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Cold Sniper
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"Feelin's? Look, mate, you know who has a lot of feelin's? Blokes what bludgeon their wife to death wif a golf trophy. Professionals have standards: be polite, be efficient, have a plan to kill everyone you meet."
—The Sniper, Team Fortress 2, "Meet the Sniper"
What happens when The Army employs a would-be serial killer: the cold, silent hunter with a scope, a rifle and a very good eye who can shoot you in the face from a mile away and not lose a wink of sleep over it.
A trope commonly applied to a lot of snipers, mostly the evil ones, what with loners being evil (although inaccurate: In Real Life, snipers almost always work in pairs with a spotter, as scopes have a pretty narrow field of view and someone has to watch your back). Prevalent due to the allure and popularity of the idea of a lone, stealthy, and emotionless hunter. May overlap with Emotionless Girl and The Stoic, as well as The Hunter. Thankfully, the overlap with Psycho for Hire and Sociopathic Soldier is very rare.
See also Weapon of Choice. Compare with The Archer in medieval/fantasy settings. A common subversion is the Friendly Sniper, who is not only much more personable but also usually saner.
Examples of Cold Sniper include:
Kain the Longshot from Trigun is a prime example of this trope, having without a doubt, the longest sniper rifle ever conceived by anyone's imagination. Then again, just about all of the Gung Ho Guns could be seen as examples.
While some of the other Guns occasionally display emotions, Kain doesn't - he doesn't even speak. When he is found by Vash, he calmly draws his backup piece, and shoots himself.
The Full Metal Panic Light Novels introduce a Cold Sniper in the person of Wilhelm Casper, who trained Kurz and is now a member of the villain organization called Amalgam. The ending of Approaching Nick of Time reveals that after Casper chose to take a kill-shot which also critically injured an uninvolved eight-year-old girl, Kurz made up his mind that he didn't want to be a "real sniper" if it meant becoming a monster like Casper, and thereafter seems to have exerted himself to be a Friendly Sniper instead.
Limelda Jorg in Madlax starts off as a professionally Cold Sniper but gradually descends into the Psycho Lesbian zone due to her bitter rivalry with the show's eponymous lead (who is also a formidable sniper but in no way a cold one).
Golgo 13. So cold, the temperature of the room goes down when he walks in.
Lupin the Third's Daisuke Jigen. Outside of battle, however, he's a sardonic Deadpan Snarker - no-one can be completely serious around Lupin, after all.
Both sides of his characters are best shown in The Movie Episode Zero: First Contact: Jigen spent half of the movie being a cold sniper and trying to kill Lupin, then, when both are prisoners of the main villain, Lupin's latest way to humiliate their captor force Jigen to try and stiffle a laugh before cracking down.
Subverted by Dieci of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha. She's introduced as a sniper as emotionless as some of her cyborg sisters, but she's later revealed to be not as cold as she appeared, having second thoughts about their goals when she sees the six-year old Vivio in pain from being used to activate the Saint's Cradle, and showing hesitation when shooting down Nanoha as she arrives to rescue her daughter.
Simultaneously Justified and Subverted by Riza Hawkeye in the manga Fullmetal Alchemist. She's the resident stoic, and expert sniper. When her old friend Roy Mustang is reunited with her after she saves his life during the war, Mustang notices that she has the eyes of a killer. However, it's shown that her stoicism is pretty much a reaction against the horror of war. When Kimblee taunts her with the intent of getting her to admit to loving the moment of killing, she can't admit that, and is horrified. The reality is that under the stoic exterior, Riza is actually an extremely warm-hearted character.
She even mentions how guns detach one from the act of killing. Though, as a sniper, it's the exact opposite of detachment.
Riza: I like guns. Because they're not like swords and knives, the sense of death doesn't linger on the hands.
Roy: That's self-deception. Are you lying to yourself so that you may continue to soil your hands?
Riza: Yes, sir. We soldiers should be the only ones with blood on our hands. No one else should have to go through what we did in Ishbal. If the world can be expressed through equivalent exchange as the alchemists claim, then for future generations to be happy, as payment, we must carry corpses on our back across a river of blood.
Van Auger, a member from Blackbeard's crew in One Piece, is extremely cold and obsessed with fate, armed with a sniper rifle, and is able to pick off seagulls from a distance that the island isn't even visible from.
And completely inverted with the main sniper of the series, Usopp, who is a loud, Cowardly Lion fighting with a slingshot and usually a hammer. His secret identity, Sogeking, however, is portrayed as a cool-headed hero who officially declared war on the world government without so much as split second of hesitation... But in battle he's usually just as cowardly.
Averted and played straight in Monster. When Nina asks for advice from a sniper he tells her that in order to kill someone she had to "forget the taste of sugar": The man in question retired specifically because he found himself empathizing with one of his targets (namely he started wondering how the man's coffee must be tasting because he'd poured so much sugar in it) and found that he couldn't be a Cold Sniper anymore because of it.
Mana Tatsumiya of Mahou Sensei Negima is a slightly lighter version of this; she never actually kills anyone (maybe), but she's entirely unapologetic about using ammo that paralyzes people for days, even if it's the guy that she has a crush on.
Saito of Ghost in the Shell, although he's more 'professional' than 'psychotic' and appears to be no less mentally healthy than the rest of Section 9. He also doubles as The Quiet One, though he is occasionally sarcastic and openly breaks out in laughter in one of the novels. Granted, he's laughing at how pathetic someone is, so it doesn't really earn him any points towards Friendly Sniper.
He even has an entire episode for his own in which he tells about the only time someone managed to get past him and made him scared for his life. But in the end, it seems quite likely that he just made it all up with a completely straight face, just to show someone how unbelievably good he is at bluffing. Or did he?
When her glasses come off. Mey-rin of Black Butler goes from a clumsy Meganekko to a sniper easily capable of blowing your brains out.
Author Hiroki Endo loves this trope, as demonstrated by Eden.
Reki from Hidan no Aria. Further emphasised in the light novels at one point when the protagonist mused to himself over rumours that she had once engaged in black ops for an organisation with a Thou Shalt Not Kill policy. And she is completely unperturbed at her acts.
In an episode of Area 88, a sniper terrorises the entire base. He's never seen from anything beyond his own first person perspective, and never says anything, at any point. Cold's a good word for it.
In the Green Lantern arc, The Sinestro Corps War, Bedovian is a Sinestro Corps member who had been numbed of all emotions after centuries of isolation and can snipe targets from three space sectors away. His shell also acts as an armor.
And John Stewart, the Badass former Marine turned architect turned Green Lantern, beats Bedovian at his own game by using his ring to construct a sniper rifle and firing back. Presumably non-lethally, since Green Lantern Rings at the time can't kill anyone.
Bedovian is still active, and proving he's the best sniper out of any Corps. How you ask? Well, Kyle and Munk wrap Dove up in a Green bullet, which Bedovian promptly shoots out of his construct rifle, then she is energized by the light of six corps, and she goes straight through the BLACK LANTERN ANTI-MONITOR'S head! That crustacean is HARD-CORE!
Little Sure Shot of Sgt. Rock's Easy Company is an antisocial Native American who tends to eschew teamwork in favor of working alone.
Cloud 9 of The Initiative is jittery, compassionate, and easily shaken, in an almost complete inversion of this trope... but she becomes a straight example later on as she is forced to be more violent more often.
DCU Antihero/Villain Deadshot claims not to care if anyone lives or dies, including himself.
During one of Frank Castle's tours of Vietnam, he served as a counter-sniper, and occasionally puts those skills to use during his vigilante career. To say he's not emotional is an understatement.
Sin City: Hell and Back had a sniper assassin going after the main character. The man was very calm and collected, although apparently unbalanced considering he had just killed a woman simply so he could use her apartment as a stakeout.
Miho also counts as a bow and arrow Cold Sniper. Being the Voiceless, she never changes her blank expression and her aiming skills are second to none.
Lowlight in the G.I. Joe comic book was always there to make the little blue dots stop moving.
His COBRA counterpart Black Out also qualifies.
Inverted in Sturmtruppen: The resident sniper becomes so obsessed with scoring kills that he starts to shoot other soldiers and officer, until the Sergeant is forced to behead him with a machete.
Act of Valor: Weimy, who's completely silent except to confirm kills during a mission.
Saving Private Ryan has Daniel Jackson, who is a mix of this and Friendly Sniper. He believes that he is God's agent of justice, praying as he fires and sleeping like a baby every night. On the other hand,he socializes with the rest of the squad.
Erwin König in Enemy at the Gates the ruthless sniper who duels Russian hero Vasily Zaytsev. The film was based on the real-life Zaytsev's memoirs, which are now considered apocryphal.
The sniper from the film The Caller is a sadistically cold example of this trope.
The resident sniper of the Wild Seven in Battle Royale II never speaks a word and is shown as mostly blank. His character's expanded on a bit more in the movie's novelization -- and is still mostly cold and emotionless.
Phone Booth's sniper does have feelings - but not exactly the expected ones. He has no problems killing a random pimp to provoke his target and a perfectly innocent pizza guy to avoid suspicion.
Ex-colonel Sebastian Moran is this in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.
Played with in Full Metal Jacket, when the drill instructor exalts the marksmanship of two murderers, Charles Whitman and Lee Harvey Oswald, who were both Marines. The trope is ultimately subverted when a VC sniper turns out to be an adolescent girl using an AK-47 derivative with no scope, no less.
Dragan, The Dragon of the Serbian gangsters in Layer Cake turns out to be a cold sniper. Expecting to get the drop on Dragan, the "heroes" arrive early at a meeting spot and hide out, ready to shoot the Serbian as he arrives. Turns out Dragan had arrived even earlier and scoped the place out, allowing him to snipe the sniper.
Thomas Beckett from Sniper completely embodies this trope.
Tom Bishop in Spy Game (before he becomes a spy).
Bob Lee Swagger in Shooter showed no remorse over anyone or anything he ever shot at, not even innocent cans of soup. Note that he has plenty of emotions; he simply does not regret killing people. He was rather attached to his dog though.
Snador, on the other hand, is downright sadistic.
In Jarhead Swoff is drifting into this trope, and repeatedly references his need for 'the red mist'.
Maxim Sorel, a sniper from the Valhallan 301st in the first Ciaphas Cain novel, who ends up stabbing a man to death simply "because he didn't see any reason not to". Following the court-martial for the above infraction he is sentenced to death by taking on a suicide mission alongside the protagonist. In a subversion, he not only saves the protagonist's life but is one of two convicts who do not go rogue or are subverted by the enemy, despite (or perhaps, given that this is 40k, due to his) being an obvious sociopath.
City of Thieves Vika, although she warms up a bit
Larkin from Dan Abnett's Warhammer 40000: Gaunt's Ghosts. Quickly subverted once it's revealed that he's twitchy and occasionally suffers from fits. He's also extremely paranoid and possibly a bit of a coward.
Well, he nearly craps himself but so far he's managed to pull through and get the job done, albiet once he needed the help of a possibly fantasized Imperial Angel not to run away.
Saul, the Blood Pact sniper from the Gaunt's Ghosts novel Sabbat Martyr is this trope played straight. As a member of the Blood Pact he is very much a Card-Carrying Villain, but his pride in his skill means he prefers focused, clean kills rather than maniacal brutality.
Vindicare assassins are the epitome of cold snipers, enhanced with a few extra handy organs and cybernetic implants and trained to be pretty much emotionless so as to be maximally effective killers.
The legendary Fanfic "Love Can Bloom" emphasizes this. In it, the central character, a Vindicare assassin, falls in love with his target, an Eldar Farseer... and has absolutely no idea what he's feeling, short of "I can't kill her".
While Larkin may be a couple of lasrounds short of a full clip, the Ghosts have plenty of other snipers. Interestingly, most of them seem to come with the influx of female Vervunhivers after Necropolis.
Jared Kincaid in The Dresden Files, a honourable mercenary gunman (he doesn't skip out on a contract. On the other hand it is implied that he does horrible things to people who don't pay up) with Improbable Aiming Skills. This is the key to Harry working out that he isn't entirely human. He is seen using a very powerful sniper rifle to blow the heads off multiple demons. He also uses what is probably the same gun to kill Harry on Harry's orders as part of a (failed) Xanatos Gambit against Mab.
The titular Jackal from Frederick Forsyth's The Day of the Jackal. Forsyth repeatedly mentions that the emotions he displays on his face never reach his eyes and his frostiness intimidates the underworld members he gets his supplies from. Arguably one of the most "classical" examples. Once flaws start showing up in his plan, however, he gets emotional and careless, going into Villainous Breakdown.
Mack Bolan, the vigilante super-soldier of The Executioner series by Don Pendleton, is a sniper. In the prologue of the first novel an army psychiatrist is quoted as saying that while most soldiers can be a successful sniper once, it's the ability to continue to do so (to see the difference between killing in the course of duty and murder) that separates Bolan from other men. He is described as "a man who can command himself."
In the alternative history novel series 'The Zone', the British sniper Clarence fits the trope of the cold, methodical sniper with personality problems (he is killing Russians to avenge his dead family, and suffers from a chronic phobia of body contact). The psychotic German beauty Andrea sticks with him only long enough to pick up his skills, but she kills out of sheer sadistic pleasure.
Gerald Seymour's novel Holding the Zero is about a civilian target shooter who goes to (pre-invasion) Iraq to help the Kurds. The book goes into detail on the history of sniping and the mentality needed.
Inverted completely in Tom Clancy's early novels, most particularly The Cardinal of the Kremlin, which features the rescue of a kidnapped Army scientist from Russian spies by an FBI Hostage Rescue Team. The training and mentality of the FBI snipers is thoroughly explored, up to and including the emotional trauma that results from shooting another human being in cold blood. In a Continuity Nod, the same team shows up in The Sum of All Fears.
Clancy plays the Cold Sniper much straighter in later novels, possibly a result of Protection From Editors. Without Remorse has John Kelly Clark coldly assassinating drug dealers, including a memorable final shootout; Rainbow Six has a Cold Sniper as part of a Badass counterterrorist team (slightly justified in that they are the pick of their nations' respective military forces); and The Bear and the Dragon features an old Russian sniper who comes out of retirement to kill some Chinese officers.
1632 has Julie Sims: Cheerleader, county champion shooter, and aspiring biathlon candidate turned sniper. She has piled up kill totals well into three figures without any apparent emotional effect. By comparison, she cried like a baby when she shot her first deer. But as she says, "That deer hadn't done anything to anyone". Near the end of 1632, some of Gustav's Finnish troopers run into her at the end of a long sniping streak, and believe she is an incarnation of the goddess Loviatar "Maiden of Pain" (they give her a WIDE berth).
Mentioned in the training by Dr. James Nichols, who trained as an army a Marine sniper. When asked it about it, there is a whole conversation Julie has with her spotter where they discuss the reasons why they are so cold. Basically, if these guys win they'll rape us, so we kill them.
Somewhat telling that Julie has blurbs under both this and Friendly Sniper. The fact that her combat duties do not seem to bother her at all on any real level, at any point, is more or less an Alternate Character Interpretation away from her being a Heroic Sociopath.
Myn Donos from the X Wing Series seems like this at first. However, this has less to do with him being the Wraith sniper and more to do with him having some serious emotional issues stemming from having an entire squadron under his command obliterated. Still, after he gets Character Development and starts to get over those issues, he's still generally the most reserved Wraith.
Also, while he sniped three people out of the blue in his sniping career, he felt uneasy about not giving his enemies a fair fight or any warning, so he transferred to the starfighter corps and did well enough to be put in charge of a brand-new squadron. When they died he blamed himself and became cold - so he was a poor Cold Sniper when he was a sniper, a better one as a pilot-sniper, and then he defrosted.
Donos: "Did I ever shoot someone in cold blood? Without giving him a chance? Yes. Three times I did that. I didn't much care for it; if I did, I'd probably still be doing it. But better to have dead enemies than dead innocents."
Most of the time, given his reputation and his behavior, you would think Wes Janson is a Friendly Sniper. But when he's killing people, whether in the cockpit or with his sidearm (it's not special--but every sidearm he has basically becomes a Sniper Pistol), he goes cold and emotionless. At least, if you're lucky and he's not angry.
Aleksander Hemon's short story "A Coin" describes the brutal reality of surviving in a war-torn Sarajevo, and features a bit about snipers who shoot at people trying to cross the street because they're bored.
Lasko from John Ringo's Paladin of Shadows series is one of these. In one book, his response to having his spotter shot in the face right next to him is to target the enemy sniper and shoot him while mentally considering the time and effort it will take to train another spotter. He is also rediculously skilled at his job.
Snake from Matthew Reilly's Ice Station. It also helps that he's the mole.
In the Halo novels, Spartan-058, Linda, is known as the foremost sniper specialist of the Spartans, and has been since about the age of twelve. She takes sniping as a challenge, even being shown to shoot pilots out of Banshees while hanging upside down by a single cord wrapped around her foot. Once she gets into position, her mind enters a Zen-Buddhist state and her kills are reported in an icy-cold voice.
Live Action TV
An episode of CSI: Miami had the typical cold emotionless sniper serial killer. So cold that they didn't even bother telling the audience what his motivation was.
More accurately, the investigator didn't care what his reason was when the sniper asked if he wanted to know. Thanks a lot, Horatio.
"Don't you want to know why?"
"I don't care. You're evil, you enjoy death, I hope you enjoy yours."
Averted/played straight (depending on your interpretation) on an episode of NCIS, when Ari kills Kate with a perfectly aimed shot between the eyes. As he lowers the rifle, he simply says "Sorry, Caitlin"
Gibbs is/was this too (he was a sniper in the Gulf War and he still has the ability), and Ziva is capable of being one too.
Both, however, are much nicer, more caring, and at least in Ziva's case, more personable.
A Villain of the Week was an aspiring sniper who was rejected from the Marines because he showed signs of sociopathy. Gibbs grudgingly admits that he was one of the best and most resourceful snipers he had seen.
Averted in Generation Kill: after one of the company's snipers scores (rather bloody) headshots on a couple of targets, he is seen looking visibly disturbed.
Criminal Minds had Philip Dowd, a sniper also called a "Long Distance Serial Killer". He started off in the military, but was discharged dishonorably, then kicked out of the police, and finally became a doctor who sniped people and then saved them later. He used an M-4 with .223 caliber rounds (which fragment on impact), shooting from the back of his van equipped with a retractable license plate.
Super Sentai has a monopoly on this trope. The Blue Rangers, either Red Oni, Blue Oni or The Lancer, is often the Cold Sniper. Dekaranger's Hoji is THE personification, being blue, obnoxiously cool and collected, and the team's resident sniper. Paralleled by Tsubasa, Souta and Gunpei.
None of the above are particularly emotionless or sociopathic, though. The best Sentai example is Cyclops, one of the Ten Infershia Gods, who spends two episodes shooting at the team from the comfort of a pocket dimension. Once Tsubasa finds his own way there, the two have a very satisfying snipe-off, with Legend MagiYellow one-shotting him. Unlike most examples, Cyclops has a nasty temper, but whenever it really flares up his eye starts flashing in warning and he composes himself again.
All three main characters on Burn Notice are capable of this, with either Sam or Fiona usually taking on the role while Michael shows off his hand-to-hand or undercover skills.
Subverted in The Sandbaggers. Sandbagger three starts to crack after being forced to kill Sandbagger two in an early episode.
Subverted frequently in the Canadian-made police series, Flashpoint, beginning in its very first episode which follows the aftermath (emotionally and professionally) when a police sniper is forced to kill a man. The series continues to subvert it by establishing that use of deadly force in this fashion is considered a failure, and by a sympathetic female character as one of the snipers (played by the actress who used to play Pink Ranger in Power Rangers, yet). However, the trope is slightly supported by having one police sniper character being a seasoned war veteran with no qualms about pulling the trigger.
Somewhat subverted with Seeley Booth in Bones. He was a sniper and it's implied he was a very good one but he doesn't really enjoy talking about it and went into the FBI to save as many people as he had killed. Might be played straight later in season 6. Some spoilers mention a sniper killing people.
The cold sniper in Season 6 turns out to be a former mentor of Seeley. The sniper himself points out that Seeley certainly isn't a cold sniper: as he sees it, Seeley's weakness is that he refuses to pull the trigger if there's any question about the target's guilt.
Richard Harrow from Boardwalk Empire, a WW 1 veteran with a horrible facial injury, befriended by Jimmy Darmody. Proficient with all kinds of firearms and an excellent marksman. At first he comes across as a likeable, kind-hearted fellow (his physical appearance notwithstanding) but then all of a sudden there's this little bit of dialogue between him and Jimmy as they discuss how to get rid of the d'Alessios:
Richard: Chalky -- Mr. White --- heard back from his men in Philadelphia. Mrs. D'Alessio, the mother, is there; their sisters and another brother.
Jimmy: Which one?
Richard: Adrian.
Jimmy: Never heard of him.
Richard: He's a dentist. (...) I could go there, to Philadelphia.
Jimmy: What good is that? They're lying low. Somewhere else.
Richard (in his usual dispassionate voice): I could kill the mother. The sisters. And the dentist. That would make them stick their heads up.
His coldblooded nature is shown in his first episode when he kills a guy as his first job for Jimmy. He does not know the target and he only met Jimmy a few days earlier. He wasn't even a criminal up to that point. Jimmy simply offered him a chance to do what he is good at. After making that shot he packs up his rifle without showing any emotion.
Tujurikkuja parodies this trope in one of their clips where a sniper shoots everyone his instructor mentions.
The Kill Point features one working for a SWAT team. He also fancies himself something of a Warrior Poet.
Justified has Tim Gutterson, a sniper who was with the Rangers in Afghanistan.
John Casey on Chuck is a Cold Sniper beginning to defrost. How bad-ass of a sniper is he? He once took down about a dozen mooks converging on his exposed position at close range (he had a fallen tree for cover) while protecting an injured Sarah Walker, every one of them wre one-shot, one-kill. And then to one-up that, in a later episode he cleared an entire room of bad guys in an office building from a rooftop across the street. Doesn't sound that impressive? The blinds were closed, and his only visual on the targets was the hidden camera fit in the eyeglasses worn by his partner trapped in the room. He then wiped them out without looking through his scope and relying solely on the visual feed through a computer. All but one were clean one-shot kills, and the last was only because the target was trying to use his partner as a human shield.
Ernest Cobb from Alcatraz is one who uses his abilities for random killings
The Vindicare in Warhammer 40000 are, quite literally, born and raised to fulfill this trope. According to the fluff, their entire vocabulary consists only of words needed in the field. They are molded from childhood to kill without thought or feeling.
While many 40K armies sport snipers (and the Vindicare are the best), some mention must go to the Space Marine version - specialized Scouts. This doesn't sound to impressive until you realize that Scouts are teenagers who have yet to be promoted (and augmented) into full genetically-modified warrior-monks, but have already passed the trials... which tend to be extremely lethal.
On the less superhuman end of the scale, the Imperium also has the kleptomaniacal Ratlings as cooks/snipers for the Imperial Guard.
The Eldar Rangers and Pathfinders are some of the scariest and hardest to kill long-range infantry out there, and due to their traditional Eldar arrogance they literally consider killing humans/Orks/Tau/whatever to be the same thing as killing animals.
Warmachine and Hordes each have their own cold snipers. Kell Balioch is a mercenary assassin whom asks no questions and gives no quarter, while the Khadoran Empire employs squads of emotionally detached snipers called Widowmakers. Grim Angus is an ex-bounty hunter whom decided to leave his old life to help his old kinsmen. He was once feared for his preference to take more bounties in dead than alive with his long ranged rifle, Headhunter. Now he is just feared for never leaving anyone alive.
A subversion comes in the form of Kara Sloan, who only acts cold around her troops out of guilt over the fact that she's in a relationship with one of her junior officers.
The Chem.IMN from Mutant Chronicles. Cybernetic assassins with long range rifles and chemical weapons who get dropped from orbit and look like the Terminator. Uh huh, THAT one.
The canon NPC Stanley Chang in Unknown Armies[1] is a painfully shy, timid man; the only time other people don't make him nervous is when he's looking at them through his scope from a good distance away.
In the opening fiction of the Weep sourcebook, one of his "co-workers" recounts one time where Chang backshot a pregnant woman without so much as blinking.
Metal Gear Solid subverts this trope a lot.
Sniper Wolf in Metal Gear Solid tends to get obsessed with her targets and would not think about anything else until she killed them. At the same time, she's by far the nicest member of Foxhound and became friends with Otacon before they took over the base and the staff as hostages. He claims that she was always very nice to her and defends her as a good person because she just adores dogs and wolves.
The End in Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater, who is over a hundred years old and just wants to spar off against Naked Snake in a climactic sniper duel before he kicks the bucket. He has an almost symbiotic relationship with his surroundings, and can also go for ages without drinking or eating. He's nourished by sunlight instead. And he's a surprisingly fast runner for a 100-year-old man. Justified in the sense that he allegedly INVENTED sniping. Again, he's the least unsympathetic member of the team, in large part because he only uses tranquilizer rounds when fighting Snake, and when he does knock Snake out, just sticks him in a shed and waits for him to wake up to resume the battle. All he wants from that confrontation is the best fight he can have before his death.
And there's Crying Wolf in the fourth game. Naturally, her name is meant to be a Call Back to Sniper Wolf, to the point that they use similar tactics and is fought in the same area, a snowfield. She's anything but a cold sniper, constantly being tormented by the memories of her past and apparently unable to ever stop crying. For more than the last 10 years.
In addition to the obvious Sniper class in Alliance of Valiant Arms, any class can become this by picking up a dropped sniper rifle from a dead Sniper.
Subverted hard with the Sniper from Team Fortress 2, who is quite animated. However, he still remains the loner of the group.
Judging from the unused voice clips, it seems likely he was originally going to be one.
Not only does he provide the page quote in game the phrase is used in four of his achievements named "Be Polite," "Be Efficient," "Have a plan," and "Kill Everyone You Meet."
It's quite likley that he switches between this and Friendly Sniper depending on wheather he's currentlty sniping, judging how being scoped makes him use colder, gruffer voice clips for the same lines.
Gage/Trak from Advance Wars: Days of Ruin. Although technically an army commander he is an artillery specialist and is commonly depicted with a sniper rifle. His Japanese/European leitmotiv is even called "Ice Warrior". While he is a prime example of The Stoic, he appears otherwise sane -- his professionalism just leaves him more cynically slanted than the rest of team good.
Latooni Subota (aka Sniperloli), however, is a straight example in Super Robot Wars Original Generation. She goes through a lot of Character Development to become better-adjusted and more outgoing, so naturally, in the sequel, she's lost all her sniping-specific skills (though she's still pretty good at it) and gets a melee-focused Ace Custom.
Sev from Star Wars: Republic Commando. This cloned special-ops soldier revels in this trope, making such remarks as "nothing better than a jungle hunt...hiding in the bush, putting a plasma bolt through a hostile's cranium...makes me feel alive."
Note that this remark was made in response to Scorch complaining how the jungle in question is giving him creeps. After that he quickly changed his opinion to Sev giving him creeps.
Marina Wulfstan, one of the recruitable snipers in Valkyria Chronicles, isn't quite evil, but very anti-social- to the extent that she gets a stat bonus for not having any friendly troops nearby. She does seem to have a weakness for cute animals though.
Conversely Valkyria Chronicles also has Cezary who is more similar to a Jerk Ass Sniper than entirely "Cold".
Sgt. Reznov of Call of Duty: World at War is implied to have been a cold sniper before you meet him in the aftermath of a massacre. Due to a hand injury, he can't aim his Mosin-Nagant anymore, so he gives it to you. As the Soviet campaign progresses, Reznov becomes more Ax Crazy.
The player character in Sniper Elite and enemy snipers.
An interesting variant is shown in Kingdom Hearts II, with Organization XIII's gunslinger Xigbar, who can merge his two guns into a sniper rifle to take aim at Sora from a (relatively) safe distance. While he does show signs of emotion throughout the game, as he is a Nobody, it's nothing more than an act, as Nobodies are incapable of actual emotion.
Are they? Are they really?
Strictly speaking, three specific Nobodies gain hearts of their own accord.
The sniper trio from Dead Rising subvert this, as Roger comes across as a Cold Sniper to the core, but in their short appearance, one of his sons instead seems potentially Hot-Blooded and the other like a Shrinking Violet.
The Jagged Alliance series has several, ranging from Deadpan Snarker Raven (a former police sniper) to Sociopathic Soldier Reaper (who actually gets a marksmanship bonus for being on rooftops). There's also Lynx, who likes to spend his spare time finishing off endangered species, and former SAS sniper Scope, who remains reserved and yet cheerful even as she guns down her enemies. However, probably the most classic example is Shadow, who never speaks above a whisper, never shows any sign of emotion beyond quiet satisfaction at a kill, and is always perfectly camouflaged.
Thane Krios from Mass Effect 2 was trained to be a Cold Sniper who killed for the greater good. He is rather personable and spiritualistic, if a bit quiet, when not on the job. Of the other sniper rifle users in the game, Garrus is a Friendly Sniper, Zaeed is a Psycho for Hire, and Legion is a robot and can't be judged by human standards.
Renegade!Infiltrator!Shepard, generally. Paragon!Infiltrator!Shepard would be a Friendly Sniper. Ashely in the first game is the only other squadmate who can use sniper rifles, but character-wise she prefers assault rifles so she can't be categorized here.
Clive and Elza in Suikoden.
Shinon from Fire Emblem is the bow-wielding variant of this trope. Even in the end when the Character Roll Call comes up and every unit congratulates you for winning the war he calls you a "snot-nosed whelp."
No One Lives Forever casts the player in the role of female agent Cate Archer who, on her first mission, is tasked with sniper duty, and shoots down multiple targets without batting an eyelash. Possible parody of the trope, however, as the game is intended to be a parody of 1960s spy movies.
Sir Francis T. Woolridge aka "Duke" of the Commandos series.
Thoroughly subverted by the Monday Night Combat sniper, who is by far the most hot-headed team member.
Sniper: "At least someone on this team's doing their job."
The two-man Sniper squads of GDI in Tiberium Wars are sane, but quite professional, putting them in this category. They also seem to have some Ho Yay running between them.
Notably, if one man on the sniper team is killed, when you click the unit the voice will sound more strained and pankicky.
Craig Boone of Fallout: New Vegas, a companion character who takes this trope to Game Breaker levels.
Also, Bitter-Root and Betsy from First Recon. To be fair, they all three have their reasons. Boone was at the massacre of Bitter Springs, and reluctantly picked off his share of innocent women, children, elderly, and sick Khans, as well as mercy killing his wife when she was sold to the Legion as a slave, when there was nothing else he could do. Bitter-Root was at Bitter Springs when he was younger, and, despite him feeling that the Khans had it coming, is still obviously haunted by it, and Betsy was raped by Cook-Cook of the Fiends.
Subverted in Final Fantasy VIII with Irvine who talks up how much of a cold sniper he is, but when he's faced with actually having to kill the sorceress Edea, he clams up and almost doesn't shoot, but it's unclear in the game whether she would have sensed the bullet and put up her magical shield even if he had shot when he was supposed to.
Jun from Halo: Reach is an odd example. He may be a deadshot sniper, but he certainly has quite the mouth on him. Also, he says "I kill the enemy, but do not hate them." However, he has been known for Post-Traumatic Stress. But, in his psychiatric evaluation, his doctor reported that he had an "unhealthy emotional detachment in regards to the consequences of his actions", though his commanding officer Colonel Holland considers this assessment to be faulty.
If you play as a sniper in pretty much any multiplayer FPS, you will become this. Most people in FPS games absolutely hate snipers, viewing their tactics as cheap, as well as getting frustrated with being killed by an unseen assailant multiple times. An example of this can be seen in the webcomic Nerf Now, which openly mocks snipers nearly every chance it gets.
Parodied in Ctrl+Alt+Del.
Old RED Sniper in Cuanta Vida. Oh so much...
Finland in Scandinavia and The World, as seen here. A reference to Simo Häyhä, in the Real Life section below.
There's an image macro with a still shot from the music video from Jason Derulo's "Breathing" with a caption that quotes the line "I only miss you when I'm breathing." Immediately below it is a U. S. Marine Corps sniper in the desert looking downrange through the sight on his anti-materiel rifle, with another caption stating "I know that feeling, bro."
In the Star Wars: The Clone Wars episode "Hostage Crisis", a group of bounty hunters led by Cad Bane take over the Galactic Senate building. One of them, Aurra Sing, first takes out most of the Senate guards outside with a long range sniper rifle from a nearby building.
In "Duchess of Mandalore", a Mandalorian warrior is assigned to assassinate the Duchess Satine on Coruscant and stalks her in the lower levels of the city-planet. He misses her the first time but manages to kill an informant giving her important information.
"Our Newest Member, Calvin", a Robot Chicken sketch, plays with this. Calvin, a new sniper recruit for G.I. Joe, starts out extremely light hearted, but ends up receiving an embarassing codename after the Joes ridicule his overfriendiness. The humiliation prompts him to join COBRA for the mere sake of getting back on his former mates, effectively becoming a Cold Sniper by killing all but Duke in cold blood and with absolute precision.
Real-life example and subversion: Simo Häyhä (pictured at the top), the deadliest (and to be excessively literal, coldest) sniper in history, who killed more than five hundred Soviet soldiers in the Winter War between the Soviet Union and Finland, and then bagged another two hundred more with his submachine gun, all over a war that lasted only a hundred and five days. He aptly earned the nickname "White Death" thanks to that--despite counter-snipers and artillery strikes, the Soviets just couldn't kill him. However, it turns out that Häyhä was actually a small, quiet, and unassuming Finnish farmer who "did what he was told as well as he could" and quite amiable guy outside the battlefield. During his career, he avoided using a telescopic sight to present a smaller target and avoid revealing reflections from a scope lens, and kept snow in his mouth to keep his breath from being seen. In the end, he was shot in the head (with an exploding round) and lost a chunk of his face, but lived to the age of 97. He also shot the guy who shot him in the face.
The Shooter quote is taken from a false (but humorous) exchange between a sniper and a reporter. The reporter, understandably trying to get the sniper's insights into the emotional state needed to do the job, asked him, "When you see your target and pull the trigger, what do you feel?" The sniper shrugged and said, "Recoil."
This is also referenced in Secret Warriors issue No. 4 where Nick Fury is asked what he'll feel about killing former SHIELD agents who transferred to HAMMER in part because they have to take care of their families. As he pulls back the bolt on a sniper rifle he says "Recoil."
A similar apocryphal story has a somewhat more sociopathic interviewee reply to the question "How can you shoot unarmed women and children?" with "They don't run as fast, so you have to lead less."
Discussed in the book One Shot, One Kill by Charles W. Sasser and Craig Roberts (Roberts is himself a former sniper). The U.S. military originally simply issued sniper rifles to the soldiers with the best aim, but they're now selected for their mental state and personality, with aim being a secondary concern. It's easier to teach a decent soldier better aiming skills than it is to teach the wrong soldier how to cope with the psychological demands.
There was a History Channel special on snipers, which included a somewhat-famous bit of rifle marksmanship that occured during the Vietnam War. On St. Valentines Day, just before midnight, 20 Vietcong soldiers were crossing a river, holding their rifles over their heads because the water went up to their necks. On the other side of the river was an American sniper who killed them all with one headshot apiece in about 30 seconds. An unpleasant, but necessary, part of war. We see a recreation of the shooting narrated by the original sniper. After the recreation, he discusses the shooting a little bit more before saying, "Yeah, that was my St. Valentine's Day massacre present to the Vietcong" and laughing. Brrr...
On the same special, there was a United States sniper from the Iraqi War. The main point of the segment was him killing an enemy sniper who had been terrorizing a town. At the beginning of the segment, he appeared to be reasonable. However, as the segment continued, he began to give off a decidedly... sociopath vibe. He repeatedly referred to using fellow Marines as "bait" for the enemy sniper without informing them of this. He also was talking about how he regarded the entire population of the town as possible terrorists, to the point where he would cover them with his rifle if he saw them doing anything "suspicious". When he finally found the sniper (after waiting for him to shoot twice at friendly troops to pinpoint his (the enemy sniper's) location), he wanted to use an airstrike in the middle of a populated town to kill the sniper. He said that his commanders (obviously) denied this, and proceeded to mock their rationale that it would lead to civilian casualties. Brr indeed.
Aside from the examples given able, in general snipers, at least military snipers, are trained in the "one shot, one kill, no remorse" philosophy and numerous media stories have been done on how snipers feel no remorse for killing other people. It may not be to the extent of the "would-be serial killer" described in the introduction to this trope, but nonetheless the very concept of a sniper requires cold-bloodedness.
It helps that many snipers believe, often correctly, that their role in eliminating key targets quickly and precisely from a great distance is vital to protecting their fellow soldiers and is actually reducing total casualties for both sides.
Canadian Sniper Rob Furlong who got a 1.5 mile kill shot on a Taliban soldier. Just watch this video. [1]
My Great Grandfather gave my Father this piece of advice when my Father was deciding between joining the Navy or the Royal Marines, "If you are acting as a sniper as part of a team the first shot should wound the man in the open, the others will try to get him and you pick them off".
And extremely common tactic in sniping.
↑ he's in the Lawyers, Guns and Money sourcebook
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A New Day, A New Song
By cindykoh March 23, 2011
City News uncovers the spirit behind City Harvest Church's definitive style of praise and worship.
Contributed By Cindy Koh
Leading the congregation in ushering in a new sound as the church moves into its new worship premises at Suntec Singapore is the City Harvest Church music team. "There are some physical changes that we will need to familiarize ourselves with, such as the shape of the stage and positioning of the musical instruments," remarks worship leader Teo Poh Heng.
"Other than this, we'll be doing what we've always been doing," he says. That, in turn, is nothing less than communicating the message of the Cross through the most relevant, progressive music style possible. One of the distinguishing marks of a CHC weekend service is its lively praise and worship sessions, complete with strobe lights and video effects. "We want to continue the trend of making music that is modern and cutting-edge. Worship is an experience with which we touch Heaven," adds music director Jessel Yam.
The team is rooted in humble beginnings—from a guitar, bass, keyboard and drum kit 20 years ago, it has grown into a 12-piece ensemble plus a horns and percussion section. City News goes to the heart of the matter with some of the longest-serving members on the music team and uncovers how worship is done at CHC, behind all the spotlights and multimedia effects.
THE HEART OF WORSHIP
At the starting block of the music are the songs sung during the weekend service, many of which are penned in-house. The songs not only have to resonate with CHC's broad demographic of churchgoers—from the young to the old, from teenyboppers to tycoons—they also need to stay culturally relevant. This is done through drawing from current events, media and pop culture. At the same time, the songs must communicate the message of Jesus Christ without compromise.
The result, as is heard at every weekend service, is music that would fit right in at, say, a rock concert. But it's more than just a performance. Songleader Calvin Ho, a regional sales and business development manager who has been serving in the Music Ministry for 17 years, says, "Worship ministry is unlike a show. There are similar external elements such as stage works, musical instruments and lighting but the differentiator is the God-factor—the anointing factor."
In fact, it is very much like entering into worship in one's personal devotion time, by laying aside all distractions and burdens. "It is easy to fall back on experience but I have learned that the more we depend on Him and His leading, the better will be our service," shares Benson Kong, a quality manager who plays in the brass section.
For percussionist Samuel Kwan, the technical preparations entail listening to the recording of the praise and worship session during rehearsals earlier in the week, but prayer is still the most important factor—"Having our spirit and heart tuned in to Him is vital, he says.
FROM THE HEAD TO THE HEART
Despite striving to deliver a contemporary look and sound, the imperative of the team remains to build up an atmosphere of faith by helping the congregation transfer worship "from their heads to their hearts."
Drummer and percussionist Tan Boon says, "When we see the congregation getting 'lost' in worship and in total abandonment to God, to the point when they don't even need music to sing, that is when we know our job is done. Adds Ho, "A successful worship session to me is one that is vibrant yet well-paced, spontaneous yet creative, anointed yet sensitive, uplifting yet unrushed … I like what Pastor Kong used to say, 'People's heads spin quickly but their hearts move slowly.' If someone said, 'I can feel the presence of God during worship,' then I think we have helped deliver something to the people."
Kwan admits that it is easy for someone on the stage and often in the limelight to fall into the sin of pride, and constantly reminds himself that it is all about God; he is just the "instrument." "Just like the Word says, 'Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it.' If the Holy Spirit does not move, we can do nothing," he concludes.
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AMMAN — The Sisterhood Is Global Institute (SIGI) on Wednesday called for a national observatory to be formed to combat so-called honour crimes, after a deadly week in which five women were killed.
Family honour was the alleged motive in the killings of five women and one man in four incidents across Jordan during one week in October.
In a statement, SIGI called for a deep analysis of each and every case that claimed the lives of women for reasons related to family honour, "because there is no real explanation as to why there was this number of homicides in one week and there is no quick solution to end this problem".
"We call for establishing a national observatory that also includes SIGI, the Jordanian National Commission for Women (JNCW), the National Council for Family Affairs, as well as other relevant entities such as the ministries of justice and social affairs, the Public Security Department and the National Institute of Forensic Medicine," SIGI said.
The national observatory will work to draft strategies, collect data on these murders and analyse it, and follow up on court verdicts, according to SIGI.
The institute also called for establishing shelters for women whose lives are in danger for reasons related to family honour and to beef up police stations with female officers to deal with cases of domestic violence, in addition to the existing Family Protection Departments that are spread in various governorates.
SIGI also called for amending all the laws that offer leniency to perpetrators of so-called honour murders to "ensure justice for the victim and to work as a deterrent".
On average, between 12 and 15 women are killed annually in Jordan in the name of family honour.
Meanwhile, the JNCW also announced plans to address the problem of so-called honour murders in the Kingdom.
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"This year's 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign will be dedicated to addressing the problem of so-called honour murders and providing solutions to minimise the effects of gender-based violence," Nims added.


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Find Out Why Maria Ho Wants a More Inclusive Future for Poker
January 14, 2022 Matt Hansen
Anti-Social Behavior
Making Poker More Inclusive
Maria Ho found success in poker through her ability to set attainable goals for herself and the determination to work hard and realize her potential. Lately, her objectives have shifted to addressing some of the behaviors that can make the poker community an unwelcome place for recreational players, the people she considers to be the lifeblood of the industry.
"Earlier on in my career, I think any of my poker goals would have to do with a financial goal, or winning a certain tournament. I think now, in the last couple of years, it has just shifted a lot to where I am less interested in measuring my success by those parameters," she said in a conversation with Sarah Herring on a recent episode of the PokerNews podcast.
"I think the way that I really want to measure my success in poker is to ask what am I doing for the community on a regular basis to build us up and make us more accepted in the mainstream."
Maria Ho at the 2021 WSOP
The Taiwanese-born pro has earned more than $4,000,000 in her tournament career, so adding poker accolades to her legacy isn't as important as it once might have been. A lifetime of experience in the game has shifted her priorities to building a more sustainable environment for all players.
"When it comes to all of the things that people ask me as a woman in the game, like how do we bring more women to the game? Obviously, those things are always at the forefront of my mind because unfortunately in all my years in poker I have not seen that drastic of a change in the numbers of women competing in these fields. I think that's a problem that all of us should be thinking about and wondering how we can be a part of the solution."
Check out the PokerNews Podcast interview with Maria Ho here:
Ho sees some of poker's best players as a big part of the solution, but she cautions that some of the game's anti-social behavior is putting off recreational players.
"There's a lot of intimidating behavior, and I understand that psychologically it's a part of the game and sure it might be 'plus EV' in the short term, but I think it might be creating an environment that these players don't necessarily want to come back to.
The social experience and the social aspect of poker is still the most intriguing thing about the game and the reason why people love it so much, and because of that I want to protect it all costs.
"I've heard the arguments from players that it's not their job to entertain people at the poker table. It's not their job to be social. But I also think about what is the lifeblood of this game, and that is 100% the recreational players."
Both women reflected on their experiences in the industry, with Herring pointing out that she considers herself a novice player that looks at poker as entertainment. Ho was protective of that idea throughout the conversation, focusing her goals on working toward outcomes that make poker an attractive hobby for everyone.
Ali Nejad and Maria Ho
Giving new players a great experience is essential to a healthy poker industry, says Ho, who thinks the behavior toward newcomers is inhibiting the growth of the game with women that would normally be eager to play poker.
"As a woman in general you don't see it at the highest levels of the game, but in these larger events there is still a little bit of this misogyny at the poker table. It's unfortunate but you do feel like a fish out of water as a woman sitting down."
She admits that her perspective might be different as a well-known pro, but she still sees other female players feeling unwelcome.
"I think those are things that make it so that people might not want to come back," she went on to say. "I want to make our community a positive place and I want people to view our community as something that can be very well respected. And I want to continue to be one of those people that are very welcoming to recreational players."
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Q: Support of Intel's MLE / DRTM in long mode I am currently working on an x86 operating system that is booted the way similar to tboot. A lot of the logic is copied from tboot. Currently the OS' boot sequence is:

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*BIOS launches the OS using multiboot standard, OS runs in protected mode (32-bit) now.

*The OS executes GETSEC[SENTER] to start a measured launch environment

*The OS's first CPU (ILP / BSP) runs GETSEC[WAKEUP] or *sinit_mle_data->rlp_wakeup_addr = 1 to wake up other CPUs (RLPs / APs)

*All CPUs are awake at this point, so we can do useful work

All the code above runs in protected mode (32-bit). However, I would like to port my OS to run in 64-bit. Due to how the OS is already written, I would like to run as many part of the OS in x86-64 as possible. I am hoping to change the boot sequence as:

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*BIOS launches the OS using multiboot standard, OS runs in protected mode (32-bit) now.

*OS upgrades to long mode (64-bit). From now on everything runs in 64-bit mode.

*The OS executes GETSEC[SENTER] to start a measured launch environment

*The OS's first CPU (ILP / BSP) runs GETSEC[WAKEUP] or *sinit_mle_data->rlp_wakeup_addr = 1 to wake up other CPUs (RLPs / APs)

*All CPUs are awake at this point, so we can do useful work

So I am wondering whether Intel supports running GETSEC[SENTER] and GETSEC[WAKEUP] in 64-bit mode. The only documentation I can find is "Intel(R) Trusted Execution Technology (Intel(R) TXT) Software Development Guide Measured Launched Environment Developer's Guide" in December 2009, which is downloaded from an unofficial site. In this documentation nothing is mentioned about long mode.
Tboot uses only x86, and in tboot's 1.10.4's /docs/tboot_flow.md it says "There a few requirements for platform state before GETSEC[SENTER] can be called: CPU has to be in protected mode ...". I wonder whether this comment means that long mode is not supported. In my understanding it intends to imply that real mode is not supported.
Sorry in advance if my terminologies is confusing. I can't find offical documents from Intel that describes these names. It would be helpful if someone can point me to Intel's official documents about TXT / DRTM / MLE / SINIT / etc.

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Э́стли, А́стли (англ. Astley) — может означать:

Английская фамилия
Известные носители:
 Эстли, Джастин (род. 1983) — английский снукерист.
 Эстли, Рик (род. 1966) — британский исполнитель танцевальной музыки.
 Эстли, Уильям (1855—1911) — австралийский писатель.

 Астлей, Филип (1742—1814) — английский наездник, владелец цирка, предприниматель и изобретатель, иногда называемый «отцом современного цирка».

География
 Эстли (Уорикшир) — поселение в Северном Уорикшире.
 Эстли (Большой Манчестер)

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The political pundits are all giving their two cents as to their predictions for what is going to happen politically at the federal level with the dawning of the New Year. It is with these forecasts that you get to see how ridiculously out of touch the mainstream media is with the opinions of ordinary Canadians as they obsess over political strategy and tactics.
The truth is 2011 will be pretty much as terrible as 2010 and sadly no one really cares anymore.
Politicians and the press are continuously focused on issues no one cares about, whether it is condescending taunts about Michael Ignatieff teaching at Harvard and "not being a Canadian" or Prime Minister Harper playing the piano; again, there is little to no debate about issues of substance. Not to mention the obsession with irrelevant daily tracking polls of political support that are all within the margin of error of each other.
Even if there is an election little will change in the current climate. People have made up their minds about the current parties and their leaders. The absence of debate on fundamental issues has led to a climate of apathy that will no doubt herald a further decline in voter turnout.
Canadians want a fresh political climate. Perhaps the resignation of all or some of the party leaders to allow for renewal would be a good place to start. Unfortunately, for Canadians that is simply a pipe dream.


As proposed in previous posts—Death of Democracy Part 1 and Part 2—one of the primary causes for the demise of democracy in the United States is that we have become so divided that democracy can no longer function as it should. In the 2016 keynote address to the American Psychological Association, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt presented some rather intriguing findings. Citing statistics published by PolarizedAmerica.com, Haidt said that over the past few decades we—common folk and the so-called political "elites" —have become more divided both politically and socially than we were during the Civil War! (The data collection and collation associated with this finding is rather complex. If you are interested, listen closely to the Haidt video).
Haidt describes the rise of "fractionation" of the "political elites" (politicians and others who operate in political circles). He cites the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as the beginning of the great migration of folks in southern states to the Republican Party. This watershed event marked the beginning of a trend that would continue for decades. Separation between us continued to grow through the 70's and 80's, reaching a critical mass in the 90's. During the (younger) Bush administration, the split became even worse. During the Obama presidency, the bifurcation reached its highest levels ever. According to Haidt, the socio-political split that has grown so vast within the electorate has been both triggered and sanctioned by an increasingly partisan Congress. Using the banner of political party as both a point of origin and as an excuse, we as a people have, with acceleration and profundity, willingly drifted toward what we perceive as our tribal identities. Wait! We want to be divided?
If our goal is to seek a deeper understanding of the world, our general lack of moral diversity here is going to make it harder. Because when people all share values, when they all share morals, they become a team. And once you engage the psychology of teams, it shuts down open mindedness.
Some of us just like to be contentious, competitive. We like to be able to talk smack about this or that. We like to find a way to appear "one up", to feel superior to another. This is basic hierarchy 101. That my good is depended on your bad, that my gain is your loss, that my worth is dependent on your devaluation is a sad way to be in the world. This is "zero sum"—success grounded in the loss of the "Other".
We highly value being "with". Too often, we value "being over" more than "being with". When we can be with AND be over at the same time, we tend to think we have found the epitome of social interaction. Such is the nature of tribalism—being with our "kind" and wielding whatever power and control over other tribes that we can manage.
Similar to the position of cognitive linguist George Lakoff and others, Mr. Haidt proposes that we are not the rational creatures we would like to believe. Rationality represents a handmaiden for not a motivator of our moral positions. We are inveterate believers, despite "anti-religious" protestations to the contrary. First we believe, then look for a rationale to support our beliefs.
In an interview regarding his book The Righteous Mind, Mr. Haidt admitted that while he began working on the book as a means of helping the Democrats after the 2004 presidential election (loss), along the way, his positions began to shift as he came to believe that "both sides" have completely valid reasons for their positions. He began to explore the roots of our more overt attitudes and behaviors. Mr. Haidt suggests that the basis for maintaining the tribal divide we now experience is represented by a small set of moral parameters. As a society with varied beliefs about the world, we adhere differently to these parameters (hereafter referred to as "dimensions" meaning "modes of measurement"). Our differences about many if not most life situations can be seen in how we relate to this small set of moral dimensions.
On the website yourmorals.org (which you might want to investigate) Mr. Haidt and his partner polled roughly 30,000 people worldwide about their opinions regarding the appropriateness of each of five "moral" categories as shown in the graph. According to this data, so-called "liberals" consider harm (which means we should do no harm to others and which Mr. Haidt sometimes calls "caring" ) and fairness as the most important dimensions of "good" and "bad". This left-leaning group tends to consider the other dimensions—authority, i ngroup and purity—as far less important, if, indeed they should be considered "moral" categories at all. So-called "conservatives", on the other hand, highly regarded the lower three dimensions, sometimes higher than fairness. While this first graph only reflects attitudes in the United States, considered internationally, the spectrum of morality defined in accordance with the Haidt schema does not differ widely from that of Americans. (For a much more thorough explanation of this data and its possible implication, see the video reference above or Haidt's book The Righteous Mind: Why good people are divided by politics and religion). According to Mr. Haidt, "these are the five best candidates for what's written on the moral mind".
If the data on which these graphs are based is reliable, if the questions used to collect this data has not unduly skewed the results, we can conclude that among most regions in the world (note that African nations are not included) refraining from harming others (caring) and some sense of fairness (justice) appear to represent universal dimensions of good and bad. Problems arise when the other three dimensions begin to challenge and confound the pragmatic implications of caring and justice.
Mr. Haidt suggests that these moral dimensions are all necessary and that conservatives have a leg-up because they value all five dimensions. Are all of these dimensions as described by Haidt and his team really necessary? If so, for what? To what end would we want to evaluate the morality of a situation in terms of ingroup/outgroup, for instance? How does "authority" or "purity" define any situation from a moral perspective? What do such ways of measuring life experience seek to accomplish?
Mr. Haidt has received considerable pushback from left-leaning individuals regarding his apparent tendency to admonish those same critics for their failure to respect the moral attitudes of more conservative folks. Furthermore, Mr. Haidt's proposals (called Moral Foundation Theory – MFT) has drawn some rather sharp criticism from the scientific community as well. However, beyond explicit criticism and setting aside any general concept of morality for a moment, when we focus on democracy as our primary goal, then we must assess these so-called moral dimensions with an eye toward the natural plurality that democracy connotes. What does MFT mean regarding We, the People?
A democracy, particularly in the United States, if effective, automatically includes and attends to the wide swath of diversity within the populace. Such a democracy must focus on inclusion of individuals and groups rather than exclusion. As a nation, we are very mixed in many ways. To ignore or exclude specific groups in the name of notions like ingroup or purity undermines both the idea and function of the democratic ideal. Advocating for such notions opens the door for the upset of the democratic necessity of balance between inclusion and contestation. Inclusion, whatever that might mean, must be maximized in the face of constant contestation (the competition of teams). One begins to wonder why Mr. Haidt insists (and he does) that all of his proposed moral dimensions are important if their inclusion presents a detriment to democracy.
In fact, Moral Foundation Theory presents subtlety that is somewhat lost in the videos referenced here. Nuances of various dimensions appear more evident in Haidt's book The Righteous Mind. For instance, the "purity" dimension also represents the idea of sanctity—that certain elements of experience possess a sacred aspect which should elicit an irresistible, irrefutable reverence. We might use purity, for instance, as a measure of the value of diet, food consumption (i.e., nix on sugar and other unhealthy stuff). Many left-leaning folks (and others) do just this. However, when applied to people, particularly with the explicit intention of splitting those people off from some "main" group or in some manner rendering their social status and wellbeing as less than worthy of our concern, the lower three moral categories form a kind of "separation set" and represent the most crucial nails in the coffin of democracy. As reported during the Yale conference on Democracy, the moral dimensions reported by Mr. Haidt are beginning to take precedence within American socio-political discourse over the ideals of democracy.
Still, these dimensions themselves need not present impediments to the U.S. democratic ideal. Perhaps more important than whether a dimension is included is how we apply these dimensions in EveryDayLife. To what end is each dimension included? What are our primary intentions in the way we vote, opinions about our neighbors or who we think should be permitted to enter the country, for instance? What is our primary goal or set of goals? If the goal is oneness—and for many of us it is not–the dimensions of which Haidt speaks present interpretations of life experience that differ if our goals differ. Mr. Haidt says he discovered that "both sides have valid reasons" for their positions. But does this notion of rationale not contradict Mr. Haidt's own statements about passion preceding reason? If the goal is separation, identical considerations will result in potentially widely diverse outcomes. If we want to remain separate, we will tend to focus on ways of carving up life experience such that we can remain separate; we will look for excuses to support separation.
Perhaps Moral Foundation Theory contains some truth. This schema is certainly interesting and potentially quite useful in helping to understand why Americans are so deeply divided on so many issues. Its utility in helping to forge a bridge between our current warring factions is somewhat more questionable. So how do we use this idea to our advantage? What are the implications for the preservation of democracy we should consider?
Jonathan Haidt appears quite optimistic about humankind. He also firmly believes that "morality is the key to understanding humanity". Furthermore, despite his warnings about team psychology and the almost inevitable devolution into tribalism, Mr. Haidt simultaneously appears to place a great deal of faith in groups.
Yet herein lies the rub. Lauding small groups essentially as a method of governance, at least on some scale, represents a worthwhile idea (one which will be both explored and advocated here in future weeks). However, we still face the problem of our insistence on a "will to power" or a tribal "being over" mentality. Clearly, the mechanism of change necessary for disengaging from the current strangle hold of partisanship is not represented by attempts to change the existing government. Traditional implementation of democracy has continued and is likely to continue to fall short of true representation of We, the People. Rather, we must focus on change in ourselves—we who, once brought to the socio-political table, must be more capable of transcending team psychology and present adeptness in expressing our common human identity.
As mentioned above, perhaps our reaction to the proposed dimensions described by Mr. Haidt is not so much inherent in the categories but in the interpretation and intentional application of them. For instance, instead of stressing authority (which separates and stratifies factions of society) we could stress mutual respect, which applies equally to everyone. In such a case, "authority" becomes lateral rather than vertical and hierarchical. (Sounds a bit like We, the People, yeah?) Instead of stressing in-group cohesion, we could focus on loyalty to humanity as a whole, thus drawing us together rather than separating us. Such a focus could automatically re-orient many of us to an increased awareness of our environment, the planet we live on, and the general well-being of cultures that are not our own. Instead of so-called group "purity", we could focus on the sanctity of the human spirit and well-being, thus stressing the oneness of our life experience which transcends geographically, culturally and politically contrived barriers. Instead of focusing on "the moral roots of liberals and conservatives" perhaps we would be better served to focus on the moral roots of humanity.
As Mr. Haidt attracts criticism across the political spectrum, you very well might disagree with much of what he proposes. The good news, of course, is that rather than actively attempting to antagonize either pole of the socio-political continuum, Mr. Haidt appears to encourage construction of psycho-social and political bridges between us. Furthermore, Jonathan Haidt might have latched onto a potentially crucial line of research that could form part of the road back toward a saner society. At least the intent, if genuine, is a good thing.
Moral Foundations Theory: The Pragmatic Validity of Moral Pluralism (PDF) (by Graham, Haidt, Koleva, Motyl, Iyer, Wojcik, & Ditto).
Moral Development and Reality: Beyond the Theories of Kohlberg, Hoffman, and Haidt (by John C. Gibbs).


This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Library sticker on front cover.
Very Good. Corazon Tan Blanco/Heart So White (Punto de Lectura) by Marias, Javier, 2002-11-01. Text in Spanish. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Punto de Lectura, 4.


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Edvard Hagerup Grieg (Bergen, 15. lipnja 1843. – Bergen, 4. rujna 1907.), norveški skladatelj, pijanist i dirigent.

Bio je dirigent filharmonijskog društva u Oslu, gdje je 1871. utemeljio i vodio Musikforningen. Na elementima norveškog folklora izgradio je vlastiti, nacionalno-romantički glazbeni izraz. Posebno je važan njegov doprinos razvoju postromaničke europske harmonije. Kao izraziti lirik svoja najbolja djela ostvario je u malim formama - klavirskoj minijaturi i solo-pjesmi.

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I have Crohn's and I am currently undertaking a research study on the impact of having crohn's disease on our self-concepts and self-identities through the Centre for Critical Psychology at the University of Western Sydney. I am looking for first-hand accounts of living with Crohn's, as I think it is critically important for the voices of people with Crohn's disease to be heard in debates and discussions of what it means to have Crohn's disease. Participation in this study would be confidential and anonymous. If you think you might be interested in becoming involved or would like some further information, I would love to hear from you.


The Department of Basic English aims to provide the students whose level of English is below proficiency level with basic language skills so that they can pursue their undergraduate studies at our university without major difficulty.
To achieve this aim, the department runs a two-semester intensive program placing emphasis on reading, writing, listening and speaking.
12th ODTU International ELT Convention will take place on 25-26 May 2015 in Ankara, Turkey.


The Ejs Rocket Car on an Inclined Plane model displays a car on an inclined plane. When the car reaches the bottom of the incline, it can be set to bounce (elastic collision) with the stop attached to the bottom of the incline. The car consists of the car body, two rotating front wheels, and two rotating rear wheels. The incline angle (in radians) can be changed via a textbox and the rocket's thrust can be changed via a slider. In addition the car can be dragged to its initial position. You can modify this simulation if you have Ejs installed by right-clicking within the plot and selecting "Open Ejs Model" from the pop-up menu item.
Ejs Rocket Car on an Inclined Plane model was created using the Easy Java Simulations (Ejs) modeling tool. It is distributed as a ready-to-run (compiled) Java archive. Double clicking the ejs_mech_newton_RocketCarOnInclinedPlane.jar file will run the program if Java is installed. Ejs is a part of the Open Source Physics Project and is designed to make it easier to access, modify, and generate computer models. Additional Ejs models for classical mechanics are available. They can be found by searching ComPADRE for Open Source Physics, OSP, or Ejs.
The source code zip archive contains an XML representation of the Rocket Car on an Inclined Plane Model. Unzip this archive in your Ejs workspace to compile and run this model using Ejs.
thanks for OSP and EJS!
4F (3-5) #1. Changes in speed or direction of motion are caused by forces. The greater the force is, the greater the change in motion will be. The more massive an object is, the less effect a given force will have.
11B (9-12) #1. The basic idea of mathematical modeling is to find a mathematical relationship that behaves in the same ways as the objects or processes under investigation. A mathematical model may give insight about how something really works or may fit observations very well without any intuitive meaning.
W. Christian, F. Esquembre, and M. Belloni, Computer Program ROCKET CAR ON AN INCLINED PLANE MODEL, Version 1.0 (2008), WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=8243&DocID=881).
W. Christian, F. Esquembre, and M. Belloni, Computer Program ROCKET CAR ON AN INCLINED PLANE MODEL, Version 1.0 (2008), <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=8243&DocID=881>.
Christian, W, F. Esquembre, and M. Belloni. "Rocket Car on an Inclined Plane Model." Version 1.0. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=8243&DocID=881 (accessed 19 April 2019).
Christian, Wolfgang, Francisco Esquembre, and Mario Belloni. Rocket Car on an Inclined Plane Model. Vers. 1.0. Computer software. 2008. Java (JRE) 1.5. 19 Apr. 2019 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=8243&DocID=881>.
re-purposed for a rolling solid ball, a shell, and a disc and additional features of adjustable bumpers and control of variables for promoting student centered active learning.
to publicize about the simulation.


Peter offers inventory services in London and M25 North.
If you would like to contact him, you can call him on 020 3713 4933 or email him on peter (at) yellowoak.co.uk.
*Denotes sponsored post. In the interests of transparency, Property Tribes is always transparent about where there is a commercial element to a post, and would like it to be made known that YellowOak Inventories have made a contribution towards the running costs of the site, enabling us to maintain Property Tribes as a free-to-use community resource.
The story of the dogs trashing a house between the start of the tenancy and getting the inventory done is a reminder that being a landlord should be undertaken with clear protocols and measures in place to reduce risk.
My first BTL property is doing well and I insisted on an inventory. I am glad I did because the tenants have a toddler who enjoys art - sadly on the walls!
Very wise move to insist on an Inventory, at the end of the day it is your investment.
Make sure you carry mid-term reviews to make sure your tenant is behaving.
A couple of years ago a review I carried out led to discovering that the property was actually being used as a B&B by the tenant. It seemed very odd that only the smallest bedroom in the 5 bedroom house had any personal items there. No toothbrushes in the bathrooms, no clothes in wardrobes etc. All beds has white linen and were basically empty apart from the furniture. A lock box for keys had also suddenly appeared on the wall outside the property.
Amazing what an inspection can reveal.
According to advice set out by the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks, landlords who produce their own inventories and conduct the check-in and check-out risk losing a potential tenant dispute.
The common mistakes in landlord inventories are essentially lack of detail.
Landlords often write just a brief shopping list and often do not have the appropriate photographs and an accompanying written description to show the condition of the property and its contents.
Inventory reports should contain a full description of a property with detail on every bit of damage and its exact location at the start of a tenancy. This should be supported with photographs which need to be of a high quality when printed up to A4 or A3 size, so that any damage can be seen clearly.
Pat Barber, Chair of the AIIC, said: "All too often landlords omit in their inventory the condition of the bath fittings like sinks, toilets and showers; kitchen units; floor coverings; interior décor; and garden.
This can prove very expensive for landlords. For example, damage to bathroom suites is common, with people dropping things in sinks, resting cigarettes on the edge of baths, cracking bath panels, dropping shower heads, all causing potential chips & cracks. Kitchens are also a problem. Landlords fail to include the condition of the kitchen units, which are often damaged as a result of saucepan burns and chips and cracks are common on worktops.
Over and over again, we see landlords losing disputes because they can't provide the right evidence to show that a tenant has damaged the property. One recent example of this is a landlord that compiled his own inventory - a hand written page, listing five items and no condition. The house was used as a cannabis factory with extreme damage throughout. The landlord was thousands of pounds out of pocket because no proof of check in condition was available.
It is vital that there is a thorough and detailed inventory which will enable both parties to be treated fairly and reasonably. The inventory documentation serves a number of vital functions, especially if professionally compiled - including providing a catalogue of the let property, an unbiased record of it condition and any items included in the tenancy. It also forms part of the legally binding contract that is set out in the tenancy agreement between the tenant and the landlord.
I completely agree with the statement.
Cutting corners to save money on necessary things at the start can end up being even more costly at the end.
Some landlords may know their properties inside out but that can lead to bias and overlooking key issues.
There must be an understanding that the professional clerk does not benefit from being impartial, all that would do is ruin their reputation and discredit their work.
The detail IS key and something an untrained person thinks is trivial may just be the crucial piece of evidence required.


Published in 1998, this book is a multi-disciplinary exploration of one of the most vital issues in the contemporary world. Never was this topic more relevant than now, on the threshold of the twenty-first century. At a time when the global economy, European citizenship and worldwide religion are the order of the day, nationalism - as in eastern Europe and the Balkans - and regionalism - Wales and Scotland provide perfect examples - ride high on the agenda. It is the problems and paradoxes that emerge immediately the subject is raised that form the core of this book. A Question of Identity breaks new ground by drawing together eminent academics from a variety of disciplines including; anthropology, history, law, linguistics, politics, psychology and sociology, to examine the way in which issues of identity have impacted on society and the way in which changes in society have resulted in a re-evaluation of identity. Topics covered include, 'Britishness' within the context of devolution; language and identity; religion, gender and identity; the political and legal problems of European citizenship; elderly migrants and identity; and German identity after reunification. The book explores questions of identity in two sections: British and global. The main conclusion to be reached is that at any period of history the question of identity is complex composed of interacting facets which combine in larger or smaller proportions to create the whole, be that individual, group, ethnic, religious, national or supranational. This book sets out to identify some of the facets that contribute to the whole and by so doing answers some of the questions which are currently circulating around the question of identity.
1. Being Born Lost? The Cultural and Institutional Dimensions of Welsh Identity, Wayne Parsons. 2. The Northern Irish Identity, Karen Trew. 3. 'A Good Jew or a Good Englishman?' : The Jewish Lads' Brigade and Anglo-Jewish Identity, Sharman Kadish. 4. Issues of Identity Through the Synagogue: British Jewish Woman in the late Twentieth Century, Marlena Schmool. 5. Paths and Pitfalls in the Exploration of British Bangladeshi Identity, Rod Chalmers. 6. The Search for Wholeness: The Construction of National and Islamic Identities among British Bangladeshis, John Eade. 7. Identity, Age and Masculinity amongst Bengali Elders in East London, Katy Gardner. 8. Caribbean Identities and the British Context: Creolisation as a Common Framework. 9. German Identity After Reunification, Eberhard Bort. 10. Immigration, European Integration and the Representation of Migrant Interests, Andrew Geddes. 11. A Concept of European Union Citizenship: Problems and Possibilities, Jo Shaw. 12. Political Identities and Social Struggle in Africa, Graham Harrison. 13. Bilingualism and the Construction of a New 'American' Identity, Chris Julios.


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Warner Bros and Michael B. Jordan's Outlier Society Acquire Film Rights of 'Black Leopard, Red Wolf' by Marlon James
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Deadline reported, Outlier Society by Michael B. Jordan and Warner Bros have acquired the film rights of novel 'Black Leopard, Red Wolf' by Marlon James.
Black Leopard, Red Wolf is the first book in The Dark Star Trilogy, it came out earlier this week.
You can read the synopsis of the book below:
Tracker is known far and wide for his skills as a hunter: "He has a nose," people say. Engaged to track down a mysterious boy who disappeared three years earlier, Tracker breaks his own rule of always working alone when he finds himself part of a group that comes together to search for the boy. The band is a hodgepodge, full of unusual characters with secrets of their own, including a shape-shifting man-animal known as Leopard.
As Tracker follows the boy's scent—from one ancient city to another; into dense forests and across deep rivers—he and the band are set upon by creatures intent on destroying them. As he struggles to survive, Tracker starts to wonder: Who, really, is this boy? Why has he been missing for so long? Why do so many people want to keep Tracker from finding him? And perhaps the most important questions of all: Who is telling the truth, and who is lying?
Drawing from African history and mythology and his own rich imagination, Marlon James has written a saga of breathtaking adventure that's also an ambitious, involving read. Defying categorization and full of unforgettable characters, Black Leopard, Red Wolf is both surprising and profound as it explores the fundamentals of truths, the limits of power, the excesses of ambition, and our need to understand them all.
Black Leopard Red Wolf
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The Remote Enforcement Office (REO) trial aims to provide more streamlined enforcement that poses less of a burden to compliant operators and frees up our resources to target serious and serial law-breakers. Since the trial started, we have done a lot of work to map our old and new processes so that we can measure the improvements that the REO brings.
One of our focuses is insecure loads. REO contacted operators in the Western Traffic Area – where we're running the trial – who had attracted a prohibition for an insecure load. The response showed the industry in a very good light. One operator replied that they have provided extensive re-training to all staff, while another sought to purchase a new vehicle that was more suitable for the work it was carrying out. Positive examples in improving compliance!
Keep your eyes open for more updates on REO as the trial progresses.