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|Masumi Sera
|Japanese name:
|世良 真純
(Sera Masumi)
|Shuichi Akai (older brother)
Shukichi Haneda (second-older brother)
Mary (mother)
|Teitan High School Student
|First appearance:
|Manga: File 768
Anime: Episode 646
|Chapters: 44
Episodes: 18
Openings: 3
|Keyhole number:
|Volume 73
|Japanese voice:
|Noriko Hidaka
Masumi Sera (世良 真純 ,Sera Masumi) is a character in the manga and anime franchise Detective Conan. She is a self-proclaimed high school detective and practitioner of the martial art Jeet Kune Do. After making a mostly correct deduction during a murder case, she transfers to Ran's high school class. She seems to know that Conan is a detective.
Masumi Sera is a high school detective and skilled at Jeet Kune Do, the martial art founded by Bruce Lee. She can fight in the same level as Ran. She transfers to Ran and Sonoko's class at Teitan High. Since three years ago, she'd been living in America with her parents, presumably due to Akai infiltrating the Black Organization. She claims she'd rather live in Japan where she was born and raised, so she came to Tokyo and is currently living in a hotel.
Sera is quite quick-minded, coming up with clever plans and adapting them to sudden changes rapidly. Sera seems to be prone to dramatics like most detectives are, but perhaps to a lesser degree than Shinichi or Heiji as she bluntly says who the criminal is without preamble. On the other hand, Sera is tough to the point that she is willing to risk all to achieve a successful conclusion of a case. In one instance, she purposefully lured a hostage-taker into a sniper's sight with a smile, hoping he would be shot without showing any apprehension about his possible demise.
Although she has crime scene experience, Sera seems to be less skilled as a detective than Shinichi or Heiji, apparently missing a critical clue that was necessary to understand how the murderer's setup worked, although Conan opines that Sera purposely made an error in order to test him. In some degree, she seems to like rivalry or contests to see who the winner is.
Sera's catchphrase upon the conclusion of a case is "case closed".
Plot overviewEdit
Sera's Introduction (Manga: 768 - 770, Anime: 646 - 647)EditSonoko, Ran, and Conan on a bus after she was mistaken for a groper. After Sonoko declared Sera was the groper, Sera and Ran got into a fight, with Sera's Jeet Kune Do holding even against Ran's karate. Conan and Sera cleared up the misunderstanding by pointing out the real groper. Sonoko then mistook Sera for a boy, an impression which wasn't helped by Sera declaring that Ran was "his type". Sera and Ran both discovered they were heading to the same hotel, about which Conan is less than pleased. Sera finds out the hotel she is staying at doesn't have a room available and complains at the front desk. A man then falls into the parking lot and dies. Conan runs to the source of screaming while Sera told the guard to watch the elevators before running to the roof. She immediately declares the crime to be a murder, giving her reasoning. She then reveals her name, Sera, that she is a detective, and knows Conan is a detective as well.
Inspector Megure is not pleased to have another high school detective underfoot but lets Sera and Conan investigate regardless. After listening to the suspect testimony, police observations, and examining the crime scene, Sera announces that she has solved the case.
However, Sera's deduction leaves out a critical detail; Conan is therefore forced to use Shinichi's phone to call his own, give Inspector Megure Conan's phone, and speak through Shinichi's as Shinichi using the voice-changer bow tie. Shinichi figures out the detail that had Sera stumped, although a look she gives Conan as he runs off suggests her omission was possibly intentional, and once during the phone conversation she tries to trick Shinichi into admitting that he is physically present at the crime scene instead of being explained the details by Conan and Megure.
The following day, Sera transfers to Teitan High School, surprising both Ran and Sonoko. She was rather popular at school surrounded by students asking her questions about herself.
Kogoro Detective Agency Hostage Crisis (Manga: 771-774, Anime: 648 - 650)Edit
Let's hear your brilliant deduction! (771)Edit
According to Sonoko, Sera has become very popular at Teitan high for being "cheery, sociable, boyish, and cute...and on top of that, she is a jeet kun do-using female detective!" One classmate compares her to Shinichi Kudo who has been taking a break from school. Sera tells inquiring classmates that she has been staying in America with her parents since three years ago, but "rebelled" because she would rather live in her Japan where she was born and raised. She sneaks up behind Sonoko and Ran after school because she wanted to speak to Conan at the Mouri Detective Agency. At the agency, Sera is unhappy to hear that Conan and the rest of Detective Boys are staying at Agasa's house and will be camping the following day. She settles for asking Kogoro if Conan is always at his side when he solves cases, hinting that she suspects Conan is the real brains behind "Sleeping Kogoro". Just as Sera is about to walk out the door, three female mystery writers and a man enter the agency. After a moment of confusion, the man suddenly fires a gun into the roof and takes the detective agency hostage. His demands are that Kogoro figure out which of the three writers killed his sister at a ryokan one month ago. The quick thinking Sera sidles up to Ran and tells her to go for the man's gun after she takes his legs out. Sera's leg sweep sends the man to the floor, and Ran removes the gun from the man's hand with a kick; however, Sera leaps back when the man reveals he has bombs strapped around his chest and will detonate them if they try to stop him.
Meanwhile at Agasa's, Haibara is angry that Conan used Shinichi's voice to solve a case around the suspicious Sera. Conan's response is that Sera is familiar somehow, like they have met before or she looks like someone, and Conan feels she isn't an enemy. Genta and Mitsuhiko told Conan they saw a high school student walking home with Ran, so the jealous Conan calls Ran's cellphone to hear about it from her.
The hostage taker man orders Ran to answer her phone, but Sera snatches the phone away and says hello to Conan (who is shocked that Sera is with Ran). Sera then tricks the hostage taker and keeps the line connected so Conan can listen in by closing Ran's Sea Cucumber Man cellphone strap in between the screen and keypad of the the flip phone.
Nickname Rules (772)Edit
Sera asks a few insightful questions about the case; however the hostage taker man discovers Ran's phone is still connected. Under gunpoint, Sera steps in front of Ran and takes the blame, but Conan, using Shinichi's voice, says he ordered Ran to do it. Sera is mystified by why Shinichi is now on Conan's phone. Sera meanwhile spots a glint of light across from the detective agency and declares that the case will come to an end without Shinichi's help.
Possible Sniping (773)Edit
Sera explains to Ran that she secretly kept the call to Conan connected so he could call the police and research into the case. While Sera is still surprised that Shinichi was on the other end of the line instead of Conan, she had initially hoped that Shinichi would somehow be able to talk down the would-be-murderer. She suspects that Shinichi has already figured which one of the suspects is the murderer in the ryokan case, but Shinichi is unable to reveal the truth because the hostage taker would then kill the named culprit and then himself. Sera's plan changed when she noticed the lights from the police snipers on the building across from Mouri Detective Agency. She explains to Ran in detail the names and functions of the various police divisions responsible for hostage situations, and tells Ran in a roundabout fashion that this situation will end with the hostage taker being killed by the police.
Sera launches a plan to bring the hostage taker into the snipers' range by telling him he should charge Ran's phone battery. Ran foils Sera's intentions by shutting the curtains, blocking the snipers' shot. To Sera's utter astonishment, Ran tells her that she doesn't want to see anyone die in front of her and declares that "Shinichi won't allow anyone to die. He absolutely wouldn't!"
The book with unturned pages (774)Edit
Video Site (Manga: 775-777, Anime: 656-657)EditGenta and Mitsuhiko outside of Agasa's house to ask them if they are acquaintances of Professor Agasa. The topic of Shinichi comes up when she talks to Mitsuhiko and Genta about the prior hostage case. Mitsuhiko mentions that Haibara told them to keep Shinichi's involvement secret. After asking about Haibara, Sera mentions that she saw Haibara in one of the professor's online videos. Next, Sera asks who is currently living in the Kudo house because she saw the curtains shift slightly. The Detective Boys tell her that Subaru Okiya has been staying there since his apartment burnt down.
Sera cryptically comments with a smirk on her face, "And here I thought that someone had just settled in without permission...But it seems I was just getting worked up over nothing..." while looking up at where Subaru Okiya is hiding.
At the end of the case, Sera is in her hotel room deleting various files. One of her deleted files was a still image from Agasa's video blown up to show Haibara reflected in Agasa's glasses. This indicates that she is not only keeping an eye on Conan but also on Haibara. "Delete... Delete... For data, at least is an easy task to accomplish...", were her words while she was doing it.
East vs. West Rematch (Manga: 778-780, Anime: 651)EditHeiji Hattori who is stopping by for a visit. Sera is curious whether Heiji or Shinichi is the better detective. After Heiji is introduced to Sera, Kazuha then calls Heiji and tells her that she is stuck at a restaurant because someone died and a foreigner Andre Camel is keeping everyone from leaving. Sera proposes Heiji and Shinichi (via Conan's cellphone) have a deduction match. At the crime scene, Sera becomes curious about the foreigner, Andre Camel who secured the area. The police and Conan reveal Camel is an FBI agent and Sera takes interest. Meanwhile, Camel finds that Sera looks familiar, but can't quite place why. He takes a picture of her and mails it to Jodie and James Black who are waiting outside. Jodie and James Black think Sera resembles someone too, but only James Black correctly identified Sera as female.
Meanwhile Sera is busy helping with the case, asking questions and making comments about various deductions. Heiji nearly slips up with Conan's identity in front of her earning a pointed question from Sera, but Heiji rescues himself by saying he thinks of Conan as Kudo when Conan gets smug have hearing Shinichi's deductions over the phone. Sera doesn't seemed to be fooled though, her thoughts show that she seems to know Conan, not Shinichi, is the one solving the case while watching Conan come to his final conclusion.
EYE (Manga: 781, Anime: 652)Edit
Kogoro-san is a Good Man (Manga: 787, Anime: 661)Edit
Sera is walking with Conan, Ran and Sonoko. While they wonder why Kogoro has been coming home late, Sonoko thinks he's found himself a mistress. Sera thinks that he is just investigating a case. When an old lady named Takae Kiritani comes, she claims that Kogoro has been helping her. Sera asks what he does for her to which she replies that its small things like helping around the house. Sera isn't seen again for the rest of the case.
Murder at Mouri Detective Agency (Manga: 797-800, Anime: 672-674)EditTooru Amuro, Megure comments that the number of detectives around Kogoro has increased again, referring to Sera. Amuro takes interest in Sera. Later, Kogoro and friends go over to a suspect's apartment. Sera calls Ran after hearing about the murder on the news because she is worried about her and Conan. The call has an usual amount of static which alerts Amuro that there are listening devices present. Amuro abruptly hangs up Ran's phone on Sera. Meanwhile, Conan intentionally gets himself kidnapped by the primary suspect. After Ran enables calling again, Sera calls back immediately and is very upset because she was worried something had happened to Ran. Ran tells her that Conan has been kidnapped, and details to Sera the murder at Kogoro's agency. In order to figure out where the kidnapper is headed, Kogoro and Amuro search the apartment and decide to go to the address of one of the other suspects.
Sera arrives at suspect's home on her motorcycle, but just misses Kogoro and the gang leaving. She hears the elevator descending and rushes back downstairs in time to follow Amuro's car. Meanwhile, the culprit has been driving around with Conan while Haibara has been directing Okiya's car towards them using the criminal tracking glasses. Okiya catches up to the kidnapper and relays what the car looks like to Kogoro. Amuro sees the suspect's car heading in the opposite direction so he quickly wheels around after it. Sera, who has been following Amuro's car this whole time, u-turns after Amuro and continues chasing. Amuro gets in front of the suspect's car and stops it. The suspect gets out of the car holding Conan at gunpoint, but Sera drives up onto the roof of the car. She swings her motorcycle around so that the rear wheel slams into the woman's face knocking her unconscious. With tears of relief, Sera hugs Conan, happy he is safe. Amuro, Okiya, and Vermouth look on.
Meeting with Scar Akai (Manga: 801, Anime: 675) Edit
When Ran hangs up her cellphone, the topic switches over to Amuro. Sera says to Ran she wants to meet Amuro because she never got a really good look at him from the last case, but Sonoko thinks she wants to meet Conan. instead. Ran says Shinichi and Conan are big fans of Sherlock Holmes. Sera thinks about that she has known that for a long time.
Suddenly, Sera sees Scar Akai in the crowd ahead. She runs after him, but she can't catch him. Ran wonders who Sera was chasing, but Sera replies she thought it was someone she knew, and silently appends in her mind that it would be impossible for the man she was chasing to be the person she thinks it was.
Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case (Manga: 812-814, Anime: 690-691)Edit
Gunma Campground's Cabin Trap (Manga: 815-817, Anime: 699-700)Edit
Mystery Train (Manga: 818-824, Anime: 701-704)Edit
Sera Kicked Kid (Manga: 828-830)Edit
Cooking Show Murder (Manga: 844-846, Anime: 726-727)Edit
Adultery Investigation (Manga: 856-858)Edit
After being hired by a classmate, Kitao Keiko, Sera is investigating to see if the boyfriend of Keiko's sister has fully committed to their relationship. However, as the atmosphere is rapidly changed by the murder, Sera and Conan start to investigate the crime scene. When Conan has finally deduced who the culprit is, he also observes Sera making a call with someone saying "...Say, my deduction... It's not wrong, is it?".haha
Meeting Makoto (Manga: 859-861)Edit
At a Bowling Center with Conan, Ran, Sonoko and Kogoro, Sera is introduced to Sonoko's boyfriend Makoto. Shortly before, Sera mistook Makoto for a stranger being "overly friendly" with Sonoko, therefore defending her with Jeet Kune Do. Explaining Sera has been taught Jeet Kune Do by her older brother, she also reveals that besides her assumingly dead brother she has a second-oldest brother. Furthermore Sera explains to Conan that her brother also advises her on cases by phone. After successfully investigating the crime scene with Conan, Sera steps aside with her smartphone and types in the message "It seems like he's also arrived at the truth... But whether or not our deductions are the same - lately I've been losing confidence in that regard...". When the recipient writes back "Who is he? I'd like an explanation!", Sera takes a picture with her smartphone. However, the recipient's answer "If it's him, there's no problem." reveals that he is familiar with Conan. It is heavily implied that it is the same person Conan saw Sera making a call with in File 857.
Plot ExpositionEdit
Hints that Sera was Shuichi Akai's sisterEditSera was revealed to be Shuichi Akai's sister on the Bell Tree Express after a confrontation with Scar Akai and while sleeptalking.
*Sera has bags under her eyes identical to Shuichi Akai's.
- Masumi Sera's name is also incredibly similar to Mobile Suit Gundam character Sayla Mass (セイラ・マス, Seira Masu). Akai's name is derived from Sayla Mass's older brother's name, Char Aznable.
- Conan said he has a feeling he had met her before. "Somehow I feel like we've met somewhere before, it might be that person resembles someone I know, that's why the feeling that we've met before is on my mind..."
- Andre Camel and most likely James Black seem to recognize her from somewhere. On another interesting note, James Black was the first to recognize that Sera was a girl. Everyone else thought that she was a guy when they first saw her. Since James was Akai's boss, he would most likely know that Akai has a younger sister and what she would look like.
- Sera lived in Japan until three years ago when her family moved to America. This matches with the time when Akai was infiltrating the Black Organization. The family's move to America could be the FBI's attempt to protect them should something go wrong with Akai's mission.
- In Chapter 801, Sera chased after Scar Akai who appeared while she was walking with Ran in front of the Mouri Detective Agency. Although, Scar Akai hid before she could find him, she told Ran that she had just seen "someone she knew".
- In Chapter 859, Sera, when being asked who taught her Jeet Kune Do, answers that her older brother did. Consequently, Conan asks Sera: "But, didn't you say your older brother was dead?" This leads to Sera remarking "Yeah... That's what I heard." also further supporting the theory that Sera is in Japan to investigate her brother's death.
Hints that Sera was not BourbonEdit
- In Chapter 801, Sera chased after Scar Akai who appeared while she was walking with Ran in front of the Mouri Detective Agency. Although, Scar Akai hid before she could find him, she told Ran that she had just seen "someone she knew". She then thinks there is "no way it was possible" regarding the man she saw, which would make sense if she thought Akai was dead. This implied she wasn't Bourbon, since Bourbon believes he is the only one who can kill Akai, implying that Gin might have failed to do so. Hence Bourbon wouldn't think that it was impossible to meet Akai again in the street.
Relationships analysisEdit
Friends & FamilyEdit
Shuichi AkaiEdit
Shuichi Akai is Sera's older brother. She seems to miss him after his supposed death.
Conan Edogawa EditSera is interested in Conan's abilities as a detective and has been gathering information on him and his friends. She may be suspicious that Conan is Shinichi Kudo. Despite her initial suspicious presentation, Conan felt like she wasn't a bad person and so didn't mistrust her. Conan at one point questions her if they've met before, but she denies this and secretly thinks, "Now's not the time". In fact, Sera is quite fond of Conan, and treats him like her younger brother.
Ai HaibaraEdit
Sera has been interested in meeting Ai Haibara for yet unrevealed reasons and has been secretly gathering information on her. She also seemed to recognize Shiho Miyano
Shiho MiyanoEdit
Ran Mouri Edit
Since enrolling at Teitan High, Sera and Ran have become friends and often walk home from school together
Sonoko Suzuki Edit
Since enrolling at Teitan High, Sera and Sonoko have become friends and often walk home from school together.
Second-older brotherEdit
Black Organization Edit
Tooru AmuroEdit
Amuro seems to know that Sera is related to Akai because he walked in her view when disguise as Scar Akai.
Sera met Shinichi and Ran when she was younger and knows Conan is ShinichiEditSera knew Conan and Ran's identities before they introduced themselves. Although she claimed to know Ran from Karate tournaments, she recognized Conan as a detective and anticipated his skill. Sera admits that she has met Conan before, but she can´t tell him until "the time" comes. Since Conan didn't exist until Shinichi shrunk, Sera must have met Shinichi some time in the past, and she recognizes him as Conan. Conan realizes he met Sera before because he finds her snaggletoothed smile familiar, but she refuses to tell him where they met prior. Ran appears to have met Sera as well because Sera's figure as she runs away reminds her of "sounds of rippling waves, as if some sort of magic were at work."
In Chapter 771, it is revealed that she also knows Professor Agasa, although she calls him "Professor what's his name".
Identity of Sera's middle brotherEdit
Sera learned about Haibara from Akai's pictureEdit
Sera initially had an interest in Haibara. This is strange because Haibara didn't exist prior to Shiho shrinking. The knowledge of Shiho should have been secret to her as well, because Shuichi Akai's infiltration of the Black Organization was a secret. If Sera doesn't even know the details of her brother's death, why should she know about Shiho? Sera may recognize Haibara from pictures of Conan and Haibara that Akai took back during the Vermouth arc. It is standard procedure in the US to send the personal belongings of the dead back to their families. If Akai mixed these pictures in with his own things when he took them out of his truck before meeting with Kir, it's possible they were overlooked when the FBI sent Akai's things to his family. If Sera was interested in finding out how and why Akai died, she would begin by researching the people in those pictures and those connected with them in hopes of finding clues.
Name originEdit
Masumi Sera's (世良・真純 ,Sera Masumi) name comes from the Mobile Suit Gundam character Sayla Mass (セイラ・マス ,Seira Masu).The kanji for Sera's last name mean 'good world'. The kanji for her first name, Masumi, mean 'true' and either 'pure' or 'net.'
|Deletion. For data at least ... is an easy task to accomplish.
— Sera, on deleting a picture of Haibara from her computer, File 777 pg 16
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In "Fruit of the Poisonous Tree," we start with Henry and Emma hanging out in the wooden castle, their special place. Henry reveals he's hidden the book there to keep it away from the Evil Queen's clutches. Regina discovers this place and has it torn down for "safety reasons" but not before lecturing Emma once again about responsibility, her job, staying away from her son, etc. Is anyone else hoping the writer's turn the page on this dialogue between Emma and Regina? I can't take anymore lecturing! Meanwhile, Henry searches for his book but alas, it is now missing. This enrages Emma all the more (which was the point, I'm sure) and makes her even more determined to uncover some dirt on the mayor. Luckily for her, Sydney Glass the town's newspaper man, now disgraced and fired at the hands of Regina, is also looking to get even and offers to become an ally to Emma. Right from the start, I found his motives suspicious and in my opinion, as the Sheriff and a former bail bonds person, she should have been more suspicious well.
In Fairytale we find Sidney as a genie in a magic lamp. The lamp is found by the King, Snow White's father who will always be Toby Ziegler from The West Wing to me. He rubs the lamp, reveals the genie and, after a very honest conversation about the genie's trapped ways, the King decides to set him free. Did that remind anyone else of Aladdin? Oh Disney, you are all over this show. The genie then reveals that most wishes end badly, they all "come with a price" (sound familiar?) Upon hearing this, the King decides to bestow his final wish to the genie who claims he will never use it. Instead he will seek out what he's always wanted: true love.
The King takes the genie into his kingdom and introduces him to Snow White and the Queen, who is uncharacteristically cloaked in white this time. Could this be the Queen before the Evil? Was there ever a time she wasn't evil? We don't really find out.
Back in Storybrooke, Sydney reveals that $50,000 is missing from the city budget and he believes Regina is responsible. He and Emma investigate further, Emma insistent they do things "by the book." Meanwhile, Mary Margaret and David meet secretly at their bridge for a picnic date and some kissing. I'm a little surprised their recent reunion hasn't resulted in either one of them remembering anything about being together in Fairy Tale. It also makes me a bit sad that the couple they were in Fairy Tale has been made into an affair while David cheats on his wife. It taints things for me a bit about the idea of true love. If it's true love, why didn't he just break things off with Kathryn and why doesn't Mary Margaret care more about that? I get that she's finally happy and trying to justify what she's doing when she agrees with Sydney that sometimes it's OK to do the wrong thing for the right reasons but I don't know... it just doesn't feel right, fairy tale-wise, to me.
In Fairy Tale, the Queen and genie bond and she tells him the apple tree in the court years is from her family garden. The tree is small and looks sickly and I wonder if the tree's growth is a reflection of the Queen's power, as it's clearly thriving in Storybrooke. She says how alone and like an outsider she feels living in the shadow of the King's first wife who was "the fairest of them all." The genie is touched by this story and gives the Queen a mirror so she can see how beautiful she is. It was a rather large mirror and I couldn't help but wonder if he always walks around with it in his pants. Curious right?
In Storybrooke, Emma and Sydney continue to investigate by confronting Regina in her office. While there Emma secretly plants a bug, starting to lose her sense of responsibility. They listen to her phone conversations and discover she is meeting someone to pay them in cash for something -- in the forest (where everything happens in Storybrooke). On their way to the forest to uncover the truth the breaks on Emma's car have been tampered with and she and Sidney get in a minor accident. They proceed on foot only to find Mr. Gold. He admits that Regina met him to pay him for some land she wanted to buy. Starting to feel rather reckless, Emma breaks a window at the Mayor's office and rifles through her computer and files, convinced she's found something substantial when they uncover blueprints and money transfers in Regina's name. She also finds a big ring of old keys, which I can only assume opens the many hearts she has in her secret chamber. That's a lot of keys.
In Fairy Tale, the King reads the Queen's diary where she confesses she's in love with another man. The King asks the genie to find out who the man is. I didn't really understand why he chose the genie for this task; the storyline just seemed all too convenient. He must have had many other guards he could have gone to. Never the less, the genie says he will look into it and only to discover from the Queen's Father that she's been locked up by the King.
He offers a box to the genie that will help with the Queen's freedom. Once together, the Queen opens the box to find a two-headed snake. She's about to take her own life with the snake's deadly venom but the genie stops her and suggests he kill the King instead. He takes the snake to the sleeping King's room (seriously, the guy doesn't have guards? He's the King!), the snake kills the King while the genie tries to explain his reasons for doing so. The genie goes back to the Queen who reveals the guards know it was him because the snake came from his own land. He finally realizes he's been set up and the Queen never loved him. She wanted the King dead and manipulated him. She offers him safe passage away from the castle but he refuses and says he can't live without her (I have no idea why, at this point). He takes out the lamp containing the wish he swore not to use and wishes to be with the Queen forever. With a puff of magic smoke, he becomes encased in the mirror. And that's that. The Queen wins again.
At a city council meeting in Storybrooke, Emma and Sidney take the information they've found and expose her blueprints and money transfers. What's that? She's built a new, safe play structure for the kids of Storybrooke? Of course she has. I had no doubt the entire time Emma was addressing the council and townspeople, that Regina would have a reasonable explanation. Regina ALWAYS wins. I understand she's the show's central and arguably most important villain, but wouldn't it be nice to see the side of "good" win even a little bit sometimes? After the meeting Regina tells Emma she must stay away from Henry, more lecturing. At the bar/coffee house Emma and Sidney confirm they will remain allies. Silly Emma, it was all a set up! Sidney's the one who cut your brakes and has been working for Regina all along! With one touch of the knee it seems the Queen has found herself a new man. Will we ever see the Queen lose ground?
Last but not least, we discover what's happened to Henry's book. It is now in the hands of the briefly seen, stranger in town. How did he get it? Why does he want it? We don't yet know. Is anyone else getting tired of Regina's lectures? What do you hope to see next week?


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AIMS To assess the influence of glistenings on the optical quality of acrylic foldable intraocular lens.
METHODS Several degrees of glistenings in the optic were experimentally created by immersing the lens in water at 37°C for 48 hours and then at 25°C for 24 hours. Optical bench tests were carried out in water including measurements of spectral transmittance with the spectrophotometer, intensity of forward scattering using the integrating sphere photometer, modulation transfer function, and resolving power at various contrasts with and without the veiling glare light source.
RESULTS Glistenings of 1+ to 4+ degrees were created, among which the 4+ glistenings seemed to be extremely intense and thought to be beyond the range of clinical settings. Clinically feasible level of glistenings, up to 3+, did not adversely influence spectral transmittance, scattering, modulation transfer function, and resolving power at various contrasts. The 4+ glistenings caused mild to moderate deteriorations of the optical quality of the lens.
CONCLUSION The optical quality of the acrylic foldable intraocular lens is not significantly affected by the level of glistenings usually seen in the clinical setting.
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The use of foldable intraocular lens (IOL) has been increasing12 as these lenses most enhance the benefits of phacoemulsification cataract surgery. Among the foldable IOLs, acrylic foldable IOLs are especially growing in popularity12 because of stable clinical results34 and a low incidence of posterior capsule opacification.5-8 There are, however, several complications of acrylic foldable IOLs, one of which is the formation of glistenings in the optic.9-15 The glistenings are thought to be fluid accumulation in the microvoids of the optic,911 which are likely to be caused by temperature changes and not material changes.1115 Visual significance of glistenings is controversial9 largely because of the lack of comprehensive optical bench testing on the lens with glistenings. In the current study, we produced an in vitro model of glistenings in the acrylic foldable IOL and evaluated its optical quality.
Materials and methods
Acrylic foldable IOLs (MA60BM, AcrySof, Alcon Surgical, Fort Worth, TX, USA) of +15.0 dioptres in the wagon wheel packaging were used in the study. The IOLs were randomly selected from a group of IOLs intended for clinical use. We used thin lenses (+15.0 dioptres) so that the incident light is focused out of the model eye in the optical bench test as described below. The optical bench tests were carried out in accordance with the ISO standard when the test methods are described in the standard (ISO 11979-2:1999(E) Optical properties and test methods).
It has been known that glistenings can be induced in vitro by warming a lens and then cooling it to room temperature.1617 In the current experiment, we immersed the IOLs in water at 37°C for 48 hours and then at 25°C for 24 hours.16 After the immersion, the IOLs were kept in the air and various degrees of glistenings were created by changing the duration of exposure to the air. The longer the duration of exposure to the air, the more the glistenings faded.
The scatterings of light generated by the IOL can be divided into two categories—forward and backward scatterings. The former affects the contrast of retinal image and the latter influences the transmittance. The intensity of backward scattering was assessed by measuring spectral transmittance with a spectrophotometer (U-3210, Hitachi, Tokyo) in the spectral range of 200–800 nm.18
The intensity of forward scattering was evaluated using an integrating sphere photometer (Fig 1). First, the total amount of transmitted light (T) was measured with the rear window closed. Next, the rear window was opened and the amount of forward scattering (S) was measured. The degree of scattering (SD) is expressed as:
where F is the intensity of stray light generated within the water cell. Using a well polished poly(methylmethacrylate) disc, the ratio of F to T was estimated to be 2.5%. Since F is negligible in comparison with T, equation 1 is approximated by S/T × 100—2.5. This experiment was carried out using a 3.0 mm aperture.
Modulation transfer function (MTF) was measured in a model eye at a 3 mm aperture.1920 The model eye was based on Gullstrand's exact schematic eye; it consisted of a front lens corresponding to the cornea, a water chamber, and a rear lens to allow for an air image. When an IOL of +15.0 dioptres was set in the water chamber, the total refractive power of the model eye approximated +53.1 dioptres. Monochromatic light of 540 nm and a collimating lens having a focal length of 500 mm were used. The test target was 10 μm slit light which was projected through the eye and focused on a charge coupled device image sensor. The obtained image was digitally recorded, analysed by Fourier transform, and MTF was calculated.
Resolving power of the IOL was determined using the optical bench apparatus shown in Figure 2. The IOL was immersed in the water chamber.2122 A variable contrast acuity chart23 was used as the resolution target to assess the resolving power at five different contrasts—that is, 13, 30, 45, 60, and 83%. For each contrast, the chart theoretically allows the minimum and maximum resolving power of 4 and 60 cycles per degree (equivalent to 20/150 and 20/10 of Snellen chart visual acuity), respectively. As the veiling glare light source, six fluorescent lamps of 20 W were placed by the contrast acuity chart. The chart luminance and veiling glare illuminance on the aperture plane were set according to the conditions of MCT8000 (Vistech Consultants, Inc, Dayton, OH, USA).24 The chart images focused in the model eye were magnified by the microscope, which were evaluated by three independent examiners and the results were averaged. The parameter of glare sensitivity was then calculated by subtracting the resolving power with glare light on (Ron) from that without glare light (Roff). Values were then summed up for five different contrast levels.
Several degrees of glistenings were created, which were graded from 1+ to 4+ as shown in Figure 3. The evaluation was performed on photographs.1625 The 1+ to 3+ glistenings appeared to be compatible with the clinically feasible degree of glistenings, but the 4+ level was extremely intense and thought to be beyond the range of clinical settings.1625 Since the 1+ glistenings were rather quick to disappear, this lens could not undergo the following experimental procedures under a constant condition. The 2+ to 4+ IOLs remained stable during the optical bench tests, and thus the data of these and the control lenses are shown below. One representative lens was used for each level of glistenings, and measurements were repeated twice. When the results of two measurements varied, third measurement was carried out.
The results of spectral transmittance measurements are shown in Figure4. The IOLs with 2+ and 3+ glistenings exhibited spectral transmittance similar to that of the control lens, indicating that clinical level of glistenings do not adversely affect the light transmittance. The extremely severe glistenings (4+) decreased spectral transmittance especially at longer wavelength.
The degrees of scattering calculated by equation 1 were 3.9% for the control lens, 5.9% for the lens with 2+ glistenings, 11.1% for 3+ glistenings, and 21.7% for 4+ glistenings. The measurement results of MTF are shown in Figure 5. The glistenings up to 3+ did not affect MTF, while 4+ glistenings caused slight deterioration of MTF.
Resolving power of the IOL was evaluated in relation to the chart contrast and the presence of veiling glare light. When the glare light was off, there was no significant influence of glistenings on the resolving power (Fig 6). When the glare light was turned on, resolving power of IOL with 4+ glistenings significantly deteriorated especially at lower contrast (Fig 7). Resolving power was unaffected when the glistenings were 3+ or less. The parameter of glare sensitivity calculated by equation 2 is shown in Figure 8. The glare sensitivity did not change significantly up to 3+ glistenings, but deteriorated significantly with 4+ glistenings.
In the current study, we experimentally induced glistening particles in the optic of acrylic foldable IOLs, ranging in degree from 1+ to 4+. Although the 1+ glistenings could be photographed (Fig 3), their instability made the optical bench test on this lens impossible. Nevertheless, judging from the experimental results of the 2+ glistening lens, data of the 1+ glistening IOL should have been similar to those of the control lens.
In the measurements of spectral transmittance, the IOLs with clinically compatible level of glistenings (2+ and 3+) showed results similar to those of the control lens. On the other hand, very severe glistenings (4+) deteriorated spectral transmittance especially at longer wavelength. The diameter of glistening particles has been reported to be approximately 10–20 μm.16 Theoretically, this size of particles induce Mie scattering, where diffraction plays a significant part. In general, the longer the wavelength of light the larger the diffraction angle becomes. When the diffraction angle is large, a greater portion of scattering attributable to diffraction is lost from transmission, resulting in lower transmittance. The 4+ glistenings, however, are extremely intense and thought to be beyond the range of clinical settings, and thus the clinical significance of this finding is unclear.
Other optical parameters tested in the current study were scattering, MTF, and resolving power at various contrasts with and without the veiling glare light source. As shown in the results, the glistenings up to 3+ had little influence on these parameters. In practice, glistenings are frequently seen in acrylic foldable IOL after several months postoperatively,16 but very few cases have led to significant clinical consequences.17 The data obtained here objectively confirm such clinical observations.
It has been known that the glistenings only occur under fluid, representing an influx of aqueous humour into the optic and not the degeneration of materials.17 This theory has been supported by the observation with optical and atomic microscopy.15 Moreover, the formation of glistenings is not limited to acrylic foldable IOL, but can be seen with poly(methylmethacrylate) and silicone IOLs.1726 As in acrylic foldable IOL, glistenings in these latter biomaterials have not been shown to cause any adverse clinical sequelae. The discoloration of silicone IOLs was also related to water vapour absorption within the IOL, having a brownish appearance from light scattering.27These artefacts had no adverse effect on the patients' visual acuity.28 Thus, we conclude that the clinically compatible level of glistening formation in the optic of IOL is principally a cosmetic phenomenon, but not an optical incident.
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Posted by BE on June 30th, 2011
Thanks to The Culture Vulture.
No one is banning or burning the book, imbecile. A handful of stores have chosen not to stock it.
a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.
– John F. Kennedy
All this manufactured outrage. Did no one think how truly powerful it might have been to release the book on the open market and simply have no one buy it?
Freedom of speech is a Right. But it is a special sort of right. It is a liberty right, not a claim right.
A liberty right is just the freedom to do something. A claim right places a duty on someone else. I have the liberty right to take a parking space. I don't have the claim right to order you to vacate it so I can park.
Similarly, Ms King has a liberty right to freedom of expression. What she does not have, is a claim right compelling others to publish or sell her words. The others enjoy the liberty to refrain from involvement.
She's a Witch! Burn!
@Danyl; Someone once asked Carl Sagan, what was his Gut Feeling about the likelihood of extra-terrestrial life, and he said; I try not to think with my gut.
If you can't see the difference between a deliberate, orchestrated attemp by the state to eradicate 'dangerous' opinions and intimidate those who wish to express or read them, and a shop making a commercial decision (albeit maybe a spineless one)not to stock a book that is offensive to its customers then god help you.
This type of childish comparison belittles the plight of those who are on the wrong end of the real thing.
let the book be read and make absolutely all monies from it be given to the new zealand child abuse prevention service.
no person, especially those complicit to the subjects' cruei, drawn out deaths should receive a cent.
and neither should anyone pimping to make money- yep – wish-he-had-a-heart.
was it king who went to mac donalds rather than straight to hospital with her critically injured babies? was that what played out?
murder, she wrote.
As I understood it, none of the profits from the book go to Mrs King or Mr. Wishhart.
She has a right to freely express her views, and we have a right not to buy it. We do not have a right to demand that it not be stocked, or threaten people who choose to stock it.
There is a further point that the vast majority of people are making their judgments on the basis of very little actual knowledge. I am not entirely sure when making assertions about another persons character or culpability based on little or no information became such a national sport in this country. (Or in fact the guiding principle for some of our major newspapers)
By making such a fuss, the book is getting a stunning amount of free publicity.
Although I sense Hyperbole by BE the sentiment is spot on.
You're getting rather uptight there, Danyl. Try to play the ball and not the man in future. When you have to resort to name-calling – and there's been an awful lot of that over the Alisdair Thompson fiasco – you know you've lost the argument.
The picture is a statement in exaggeration, to the point of being hyperbolic and satirical. I think, it's supposed to be a statement against those Facebook people, threatening a boycott of the stores who stock the book, rather than the bookshops.
Paper Plus — and others — don't want to sell the book, not because their moral imperative triumphs over commercial considerations; it's because they don't want it befouling the air in the stores. And, I'm betting, that the libraries won't stock it, either.
Without — and even, with — the guilty party being convicted, the idea of a Tell-All book is tasteless as it is crass and downright ugly. Almost like: "You heard it here, first, folks".
Ian Wishart does his — shaky –reputation, no favours; coming across as a shameless two-bit opportunistic huckster, out to mint some coin for himself. Have a listen to his promo spiel; it sounds just like the voice-over in an infomercial, touting miracle 'get-quick' 6-pack abs.
The despised Macsyna King — prompted by a craven Ian Wishart — plumbs new depths in her Sea of Moral Depravity. I wouldn't grace Wishart's book by a quick flick through the pages; not even a cursory glance at the dust cover. Wouldn't touch it, even wearing latex gloves.
I was pleased to see the reaction from libraries was on the side of freedom of expression. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10735543
I wont be buying or reading it
Sam. Agree with you @10:07.
Wonder if BE will connect the Alisdair Thompson outrage with "Breaking Silence: The Kahui Case." "I am not entirely sure when making assertions about another persons character or culpability based on little or no information became such a national sport in this country.-Sam"
And Mark well spotted. Good on 'em.
Perhaps if people let the cops do their job in the first place without breaking out the burning crosses, nooses and white sheets we wouldnt be having this discussion…
Merv, a right of free speech protecting citizens must, by definition, also shelter the right to express inconvenient and even offensive speech. Wishart's tortured, tabloid writing style and King may be enough to put most people off buying the book. That's surely the point: booksellers should do their job and offer it for sale, provided it passes their normal commercial criteria. I want them to let me decide whether to buy, rather make moral judgements on my behalf.
I agree, John. Booksellers haven't made a commercial decision, they've made a moral one. I'm quite capable of making my own moral decisions without assistance from booksellers.
John, I'm not against Wishart writing the book; I just find it very off-putting as to how he goes about selling it. On NewstalkZB, yesterday, he sounded teasing and cloying; offering little tidbits of "never before revealed information" to whet the appetite, so to speak. As if I — and others — care as to how Macsyna King goes about telling her self-justificatory narrative. I care not one whit about what she has to say, and care even less about her as a person. And despite what Wishart has to say about Macsyna not receiving payment, I bet, there were some very attractive inducements in the offing. The book is not one of collaboration to edify as it is about collusion to enrich. Not likely to tug at your heartstrings as it is likely to make you roll your eyes in cynicism.
I don't see the bookshops who don't want to sell this book as imposing a standard of propriety on its customers to dovetail with their own. They don't function as the arbiters of good taste, nor should they be criticised for exercising a prerogative in refusing to sell a book they find to be unsavoury, once in a while.
Paper Plus, in choosing to draw a line in the sand, has become both respected and scorned. The whipping-up of threats to boycott the stores that stock the book, is an unfortunate by-product of their stance; but Paper Plus et al will also feel the wrath of those who feel their "freedom of choice" has been impinged upon.
I don't need to read this book to know it's not the Holy Grail when it comes to the killing of the Kahui twins, even if Ian Wishart would have us believe that it is.
@ John Spavin and Ross
"booksellers should do their job and offer it for sale, provided it passes their normal commercial criteria. I want them to let me decide whether to buy, rather make moral judgements on my behalf".
No, I disagree with your use of "should".
Personally, I have no issue with the book, other than, like most of Wishart's offerings, it promises to be an affront to good writing. However, the threat of a prospective sales boycott against any chanin who does stock it highlights that this is no ordinary book. There are commercially sensible reasons not to stock it.
Booksellers have an economic need (but not obligation) to stock "books", but not this book, or any other, be it the "Bible", "Koran", "Protocols of Zion", or "Lady Chatterley's Lover".
No, they are not making moral judgements on your behalf – they are making a commercial, and possibly moral decisions on their own behalf.
You can still buy the book directly from Wishart. And if that option wasn't available, and you really wanted to read it, you can always do what others have done in the face of economic boycott – take the principled stand of buying the rights, and publish it yourself.
I thought we were protesting another book by Ian Wishart? lol
@ Merv
"Without — and even, with — the guilty party being convicted, the idea of a Tell-All book is tasteless as it is crass and downright ugly. Almost like: "You heard it here, first, folks"".
OK. Maybe you are right, but tell me Merv (and anyone else for that matter), why not a similar furore over the books Joe Karam wrote on David Bain's behalf?
Is it because Bain was a 'sympathetic' figure, especially for those with a maternal instinct, whereas Macsyna King, probably rightly, and irrespective of her guilt or innocence for the twins' death, is the most hated woman in the country?
Possibly similar to the opprobrium that Mark (and Mandy!) Hotchin have earned, whereas Alan Hubbard is still nearly every one's favourite grand uncle!
Style beats substance nearly every time in the court of public opinion!
The Nazis had a policy of cleansing the state of Entartete Kunst; art that the leaders and the unsavoury mob that followed on their coat tails felt was unsuitable for good Germans.
Booksellers have bowed to the pressure of a similar mob on Facebook. The owners of these bookstores are at best poltroons at worst little better than the hordes who would burn books of which they disapprove.
Danyl, I do not know what camp you fall into, but your abusive reaction to an opinion with which you disagree is disturbing. You should possibly seek some form of counselling.
Merv: The picture may well be a hyperbole but it is a perfectly legitimate device to make the point. It is a short step from booksellers banning books of which they disapprove to burning those books.
Given your sometimes exaggerated and offensive opinions that BE permits to be aired in this blog, you of all people should cherish the right to freedom of speech.
did i read you right sam? wishart gets no money out of this book?
also, kimbo. karam's published book, considering the situation, was pretty awkward for some- to say the least.
This book has been judged before it has been read.
This says a lot for Danyl Mclauchlan's lack of imbecility.
the stupid comparison implied by your blog post does you no credit whatever BE!
@Kimbo: could it be a classic case of MWWS?
The likes of Paperplus and the Warehouse want to avoid a boycott of their stores and their decisions are based on commerce not morals.
Brian, have you ever burnt a book? It's much more liberating than burning a bra.
The German poet, Heinrich Heine said, "Where they have burned books, they will end in burning human beings."
I have no doubt that when Heine said that there were those such as Merv, Mike Moller and Danyl, who desctibed his words as imbecilic, hyperbolic and stupid. Reading blogs and listening to talkback it is clear that there are many in this country who would like to burn books and probably not a few who would like to burn people as well.
Merv, Mike and Danyl, take note of another Heine quote: "There are more fools in the world than there are people."
Kay Dee, You say that the "likes of Paperplus and the Warehouse want to avoid a boycott of their stores and their decisions are based on commerce not morals."
I doubt that…unless of course they have evidence that selling the book will actually cost them money.
For God's sake, Ross; to a company like the Warehouse everything is profit driven. The cost of bowing to the lynch mob is less than the cost of taking a principled stand. If morality had anything to do with their business they would not be importing vast quantities of stock from a country whose record on human rights is appalling.
If you think for one minute that these booksellers are driven by morality read what the owner of Unity Books Wellington has to say in today's dompost. She state quite clearly that UB does not have the resources to withstand a boycott or picketing of the shop.
These people would have been right at home in Germany in the 1930s when Jewish shops were boycotted and the vast majority of the population did nothing. Clearly humanity, and booksellers in particular, have not advanced in that time.
Ben: As of late, you've been rabbiting on about me, a fair bit. Someone, not serve you a lettuce leaf with your carrot?
In my context, "hyperbolic", is an illustrative literary device. That photo is BE's own pictorial figure of speech; not too unlike a metaphor. I could be wrong, but I don't think he meant to draw a literal parallel between the Nazis' book-burning reinforcement of Aryan purity and the Facebook brigade's rallying cry to boycott bookshops. The implied comparison is supposed to be asymmetric and obtuse. One of deliberate overstatement to provoke a response. It had to be that: because you can't conflate the unbridled coercive power of the Nazis (to censor and suppress information) with that of a vocal interest group's lobbying to keep a book off the shelves.
Kimbo: There is a big difference between a prime suspect penning an account to that of a suspect's supporter-advocate doing the same thing.
@ bje
"also, kimbo. karam's published book, considering the situation, was pretty awkward for some- to say the least".
Sorry, slap me over the head and label me 'obtuse', but I don't know what you mean by 'considering the situation'. Thought the situation between the 2 cases was analagous – police were certain they charged the one who did it, and despite the 2 juries' respective verdicts, they still hold to the same opinion. As do I.
I know we are all sailing carefully to avoid defamation laws, but I don't know what you mean. Would have thought, IMHO, on the balance of probabilities, that the police charged the right person in both cases.
@ Merv
"There is a big difference between a prime suspect penning an account to that of a suspect's supporter-advocate doing the same thing".
Same as above: slap me with a stupid stick, but I don't see the difference! Why? And how do you possibly tell what is the 'suspect's' words, and the supporter-advocate's dynamic interpretation? Is ultimatley the same source.
I will be buying this book, and reading it. Not simply because I have found Ian Wishart to be someone very much worth listening to even if I don't always agree with him, but also because so many people are so irrationally opposed to it. I applaud the opposition to child abuse, however demonising a woman never charged with a crime for revealing her side of the story, an apparently very frank and unflattering depiction, is ridiculous. This is especially the case when she won't benefit from it at all. Neither monetarily nor in good press.
kimbo-do you think these books influence public opinion- that in turn influence court outcomes?
can talents/persuaders effect guilty or not guilty verdicts?can they damage genuine police findings or create brilliant red herrings?
in highly publicised cases, where interest has already been roundly generated -by the nature of the crime and the intense, extended media coverage -the connections of the book have certainly saved big time on premium advertising.
The Kahui twins were let down by their whanau, and particularly by their parents, ill-equipped as they were. Posthumously,they were let down by the Justice system and by the media.
Some people believe that justice does not necessarily stop when the institutions of state have exhausted their efforts, but rather is taken up by the people in lieu. If persons unknown have the right to brutalise and murder children and then get off scott free (and they do have that right – and they have exercised it to great success in this case) then other people have the right to legally make sure that society ultimately hold those villains to account by whatever means available, and being nasty to Macsyna is one way od exercising that right.
@ bje
"kimbo-do you think these books influence public opinion- that in turn influence court outcomes?…etc."
Again, sorry, you are too subtle for me. I think you are asking a set of rhetorical questions, to which I would answer "yes", or perhaps "maybe". Is that the effect you were seeking? Was interesting speaking to folks in the general public before the 2nd Bain trial who thought it was a cast iron proven 'fact' that Robin Bain was molesting his daughter, Laniette. Well done, Joe Karam!
If so, so what? Bain was a sympathetic character, with a group of articulate, middle class, earnest student friends pleading his case, even before Karam got involved.
Macsyna King is the complete opposite in every way. Whether she murdered the twins, as seems unlikely, she bears the primary responsibility as the mother for the environment in which they met their demise. Which is why, no matter what Wishart's efforts, this kite isn't going to fly!
However, the woman is allowed her say. Just as we all get a choice whether to read the book, or pour scorn upon the idea.
'wishart gets no money out of this book?'
Maybe then he could have provided it as a free pdf download…
I wonder if Borders and Whitcoulls stock 'Mein Kampf', or 'The Protocols of the Elders of Zion'?
"As I understand it, Macsyna gets nothing from the SALES of the book" .. As said by Ian Wishart on TV. That tells me she is not being paid a commission on sales. And that's all it tells me.
It's a pity that the obvious follow-up question was not asked.
Back about 1982 Ross Meurant wrote a book about the Red Squad which Whitcombe and Tombs chose to sell. I've boycotted them and their successors ever since – but I don't think they have noticed.
yeah peter i find it difficult to believe he'd be doing it for no monetary recompense.
kimbo- i think we agree with core issues but all i'm saying is i feel uncomfortable when books have prominence because they've chased a current emotional issue – and then they sway peoples' opinions when they may not be realistically qualified to do so. they may try to take the place of the police or fill a need for those who distrust the police- and they become a replacement court.
i don't think this book is so much like that but i question wishart's motives and i think king is an easy pony to ride and the national media put his parade into an undeserved limelight.i'm saying i don't think the author deserves the attention and i feel it sucks like a parasite off those little babies. make chris and cru, delcelia or lillybing the feature -cos their daily treatment and bone splintering, hollow stomach, loveless suffering is the real rogue steed to tame.
@ bje
"i'm saying i don't think the author deserves the attention and i feel it sucks like a parasite off those little babies. make chris and cru, delcelia or lillybing the feature -cos their daily treatment and bone splintering, hollow stomach, loveless suffering is the real rogue steed to tame".
Umm, yeah, but Wishart is not alone. The mainstream media is just as bad. Refer: continually running to Michael Choi's poor mum every time Bailay Kurariki qualifies or violtates conditions of his parole. I know she has volunteered to be a spokesperson for the sensible sentencing trust, but nonetheless it is still exploitation.
@ Number Eleven
Curious. I despised the politics and nauseating self-righteous dailectic rhetoric of Geoff Chapple's, "1981: The Tour" (1984), but I'm still glad I read it.
The bookstores have every right to not sell a product…as any other store does!
As for Ian WIshart and his fight for truth!! Please the guys an idiot, who has proven time and time again to write utter bullocks!
Sounds like the Paul Henry supporters who were all for freedom of speech…unless it was against their precious paul!
Burn the book….and the writers while you are at it!
"Whatever the reasons, there's little doubt Macsyna was a negligent mother."
Tapu Misa goes the extra mile to sugar coat the ugliness of it all with that comment.
this is one of those books I'd read in the bookstore (just the last page), not one I'd buy. I'm glad to hear Wishart is against censorship, disn't he write something called "Eve's bite?" Sounds kinky to me.
Meantime, would anyone care to comment on the implications of the so many visceral comments in the Facebook screenshots? What kind of 'negligent' mothers and fathers do they portend? Thank God for the anti-smacking legislation.
galeandra- haven't seen them but i'm picking if those people stood witnessing a baby having their head bashed in, after perhaps sporadic hunger, long nights where their tiny shallow breath bodies lay in cots freezing/ or wet with sweat unattended and under a pile of blankets, inhaling smoke into their tiny lungs, shoved, ignored, used as pawns in relationshjps, despised, rejected – i'm picking they'd jump in to help. give the angry people a medal. give them a medal cos they care more than the people who think child abuse is all about one violent act causing death.don't rubbish people for their honestly expressed passion – this is a deserving subject for passion.
Nobody really gives a damn about this book, they just want to know WHO KILLED THE BABIES.
WAKE UP – Actually I don't really care who killed the babies, because I know who is responsible for their safety, and ergo who is responsible for their deaths. Society sometimes needs barricades for the politicians and lynching for the scum. Just occasionally, maybe every fifty years or so, to remind people what responsibility means.
I've never been much of a fan of censorship, nor of books being banned. Especially a book that no one has ever read.
I'm even less of a fan of witch-hunts, where a mob reverts to a collective mentality of righteous fury that knows no reasoning.
It's similar to the moral panic that swept the Western World in the early '90s. Hand's up who remembers the "Satanic Child Abuse" hysteria?
And how it swept through New Zealand?
I remember even the usually staid, and forever-responsible National Radio being caught up in the hysteria.
And of course, the Christchurch Civic Creche, which was caught up in the hysteria, and which resulted in the conviction of a man which many deem as "unsafe".
Mob mentality, witch-hunts, moral panic… the stuff of unreasoning, prejudice, and raw emotion.
It's funny isn't it; you never see a "Mob mentality, witch-hunt, moral panic" consisting of folk quietly reasoning through an issue. Why is that?
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This is the picture of the "white piranha"(serrasalmus rhombus) It is sometimes classified as a pirambeba, although it does have some qualities of the dangerous species. It is not considered highly dangerous to man, although I wouldn't stick MY hand into and aquarium with one of these hungry devils! Notice the "weak" jaw structure and concave forehead. These are generally signs of less dangerous species.
Here is one of the typical pirambebas. It's name is serrasalmus brandti:
It is a piranha, it does have sharp teeth, but----if you notice the weak jaw structure, you can see that it is hardly any danger to man.
This piranha species (s. brandti) illustrates the differences between the dangerous species and the "weak" species of piranha- when compared to s. niger below.
This "black piranha" (serrasalmus niger) is one of the highly dangerous piranhas; it has the familiar convex forehead and strong jaw structure.
Unlike the popular myths, not all piranhas are to be considered "dangerous" to man. All piranhas are characid fish classified under one name: "Serrasalmus"
Under the genus "Serrasalmus" there consists two types of piranhas: The extremely dangerous, snub-nosed type----and the "wimpy" elongated nose type. The dangerous type of piranha, or piranha verdadeiras(vare-dah-day-ras), consists mainly of a highly compressed fish with a convex forehead. The less dangerous type, pirambebas(peer-om-bay-bas), consists of a fish with a less powerful jaw structure and concave forehead.
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The wimple is a small fish-rarely exceeding 4 inches. It is quite a nervous fish and will tend to hide a lot. It requires dense vegetation. The wimple is primarily a scale and fin eater, and will attack anything smaller than itself. Therefore it shouldn't be kept with other fish, including other piranha. It should be feed bloodworms, tubifex worms, bits of lean beef and fish. The wimple piranha can be fed feeder fish, but it's merely torture due to the wimple's fin and scale method of dispatching it's prey.


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Men As Lovers: An Invitation to My First-Ever Men's Transformational Group
As our world becomes increasingly overtaken by the obsession with what can be computized, planned, executed, and then rewarded financially, all of us, especially men, are drowning in a world of rationality, educated far beyond our relational intelligence, where often false beliefs become truths to argue, fight and even die for. We behave individualistically in our relationships which creates unnecessary separation so that we are literally starving for spiritual depth, love, and the of joy of rich intimacy. And our families and communities are starving as well.
As a conscious man my deepest passion is to become capable of profound love and intimacy. On this path I have had to uncover and release subtle and deeply ingrained patterns of self-involvement that have blocked my ability to love and be loved. I see that this is generally true for everyone and at this time in evolution it is especially crucial for men to go beyond separating states of self-involvement. I know that I have something very important to share with men. This is why for the first time I want to gather with a group of men to explore the fullest potential of ourselves as men and especially as lovers.
If this journey speaks to something in your heart, something you already know and feel the urge to live, join me in my first-ever but long-time envisioned gathering with men.
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Actor Matthew Broderick has spoken out against the planned expansion of a top university in his native New York over fears it will damage and drastically alter the character of the local surroundings.
The Ferris Bueller's Day Off star has fond memories of his upbringing in Manhattan's Greenwich Village, where he currently lives with his wife Sarah Jessica Parker and their three kids, and he was upset to hear that New York University bosses wanted to expand its base in the area and build over existing parks and other green land.
He joined concerned locals at a City Council hearing on Friday (29Jun12) and testified against the proposed plans, known as NYU 2031, which will provide students with new classrooms and additional performance space in the culturally and historically-rich neighborhood.
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"(NYU) might need to expand but they certainly don't need to destroy the Village. They have to find a way to not ruin the thing that makes people want to come here. I live here, grew up, born raised, still live here...
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Parents to be notified if their child was victim of webcam spying
As progress is made to the investigation of the unbelievable webcam spying case at the Lower Merion school district, parents will soon be notified if their children were in any of the 56,000 images that were secretly captured. News first broke of the school's alleged illegal actions when Blake Robbins was called into the vice principal's office for engaging in "improper behavior" at his home. His school-issued laptop with embedded webcam-monitoring software was on while he was in the privacy of his own home, and an IT official at the school remotely activated his webcam, seemingly without cause. The story hit the blogosphere with derision, and to some extent, outright horror.
Even though the school tried to argue that none of the webcams were ever remotely activated without proper reasoning, that claim quickly became discredited when it was revealed that 56,000 pictures were taken of students from their webcams without their knowledge. Uncovered e-mails between school officials discuss the secret images as unraveling a "soap opera" between the district's students. Tomorrow, a federal civil judge who is overseeing the case will decide exactly who has access to the 56,000 photos, and will also determine how to notify parents of whether or not their students were victim to the school's voyeuristic activities. An attorney for the school district has said that none of the pictures were "salacious," but some of the disclosed images show Blake Robbins at least partially undressed.


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As part of a national effort, the North Central Climate Science Center put together a report on Ecological Drought in the North Central United States to help chart the way forward in research and planning. The report came from a workshop held in late 2015.
The report includes predicted climate impacts for the region and a discussion about drought and water scarcity. "The North Central Climate Science Center is working closely with the Western Water Assessment and the U.S. Department of Agriculture North Great Plains Regional Climate Hub to coordinate efforts on climate in general and drought resilience in particular. The North Central Climate Science Center is focused on providing credible, salient, and legitimate information for stakeholders in the region," wrote NCCSC director Jeff Morisette.
Participants of the workshop included representatives of the U.S. Geological Survey, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Wildlife Conservation Society, The Nature Conservancy, the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Colorado State University, the University of Colorado, and the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science.
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(KMOV.com) -- St. Louis Police have formerly charged a 22-year-old mother and her 25-year-old boyfriend in connection with a 3-year-old boy's death.
Authorities said they have charged Hershell Kirkman, 25-years-old, with 2nd degree murder, abuse of a child, and armed criminal action. Kirkman's bond has been set at $500,000 cash. The child's mother Ericka Haskin, 22-years-old, was charged win endangering the welfare of a child. Police say that Haskin failed to contact authorities directly after the incident that led to her son's death. Haskin's bond has been set at $300,000 cash.
St. Louis Police ruled Dashon Haskin's death a result of blunt force trauma resulting in a lacerated liver.
The boy's death shocked and surprised many in his family. Dashon Haskin's family said they often noticed bruises and scratches on the toddle.
"It does not make me feel good," said Sedridge Echols, "It's not a good thing, not at all."
Echols often saw the toddler at an apartment complex in the 5600 block of Kingsbury in the Central West End, which is now the scene of a heart breaking crime.
"I was shocked, you know, of it happening here and it being a kid," Echols said, "Because things like that don't usually happen here."
Police were called to the apartment about an unresponsive child Thursday and Friday, they ruled Haskin's death a homicide.
"Anytime we hear another child has been killed, we are outraged," said child advocate DiAnne Mueller.
Mueller said the cause of death is not surprising, but terribly concerning because it could have been prevented.
"To visualize what that little guy went through," Mueller said, "And what says to me is that someone lost their temper."
Police have not said that was the case.
Elizabeth, Dahson's aunt, announced Monday a public memorial service will be held for the toddler, Wednesday from 6 to 7:30 at the Wagner Avenue Church of Christ, at 6052 Wagner.
Also a fund to defer the funeral expenses has been set up at The Ronald Jones Funeral Home at 2161 East Fair Av., and donations are being accepted there.
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