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The first Hispanic chief judge of the Chicago area said there's a "strong showing" that the federal government in a drug case racially profiled African-Americans and Latinos – raising a sensitive issue that for years has arisen in various forms nationwide.
Judge Ruben Castillo wrote in his decision this week that since 2011, 19 African-Americans and seven Latinos have been charged in drug stings in the Chicago area, in which agents used an informant to talk suspects into robbing fake stash houses. Over the same period, no whites have been charged, he wrote, citing defense filings.
The decision, which was posted late Wednesday, has potential to reach beyond Chicago. Law enforcement in other metropolitan areas has been accused of racial profiling, and similar stings are done nationwide.
Castillo says there's a "strong showing of potential bias" and ordered the government to turn over the name and race of each defendant in such cases brought by federal prosecutors in the Chicago area since 2006.
On Thursday, one defense attorney in the case welcomed the ruling as "potentially groundbreaking."
"It is groundbreaking if, in the end, the court recognizes that these prosecutions are tinged with a racial animus," said Michael Falconer, who represents one of five defendants in the case. "With this ruling, Castillo has already gone further than I could have hoped for."
A spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Chicago, Randall Samborn, declined comment on the ruling.
Last month, Castillo became the first Hispanic chief judge for the northern Illinois district. He told The Associated Press then that one of his priorities was to ensure diversity issues were looked at more closely at the courthouse.
In the Chicago case, prosecutors say the five men were charged after an undercover agent told them he knew of a house where Mexican cartel operatives kept a stash of 20 kilograms of cocaine with a street value in the tens of thousands of dollars. The men, who allegedly spoke of cutting the throats of any stash-house guards, were arrested on Aug. 14 last year as they prepared to storm the location.
In addition to attempted robbery, the suspects_ as is common practice in such stings – also were charged with conspiracy to possess cocaine with intent to distribute it, even though the product never actually existed. A conviction on that charge alone carries a minimum 10-year sentence and maximum life term.
Castillo in his ruling also asks for any instructions that prosecutors and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms provide to employees on how to avoid profiling based on race. A spokesman for the ATF in Chicago, Thomas Ahern, also declined comment Thursday.
Attorneys for a defendant in the case, Abraham Brown, have sharply criticized the practice of using fake stash houses.
"The informant and agent search for their prey – someone whom they can convince to act on their phony plan," their motion, filed in June, says. Numbers indicating most targets are black, it adds, "presents a stark discriminatory picture."
In their reply, prosecutors said there was no evidence that's true. To show any such bias, the government argued the defense had to show that non-minorities with criminal histories who were potential sting targets "were not further investigated or prosecuted because of their race."
Steve Greenberg, a Chicago defense attorney unconnected to the case in Castillo's ruling, said it was rare for a judge to even broach the issue of prosecutors' impartiality.
"And for a judge to question prosecutors' decisions on racial grounds – I've never seen that before," Greenberg said. "He's not saying they are doing it_ racial profiling – but he is saying, `I have seen enough to make me wonder if there is something here.'"
The judge gave the government until Aug. 23 to turn over the asked-for data. If he eventually decides racial profiling was involved, he could dismiss all the charges, Falconer said.
It's not the first time Castillo, a former civil rights attorney, has raised questions about race and the law.
In 2000, in approving a settlement involving accusations that a suburban village engaged in racial profiling, Castillo wrote that the phenomenon was a "deadly cancer on our justice system."
The question regarding the fairness of stash-house stings has arisen before in this district, court filings show.
Last year, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago found such stings were acceptable. But in a partial dissent, Judge Richard Posner wrote there is a greater risk of illegally entrapping suspects because of the promise of hundreds of thousands in drug money dangled before targets.
"Most robberies, even bank robberies, net little money for the robber," he wrote. "But a stash house is a potential goldmine." He added that such stings are "a disreputable tactic."
Based on reporting by the Associated Press.
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Nobody ever bothered to field test the standards and then study the results to see that it really does what the educational fascists in the department of education say that it does.
The Common Core is touted as the be-all and end-all to educational programs, one that will virtually guarantee that all students are ready for either higher education or the world of work. Think about that for a moment. It is a tall order for any program and one that is most likely not attainable.
Let's say for a minute, however, that if it works, it is a worthy goal. Nobody would argue with the goal.
Then, why are administrators, teachers, students and parents so unhappy in the wake of the first testing season under the new curriculum?
Let me count the ways.
First of all, New York State rushed into the curriculum and the draconian testing program that comes with it.
The students were just not prepared for either the material on the test. In was never taught, never tested for, never reviewed. In fact, in the great majority of schools, the books and material for the curriculum itself did not get to the schools until February. The books and material still hasn't arrived in many schools.
So while students were well-trained for previous versions of the test to pick out a main idea, use context skills, compare and contrast, listen and report, and use facts to infer outcomes, they were not ready for the higher-level skills needed for the test. You might say that the students should have been able to understand the skills on their own, but then you probably have not been in a public school classroom since you graduated from high school.
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Annette Giesecke is a professor of classics and chair of the ancient Greek and Roman studies department at the University of Delaware She also is the mastermind behind "Earth Perfect? Nature, Utopia, and the Garden," a June 6-9 symposium taking place at UD and several local horticulture venues.
It may seem unusual for a professor of classics to organize a horticulture symposium. But this isn't a garden-variety garden conference. If you're only looking for tips on pruning or growing the perfect tomato, you've come to the wrong place.
"'Earth Perfect?' will showcase the garden as an emblem of the ideal human relation with nature," says Giesecke. "Anybody who is interested in the importance and meaning of gardens, and the politics of gardens, will want to attend. It's not just an event for academics and garden professionals."
Frankly, even those of us who never stopped to think about the meaning of gardens – we just know we like them — may find the symposium worthwhile. The eclectic program includes a lecture by UD professor McKay Jenkins on the environmental and health risks of lawn chemicals. There's a workshop on creating "night spaces" and another on designing with edible plants. You can learn about slave gardens in the antebellum South or contemporary urban vertical farms.
Keynote speakers include Emma Marris, author of Rambunctious Garden: Saving Nature in a Post-Wild World, and UD's Doug Tallamy, author of Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants. Mixed in with the lectures and workshops are special tours of Winterthur, Longwood Gardens, Chanticleer and the Mt. Cuba Center.
Giesecke, who has written widely about the gardens of ancient Greek and Rome, was inspired to create the symposium after co-editing a publication also called Earth Perfect? Nature, Utopia and the Garden.
Sue Barton, an ornamental horticulture specialist with UD Cooperative Extension, is excited to be speaking at the symposium because she wants to get more people thinking and talking about her lecture topic — livable ecosystems as a model for suburbia.
What's a livable ecosystem?
The easiest way to explain it is to say what it's not – a livable ecosystem isn't a chemically treated monoculture of turfgrass with a few non-native, invasive trees plunked down in the front yard, too far from the house to shade it in summer or serve as a windbreak in winter.
In other words, a livable ecosystem is a far cry from what many suburban yards look like today.
"The traditional home landscape contains a limited palette of plants, has large areas of regularly mowed lawn, and provides relatively few ecosystem services," says Barton. "Forests and meadows, on the other hand, provide many ecosystem services."
Rest assured, you don't need to remove every blade of grass and turn your yard into a jungle to create a livable ecosystem.
Take, for example, the attractive new landscape at a home in the Applecross neighborhood off Route 100 in Greenville. It does look a bit different than the neighbors' yards – for one thing, there's a 6,000-square-foot meadow of native grasses. It also features a newly reforested area, adjoining an existing wooded tract. Invasive plants have been removed and replaced by white oaks, blueberry bushes, ornamental grasses and other native species.
Grass plays a role, too, but it's been bumped from star of the show to a member of the supporting cast.
"Turf on the property is used purposefully, for recreation areas, circulation, or as the green carpet that sets off other plantings," says Barton.
The yard is part of a UD research project on livable ecosystems. "We want to see if replacing the typical suburban yard of mostly grass with one containing diverse vegetation can help protect the environment and make landscapes more sustainable," she says.
The Applecross property is one aspect of a multidisciplinary project involving five UD faculty members and dozens of undergraduate and grad students. Another research site is located at Winterthur, where the UD team is collecting water quality data in three streams that drain from three different landscapes – mowed lawn, meadow, and forest. They're also collecting data on the diversity of plants, insects and birds in each of these settings.
If you won't have a chance to hear Barton at the Earth Perfect symposium, you'll have a second chance on June 14, at a Sustainable Landscape Tour. Sponsored by UD Cooperative Extension, the program includes a visit to the Applecross property, as well as a tour of a bio-swale and wetlands on the UD farm. Barton also will be hosting a shorter tour of the Applecross property later this season. To find out more about these Extension events, email Barton at firstname.lastname@example.com.
To register for Earth Perfect or learn more at this symposium, call 831-2793 or go to this website.
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Advanced Power Searching with Google
This is the second class offered in the series. I did Power Searching with Google in 2012. Much of it was stuff I learned in library school, but it was good to get my gears grinding again.
The Power Searching with Google class is free and available in a self-guided option now. It takes a couple of hours to complete, but it's broken up into parts so you don't have to do it all at the same time.
Each section involves a small video lecture. Sometimes there's a quiz where you have to do a Google search based on the tool or strategy they've covered in the lesson. There is no class, but there are optional discussions which you can join or not. I went solo through the whole thing.
Advanced Power Searching with Google starts January 23, so if you're *really* motivated, you can finish Power Searching now so you're ready for the advanced class.
Go on, give it a try. Google isn't going anywhere, so you might as well learn to use it to the fullest.
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To make Google genealogy searches even more fruitful, you might try the AncestorSearch using Google Custom Search tool ( http://randymajors.com/p/ancestorsearch.html ). It formats your search terms (using some of the Google Power Searching approaches covered in the course) for you so you're more likely to find mentions of ancestors that would otherwise be buried in thousands of Google search results. Great for those challenging genealogy searches...lots of success stories, such as this one: http://randymajors.com/2011/07/if-at-first-you-dont-succeed-try.htmlReplyDelete
I learned a lot from the Power Searching with Google - I hope this course is just as fruitful.ReplyDelete
Amy - I followed your recommendation and started the Power search class today! As you mentioned, it is a quality class with many helpful tips in the first four sessions! Am signed up for the Advanced Power Searching class that I believe starts this week. Thanks for the tip about this free class! Also recommended your post on Heather Kuhn Roeker's blog Leaves for Trees where she suggested some great google search tips.ReplyDelete
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Saturday, December 10, 2011
a memo to pug #9
From: Upper Management
Date: 12/10/11
RE: The Christmas Tree
Dearest Pug,
As you may have noticed our usual pre-lit Christmas tree has not made an appearance this year...nor will it ever again. Instead a brand new one has taken it's place. This is sadly do to the fact that we as upper management, felt the old tree needed to be placed to the curb do to a series of unfortunate events. The first being it had obviously become a fire hazard with the growing number of lights that had been bitten, chewed and gnawed off over the last few years. Also, if you stood next to the old tree in just the right spot as a breeze passed through the room, our old tree gave off a scent from you trying to claim it as your own. Although faux trees don't have a scent, if it did I'm pretty sure we'd all prefer a pine scent to urine. And finally, the branches on the new one hang perfectly. They haven't been violated from a certain pug trying to pull them or climb up to sit on them.
So, pug we'd be ever so thankful this Christmas if you'd respect the tree and not give baby bro. Landry any ideas.
Much love,
P.S. No, you will not be getting a Christmas bonus.
past memos to pug can be found here 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8}
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- PADDYWAK PUGS said...
This was indeed a delightful memorandum. So much fun to read.
- December 11, 2011 at 5:29 PM
- Sarah Ann said...
AHAHAHAHA. This is so funny!
A friend sent me a link to your blog and it is just DARLING! I'll be back for sure. Love what I see. Come say hi at reverie. any time! We'd love to have you!
- December 11, 2011 at 8:01 PM
- Payton said...
Hmm, I'm not so sure that pug is convinced...
- December 12, 2011 at 9:50 AM
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- December 12, 2011 at 11:11 AM
- Lia Joy @ life is aMAYESing said...
haha! too funny! how did pug react to said memo? :)
- December 12, 2011 at 11:14 AM
- Carolyn said...
So cute! :)
- December 12, 2011 at 12:12 PM
LOVE this post. What a funny Pug :)
- December 12, 2011 at 3:28 PM
- nonnie said...
I have laughed at this until I cried.
We had a pug. Same song, same story! He refused to go potty when it rained or snowed. Being as we lived in TN we did not get much snow, but one year we had about six inches on the ground. I had to carry him out to the barn shed to do his business to keep him from going in the house.....
Oh, the joys of pugville!
Merry Christmas, to girl, boy and pug!
- December 14, 2011 at 7:57 PM
- nonnie said...
The above post was regarding the #1 post about pug and not pottying outside!
I love the Christmas tree post as well!
I am always smiling when I read your blog. Thanks for the wonderful humor.
- December 14, 2011 at 7:59 PM
- The Bonjour Four said...
hahaha oh my gosh i LOVE this. hilarious. im so glad einstein doesn't do those things. he just lays by the tree. whew!
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INDIAN WELLS, Calif. -- It doesn't sound like there's going to be a resolution to the Justin Upton trade saga any time soon. "I'm in no rush," D-backs GM Kevin Towers said on Thursday. "I can't give you timelines. If somebody decides they want to knock your door down and they really want the player, then they can speed things up. I think it's less likely something happens sooner rather than later, if it happens at all." Right now, though, Towers has had discussions with his colleagues at the General Managers Meetings, but they've been more of the exploratory type, and nothing has gotten to the serious stage. "Our sights are set pretty high on what it would take, and if nobody meets what we're looking for -- and we'd like to address a couple of different areas -- if nobody meets it, then we stay status quo and keep him. We're a good team with him," Towers said. The D-backs are not interested in receiving prospects in return for Upton, because they believe they can contend in 2013. That means the team is looking for Major League or at least Major League-ready players. The areas they are looking to improve are shortstop, third base and the starting rotation. When it comes to the rotation, the D-backs are looking at adding a top-of-the-rotation-type starter in return for Upton. "What takes your team from a decent team to a really good team is when you go out and acquire a No. 1," Towers said. "I mean an innings eater, a legitimate, established-type starter, and it makes the rest of your rotation that much better. I don't see that happening, even in an Upton deal." The general consensus among baseball insiders is that the D-backs will in fact trade Upton, but given his age, talent and contract situation, there have been a lot of questions as to why they would. Some speculate that the D-backs have questions about Upton's character. "I've had zero issues with his character," Towers said. "This guy comes to play every day. This would not be motivated by lack of character." Towers was also asked if his motivation for trading Upton had to do with the fact that Upton is set to jump in salary from $9.75 million in 2013 to $14.25 million in '14 and $14.5 million in '15. "It's not finances," Towers said. "If we end up moving him for a guy that's making comparable dollars or more and it makes us better, we do it. We're not looking just to get the young inexpensive guy." The D-backs are also not motivated to make a decision quickly on Upton because they don't see themselves as having any glaring holes to fill, so it's not like they need to deal with Upton before addressing other needs. "Other than a left-hander late in our 'pen, if we had to start the season where we're at right now, I think we're covered," Towers said. In other words, there is not going to be a quick resolution one way or another, and these rumors could drag through the next month and a half. "Early in the process, they sit out there and try to get the bargain deal," Towers said of other teams. "And all of a sudden a couple of free agents come off the board and there's more of a need for that player than maybe they're willing to step up what they're willing to give up to acquire the player. I continue to talk to teams and clubs express interest, but it's very early in the process."


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What Makes An Anime or Character(s) "Identifiable"?
It's been at least two weeks now since the summer anime season started, and this topic has been on my mind for many months now, but never felt the need to discuss this. But...since after watching a couple of summer anime as of lately I kind of wanted to talk about this. I was going to post this a few days ago, but was scared that many people on here will think that this will be redundant and pointless topic...but let's just see where this goes.
Anyway on topic.
There are many anime that people enjoy, hate, and ignore or whatever. But this is what's been on my mind for a long time now: What is it that makes a character or an anime series itself "identifiable" to the viewers (ie us)? Is it because of the character designs, genre, personality traits, talents or powers, story, premise, setting etc.
Many people have their own perspective of what they like or hate in a series and what not, but what makes you identify a series or character(s) to the point where it's enjoyable or worse, depending on your preference.
So what's your thoughts about this? If you wish to comment that's fine, and if it's pointless, ignore this post. I needed to get this off chest.
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This is a really good thread topic.
To answer it, I think it's important to point out that there's two different levels of "Identifiable".
There's "Average Joe/Jane" Identifiable. Then there's "Online Fandom" Identifiable.
"Average Joe/Jane" Identifiable means that the show or character is actually known outside of the anime fandom, or at least is known by the most casual of anime fans. Good examples of this are DBZ, Sailor Moon, Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, Pokemon, and One Piece. Most of these shows run a loooooong time, sometimes air during good time slots (not late-night/middle-of-the-night timeslots), and are primarily geared towards actual kids. And those are the three of the main factors that make them well-known: Longevity, TV time slot, and target demographic. And if you're a major character (Goku, Pikachu, Sailor Mars, Aizen, etc...) in one of those shows, you'll probably be easily identifiable by extension.
But I get the impression that you're mostly curious about "Online Fandom" Identifiable, and that's probably a bit trickier. It's been my experience that all of the following helps:
1. Being based on a popular source material (Persona 4, the Monogatari Series, Clannad, etc...)
2. Being a "genre standout". Either by being a definitive work within its genre, or by being a bit of a deconstructive work within its genre (NGE, Gundam, Madoka Magica, etc...).
3. Appeal to fans of a particularly popular animation studio or VN/LN/manga/game maker (KyoAni, SHAFT, Type Moon, KEY, etc...).
4. Being connected to a famous writer or director (Urobuchi, Ikuhara, Watanabe, Okada, etc...).
5. Have high-production values (i.e. you can see this in how 'polished' the artwork, animation, and/or audio comes across).
6. Good timing. It's helpful for a show to air in a season when it doesn't have too much competition (nothing else prominent within its own genre, and/or nothing else hugely hyped).
7. Well-written/well-received. I would say that this is what sets apart the Madoka Magicas and Fate/Zeros of the world from the Guilty Crowns and Star Drivers of the world. (Just to be clear, I don't hate Guilty Crown and Star Driver, but their writing wasn't as 'tight' as PMMM and Fate/Zero's, imo).
For characters, certain archetypes seem to always be in style (tsunderes, kuuderes, dark magical girls, Rei Ayanami-esque girls, etc...). Aside from this, memorable scenes and distinct character designs help.
I'll leave it at that for now. I hope you found this reply at least a little bit helpful.
|2012-07-14, 18:09
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The answer is one of the 12 basic principles of animation and character design, appeal.
No single story or character can be liked by everyone, they can only make themselves 'identifiable' in your words, through the way they appeal to audience.
To create appeal for anything, you need to draw out the strengths of each individual character, give them charisma, give more important characters more emphasis in design and story. Appeal is not just looking cool and pretty, its about the very personality of the characters. The hotblooded guy, the tsundere girl, the melodramatic villian, etc. Take all these personalities and strengthen them with their acting and appearance and people will recognise these characters through their performance.
If you want to generate any emotion or atmosphere, make it as strong as possible, combine the story and acting of the characters with the setting and lighting, put in the right sound track and set the mood. Let your audience feel exactly what you want them to feel your show and characters are about. Let them know and relate to the characters and bring them into the story.
Its all in the context, build up as much detail in the scenes. What era is the story set in? Where is the story taking place? What do the characters wear and how do they behave in this setting? How would the characters interact with each other and their setting?
There is alot to think when you are making an animation, animators need to be psychologists, actors, biologists, physicists, architects, fashion designers etc. and more. It is the most scientific and technical of all arts.
|2012-07-15, 00:15
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Well, to identify a character, you right click, and then judging by the value of certain traits, decide if to keep, give to someone else, trade, or vendor trash it. Most will be vendor trash and a waste of your time.
Oops, too much Diablo 3...
The way for a character to be identifiable is to have some kind of purpose that can't be fulfilled anywhere else. This doesn't mean there can't have been similar characters done, but they have to be memorable in some kind of way.
You can usually define a character by how they act and react to the world around them. Those that tend to have a more explainable reasons for who why and what they are will be the more interesting characters. Note that depth doesn't need to always come with complexity.
As a entertainment medium, anime is where abstract ideas from real life come alive. They are generally exaggerated, but in general I would say a likable character would be interesting in real life. And an annoying character, I'd want to slap in real life. A villain would be a terrible thing in real life, but then again this is why it's best this kind of intrigue is stuck to fiction. Then again, we do villainize people IRL too. Well written characters will trigger these emotions. Anime characters don't really resemble humans, but they sure act like us enough and share enough features with us to remind of us of certain things.
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From my point of view, probably a character who is experiencing things that I have experienced.
For example, I've never tripped and accidentally grabbed a girl's cleavage or pulled down her pants due to me reaching for something to grab onto to balance myself.
I have been in situations where I don't know how to respond to someone's feelings. Of course it's stereotypical of anime but it is also a real life situation.
|2012-07-15, 00:36
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What Makes An Anime or Character(s) "Identifiable"?
My point of view.
What makes an Anime Identifiable?
Simply the:
Name one cast like Kenshin links you to Samurai X
Cannot be relied to but it helps if one is unique to the anime.
Otakus are very familiar with this. Name the who and you got yourself a list.
4. Memorable scenes/Unique scenes
Very reliable if specified. Example, oh he tried to dunk the ball but got he's head hit the board ring.
What makes a Character Identifiable?
1.Character ( as in characteristic)
Hmmm.. example.... tsundere
2.Appearance (dress included
Even in real life you do this.
3. Seiyuus
Self explanatory
- sorry if I might have read the original question wrong...
|2012-07-15, 00:39
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For me, it's all about personality. The reason I don't care about the characters in Fate/Zero or Madoka Magica (sorry Triple_R) is because I didn't like their personalities so their stories didn't impact me at all. Okay, the Madoka Magica ones did, but mostly because of the animation. As for what I define as identifiable when it comes to personality? Voice-acting is important, of course. But the most important thing is that the character has emotions and the show is good at presenting them. Can't really say any more than that.
|2012-07-15, 01:06
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a little flippant (mostly because I am tired)...
Hair and Outline . If an audience or populace can recognize a character just by their outline (their shadow), then you have an identifiable character. Case and point: Tetsuwan Atom. Show an outline of his head or body to anyone in Japan and I expect the vast majority would know instantly who the character was, even if they never saw the show (the same is true for Mickey, Homer and Bart, Totoro, and a few other animated characters).
Everything else is subjective (CA wrote more or less anything I could write here).
edit: I think there was a thread here a few years back all about character outlines/shadows...
|2012-07-15, 10:46
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So yeah, what makes an anime or character identifiable depends on the situation. It's not about how much recognition those traits have more than it is the right combination of those qualities to make it stand out.
|2012-07-15, 16:47
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I am a bit confused about the use of the word "identify" (and I think the variety of answers in this thread may indicate my confusion is shared).
When we say "identify", do we mean "distinguish" or to have something "stand out from the crowd"? Like, in a sea of anime, we can "identify" one particular anime over all the others? (That people can identify the particular show and not just see it as generic anime #253.)
Or are we talking about "identifying with" an anime or anime character? Like, we can "relate" to that character, empathize with them, and so on.
The original post talks about people's preferences and likes and dislikes, but I'm still not quite sure what the intent of the question is. So I think some of the answers provided above are interesting... but I have no idea if it really answers the question or not.
|2012-07-15, 17:19
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Many big hits have been identified by some catchy trick they pulled off. Haruhi had the episodes out of order, the super exploitable ending tune, and God Knows.
Evangelion was rather gruesome and the ending triggered a huge shitstorm.
Madoka had Inu Curry to do the witches' realms, and episode 3. Same for Bake, its quirky presentation catched the eye from the beginning.
There are probably more examples, but it goes to show that you don't necessarily need to have a super deep or moe content/essence/whatever you want to call it, if you have an awesome presentation for the show.
|2012-07-15, 18:55
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I agree with relentlessflame that it's not entirely clear what you mean when you say "identifiable."
From a purely aesthetic standpoint, character and costume designs are what tend to do it. That's what allows you to pick out a series reference in a parody or in fanart.
Otherwise, there's usually something about a series that endears it to people. It could be the storyline, it could be a whacky or trademark character in the series. I tend to remember series by those traits.
|2012-07-16, 08:28
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I think he means "identifiable" in the sense of "What makes you identify with a character?" Which tends to be a bit different depending on the person. We each tend to identify with people who are most like us, or are reacting in ways we have in the past.
For me, I tend to identify with stronger rational types (Nanoha, most shonen heroes), and tend to NOT identify with weak, emo types (Shinji, Madoka) who can't seem to make a real decision until the end of the series.
Even though this could descend into character discussion, I'll go a bit further explaining my reasoning. There is a certain character type that has become somewhat popular lately, called "moe." It's not something I like... well, I don't see it as bad, per se, when used in moderation. But it is being used too much nowadays, like fanservice. It is designed to specifically target the lolicons, and thus makes me feel uncomfortable. It feels like it is specifically created to be a socially acceptable form of pedophilia, ie, "I'm not a lolicon! I just like young moe girls!"
As I said, the character archtype is fine with moderation, but it very easily crosses a line into pandering if there are too many, or it is too pronounced.
This also leads into a problem I've called "moe thumping." It's when they take that helpless-looking girl and send her through horrible circumstances. BAM, instant fanbase. They kick the puppy as a cheap tactic of getting otaku to instantly fangasm over. While there is some justification, because this does happen in real life, it is highly risking crossing over into "Are you kidding me?" territory. Instead of taking the time to develop a character, it is all too easy to make them into a helpless moe type, and then thump them. Repeatedly, sometimes (Fate, Madoka, Homura).
Much like the fanservice in shows like Seikon no Qwasar or High School DxD, it feels tossed in just to up the popularity, to cover up for the weak plot and annoying character traits.
So, that's what I don't identify with. I tend to like the stronger, more rational characters, regardless of gender. Nanoha and Erza(Fairy Tail) being two of my favorites. Both women that are strong, and yet still feminine and with endearing traits. Erza is still capable of acting moe and cute from time to time, but it is more for comedy.
As for males... you can almost name any main guy from any shonen series, since they seem to be the epitome of strength. But they lose points if they are dumb (Natsu, Goku).
|2012-07-16, 18:02
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In that case, what makes me identify with a character is usually events that they are put through. Usually if they're suffering in a manner that I can connect with struggles that are present in my own life, or if they're going through a situation that I've been pondering, then I identify with them.
|2012-07-16, 20:16
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well it easy to identify and remembered person with unique key feature. like Sena Butterfly Hair decoration or Char mask. everyone that come after a character (or less famous) and have similar feature can often been called "copy"
classic example will be Yurippe and Sora is been called Haruhi copy simply because it have similar hair and ribbon
|2012-07-16, 21:19
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Well, if the OPs identify is about recognizing a character, then the main factor would be the character design, as others already mentioned (my avatar & sig are perfect examples ). If its about relating to a character then it depends on the impression a character gives to the audience. Itll be different for each person. For example, there are ones who admire and can relate to Madoka while there are others who consider her not that much.
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|2013-01-20, 22:52
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Some of weaboo characteri defined in Indonesia:
- Thinks that Japan is a holy land, a superior country, a land with no flaw.
- Only listen to Japanesse song, thinking other country's music sucks.
- Add a lot of Japanesse slang word even not speaking with otaku (just only to sound cool). Eg "Oh, you are so kawaii with that dress." "This food is Oishii..." etc
- Didnt have much knowledge outside of "Japan". Even the knowledge of Japan comes from dorama / anime / manga.
- Easily to provoke when Japan is being ridiculed.
My friend has compiled a long list of weaboo characters in his FB, but this is the most common traits i believe i have encountered so far.
|2013-01-20, 23:06
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I honestly haven't given it much thought....
I suppose the term is perfectly acceptable for those that think Japan is some kind of land of perfection, and they regret not being born Japanese.
I use the term weeaboo pretty frequently though, in a comic manner. For example, "imma watch me some of those weird Chinese weeaboo cartoons!"
|2013-01-20, 23:27
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Most Asians are yellow I think, due to the Vit D surplus thanks to the equatorial sunlight.
|2013-01-20, 23:40
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Both words, IMHO, despite being insulting -- best describe some fans who take their enthusiasm about Japan way too far as they live in an bubble of false ideals (I also recall that the Japanese suffered from a case of reality shock upon arriving in Paris, having been fed a falsified fantasy view of France in which Parisians look like fashion models and wear designer labels all the time).
The term Japanophile is, I think, used to say about those who are interested in Japanese culture but restrained, seriously academic, understands the reality of modern Japanese life (TBH, it's somewhat bleak over there, or could induce homesickness for some) and never delve into the usual cliches; some of them are very open-minded.
There's a world of difference between those two groups.
As for me, I'm just an anime viewer. And I still love my country.
|2013-01-20, 23:51
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There's also those who refuse to acknowledge how names are supposed to be pronounced, especially if the names are obviously not Japanese. I remember there used to be some debate about RAITO and LIGHT... And there's this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VjSfnhCNm8
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Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
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yeah, I'll take the label "japanophile" ... though I'm also a "nordophile" (Scandinavian culture) ... and a "germanophile" (germanic regions) ... heck, I'm fascinated by a number of cultures and read voraciously about all of them.
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You actually seemed.....sickly white to me....
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I admit, I have once gone the path of weeaboo, until I learned about the dark sides of Japanese culture.
I'll be keeping my citizenship for good. Japanese culture is best enjoyed as a tourist.
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. . .but usually pretty funny
I remember when I went to Osaka (to escape the radiation -.-) met up with some friends there and went to a club, and we met these dudes tryin to act black, and first they said that one of us looked like ice cube, asked us if we had a gun, and was mimicking gun violence or whatever, saying yo yo yo, check it out etc. . .which SOUNDS pretty racist. . .but they just looked really ridiculous(we found it hilarious actually) especially upon finding out that they were in their mid 30s still living with their parents and really didn't have an actual job (they were working part time somewhere).(yeah living with your parents till marriage in Japan is a cultural thing but still) it was just hilarious!
there also ARE RICH kids that do this, and do it to the extreme, to the point where they buy low rider cars and cruise around Shibuya at night with their girls...
which looks pretty cool because. . .well you know they are rich!
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Location: In the eastern capital of the islands of the rising suns...
I scanned this thread and there's one thing that bothers me here with some of the posts:
Since when was mimicking or copying another's movements, speech mannerisms and style without malice or demeaning the other, considered 'racist'?
And there's 1001 things I could add about 'racism' from the Japanese side (or rather, the narrow-mindedness) that would land half the country with a lawsuit if their actions were practised within the West (America)
But as someone mentioned earlier, Japan is a great country... as a tourist, starry-eyed and all, and this thread is for the 'white' side I believe.
However I will never get over my love or giddiness for samurai, geisha, kimono, hakama, ninjas and all things traditional despite living here for so long that my eyes have hardened and my mind is weary. Naruto is one of my life's inspiration, I'll keep my fangirlism until the very end
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Oh yes, the Art of War is a fun read. In its original language that is.
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And Wing Chun has concepts which are similar to Krav Maga (actually summarised into only one - hit hard, hit fast, put him down, don't let him up), but Wing Chun's explanations are more long-winded (ironic that it goes against Bruce Lee's ideology of "hack away at the unnecessary").
There used to be this China kid in my class who was as intrigued in wuxia as I am (of course, being nerds we stick together; wuxia nerds are rare). I recommended him the English version of the Book of Five Rings, and then subsequently we were joking about how Miyamoto Musashi was actually the real-life Dugu Qiubai from Smiling Proud Wanderer.
Now I HAVE to learn Japanese to read the original essence of the work. Dammit.
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The moment that pushed me to truly hate weaboo was when Hetalia came out. I was so disgusted with so many anime fan bashing Korea and it was my first time I begin to hate anime community. Granted most of the comments were Sankaku and they do not represent anime fandom, but ever since then I just hated weaboos.
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These terms should be only used for those who are like "Oh my god the japanese version is SOOO much better, Samurai>Knights, NINJA FTW!"
You know the overobsessed american japanese fans.
But not in a hateful way, just a "Ugh, yea we get it you're a weeaboo"
Basicly what Azuma said.
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ntm there are some weird (imo racist) descriptions of the term, like saying only white people can be wapanese or non-japanese asians can't be unhealthily infatuated with japan (b/c its tots normal to like japan if your asian. But not others)
And I remember that Hetalia mess. Didn't it start because an episode of the anime showed some twisted version of the Rape of Nanking and made it out to be funny or Korea's fault or something? Though I commend the author for being able to poke fun at everybody with his country characters, I think he (or the anime director) should have known which spots were too sensitive to touch. Weird b/c the anime didnt even show in South Korea...
And yea, Sankaku is full of grossly biased and uninformed opinions. Swore off that place when I read people laughing at cosplays and calling them terrible just because it wasn't Asians doing them (wtf?!).
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Stocks traded uneasily after President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner Friday each voiced willingness to compromise heading into difficult "fiscal cliff" negotiations.
Both held out a spirit of cooperation, and Obama invited Congressional leaders to the White House next week to begin discussions on economic and fiscal issues. (Read More: Obama 'Open to New Ideas' But Rich Must Pay More)
"While Boehner was speaking, the market traded rather nervously and in fact gave up small ground. When the president came out to speak the market again went nervous and gave up half its gain," said Art Cashin, director of floor operations at UBS.
The S&P 500 was up more than 1 percent before the president took to the podium just after 1 p.m. ET, but it moved lower and was up just slightly in mid afternoon trading. (Read More: Market Pares Gains on Obama Remarks)
Obama repeated that the approach to fiscal problems must be balanced and include both revenues and spending cuts, but he signalled he is willing to compromise. Stocks appeared to take a leg down when Obama suggested, as a starting point, that the House pass a Senate bill that would restore the Bush tax cuts to the middle class but not the upper income brackets.
"I'm open to compromise. I'm open to new ideas," Obama said. "But I refuse to accept any approach that isn't balanced. I'm not going to ask students and seniors and middle class families to pay down the entire deficit while people like me making over $250,000 aren't asked to pay a dime more in taxes."
House Speaker John Boehner, in a press conference Friday, said he is "hopeful' that a deal can be reached. He repeated his willingness to raise revenues but still opposed returning to higher tax rates for the richest Americans.
"What the market does not want to hear is that people decided to fold their arms and there is a line in the sand. One is using the word rates and one is using the word revenue and that can find a common ground," said Cashin. "If it begins looking like that's not going to happen then we'll see even more vulnerabillty. So, for now nothing solid for the bulls to hold onto except hope and always the concern that somebody says the wrong word."
Boehner declined to provide details of what approach he expects to take.
"I don't want to limit the options that would be available to me, or limit the options that might be available to the White House," Boehner said "There are a lot of ways to get there and I don't want to preclude anyone who might have a good idea about how we move forward. But it's clear, it's clear we've got to fix our broken tax system and we've got to fix our spending problem."
Traders are looking for signs of what the "common ground" might be to keep the economy from hitting the cliff, which is the $607 billion combination of taxes and spending cuts that will slam the economy starting Jan. 1 if Washington fails to act.
The Congressional Budget Office on Thursday reiterated that the economy would fall into recession early in the year, and unemployment could rise above 9 percent if no actions are taken.
"Both are going to kind of indicate again, and I think they already did, in Obama's victory speech and Boehner's speech on Wednesday that they're ready to consider some common ground approach," said David Gilmore, strategist with FX analytics.
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"I think you don't have to be a genius to look at the stock market since Nov. 6," said David Gilmore, strategist with FX analytics. "They're getting a pretty good taste of what it would be like to carry on with business as usual.
Ward McCarthy, Jefferies chief financial economist, said before the speeches that the "common ground" could be an elimination of deductions, rather than a return to the upper tax bracket of 39.6 percent for the richest Americans.
"What you want to hear them say is there's some common ground because there's been no indication so far that they have been able to narrow the gulf between Boehner's clearly stated opposition that has continued after the election that he is opposed to increases in marginal tax rates, but not necessarily increases in tax revenues, and President Obama's resistance to extending tax cuts for people who make more than $250,000. Something has to give," he said.
McCarthy expects the process to go well into next year and he expects it to be difficult. Some analysts expect Congress to find away to punt the problem into next year, by partially resolving some issues this year.
"This is not going to go smoothly and I'm not optimistic about what happens between now and yearend, but I am optimistic that some type of coherent agreement will be reached by the middle of next year," he said. "The fiscal cliff is going to morph into fiscal water torture. There will be a series of crisis driven events that force them to address the budget, and it will happen right after the inauguration because that's when the debt ceiling will become a binding constraint and when that happens it threatens the Treasury auctions and it threatens government shutdown."
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A Papuan New Guinea environmental advocacy group has accused Prime Minister Peter O'Neill of "falling silent" on the controversial Solwara 1 deep sea mining venture planned off the coast of Madang.
"Why has our Prime Minister fallen silent on this core issue?" asked Wence Magun, national coordinator for the Madang-based Mas Kagin Tapani and also a steering cvommittee member of the Deep Sea Mining (DSM) Campaign.
The campaign wrote to O'Neill last December about its environmental concerns about the Solwara 1 mine and asked for documents relating to the approvals process of Nautilus Minerals Solwara 1 deep sea mine be made publicly available.
The campaign is still awaiting a response from the PNG government. The group's statement today said:
Wence Magun, national coordinator for Mas Kagin Tapani, said: "After receiving our letter last December, Our Prime Minister described the environment as a "core issue".
"But communities are still waiting to hear how he will address the many risks associated with the Solwara 1 mine – and they want to hear this before his Government re-opens any discussions with Nautilus. Why has our PM fallen silent on this core issue?"
Nautilus has been in dispute with the PNG government since last year and the company suspended operations relating to the Solwara 1 project in November 2012.
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Michael Johnston, Nautilus president and CEO, expressed just a few days ago that the company has high hopes for a resolution to the dispute.
Patrick Kaiku, lecturer in political science at the University of Papua New Guinea and another DSM campaign steering committee member, said: "Not only is a response from the Prime Minister overdue, the petitions from the various coastal communities in the proposed Solwara project areas, that were submitted in November last year to Hon. Byron Chan, PNG Mining Minister, are yet to receive a formal response.
"Our campaign's two reports show that there are many errors and omissions in the Solwara 1 Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).
"This means that we don't yet understand the risks to our coastal communities posed by this mine. How could the PNG government have granted Nautilus its 20-year operating licence when so many questions remain unanswered?"
"In the interests of transparency and informed debate the PNG government should now release the documents we requested in the letter we sent late last year. We don't want discussions to be held with the company behind closed doors while the people of PNG are left in the dark."
Oigen Schulze, director of Zero Inc, a community organisation in New Ireland province, said: "Local communities have not sanctioned the Solwara 1 project. No one knows what the impacts of this form of mining will be.
"Communities want to know what concrete steps the Prime Minister will now take to ensure we are not being used us as guinea pigs in a seabed mining experiment.
'Secret visits'
"We know that Nautilus are secretly visiting remote communities in New Ireland province and trying to convince them to agree to deep sea mining. This is not informed consent – these communities have not been provided with information about the risks they also face."
Dr Helen Rosenbaum, coordinator of the Deep Sea Mining campaign, said: "Solwara 1 is the world's first deep sea mining experiment. The eyes of the world are watching to see how the PNG government deals with the flaws in the Nautilus EIS and the high level of community concern.
"The people of PNG deserve to know that their government is acting in their best interests and is not putting their lives and livelihoods at risk."
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April 19, 2010
Things started off simply enough for Skylar Ross Thursday.
But by Thursday night, the Basehor-Linwood High School sophomore and others would pull a woman from the Kansas River.
Skylar left early from the Tonganoxie Invitational track meet because he was still recovering from a knee injury he sustained April 13 at the Perry-Lecompton Invitational. He had trouble putting weight on his knee so he went to his rural Linwood home to put some ice on it.
That evening, his father, Matt Ross, made plans to help Skylar's grandmother at her house in De Soto. Skylar decided to join him.
The Rosses said they frequently make trips from their home to De Soto and it's usually uneventful, but that would all change when they got closer to the city limits that night.
"When we got over the (Wyandotte Street) bridge we both saw that there was a lady with a white T-shirt and blonde hair coming our way," Matt said. "She was walking on the southbound lane so we scooted to the middle of the street to avoid her. You always have to wonder why someone is walking on the bridge. She must have had somewhere to go, but there is no sidewalk or walkway on the bridge."
Skylar noticed something else.
"She looked real sad, and she looked like she was kind of depressed," he said.
Just out of curiosity, the pair kept an eye on the woman through the truck's mirrors.
"The next thing you know, we see her step over the railing and take another step," Matt said. "We lost her from view, and there is only one way to go and that's down."
He and Skylar were shocked.
"I just couldn't believe it," Skylar said. "You just never expect to see someone walk off a bridge."
Matt stepped on the brakes and turned the car around. He said she was far enough on the bridge when she stepped off that she most likely fell into the water and not on to the bank or the railroad tracks that are on the south side of the Kansas River. They saw the woman step off the west side of the bridge so they figured the current would have brought her to the east side by the time they arrived where they last saw her.
Matt said they looked down at the 60-foot drop to the surface of the water and immediately spotted her in the river. He said she was floating on her back almost as if she was relaxing. At that point, they couldn't tell if she was alive or dead.
They called 911 and told the dispatchers what they had just seen and included the direction the woman was heading down the river.
Five minutes later, around 7:20 p.m., a group of emergency personnel arrived at the bridge. Matt and Skylar told them what they saw and which direction the woman was going.
Because they witnessed what happened they felt very involved with the woman and they didn't just want to be spectators.
The Rosses got back in their truck and started heading east toward Kill Creek down a service road that ran along the railroad tracks. Their hope was to get in front of the woman and possibly attempt a rescue at the creek.
Another group of emergency responders were already making their way toward the creek and the river.
By the time Skylar and Matt reached the creek, Todd Maxton with Johnson County's Northwest Consolidated Fire District was on the scene.
On foot
In his 17-years with the fire department, Maxton had never attempted a river rescue. He said he had training in water rescues and more recently, he trained in how to properly throw and use ropes in a water rescue.
They saw the 60-year-old Olathe woman heading in their direction.
Matt and Skylar went to the riverbank and estimated she was about 30 yards out from the south shore near the deep part of the river.
"That was too far to go swimming for her," Matt said.
They heard the woman asking for help, but Matt said it was very low, and she sounded very weak.
The pair headed back to the tracks and met up with Maxton.
The three of them grabbed some equipment – a portable radio, rope and life vests – and started running east along the river.
Maxton put on a life vest and Matt put on a spare. Matt said he would need it if he had to assist Maxton in the water.
They continued east while maintaining a visual on the woman. Maxton said she was traveling at a pace that was slower than a jog so the three could run to get in front of her to attempt a rescue.
"There were times when she was face down in the water," Maxton said. "That's when I made the determination that, because she didn't have any kind of life vest on, we were going to need to act soon."
About a quarter-mile east of Kill Creek, Maxton made his first rescue attempt.
They climbed down the steep bank to get to the water.
Maxton got in the water and threw a rope to her. It fell five feet short.
Matt said it didn't look like the woman had the strength to swim for the rope because she was in shock or because she might be in the early stages of hypothermia.
Maxton told the Rosses to keep moving and try to catch up with her at another part of the river while he collected his rope and got out of the water. Unfortunately, Maxton said his portable radio was submerged in the water and stopped working. The trio would have to act alone.
Matt and Skylar continued to follow the tracks east while keeping a visual on the woman.
Right where the river started to bend to the northeast, the pair ran into a fenced area where the city of Olathe has three collector wells fed by the Kansas River.
Two Johnson County Sheriff's deputies were there and told the Rosses where they could find an opening in the fence.
The rescue
The pair had lost sight of the woman when they reached the fence. To make up time, Skylar handed his father the rope he was carrying and ran ahead to see if he could catch up to the woman.
He came by the first collector well and called out for the woman. He heard no reply. He then headed northeast to the next well to see if he could find her.
That's when he saw her close to shore. She had been snagged on some brush about eight feet from the shore.
He slid down the bank and found a tree branch that could reach her.
"She wasn't really paying attention to me at all," Skylar said. "I was trying to get her attention. I was trying to get her to look at me. She wasn't really focusing on me. I kind of raised my voice and I said, 'ma'am, what color is my shirt?' This got her attention. She looked at me and said, 'Red'. I said 'good' and I told her to grab the stick. She grabbed the stick with her right hand and then I told her to grab the stick with her left hand and then I pulled her up a little out of the water."
He had her out of the water, up to her waist, when Maxton caught up. He jumped in the water, behind the woman.
Matt arrived and tossed the rope from the top of the bank down to Skylar and Maxton so they could secure the woman while he went to go find help.
Skylar climbed up the embankment that lead to shore and secured the rope.
Matt didn't have any luck finding help.
Because Matt was a little stronger and Skylar was faster and had more endurance, the two swapped places. Matt went down to help Maxton while Skylar went to find help.
Skylar says he is a sprinter. His longest distance is 200 meters on a track. But that evening, despite his hurt knee, he was running cross country.
He ran down the dirt road from the well to the edge of the fenced in area. He jumped the fence and continued down the road about where Waverly Road should be north of 82nd Street.
He initially jumped on top of a train car hoping to find emergency workers, but he could only see flashing lights in the distance.
He then jumped down and continued the quarter-mile run from the river until he got to 82nd street.
Luckily, a car was passing by. He asked the driver for her cell phone and called 911 to try and relay their position as best he could. A fire truck was also passing by, and soon emergency responders began converging on their location.
While this was happening, Matt and Maxton were still helping the woman. A rescue boat arrived on scene, and one person from the boat came to assist the two men. Another emergency responder from land also arrived to help.
The four of them hoisted her back onto land and had her lie down. They put a life vest under her head and a coat over her to keep her warm.
"She wasn't looking good," Matt said. "Her skin was pretty milky white. It was obvious she was experiencing hypothermia and shock."
He put his hands on her cheeks to help her warm up as they waited for more rescue crews to assist.
Rescue crews arrived to stabilize the woman and soon had her in an ambulance heading to Overland Park Regional Medical Center to treat her for injuries and to assess her mental stability after the suicide attempt.
Exhausted, the Rosses, Maxton and another firefighter, Brad King, with the fire district, walked back along the tracks to the trucks they had left behind at Kill Creek.
Looking back on the night, Matt said a lot of things were working in their favor for the rescue.
Firstly, the sun was still out when she walked off the bridge.
"If she had attempted this one hour later, it would have been in the dark, and we would have very easily lost sight of her in the water," Matt said. "If it wasn't for Skylar keeping track of her, it wouldn't have worked out like it did for her."
Secondly, Matt and Skylar are both Eagle Scouts.
Skylar said it was just the little things that he learned during scouts that helped him save the woman.
"Although I don't remember doing anything like this," he joked.
Matt said scouting taught them not to jump in the water to save the woman, but attempt to reach her with something from the shore. Scouting also taught them the proper way to tie a rope around a person to hoist them out of the water.
Skylar's mother, Maureen Ross, believes there were other forces at work.
"God puts us where we are supposed to be, and (Skylar) was supposed to be on that bridge that night," she said.
Maxton said what Matt and Skylar did was extraordinary.
"I don't expect this out of any citizen," Maxton said. "Because I got separated from my team, both Skylar and Matt became part of the rescue effort. We were all rescuers in this situation."
Maxton said even with all of the risks involved, the Rosses proceeded cautiously, avoiding becoming victims themselves.
Although they don't know the woman, Matt and Skylar continue to think about her and hope she gets the treatment she needs.
"I hope she recovers and finds some meaning in her life to continue on with life," Matt said.
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