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yesterday, a lovely girl named anna came in my shop with an armload of clothes to trade. this blouse was among those she brought in. i couldn't resist the sheerness and pretty peter pan collar and sparkly buttons so i happily tucked this one away in my bag (perks of being the boss you know). and later i unfortunately (or fortunately???) spilled my lemonade all over the front of the shirt i was wearing, so when i got home i had to change. and why not put on my new blouse??!!!! hee hee. i love it! it's awfully scandalously sheer, but so nice on a hot day and to show off my cute little floral bra. i know, i'm so wild.
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Breaking News: Michael Dell Ups Buyout Offer
John Shipman previews the day on Wall Street including news that Michael Dell has increased his buyout offer by 10 cents. Also, Ford and Boeing report earnings.
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... the the ... straight to Markit's folks us a breaking news day or ... Dell ... Michael Dell Silver Lake Partners have up there be a ... dying ... for it to buy out the company we have John Shipman to preview the markets that deserve our big story off the top ... still ... yet ... to be their own thing of the offer ... by the time to thirteen seventy five on the beest beat the ... meeting has been pushed forward again to log a second ... off of the vote ... the interesting thing the little wrinkle here is that of Michael Dell ... the company ... Silver Lake are asking ... for the up ... and abilities change right Loring Babar little bit so ... instead of requiring of majority of all shares outstanding ... jealous that changes the majority of the shares are being voted into begotten because right now are the hard part of the hard part the new shareholder vote to approve ... the buyout proposal Ryan and Michael Dell who owns around fifteen sixty percent of shares to say he was voting shares in the majority of the rest through and ... there's a ... fair number of folks just didn't follow its account ads which is the no money no thanks but they want a change that so we we only the people who do vote ... ALM ... so the Cheryl this time to do a little bit apathetic ... aam new things and retail shareholders obviously that the institutional shareholders are the ones that are ... buying in Seattle ... but dun do a will but a reaction in the Stock premarketing history about thirteen point five ... on ... Tuesday was not yet out its new addition news out of China today tells about that we were all PMI ... a little ... weaker manufacturing gauge in China on the reaction in the Asian markets was will the next because they think ... there's some sense that on ... that that Chinese officials will ... draw the line in terms of how much weakness the economy ... they will ... withstand before they start to try to stimulate the economy there so ... you know ... markets anytime they hear about government stimulus markets enjoyed that so ... so than the picture was mixed in Asia overnight ... in Europe but they had a little in contrast to ... a child in the euro zone have a little bit better PMI ... so markets there were stronger ... the euro was set a one-month high and so that's going to carry over into the guest list on quickly to three stocks were looking at today ... Ford ... is one of them for strong earnings from work there on the revenue was up fifteen percent ... so a lot of pickup trucks during us ... on a new one of things that they highlighted was that it looks like they're really making Tracking or Asia ... on they noted that in especially China and the first half of the year of their sales were forty seven percent ... that's it Asia's everyone else through ... the earnings season has been tightening the Chinese week a ... particular end and another one by Caterpillar ... CAT started to it did indicate that that that was the case for it well ... sales of in the Asia Pacific and then off and part of it has been ... there's been indications that there's there's a ... lot of tractors ... and heavy machinery in China ... home to unpack stirrings were not expected to be greater if it's down pre sharply from a year ago but there were down worse than expected become problem ... aam but in the Asia Pacific area were without really claimed was weakness and an Australian mining ... in AIG's ... and of course is tied to the China exactly are mine in Australia are getting shipped to China write last Boeing ... Boeing strong earnings from bowling of the the ... but the with more ... on purple airplanes aam seven eighty seven seven thirty seven is ... interesting thing with fall into is they don't seem to be up affect much by the sequester in the defense ... earnings were for all you on even though ... sales were down a little bit there so and so their margins are holding up the sale ... Owen will be up ... how will be down and down those two will fly a little bit of ... but the overall tone stronger ok John Shipman thank so much ...


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Steelers vs 49ers
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The Steelers travel to the west coast to play San Francisco in a pivotal matchup that the Steelers need to win to keep pace in the AFC North and still have an outside chance at taking the division title.
The 49ers are coming off a stunning loss to the Cardinals on Sunday and will certainly not be in a good mood heading into the prime time matchup with our Steelers.
As of early this week there are no new updates on the status of key players like Ben Roethlisberger, Lamarr Woodley, Emmanuel Sanders, Maurkice Pouncey, & Ziggy Hood.
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Friday, August 07, 2009
Cali vs World contest - Pack 6
Mark Grace - If you haven't heard Gracie and Sutton calling a DBacks game, you've missed out on some fun. I liked Grace as a player. I love him as a color analyst.
Ruben Sierra (P.R.) - He hit 30 HR as a 21-yr old. He never could get his OBP up enough to dominate.
Bill Wegman
Steve Balboni
Chris Sabo - Rookie Cup = scan. I would have loved this pack in '89. Gracie plus Sabo already.
John Cerutti
Jose DeLeon (D.R.)
Dave Dravecky
Atlee Hammaker (Carmel, CA)
Keith Hernandez (San Fran) - Obilgatory Seinfeld link.
Pete Smith
Tim Burke
Ozzie Smith - Woohoo, a Bama Boy! Just another HOFer from Mobile, Alabama. So what if his family moved to L.A. when he was six? He's still from Mobile. So are Hank Aaron, Billy Williams, Willie McCovey, and Satchel Paige. Maybe you've heard of them, too.
Mike Moore - Does this guy look like a baseball player, or like an extra from a movie about itinerant miners?
Oswald Peraza (Venezuela)
Mario Diaz (P.R.)
Donn Pall - Birmingham on the Back
Gary Carter (Culver City, CA) - HOF = scan.
Jeff Montgomery
Tony Oliva - Turn Back the Clock - I should start a petition to bring this subset back. If it worked for Stadium Club, it can work for...wait, no, Topps would find a way to mess it up. It's best to let it live unmarred in the realm of nostalgia.
German Gonzalez (Venezuela)
Luis Rivera (P.R.)
Expos Leaders - I like these so much more than two boring pictures of a hitter and a pitcher side by side.
Checklist #3
Luis Aquino (P.R.)
Gene Walter
Darnell Coles (San Bernardino, CA)
Sid Fernandez
Mets Leaders - Strawberry/ McReynods / Hernandez - Challenge: Find the game that this photo is from.
World - 7
Cali - 4
The World closes the gap a bit, but they have a lot of ground still to make up in the last four packs. The score is now Cali 34, World 22. The Bama Boys finally get on the board, and in style, with the Wizard of Oz.
Edited: Added scan of Birmingham on the Back for Don Pall
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- Captain Canuck said...
I call shenanigans. You plugged in a pack from the wrong year just to get someone from Alabama
- skoormit said...
Ha! I plead innocent. Here's my proof: check out the picture of the ten packs on the post announcing the contest. Second row, last pack on the right, you can see the '89 Grace on top.
- opoohwan said...
Grace, Sabo, Smith, Carter, and Expo Leaders. Can it get any better?
- --David said...
Hmm, it is not looking good for my World Domination prediction...
- Scab said...
1989 Topps was a better set than most people give it credit for. I love the Grace card.
- Chris D'Orso said...
Ooh, I'll play. Making these three assumptions: Straw just homered, scoring Keith Hernandez, with Kevin McReynolds up next. It's a road game, as they're wearing the gray unis. Also has to be 1987 or 1988, as K-Mac was acquired before the 1987 season.
That leaves seventeen possible games in which Straw hit a home run and had at least two RBI on the road during those two years.
Looks like a day game outdoors, so let's eliminate the six domed games in Montreal and Houston; that leaves us with eleven.
Let's eliminate these:
4/16/87 he drove in Gary Carter with his home run
5/27/87 followed by Carter, not McReynolds, in the lineup
6/28/88 scored Backman, not Hernandez
8/16/88 scored Teufel, not Hernandez
That leaves us with seven. More research shows that the block lettering on the uniform front started in 1988, so eliminate the three remaining 1987 games. That leaves us with these four:
Sat 4/30/1988 vs. Reds
Sun 5/22/1988 vs. Dodgers
Mon 6/6/1988 vs. Cardinals
Thurs 9/8/1988 vs. Cubs
June 6 was a night game; knock that one off the list. Could have been any of those other three, but my guess is the September 8 Cubs game, as a lot of card photos were taken in Chicago in those days. :)
- skoormit said...
Absolutely fabulous work, Chris. Is there anything in the visual that would help eliminate a stadium? It looks like the dugout top is blue, but I was thinking the tops at Wrigley are green. Could it be Dodger stadium?
I'd rule out Busch because there's almost no red in the stands, and Cards fans tend to wear bright red, don't they?
- Sal said...
Ah, I remember that Grace card. I remember the price guides saying that the card was "worth" $1.75, and feeling smug because I had 12 of them. To be 14 again...
- skoormit said...
I remember feeling smug as well when I snagged two copies of the 88 Donruss Grace for $2 each at a card show. The price guide that had come out that same day (this was the old b&w guide, pre-Beckett) said the card was worth $5. I felt like I had pulled a fast one on the dealer.


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Pregnant Kim Kardashian: Cut-Out Dress at Dinner!
Kim Kardashian dons a bold dress while grabbing dinner with her pal Jonathan Cheban at a local restaurant on Sunday (January 6) in Miami, Fla.
After dinner, the 32-year-old pregnant reality star took the time to pose for pictures with fans who had waited outside the restaurant.
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Chargers walk out of new gym with win
In boys basketball: Chargers walk out of new gym with win
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CRAFTSBURY COMMON — Coming off a tough loss to UCA on Sunday, the Craftsbury boys basketball team was hoping to win their first game in their new gym. The Craftsbury boys did just that in their game against Richford Monday night. They played hard and finished the night on a high note with a 50-46 win. Sophomore Alex Vetere of Craftsbury led all scorers with 17 points, and Kyle Adams contributed 10.
Brady Hemond led Richford with 11 points but didn't have much help, with no one else scoring in double figures.
Richford scored first to go up two to nothing, but Craftsbury answered to tie it up at two in the first quarter. The game went back and forth with play time and scoring shading toward the Craftsbury end. After one quarter of play the score stood Craftsbury 14, Richford 7.
Richford started playing better in the second quarter and began trading baskets and more with Craftsbury, and began to catch up. They tied the game at 26 with 3:18 to play in the first half, but the Chargers would pull ahead, and finish the quarter strong. At the end of the first half the score stood at Craftsbury 33, Richford 26.
The third quarter began with no team scoring until two minutes in. The teams traded missed baskets and turnovers until Bret McAllister of Richford hit a three pointer to pull Richford within four, but Frank Spiese answered with a put back off of an offensive rebound. Craftsbury 35, Richford 29.
After scoring six points in the first half, Alex Vetere would score six of the team's eight points in the third.
Richford would hang tight though. They answered with scoring from four different players: three points each by Joe Lamoureux, Bret McAllister, and Jamie St. Pierre, to go with two points from Bret Hemond. With this well-balanced scoring Richford would outscore Craftsbury in the third 11-8 and, end the third quarter down by four. Craftsbury 41, Richford 37.
Richford began the fourth quarter with the ball. They scored to pull within two and Craftsbury couldn't answer. Richford scored again to tie the game at 41 midway through the fourth.
Craftsbury broke the tie a minute and a half later with a field goal to go up 43-41, but Richford answered back to tie the game again.
A three-point play put Craftsbury up by three with one minute to go in the game, and that swung the momentum entirely into the Chargers' favor. Alex Vetere hit a three-pointer and made key baskets down the stretch for Craftsbury. Richford would get three more points but it was not enough as Craftsbury would answer back and go up 50-46 with 19 seconds to play.
Final score: Craftsbury 50, Richford 46.
Craftsbury played tight defense throughout the game but particularly down the stretch where it counted most.
After the game coach Rick Thomas said, "These boys grew up a lot tonight. It's a new transition for them, and they were able to go out and get a win. Everyone out there on the floor contributed. It was a true team effort."
Richford's Brady Hemond, their team's top scorer, fouled out in the fourth quarter. The team struggled without him.
Rick Thomas was a busy man Monday night as he is coaching the boys team and the girls team.
Craftsbury's next game is home again on Wednesday, December 12.


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- When you don't have a hammer, you don't want anything to look like a nail.
- Alternate version: If you don't have a hammer, you don't want anything to look like a nail.
- Of Paradise and Power, p. 26
- According to Kagan, this is a variation of the proverb "When you have a hammer, all problems start to look like nails." (p. 25 of the same book)
- The force de frappe was little more than symbolism; it relieved neither France nor Europe from strategic dependence on the United States (Of Paradise and Power, p. 19)
- The vast majority of Europeans always believed that the threat posed by Saddam Hussein was more tolerable than the risk of removing him. But Americans, being stronger, developed a lower threshold of tolerance for Saddam and his weapons of mass destruction. (Of Paradise and Power, p. 31)
- The United States was losing interest in preserving European security, but at the same time it was hostile to European aspirations to take on the task themselves. Europeans complained about American perfidy, and Americans complained about European weakness and ingratitude. (Of Paradise and Power, p. 43)
- Americans officials have found it hard to believe, but leading officials and politicians in Europe really have worried more about how the United States might handle or mishandle the problem on Iraq — by undertaking unilateral and extralegal military action — than they have ever worried about Iraq itself and Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction. (Of Paradise and Power, p. 61)
- When President Dwight Eisenhower undermined and humiliated Britain and France at Suez in 1956, it was only the most blatant of many American efforts to cut Europe down to size and reduce its already weakening global influence. (Of Paradise and Power, p. 72)
- And now, in the final irony, the fact that the US military power has solved the European problem, especially the "German problem", allows Europeans today, and Germans in particular, to believe that American military power, and the "strategic culture" that has created and sustained it, is outmoded and dangerous. (Of Paradise and Power, p. 73)


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Lipscomb head women's soccer coach Kevin O'Brien has announced the addition of 14 student-athletes who have sign their national letter of intent to join the Lady Bisons starting in the fall.
"I am very pleased to announce the signing of 14 quality young women to the women's soccer program" O'Brien said. "It is the culmination of a lot of hard work put in by our coaching staff over the past year.
"We have a very talented group of girls joining the squad and I'm confident that these players will immediately add depth and competition to our program".
The class consists of four international players, four Elite Club National League players and six top regional players that all have extensive experience with their states Olympic Development Program.
Carlotta Fennefoss 5-9, D, Oslo, Norway (Club: Lyn F.C.)
Carlotta just captained the Norwegian U20 National Team last month in La Manga, Spain. These friendly matches included games vs. USA, Germany & Denmark. Carlotta has also led her U19 national team to the finals of the European Championships to be played in Wales later this year.
"Carlotta is a composed and a quick central defender," O'Brien said. "She reads the game extremely well and plays with the skill of a central midfielder. She has good vision and distribution on the attacking side of the game and can run with the quickest of strikers defensively"
Jolene Muir 5-4, M, Auckland, NZ (Club: Eastern Suburbs)
Jolene Muir, a native of Auckland, New Zealand, is a member of the U17 National team and scored a great goal against the Australian National Team to help win the 2012 Oceania Football Championship.
"Jolene is very quick and is good going 1 v 1 at defenders," O'Brien said. "She can play either on the left or right wing with equal effectiveness and even possibly at forward. She is good in combination play and will add to our overall team attack"
Niamh Rawlins 5-8, D/M, Swindon, ENG (Club: Portsmouth)
Niamh Rawlins, a native of Swindon, Wiltshire, England, won a bronze medal at the Gothia Cup in Sweden while earning the Football Player of the Season during her prep career.
"Niamh is a simple and safe player that will strengthen our left flank," O'Brien said. "She has good athleticism and can play as a fullback or as a winger. Her distribution is strong and she serves a nice whipped ball in the box"
Shelby Auterhoff 5-6, M, Sarnia, Ontario (Club: London Gryphons)
Shelby Auterhoff, a native of Sarnia, Ontario, earned team MVP honors in 2012 while serving as team captain in 2011 and 2012.
"Shelby is a strong and sturdy central midfielder," O'Brien. "She not only improves combativeness in the middle but her soccer IQ is high. She will improve our ability to possess the ball under pressure"
Anna James Buhigas 5-7, GK, Columbus, OH (Club: Ohio Premier)
Anna James Buhigas, a native of Columbus, Ohio, holds her school's shutout and saves record while being named all-state. She is a four-time state champion while being named team MVP in 2012.
"Anna is an athletic and agile keeper," O'Brien said. "She is very good at reading the game, thus simplifying her job in goal. Her mental speed is excellent in transition and she is always looking to get the counter happening as quick as possible."
Alesondra Colbert 5-5, F, Phoenix, AZ (Club: Del Sol)
A 4.0 Honor Roll student, Alesondra Colbert from Phoenix, Ariz., is a letter winner adding depth to the strikers for the Lady Bisons.
"Alesondra is a great addition to our core of strikers," O'Brien said. "She has track-star pace and a great work ethic. She plays equally well with her back to the goal or darting behind defenses"
Alyssa Plowman 5-6, M, Lebanon, OH (Club: Ohio Elite)
Alyssa Plowman, a native of Lebanon, Ohio, joins the Lady Bisons after earning the Golden Boot Award for scoring 10 goals and dishing out eight assists as a junior.
"Alyssa is a quick and sharp midfielder," O'Brien said. "She is a winger that runs well at defenders in the attack but can defend equally as well. She is a tenacious and tough player."
Brooke Coakley 5-6, M, Granite City, IL (Club: Scott Gallagher)
Brooke Coakley, hailing from Granite City, Ill., was a state champion in 2011 while also winning the Missouri Regional in 2010.
"Brooke is a smooth central midfielder who is a good passer and distributor of the ball," O'Brien said. "More of a playmaker, she will add strength to our attacking endeavors here at Lipscomb."
Kirsten Herndon 5-7, M, Mayfield, KY (Club: Tennessee SC)
Joining the Lady Bisons from Mayfield, Ky., is Kirsten Herndon. She was a 2012 All-State selection and four-time All-Region selection.
"Kirsten is an industrious midfielder," O'Brien said. "She is a tough kid that can either mix it up or play attractive possession soccer, depending on what the game requires."
Carolyn Springsteen 5-7, D, Columbus, OH (Club: Cincinnati United Premier)
A native of Mason, Ohio, Carolyn Springsteen was a sectional, district and regional champion during her time at Mason High School.
"Carolyn is a solid defender that reads the game well," O'Brien said. "She is composed under pressure and should help our possession in the defensive-third of the field."
Ellen Lundy 6-1, F, Rogers, AR (Club: Northwest Arkansas Lightning)
Ellen Lundy, a native of Rogers, Ark., earned All-State honors in 2012. She was a four-year team captain and won six state championships with her club team.
"Ellen is a strong target striker," O'Brien said. "She has nice feet and is good combining with her back to the goal. She is strong in the air and will be a great target on set pieces."
Ali Critcher 5-7, F, Edgewood, KY (Club: Kings Hammers)
Alison Critcher, a native of Edgewood, Ky., earned All-State Honorable Mention her junior and senior seasons at Dixie Heights High School. She also was a two-time state runner-up with her club team in 2011 and 2012.
"Ali is an opportunistic striker that is always looking to score," O'Brien said. "She competes very well and will improve our overall athleticism"
Lyndie Donnegan 5-6, D/M, Franklin, TN (Club: Tennessee SC)
Lyndie Donegan joins the Lady Bisons after an All-State career at Franklin High School. A three-time All-State performer, Donegan scored 42 goals and is tied for the AAA division record with 53 assists. Donegan won the 2011 TSSAA State Championship with a 24-0-0 record.
"Lyndie has above average pace, strength and athleticism," O'Brien said. "Her commitment and toughness make her a good defender but she can get forward in attack too. She will play either right back or midfielder this fall."
Catherine Simmons 5-7, F, Chanhassen, MN (Club: Eden Prarie)
Catherine Simmons, from Chanhassen, Minn., is an All-Conference performer and three-time letter winner for Minnehaha Academy. Simmons also won the 2012 Minnesota State Cup while leading both her club team and high school team in goals scored.
"Catherine will factor into our team as a forward or wide midfielder," O'Brien said. "She has great pace and a wonderful work ethic.
"There is a lot of optimism surrounding the women's soccer team right now. Adding impact players to our current team should give us a great nucleus to build the future upon."


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The iPhone isn't the only smartphone. This may come as a shock to you, but really, it isn't. The options aren't the 'Nokia Dumbphone' or an iPhone. I find this assumption incredibly arrogant, naive, and simply devoid of understanding of user requirements, budgets, and all the rest of the factors that go into choosing a phone.
The point I'm making is were talking about the web, not native apps or anything else, but the web. We know that a site should work, in some way or another, across all browsers / OS's etc. My issue comes with the idea that in the mobile world, this is somehow different. If your going to have an iPhone specific site, you should be catering for all the other possible options as well, which means god knows how many different versions to keep on top of, maintain and update etc, its going to become a maintenance nightmare.
Imagine you're browsing on your wonderful oh-so-lovely iPhone and you come across a site that wont work properly – its been built for android – chances are that's going to annoy you, but for some reason you seem to think this is okay the other way round?


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Sunday, November 23, 2008
It's Over – All Most
The four plus years we have been battling this case passed in the wink of Julies eye as she walked up to the waiting Willy Dow who was standing before the judge. The pain was clearly in her face as she listened quietly to the prosecutor regurgitate the now defunct misinformation he presented at her original trial. She stood tall, proud and unashamed as the prosecutor took his final shots and sliced away the pound of flesh that the state demanded to end this horrible ordeal. In the ten minutes it took for it to be over, I could do nothing but sit there, watch and listen to the defense and prosecution, proclaim that each was ready to retry the case. In the end it was the judge who asserted that picking the scab of an old wound was counter productive. In that moment, I felt a certain degree of exoneration for Julie. The arguments stopped, the judge passed on the final details of a One Hundred dollar fine and revocation of Julies teaching rights, and as quickly as that, it was over.
As Julie turned to leave, I could see the mixed emotions on her face. Nothing could give her back the last four years of her life, our lost child, the sleepless nights, the indignity and insult of the charges or her health. But yet there it was, a slight but very distinguishing smile. It was finally over.
Julie and I would like to thank the literally thousands of people who came to Julie's defense with positive words of encouragement and donations of time and money. Without all of which, it is doubtful that Julie would be a free woman now.
The life we knew and loved is over. Now is a time of rebuilding and redefinition. Hopefully when we look back, we'll still see the same positive encouragement we have come to know and love from all of you.
God Bless and Happy Holidays
Wes & Julie
47 comments:
- Ariel said...
I just read about this story off of a Livejournal community. I am just agog at what Julie has been put through. The story they are sell is laughable. I work tech support. Anyone who has ever gotten an pop-up ad wasn't trying to do it on purpose, and you can get spyware very easily on an un-secure computer. But apparently the school isn't interested in facts but in a scapegoat. I hope there is some comfort in the fact that most people are on your side and think that this whole trial is a travesty.
- November 23, 2008 at 10:08 PM
I cannot believe what I read of this case. As a security researcher for almost 10yrs now, during which I have helped prosecute *actual* computer pornographers, I am disgusted that these charges were ever brought against you. Law enforcement is clueless to computer crimes, it is a complete travesty that you have had to suffer because of it.
My heart goes out to you and I wish you good luck in putting this behind you quickly.
- November 24, 2008 at 11:36 AM
I hope Julie knows she deserves the opposite of a hideous fine and loss of her credentials. The school district OWES her money for all of this trouble, not to mention 4 years of her life back.
It's absolutely terrifying that this can happen in our justice system.
- November 25, 2008 at 5:24 AM
As a combat veteran and citizen of the United States I am disgusted with Detective Mark Lounsbury and the way in which you were persecuted. This makes me sick. The prosecutor's office and the police department should be held accountable. Lousbury should not be working in law enforcement. He should be on the other side of the bars.
- November 25, 2008 at 6:22 AM
I'm glad that this is over, but you deserve better. You deserve to be compensated for the years of work you missed, the health problems you've dealt with, and the emotional hardship that this insane situation has created.
When will the law resort to common sense again? Does anyone truly believe that those children were really emotionally scared over a few inappropriate pop-ups? My guess is most of those kids had stumbled upon similar pop-ups on their own home computers, or at the very least, play violent video games on a regular basis.
Even so, that's beside the point. Best of luck to you in all that you do in your life. Hopefully you find yourself happy, healthy, and surrounded by a community of COMMON SENSE sooner rather than later.
- November 25, 2008 at 1:09 PM
I have been watching this closely and am disgusted that the judge and prosecutor still needed what you describe as their final pound of flesh. I hope a movie is made about this. People in this country should know how dangerous the justice system is. Of course, I'd love to see the idiots who prosecuted and investigated your wife be on the hot seat and have their lives ruined in the end. Now that would be justice in this case! The fact that your wife had to plead guilty at all and on top of that give up her teaching career --- HOW DARE THEY!
- November 25, 2008 at 1:45 PM
So proud of both of you for staying strong and keeping us updated. This case has been on my mind since the media first released it. For what it's worth, I wrote the Governor and contributed to your legal fees. I admire your determination to adapt and move forward.
- November 26, 2008 at 10:53 AM
Wes and Julie: Xeni Jardin from Boing Boing (boingboing.net) and Boing Boing tv (tv.boingboing.net) here. We're trying to reach you for a report we're planning next week around this case. My email is email@example.com, and I'd be very grateful if you wouldn't mind contacting me, I'm having a hard time figuring out how to reach you directly to see if you'd be willing to speak with us. Here's a post we ran today about the case: http://bit.ly/nksW
What happened to you is shameful and sad.
Xeni Jardin
Boing Boing (boingboing.net)
- November 26, 2008 at 2:32 PM
I hope that you will pursue a full pardon through the Connecticut Board of Pardons and Parole. You may want to contact the nonprofit Connecticut Pardon Team; their website is http://www.connecticutpardonteam.com/
For that matter, now that we have elected a President who actually knows a thing or two about computers, perhaps a pardon could come from that direction.
- November 26, 2008 at 3:09 PM
Please please please sue the school district and the police for all they're worth.
- November 26, 2008 at 3:10 PM
- Meandering Mandler said...
I just read about this on gizmodo.com, everyone giving feedback on the article on there is very sympathetic to you. For whatever its worth, I'm glad to hear this is over for you. I'm so sorry that the system worked against you. Its not fair at all that you were made an example of--this should have never even gone to court. I'm so so sorry to hear about all this. With sincere, heartfelt respect and understanding, Chandler
- November 26, 2008 at 3:39 PM
- Injustice said...
Marty in Boise
I visited the site you suggested. What struck me was the sign in front of the building. It's located in Norwich, Ct. The very city that persecuted her. How much luck do you think Julie is going to have there with a pardon ?
- November 26, 2008 at 3:58 PM
I am so sorry for what you have been subjected to by the small minded people of your school district and court system. I am also sorry for you losing your teachers credentials. I wish you had won and sued them for all they have done to you.
The victim was you.
- November 26, 2008 at 5:26 PM
I came across your story today and found it outraging what the court system did to you and your family. You have my deepest condolences. I wish you all the best.
- November 26, 2008 at 10:27 PM
And I've been told this is the land of the free. Cases like these boggles the mind how incredibly stupid and selfish how some people can be. My deepest condolence on the ordeal, and although it is far from a happy outcome, I'm glad at least it is behind Ms. Amero.
- November 26, 2008 at 10:40 PM
I wish you were our Spanish sub.
- November 26, 2008 at 11:16 PM
- Matthew said...
I'm glad you no longer have the cloud of a possible prosecution hanging over you.
I read http://www.networkperformancedaily.com/2007/01/the_strange_case_of_ms_julie_a_1.html where Mr Horner outlines the testimony the judge prevented him from presenting. Based on that information, it's clear that Julie was innocent. It's too bad that there was no court decision to send a message about what an inappropriate prosecution this was.
- November 27, 2008 at 1:39 PM
Let's just hope there is something in store for the corrupt people who helped in the prosecution of this poor woman.
- November 27, 2008 at 5:43 PM
Glad to hear that this nightmare is almost completely over, in spite of the fact of all that has been lost in the 4+ years that you have suffered. However, I do feel that the ended punishment may seem not as harsh as what could've been, but in my opinion perhaps it may be worse. Having been a student of an Amero in the past (LMS, 1999-2000 school year. I was in 7th grade then), and knowing the way that she had a compassion for teaching, and if Julie's anything like her, the current punishment is much worse than what could've been.
As said by previous comments, I feel that the true victim in the situation is Julie. Sure the school system may have suffered the loss financially, and of a great substitute teacher-but Julie has lost much more than just money in the last 4+ years.
And I do think Julie may have a chance at getting a pardon, as Marty in Boise suggested, this way it will force the school district to fess up to their inconceivable mistake against her. After all, it was the SCHOOL's Mistake for not checking out their older computers before hand, not Julie's. And all of the computer experts that were put on the defense's case have proven that true.
Best of luck, and have a great holiday season.
- November 27, 2008 at 6:11 PM
And FYI-there is a facebook group that has poped up about this titled
"Julie Amero is Innocent"
- November 27, 2008 at 6:14 PM
Ugh, they took away your teaching license. That's terrible in this economic environment. Let us know if you still need any help or support.
I'm sure you're glad to be done with this and don't want to think about it again. But I'd really love to see them pay (via a civil lawsuit) for all the pain, suffering, and lost wages you had to go through.
- November 27, 2008 at 9:28 PM
- Braqua said...
I don't have much more to contribute than has already been said by hundreds and thousands of comments, but I just wanted to wish you all the best, and I seriously hope you can either put this behind you and let it go, or turn around and get more of media's attention on this, write to state representatives or whatever is available for you. This is a horrible and discusting case heavily reaking of a witch-hunt, and is truly a dark spot for the judicial system in 2008. I can only pray and sincerely hope that some sort of uppance will come to those involved in covering up the evidence and ignoring the voice of the community posessing the knowledge to turn the case in you favour. Shame on them all, shame on them.
All the best,
Per-Arne Hoff
Network & Security Administrator
Bergen kommune, Norway.
- November 28, 2008 at 4:08 AM
Dear Mrs. Amero,
In addition to proving your innocence, computer forensic analysis could have determined the source, type, method, date and time of infection as well as the logged on user at the time that the infection occurred.
Were statements obtained from Mr. Napp ("who was logged on when you arrived") or the students ("who were using the pc to view hair sites when you returned from the restroom")?
You deserve full vindication, monetary compensation and a formal public apology.
There is a rapidly growing ground-swell of support for you as more people become aware of your plight.
Please give consideration to pursuing nothing less than full vindication.
Best wishes,
M. Sanders
Syscon Forensics
- November 29, 2008 at 12:38 PM
Just wanted to say - thank you for being so unbelievably courageous. Hope you had an amazing Thanksgiving. You deserve it. God Bless.
- November 30, 2008 at 12:39 AM
Dear Julie,
I was horrified to hear of your case years ago (and I contributed to your defense fund). Have you thought of getting a Presidential pardon from either President Bush or (in 2 months) President Obama? If anyone deserves one, it's you!!!
- November 30, 2008 at 7:09 PM
- Jim said...
Dear Julie,
They had no right to "plead you" out of your license and to fine you. Where is that useless "American Civil Liberties Union" in this case? You have been ripped off. The true perpetrators of this travesty, the school officials, have not been punished at all, have they? You should sue in civil court for millions!
- December 1, 2008 at 11:39 AM
Time to leave the country the US had become a Police State
- December 1, 2008 at 1:39 PM
I'm thankful your nightmare has ended. Hopefully, there will be a counterbalance of positive in your lives.
Your case was so obviously inadvertant that only people who lack technical understanding about computers and how the Internet works would blame you.
The school district should have had protection for students accessing the Internet. Or at least the humbleness to accept what the experts said about the extreme vulnerability of their computers!
When I first heard about your situation, I emailed a friend who is a columnist on technology for the LA Times/Washington Times. I don't know if he looked into it or commented on it.
Again, I'm glad your ordeal is over. Best wishes for future blessings. -Austin
- December 1, 2008 at 8:46 PM
I can understand why you wanted this to be over with and I support you and your husband wholeheartedly. Many of us blogged hours, days and nights to make sure this case was kept in the forefront. I only wish now that that the school administration, Lounsbury, the prosecutor be investigated and brought to justice for what they did to you. It was and is wrong.....god forbid this should happen to anyone else. We all wish you luck and happiness in the future. Many of us wish a movie to be made so that everyone is made of aware of the injustice and corruption of this case. Take care, peace and health be with you.
- December 1, 2008 at 8:49 PM
Pleading guilty to a misdemeanor charge and giving up her teaching license is a very unsatisfying conclusion to this case. I believe several things have to happen for there to be proper justice for Julie:
1. A pardon from the Governor of Connecticut and full restoration of Julie's teaching rights.
2. Removal of the New London County District Attorney from office. I know this can be done by ballot referendum in California; is it possible in Connecticut? If not, in the next election the voters of New London County should vote the DA out of office for his reprehensible handling of this case. Even after it became clear that Julie did not intentionally do what she was accused of, the state refused to let go of her, condemning her to almost a year and a half of legal limbo.
3. The State of Connecticut should compensate Julie for pain and suffering. She lost a baby and her health has been harmed, perhaps permanently. I'm not a big fan of this kind of litigation, but in Julie's case there was deliberate malice by the state.
4. Concepts of morality in America really need to change. Why is it considered such a heinous crime for kids to be momentarily exposed to some tiny pop-up porn images? Can anyone prove that any of the children in Julie's class were harmed in any way by seeing the images? I seriously doubt it. And yet, Julie was being crucified as if she were a child molester! To me, this case wasn't about malware or computer illiteracy or failure to turn off the computer when the porn images kept popping up. This case was more about the total hysteria that erupts in America when "sex" and "children" come within a light year of each other. The witch hunts go on, 316 years after Salem.
- December 4, 2008 at 2:51 PM
Mrs. Amero,
you were unjustly targeted and you should apply for an Expungement/Provisional pardon to take this off your record. You should contact the Connecticut Pardon Team,inc There are so many people who go throughlife with a record the stops them from the full potential of living. So, take a breather and then start taking youe life back. Don't let an unjust decision dictate your dreams. As Marty from Boise suggested, Contact them. the lady who runs it is very understanding
- December 9, 2008 at 4:58 AM
There is really nothing to be said that has not already been said about this. Anyone who has used a computer for any length of time knows that Julie is not guilty of anything criminal. She had only just started learning about how the computer works, and could not have known any better what to do in this situation.
I once recieved a call from my mother about two or three years ago. She has what I would call "moderate" knowledge of computers for a woman of her age, 50. She knows how to look things up on google, write a text document, and look at the email in outlook. She had opened an email from a person with a name she did not recognize, and was curious why "Amy" was "sending her the hot pics from the weekend". She didn't know anyone named Amy...and what pics were she talking about? My mother decided to investigate. Of course, a torrent of pop-ups, much, much worse than what was apparently shown in Julie's case, appeared all over the screen. Closing one opened two more. In a shrill and paniced voice, my mother asked me what to do, worried she would get a virus or have the FBI show up at her house for looking at pornography. Since I was not there, and taking time to explain how to close all of the explorer windows at once would take too long, all I could do was have her hit the reboot switch.
My deepest sympathies to you, Julie, whose life has been substantially changed in a negative way by a judicial system filled with people who have no idea what they are talking about, and by prosecutors who do not care about humans or common sense.
- December 9, 2008 at 2:45 PM
[Letter from India]
I'm very sorry to hear the pain that you were made to undergo.
I know what it's like to be arrested or be marked as guilty
without any wrongdoing as I'm a victim of such genre.
I'm from India and the situation with the police or the judicial
system is more or less the same almost everywhere. Draconian laws
like 498A and Domestic Violence that're completely biased and
which pronounce the accused to be guilty until proven innocent
are being misused heavily due to which many families including
those of me (me, my father, mother and sister who're booked under
the idiotic law) are suffering a lot.
May GOD give you the strength to move forward.
And, may the righteous be protected.
- January 27, 2009 at 11:41 PM
- Berlin Brown said...
Hello, I just started looking at this, tonight. I am amazed. I am a web developer, in IT and just looking at the laughable case against you. It is funny and not funny all that the same time. The prosecutor talked about 'injury'. Injury how? I just hope that you get your due justice, by filing some form of grievance against the school, the state, possibly even some of the software companies that were involved. The web filtering software, etc, etc.
But here are a couple of a questions I had. I am not a lawyer and not a web security person.
First, just on that point alone. Why wasn't a 'web' security person brought in as a witness. The information manager had worked on mainframes in the 60s and 70s. Mainframes aren't PCs. He is not an expert on web security. Or web development.
This a damming piece of testimony and completely false. I can put this together in 10 minutes with javascript. And I have been a victim of this before.
"Q Is it possible to click on an innocent link that can take you to a porn site?
A The names of sites don't need to bear any relationship to their content. Something that did appear innocent could be a porn site.
Q Thank you. Is it possible to be in an endless loop of pornography?
A I've never seen that, so I would have to say probably not. "
Also, in 2004, for a so called computer expert...working on win95, win98 machines to not have experience with adware, viruses is beyond me.
Second point. Am I wrong, or was the defense attorney not aggressive enough. I know this is all in the past tense, but he didn't quiz the computer expert on popups and malicious software that might be running on that machine.
He also didn't seem to present how you had gone to other adults to get the popups and pornagraphy to stop coming up.
It just seemed completely unfair.
Another question, lets say the kids were presented pornagraphy. Is that the charge? I thought the charge was injury to minors. Does that automatically equate to injury.
I am just baffled by this case and I hope that you set the court system in Conn accountable for this injustice.
- January 27, 2009 at 11:55 PM
Wow! I just learned about this case for the first time today. I cannot believe the stupidity of the school administration, the police, the prosecuting lawyer or the judge. Wow!
My condolenses for all Julie and her family must have been through. What an obvious abuse of authority by so many.
- January 28, 2009 at 11:44 AM
Let's be honest: the prosecutor didn't deliver 'misinformation' to the court -- he delivered disinformation.
Your case is an example of how a prosecutor, with the unlimited resources of the government at his back, can target any innocent citizen for destruction on a whim. And he can do so with no punishment or consequences accruing to him -- aside from his ability to boast of "protecting children".
- January 28, 2009 at 9:39 PM
Julie, i am deeply sorry for what you had bear. So many morons out there. This detective should be but behind bars immediatly without any pardon.
Hope you are feeling better, and that you keep up your hope.
Pether / Sweden
- January 30, 2009 at 5:21 AM
I too have followed your case, as I have been going through a situation myself. I am saddened that the scape goats are allowed in our schools. There should never be a scape goat, used to cover up a schools inadequacies. Anything to save face. Let go of and terminate, ruin the carreer, scape goat this person because they are expendable. We will loose less. Subs, untenured teachers and anyone who is there 90days or less can be destroyed. For what to cover up a wrong that someone else did. We scape goats are lucky, because we have our families who love us. But try to put food on the table when you are unable to get any kind of job because of this kind of stuff. No one should have thier name be a scarlet letter. What ever happened to live, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Does this not apply to scape goats? Keep telling your story. Let the world know how corrupt our schools are. Happens all the time. Most of the time it is done quietly, as no one should know we have dirty laundry in our schools. It is not PC ya know.
- February 1, 2009 at 11:36 PM
So im watching channel 8 at the moment,saw your story...crazy!Who the hell is this "so-called"blogging about you.This man should be fired,like he has no life,nothing better to do...umm,sounds like police harassment to me,
- February 2, 2009 at 8:20 PM
I just heard about your story today and I can't imagine the hell you have gone though. Please know that there are lots of people who support you, myself included, and I pray that one day you are able to move past this horrible ordeal and live happier. God bless you.
- February 4, 2009 at 11:34 AM
Dear Julie,
after a while, I typed your name into google again and found this blog. Some time has passed, since I tried to help you by setting up a little web page and spamming all my contacts about your case. As a computer expert, I had a real hard time trying to believe, what was going on. Such a case would be simply impossible in my country.
I am glad, that you finally got free, but the overall outcome is truly unsatisfying. I wish you and your family luck, love and light!
Sincerely Yours,
A nerd from Vienna, Austria
PS.: I'd be interested, how many people tried to help you over the whole period of time, how many related web sites you have seen, a.s.o.
- April 16, 2009 at 7:06 AM
Wow. I worked with the Department of Energy once and misspelled some common web site, like Yahoo or Google and all these porn pop ups came up, there was no way to stop it except to unplug the computer. I was freaked out a little bit, since our computers are monitored, but knew it wasnt a problem cause I didnt have anything to do with it. I joked with my compadres for a bit saying 'yeah maybe I'll get fired', knowing it was impossible. Not such a joke to Julie apparently...Unbelievable that she was charged...much less convicted. I am so sorry for the amazing ignorance of the system that put you through it all!
- June 26, 2009 at 1:30 PM
I would be curious to get an update on your case. Have the detective and the prosecutor been jailed yet? Have you been granted a pardon and has your license been re-instated? Have you been compensated for your losses?
More than 10 years ago, I needed to construct a Business Model for my company. Naturally, I scoured the internet, using the search term "Business Model". The results were just unbelievable. Fortunately, I was able to explain to our company watchdogs, that while I "actively" looked for "Models", my intent was perfectly legitimate. In other words: ending up at a "bad" website can happen to anyone - that's just the nature of the internet.
- August 13, 2009 at 9:46 AM
Julie I am a computer teacher, and in the days of bad firewalls this type of thing happened to all tech people.
I really feel that you were singled out, I am so sorry for the loss of your baby. I hope that if you have the strength that you fight to clear your name.
- August 16, 2009 at 9:50 AM
I am a teacher, and in consequence of your sad experience I will NEVER lead the students to the computer room.....
- September 10, 2009 at 11:23 PM
I have been in the technology business now for 15 years. I cannot believe that the prosecution had the nerve to go after you with this so called "expert witness". This reminds me of another egregious case where prosecutor Mike Nifong railroaded the Duke Lacrosse players.
I believe that all prosecutors like this should experience the public humiliation that Nifong did. Justice cannot be served by those that would use those kind of tactics.
While I pray for a Nifong like farewell for your prosecutor... I also wish your family the best.
- September 15, 2009 at 7:58 PM
Cool story as for me. I'd like to read a bit more concerning this theme. Thanks for giving this information.
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^So how do you feel about Yakomaru's plan to essentially turn human infants into weapon? Aren't they being treated like animals too? I personally don't feel either group is worth "rooting" for, but there are individuals I sympathize with and want to survive.
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The problem now is regardless of who wins, the cat is out of the proverbal bag. Even if the fiend is somehow killed and the monster rat population of Japan wiped out, there is always a chance a few monster rats could escape with a child or two to start over elsewhere. As a backup, he might have spread the knowledge of how to subvert and train a fiend to other colonies; the knowledge that they managed to do so in the first place may be enough to start similar attempts elsewhere.
Even if word gets out all over the world, it will take time because of their enforced technological stagnation and many will underestimate the threat as well. For the monster rats, the rebellion is proof that they can rebel against their "gods" with a chance of winning. I believe Yakomaru didn't just destroy the system in the 66 district, he rendered it completely unfeasible in the long term. In the event the humans win, they either have to change their entire system with the rats or exterminate every single monster rat on the planet.
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|2013-02-23, 14:23
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1) If Mamoru had been executed this would not have happened
2) If Mamoru had not been executed but ran away on his own this would not have happened.
So Saki is right that essentially Maria's noble decision to go with Mamoru is what caused this mess. Mamoru could not of had a child without Maria, Maria is really the key here.
Of course the larger problem is certainly the way the humans saw and treated the monster rats. They had a system for themselves but never realized an outside thread could overtake their power. It was just unthinkable to them so they never prepared for it.
I am definitely not rooting for Yakomaru, but I don't know how I think this story should end. I don't think the humans should win but I don't think the monster rats deserve to win either. And yes the monster rats do remind me of humans, but not necessarily in a good way.
|2013-02-23, 14:24
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So with that mental route established, it's not unexpected if the Temple of Purity guys could use hypnosis for something else, since we've seen they have the power to even make people forget how to use cantus. If they could alter someone's perception of fiends as inhuman, it could work as a temporary measure.
|2013-02-23, 14:28
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I wonder which generation created the queerats in the first place. Whether it's current self-neutering society, the dictatorship society before this one, the "modern" one which started everything (when people started to develop cantus) or whether it was cantus "leakage" that cause it.
I think one reason I have very little sympathy for the queerats is because they were doing a great job at stealing each others young and constantly warring among themselves killing each other already (one of the reasons why the humans looked down on them). The way they were presented early on (plus making them look ugly in the first place) was clearly intended to place that mental effect on the viewer =/
If there's a twist later to make them sympathetic then fine but I think they did too good a job at making them not actually very sympathetic.
|2013-02-23, 14:32
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If they were created I believe it was the scientist group.
|2013-02-23, 14:34
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It does seem like a possibility that it's the non-PK humans. I had thought the scientist group was fairly enlightened, what sick reason could they have to convert a HUGE part of the population to that? Ugh.
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Perhaps that's one of the underlying themes of this bleak story: If you have to do such monstrous acts and throw all morality out of the window in order to survive, is it really worth it? Just look at how humans treat children who show even the slightest signs of threatening them.
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But more importantly it always stood out to me that Shun asked the false minoshiro what happened to the non-PK humans and the false mino had no answer for him. Why bring that up in the story if the audience was not supposed to think about it?
Also Maria's decision was a key point of the episode, we have that long letter from Maria to Saki explaining why she left. The letter wasn't just because Maria & Saki were so close (although that was part of it) it was in some ways to show the significance of Maria's decision. CR is not working right now but I recall Maria even saying we will go far away and not bother anyone, but do you think Maria ever realized something like this would happen?
I am not saying the destruction of the village is entirely the fault of Maria (that is completely unfair and untrue) and yes there are many factors involved but this is why this is such a beautiful tragedy, because it was Maria's noble decision that at least partially lead to this tragedy. Sometimes good intentions can lead to bad results.
edit: Also another thing to consider while the education committee botched up the job, their concern about Mamoru's mental state might not have been completely unfounded.
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|2013-02-23, 15:27
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The Queerats really were treated as little more than cattle by the humans of this world. What that one Queerat said to Saki and Satoru in this episode was stated with sincerity, and there is some truth to what he said there. The Queerats really will escape the thumb of human control if they successfully win this war.
And even if Yakomaru's main goal is personal empowerment (which I myself am inclined to believe), what says he won't put into place a Queerat government where Queerats enjoy a degree of freedom and equality comparable to, say, WWII era Americans?
He can give them that, or something closely approximating it, and still maintain great personal power for the remainder of his life.
It's very dark and tragic what's happening to the humans of SSY, but in various ways, this perfect storm is of their own making.
Death Feedback was a horrible creation. Yes, the alternative would have been messy - Powerful superhumans fighting and killing amongst themselves from time-to-time - But that would be preferable to this absolute no win situation that the humans appear to have locked themselves in.
Someone like Shisei would have maintained law and order in a world without death feedback. But in this world, even he is apparently powerless against a fiend.
I love how Yakomaru has become this great, unseen conqueror from the human's perspective. His presence is felt in brutal military tactic after brutal military tactic, but he remains completely out of sight and out of grasp.
Should he appear "on camera" again before this is all said and done, that will likely have a certain "Oomph!" to it due to just how much his character has been built up while completely off camera these past few episodes.
|2013-02-23, 15:45
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That being said I would be pretty disappointed if Yakomaru ends his days with great personal power. I think humanity as we see it will fall, but I believe Yakomaru actually deserves to fall too.
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However does there have to be a right side here. The monster rats cause may be just but are their actions? The monster rats never tried to prove to the humans that they were intelligent creatures, worthy of more respect in a peaceful way? No their way to prove this was to massacre the humans & to steal their children to create fiends. I am sorry to say but does that make them appear more worthy of respect?
I don't really see either side as in the right here & I would be surprised if both sides don't meet bad fates in the end.
|2013-02-23, 16:02
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Being a cantus user means you have the potential to wipe out queerats, but not that you would. There are individuals like Saki who see queerats more as equals, at least compared to others. She would never consider doing that. That's why I said it was debatable to think this was their only choice. There may have been a chance to negotiate or create an alliance with sympathetic humans in order to gain their freedom. Who knows? Committing genocide by killing every single human who has the potential to use cantus, even in the name of freedom, is not something I sympathize with.
|2013-02-23, 16:11
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I do think Saki thought of the monster rats as lesser creatures, but not ones that should be treated cruelly.
I suppose you can say Saki might have treated them better than other humans, but there was still a bit of arrogance in her thinking.
But I do agree with your larger point about the monster rats not being in the right here either.
On another note if I had to pick two stories this reminds me most of is a mixture of Planet of the Apes & The Birds
|2013-02-23, 16:13
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OK, I am having a hard time reconciling the "aki-child" with what the story has said about fiends. Is this child really a fiend?
The fiends, so far, have been presented as uncontrollable and killing everyone in their path. Yet, this child seems to be influenced by its queer rat handler. Are we suppose to accept that the queer rats have figured out how to control a fiend after a dozen years? That is something humans could not achieve in a millennium.
If instead of being a fiend the child is just leaking cantus how is the child capable of controlling the leakage without killing the queer rats around it? Shun was only able to control his leakage only with great effort and only for a short period of time. I think the story has made a case that leakage was unintentional and uncontrollable. Also, the story has made the point that even "normal human" cantus leaks and not 100% controllable.
If, at present, the child is both obeying the queer rat handlers and not subject to the genetic death feedback then that suggests the child still has the potential to become either a fiend or a cantus leaker.
SO...considering Yakomaru's longer range strategy of raising his own cantus army, it seems as though he is planting the seeds of the queer rats downfall. ALL cantus users have been described as walking nuclear bombs and it would only take a few of the stolen babies to go nuclear to destroy the queer rat civilization.
Maybe this is not a plot hole?
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