 'status'], key($value->id))

@endforeach

mount method seems to work fine, but whenever I try the updating method, it updates a different ID. Can anyone help? Thanks!
I'm using Php 7.3 ; Laravel 8.75; livewire 2.10

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Testing and ideology: policy debates about literacy assessments for Colorado's bilingual students
Luis E. Poza, San Jose State UniversityFollow
Kara M. Viesca, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Journal of Education Policy
The Colorado Reading to Ensure Academic Development Act requires grade-level attainment in literacy in English for students in grades K-3. Its practical outcome, however, has been to pressure schools with bilingual programs to shift their instructional language allocations towards more English in the early grades. Proposed rule revisions debated by the state Board of Education sought to facilitate testing in students' language of instruction for those in bilingual programs. Analysis of written and verbal opposition to the proposed rule revisions demonstrates the persistence of insidious ethnoculturalist discourses opposing bilingual education as well as the cooptation of liberal multiculturalist discourses that, while framing bilingualism as an asset, argue that it is underdeveloped in bilingual programs that do not include English instruction from the outset. Given that bilingual instruction has demonstrated time and again that it benefits students acquiring English in schools, such new discursive turns pose a threat that must be recognized to fend off further legislative and regulatory attempts against bilingual education.
bilingual education, Language ideologies, language policy and planning (LPP)
Luis E. Poza and Kara M. Viesca. "Testing and ideology: policy debates about literacy assessments for Colorado's bilingual students" Journal of Education Policy (2020): 556-581. https://doi.org/10.1080/02680939.2018.1511831


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Her brother walked her down the aisle.
The theme chosen was white lace and dusty pink- a sophisticated beach vintage.
The bonbonniere were handmade jars with sweet candy hearts.
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Judging by the newest Scream Queens teaser, it looks like Emma Roberts could be playing a bad girl again a la American Horror Story: Coven's Madison Montgomery.
In the trailer, we see Roberts' character Chanel Oberlin fixing her makeup, only realize as the camera pulls out that she prefers huge kitchen knives as mirrors to, well, mirrors.
The star studded cast for the new FOX series includes Jamie Lee Curtis, , Skyler Samuels, Ariana Grande, Lea Michele, Joe Manganiello, Abigail Breslin, Keke Palmer and Nick Jonas.
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Muiredach I Bolgrach – legendarny zwierzchni król Irlandii z dynastii Milezjan (linia Eremona) w latach 469–468 p.n.e. Syn Simona Breaca, zwierzchniego króla Irlandii.

Objął zwierzchni tron irlandzki po pokonaniu i zabiciu arcykróla oraz zabójcy jego ojca, Duacha I Finna, w bitwie pod Magh. Rządził Irlandią przez rok i jeden miesiąc, gdy zginął z ręki Enny (Endy) Derga. Ten zemścił się za śmierć swego ojca Duacha I Finna, następnie objął zwierzchnią władzę nad Irlandią.

Potomstwo
Muiredach pozostawił po sobie dwóch synów:
 Duach Temrach, miał syna:
 Congal Cosgarach, miał dwóch synów:
 Eochaid VI Fiadmuine, przyszły zwierzchni król Irlandii
 Conaing Begeglach, przyszły zwierzchni król Irlandii
 Fiacha IV Tolgrach, przyszły zwierzchni król Irlandii

Bibliografia
 Annala Rioghachta Éireann. Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters, Vol. I, ed. with translation J. O'Donovan, Second Edition, Dublin 1856, s. 62–65.
 Lebor Gabála Érenn. The Book of the Taking of Ireland, Part V, ed. and translation R. A. Stewart Macalister, Irish Texts Society, Dublin 1956, s. 252–253.
 Truhart P., Regents of Nations. Systematic Chronology of States and Their Political Representatives in Past and Present. A Biographical Reference Book, Part 1: Antiquity Worldwide, München 2000, s. 373,  (Autor przegapił Muiredacha, nie wpisując go w lata 469–468).

Legendarni władcy Irlandii


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Do Not Disturb While Driving is a new feature on iOS11 that blocks incoming calls, texts, and notifications while you are driving. It is designed to reduce distractions while behind the wheel.
Better Driver Training have a look at Do Not Disturb While Driving to see if it works with or against drivers in the real world.
You may be familiar with the previous Do Not Disturb feature that blocks incoming notifications during set times for those, like our very own Ian Brett, that need an undisturbed nights sleep! Similarly the Do Not Disturb While Driving can be set to come on automatically (based on acceleration, when connected to a car's Bluetooth, or as a manual feature.
The disadvantage of the automatic and Bluetooth settings is that it doesn't differentiate between driver or passenger.
Whichever mode you choose, Do Not Disturb While Driving will mute incoming phone calls, notifications, and text messages, and your iPhone's screen will stay off. For texts it can be set to send an automatic reply, which can be customised. The sender is told that if their message is urgent they can text the word 'urgent' to override Do Not Disturb.
As long as you are connected to a car's Bluetooth or a hands-free phone calls will be allowed. However it is worth remembering that handsfree phone use is shown reduce reactions by more than that of a driver at the drink drive limit and on cannabis! Maybe no calls is a better option?
For those with young drivers there is a restricted option (General - Restrictions - Do Not Disturb While Driving) which means settings cannot be changed. However, at Better Driver Training we prefer to focus on education and would like to think that qualifying and newly qualified drivers would see the benefit of setting this up themselves to avoid the distraction.
Having used the feature for a few days, I found the automatic feature frustrating as when a passenger it kept saying I was driving. Obviously an instructor you can't use the phone with a provisional licence holder, so even as a 'passenger' in this circumstance there is a benefit. Bluetooth mode was most useful as it didn't rely on human interaction.
Looking at SatNav use, the Do Not Disturb feature made this easier but was limited to Apples own Apple Maps version (not Google or my preference Waze - however I'm use to this using Apple CarPlay). Reducing the amount of additional distraction and allowing it to be used for a sole purpose is probably positive.
We welcome innovations such as these giving users of tech an opportunity to create coping strategies and make positive choices. The best feature is the automatic alert to those outside the vehicle informing them that the phone-user is driving. Combined with options like 'Find Friends' or black box technology, they can help unite family and peers to support the drivers decisions. We will be adding this to the 'Black box ready' and 'Parental support' packages we already offer at Better Driver Training.


Livingston School, formerly known as the Philip Livingston Magnet Academy, was constructed during the Depression-era to teach vocational skills to the unemployed and was used as a public school for the Albany community until it became vacant in 2009. Now listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the iconic building has been thoughtfully converted into a 103 unit mixed-income senior living community. Its revitalization created 12 studio apartments, 76 one-bedroom and 15 two-bedroom apartments, with 11 handicapped-accessible units, and five suited for the hearing or visually impaired. The $20.7M project consisted of a historically sensitive renovation of the academy, maintaining the historic fabric of the structure – transforming classrooms into apartment homes, and adapting large open areas that once housed the administrative offices, an auditorium and two-story library into amenity spaces for the residents. This active living facility features a spacious lounge with community kitchen and entertainment, Wi-Fi, fitness facilities, a library, media center, wellness center for visiting practitioners, ample seating areas and common laundries. The attentively landscaped gardens, patios and outdoor space abuts an 80-acre urban nature preserve.


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LeBron James salutes former teammate Kyle Korver on milestone
One of LeBron James' most accomplished former teammates reached another milestone on Saturday night. In Utah's 110-102 victory Saturday against the Chicago Bulls, Kyle Korver moved into 4th place on the NBA's all-time leaderboard for 3-pointers.
Korver passed Jason Terry and he's only a couple of 3-pointers behind 3rd place Stephen Curry, although Curry will certainly have more than him and also set the NBA's all-time 3-point record before he's done.
But it's still a pretty big deal to be among the greats and so James shouted out his former Cavs teammate after his accomplishment on Saturday.
YesSir!!! Congrats my brother! 👏🏾🙏🏾 https://t.co/fkL8wGRgfH
— LeBron James (@KingJames) January 13, 2019
James and Korver were teammates for just under two seasons in Cleveland. Korver was traded to Utah earlier this season.


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Home » Movies » The 25 Greatest Batman Movies, Ranked From Worst To Best
The 25 Greatest Batman Movies, Ranked From Worst To Best
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DC Removes Full-Frontal Nudity From Batman Comic
Batman made his first appearance in Detective Comics #27, an issue that eventually became one of the most significant and valuable comic books in history. Since then, the Caped Crusader has been the star of numerous TV series and movies, both live action and animated, as well as a boatload of video games. While we're huge fans of Batman: The Animated Series and think the Arkham video games have been outstanding, today we'd like to pay homage to Batman by highlighting his greatest movies, both animated and live-action.
In celebration of the 30th anniversary of Tim Burton's Batman, join us as we rank all 25 Batman movies (live-action and animated), from our least favorite to very best. Enjoy!
25. Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman (2003)
Synopsis: As if the Penguin wasn't enough to contend with, a female vigilante has surfaced in Gotham City and her strong-arm tactics give Batman cause for concern.
Cast: Kelly Ripa, Kimberly Brooks, Elisa Gabrielli, David Ogden Stiers, Kevin Michal Richardson, Robert Costanzo, Tim Dang, Bob Hastings, Eli Marienthal, Tara Strong, John Vernon, Efrem Zimbalist, Kevin Conroy, Kyra Sedgwick, and Héctor Elizondo,
Directed by: Curt Geda
Source: Screenshot via Warner Bros.
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24. Batman and Harley Quinn (2017)
Synopsis: Batman and Nightwing join forces with Harley Quinn to stop a global threat brought about by Poison Ivy and the Plant Master.
Cast: Kevin Conroy, Melissa Rauch, Loren Lester, Paget Brewster, John DiMaggio, Eric Bauza, Robin Atkins Downes, Trevor Devall, Rob Paulsen, Mindy Sterling, and Kevin Michael Richardson
Directed by: Sam Liu
23. Batman Forever (1995)
Synopsis: Batman (Val Kilmer) faces off against two foes: the schizophrenic, horribly scarred former District Attorney Harvey Dent, aka Two-Face (Tommy Lee Jones), and the Riddler (Jim Carrey), a disgruntled ex-Wayne Enterprises inventor seeking revenge against his former employer by unleashing his brain-sucking weapon on Gotham City's residents. As the caped crusader also deals with tortured memories of his parents' murder, he has a new romance, with psychologist Chase Meridian (Nicole Kidman).
Cast: Val Kilmer, Jim Carrey, Chris O'Donnell, Nocle Kidman, Tommy Lee Jones, Michael Gough, Drew Barrymore, Debi Mazar, and Pat Hingle
Directed by: Joel Schumacher
22. Son of Batman (2014)
Synopsis: Batman must battle Deathstroke and the might of the League of Assassins upon learning that he has a violent and unruly son with Ra's al Ghul's daughter, Talia.
Cast: Stuart Allan, Jason O'Mara, Thomas Gibson, Morena Baccarin, Sean Maher, David McCallum, Giancarlo Esposito, Xander Berkeley, Diane Michelle, Fred Tatasciore, Bruce Thomas, Kari Wahlgren, Dee Bradley Baker, and Andrea Romano
Directed by: Ethan Spaulding
21. Superman/Batman: Apocalypse (2010)
Synopsis: Superman (Tim Daly) and Batman (Kevin Conroy) join forces to save a Kryptonian visitor from the evil Darkseid (Andre Braugher).
Cast: Kevin Conroy, Tim Daly, Summer Glau, Andre Braugher, Susan Eisenberg, Julianna Grossman, Edward Asner, Rachel Quaintance, Salli Saffioti, Andrea Romano, Jim Ward, Dave B. Mitchell, Greg Alan Williams, John Cygan, April Winchell, and Tara Strong
Directed by: Lauren Montgomery
20. Batman vs. Two-Face (2017)
Synopsis: Former Gotham City District Attorney Harvey Dent, whose face has been scarred by acid, goes on a crime spree based on the flip of a defaced, two-headed silver dollar.
Cast: Adam West, Burt Ward, William Shatner, Julie Newman, Jim Ward, Thomas Lennon, Lynne Marie Stewart, Jeff Bergman, Wally Wingert, William Salyers, Sirena Irwin, and Lee Meriwether
Directed by: Rick Morales
19. Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero (1998)
Synopsis: Mr Freeze kidnaps Barbara Gordon to use her plasma to rejuvenate his dying wife. Leaving Batman and Robin to race against time to save Barbara and stop Freeze's desperate scheme.
Cast: Kevin Conroy, Michael Ansara, Loren Lester, Mary Kay Bergman, Rahi Azizi, Robert Costanzo, Mari Devon, George Dzundza, Bob Hastings, Marilu Henner, Dean Jones, Liane Schirmer, Frank Welker, and Efrem Zimbalist
18. Batman: Bad Blood (2016)
Synopsis: Bruce Wayne is missing. Alfred covers for him while Nightwing and Robin patrol Gotham City in his stead. And a new player, Batwoman, investigates Batman's disappearance.
Cast: Jason O'Mara, Yvonne Strahovski, Stuart Allan, Sean Maher, Gaius Charles, Morena Baccarin, Ernie Hudson, Steve Blum, John DiMaggio, Travis Willingham, Robin Atkin Downes, Vanessa Marshall, Richar McGonagle, Matthew Mercer, and Geoff Pierson
Directed by: Jay Olivia
17. Batman: Gotham Knight (2008)
Synopsis: A collection of key events mark Bruce Wayne's life, as he journeys from a beginner to the Dark Knight.
Cast: Kevin Conroy, Jim Meskimen, Corey Burton, David McCallum, Jason Marsden, Rob Paulsen, Alanna Ubach, Gary Dourdan, Ana Ortiz, Kevin Michael Richardson, George Newbern, Scott Menville, Crystal Scales, and Frank Welker
Directed by: Shoujirou Nishimi, Futoshi Higashide, Hiroshi Morioka, Yasuhiro Aoki, Toshiyuki Kubooka, Andrea Romano, and Jong-Sik Nam
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16. The Batman Superman Movie: World's Finest (1997)
Synopsis: Batman and Superman team up to fight the Joker and Lex Luthor, while Bruce Wayne begins dating Lois Lane.
Cast: Kevin Conroy, Clancy Brown, Tim Daly, Tim Daly, Mark Hamill, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Joseph Bologna, Corey Burton, Bob Hastings, Lauren Tom, Lisa Edelstein, Robert Costanzo, and Brad Garrett
Directed by: Toshihiko Masuda
15. Batman: The Movie (1966)
Synopsis: Kaaapowie! Holy feature film, Batman … one based on the tongue-in-cheek, campy 1960's television series. Watch Batman (Adam West) and Robin (Burt Ward) battle sharks, Catwoman, The Joker, and The Riddler on the big screen. Can they try to prevent the bad guys from taking over the world? With a wham! and a pow! and a zip! … our heroes just might win.
Cast: Adam West, Burt Ward, Alan Napier, Neil Hamilton, Madge Blake, Stafford Repp
Directed by: Leslie H. Martinson
Source: Screenshot via 20th Century Fox
14. Batman vs. Robin (2015)
Synopsis: Damian Wayne has a hard time accepting his father's no-killing rule, and soon starts to believe his destiny lies within a secret society.
Cast: Jason O'Mara, Kevin Conroy, Stuart Allan, Sean Maher, 'Weird Al' Yankovic, David McCallum, Jeremy Sisto, Grey DeLisle, Robin Atkin Downes, and Peter Onorati
Directed by: Jay Oliva
13. Batman: Year One (2011)
Synopsis: Following the origin story of Batman, a young Bruce Wayne and James Gordon move to Gotham City and quickly become acquainted with the violence and corruption of the city. Wayne transforms into Batman and begins his fight against crime and evil.
Cast: Ben McKenzie, Bryan Cranston, Eliza Dushku, Katee Sackhoff, Alex Rocco, Jon Polito, Grey DeLisle, Jeff Bennett, and Robin Atkin Downes
Directed by: Sam Liu & Lauren Montgomery
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12. The Lego Batman Movie (2017)
Synopsis: There are big changes brewing in Gotham, but if Batman (Will Arnett) wants to save the city from the Joker's (Zach Galifianakis) hostile takeover, he may have to drop the lone vigilante thing, try to work with others and maybe, just maybe, learn to lighten up. Maybe his superhero sidekick Robin (Michael Cera) and loyal butler Alfred (Ralph Fiennes) can show him a thing or two.
Cast: Will Arnett, Mariah Carey, Chris McKay, Conan O'Brien, Michael Cera, Channing Tatum, Ellie Kemper, Rosario Dawson, Jenny Slate, Zoë Kravitz, Ralph Fiennes, Adam DeVine, Zach Galifianakis, Jason Mantzoukas, Jonah Hill, Susan Bennett, Billy Dee Williams, Jemaine Clement, Eddie Izzard, Kate Micucci, Riki Lindhome, and Seth Green
Directed by: Chris McKay
11. Batman: Assault on Arkham (2014)
Synopsis: Batman (Kevin Conroy) must prevent the Joker (Troy Baker) from destroying Gotham City, while battling a new batch of villains called the Suicide Squad.
Cast: Kevin Conroy, Troy Baker, Matthew Gray Gubler, Neal McDonough, Giancarlo Esposito, Hynden Walch, C. C. H. Pounder, John DiMaggio, Greg Ellis, Jennifer Hale, Nolan North, Martin Jarvis, and Eric Bauza
Directed by: Jay Oliva & Ethan Spaulding
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10. Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000)
Synopsis: In the Gotham City of the future, an older Bruce Wayne (Kevin Conroy) trains a college student, Terry McGinnis (Will Friedle), to replace him as Batman. Meanwhile, the Joker (Mark Hamill) has re-emerged as the leader of the Jokerz, a gang inspired by their evil hero, who was previously thought to be dead. Terry tries to stop the theft of communications gear by the Jokerz, but the Joker narrowly escapes. The truth about the Joker's life and death slowly emerges through violent confrontations.
Cast: Bruce Timm, Will Friedle, Mark Hamill, Kevin Conroy, Tara Strong, Henry Rollins, Angie Harmon, Lauren Tom, Melissa Joan Hart, Rachael Leigh Cook, Teri Garr, Michael Rosenbaum, Frank Welker, Dean Stockwell, Mathew Valencia, Arleen Sorkin, Don Harvey, and Vernee Watson-Johnson
9. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
Synopsis: In this animated feature set in the 1940s, the troubled yet heroic Batman (Kevin Conroy) is pitted against a mysterious figure who is rubbing out Gotham City's most dangerous criminals, and who many believe is the caped crusader himself. Batman's alter ego, millionaire Bruce Wayne is about to get married to the lovely Andrea Beaumont (Dana Delany), who helps him recover from his need to avenge his parents' murder — meaning that his crime-fighting days may be numbered.
Cast: Mark Hamill, Kevin Conroy, Dana Delany, Stacy Keach, Hart Bochner, Abe Vigoda, Dick Miller, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., John P. Ryan, Bob Hastings, and Robert Costanzo
Directed by: Bruce Timm & Eric Radomski
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8. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 (2013)
Synopsis: Batman and his new sidekick, Robin, deal with the Joker's newest plot, while Superman brings a global catastrophe to Gotham City.
Cast: Peter Weller, Ariel Winter, Michael Emerson, David Selby, Bruce Timm, Michael McKean, Mark Valley, Conan O'Brien, Maria Canals-Barrera, Paget Brewster, Grey DeLisle, Dee Bradley Baker, Robin Atkin Downes, Carlos Alazraqui, Gary Anthony Williams, and Yuri Lowenthal
7. Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010)
Synopsis: Batman faces a vigilante who aims to clean up Gotham City but does not follow his moral code.
Cast: Bruce Timm, Jensen Ackles, Bruce Greenwood, Neil Patrick Harris, John DiMaggio, Jason Isaacs, Wade Williams, Vincent Martella, Andrea Romano, Jim Piddock, Gary Cole, Carlos Alazraqui, and Alexander Martella
Directed by: Brandon Vietti
Synopsis: Batman comes out of retirement and gets help from a teenage sidekick. He faces off against the Joker and Two-Face before a battle to the death begins against Superman.
Cast: Peter Weller, Ariel Winter, Michael Emerson, David Selby, Bruce Timm, Michael McKean, Grey DeLisle, Dee Bradley Baker, Carlos Alazraqui, Gary Anthony Williams, and Yuri Lowenthal
5. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Synopsis: It has been eight years since Batman (Christian Bale), in collusion with Commissioner Gordon (Gary Oldman), vanished into the night. Assuming responsibility for the death of Harvey Dent, Batman sacrificed everything for what he and Gordon hoped would be the greater good. However, the arrival of a cunning cat burglar (Anne Hathaway) and a merciless terrorist named Bane (Tom Hardy) force Batman out of exile and into a battle he may not be able to win.
Cast: Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Liam Neeson, Cillian Murphy, Juno Temple, Matthew Modine, Nestor Carbonell, Joey King, Josh Pence, Ben Mendelsohn, and Burn Gorman
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4. Batman Returns (1992)
Synopsis: The monstrous Penguin (Danny DeVito), who lives in the sewers beneath Gotham, joins up with wicked shock-headed businessman Max Shreck (Christopher Walken) to topple the Batman (Michael Keaton) once and for all. But when Shreck's timid assistant, Selina Kyle (Michelle Pfeiffer), finds out, and Shreck tries to kill her, she is transformed into the sexy Catwoman. She teams up with the Penguin and Shreck to destroy Batman, but sparks fly unexpectedly when she confronts the caped crusader.
Cast: Michael Keaton, Michelle Pfeiffer, Danny DeVito, Michael Gough, Christopher Walken, Pat Hingle, Cristi Conaway, Michael Murphy, and Paul Reubens
Directed by: Tim Burton
3. Batman Begins (2005)
Synopsis: A young Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) travels to the Far East, where he's trained in the martial arts by Henri Ducard (Liam Neeson), a member of the mysterious League of Shadows. When Ducard reveals the League's true purpose — the complete destruction of Gotham City — Wayne returns to Gotham intent on cleaning up the city without resorting to murder. With the help of Alfred (Michael Caine), his loyal butler, and Lucius Fox (Morgan Freeman), a tech expert at Wayne Enterprises, Batman is born.
Cast: Christian Bale, Cillian Murphy, Katie Holmes, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman, Ken Watanabe, Tom Wilkinson, Rutger Hauer, Mark Boone Junior, Linus Roache, Tim Booth, and Jack Gleeson
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2. Batman (1989)
Synopsis: Having witnessed his parents' brutal murder as a child, millionaire philanthropist Bruce Wayne (Michael Keaton) fights crime in Gotham City disguised as Batman, a costumed hero who strikes fear into the hearts of villains. But when a deformed madman who calls himself "The Joker" (Jack Nicholson) seizes control of Gotham's criminal underworld, Batman must face his most ruthless nemesis ever while protecting both his identity and his love interest, reporter Vicki Vale (Kim Basinger).
Cast: Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Michael Gough, Billy Dee Williams, Pat Hingle, Jack Palance, Robert Wuhl, and Jerry Hall
1. The Dark Knight (2008)
Synopsis: With the help of allies Lt. Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) and DA Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), Batman (Christian Bale) has been able to keep a tight lid on crime in Gotham City. But when a vile young criminal calling himself the Joker (Heath Ledger) suddenly throws the town into chaos, the Caped Crusader begins to tread a fine line between heroism and vigilantism.
Cast: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Aaron Eckhart, Cillian Murphy, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Nestor Carbonell, Eric Roberts, Anthony Michael Hall, Michael Jai White, David Dastmalchian, and Ng Chin Han
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By Leslie Goldstein
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\section{INTRODUCTION}

The Adler function~\cite{Adler} plays a key role in particle physics.
Specifically, theoretical description of some strong interaction processes
(e.g., electron--positron annihilation into hadrons~\cite{Feynman} and
inclusive $\tau$~lepton decay~\cite{BNP,Davier}) is inherently based on
this function. Besides, Adler function is essential for confronting the
precise experimental measurements of some electroweak observables (e.g.,
muon anomalous magnetic moment~\cite{muon} and shift of the
electromagnetic fine structure constant~\cite{Jegerlehner08}) with their
theoretical predictions. In turn, the latter represents a decisive test of
the Standard Model and imposes strict restrictions on possible ``new
physics'' beyond it.

Furthermore, Adler function plays a crucial role for the congruous
analysis of spacelike and timelike experimental data. Indeed, since
perturbation theory and renormalization group method are not applicable
directly to the study of observables depending on the timelike kinematic
variable, for the self--consistent description of the latter one has to
relate the timelike experimental data with the spacelike perturbative
results. Here, the required link between the experimentally measurable
$R$--ratio of electron--positron annihilation into hadrons and
theoretically computable Adler function~$D(Q^2)$ is represented by the
dispersion relation~\cite{Adler}
\begin{equation}
\label{AdlerDisp}
D(Q^2) = Q^2 \int_{4m_{\pi}^2}^{\infty}
\frac{R(s)}{(s + Q^2)^2} \, d s,
\end{equation}
where $m_{\pi}\simeq 135\,$MeV~\cite{PDG08} stands for the mass of the
lightest hadron state. The dispersion relation~(\ref{AdlerDisp}) is also
commonly employed for extracting the Adler function from the relevant
experimental data. For this purpose, in the integrand~(\ref{AdlerDisp})
$R(s)$ is usually parameterized by its experimental measurements at low
and intermediate energies and by its theoretical prediction at high
energies.

The ultraviolet behavior of the Adler function can be approximated by the
power series in the strong running coupling within the perturbation theory
(see paper~\cite{AdlerPert} and references therein)
\begin{equation}
\label{AdlerPert}
D^{(\ell)}_{\mbox{\scriptsize pert}}(Q^2) = 1 +
\sum\nolimits_{j=1}^{\ell} d_j\bigl[\al{(\ell)}{s}(Q^2)\bigr]^j.
\end{equation}
The overall factor $N_{\mbox{\scriptsize c}}\sum_{f}Q_{f}^{2}$ is omitted throughout, where
$N_{\mbox{\scriptsize c}}=3$ is the number of colors and $Q_{f}$ denotes the charge of the
quark of the $f$-th flavor. In Eq.~(\ref{AdlerPert}) $\al{(\ell)}{s}(Q^2)$
is the $\ell$--loop perturbative QCD invariant charge, $\al{(1)}{s}(Q^2) =
4\pi/(\beta_{0}\ln z)$, $z=Q^2/\Lambda^2$, $\beta_{0} = 11 - 2n_{\mbox{\scriptsize f}}/3$,
$n_{\mbox{\scriptsize f}}$ is the number of active quarks, and $d_{1}=1/\pi$.

However, the perturbative expansion~(\ref{AdlerPert}) is invalid at low
energies and it is inconsistent with the dispersion relation for the Adler
function~(\ref{AdlerDisp}) due to unphysical singularities of the strong
running coupling~$\al{}{s}(Q^2)$ in the infrared domain. The latter also
causes certain difficulties in processing the low--energy experimental
data.

\section{NOVEL INTEGRAL REPRESENTATION FOR THE ADLER FUNCTION}

In general, there is a variety of the nonperturbative approaches to handle
the strong interaction processes at low energies. In this work we will
focus on the approach which engages dispersion relations. Indeed, the
latter provide an important source of the nonperturbative information
about the hadron dynamics in the infrared domain, which should certainly
be taken into account when one is trying to go beyond the scope of
perturbation theory.

In particular, dispersion relation~(\ref{AdlerDisp}) imposes stringent
physical nonperturbative constraints on the Adler function. Specifically,
since $R(s)$, being the ratio of two cross--sections, assumes finite
values and tends to a constant in the ultraviolet asymptotic $s\to\infty$,
then the Adler function~$D(Q^2)$ vanishes\footnote{This constraint holds
for $m_{\pi} \neq 0$ only.} in the infrared limit~$Q^2=0$. In addition,
dispersion relation~(\ref{AdlerDisp}) implies that the Adler function
possesses the only cut~$Q^2\le -4m_{\pi}^2$ along the negative semi--axis of
real~$Q^2$.

These nonperturbative constraints on the Adler function have been merged
with its perturbative approximation in Refs.~\cite{AdlerIR,InPrep} (see
also discussion of this issue in Ref.~\cite{Prosperi}). Eventually, this
results in the following integral representations for the Adler function
and $R$--ratio:
\begin{eqnarray}
\label{AdlerInt}
D(Q^2)\!\!\!\! &=&\!\!\!\! \frac{Q^2}{Q^2+4m_{\pi}^2}
\Biggl[1 + \!\!\!\int\limits_{4m_{\pi}^2}^{\infty}\!\!\!
\rho(\sigma) \frac{\sigma - 4m_{\pi}^2}{\sigma+Q^2}
\frac{d \sigma}{\sigma}\Biggr]\!, \\
\label{RInt}
R(s) &=& \theta(s-4m_{\pi}^2) \Biggl[1 + \int\limits_{s}^{\infty}
\rho(\sigma)\,\frac{d \sigma}{\sigma}\Biggr],
\end{eqnarray}
where $\theta(x)$ is the unit step function, $\theta(x)=1$ if $x \ge 0$
and $\theta(x)=0$ otherwise. The developed approach~\cite{AdlerIR}
eliminates such intrinsic difficulties of perturbation theory as the
infrared unphysical singularities of outcoming results. Besides,
additional parameters are not introduced into the theory. Furthermore,
Eq.~(\ref{RInt}) by construction accounts for the effects due to the
analytic continuation of spacelike theoretical results into timelike
domain, such as the resummation of the so-called $\pi^2$--terms. It is
worth noting also that the mass of the lightest hadron state affects both
the parton model prediction and the strong correction of the quantities in
hand~(\ref{AdlerInt}),~(\ref{RInt}).

In the limit of the massless pion $m_{\pi}=0$ expressions~(\ref{AdlerInt})
and (\ref{RInt}) become identical to those of the Analytic Perturbation
Theory (APT), see papers~\cite{APT1,APT2} and references therein. However,
it is crucial to keep the pion mass nonvanishing, since it can be safely
neglected only when one handles the strong interaction processes at high
energies. It is worth mentioning that there is a number of other similar
approaches\footnote{The Adler function was studied in the framework of APT
supplemented with the relativistic quark mass threshold resummation in
Ref.~\cite{MSS}.} which also combine perturbative results with relevant
dispersion relations, see, e.g.,
Refs.~\cite{BMS,Arbuzov,Maxwell,Fischer,Cvetic}.

\begin{figure}[t]
\centerline{\includegraphics[width=72.5mm,clip]{AdlerM1L_Nest.eps}}
\vskip-2.5mm
\caption{Adler function~(\ref{AdlerInt}) corresponding to the spectral
density~(\ref{Rho}) (solid curve) ($\Lambda=441\,$MeV, $n_{\mbox{\scriptsize f}}=3$).
Perturbative approximation~(\ref{AdlerPert}) of the Adler function and its
experimental prediction are denoted by the dot-dashed curve and shaded
band, respectively.}
\label{Plot:AdlerIR}
\end{figure}

The spectral density~$\rho(\sigma)$, which appears in
Eqs.~(\ref{AdlerInt}) and~(\ref{RInt}), can be determined either as the
discontinuity of the explicit ``exact'' theoretical expression for the
Adler function~$D_{\mbox{\scriptsize{exact}}}(Q^2)$ across the physical
cut or as the numerical derivative of the experimental data on
R--ratio~\cite{AdlerIR}:
\begin{equation}
\label{RhoExact}
\rho(\sigma) = \frac{1}{\pi}\,
D_{\mbox{\scriptsize{exact}}}(-\sigma + i 0_{+}) =
-\frac{d\,R_{\mbox{\scriptsize{exp}}}(\sigma)}{d\,\ln\sigma}.
\end{equation}
However, there is still no explicit ``exact'' expression for the Adler
function, and, therefore, there is no unique way to compute the
corresponding spectral density~(\ref{RhoExact}) by making use of its
approximate perturbative expression~(\ref{AdlerPert}). In what follows we
will employ the spectral function obtained in Ref.~\cite{PRD}\footnote{It
is interesting to note that the QCD effective coupling obtained in
Ref.~\cite{PRD} has been independently rediscovered in
Ref.~\cite{Schrempp} proceeding from entirely different reasoning.}, which
has the following form at the one-loop level~\cite{PRD,Review}:
\begin{equation}
\label{Rho}
\rho^{(1)}(\sigma) = \left(1+\frac{\Lambda^2}{\sigma}\right)
\frac{1}{\ln^2(\sigma/\Lambda^2) + \pi^2}.
\end{equation}
The Adler function~(\ref{AdlerInt}), corresponding to the spectral
function~(\ref{Rho}), is presented in Fig.~\ref{Plot:AdlerIR} by solid
curve. The dot-dashed curve stands for the one-loop perturbative
approximation~(\ref{AdlerPert}) of the Adler function, whereas its
experimental prediction, computed in the way described above, is denoted
by the shaded band. As one may infer from Fig.~\ref{Plot:AdlerIR}, the
obtained result for the Adler function is in a reasonable agreement with
its experimental prediction in the entire energy range.

\section{INCLUSIVE {\Large $\tau$}~LEPTON DECAY}

It is also of a particular interest to study the inclusive $\tau$~lepton
decay within the approach in hand, since this process probes the infrared
hadron dynamics at energies below the mass of the $\tau$~lepton, and the
relevant experimental data are fairly precise. The measurable quantity
here is the inclusive semileptonic branching ratio
\begin{equation}
\label{RTauDef}
R_{\tau} =
\frac{\Gamma(\tau^{-} \to \mbox{hadrons}^{-}\, \nu_{\tau})}
{\Gamma(\tau^{-} \to e^{-}\, \bar\nu_{e}\, \nu_{\tau})},
\end{equation}
which can be split into three parts, namely, $R_{\tau}= \RTau{V} +
\RTau{A} + \RTau{S}$. The terms $\RTau{V}$ and $\RTau{A}$ account for the
contributions to Eq.~(\ref{RTauDef}) of the decay modes with the light
quarks only, and they correspond to the vector (V) and axial--vector~(A)
quark currents, respectively. The last term $\RTau{S}$ accounts for the
contribution to Eq.~(\ref{RTauDef}) of the decay modes with the $s$~quark.

Let us proceed with the nonstrange part of the ratio~(\ref{RTauDef})
associated with the vector quark currents
\begin{equation}
\label{RTauV}
\RTau{V} = \frac{N_{\mbox{\scriptsize c}}}{2}\,|V_{\mbox{\scriptsize ud}}|^2 S_{\mbox{\tiny EW}}
\left(\Delta_{\mbox{\tiny QCD}} + \delta'_{\mbox{\tiny EW}} \right),
\end{equation}
see papers~\cite{BNP,Davier} and references therein for detailed
discussion of this issue. The experimental measurement~\cite{TauExp} of
the ratio~(\ref{RTauV}) yields $\RTau{V}= 1.764 \pm 0.016$. In
Eq.~(\ref{RTauV}) $|V_{\mbox{\scriptsize ud}}|=0.97418 \pm 0.00027$ denotes the
Cabibbo--Kobayashi--Maskawa matrix element~\cite{PDG08}, $S_{\mbox{\tiny EW}} = 1.0194
\pm 0.0050$ and $\delta'_{\mbox{\tiny EW}}=0.0010$ are the electroweak
corrections~\cite{BNP,EWF}, and $\Delta_{\mbox{\tiny QCD}}$ can be expressed in terms of a
weighted integral of the aforementioned $R(s)$--ratio:
\begin{equation}
\label{DQCD}
\Delta_{\mbox{\tiny QCD}} = 2\!\!\int\limits_{0}^{M_{\tau}^2}\!\!
\left(1 - \frac{s}{M_{\tau}^2}\right)^{\!\!2}\!\!
\left(1 + 2\, \frac{s}{M_{\tau}^2}\right)\! R(s)
\frac{d s}{M_{\tau}^2},
\end{equation}
where $M_{\tau}\simeq 1.777\,$GeV~\cite{PDG08} is the $\tau$~lepton mass.

In the framework of perturbative approach one usually reduces
Eq.~(\ref{DQCD}) to the contour integral in the complex $s$--plane along
the circle of the radius of the squared mass of the $\tau$~lepton. At the
one-loop level this eventually leads to~\cite{BNP}
\begin{equation}
\Delta_{\mbox{\tiny QCD}} = 1 + d_1\,\al{(1)}{s}(M_{\tau}^2),
\end{equation}
that, in turn, results in $\Lambda = (678 \pm 55)\,$MeV for $n_{\mbox{\scriptsize f}}=2$ active
quarks.

At the same time, for the evaluation of $\Delta_{\mbox{\tiny QCD}}$ in the framework of the
approach in hand, the integration in Eq.~(\ref{DQCD}) can be performed in
a straightforward way. Ultimately this leads to the following result at
the one-loop level~\cite{InPrep}:
\begin{eqnarray}
\label{DQCDMAPT}
\Delta_{\mbox{\tiny QCD}}\!\!\!\!&=&\!\!\!\! 1 - \delta_{\Gamma} +
d_1 \al{(1)}{\tiny TL}(M_{\tau}^2) -
d_1 \delta_{\Gamma} \al{(1)}{\tiny TL}(m_{\Gamma}^{2}) \nonumber \\
&+&\!\!\!\!
d_1\,\frac{4\pi}{\beta_{0}}\int_{\chi}^{1}\! f(\xi)\,
\rho^{(1)}(\xi M_{\tau}^2)\, d \xi,
\end{eqnarray}
where $f(\xi)=\xi^3-2\xi^2+2$, $\chi=m_{\Gamma}^2/M_{\tau}^2$,
$\delta_{\Gamma}=\chi\,f(\chi)$, and
\begin{equation}
\al{(1)}{\tiny TL}(s) = \frac{4 \pi}{\beta_0}\,\theta(s-m_{\Gamma}^{2})\!
\int_{s}^{\infty} \rho^{(1)}(\sigma)\,\frac{d \sigma}{\sigma}
\end{equation}
is the one-loop timelike effective coupling~\cite{AdlerIR}. Here
$m_{\Gamma}$ stands for the total mass of the lightest allowed hadronic
decay mode of the $\tau$~lepton, e.g., for the vector channel $m_{\Gamma}
= m_{\pi^0} + m_{\pi^{-}}$. In this case $\delta_{\Gamma} \simeq 0.048$
considerably exceeds the electroweak correction~$\delta'_{\mbox{\tiny
EW}}$. Eventually, Eq.~(\ref{DQCDMAPT}) results in $\Lambda=(941 \pm
86)\,$MeV for $n_{\mbox{\scriptsize f}}=2$ active quarks, that is somewhat larger than the
one-loop perturbative estimation quoted above.

The effects due to the nonvanishing hadronic mass~$m_{\Gamma}$ play a
substantial role herein. In particular, in the massless limit
$m_{\Gamma}=0$ Eq.~(\ref{DQCDMAPT}) leads to $\Lambda=(493 \pm 56)\,$MeV
for $n_{\mbox{\scriptsize f}}=2$ active quarks.

\section{SUMMARY}

The infrared behavior of the Adler function is studied by making use of
recently derived integral representation for the latter. The developed
approach possesses a number of appealing features. Namely, it eliminates
unphysical perturbative singularities, properly accounts for the effects
due to the analytic continuation of spacelike theoretical results into
timelike domain, and embodies the effects due to the mass of the lightest
hadron state. Besides, additional adjustable parameters are not introduced
into the theory. Furthermore, the developed approach provides a reasonable
description of the Adler function in the entire energy range. It is also
shown that the effects due to the nonvanishing mass of the lightest hadron
state play a substantial role in processing the experimental data on the
inclusive $\tau$~lepton decay.

\vskip2mm
\noindent
\textbf{Acknowledgements}
\vskip1mm

This work was partially performed during the visit of the author to the
University of Milano. Author is thankful to Professor Giovanni Prosperi
for his kind hospitality and fruitful discussions. Author is grateful to
N.~Brambilla, S.~Forte, and A.~Vairo for the interest to this study.
Partial financial support of grants RFBR-08-01-00686, BRFBR-JINR-F08D-001,
and NS-1027.2008.2 is acknowledged.

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