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Jurors and alternates assigned to the trial of notorious gangster James "Whitey" Bulger will wrestle with countless questions during a case expected to drag on through September, including one that has nothing to do with guilt or innocence: Can I afford to be here another day?
Jurors in federal cases are paid just $40 per day for their service, a per diem that has not increased since 1990. They are reimbursed for travel expenses and cannot be fired from their jobs, but their employers are not required to pay anything.
During a long trial like Bulger's, jury duty can mean the loss of thousands of dollars in income, and poorly compensated jurors may not be the only ones who suffer. Some legal analysts worry that low jury pay endangers a defendant's ability to get a fair trial.
"The threat to justice is the following: In theory, you're entitled to a jury that represents a cross section of the whole community," said Arthur H. Patterson, senior vice president at trial consulting firm DecisionQuest in State College, Pa. "If poor, working people are unable to serve, you might be missing that blue-collar worker who understands your perspective."
Personal information about the Bulger trial jurors, including the economic makeup of the panel, has been sealed by the court.
Companies that employ jurors in federal cases receive calls and letters from court officials encouraging them to pay the difference between workers' regular salaries and the $40 daily stipends. Many oblige. Sixty-three percent of American workers have benefit plans that include pay while on jury duty, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
But such benefits are more commonly enjoyed by those at the high end of the income scale. Among workers in the top quarter of all earners, 83 percent are paid by their employers during jury service. Just 34 percent of workers in the bottom quarter — those who are least able to forfeit income — enjoy the same protection.
Concerns about inadequate jury pay also exist in state courts across the country, where compensation varies widely but generally ranges from paltry to virtually nonexistent. Standard per diems top out at $50 in states like Connecticut, Colorado, and Arkansas. Some counties in Texas pay as little as $6 per day. In Illinois, the minimum is $4.
The Massachusetts court system ranks among the most generous, mandating that jurors' employers pay full salaries for the first three days of service before the courts mete out a $50 per diem, beginning on the fourth day of a trial. According to the Office of the Jury Commissioner, 96 percent of state court jurors serve three days or less , and therefore lose no pay.
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On the off chance that a trial does continue for more than three days, nearly two-thirds of Bay State businesses will voluntarily extend full-pay benefits to an employee on the jury, according to a survey by Associated Industries of Massachusetts. But for some companies, especially small ones, paying an absent worker is untenable.
"The bottom line is that when an employee is out for any reason, it can be disruptive for a small business," said Andre Mayer, a spokesman for the association. "In our own office [of about 30 workers], the assistant to the executive director was on jury duty for a couple of weeks. I know we felt it."
Jury candidates for the Bulger trial were told by US District Judge Denise J. Casper that personal finances would be given little consideration, recalled Marcia Pereira, who was in the original pool but not selected.
Pereira, a 50-year-old property manager from Medway, said her petition to be excused from service because of financial hardship was rejected by the court.
"It was very scary," Pereira said. "I work full time. I have kids. I have a mortgage."
Pereira said her company's policy is to compensate employees for as many as 10 days of jury duty — far more than the legal requirement — but she wondered how she would have paid the bills during the remainder of a monthslong trial. After 10 days, federal jurors are eligible for additional compensation by the court, but the extra pay — $10 per day — is not likely to make a big difference.
Even someone empaneled on an average-length federal trial of five to seven days can take a hit. A worker who earns the national median wage could lose $573 in one business week by serving in a federal case.
Courts in many jurisdictions could learn from Arizona and Oklahoma, which have established lengthy-trial funds that help jurors in state cases recover lost wages, said Sherman Joyce, president of the American Tort Reform Association in Washington.
In Arizona, for instance, the standard per diem is just $12, but after three days on a panel jurors can receive as much as $300 per day to compensate for what they would ordinarily earn.
Higher jury pay reduces hardship claims and eliminates a common reason why low-wage workers are dismissed — important developments, Joyce said, because "the system works best when we have people from all backgrounds serving on juries."
William Zervakos, the jury foreman on the Jodi Arias murder trial in Phoenix this year, said his employer paid his salary throughout the case. But he noted that some of his colleagues depended on Arizona's lengthy-trial fund to help make ends meet during five months in court.
Zervakos, 69, expressed sympathy for Bulger jurors, who appear destined for similarly drawn-out proceedings without the same insurance.
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Beach Volleyball Olympic stars head to Bangsaen.
Thailand will host the last stop on 2012 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour. The tournament is called the Bangsaen Thailand Open powered by PTT and will be held at Laemtean, Bangsaen from 23 – 28 October. Thai fans will be able see over 60 teams in action including the cream of the women's beach volleyball teams who competed in the Olympic Games in London. Admission is free and for the first time on the World Tour in Thailand, feature matches will be played in the evening under lights.
This year's season finale has drawn the best women's beach volleyball teams from around the world to Bangsaen; including current World Champions and Olympic bronze medalists, Julian and Larissa from Brazil. They will be battling it out for the year-end No 1 ranking with China's Xue and Zhang Xi, who finished fourth in the Olympics and are the reigning champions of the Thailand leg of the World Tour. Olympic silver medalists Kessy and Ross from the USA who are currently occupying the No 5 spot in the world rankings have also entered along with Olympic quarter-finalists; Cicolari and Menegatti from Italy, the Schwaiger sisters from Austria, Holtwick and Semmler from Germany and Kolocova and Slukova from the Czech Republic.
The Bangsaen Thailand Open powered by PTT is played over 6 days of competition from 23- 28 October 2012. Matches start from 09.00 daily, with evening feature matches being played from 24 – 26 October.
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SANTA CRUZ -- The Santa Cruz City Schools board meeting Wednesday erupted with cheers and applause when the district's business chief, Alvaro Meza, was introduced to talk about the passage of Proposition 30 and its impact on schools.
Proposition 30 -- Gov. Jerry Brown's temporary increase on sales taxes and those making more than $250,000 a year -- saved City Schools from chopping $3 million from its annual budget and allows the 7,000-student district to offer a full 180-day school year.
The proposition passed statewide 54 percent to 46 percent.
"It was close and it didn't look good at one point," Meza said.
Californians being willing to pay higher taxes during a precarious economy proved the importance of public education, Meza said.
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CCHESTNUT HILL, Mass. (8-17-12)—Boston College Athletics Director Gene DeFilippo has announced that he will retire from his position on September 30.
"My wife Anne and I have been discussing this decision for some time and we agree that this is the right time for me to retire," DeFilippo said. "It is also the right time for Boston College to have new leadership in the athletics director's position. In light of my recent bout with melanoma, which is treatable, this decision became clearer to me this summer. After the intensity of 40 years of intercollegiate athletics, this change will enable me to spend more time with Anne, my three children, and our granddaughter, Katherine. I look forward to this next stage of my personal and professional life."
After taking a mini-sabbatical, DeFilippo plans to teach courses in sports management and to work as a consultant.
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Boston College President William P. Leahy, SJ, thanked DeFilippo for his vision, dedication and service to BC Athletics during his 15 years as AD. "Gene devoted himself to building a strong, successful athletics program, one that reflected BC's commitment to quality academics and institutional integrity," said Fr. Leahy. "Doing that has been his passion and joy, and the BC community, particularly our student athletes, have benefitted immensely from his care, advice and hard work."
During DeFilippo's years as athletics director, Boston College won four national championships in men's ice hockey, 11 national team and individual championships in sailing, and enjoyed 12 consecutive winning seasons in football, with a total of 103 victories. He oversaw the successful transition to the Atlantic Coast Conference, considered among the best and most stable conferences in the NCAA, and led an athletics program where the graduation rates of BC student-athletes ranked among the highest in Division IA sports. In 2010, BC student-athletes earned the prestigious National Student Athlete Advisory Committee Award of Excellence in Athletics in recognition of the volunteer outreach and community service initiatives of BC's 750 varsity athletes.
DeFilippo also worked to upgrade the University's athletics facilities, including multi-million dollar renovations of Alumni Stadium and Conte Forum, new soccer, field hockey and lacrosse playing fields on the Newton Campus, an air-inflated bubble over Alumni Stadium for winter practice use, and a new Astroturf surface on Alumni Stadium. He played a key role in raising money to build the privately funded $27 million Yawkey Athletics Center, which included space for the BC football program and the Office of Learning Resources for Student-Athletes, and a function area for University events. During his years as athletics director, donations in support of BC Athletics rose from $5 million annually in 1998 to more than $20 million in 2011.
A 1973 graduate of Springfield College where he earned three varsity letters as a quarterback, DeFilippo served as graduate assistant football coach at the University of Tennessee and then assistant football coach at both Youngstown State and Vanderbilt universities before transitioning to athletics administration. He served as director of athletics at the University of South Carolina-Spartanburg, associate director of athletics at the University of Kentucky, and then director of athletics at Villanova University before being named AD at Boston College in 1997.
"I'd like to thank Fr. Leahy for allowing me to serve as athletics director for the past 15 years," said DeFilippo. "He was always supportive and was the best boss anyone could have. I will always be indebted to him for giving me the opportunity to work at such a great institution."


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|View Poll Results: School Days Total Series Rating
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|2007-09-28, 20:59
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Virginia Tech
I think since I watched this with everyone else, I should give opinions.
The Goods:
Animation Quality (9/10). Looking at the quality of the characters, scenery, and action which takes place, it is amazing. I could not ask for better. It was basically Kyoto Animation quality.
Seiyu (8/10). I've heard a lot that these voice actors were just trying to hard to sound like the original. Having never played the game, I must say that this is probably just comparative. I thought that the Seiyus were very good. Sekai and Makoto in particular, as long as Setsuna. It would be a 9 if Kotonoha had a voice that displayed some form of emotion.
Script Eps. 1-11 (7/10) I won't say that these episodes were great. However, to me they told a very compelling and interesting story. Was it messed up? Sure. But I think it was more than fun trying to figure out what was going to come out of this in the future episodes, and seeing how big of a hole Makoto could dig himself into. It was a very nice story for those parts.
The Bads:
Editing (5/10). Black Blood? I'm sorry, but if you're going to censor something, do a good job with it. The black just killed everything. I felt I was more disgusted with the black than the red of Higurashi.
Adaptation from the game (4/10). I've never played the game, but I know enough about it to judge this. You cannot throw together every single ending to make a story. It makes it choppy. The last couple episodes were exactly that. Choppy.
The Ugly:
Episode 12 (3/10). This episode was far too abrupt, and took out the chance of morality in the series. It became a series that told a story with no purpose thanks to this episode. It also failed to tie in Setsuna to the story, and failed to show what happened afterwards. This is the first series that I just decided to forget this episode happened and make up my own in my head.
6/10. This is very low on my anime list because of the last episode. Had they made something like Makoto realizes his love for Sekai and becomes a good faithful father, It would've been an 8 or so. But rather, they made me throw up my dinner last night.
|2007-09-28, 21:03
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So let's begin.
Animation Quality: 8/10 - Very Good.
Sometimes the AQ disgusted me; becouse they did not explain WTF M and X were in that Y place (As episode 6 first scene).
VA's: 7/10 - Good.
Kotonoha's, Sekai's and Makoto's VA were all good; I'm disappointed of Otome's VA, her VA hear'd as hoarse (Don't remember how to type it, just remember that's an homophone of "horse") . It's not that bad, though, but I can be better.
Script: 6/10 - Average
I did like the whoooooleeeeee script, but not Sekai's script. She was all the time talking of "But Makoto's Kotonoha-san's Boyfriend..." repeating and repeating.
Adaptation from game: Don't know how to rate this one, I did not finished the game yet but from what I've played, a 7/10 is good - Good.
The only real SD's character is Kotonoha why? Becouse of what I've played, Sekai wasn't that free in the game. And Makoto wasn't a ladiesmen as in the anime.
Setsuna wasn't a real "important" character in the game.
Remember that I did only played 2 chapters of the game
Editing: What does this one mean? the how-they-did-drawn-characters?
Why? That ending was so tasteless: Some of we did want Makoto to die, or something as that; I did not want something like that, was it really NECESSARY to take THAT way? It's REALLY absurd, who'll kill her/his Boyfriend/Girlfriend becouse of be cheating? Gawd.
|2007-09-28, 22:13
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Perfect life lessons for teenagers with raging hormones in high schools. Girls keep your clothes on and guys keep your **** in your pants.
Love the ending. Surpassed even the game's endings because there's more people dying.
|2007-09-28, 22:45
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While, I've yet to post here often I figure I may as well get my thoughts out on the anime somwhere since barely anyone I know has watched it or is watching it.
Basically, I felt that the story was... interesting. While, maybe not as good as other anime it did keep me on my toes. There were some key parts that were overall to be expected. Such as, whom Makoto was going to choose when it came to the bonfire dance. It obviously going to be Sekai simply because he preferred her at that current time. Overall, the story wasn't compelling enough to make me feel shocked like some other anime have. It kept me on my toes but, I never really got much shock out of it. As far as the rating for it... 7/10.
Animation? What's there to say? Honestly, it was satisfactory to me. As long as I can see and be able to tell what they are doing and who they are it's decent. If it looks great then it will work out good. I felt that the animation was very good, looking at some of the animation of the game based off pictures the anime comes close to the quality of the game. But... may have suffered due to lower quality of TVs? Don't know. It was good anyway, 8/10.
Voice Actors... I hadn't played the original game myself. So, I'll just go by what I thought was appropriate for the characters' personalities. Makoto's VA was all well and good, Sekai's did a nice job on her "shocked" emotion. Kotonoha... it fits her to an extent but, feels like there's not much emotion there. Like, she's just stating her opinion of Makoto every moment she can. Rather bland if you ask me. The side characters were suitable except maybe Otome's, hers felt rather awkward when compared to the other girls. I liked Setsuna's VA though! It reminded me a lot of Yuki's personality from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. Overall: 7/10
Script? Well... I think it was decent. Things went the way they were supposed to, however, I felt that Episode 12 kind of pushed the limits of the script as far as Kotonoha goes. I mean, sure, she wasn't sane but to be that insane enough to do what she did PLUS behead her boyfriend is kind of crossing the line in my mind. It was perfectly fine for her to be insane enough to think she was on a date with Makoto, talking to Makoto, and so on when she had that break down after Makoto told her the truth straight up. It was clear that in Episode 12, she still wasn't as sane as she was in Episode 1 or 2. I felt it was somewhat OOC, but, I suppose it was good enough despite that. Overall: 6/10
Editing... well there isn't much to say here other than the black blood made me cringe more than red blood might have. It gave off that creepy vibe, as though you were actually watching someone being stabbed. Not my cup of tea but, it did its job I suppose. Overall: 4/10
Anime adaption compared to the game? Well, I never played the game so I can't really judge this.
Overall, I wouldn't give this anime a 10/10 for some minor nitpicky things. I just didn't find some scenes that great, especially, the scene where Taisuke takes advantage of Kotonoha. Again, not really my cup of tea but ah well, it did what it was supposed to. I'd give this anime perhaps, a 6 or 7/10. Perhaps... a 6.5/10 will do it justice enough. I just can't bring myself to give it a 7... it was good and original, just some parts also felt rushed, IMO.
|2007-09-28, 23:25
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I likened way this anime played out to loading a pistol and firing it.
Ep 1-8: Loading the magazine round by round.
Ep 9: Inserting magazine into pistol
Ep 10: Racking the slide
Ep 11: Deactivating the safety
Ep 12: Aim and fire
Overall, I give the series a 7/10, since I instinctively knew it would be a trainwreck right from the very beginning.
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|2007-09-29, 02:21
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Set-chan won at the end.
For Kotonoha , we don't know.
|2007-09-29, 07:03
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I didn't really like this series that much.
The characters were despiceable, animation and art could been better, music was nothing memorable and the voice acting was nothing special, imo
The last episode was pretty good though.
generic harem anime, not too bad but could certainly been better.
|2007-09-29, 07:49
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Episode 12 was far the most gruesome and violent endings of the whole series. I mean, they actually killed a Main character and others.
Did anyone understand what happened to the other characters? They were completely non-existant in this episode. Weird eh?
Oh yeah, by the way.
Spoiler for Sekai:
|2007-09-29, 09:57
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I was expecting something like that to happen. This was just wierd romance. My first romance that ended like thins. Most of the ones i watch are happen ending ones and this was a just an anime that had 2 of the main characters die and some girl go really freaking crazy over a boy. Animes take love way to seriously. In real life things really dont happen like that.
|2007-09-29, 10:59
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Ep 1-8: Sweet and innocent, yet menacing.
Ep 9: Loads gun and magazine.
Ep 10: Racks slide, deactivates safety, and aims.
Ep 11: Shoots, has a flag with bang on it, you feel relieved.
Ep 12: Fires the flag and kills you.
|2007-09-29, 11:42
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lol, nice one
|2007-09-29, 14:22
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as for the others...who cares about them? *goddam bitches*
|2007-09-29, 17:31
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The thing is kotonaha is evil in her own way too. She accucsed sekai of being like a mastermind and planning all of those things in adavance so she ( sekai ) could get close to Makoto( Which she didnt ).
But Sekai didnt plan any of those things. Its true she overdid it with that " practice" session but she didnt really did it because she wanted to take makoto. And yes she didnt do it to help him. It was something of mixed. it started as helping him mixed with having feelings for him .
Also the person pushing to be with sekai (almost the whole series) was Makoto. Sekai even told makoto( couple of times) that Kotohana was his girlfriend but makoto didnt listen.
So if any one at fault its Makoto.
|2007-09-29, 18:08
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This show had a lot of potential, but somewhere around episode 9 it plunged downhill. The last few episodes were so artificial that I couldn't take the show seriously anymore.
It felt like the producers wanted to make Makoto sleep with all the girls in the show and then meet a gory end. This way the viewers get to see sex, fanservice and blood all at once. Sounds perfect doesn't it? There is just one "little" problem - a complete lack of logic and consistency in the show.
A good drama show (like Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien) achieves the level of drama by putting the characters into really difficult situations and having them make impossible decisions, where there is sometimes no right choice. School Days does exactly the opposite - it presents its characters with regular mundane problems, that I'm sure a lot of people in the real world face, and makes the characters act retarded. Seriously could anybody buy how all of a sudden all the girls wanted to sleep with Makoto?
Finally, I get to one of the hottest and most controversial topics regarding this show...the ending. It was...how should I put it mildly...extremely distasteful and disturbing. First of all...even though Makoto needed to be beaten up senseless and Sekai deserved a good slap on the face and a spanking, none of them really deserved to die. Things like this happen in real life and they can be resolved in a mature fashion. So, even though I know the viewers are intelligent and won't do anything stupid, I feel like I need to implore all girls who found their boyfriend cheating not to kill him. Just dump his sorry ass! It's really disturbing reading some comments how things like this should happen in real life.
Secondly, the amount of gore in both of the killings was not necessary. A simple stab in the stomach would carry the message, and it would actually have a bigger effect.
Finally, some of the scenes were really disturbing...like Kotonoha cutting Makoto's head off and putting it in a bag, or checking whether Sekai was really pregnant.
In conclusion, I would not really recommend this show to anyone. It's really illogical and inconsistent and the ending is downright disturbing. I'm glad it's finally over and I hope people will stop fussing about it soon (though this will probably be impossible, given the level of popularity it achieved). I'm just mad that the producers used so many cheap tricks (fanservice, gore) in order to appeal to the viewers, while the consistency of the show clearly suffered. If you want to watch a really good romance drama show, watch KGNE.
3/10(just for some good episodes in the middle of the show: 5-8)
|2007-09-29, 23:02
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I see that is alot of different scores around the table and it is one of those series that its going to be alot of different opinions and impressions. I think mines is different as well, so lets begins(wall of text, approved by Neki Ecko)
Animation Quality (1-10): Well you look at the animation, I swear its look like the OAV from the beginning of the game, but everything else is subpar, nothing will jump out and surprise or shock people about the animation but they did a good job on certain scene here and there but all of all, the animation is okay. (6.5 of 10)
Voice Actors (1-10): I think VA did a good job to characters' personalities. Makoto's VA was all well and good from his shy self at beginning to the very, Sekai's did a nice job on her emotions she had. Everybody else was so-so, you have some good performaces like Setsuna, Koto, and Kotoro and others was okay, but nothing really stand out to you when you listen to it. (6.5 of 10)
Script (1-10): Now this is going to be a tough one to graded because you have many things you have to think about it.
1) You have to compact all the story arc into 12 eps. I know that they have did all the story arc without compacting it, it will be like 26 - 30 eps even more, and that was going to make people not looking at it if was that long for this type of harem anime(I think they was following KGNE way)
2) I think because what happened with the Axe murder, they have to changed the script up, and in a way it was a blessing and a curse at the same tme. The curse was they have to take out some of the scenes (like if Sekai was carried a child of not, or if Setsuna got word that Sekai was killed) we will not know until DVD comes out or get liceased in the states but the blessing is will get to see a "Nice Boat" at the end.
But this is the first time they use a dark element when it comes down to Harem anime and they did a good job on that, it could been alittle bit better at the end but Makoto is dead and that is what everybody want to see(I dont mind see Otome and Makoto died too but they will get it one day) (8.5. of 10) (added 1.0 for the "Nice Boat")
Adaptation from Game (1-10): They did a good job adaptation from the game to the anime because if they adapted the whole entire thing, it will be like going into the Hentai levels, so they did a okay job on it (7.0 of 10)
Editing (1-10): I know that alot of people is complaining about the black blood but it was black blood or not see it at all and I say, we can look at all the red blood and "guts" on DVDs, I want to see it NOW. Besides that, Editing wasnt too bad (7.0 of 10)
Overall: This series was a rare series that pushes all the buttons and the limits of a person stupidity and trust (believe me, I think it was no trust at all) in this series, many people out there think that ending was way too out there but I have to say this, it actually happen in my hometown one time when I was younger except the girl didnt hang on his head. This series taught all of us a good lesson about relationship and trust the person you loved. This series has its faults and believe me, there was alot but at the end, its serves its purpose. This series is one of the best Dark Drama Anime this year and hopefully its open door for Dark Harem anime out come but not like this one. (9.0 of 10)
|2007-09-30, 03:53
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Well Sekai did force the 'After Festival' dance on him, which directly led to Koto's rape.
|2007-09-30, 07:00
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I remember almost during episodes 3 to 8, Makoto was dating Sekai. Remember they had few conversations about when they should tell Kotonaha and how Sekai was feeling guilty and saying it was wrong for her not to know and Makoto said " he would tell her later". So since they were going out , it was an obvious choice to dance with her.
Also even before the practice session, Sekai and Makoto were more friendly ( more like couples) with each other. As even Makoto said , " being with kotonaha was tiring while being with sekai was more relaxing".
Also you say that the practice session was like a drug adiction for him. Well Its true, but lets compare Kotonaha and sekai. Kotonaha had a better body figures than Sekai and she also told Makoto she could have sex with her, and what happend? Makoto still ignored her .
So If we compare the two female characters, Makoto liked sekai more. And one could say the only reason she went out with Kotonaha was because he felt super guilty about the horible things he had done to her.
For some reason i feel alot more sorry for Sekai than kotonaha, and i think most of the people would do the same if it wasnt because of episode 12. What sekai did was cruel. She snapped at the end. She was so calm and undrestading with Makoto for the whole series. I was so disappointed that it ended like that. If one thing about School days i didnt like was Sekai killing makoto. Although i still think what he did to her was super cruel.
Overal, the only real messed up person in the series was Makoto. He drove every one else Mad and brought upon others sadness and sorrow. First he abandoned Kotonaha and said she loved Sekai. Then after Sekai got pregnant he abandoned her. Although from the last episode it seemed to as though he didnt really wanted to abandon sekai and that the news of her being pregnant was just too suden for him.
So i dont think the main reason He abandoned Sekai was her being pregnant , and it was out of guilt. I think Makoto redeemed himself partially at the end. and there was his selfspeech about how he loved sekai and wanted to be close with her with a remorsing tone.
So i am going to stick with my theory that untill the very end , Makoto loved Sekai more than any one else and wanted to be with her.
P.S. Your are blaming Sekai for things she had nothing to do . Dont you think its kind of unfair ?
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Lyle N. Ames, age 99, of Hudson passed away Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, at Hillsdale County Medical Care Facility in Hillsdale.
Lyle N. Ames, age 99, of Hudson passed away Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, at Hillsdale County Medical Care Facility in Hillsdale.
He was born on March 26, 1914, Wheatland Township, the son of Paul and Louise (Norris) Ames. Lyle married Reba D. Hartman on Aug. 30, 1933, in Waterloo, Ind. They were married 60 years. She preceded him in death on Nov. 4, 1993. He lived all of his life in the Hudson-Addison area while for the last 20 years he wintered in Zephyrhills, Fla.
Lyle was a prominent dairy farmer and milk hauler, having been owner-operator of one of the first bulk milk trucks in Michigan. After retiring he became a cattle dealer for Lakeland Stock Farm in Addison, importing cattle from Canada and Iowa; owner of Clearwater Motel at Devils Lake and, with his brother, Charles, owned Good Times Pizza in Zephyrhills. His great-great grandfather, Clark Ames, was one of the first settlers of the Bean Creek area. The family of his grandfather donated the land to build the hospital on U.S. 127 in Hudson. He had many passions, including fishing, camping, playing cards, working and especially his family.
Lyle is survived by his son, Richard (Sandy) Ames of Hudson; son-in-law, Asa Kelley of Tennessee; eight grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild; one sister, Evelyn Reed of Jonesville; one brother, Charles (Ruth) Ames of Hudson; many nieces and nephews; and a special friend, Dorothy Ryan. He was preceded in death by his wife; daughter, Marlene Kelley; and great-granddaughter, Amanda Brown.
Funeral services for Lyle will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014, at the Brown-Van Hemert Funeral Home in Hudson with Father Joseph Krupp officiating. Interment will follow at Maple Grove Cemetery in Hudson. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014, at the funeral home.
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Jeffrey Gundlach, manager of the top-performing DoubleLine Total Return Bond Fund, is planning a new fund that will seek to beat an index that focuses on the cyclically adjusted price-to-earnings ratio for stocks.
DoubleLine Shiller Enhanced CAPE Fund will use derivatives, perhaps in combination with direct investments, to track the performance of the Shiller Barclays CAPE U.S. Sector Total Return USD Index, and invest in bonds to try to generate long-term total returns that beat the index, according to a filing today with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund will be run by Gundlach and Jeffrey Sherman, who co-manages the DoubleLine Multi-Asset Growth Fund.
The Shiller Index, named for economist Robert Shiller, the co-creator of the S&P/Case-Shiller home-price index, allocates an equally weighted notional long exposure to the top four U.S. sectors that are undervalued based on cyclically adjusted price- to-earnings ratio and exhibit relatively strong price momentum over the past year. The index returned 20 percent this year through yesterday, compared with a decline of 2.7 percent for the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index, the most commonly used benchmark for fixed-income managers, and a gain of 20 percent for the Standard & Poor's 500 Index.
This year, Gundlach's firm opened a floating-rate mutual fund, an equities small-cap growth fund and an income-oriented closed-end fund to diversify Los Angeles-based DoubleLine Capital LP after a three-decade-long bond bull market.
Gundlach's flagship DoubleLine Total Return Bond Fund advanced at an annual average of 7.5 percent in the past three years, ahead of 97 percent of peers, and fell 0.7 percent this year through yesterday, beating 87 percent of similarly managed funds, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
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Crysis 3 preview: knowing its niche
At a holiday showcase event dominated by shooters on Wednesday, Crysis 3 stood out as being the most polished and impressive of the bunch.
The final sequence offers Crysis 3 one last opportunity to flex its graphical muscles. Riding atop a railroad car, your fellow rebel operative Psycho snipes both Stalkers and passing CELL operators as you rush down a tunnel like a bat out of hell. Some very nice looking explosions soon follow. What's interesting about Crysis 3 is the niche that it fills. Out of all the shooters on display at last night's event, it was clear that EA was positioning Crysis 3 as the choice for the most dedicated gamers. The kind of gamers, in other words, who might drop $4000 or $5000 on a gaming rig (or spend $800 on the components to custom build something nearly as powerful). The ones who want both a beautiful game and a really good challenge. Crysis 3 would seem to have both of those elements so far. What's striking in particular about the gunplay is how heavy it feels. This is definitely not Call of Duty, where speed and reflexes are paramount. Moreso even than Battlefield, raw aim is what gets the job done in Crysis. At times, it can be unforgiving in that regard, especially when using the bow and arrow. It's deadly, but it seems like the bow would be the province of only the most skilled players. It's just that hard to aim and shoot. In this case, however, the difficulty is welcome. It's the one element, besides the graphics (and the recognizable title), that will help Crysis 3 stand out from the field when it arrives on February 19 of next year. As for the graphics, Crysis 3 is meant to be pure, unadulterated eye candy, which means its best played on max settings (though it'll probably look amazing regardless). One side effect of that, unfortunately, is that it falls back to the pack a bit on Xbox 360. It still looks very good, but the muddier visuals and somewhat choppier framerate are two elements that definitely stand out. The feeling is that Crytek is putting Crysis 3 on consoles to wring a few extra sales out of the franchise; but in general, their primary focus is on the PC version. Despite their decision to embrace consoles a few years back (the game is also coming to PlayStation 3), Crytek is still very much a PC developer, and Crysis is still very much a PC franchise. It's a shooter made for the kind of early adopters who pick up new video cards day and date of release, and who have been playing multiplayer since the days of Quake. This is their game. And out of all the shooters on display last night, Crysis 3 seems the most prepared to cater to its chosen audience.
The graphics are incredibly detailed. Check out that grass.
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A 55-year-old Utah man has been arrested in the disappearance of a teenage girl last week that set off a massive search involving 1,000 volunteers in freezing temperatures.
The teenager — 13-year-old Brooklyn Gittins — was without her shoes or a coat when she crawled out of her bedroom window at her suburban Herriman home on Jan. 8. She called her grandmother two days later and officers later found her uninjured at a Wal-Mart store.
Police arrested Angel Garcia of Draper on Wednesday at about 7:30 p.m. He was booked on suspicion of child kidnapping, harboring a runaway, obstructing justice and endangering a child, Salt Lake County Sheriff Jim Winder said.
Garcia told police that an upset Gittins called him and he came to pick her up and then allowed her to stay in his house and sleep in his bed for two days. Garcia knew about the search, and hid the teen in his bedroom when police came to his house, Winder said.
Police do not believe there was any sexual assault.
Whether the teen stayed with Garcia willingly is irrelevant, Winder said at a Wednesday night news conference. Because of Gittins' age, she's considered a victim of a crime, the sheriff said, according to KSL-TV.
A charging document from the Unified Police Department states that Gittins used a phone given to her by Garcia to call him after she climbed out of her window.
During the second night at Garcia's house in Draper, the girl heard a knock and heard police asking about her. She went to hide in the bedroom while Garcia answered the door, the document said.
After Garcia denied having the girl, he drove her to a nearby shopping center and dropped her off to hide in a ditch for several hours. She was still wearing a T-shirt and pajamas with no shoes or jacket in the cold.
Garcia later picked her up and took her back to his house. Gittens then called her grandmother and arranged to be picked up at a Wal-Mart. Police located her after the grandmother contacted police.
The two-day search covered 17 square miles in the area near Gittins' home. The taxpayer cost of the search hasn't yet been calculated, Unified Police spokesman Lt. Justin Hoyal said.
When police interviewed Garcia this week, he told them that he saw the search on television and even talked about it with a neighbor. He didn't explain why he hid the girl when police came to his house, and then took her to a ditch.
Winder said Gittins and Garcia knew each other through common friends, KSL-TV reported.
Gittins hasn't returned to school, the sheriff said. Her grandfather, Craig Hiller, said she was "very subdued" over the weekend.
"I'm sure (she's) just trying to figure out what to do, being a 13-year-old girl," Hiller said, according to KSL-TV. "She's just kind of keeping to herself at this time."
The case has been turned over to the Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office to determine if formal charges will be filed against Garcia.


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Ford's Sales Chief Sees Strong U.S. Vehicle Demand
LOS ANGELES--Uncertainty about Washington's fiscal cliff debate isn't chilling demand for cars and trucks, at least not yet, a top Ford Motor Co. executive says.
Jim Farley, Ford's global sales and marketing chief, says company executives are watching for signs that anxiety about the potential for higher taxes--or worse, a dip back into recession--is affecting U.S. consumers. What they see instead is a buying public focused on other priorities.
"The average car is 11 years old," Mr. Farley said during a conversation Monday with reporters ahead of this week's Los Angeles Auto Show. "The fleet has never been older."
Equally important, Mr. Farley says, is that as customers roll aging rattletraps into dealerships, they're discovering that comparable new vehicles are significantly more fuel efficient. At Ford, for example, a customer driving an 11-year-old, six cylinder Ford Explorer that averages about 15 miles per gallon could replace it with a 2013 Explorer that gets 23 miles per gallon with a four-cylinder, turbo-charged "EcoBoost" engine.
"Customers are more and more doing the math about their vehicles" and putting a high value on fuel economy, Mr. Farley says.
A third factor driving the U.S. auto industry's recovery is a volley of fresh designs from major manufacturers.
"We are seeing wholesale refreshes of significant segments. That's unprecedented," Mr. Farley says. For example, he says Toyota Motor Corp., Honda Motor Co., Ford, General Motors Co.'s Chevrolet division and others have or soon will field redesigned models in the midsize car segment--giving fresh looks and updated technology to models, such as the Toyota Camry, Honda Accord and Ford Fusion, that account for a significant share of the second-biggest industry segment behind sport-utility vehicles.
Analysts are forecasting relatively robust November sales, reflecting in part demand for vehicles to replace those damaged by Superstorm Sandy. J.D. Power and Associates and LMC Automotive say they expect November car and light truck sales will rise 12% compared to a year ago, and hit an annualized run rate of 15 million vehicles, up from a 13.6 million vehicle sales pace in November 2011.
WardsAuto, which tracks auto industry sales and production data, is even more bullish, forecasting November car and light truck sales could reach a 15.2 million annual selling rate.


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Jan 18, 2009 at 4:20 pm
Wow, you've got some great looking cars and lots of birds . I would like to know more about that Star City show. If you ever get over to the Hampton Roads area, you need to look up the Tidewater Trans Am Club.
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Nice flock of birds!
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DARLINGTON FC 1883 (DFC 1883) has revealed plans to form a community interest company (CIC) to run the Quakers.
The announcement comes after DFC 1883 bought the club on Thursday after agreeing a deal with administrator Harvey Madden.
Fans who put money into DFC 1883 will be invited to reinvest their money in the new CIC.
The new owners say a CIC offers a wide range of benefits to the football club, including the ability to apply for grants.
Craig McKenna, from DFC 1883, said it also prevented the club's profits and assets from being diverted away from its supporters and the community.
He added: "Forming a CIC is a significantly better way of moving forward for us.
"The money pledged to DFC 1883 will be going back to the fans. We will then put in place a mechanism that will allow the money to be reinvested in the community interest company."
The initial plan is for seven board members to run the club, including three of the current DFC 1883 board and four other fans. No date for the vote has yet been set.
CICs are subject to normal company law, but must act for the good of the community.
They are run on a one member, one vote system, rather than the previous ownership model, which was based on one share, one vote.
Several clubs around the UK are already run by CICs, including Stenhousemuir and Clyde.
The Quakers have not yet been told which league they will play in next season, with a decision from the Football Association (FA) unlikely before the club finds a ground for 2012-13.
A spokesman for the FA said last night that they were liaising with administrator Harvey Madden and DFC 1883, and were awaiting a proposal from the new owners.
Mr McKenna added: "The amount of work that still needs to be done is huge.
"We will be making every effort of keeping fans informed as we go and will continue to answer their questions on the Darlington Uncovered on-line fans forum."
DFC 1883 will hold a question and answer session for fans on Friday at the Blackwell Hotel, in Darlington. The time of the event is still to be confirmed.


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GILMAN, VT. - Christopher Alan Rouse, 26, formerly of Hoschton, passed away on Thursday, December 27, 2012.
He was born in Commerce, the son of James Thomas (Helen) Rouse of Jefferson, and Marsha Gable (Eric) Jones of Gainesville.
Survivors in addition to his parents include a sister, Gina Rouse (Brian) Cronier, Jefferson; brothers, Shane (Margie) Rouse, Maysville, Brant Rouse, Carnesville, Michael Gable, Gainesville, and Jimmy (Felisha) Rouse, Jefferson; a number of nieces and nephews; and other relatives.
Memorial services will be held Thursday January 3, at 2 p.m., at Evans Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Ronnie Coley officiating. The family will receive friends from 1 p.m. until 2 p.m. on Thursday prior to the service at the funeral home.
Evans Funeral Home, Jefferson, is in charge of arrangements.
Online condolences may be expressed at www.evansfuneralhomeinc.com
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I. In Focus This Week
One in eight voter registrations inaccurate or invalid
Groundbreaking study finds nearly 2 million dead voters on rolls
Pew Center on the States
Approximately 24 million active voter registrations in the United States — one of every eight — are no longer valid or have significant inaccuracies and nearly a quarter of the eligible voting population is not registered, according to the Pew Center on the States' Election Initiatives.
New research in the report Inaccurate, Costly, and Inefficient underscores the need for registration systems that use the latest technology to better maintain voter records, save money, and streamline processes.
The groundbreaking examination of the nation's voter rolls, commissioned by Pew and undertaken by RTI International, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research institute, also finds that:
- Nearly two million deceased individuals are listed as active voters;
- Approximately 2.75 million people have active registrations in more than one state;
- About 12 million records have incorrect addresses, meaning either the voters moved, or errors in the information make it unlikely any mailings can reach them.
"It's really only recently that we've had the technology to audit voter registration systems in a comprehensive way," Toby Moore, who led the research on behalf of RTI, said.
To end what Moore labeled "the days of grossly inflated voter registration rolls," election officials need access to better data and the tools to manage that data.
The reality is that Americans no longer live and vote in one location all their life. Our antiquated voter registration systems — based on paper, mail and data-entry by hand — cannot keep pace with America's mobile public.
Mark Thomas, director of elections for the state of Utah, noted the specific difficultly of removing deceased voters from the rolls.
"If a voter passes away within our state, we have a good system for notification of death."
But if a registered voter passes away out of state, "we just don't get that notification," Thomas said.
The outdated systems are also costly. Pew found that in 2008, Oregon's state and local taxpayers spent $4.11 per active voter to process registrations. By contrast, Canada, which uses modern technology common in the private sector, spends less than 35 cents per voter to process registrations.
Every inaccurate record could cost states. "It's not free every time a voter receives a mailing from an election official," Thomas said.
If his office can remove records that are no longer valid or correct address and name inaccuracies that might lead to returned mail, the taxpayers of Utah will have to pay for fewer mailings.
Proven solutions and technology are already in place in many government offices and the private sector that state election officials can employ to improve the accuracy, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness of their voter registration systems.
Over the past two years, election officials from several states have been working with Pew on plans to upgrade their voter registration systems using advanced technology to achieve greater accuracy of the rolls, increased savings, and improved processes. This new approach consists of three elements:
- Comparing registration lists with other data sources, such as motor vehicle and National Change of Address records, to broaden the base of information used to update and verify voter rolls;
- Implementing proven techniques and security protocols that use those data sources to better track and identify both inaccurate records that could be removed and eligible citizens who could be registered; and
- Minimizing manual data entry by establishing ways voters can submit information online, which will result in lower costs and fewer errors.
Thomas believes Pew's system would improve his state's ability to clean its rolls. "Without being able to communicate with other states," Thomas said, "list maintenance is limited."
Moore cautioned that the report made no conclusion that bad records were leading to bad votes. He said the report exposed administrative problems and could not be read to indicate the existence of fraud.
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Topology: Point-Set and Geometric
Topology: Point-Set and Geometric
Oct 2011
296 pages
DescriptionThe essentials of point-set topology, complete with motivation and numerous examples
Topology: Point-Set and Geometric presents an introduction to topology that begins with the axiomatic definition of a topology on a set, rather than starting with metric spaces or the topology of subsets of Rn. This approach includes many more examples, allowing students to develop more sophisticated intuition and enabling them to learn how to write precise proofs in a brand-new context, which is an invaluable experience for math majors.
Along with the standard point-set topology topics—connected and path-connected spaces, compact spaces, separation axioms, and metric spaces—Topology covers the construction of spaces from other spaces, including products and quotient spaces. This innovative text culminates with topics from geometric and algebraic topology (the Classification Theorem for Surfaces and the fundamental group), which provide instructors with the opportunity to choose which "capstone" best suits his or her students.
Topology: Point-Set and Geometric features:
- A short introduction in each chapter designed to motivate the ideas and place them into an appropriate context
- Sections with exercise sets ranging in difficulty from easy to fairly challenging
- Exercises that are very creative in their approaches and work well in a classroom setting
- A supplemental Web site that contains complete and colorful illustrations of certain objects, several learning modules illustrating complicated topics, and animations of particularly complex proofs
1. Introduction: Intuitive Topology.
2. Background on Sets and Functions.
3. Topological Spaces.
4. More on Open and Closed Sets and Continuous Functions.
5. New Spaces from Old.
6. Connected Spaces.
7. Compact Spaces.
8. Separation Axioms.
9. Metric Spaces.
10. The Classification of Surfaces.
11. Fundamental Groups and Covering Spaces.
- The book has been thoroughly class tested for three semesters and has received very positive feedback from students.
- Each chapter has a short introduction designed to motivate the ideas and place them into an appropriate context.
- Each section has a set of exercises, ranging in difficulty from easy to fairly challenging. The exercises are very created in their approach and work well in a classroom setting.
- The text is supported by a related website that contains more complete (and colorful) illustrations of certain objects, several learning modules that illustrate complicated topics, and some animations of particularly complex proofs.


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This is good that Facebook wants to make changes in regards to spam and privacy but how many people can decipher the privacy settings? There are so many that you could easily miss something and not even know that someone not on your friends list can see things. They do have a tool to let you see how people that aren't all your friends list see your page, and it works well. That being said I think it is a bit complex for some.
What about Facebook's own spam? These are the posts that say because you like this page, here is another page you may like. I continually tell it to go away only to see it the next day again. That, I believe is Facebook's own spam. Are they going to get rid of that?


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Grace and the Christian's Responsibility in Sanctification
Grace and the Christian's Responsibility in Sanctification. Sounds pretty deep. Deep, but nonetheless a topic of important discussion for the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) at their General Assembly scheduled for June. And at the center of that discussion will be Columbia International University alumnus Mike Ross.
Ross, who graduated from CIU Seminary & School of Ministry in 1982 with a Master of Divinity degree, is the senior pastor of Christ Covenant Church in Matthews, N.C.
Ross told the PCA's Web magazine "By Faith" that we're living in an age that is leaning away from sanctification and doesn't want absolutes.
Read the article in its entirety at:
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No superhero has managed to dominate comics, movies, and video games at the same time until now. Batman has earned the Triple Crown. His recent comic-book exploits are among the best Batman tales we've seen in a while, The Dark Knight is the greatest superhero movie of the past 10 years, and Batman: Arkham Asylum proved that the Caped Crusader could go toe-to-toe with any action game.
We love all three of these Batmen, but realize that not everyone knows at three versions. We've gathered three experts (Joey Esposito from IGN Comics, Scott Collura from IGN Movies, and Hilary Goldstein from IGN Games) to detail what makes each Batman unique.
Heroes & Villains
Origin Story
Batman's origin is like one of the Ten Commandments. It's carved in stone, never to be altered for all of time. After seeing The Mark of Zorro with his parents, Joe Chill emerges from the shadows and murders Thomas and Martha Wayne in front of young Bruce. Making perhaps a naïve vow to eliminate the criminal element of Gotham City, young Bruce swears to avenge his parents as an adult. Inspired by a bat that's made its way inside Wayne Manor, Bruce opts to use the striking image of the nocturnal rodent to strike fear in the hearts of criminals. The rest, as they say, is history.
Batman Begins detailed the Dark Knight's origins in ways that previous film incarnations never had before. The death of Bruce Wayne's parents, of course, is here -- though the circumstances are slightly changed (the opera rather than a Zorro movie?) -- but it's the creation of the Caped Crusader's persona that really fills in the gaps in this first Chris Nolan Bat film. Bruce's years of training around the world, his making the acquaintance of the gadget-supplying Lucius Fox, and even the creation of the famed Bat costume itself are all fleshed out in Begins.
Batman's origin, which is relived when the Dark Knight is dosed with Scarecrow's fear gas, closely follows the classic origin in the comic books. Young Bruce Wayne, having spent a night at the theater with his parents, witnesses his parents gunned down by a common criminal in Crime Alley. First sign you've made a wrong turn: you are walking through a place called Crime Alley. There's not much nuance or backstory to Batman's origin in the games, but what's there is true to the comics.
Bruce changes his look every so often, from the classic black and gray tights to the more campy sky blue and gray. Long ears to short ears. Ridiculously long, unrealistic capes to the more reasonable. Most currently, after his return from being lost in the timestream, Bruce has been rocking a costume similar to that of the 1989 Tim Burton Batman film, with solid black armor and a bright yellow bat symbol plated on his chest. While we prefer the black and gray tights look, perhaps it's a sign of Bruce's newfound optimism that he sports a primary color.
The costume… oh, the costume. That most precious of superhero commodities, so closely analyzed by fanboys everywhere. Batman, in particular, has always been a tough nut to crack on film in this regard, but the modern Nolan movies have perhaps come the closest to getting at the heart of the real Batman, while also adapting the suit to the "real world" setting of those films. For one thing, Batman finally gained the ability to turn his head in Begins -- a simple task that the previous movie Batmen couldn't pull off because of their stiff-necked cowls. In The Dark Knight, the suit evolves even more -- appearing less rubbery and more like various pieces of high-tech armor. Unlike most non-live action versions of Batman, we can actually see Bruce Wayne's eyes (and the black makeup around them), though when Batman fires up his sonar in TDK, we do get a moment of the classic white Bat-lenses which we all know so well from the comics.
Batman's not messing around in Arkham Asylum and Arkham City and he dresses as much for practicality as for theatrics. There's no silly yellow emblem here, just a black bat across the Dark Knight's chest. The ears are notable, but not excessively long. The cape is dramatic, sure, but it also enables Bats to glide. And then there's the utility belt. It holds up Batman's pants. There's nothing that betrays the classic comic-book Batman look. In fact, this may be the quintessential Batman outfit.
Batman's arsenal has narrowed a bit in recent years, but Bruce has still got some handy dandy toys in his utility belt. He's got the classics of course: the batarang, the batcuffs, the bat-lasso, and the grapple gun. While the current Batman of the comics isn't nearly as high tech as Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight, he still relies on the theatrics of the bat-pellets to cover his stealthy exits, and of course, a nice stash of cash money. More notable are the gadgets not attached to his being, like his all-seeing satellite Brother Eye, the cause of Batman's falling out with the other DC heroes during Infinite Crisis (not to mention the mind-wiping incident). Unfortunately, there is yet to be an official comic book version of the shark repelling bat-spray or the bat-drinking water dispenser. We're hopeful, though.
Where does he get those wonderful toys? OK, you've heard that one before, but Batman Begins and The Dark Knight are not lacking in the gadgets department either, though they do scale back the more outlandish aspects of said toys. Batman does not, for example, simply throw a batarang and swing from skyscrapers. He does, however, use (as per Lucius Fox) a "kevlar utility harness, gas-powered magnetic grapple gun, [and] 350-pound test monofilament." Basically, that means he can still swing from buildings. Other Bat-tech includes explosive devices, eavesdropping equipment, the aforementioned sonar, bat-wing creating memory cloth and even a Bat-cell phone. But no anti-shark Bat spray. Yet. Check IGN's history of the movie Bat-gadgets for more.
There have been instances in the comics and in the movies where Batman uses some special vision enhancement in his cowl, but none of them are quite like Detective Mode. In Arkham Asylum, Batman can pretty much just stay in this mode, allowing him to see through some structures, easily identify enemies, and spot hidden clues from The Riddler. Whether you love or hate its inclusion in the games, it's the one gadget that truly stands out as unique from both the comics and film. Batman is more dependent on his gadgets than he is in the comics -- the grappling hook is used regularly as are some detonators. And, of course, there's the trusty Batarang, which is essentially a throwing star shaped like a bat.


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Sentry-mounted Sidescan Sonar Imaging of Kermadec Arc Volcanoes
Co-funded by DOEI and Access to the Sea: 2011
AbstractVolcanic arcs are the surface expression of subduction related magmatism. Intraoceanic arcs – those built upon oceanic crust – with a submarine component total 22,000 km in length, ~1/3 the length of the global mid-ocean ridge (MOR) system. Submarine arcs produce isolated volcanoes/seamounts with greater potential for explosive eruptions than MOR volcanoes. The shallow depth and sediment-free summits of many arc volcanoes make them important oases for chemosynthetic and benthic animal communities and fisheries. In addition, submarine arc volcanoes host long-lived and robust hydrothermal circulation that produces the largest mineral deposits preserved in the rock record. Arc mineral deposits are richer in precious metals (Gold, Silver) than those on MORs, and with their shallow depths and position along the margins of the ocean basins, mining of these deposits is likely to become economically viable in the coming decades. This proposed work seeks to evaluate the relationship between explosive and effusive volcanic eruptions, regional and local faulting, and hydrothermal discharge to volcano development and seafloor mineralization at three Kermadec Arc volcanoes. To do so, I will utilize the first near-bottom sidescan sonar data ever collected on arc volcanoes. These sidescan sonar data, along with co-located subbottom profile data and seafloor photographs, will allow me to identify the size, type (explosive/effusive), and relative age of volcanic deposits, sedimentary deposits, and faulting on the volcano summits and flanks. The level of detail (sub-meter resolution) and coverage (volcano summits and flanks) provided by these data are unique for arc volcanoes and fill a crucial gap in our knowledge between large-scale arc volcano morphology and highly localized submersible observations. Construction of detailed geologic maps will allow me to test hypotheses regarding volcano growth, caldera development, and subsequent hydrothermal discharge localization proposed for arc volcanoes that have significant implications for the modes of mass and heat transfer and chemical exchange at convergent margins.
This proposal will facilitate my collaboration with NDSF on the development of processing and acquisition best-practices for the new AUV-based sidescan sonar system. Several proposals, including one of my own, were submitted to the most recent NSF panel to use this pending capability of Sentry. The success of theses and future proposals for Sentry-based sidescan sonar mapping will depend on a demonstration of the effective use of these sensors in real-world settings, which is an important goal of this research. This work also represents collaboration with Institute of Geological and Nuclear Science (GNS - New Zealand) scientists with whom WHOI has recently (2010) signed a memorandum of understanding and who have strong scientific and national interests in the Kermadec Arc. This project will investigate a small, but important data set that will open new avenues of seafloor exploration for arc volcanoes and lead to future proposal development with GNS colleagues for investigating magmatic and hydrothermal processes in the Kermadec Arc.


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Charges have been dropped against a Marion County woman arrested earlier this month on organized fraud in connection with the use of other people's Electronic Benefits Transfer -- or EBT -- cards.
Charges have been dropped against a Marion County woman arrested earlier this month for organized fraud in connection with her alleged use of other people's Electronic Benefits Transfer — or EBT — cards.
The State Attorney's Office declined to proceed with the charges against Mary Alexander, 47, because one alleged victim could not be located and a second, who initially told a detective he never gave her permission to use his EBT card, later said he couldn't remember.
Marion County sheriff's detective Clint Smith noted in his report that the second alleged victim suffers from short- and long-term memory problems caused by a car accident several years ago.
"I'm very excited," Alexander said Tuesday. "The truth will stand and a lie will fall."
MCSO spokesman Capt. James Pogue said it is often difficult to get victims to follow through on prosecutions in these types of cases. That ties prosecutors' hands, he said.
Although the fraud charges have been dismissed, Alexander still faces charges of operating unlicensed assisted living facilities and neglect of a disabled/elderly person. She and her attorney, Todd Hopson, have said those charges are false. Hopson argued in a previous interview that his client is not operating an assisted living facility but, instead, an independent facility where people can come and go as they please.
In 2009, deputies arrested Alexander on allegations of neglect of a disabled or elderly adult and operating an unlicensed assisted living facility. The state dropped the neglect charge, and in 2010 Alexander pleaded no contest to the charge of operating without a license, according to online court records.
Earlier this month, investigators were following up on search warrants issued for adult homes operated by Alexander when they found 10 EBT cards and two state identification cards in her purse at a home at 6292 SW 89th St. Road. Residents said Alexander had taken their EBT cards without their permission, according to a Sheriff's Office report.
Detective Smith and investigator A. Chilton with the State's Attorney General's Office reported they also had several other cases alleging that Alexander used residents' cards without their permission. At least two residents said they never applied for EBT cards and that, when they wanted to get cards, they were told cards had already been issued in their names, according to reports.
The charges on two EBT cards totaled more than $2,900, officials said.
Calling the charges "bogus," Alexander said Tuesday the only thing she's guilty of is "helping low-income people."
"I'm confident that all the charges will be dropped," she said.
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