text: Guitarist Enraptures Audience At Infinity Cafe Jamestown NY Posted on March 2, 2013 - 09:50 PM by Richard Benedetto Magically Mesmerizing Guitarist Enraptures Audience At Infinity Cafe March 2, 2013 By Dusten Rader (email@example.com) , The Post-Journal Save | Post a comment | The people of Jamestown were treated to a night of enchanting guitar and intriguing storytelling at Infinity Cafe on Friday. Acclaimed guitarist, Richard Gilewitz, of Tampa, Fla., brought his musical skills and humor to Infinity Performing Arts for a series a workshops and a live set. According to Gilewitz, his performances can be described as a nervous breakdown happening in slow motion. But, every night he plays is almost the same at the end because he puts on his manager hat and begins to evaluate everything he did. Article Video Richard Gilewitz "What I do during the break is almost like a football coach at halftime talking to his team about how the game is going," said Gilewitz. "So, I think of it like a game, and the job is to win. You don't want to call the audience your opponent, but in way you could envision them that way. It's not you against them, but it's you trying to bring them up. There's always going to be some people who it doesn't register with, and then there are always going to be the ones that just go nuts and love it." During the course of his performances, Gilewitz picks reactions up from the audience to gauge what is going over well. One tune that he played that he felt was well received included "Somewhere Over The Rainbow," which drew sighs of enjoyment. "That's when you know you have them and you try to tap into that," said Gilewitz. Article Photos Pictured is acclaimed guitarist Richard Gilewitz of Tampa, Fla., who came to Infinity Performing Arts for a performance in the cafe, in addition to a series of workshops. P-J photo and video by Dusten Rader When he knew he had the audience, he tried out several of his originals, including "Mr. Sputnik" and "Tater Gun Strut." "Those are fun to try because I know that having the opportunity to play them on stage adds live ingredients to the mix - it's like they are cooking in a different way that they can't at home." said Gilewitz. "Mr. Sputnik" is a song that Gilewitz wrote after a friend of his told him a story about a dream he had when he flatlined for eight seconds. While dead, Gilewitz's friend experienced a dream in which everyone was a robot. When he awoke, he was afraid that he would be a robot too, and if he was, he preferred to be called Mr. Sputnik. He also performed a tune entitled "Spanish Two Step." The song was played in honor of the man who inspired Gilewitz to learn his finger-picking style of guitar, John Fahey. Mention of Gilewitz's guitar teacher, David Wahlbert, came during the second half of the show before he played the song entitled "Echoing Gilewitz." There was even a tune by Elizabeth Cotten, some Johann Sebastian Bach and a short rendition of "Here Comes The Sun" by the Beatles. Jeff and Maureen Dimas, of Jamestown, who attended Gilewitz's performance, were astounded by the level of talent that they were able to be exposed to thanks to Infinity, they said. During the entirety of the show Mrs. Dimas sat with her eyes closed, a smile on her face, slowly nodding her head and tapping her foot to the beat. "Jeff told me that it would absolutely take your breath away, and it did. I love this kind of music," said Mrs. Dimas. Dimas, who attended Gilewitz's workshop both this year and last, did so because he has a strong desire to learn finger-picking style, he said. "The way he broke it down in the workshop made it so simplistic - I absolutely learned a lot," said Dimas. "I first saw him perform at Trinity Guitars two years ago, and at that time I recognized that he is one of the best guitarists in the world. We are blessed to have him here again." Shane Hawkins, executive director of Infinity, was also pleased with the results of the workshop. "The workshops were great," said Hawkins. "We had a lot of new faces come in, and many of them were adults." "The workshops were good last year, but I think this time in particular they went event better," added Gilewitz. "People were trying things, asking questions and coming up to me with comments about things they liked. One guy who could already play was interested in my hand stretching. It's not all about the physical playing, it's also about keeping your hands loose before the set and relaxing your body. He realized how stiff he was and chose to now share that with his students - I like that domino effect." Hayley Restivo and Ryan Hawkins, students of Infinity who perform in Chautauqua's Got Talent as SYMBA, opened Gilewitz's Infinity Cafe show with a couple of tunes before he took the stage. "For a young musician it is very inspiring to see someone grown up who is living out their dream," said Restivo. "I went to one of the workshops because I play guitar, and I actually learned quite a bit about finger-picking and his style of music." Ryan agreed, stating that she was surprised by Gilewitz's mastery of the guitar. She said his finger-picking style made it appear as if he actually had speakers in his fingers. "It was groovy, man, because he is a groovy man," said Ryan. Ryan's brother, Alec, put Gilewitz's skill level up there with greats such as William Shakespeare and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. "It was super, spectacular and awesome," said Alec. "I don't even think he is human." The sound for the evening was provided by Cliff Obrist, of Buffalo, who regularly helps at Infinity's events and is a recording class instructor. The experience was just as inspiring to him as it was to everyone else who had the opportunity to interact with Gilewitz. "We spent a lot of time perfecting the guitar tone before the workshops and the performance," said Obrist. "He is really particular about his sound, but it comes out really good. It was a great experience, and I think we kind of connected because it's nice to have someone who as particular about sound as I am." The evening wrapped up to be an all-around success, and Gilewitz was invited back for future performances and workshops. Infinity is located at115 E. Third St. in Jamestown. For more information, call 664-0991, visit www.infinityperformingarts.org or www.richardgilewitz.com. © Copyright 2013 The Post-Journal. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. 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The ACORN scandal already had pimps and hos. Now it has an action hero, too.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is urging a "full investigation" by California Attorney General Jerry Brown into the California activities of ACORN, a community organizing group that has come under fire after employees were caught on tape giving tax advice to conservative operatives posing as prostitutes and pimps.
The governor sent a letter Wednesday to Brown, referring to "news stories regarding the ACORN organization that have concerned me greatly."
ACORN stands for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now.
Videos that were recorded in ACORN offices in San Bernardino and San Diego surfaced this week, and they have been used extensively by Fox News and conservative Web sites.
"You can hear on the (San Bernardino) tape, the ACORN worker offering advice as to how to lie, how to claim that the house is a business, not a brothel," KTKZ talk show host Eric Hogue said Wednesday on his radio broadcast in Sacramento.
Callers weighed in, one saying, "It just makes me sick."
In San Bernardino, ACORN officials are crying foul. Christina Spach, ACORN's office supervisor, told the San Bernardino Sun that the ACORN employee pretended to cooperate with the pimp and prostitute because she was alone in the office and feared for her safety.
"Just to be clear, ACORN is not in the prostitution business, Spach told The Sun.
At ACORN's Sacramento offices on Florin Road, a worker who answered the door said she couldn't answer questions. Ronald Coleman, ACORN's legislative director in Sacramento, later confirmed that tax and mortgage services were being suspended for now.
"This is not how we should handle ourselves. We need to take this time to re-evaluate," Coleman said.
Bertha Lewis, ACORN's chief executive officer, called the action of the workers in the videos "indefensible" and said an independent review would be launched.
It's unclear just how much federal money goes to ACORN in California. The state Department of Housing and Community development said it had no records of any state grants being awarded to ACORN.
The Sacramento ACORN office's budget is $300,000, according to state field director Christina Livingston. Many of those funds come from membership and fundraising, she said.
Outside the Sacramento office, Ruby Bradley said she was highly skeptical of the organization. She said she once applied for help with a housing loan with ACORN, but never got a response.
"I think it was poor business," Bradley said.
That complaint was echoed by Demario Anthony of Sacramento, who said his aunt's application was ignored.
"She stopped dealing with them," Anthony said. "We asked what happened, and she said she didn't want to talk about it."
KCRA contributed to this report.

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China is fighting the good fight against nature - doing everything it can to keep Winter at bay.
To help battle the blues, the city of Changchun in China is installing plastic sheeting with pictures of lush, green shrubbery around the edge of the street, hiding all of the real plants which are now brown and bare.
"Many people feel depressed in the winter, and the site of the denuded trees only contributes to that feeling," said a local official. "We want to try and cheer people up a bit by putting some greenery around to make them feel better."
Thousands of meters of the plastic sheeting were rolled out this week, and if they're lucky, plastic flowers may be on the way as well. Seriously.
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Edward O. "Ned" Thomas, a retired District Court and Circuit Court judge for Worcester County who was a Baltimore native, died of congestive heart failure March 20 at his home at Buckingham's Choice in Adamstown. He was 94.
Raised on Englewood Road in Roland Park, he was the son of Oscar B. Thomas and Josephine Reindollar. His father was an owner of the Thomas & Thompson Co. drugstores, and as a boy, Judge Thomas worked summers at the business. He attended Roland Park Country and Roland Park Elementary schools and was a 1936 graduate of City College, where he was class valedictorian.
He attended the Johns Hopkins University, with a scholarship to cover the $300 tuition that had been established at City College to support a "scholarly gentleman," according to a biographical sketch prepared by his family members.
They said that during his sophomore and junior years at Hopkins, he felt he would like to pursue art. He enrolled in night school classes at the Maryland Institute College of Art. He initially took painting classes and by chance enrolled in a sculpture course.
"He told me his teachers said he was a mediocre painter, but 'they think I'm a genius in sculpture,'" said his sister, Mary Jo Campbell of Cockeysville. "He was hardworking and studious and gregarious. He loved people."
While at MICA, he met Katherine "Kitty" Merle-Smith, who was also an art student. Some 67 years later, they would marry.
Family members said he was advised against a career as an artist. He earned a prelaw degree at Hopkins and enrolled in the University of Maryland School of Law.
He studies were interrupted by his military service in World War II. Judge Thomas was commissioned in the Army Air Forces and assigned to bases throughout the South. He left active military service in 1945 and remained active in the Air Force Reserve. He retired as a lieutenant colonel, family members said.
He received his law degree in 1948 from the University of Maryland and then practiced law in downtown Baltimore at the firm of Harley, Wheltle and Victor. He later practiced in Snow Hill until his appointment to the bench in 1971.
He was among the first judges appointed in 1971 to Maryland's newly formed District Court. He served under Chief Judge Robert F. Sweeney and heard cases in Snow Hill and Ocean City.
He was later appointed a judge for the 1st Judicial Circuit, in Worcester County, where he served until retiring in 1984, family members said.
In 1955, he married Alixandra Doupnik and became a stepfather to her two sons. In the 1980s, they designed and built a retirement house in Frederick County. He retired from the bench in 1984 and continued to hear cases as a substitute judge. His wife died in November 1984.
Family members said that after his retirement, Judge Thomas had the time to paint. He also resumed sculpture and worked in clay and bronze.
"He became an accomplished and respected painter and sculptor," said stepson Forrest Russell Doupnik of Baltimore. "His dynamic figure sculptures attracted wide admiration."
Judge Thomas created a bronze bust of Judge Sweeney that stands in the offices of the state District Court in Annapolis. He also made a sculpture of Jesus' entry into Jerusalem that is displayed at the Roland Park Presbyterian Church.
After the death of his first wife, Judge Thomas married Mary Ann McCosh of Baltimore. The couple moved to Buckingham's Choice in Adamstown. She died in 2002.
In 2005, Judge Thomas married Katherine Merle-Smith, whom he had first met at the art school in 1938.
A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. April 14 at Roland Park Presbyterian Church, 4801 Roland Ave.
Survivors include his wife, his stepson and his sister.


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Recording of the tomb decoration of QHN 5 © Sandra Steiß, Egyptian-German Mission QHN
Building the protective metal construction for tomb 5 © K.-J. Seyfried, Egyptian-German Mission QHN
Shards need some sun too Working on the shards © Sandra Steiß, Egyptian-German Mission QHN
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The Rock-Tombs of Qubbet el-Hawa North. A new Necropolis and its Impact on Upper Egypt and Lower Nubia
Just about 1 km northwards of the main necropolis of the Qubbet el-Hawa on the Western Nile bank a sandstone plateau is located, which is partly surrounded by the modern Nubian village. On this hill and the surrounding neighborhood, the people of Aswan-Gharb started to enlarge the village and to build further houses. During this situation the resident population has detected some new tombs and plundering activity had started shortly after. As a matter of fact objects and parts of delicately decorated architectural elements (like the architrave in the tomb of User) have been stolen and brought to the nearby houses. The plunderers used loaders to penetrate into the site and deposited the rubble and the sand in front of the tombs. During these activities some of the architectural features were severely damaged.
In 2013 it was due to the remarkable intervention of the Aswan inspectorate, that these plundering activities were stopped and a first attempt to secure the tombs had been undertaken. The whole place had been assigned as antiquities land which led to the protection by the Ministry of State for Antiquities. Most of the stolen objects, including the architrave of the tomb of User, have been seized and transferred to the central storerooms. The tombs themselves got stable iron doors for a safe protection.
In June 2014 a first short season by the Aswan inspectorate took place under the guidance of O. Amer and H. Alders. During this season a first attempt was made to clear the situation in the plundered tombs and the documentation of the small finds and some pottery started. While securing the most prominent tomb of User, other sepulchers have been found by the Egyptian authorities. All in all nine tombs are known so far: The mostly belong to persons of the highest elite of the early New Kingdom — Ramesside period (map).
Preliminary map of the distribution of the tombs at QHN © D. Jerominek, Egyptian-German Mission QHN 2015
Rescue excavation project in cooperation with the MSA/SCA
In spring 2015 the High Committee of the MSA/SCA permitted the formation of a bilateral cooperation between the members of the Aswan-inspectorate and the Ägyptisches Museum & Papyrussammlung Berlin for the safeguarding, protection and complete documentation of this northern part of the necropolis: The Egyptian-German-Mission: Qubbet el-Hawa North. After 100 years of absence, the Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung Berlin is therefore again involved in the country of its main interest with an excavation project. Financial support for the first season of the rescue excavation in autumn 2015 was generously submitted by the "Förderverein des Ägyptischen Museums e. V." as well as by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) [German Research Community].
During the first season in October and November 2015 it was important to get a first overview on the new necropolis. Measurements of the whole area were undertaken to get a detailed map of the necropolis as well as plans of the tombs themselves. The New Kingdom tombs in the South-West of the necropolis were therefore in the focus of the first season. These tombs suffered most during the mutilation by the looters. The latter left spoil heaps in the courtyards of the very tombs which had to be removed and sieved carefully.
The Tomb of the Mayor of Elephantine, User (QHN 2)
This tomb, constructed during the Reign of King Amenhotep III. In the 18th Dynasty, was in the focus of the tomb looters. Besides the removal of objects, the inscribed architrave in the second room, had been broken out. The latter is now in the magazine of the Antiquities Department and will be replaced after the completion of the excavation inside the tomb.
During the first season the rooms, filled with debris and rubble were cleaned and documented and a big part of the spoil heaps in front of the tomb was removed. The finds such as papyrus-fragments of a book of dead, a certain amount of mostly broken pottery were documented. The beautifully wall paintings were photographed for further detailed examination and the two main rooms of the substructure have been measured to draw an accurate plan of the tomb.
Room 1, decorated walls © Sandra Steiß, Egyptian-German Mission QHN 2015
During the next season, parts of the courtyard will be cleaned as well as the shaft in room 1 will be excavated. All the finds and archaeological features will be prepared for a detailed publication of this tomb by the Egyptian team-members of our Aswan colleagues in a newly established publication series of the MSA/SCA.
The Tomb of the Mayor of Elephantine, of Imen-hotep (QHN 4)
A bit to the north of the tomb of User is situated the complex of a Major of Elephantine, Imen-hotep, which can be dated stylistically to the beginning of the 18th dynasty, most probably to the reign of Queen Hatshepsut and Thutmosis III. This tomb is much bigger than the first one and has a façade which shows inscriptions and decoration in a high quality.
Decorated façade of QHN 4
The original dimensions of the courtyard are not known so far and have to be documented in detail during the next seasons. As the sandstone façade is in danger because of possible vandalism and climatic conditions — especially the damage through sand and wind —, the mission decided to protect the facade by a blocking with sandbags.
Before the complete covering, a photographic documentation of the whole façade was made. Even though the rooms of the tomb are not excavated yet, the measuring and drawing of the tomb's plan has been started to get a first overview.
Blocking of the tomb-façade of QHN 4 with sandbags
The Tomb of the Priest of Khonsu, Pen-nakht (QHN 5)
Above the façade of QHN 4 — in the northwestern corner of Imen-hotep's tomb — a small rock cut tombs was constructed, after shifting sands and rubble had covered the complete courtyard of the older 18th dynasty tomb. Due to stylistic and epigraphic reasons the tomb can be dated to the Ramesside period. The decoration has been painted in a very typical Ramesside style on a thick layer of muna plaster, which had been whitewashed with a limy plaster, which served as the painting surface.
The ceiling of the first room does not exist anymore so that the decoration was exposed to the weathering conditions, which harmed it at lot. Additionally termites had eaten the straw material within the mud plaster of the walls, so that many parts of the painted surface suffered.
To secure the wall painting the first room was cleaned from the debris, while disturbed secondary burials of the New Kingdom containing shabtis, beads and pottery were excavated. After the documentation of this room a protection with a metal construction and a coverage to secure the entrance situation have been installed. In the next seasons a full epigraphic documentation of the wall paintings and a further excavation of the next rooms are planned.
Protective metal construction and a coverage to secure the entrance of QHN-5 © K.-J. Seyfried, Egyptian-German Mission QHN
We would like to thank the DFG (German Research Community) as well as the "Verein zur Förderung des Ägyptischen Museums Berlin e.V." (the "Friends of the Museum") for the generous funding of our first season. Additionally we would like to express our thanks for their kind support to Dr. F. Arnold and Dr. J. Siegl from the German Archaeological Institute as well as to Prof. Dr. A. Jimenez-Serrano from the Universidád de Jaén.
Excavation team © Sandra Steiß, Egyptian-German Mission QHN 2016
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Nine charter school operators submitted initial Letters of Intent to apply for charters to operate schools beginning in the Fall of 2015. Four of the letters represent expansions of schools currently operating in Nashville and earning ratings of Achieving or Excelling on the MNPS Academic Performance Framework in 2013. Two letters represent expansions of nationally successful school models approved by the School Board last year. Three letters are from new school operators.
"This is a very early step in the process," said Alan Coverstone, who heads the Innovation Office which manages charter school authorizing for MNPS. "We will not know how well prepared the schools are to operate and meet the immediate needs in our district until after their applications are submitted April 1, 2014."
Efforts to professionalize authorizing and oversight of charter schools since 2009 have borne fruit as the District has granted charters to several schools that are both academically high-performing and serve a diverse student body.
"The MNPS mission emphasizes the importance of high-performing and diverse schools, and we are pleased to see some of our real successes in those areas growing and serving more students well each year," said Coverstone.
Once actual applications are received on April 1st, each will undergo a rigorous and thorough review of organizational and financial capacity, educational plans, accessibility, and need. "We will only recommend approval of strong schools that serve the best interests of the students of Davidson County," said Coverstone.
Submission of letters of intent to apply to open charter schools gives the Office of Innovation two months to organize and train its application review teams according to the Principles and Standards of high-quality authorizing articulated by the National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA).
The time between now and April 1st also provides opportunity for potential applicants to consider, develop, and adapt plans in order to strengthen their potential applications and adapt their plans to best serve the articulated needs of MNPS students.
Read the 2014 Letters of Intent to Open a Charter School in MNPS
Of the nine filed, six propose replications of programs previously approved for operation in Nashville:
- KIPP Academy Nashville Elementary School (KANES) – Proposed to serve grades K-4, beginning with K-1at 192 students and serving 480 students at capacity, growing one grade per year.
- Knowledge Academy High – Proposed to serve grades 9-12, beginning with grade 9 and 105 students, building out 420 students at capacity.
- RePublic Middle School – Proposed replication of Liberty Collegiate Academy, to serve Glencliff and Antioch clusters, grades 5-8, beginning with grade 5 and 110 students, building out to a capacity of 440 in grade 8.
- Rocketship – Proposed Rocketship school would serve PK – 4, opening with 475 students in PK-4 and at capacity serve 575.
- STEM Prep – Proposed to serve grades 9-12, beginning with grade 9 and 100 students, serving 400 at capacity.
- Valor Collegiate Academy Southeast – Proposed K-8 replication of Valor Collegiate and modeled after Summit Prep to serve families in southeast Nashville, grades 5-6 and 260 students beginning K-1 in year 2. At capacity would serve 975 students.
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- The Tracey Darnell Agricultural Science and Technology Academy – Proposed high school to begin with grade 9, 40 students and at capacity serve 400 students in grades 9-12.
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Computer Science ColloquiumIm Rahmen des Informatik-Kolloquiums, das von den Instituten des Fachbereichs Informatik, der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Informatik (ÖGI), der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Datenverarbeitung (ADV) sowie der Österreichischen Computergesellschaft (OCG) abgehalten wird, spricht
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Software Performance Antipatterns to reduce Traceability UncertaintyZeit: Thu 21.1.2016, 14:00, 60 Minuten
Ort: SCP3 218, Science Park 3
ZusammenfassungThe problem of interpreting the results of performance analysis is quite critical in the software performance domain: mean values, variances, and probability distributions are hard to interpret for providing feedback to software architects. Support to the interpretation of such results that helps to fill the gap between numbers and architectural alternatives is still lacking. This talk is aimed at illustrating PANDA (Performance Antipatterns aNd FeeDback in software Architectures), a framework for addressing the results interpretation and feedback generation problem by means of performance antipatterns, that are recurring solutions to bad practices in software development. Such antipatterns can play a key role in understanding the traceability between architectural model elements and performance analysis results, since they can be used to reduce the uncertainty while bridging these two domains.
VortragenderCatia Trubiani is a Post-doctoral Researcher at the Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), L'Aquila, Italy, since April 2014. She received the PhD in Computer Science at the University of L'Aquila with a dissertation on the automated generation of architectural feedback from software performance analysis results. During her PhD studies she visited the Imperial College of London in UK and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany. Her main research interests include the quantitative modelling and analysis of interacting heterogeneous distributed systems. She is especially interested in the model-driven QoS analysis of software architectures, model-driven refactoring by means of software performance antipatterns, and trade-off QoS analysis and optimization.
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Some of the least successful chief justices, Roberts suggested, had faltered because they misunderstood the job, approaching it as law professors rather than as leaders of a collegial Court. Harlan Fiske Stone, a former dean of Columbia Law School, was a case in point. Stone "was a failure as chief, because of his misperception of what a chief justice is supposed to be," Roberts said, gesturing to the justices' private conference room through an open door of his office. "It's his desk out there that is separate from the conference table, and he … sat at his desk, and the others were at the table, he almost called on them and critiqued their performances. They hated that." Roberts laughed. "As a result, he was a failure as a chief justice."...Keep reading, and you'll see that Rosen is honing these insights into a sword to use against two (or three) Justices. I'm skipping a lot to get to the juiciest part (and adding some boldface):
... Roberts declared, he would make it his priority, as [Chief Justice John] Marshall did, to discourage his colleagues from issuing separate opinions. "I think that every justice should be worried about the Court acting as a Court and functioning as a Court, and they should all be worried, when they're writing separately, about the effect on the Court as an institution."
In Roberts's view, Marshall's success in unifying the Court was a reflection of his temperament. "He gave everyone the benefit of the doubt; he approached everyone as a friend. The assumption was … 'This is someone I'm going to like unless proven otherwise,'" Roberts said. "He was convivial, he took great pride in sharing his Madeira with his colleagues … [He was not] the artificial glad-hander type; it was just in his nature to get along with people. I think that had to play an important role in his ability to bring the Court together, to change the whole way judicial decisions were arrived at, to really create the notion that we are a Court—not simply an assemblage of individual justices … It was the force of his personality. That lack of pretense, that openness and general trustworthiness, were very important personality traits in Marshall's success," Roberts observed....
Roberts praised justices who were willing to put the good of the Court above their own ideological agendas. "A justice is not like a law professor, who might say, 'This is my theory … and this is what I'm going to be faithful to and consistent with,' and in twenty years will look back and say, 'I had a consistent theory of the First Amendment as applied to a particular area,'" he explained. Instead of nine justices moving in nine separate directions, Roberts said, "it would be good to have a commitment on the part of the Court to acting as a Court, rather than being more concerned about the consistency and coherency of an individual judicial record."
Roberts recognizes that much of his success or failure will be determined by his colleagues, and their readiness to embrace his vision of consensus and political neutrality....Now, Rosen is on his own:
The focus on justices as personalities—demanded by the public and cultivated by some justices—directly challenges Roberts's view that justice itself should be impersonal. "What you're trying to establish—wearing black robes and, in earlier times, wigs—[is] that it's not the person; it's the law." To persuade individual justices to resist the pressures to promote themselves rather than the interests of the Court as a whole, he will have to appeal, in different ways, to their respective self-interests, and to a broader understanding of their judicial role. Roberts understandably declined to criticize his colleagues by name. But when he objected to justices who act more like legal academics than members of a collegial Court, it was hard not to think of Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia, who seem more interested in demonstrating their jurisprudential consistency by writing opinions that read like law-review articles than in finding common ground with their colleagues.
Roberts could, in theory, appeal to justices like Scalia and Thomas—and their counterparts on the liberal wing of the Court—in the following terms: In important cases, on this evenly divided Court, neither the four liberals nor the four conservatives can confidently expect to prevail. Surely it would be in the best interest of each side if it could win half the cases by a unanimous vote, rather than trying to win slightly more often by a 5–4 vote, since a unanimous victory would be harder, in the future, to overturn. Of course, the justice who would be most resistant to this kind of bargain would be the swing justice—at the moment, Anthony Kennedy, who naturally enjoys his unique opportunity to determine the outcome of the most controversial cases on his own. When the swing justice is as self-dramatizing as Kennedy, even the chief's most skillful appeals to the Court's common interests may fall on deaf ears. But Kennedy, like most of the justices, also cares deeply about his own reputation as well as the Court's. So perhaps the best way for Roberts to appeal to Kennedy and his colleagues is by invoking the lessons of history.I love the way Rosen uses his freshly honed sword against fellow lawprofs:
"I think judicial temperament is a willingness to step back from your own committed views of the correct jurisprudential approach and evaluate those views in terms of your role as a judge," [Roberts] said. "It's the difference between being a judge and being a law professor."...It's obvious that he means Scalia, and it's just so hilarious that he's insulting the hell out of law professors in the process. But you know, some of us law professors have congenial colleagues. And some of us value pragmatism and balk at over-pure theory.
The history of the Court confirms this insight. On the Court, the brilliant academics are less successful, over time, than the collegial pragmatists. The self-centered loners are less effective than the convivial team players. The resentful braggarts wear less well than the secure justices who know who they are. The narcissists wield judicial power less sure-handedly than the judges who show personal as well as judicial humility. The loose cannons shoot themselves in the foot, while those who know when to hold their tongues appear more judicious.
The ideological purists are marginalized on the Court, while those who understand when not to take each principle to its logical extreme are vindicated by history. Justices who view cases in purely philosophical terms are less sure-footed than those who are aware of a case's practical effects. And those with the common touch win broader support than those who live entirely in abstractions.This, of course, resonates with me. (See the uproar I caused when I criticized some people who were too in love with abstract theory.) Rosen seems to say it's all well and good for law professors to be self-centered, resentful, bragging, narcissistic, reckless loners, but something different is needed from judges. I find it objectionable in law professors. (And I'm not the only law professor who does.)
But judges do have their hands on power, and they can do a lot of damage. Still, each Justice is only one of nine, and I think it's good that there are different kinds of judges talking to each other, contributing to a decision. I wouldn't want all nine to be flexible pragmatists. Having a hardcore originalist or two in the mix is a moderating safeguard. But don't give me five of them!
I think it's funny that Rosen is so eager to make Roberts's words into a weapon that he goes on to use so specifically against Scalia and Thomas. Here's Rosen, bringing his argument in for a landing:
Throughout its history, Roberts argues convincingly, the Court has best served itself—and the nation—when its individual justices have been willing to subordinate their own agendas in the interest of building judicial consensus and institutional legitimacy. Whether he will be able to resurrect John Marshall's vision in a polarized, unbuttoned, and personality-driven age remains to be seen.Scalia, of course, cares about institutional legitimacy. He just thinks it's founded on a specific interpretive theory. And Scalia thinks adherence to the theory of original meaning is the way to remove personal preference from decisionmaking. But it can't be denied that Scalia goes about in the world calling attention to himself as a personality. And it's not so clear that Roberts refrains from presenting himself as a personality, though certainly the Roberts persona is built on the "modesty" theme and executed in a style that would never fit Scalia.
Anyway, a nicely done article. Read the whole thing. He's got a long, substantial interview with the Chief Justice... and he knows how to use it.


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You're sitting there eating and all of a sudden, your lips (or tongue and palate) begin to swell.
There might tingle or itch at the back of your throat, or you might start to sneeze, have the urge to blow your nose or rub your eyes because of tearing.
While that is usually the end of it, symptoms do cover the spectrum, from what looks like a fat lip all the way to vomiting, diarrhea and, on rare occasions, anaphylactic shock.
Who's at Risk?
Those who have allergies to pollen from trees (such as birch and alder), and/or ragweed and grass pollen.
In Europe and Asia, those allergic to mugwort pollen, also commonly get symptoms to certain fruits, vegetables, spices and seeds.
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Landlord From Hell Bans Pork, Long Showers, Overnight Guests
We've all heard tales about "landlords from hell," but this one might make all those nightmares look like sweet dreams. When actress Laura Evelyn inspected an apartment for rent in London, she says that she was handed a typed list of 31 "house rules" by her potential landlord, which she posted to Twitter.
The lengthy list of directives include "No Pork EVER IN HOUSE or fridge," no more than two visitors a month, no showers longer than 15 minutes -- and only in the mornings between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m. and evenings between 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. -- and no cooking for longer than 30 minutes. Also, overnight guests are prohibited unless discussed two weeks in advance and are subject to landlord approval.
Broken rules would lead to fines, a lost deposit or even immediate eviction. Unsurprisingly, Evelyn chose not move in.
The photograph of house rules on Evelyn's Twitter account, posted on Wednesday, has so far garnered over 2,500 retweets. For more strange (and in some cases, creepy) landlord requests, check out AOL Real Estate's "Listing Fail" series.
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|2012-12-12, 22:28
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Try me! <3
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Germany
Age: 36
Ep. 10 had an interesting, but not surprising, relevation about Akito's sexual orientation
I already guessed at it before, but it was pretty clear now.
When Akito first meets Gin, he perniciously tries to become her friend. Despite her constant refusal, he never gives up and even starts stalking her.
The most important point here however is his reason for his obsession with Gin: he thought that Gina was a boy! XD
You could already see that he thought she was a boy right from the beginning, because he adresses her with "-kun", a suffix normally only used for boys.
His thinking Gin was a boy is not that far-fetched: She was wearing a boy's uniform (trousers instead of a skirt), had a name more closely associated with boys, behaved like a boy (as she admitted herself), had a boyish short-hair cut...
Anyway, what that means is: Akito was perniciously hitting on someone who he thought to be a boy, getting that extreme as to stalking "him" at home, and finally getting to the point where he pulls "his" trousers down to do who-knows-what XD
That was the point where he noticed that "he" was a "she". Quite shocked, he quickly runs away to the bath, his dreams of bathing with another boy and doing who-knows-what utterly destroyed.
While he continued his friendship with her, he lost any interest of doing certain things with her, after he found out she's a girl.
More indications are when he says that he's not interested in a harem at all, and has no interest in the girls, but tries to quickly escape. Not being interested in girls is still the same for him even now.
I think that's the first time we have a male MC that is clearly gay. Arashi probably noticed that as well by now, which is why she didn't try her usual aggressive approach, knowing that it wouldn't go anywhere, but rather tried a different approach to throw him off balance and try to get to him.
Anyway, we've got quite an assortion in the cast:
Akito: gay
Anastasia: lesbian
Arashi: bi-sexual (tries to get it on with boys and girls alike)
Akiko: Onii-chan-sexual XD
Gin: transvestite, or at least ex-transvestite, as she liked to dress like a boy, still has a boyish haircut, also a boyish figure...
|2012-12-13, 03:32
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a random Indonesian otaku
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Xanadu
Age: 27
so.... I don't know who to blame about Ginbei-Akito relationship....
but Ginbei need to do something to fix their relationship... I'm sure Akito still viewed her as a boy and his best friend..
and for Arashi... I think she can win Akito in that moment...
poor Akiko... her onii-chan is getting further away...
still want to see more Anastasia tsun-tsun moment.. especially when she's chanting the charm
|2012-12-14, 11:50
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worshipping the pantyhose
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Manila, Philippines
Episode 10
I know I'm late, but seriously,
Red bow at the crotch!Sorry; dynamic content not loaded. Reload?
Honestly, those innocent misunderstanding powers of hers is so amusing
|2012-12-16, 23:20
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♪~Deculture~♪ (✿◠‿◠)
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Various Pocket Dimensions
Age: 25
Ep 11~
Honestly I didn't think they would all be afraid of ghosts. That had really helped me enjoy the episode quite a bit.
As for that dream Jinno had, well it got quite the hearty laugh out of me is all I'll say on it.
|2012-12-17, 01:37
|Link #787
True Harem End or BUST
Join Date: Oct 2010
That last dream sequence....felt so odd for some reason. I know the show normally has scenes that don't really connect to the overall "plot", but this one just felt so out there. After a few minutes, I knew it had to be some dream or something, just needed to find out who was dreaming.
I think its pretty obvious that we will get a no choice ending, but I actually will be impressed with Akito at the end of this to be honest. Normally you get the "I'm so indecisive so I won't act like I have to address the girls' feelings" cliche motto. And then maybe at the end of the final episode, you randomly get a winner unless it was a first girl wins card.
But here, Akito just does not care about any of these girls like that, definitely not enough to even care about a relationship. Hell, he seems pretty content with just going to school and working his novel job. As boring as that sounds, it makes him as a character surprisingly realistic as a character. Yea the girls are hot, but they kinda got some issues in the head, So I can understand him decided to pass.
Did anyone else notice when Ana made the statement about only virgins not being able to hear the sound, Arashi turned super bright red? I had a super suspicious "HHMMMMMMM" going off in my head lol. Maybe somebody is all talk and no walk...
|2012-12-17, 08:10
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likes cute things
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Searching for more imoutos
Age: 38
Anna rides Akito with a mini skirt and no pantsu on, he feels something different than expected, he actually receives zero excitement from that!.... WTF IS WRONG WITH THIS GUY!?!?!? At least Anna was humping his head and got some pleasure from it.
The first half of the episode was really fun with all the crazy stuff going on, then it went really far downhill with an out of place flashback which was pretty darn boring. It's episode 11 and now we're getting the story on how they met?? Seriously??
So Akito has a baby with his imouto, a girl he thought was a boy, a rapist woman, the editor for who knows what reason, and Anna which is fine. But Arisa having a baby while still a loli... hmm... Akito probably has a better harem than Yuuki Rito.
|2012-12-17, 09:14
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Psycho Falling Deep
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: The Anime World
Age: 24
That ending was....awwaahhhh? If that were real, then Akito would have been a real man, because for those babies all to look the same and be around at that time, he must have impregnated all 6 girls on the same day, or a few days a part if that
Thank god it wasn't real though, the thought that Anna was no longer a free woman made my soul burn with displeasure. Ah well, this episode had plenty of Anna-service
|2012-12-18, 11:22
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Kana Hanazawa ♥
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: France
Age: 32
Ana actually managed to go commando the entire episode without anybody noticing. That's kind of impressive, I suppose. It was very brazen of her to wear a short skirt.
The dream sequence was actually a bit disturbing. Once you go beyond a certain point, having a harem isn't all rainbow and shunshine anymore. Imagine having to take care of all these kids...
|2012-12-18, 17:01
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formerly ogon bat
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Mexico
Age: 48
But yes, poor Akito life would be over (did someone else it was clear to them all it was Akito's duty to do the diapers?)
|2012-12-18, 23:01
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Join Date: Jun 2010
this show only has 12 eps right? :\
|2012-12-18, 23:45
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Yuuki Aoi
Join Date: Jul 2004
Pic from last week's radio show: (l-r) Kido Ibuki (age 15, Akiko), Morohoshi Sumire (13, Arisa), Shimoda Asami (26, Gin).
|2012-12-19, 21:25
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Try me! <3
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Germany
Age: 36
Ana absolutely ruled in ep. 11, which just cemented her position as my favourite
Come out of the bath, can't find pantsu and decides, "Bugger it, i'll just go without pantsu."
Great attitude!
Her moaning was highly delectable, like when the wind was about to exposed her and she moaned, making everyone jump, or later, when some long herb stroke her between her legs, and she loudly moaned XD
Both times of course, she's acting as if nothing happened
Then, when the girls climb on Akito's shoulder, one after the other, and it's Ana's turn. Akito even notices that she isn't wearing any pantsu, but his reaction is - *nothing*. Just further proof that Akito really *is* gay.
The scene at the end was quite outlandish, and it was clear right at the beginning that it was some weird fantasy. With Akito being gay, there's no chance he'd end up with any of the girls.
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|2011-03-01, 08:23
|Link #22101
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: forever lost inside a logic error
-Battler completely changes side in the end
-Ange admits she was wrong in searching the truth
-Featherine isn't a completely positive character
-the witch hunters are depicted as idiots
-Bernkastel is the antagonist of this story (she said it herself)
-Erika ... is Erika...
In the end there is absolutely no positive representation of those who search the truth.
Provide a proof of single instance where it was stated that "red truth" = "magic", then we can talk.
In Umineko the existence of a single truth is acknowledged, what isn't acknowledged is the importance of that single truth.
|2011-03-01, 09:04
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Join Date: Oct 2010
So from that perspective, I have no problem with calling Episode 8's last riddle "magic". Sure it's obviously sleight of hand, but it becomes magic by default when you accept the witch's feelings and intent.
|2011-03-01, 09:10
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Mystery buff
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Gone Fishin!
|2011-03-01, 09:23
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Join Date: May 2009
Besides, we seem to be forgetting that the box is only metaphorically closed by lack of information known to us. Both Battler and Eva were actually there, remember, and both of them survived. The lack of any appreciable information applies only to Ange, and to us. Battler and Eva both actually observed what occurred, they simply chose not to, or were unable to, reveal what they saw.
If I peek into the box and see that the cat is in fact dead, then close the box up and refuse to tell you my observation, there is no chance whatsoever that the cat will be alive when you check it.
|2011-03-01, 09:31
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Mystery buff
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Gone Fishin!
Yeah Ryukishi really messed up when he said alternate worlds could exist in the catbox early on. There's really only one truth about the catbox that the cat is either alive or dead in the way the analogy is supposed to work. Now there can be alternate histories, but the characters we're seeing exist in only one of those histories worlds. Follow me? They can only find the one true history of the world they exist in if it exists. If there is an alternate history it is therefore evident that there is also an alternate catbox.
|2011-03-01, 10:20
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Senior Member
If you can give me that, maybe I'll change my opinion, but for me the justice system only serves one purpose and that is to create a space in which there is an equal relation between every action that is taken. The chain of "Action<>Consequence" is reinacted for the public in order to convince them that something like social order, equality and safety actually exist...when in reality it just reconstructs them retroactively until the next irregularity disrupts the system.
And what better way to convince people of the existence of order than to single out elements of chaos and punish them.
We have to have something like that, because without it chaos would probably truly break out...but in the end the system works through the fear of punishment.
Ryûkishi just chose a scene that would minimalize the whole problem of Ange's dilemma to one question and that is, wether to look at the hard facts (Beato was holding it in her other hand all the time) to be able to believe in something beyond mere visual evidence (Beato gave it her all to present Ange with something good).
The whole choice wasn't about choosing truth or illusion, neither is it about facing the facts or denial, it is about embracing love despite truth or abandoning love because of truth. It's a choice wether or not you can still love somebody even though you know they did horrible things.
Ange never admitted to be wrong, she just admitted that her way to search for HER truth, that is the 'truth' that Eva killed everybody, brought her nothing but despair.
Just like Battler blindly saught for the 'truth' that there was an additional person Beatrice on the island, who killed his relatives.
We can think it's wrong for them to do so, but it is still their right to do that.
Ange decides to love her family and let them live in her heart despite the (probable) single truth that they all murdered each other in cold blood over money.
What astonishes me is how so many people here can outright refuse this approach, when it is something that probably any of us has done or will do in his or her life. Subjective truth is important to the individual, because if we were to believe in only one single and cold truth, the red truth so to say, we would stop being human.
Ryûkishi's terminology is a bit off at some points (mashing Braun-tubes, cat-boxes, multiple universes and all that together into one big mess) but some people seem to have taken it the wrong way what the actual point was.
Of course there is only one true history for a singular timeline. The catbox in this case is the point of uncertainty, where technically all universes cross and any possibility can be inserted.
The problem is that, once the future is known/it exists, there is a set of given rules the content of the box has to follow once it is opened. In the case of the Rokkenjima catbox that is:
That is why Bernkastel can create the truth that Ushiromiya Lion must still die at the end of Episode 7. From the perspective of that 1998 there cannot be a happy ending where everybody left the island and the typhoon passed without any tragedy.
How that coherency with the future is reached is basically irrelevant as long as all the events happened that can be observed from 1998. Of course it could be that everybody held a happy party and then a natural desaster struck...but then there must be a coherent explanation why Eva was in Kuwadorian, why the bottle letters describe such horrific events, why Battler was washed on the shore of Niijima with amnesia.
Inside the catbox, disconnected from past and future, every possible universe can of course exist, but it's probability of existence is different depending on it's relation to past and present.
The content of Episode 7 has a probability that is close to, if not just 0.
The content of Episode 1, 2 has a relatively low probabilty unless you can find a way in which Eva faked her death.
The content of Episode 3 has a high probability in context with the future, but is lowered again due to it's incoherency with the past (e.g. why would Eva kill George or Hideyoshi?).
|2011-03-01, 10:39
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Join Date: May 2009
I don't want to get into a philosophical debate as to whether universal principles exist, as it is wildly off topic. The point is, even if a justice system is entirely arbitrary and in conformity with the mores of the society in which it applies, murder is considered wrong in 1980s Japan, as I imagine it is wherever you are. Society does not value the taking of life. Yet many societies will not "punish" death with death. They still want to see justice done, however.
The mere fact that the culprit remains unknown is a miscarriage of justice, if for no other reason than it does not satisfy the desire of individuals to have some understanding as to why the crime occurred (and individual desires should be able to skirt the entire argument about societal justice models, as they fulfill solely individual needs).
|2011-03-01, 10:43
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Mystery buff
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Gone Fishin!
Their technical crossing would be a mental one and not one based on reality.
|2011-03-01, 13:24
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The True Culprit
As for the Red Truth, it's "a power granted only to witches", which is pretty much magic in a nutshell. Moreover, it's something that gives "absolute certainty", which is a kind of magic. HERP DERP.
|2011-03-01, 14:42
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Dea ex Kakera
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Sea of Fragments
How about if I replace "Dick and Jane" with "Renall's mother and father"?
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|2011-03-01, 15:26
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Join Date: May 2009
To say otherwise is either to make no point at all, or to admit that totally ambiguous plotting is acceptable.
So basically I really don't understand what you're railing against, because it's a pointless argument that has nothing to do with anything.
|2011-03-01, 16:38
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2010
The moment you pull that trigger, your very soul is escaping that chamber together with the bullet.
If you are asking me, or if Ryuukishi is asking the reader, to feel compassion for a cold blooded murderer and remember him at his best, I honestly find that very offensive.
Imagine you heard on the news that a memorial was held for a rapist, and heard everyone talk about how great he was. Wouldn't that disgust you?
The only reason we didn't see how he felt about it is that he wasn't a main character.
->Evil is not punished by society.
->Evil stops being seen as a taboo.
->Evil is repeated over and over again.
->Society falls apart.
Justice is to exonerate the names of the innocent and to shame the names of the guilty.
Punishing evil not only makes society work, it gives people a sense of relief. A sense that tells them "It's good to live in a society where evil gets punished." No, let's go beyond that. Are you saying that if a killer commits suicide his crimes should be forgotten?
Dying does not exonerate you of your guilt, it only makes it impossible for you to repent for your crimes.
Really, Umineko comes down to "Truth is bad, escapism is good!" It's the polar opposite of Final Fantasy Tactics Advance.
It's just a bad, cowardly, disgusting message. Ryu is either a terrible writer who delivered the wrong message by accident, or he just chooses to focus on a theme that I find disgusting.
There may be cultural differences here, so I can't judge him based on that. But Umineko's final message comes off as stupid, childish, and bad philosophy.
I can't understand how people buy this as valid. It's a repulsive message to me. Exposing the truth is portrayed as worse than murder. It does so with flowery metaphors and all, but it doesn't change the fact of how stupid that message is.
Oh he killed someone? Eh poor guy, had a tough day at work. Must've been Monday.
Oh someone is trying to tell everyone who is guilty and who is innocent? WHAT A HEARTLESS MOTHERFUCKER!
|2011-03-01, 17:34
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The True Culprit
Though to be fair, he's still a better writer than the FFTA guys. "HERP DERP FUCK YOU DONED YOU'RE GETTING BACK IN THE WHEELCHAIR."
|2011-03-01, 18:58
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Dea ex Kakera
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Sea of Fragments
In that little story fragment I wrote, I deliberately underspecified the culprit, but I could have just picked a character with no particular problem. I invented those characters from whole cloth and have no emotional investment in them, so that world isn't real to me. But what about Meta-Battler, who has the same opportunity? Try to put yourself in his shoes for a minute. He's a character who was elevated out of his story and placed in a position to write the continuation of that story. He still has strong emotional connections to all of the characters, and he thinks of them as real people even though he's now on a higher plane than they are.
EP7's tea party suggested that any of the adults could have become the culprit depending on the precise circumstances, and we have very little information about what the precise circumstances actually were. That means the story up until Twilight could, in fact, be ambiguous as to which adult was "really" the culprit, and multiple fragments are consistent with the evidence. So if Meta-Battler points at one of those fragments and says "There, that one is the real one," then he's not revealing the truth, he's defining it. From his perspective, Meta-Ange is basically demanding that he pick one of the people he loves and sacrifice them.
In that situation, is it somehow strange and evil for him to say "I'm writing this story for you, so I'll choose a culprit if I must, but I'm begging you not to make me"?
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Bear in mind, to elaborate on what LyricalAura is saying, they're not exactly saying this is the case for "Rokkenjima Prime", but Meta-Battler doesn't have access to such a world, and neither does Ange. It's gone and only magic can recover information from that blind spot. Meta-Battler can't provide any information his writer doesn't actually know.
|2011-03-01, 19:38
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And now don't give me that whole "they didn't have a chance/they did it for their beliefs" crap. Killing is killing, wether you do it because of something everybody believes or something only you yourself believe.
Murder is a terrible thing, of course, but saying that a murderer is loosing his humanity the minute he murders is just wrong and mysteries that tell such a lie are the worst mysteries. Murder happens because someone is human. The potential for destruction is as much a part of humanity as creation and that is the real tragedy in most murder cases.
That is why the big authors choose sympathetic culprits most of the time and that's why I find mysteries with a purely evil culprit boring...not only because it is unrealistic, but also because it is difficult to relate to them.
Who can relate to a maniac who rips the skin of his living victims and feeds them to a group of wild dogs?! Hopefully none of the readers.
But many people can relate to somebody who feels trapped, unable to act and wishes for just one way to gain power over those who wronged him or her. That is somebody who sees no other escape than murder.
Those are the real tragedies and the real horrors, because that struggle happens in many of us everyday.
|2011-03-02, 00:25
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What I was saying is that killing is never justified.
Be it war, defense or joy, taking a life is taking a life, all it depends on is the reluctance or willingness to kill in general. I think many people who kill in a war would just as well kill in general, if it weren't morally and actively judged by society.
You said that, "You don't get to be treated well if you kill someone. You don't get to be remembered for the good things you did if you kill someone.".
Why would you say is the willingness to kill for the prosperity of your country any less misguided than killing for something personal like revenge or hatred?
When is a murder really cold blooded and when do we cross the line towards desperation as an explenation for the wrong path that the culprit took?
Let's assume the culprit really was Yasu.
S/he is a confused child who grew up without any parents or knowledge of her descent. She was merely a part of the "house of Ushiromiya" a concept she felt not really like a part of. The only real friends are imaginary friends she makes up to keep her company, while the adult servants see no real need in keeping her from that.
At the age of maybe 14 or 15, she suddenly learns through the orchestration of the head-servant, Genji, that she was the rightful heir to that house she served all along. The current head of family is both her grandfather and her father and her real mother died in a freak accident, when she abandoned her in search for freedom. The woman who was supposed to adopt her and is now her employer was so disgusted by the thought of raising her, that she rather had her fall down a cliff than care for her. And the only people she considered family, Kumasawa and Genji, were keeping all that from her.
To make matters even better, the guy she is in love with suddenly vanishes without giving her any proper reason, right after he promised to take her away. And 6 years later, when she finally moved on and decided to give everything away, that guy returns and she is given a small chance to live happily ever after with him...only to learn that he seems to have forgotten her entirely.
And even though she has all that gold and is practically the head of the family she cannot really act on it, because there is no way for her to actually prove her existence as the rightful heir. The children of Kinzô make it pretty clear that they won't let anybody interfere with their personal way towards the inheritance...imagine their reaction towards a former servant who suddenly turned up and said she was the illegitimate child of their father and an unkown/unnamed woman, who is the daughter of the escaped daughter of an Italian general from WWII, who should have been executed in Italy and survived with the help of Kinzô and Dr. Nanjô in total secrecy until she died giving birth to that unnamed and unregistered daughter in a secret mansion in the woods on Rokkenjima.
It's not like there were any reliable parenthood tests back in the 80's that would have proven anything without any records concerning that mysterious mother who nobody knew and nobody except some not really talkative servants ever saw.
Don't get me wrong, if she really was the murderer in this story it would still be wrong what she did, but you cannot tell me that it's impossible to understand why she would have done it...and it's not like she is the only one who suffered.
|2011-03-02, 03:06
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"He was going to blow up an occupied orphanage, and force was the only means to stop him! By doing so I saved the lives of 80 orphans."
"Fuck you, you killed a dude. You shouldn't of done so. He would've gotten punished for his crime, but now we gotta punish you."
But hey, you think you know more about criminal justice than an actual lawyer, so whatever.
|2011-03-02, 05:57
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An army's not a bunch of homicidal maniacs running rampage on foreign ground.
Their duty's not to kill as much enemies as possible, but to protect innocents and re-establish order where it has been lost, even if it means resorting to force (At least from my understanding).
Psychologically speaking they don't go away unscathed either. War veterans shooting themselves after returning from a war is not a rare occurence, Sherry's analogy might not be that off after all.
"Hey, I'm your friendly neighborhood terrorist and I'm going to kill all the minorities in this country, and that, and that next to that, and then I'm gonna blow up a buncha bombs in your country, have fun!"
(I know it's clichéed, I'm not even american, but bear with me.)
Also, deviating a little?
|2011-03-02, 08:53
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Edit: Killing is very very easy to justify, after all that's what nearly all the Shounen stories and hollywood movies is about. To say killing is wrong, one must see humans in a very favorable light. I guess for random example, I remember in India that this guy was caught for kidnapping children, raping them, killing them, and then eating their bodies. Once a guy did all that to your child, not killing sound like it would be more wrong. If anything it's a service to the rest of humanity at that point.
Beside whenever a judge gives the death penalty, it remains killing. There's plenty of grey areas when it comes to murder.
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No. 90,796
JEFF SCHREIBER and CATHY SCHREIBER,
1. A question raised on appeal as to statutory construction is a question of law, and the scope of this court's review is unlimited.
2. K.S.A. 2003 Supp. 60-250(a)(1) is construed and applied.
3. As provided in K.S.A. 2003 Supp. 60-250(a)(1), the district court may grant a motion for judgment as a matter of law only after a party has been fully heard on an issue.
4. A plaintiff cannot be granted judgment as a matter of law at the close of the plaintiff's case.
Appeal from Lincoln District Court; THOMAS M. TUGGLE, judge. Opinion filed September 17, 2004. Reversed and remanded for a new trial.
Daniel D. Metz, of Metz Law Firm, Chtd., of Lincoln, for appellant.
Russel B. Prophet, of Hampton & Royce, L.C., of Salina, for appellees.
Before RULON, C.J., ELLIOTT, J., and WAHL, S.J.
WAHL, J.: Allen Beach appeals from the district court's judgment in favor of appellees in their conversion action against Beach and in his counterclaim against the Schreibers.
In August 2002, Shelly Walden and her fiancé, Jimmy Walters, entered into an agreement with Jeff and Cathy Schreiber to train three of the Schreibers' horses. The horses were brought to the farm which Walden leased from Bernita Jensen. Walden and Walters trained the horses at the farm for about 2 months.
Walden and Walters had an oral agreement with Walden's stepfather, Allen Beach, whereby Beach paid 1 year's rent in advance on the Jensen farm where Walden and Walters lived as part of Walden's compensation for working at Beach's ranch. Beach also agreed to pay the couple's utility bills. A disagreement between Beach and Walden developed. Walden quit her job in July, and she and Walters moved from the Jensen farm.
On October 6, Walters called the Schreibers to inform them that he and Walden were moving and that the horses needed to be picked up as soon as possible. Allegedly thinking the horses belonged to Walden and Walters, Beach removed the Schreibers' horses from the Jensen farm. The removal of the horses was apparently fueled by the removal from the Jensen farmhouse of a stove and refrigerator which belonged to Beach. He believed Walters and Walden had taken the appliances and wanted to hold the horses as collateral.
After learning that Beach probably had possession of the horses, the Schreibers, along with Lincoln County Sheriff's Deputy Russ Black, went to Beach's home. Beach refused to return the horses and told the Schreibers and Black to leave the property. Through counsel, Beach later sent the Schreibers a letter offering to return the horses and a bill for feeding and tending the horses.
On October 16, the Schreibers filed suit against Beach and Jensen, seeking equitable and legal relief for conversion of the horses. Beach filed a counterclaim against the Schreibers for the cost of caring for the horses and for slander. Beach later dropped the slander claim, and Jensen was dismissed as a defendant.
A jury trial was held on April 24 and 25, 2003, at which the Schreibers were awarded $4,420 in compensatory damages. The jury also agreed to award punitive damages. After Beach's motions for a new trial and to set aside the punitive damages were overruled, the district court awarded the Schreibers $30,000 in punitive damages. Beach filed a timely appeal.
The question before us is whether the district court erred in granting the Schreibers' motion for judgment as a matter of law.
Beach argues the district court erred when it granted judgment as a matter of law in favor of the Schreibers on the conversion and counterclaim issues. Specifically, he contends the court exceeded its statutory authority when it granted judgment prior to the presentation of Beach's case in chief. Based on the plain language of K.S.A. 2003 Supp. 60-250(a), we agree.
Because the issue raised on appeal is one of statutory interpretation and thus a question of law, our review is unlimited. Williamson v. City of Hays, 275 Kan. 300, 305, 64 P.3d 364 (2003).
The applicable procedural statute is K.S.A. 2003 Supp. 60-250(a)(1), which provides:
"If during a trial by jury a party has been fully heard on an issue and there is no legally sufficient evidentiary basis for a reasonable jury to find for that party on that issue, the court may determine the issue against that party and may grant a motion for judgment as a matter of law against that party with respect to a claim or defense that cannot under the controlling law be maintained or defeated without a favorable finding on that issue." (Emphasis added.)
The district court held a conference in chambers after the Schreibers had rested. During the chambers conference, counsel for each party made a motion for directed verdict. Ultimately, the court ruled that "I think that the elements of conversion have been satisfied and accordingly plaintiffs' motion for directed verdict on the claim of conversion is granted." The court also granted the Schreibers' motion on the counterclaim and informed counsel the remainder of the trial would be limited to the question of damages. These rulings were memorialized in the journal entry of judgment. Beach raised the issue of alleged error under K.S.A. 2003 Supp. 60-250(a) in his motion for a new trial which was denied.
As a matter of semantics, directed verdict is merely the former name for judgment as a matter of law. The legislature began using the new term in 1997. See L. 1997, ch. 173, sec. 26; Stover v. Superior Industries Int'l, Inc., 29 Kan. App. 2d 235, 237, 29 P.3d 967 (2000).
In this case, the district court granted the motion for judgment as a matter of law against Beach following the presentation of the Schreibers' case but prior to hearing Beach's case. K.S.A. 2003 Supp. 60-250(a)(1) does not confer such authority on the district court. The court may grant such a motion only after "a party has been fully heard on an issue." As this court has previously held, that statutory language "preclude[s] a motion for directed verdict by a plaintiff at the close of the plaintiff's case." Miller v. Miller, No. 73,772, unpublished opinion filed March 29, 1996, rev. denied 260 Kan. 994 (1996).
The rationale behind this requirement is not difficult to comprehend. As the Stover court pointed out: "[E]ven when the facts are undisputed, there could be conflicting inferences from those facts." 29 Kan. App. 2d at 237-38. Although Beach was called to testify during the plaintiffs' case, counsel for the Schreibers twice objected to the scope of cross-examination. The court sustained both objections, commenting that "if [that line of inquiry is] pursued it should be done at a later time" and "if you want to go into the particulars of [that] claim[,] that should be done at a later time."
The district court ignored the provisions of K.S.A. 2003 Supp. 60-250(a) which permit parties to make motions for judgments as a matter of law any time prior to submission of a case to the jury but only allow the granting of such motions after the party adverse to the motion is fully heard. This case must be remanded for a new trial.
Since this case must be remanded for a new trial, we need not consider appellant's issues raised as to the award of punitive damages.
Reversed and remanded for a new trial.


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|Marty Hurney's tenure with the Carolina Panthers has come to an end. (Chuck Burton/Associated Press)
Carolina Panthers general manager Marty Hurney hired coach Ron Rivera before the 2011 season. Hurney now has been shown the door.
While Rivera hasn't had long to get his feet wet as an NFL head coach, his job security suddenly looks to be in danger.
There will be a new decision-maker in Carolina before next season. New decision-makers almost always want to bring in their own hand-picked coach. It didn't take long for speculation to start that Panthers owner Jerry Richardson could look to a coach who would have enough sway bring in his own hand-picked GM.
The analysts on "NFL AM" immediately began to talk about Bill Cowher as a potential coaching candidate in Carolina. It's not fair to Rivera, but it's a natural connection considering Cowher's ties to the area. (He lives in Raleigh, N.C.) In case you're just tuning in, work life in the NFL isn't about "fair."
Rivera is 7-15 in two seasons. He's a defensive coach who has struggled to improve the Panthers' defense. Whether or not Cowher is interested in the job is almost irrelevant. Rivera and offensive coordinator Rob Chudzinski have 10 games at most to show they are the right men to lead Cam Newton and this franchise.
Richardson showed Monday that he's ready to make big changes. Rivera will have a new boss or he'll be fired. He's coaching for his job the rest of this season.
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Diane Keaton to receive Sherry Lansing Leadership Award
The Annie Hall icon will be feted at The Hollywood Reporter's 21st Annual Women in Entertainment Breakfast in Los Angeles on 5 December (12) for her work as a pioneer, mentor, and philanthropist.
Director Janice Min says, "For four decades, Diane Keaton has shown women how far we can go and how deeply we can affect change. She is a brilliant actress and a role model for women across generations."
The publication's Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Entertainment will also be celebrated at the event.
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The digital world is evolving and unless businesses want their video content to go the way of the dinosaurs, our production techniques have to start evolving too.
Capitol Broadcasting Company recently attended the ATSC Broadcast Television Conference and spoke about plans to transition into a new television broadcast standard. In addition to reviewing highlights of the last transition from analog to digital television and addressing questions about the next transition, the implementation of 4K Ultra-High Definition Television was assessed in a panel discussion.
We started using the Red Scarlet 4K UHD camera last year after we heard it was taking Hollywood by storm. Movies such as Lone Survivor, Thor: The Dark World, and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug have all used the Red camera for filming, as well as television shows such as House of Cards, Criminal Minds, and Supernatural. Now, it very well may become part of the new television standard. As 4K prevails over alternatives, companies will have to adapt to the new technology in order to stay on top of the industry.
Globosat, a cable and satellite service in South America, has partnered with several other service providers including Envivio, which has over 300 content and service provider clients worldwide, to broadcast the 2014 FIFA World Cup finals in 4K. Globostat CTO Robert Primo boasted that "Global sporting events like the 2014 World Cup finals are the ideal stage to showcase the promise of 4K TV to consumers."
Right here in our neck of the woods, WRAL is pushing the envelope in their endeavors to incorporate 4K UHD cameras into their programming. Their documentary, Take Me Out to the Bulls Game, will debut on television later this summer and will be the first locally produced 4K program in the country.
Now is the time to start planning to produce in 4K, before your video content becomes obsolete. Our use of the Red camera to create 4K UHD productions is part of our efforts to stay ahead of the curve in the video industry, and we'd love to help your company make the transition into the new age of television. Contact us for more information about how we can deliver the newest, most cutting-edge services for your needs or watch our 4K demo reel below to see what we can do for you.


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The following is what our readers sounded off about this week:
The right thing to do
I applaud the Geneva School District 304 school board for responding to the teachers union demands with a scathing letter to the union's last best offer. As a taxpayer in Geneva and an employee at a neighboring school district in the Tri-Cities, I feel respect each day that I walked into school, knowing that I accepted a two-year complete wage freeze without burdening the district with mediation and negotiation costs. I certainly hope the Geneva teachers will do the same, as this is the right thing to do to avoid a stressful situation for Geneva students, parents and taxpayers.
Top 25
First of all, I am a fan of reporter Brenda Schory. [Regarding] her article "Can't fire striking teachers, but they can be replaced" – I agree you cannot replace all teachers, but you can replace the top 25 and 25 more next year. When you go on strike in the name of helping kids, what you really want is more pay, pension and benefits. Nothing benefits the kids. When a teacher gets too big for their pants, it's time for a reality check. Top 25, get out, and get a job in the real world.
Teacher salaries are generous
This is in response to the Geneva parent who supports teacher raises in Geneva. She is concerned they will lose good teachers if they are not competitive with their salaries. First of all, Geneva is competitive. They are paid a little bit more, on average, than St. Charles teachers, and a little bit less than Batavia. Tenured teachers don't usually leave their school district. Then they would lose seniority. What she really should be worried about is how she and her kids are going to pay all the taxes to pay all these teachers and these unrealistic pensions. They're salaries are plenty generous, and they ought to cut the pensions in half.
Replace the teachers
I'm calling about the impending Geneva teacher strike. I get so sick of these teachers claiming that they put the kids first, and here they are talking about striking in the middle of the school year. Do they think at all about these kids who are trying to play their sports, so they can get their scholarships or be able to compete for academic scholarships? This is the middle of a kids' school year. They have put in all this time and effort, and you are going to screw it all up for them. You are greedy, and you don't think you make enough money for working eight months of the year and sitting around all summer, getting a tan? Give me a break. If teachers care about the kids, negotiate with the school board and agree that when the school gets out in June, that you will meet every day, through the whole summer, until you get an agreement. But don't hurt the kids this way. It makes us all disgusted. We know you don't really care about the kids. You care about your summers off and your teacher institute days. Give me a break. We don't buy it anymore. I hope they replace every striking teacher. They don't care about the students.
Who would vote for Obama?
I'm responding to the person who lives in Kane County who is a Democrat and also is voting for Obama and says to watch the movie ["Fahrenheit 9/11"], saying that Obama came into a huge mess. But it's a huge mess now. How many people in Kane County have lost their jobs? How many people are paying for their own health insurances? Gas prices are high. Do you honestly think Obama is doing such a good job? And if you are voting for him, here, we're unemployed. And as for food drives or helping the church, we're done. I can't see who would vote for Obama.
It's not about the unions
Geneva School Board, a union has never taught a child. Decertify the union. Hire the teachers back, with a normal contract. The practices of the Geneva Teachers Union [have] been long, and now we can no longer afford them. Let the union go. Keep the kids in school. It really is all about the kids, not the unions.
Table for one
I am a senior citizen, and a lot of times in the paper it shows for dinner for two, a lunch. But how about the seniors who eat by themselves? My husband passed away. My kids don't live around here, and all the people I'm used to from being in Kane County moved or live in a nursing home. They should cater to single people who eat by themselves. They cater to the ones who have somebody, and that's well and good. But when you're left alone, it's not so good.
Optimism on Fishermen's Inn
We're so happy someone finally bought Fishermen's Inn. We just hope they do not make it an a la carte restaurant. Elburn is not an Oakbrook or a city like that. That is why we never went back to Fishermen's Inn before it was changed for the worse. We had so many fond memories there. Hope and pray the new owners take this into consideration and make it the restaurant that it was years and years ago, and everyone will have fond memories, too.
We've suffered enough
Big thanks to Mayor DeWitte for addressing the abomination at 605 Prairie St. Hope he encourages the next mayor to continue enforcing code or tear down that monstrosity. We've also suffered long enough with that dangerous eyesore.
Nasty politicians
This is something for everybody to really think about. These politicians do so much bad-mouthing about each other. What do you think they really say about the people who vote for them or vote against them? I bet that's really nasty.
Bullying and politicians
Bullying is a very serious problem. You see it all over. And it all starts with the adults. They've got to stop the bullying that the politicians are doing to each other, and maybe it'll filter down to where the children won't be such bullies. But I think they are picking that up from adults, who are bullying each other. It's really sad. The election will be over really soon, and maybe it will stop for a while.
No love for roundabouts
Why would Kane County want to experiment with over $2 million of taxpayer money on these roundabouts? They've tried doing this. Stop signs and traffic signals work fine. If you have more congested areas, that's why they have bridges with on and off ramps. People go the wrong way on these roundabouts and there's more accidents. That's why they're not very popular in the United States. Route 47 has been closed long enough for all the construction, and they don't need to close it anymore.
Unions to the rescue
I'm calling regarding all of the workers who are going to the East Coast to help out after the storm. I hope all of you who are so against the union will notice that most of these people who are going to repair things and rescue people are all union workers, putting in many, many hours away from their families to help everyone. Another thing I'd like to say is the woman who called in and said she questioned the intelligence of any woman who votes for Romney … I question the intelligence of any woman who is blind enough to fall for Obama's rhetoric. I guess now we're even.
Watch 'Obama 2016'
I would like to encourage everyone, before you vote, to turn your TV on to HD and to watch "Obama 2016." It is not political at all. It is simply a documentary about his life and his family. You hear Obama speaking, in his own words, about his agenda. I will let you make the decision for yourself, once you see we are his blind followers.
President and the critics
I'm getting so tired of hearing from these people who are dissatisfied with our president and saying that he hasn't done anything. The reason he hasn't gotten through all of the good things he wanted to do is because Congress wouldn't cooperate with him. I think it's terrible the way they put those ads on the television. It's so cheap, and it's untrue. I'll be glad when it's over.
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Today perhaps more than ever, parents and guardians are examining more and more alternatives when it comes to the education of their children.
Five students were singled out for their accomplishments last week when the Williston City Council and Mayor R. Gerald Hethcoat honored the May Students of the Month.
Kindergarten Registration at Joyce Bullock
With school starting on Aug. 20, it is critical to register your incoming kindergartener as soon as possible.
Children need to be 5 years old on or before Sept. 1. Please bring a copy of your child's birth certificate, Social Security card, shot record and a physical that cannot be more than a year old from the Aug. 20 date.
Class Assignments, Important Dates for JBES
Two Williston Middle School teachers, agricultural teacher Natalie Couey and seventh grade science teacher Elizabeth Horner are among 12 Florida teachers who have been selected for the Florida Agriscience Education Leadership Program.
The Agriscience Education Leadership Program is a joint effort between the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the Florida Department of Education.
The Florida FFA Association recently selected twenty-two (22) student members as finalists in the highly coveted "Stars of Florida" award recognition program, among them Michael Holder, (Star Farmer) from Williston High School and Landon Smith and John Robert Trimm Jr., (Star Greenhand) from Bronson High School.
Williston Mayor Gerald Hethcoat and the city council honored Students of the Month prior to the March 6 meeting.
Special to the Pioneer
Williston High School's Law Studies students and their instructor, April Palmer, invite the community to attend the second annual mock trial, in the WHS auditorium, Jan. 25, from 10:37 a.m. until 12:57 p.m.
When Candy Barber started working as a substitute in the Chiefland schools lunchroom she only wanted to have a job that allowed her to be home with her children, Royce and Janet, when they were not in school.
On Jan. 4 Barber, who estimates she has served or overseen the serving of over 5 million meals, will retire from her post as coordinator of food service for the county's 13 schools. She is also president of the Florida School Nutrition Association.
Williston Middle School Principal Pamela Asbell, says she is "hired up and fired up" for another great year in 2011-12, and there are several upcoming opportunities to get parents and students ready as well.
A back to school rally was held last Saturday in the WMS cafeteria, hosted by the community, to put school supplies in the hands of needy students, along with great information and advice to help students "Soar" this coming year.
On Thursday, Aug. 18, WHS will be having an Open House from 6:30-8:30 p.m. This will be a chance for students and parents to meet both new and returning staff members and visit classrooms.
A few changes this year include dress code rules, food and drink rules, and some changes in the attendance policy. Students will find a more controlled campus with more student accountability. All students will be given a Student Planner/Agenda to assist with organization.
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