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Was My 45-Year Prison Sentence Just?
By Michael Santos · Sunday, November 30th, 2008
As readers may know from my books and articles available at criminal-indictment.com, my position is that we could create a more effective system that better serves the needs of society if we created programs that encouraged prisoners to prepare for law-abiding lives upon release. Justice should not be determined with the initial sentence, but rather with the efforts an individual makes to redeem himself, to reconcile with society, and to prepare for a contributing life upon release.
When my judge imposed a 45-year prison term I was 23. At the time, I could not wrap my mind around the severity of the sentence. I had never been confined before, and contemplating the reality that I would serve several decades was surreal. Other prisoners with whom I shared space were serving sentences that were only a fraction of the length of mine. Some of those men had long histories of incarceration, violence, and were unrepentant. I was confined with one school teacher who was sentenced to five years for molesting several young boys. In comparison to those terms, I then felt as if my sentence was absurd, as if there was no way justice would permit my imprisonment for multiple decades. By then I did not have much hope of relief through the judicial system, so I chose to focus on the first ten years. During that first decade, I felt as if the best use of my time would be in educating myself and striving to create opportunities that would prepare me for release.
I studied through courses that would lead to university degrees. As I read more about social philosophy, I discovered the writings of Socrates, Rousseau, and others who helped me understand more about the social platforms on which societies are built. Rather than lamenting on the lengthy sentence I received, I decided to accept that I would serve a long time in prison. Once I accepted that I likely would serve more than 20 years of my life in prison, I could more easily contemplate ways that I could use my situation to make contributions to society. That shift in focus eliminated thoughts about whether justice was achieved in my case, and enabled me to find meaning through thoughts and actions. The shift empowered me.
Justice, I came to realize, represented the will of our citizens through the laws and procedures that elected representatives passed. Lawmakers decided that lengthy sentences were appropriate for nonviolent drug offenders, and the citizens apparently supported those views. My decisions exposed me to the sanctions. Likewise, the decisions I made while serving time would determine my usefulness as a citizen. I chose to prepare myself to live as a model that my bolster my power to persuade taxpaying citizens that the criminal justice system is in need of reform. If I succeed in these efforts, then I will have made a meaningful contribution to society. I will have helped our criminal justice system evolve into a more enlightened model that is more in line with my interpretation of justice.
I will continue working to reform our system, as these efforts offer an opportunity for me to make a meaningful contribution.
Topics: Adjusting to Prison, Criminal Indictment · Tags: Acknowledge guilt, Criminal justice, Socrates
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Book by Michael
In his newest book, Inside: Life Behind Bars in America, Michael Santos shows readers what it's like to live in America's jails and prisons. Using the voice of the penitentiary, he graphically describes a system infested with gangs, drugs, beatings, shanks, and extortion. From meth-crazed prisoners raping the weak, to female guards who prostitute themselves with the help of gang leaders, and murders in protective custody, Santos brings readers as close as they'll ever want to come to confinement.
It is not the sugarcoated version of "corrections" and "rehabilitation" that administrators want taxpayers to swallow. This book describes a $60 billion industry designed with policies and infrastructure that perpetuate failure.
Santos succeeds in introducing readers to the characters, values, and growing subculture festering inside America's prison system. With the soaring costs of keeping more than two million prisoners inside, this hard-hitting book is timely for all nonfiction readers.
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Here's the cresh dump. Let me know if you need anything else.
It happened when I was picking up a part of a broken robot... I think. Possibly when I was attaching it.
My video has crashed 2 times while flying around in Check Point Challenge Wingit. The first time I had to kill the process, second time I had to power off the pc. No crash dump created, or error log, here' the output_log.txt if that helps. The issue is probably with my video card though, might be on it's last leg.
Thanks for taking a look, the card just hasn't been the same since I used it for mining a while back.
New crash log for you. Playing for just a few mins and it bombed out.
Can you check if you have an error log?
Full output in zip including core.
What were you doing when the second one happened?
both crashes happened after changing resolution in the launcher if i remember right (after 'Payload' Screen.
new crash report. happened while trying to exit game from main screen.
I have to start the game 3 times before it will run after a fresh reboot of my pc.
Here's the two crash reports I get, each time just after 10 seconds after I doubleclick the TT icon on my desktop.
heh. built it myself and it cost me three weeks of vacation pay.


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Parma Heights considers restricting future car wash construction
Updated: Jan. 20, 2023, 11:24 a.m. |
The Yorktown Service Plaza is located at 6177 Pearl Road in Parma Heights. (John Benson/cleveland.com)
John Benson, special to cleveland.com
PARMA HEIGHTS, Ohio -- How many car washes does a community truly need?
That's the question being asked by City Council as it considers legislation limiting the number of such facilities in Parma Heights.
The ordinance under consideration comes after last year's car wash construction moratorium, which is set to expire next month.
"Having two car wash facilities in our city seems like a good number for the population we have and for their locations," City Council President Tom Rounds said.
"Having seen what was going on in cities around us, I think it was good to be proactive and tighten our zoning codes."
The legislation -- expected to pass next month -- calls for no more than one car wash location per 12,000 residents. And any two similar facilities must be at least 1,000 feet apart.
"In 4.3 square miles, we already have at least two car washes -- Qwik and Valero," Mayor Marie Gallo said. "We're referring to this as a saturation ordinance.
"The legislation amending our code is to regulate the number of car washes and locations with car washes in the city. It went through planning, and now we're moving forward."
The mayor said the city modeled its legislation on a similar ordinance recently passed in Parma, which limits the number of car wash uses permitted in the city by restricting zoning districts.
"This is a trend right now," Gallo said. "These car washes are going into a lot of cities, and we want to make sure we were in front of this issue.
"They also eat up a lot of acreage while producing very little economic benefit to the community. "
Read more news from the Parma Sun Post.

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Q: how to reset the modal on react.js I have some modal on my webpage. When user click the button modal opens. But there ara some input areas on the modal and i want clean them when user click the close section. Close section is not button it's a sign. When user open modal again he/she sees old input. It should't be that way. How can i fix this issue?
const AddCampaignModal = (props) => {

  return (
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       <Modal
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          title="Add new campaign"
          onClose={props.onClose}
          size="medium"
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          i18n={props.i18n}
          onClose={props.onClose}/>
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export default AddCampaignModal

A: If the data from the inputs is in your component you can try something like this : In closeModal you can set the initial state of the component
const initialState = { name: null,//add your data// }

closeModal = () => {
        this.setState({
         ...initialState,
         modalIsOpen: false
        });
    }

But if the state of the input comes from the Parent you need a new method to reset the data of the parent component that could be added as a callback in the same method.
    const initialState = {name: null,//add your data// }

closeModal = () => {
        this.setState({
         modalIsOpen: false
        }, () => {
        this.props.resetInputData();
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This mosaic is a commissioned piece created to capture the spirit of unity at Penn State University's DuBois Campus. It is mounted in Swift Building Lobby.
This mosaic depicts a sphere in which all of life is connected. The outer circle represents the diversity of people and cultures on earth. Other circles show animals from eastern and western geographical regions, reminding us of our global connection to nature and the earth.
Vibrant colors and designs work together to produce a dynamic energy. The message of this picture is to 'let our diversity be a uniting force'.


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Indonesia Needs Renewable Energy Law, Lawmaker Says
A House of Representatives lawmaker has called for the formulation of a law on renewable energy to serve as the legal basis for the country's effort to source 23 percent of its total energy needs from renewables in 2025, from 7.7 percent last year.
The development of renewable energy is currently based on the 2007 Energy Law and the Government Regulation (PP) No. 79/2014 on the National Energy Policy (KEN).
Meanwhile, the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry is tasked with formulating the detailed regulations.
However, the ministry, which has been led by four different ministers in the past three years, is notorious for its policy inconsistencies, including in the renewable sector.
Therefore, Satya Widya Yudha, the deputy chairman of the House's Commission VII overseeing energy, said it was about time that Indonesia had a specific law on renewable energy that would be the guideline for the government in developing such a sector.
"If the government is serious about developing renewable energy, it should provide a level playing field between renewable and fossil energy. But now it seems like the government still provides more incentives for businesses related to fossil energy," Satya said on Thursday.
"That's why the country needs a specific law to encourage the development of renewable energy."
He said the House would ask relevant stakeholders to conduct academic reviews before further discussing whether the bill would be endorsed by the legislature or the government.
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Q: Separating Frontend & Backend Dependencies with Gulp/Yarn I want to use yarn instead of bower + npm. Yarn uses package.json and does not separate between frontend and backend packages.
I read so far, that I need to separate my frontend + backend dependencies with gulp:
How to use one package manager for backend and frontend? (Yarn/NPM)
My app uses the MEAN stack. Currently, I'm using e.g. wiredep to inject all frontend dependencies into my index.html.
Question:
How can I automatically separate the frontend dependencies from the backend dependencies in my build process?/Is there any option to specify frontend/backend packages with yarn?

A: Let me introduce handpick that lets you target and filter multiple dependencies. I wrote this to speed up CI stages that just need a fragment of the devDependencies but there are eventually more usecases. This project is quite experimental - please leave some feedback.
Installation
Install on your system:
npm install handpick --global

Usage
Run the command:
handpick [options]

-V, --version
-T, --target
-F, --filter
-M, --manager
-P, --path
-h, --help

Examples
Define unofficial dependencies inside package.json file:
{
    "lintDependencies":
    {
        "eslint": "6.8.0",
        "eslint-config-redaxmedia": "2.0.0"
    },
    "testDependencies":
    {
        "chai": "4.2.0",
        "mocha": "7.1.1"
    }
}

Install the lintDependencies:
handpick --target=lintDependencies

Install the devDependencies and lintDependencies via YARN:
handpick --target=devDependencies --target=lintDependencies --manager=yarn

Install the devDependencies without testDependencies:
handpick --target=devDependencies --filter=testDependencies

Install the dependencies and devDependencies within path:
handpick --path=../shared


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College Football Rankings: Auburn, TCU, Oregon Finish In Top-3
By John Bena Jan 11, 2011, 8:44am CST
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The final BCS rankings will be out today, with the AP Rankings already posted. Of course, the AP follows suit with the winner of the BCS Championship Game finishing #1. That means Auburn took home the title, with Rose Bowl-winner TCU at #2. Oregon, who lost to Auburn 22-19 last night, finished at #3. TCU did receive 3 first-place votes in the polls.
Stanford was at #4 while Ohio State rounded out the Top-5. Oregon was the only Bowl loser to make the Top-5.
The Big Ten finished with three teams in the Top-25 - Wisconsin finished at #7 while Michigan State, who was crushed by Alabama in their Bowl game, finished at #14.
The SEC, who won their 5th straight BCS Championship, finished with three teams in the top 10, five in the first 15 and six in the Top 25, more than any other league. LSU was eighth, Alabama 10th, Arkansas 12th, Mississippi State 15th and South Carolina 22nd.
The Big 12 had five teams in the final rankings: No. 6 Oklahoma, No. 13 Oklahoma State, No. 18 Missouri, No. 19 Texas A&M and No. 20 Nebraska.
The Atlantic Coast Conference had four teams in the poll: No. 16 Virginia Tech, No. 17 Florida State, No. 23 Maryland and No. 25 North Carolina State.
Boise State finished at No. 9, and Western Athletic Conference rival Nevada, the only team to beat the Broncos this season, was 11th.
Conference USA also put two in the final rankings with No. 21 Central Florida and No. 24 Tulsa.
College Football Rankings: Coaches Poll Follows AP Poll, Buckeyes #5


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Ciao'd while watching the Australian Open qualis. Tennis season is back!
It's been raining for days. The small birds flow onto the lawn to peck at the sunflower seeds I've thrown and then ebb into the trees. The blue jays and crows, on the other hand, spiritedly make their presence known regardless of the downpours, alighting on the rail outside my den and looking sideways in at me as I write. If I ignore them, they hop closer in, onto the planter boxes. One came so close as to balance on the door molding and tuck its head over so it could laser-eye me. Cue Tippi Hedron.
I admire the birds' resilience to the pounding rain and their sassiness, too. Last week, our ferns were fringed with frost and the grass thickened with ice. The birds navigated the situation with aplomb. I walked out into the back garden and telepathically high-fived my yoga teacher (shout out to Susan Hauser at NOW!) when my feet went flying, and I was able to regroup. Core exercise, people.
January is a month of future-think. "If I do the Whole30, I'll be thinner in a month or so." "Now's the time to look for a new job and after the bonus comes in March, I'll make a move." I applaud the people who make these resolutions, and I salute those who see those resolutions through. Don't look at me. I'm no role model. I'm enjoying a cocktail at the moment.
What I attest to is an affinity with the birds. It's not only their day-in, day-out perseverance; it's also their optimism. Every sunrise brings possibility and permission to begin again. So it is with me. The 3 am worries float away. The recipe I made yesterday morphs into the one I will make today (often a re-test of the last). The chance I will master a headstand in yoga class shines brightly. The glass is half-full.
The small birds, the titmouses (or is it mice?) and the towhees, are the first to greet the morning. They wake in the sycamore trees, and then alight onto the back fence, nodding their heads and riffling their feathers. By the time early light nudges aside shadow, they are pecking to and fro on the lawn.
The birds remind me that routine can be restorative, even rejuvenating. Change and challenge are good, but it's the present-think that grounds us. The simple, and the "slow," and the everyday. Simmering oatmeal, stirring pasta, dressing the salad. Kissing our children's cheeks as they kick off to school. Commiserating with our girlfriends. Hiking on the mountain or striking a tree pose to begin the day. Picking up the book or the knitting (while watching The Crown) to end it. Daily rituals bring a reassuring rhythm to our lives.
Take a moment to watch the birds. They welcome the day. They nod to the night. In between, they flutter through the flux. And then they do it again tomorrow.
Here's a recipe for Italian White Chicken Chili that's a cinch to put together. As it bubbles on the stove, pick up that book or your knitting. Maybe give a grateful nod to another day well-lived. Namaste.
Pancetta, cannellini beans, and a flurry of rosemary, oregano and thyme infuse this all-American dish with Italian flavors.
In a Dutch oven or large heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium-high heat, cook the pancetta until golden brown, 5 to 6 minutes. Add the onion and celery and cook until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add the chicken, thyme, oregano, rosemary, and chili powder. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the chicken is lightly browned and cooked through, 4 to 5 minutes. Sprinkle the flour over the chicken mixture and stir to coat. Add the beans, corn, and chicken stock to the pan. Bring the mixture to a simmer, scraping up any brown bits on the bottom of the pan. Simmer until the liquid has reduced by about half, about 55 to 60 minutes. Add the black pepper, to taste, or the red pepper flakes, and simmer for 5 minutes more. Serve with the grated Parmesan cheese.


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Antiques Roadshow viewers notice something VERY wrong with Christmas special – can you spot it?
ANTIQUES Roadshow viewers were left scratching their heads after they watched the Christmas special of the show over the weekend.
Hosted by Fiona Bruce, viewers tucked into the festive episode on Sunday night – but there was a huge problem.
Fiona was seen donning a winter coat for the introduction, however, fans were then shown scenes that were filmed back in the summer, as opposed to the winter.
Introducing the episode, Fiona said: "Welcome to the Antiques Roadshow at Christmas."
The show, however, immediately panned to a summery setting in London – where antique lovers were wearing summer dresses and t-shirts.
Fiona continued: "We begin with a look back to our roadshow at Forty Hall in North London – filmed on a glorious summer's day in 2020.
"We saw so many items – we couldn't show them all – including some that looked a little out of place."
Viewers were immediately distracted by the surprising summer section of the show – and some took to social media to air their thoughts.
One bewildered fan took to Twitter and ranted: "Why do they call it Antiques Roadshow at Christmas?
"It's quite obviously summertime when they filmed this episode."
Echoing their comments, someone else said: "Christmas special segments that weren't interesting enough to make the regular show."
A third, meanwhile, shared a snap of the summery set and penned: "Christmas Antiques Roadshow special – it's all in the background."
On the official description of the programme, the BBC did state that the episode was to feature unseen footage from the 2021 series – as well as festive surprises.
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The write-up read: "Fiona Bruce presents a special Christmas show featuring unseen footage and festive treats."
The special edition did see Fiona present pieces to camera by Christmas trees.
The 57-year-old also sat down to look at Star Wars memorabilia, old-fashioned dolls and a teddy bear from 1907 worth over £1000.
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I'm happy to be one of six artist showing mosaics at the Nashville airport for six months. There's a reception on the 8th of April. If you'd enjoy attending, we'd be glad to have you! Let me know, though, since you must pre-register by the 3rd of April with TSA.
Refine your painting skills in beautiful Northern Italy.
Sharing the Russian watercolor methods, Akhriev invites participants to a masterclass in the Italian hills outside Bergamo.
Daud Akhriev live demonsatration at the 2019 Virtuosos of the OPA exhibition.
Akhriev and Melissa Hefferlin exhibit at the historic Union of Artists Exhibition Center in St. Petersburg, Russia, January 7-27, 2019.
I'm happy to participate in the OPA Western Regionals in Boulder, Colorado.


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Most tourists who stay at the Devpur Homestay treat Devpur as a base to explore Kutch. So they stay at the beautiful darbargarh for the night and post breakfast, set out to the White Rann, Lakhpat or wherever they want to go to; to come back again at night and discuss the day with all of us.
Very few take time to explore Devpur itself. The concept of rural tourism is slowly gaining momentum in India but it still remains dependent on the alternative tourism operators who carry out these fixed day trips. Very few attempt to travel rural India on their own.
One of the major reasons is simply the lack of infrastructure and awareness. Finding a charming homestay like Devpur's in another village in India is rare. And those of us who have to fit in the vacation in just a week would probably not want to risk arriving at a village and looking for accommodation with locals.
But another, more sub-conscious reason is that most of us just want to tick places off the list. So why would Lakshmangarh occur on our to-do for Rajasthan or a Devpur for Kutch? Slow travellers, who are more interested in seeping in the culture than covering the must-visits, are a rare breed.
Our decision to stick to small towns and villages during this experiment is proving to be a good one. We have walked the lanes of this beautiful village umpteen times and never get bored of it. Instead of the honking that we were so used to, we just hear greetings. So much so, that our brief trip to Ahmedabad and Jaipur gave us headaches with the sheer amount of noise.
Devpur does not have anything dramatic to offer but the snippets of rural life that we are living are a treat in themselves. We trekked to the nearby check dam the other day and I walk daily to a temple that has a natural spring flowing out to a reservoir. We are regulars at the local dabeli stall here and the Bihari kaka's dhaba who serve yummy samosas. Climbing the nearby un-named hills and just cooking on our stove using cow dung and wood are those joys that take nothing but time. Life has slowed down and our perceptions have sharpened.
A simple description of a simple life.
It is going to take a lot of time for people to catch up to this concept.
Though i believe i am not the "tick the list" type but even i would probably opt for something that i have never experienced to something that is seen known but has a charm of its own.
True that! Landing in an unknown village on a week's leave (snatched from your organisation quite literally) is not that appealing. One really wouldn't want to get into logistics nightmare that may come with complete unknown.
That said, it is also not necessary to do 5 places in 7 days. 2 should be enough. If you care to stay at a place for few days, you discover much more charming facets.
As Indians, we (myself included) are so obsessed with "value for money" that we find it difficult to slow travel and miss out on our 'ticks'.


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Book Review—Why There Almost Certainly Is A God
Past Issues, Uncategorized
Tagged Science & Christianity
Review of Keith Ward's book 'Why There Almost Certainly Is A God'
James Garth, May 2009.
Why there almost certainly is a God
Lion Hudson, 2008, 160 pp.
ISBN: 9780745953304 (UK), 9780825478437 (US)
Reviewed by James Garth
Keith Ward's latest foray into popular philosophy and theology Why there almost certainly is a God is enlightening, entertaining, elegant, and quite simply a delight to read from cover to cover.
In just 160 pages, Ward has managed to give us perhaps the most sophisticated refutation of the 'New Atheism' produced to date. And yet, to simply categorize it as a reflexive reaction to pop culture atheism would be a grave injustice, since Ward has simultaneously crafted a crisp, positive, standalone apologetic that even those inclined towards atheism have found 'stimulating and elegant' (Phelan 2008).
Ward's text is structured into three roughly equal parts, each broadly dealing with arguments raised in chapters two, four and three of Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion1.
Part One is essentially a philosophical primer, where Ward reminds us that the radical materialism which has carved itself a niche within a portion of present-day scientific intelligentsia is but one of a number of philosophical worldviews which remain hotly contested:
In the world of modern philosophy there are idealists, theists, phenomenalists, common sense pragmatists, scientific realists, sceptics and materialists. They are all going concerns, living philosophical theories of what is ultimately real.
Ward 2008 p. 14
Ward carefully probes the weak points of radical materialism, using many of the same tactics that contributed to the demise of its philosophical progenitor, logical positivism. After all, he notes, 'What is the point in being a materialist when we are not sure exactly what matter is?'. 2
1 Even the title itself is a nod towards Dawkins' best-selling polemic (Dawkins 2006). Ward writes: 'The title of this book is the title of Chapter 4 of Professor Richard Dawkins' best-selling The God Delusion, with one little difference. I have changed the word "no" to the word "a", because I think that change reflects the situation more accurately'.
2 It seems to me that in a universe where 'imaginary time', probability waves, Hilbert spaces, and flickering virtual wave-particles are truly 'real', at which point can we honestly draw the materialist line? On what grounds can we rationally exclude so-called 'spiritual' explanations from the table?
From here, Ward segues naturally and persuasively into his core case that the 'God hypothesis' is ultimately a philosophical or metaphysical hypothesis, not a scientific one. Scientific observations or experiments may help to inform our choice of whether or not this hypothesis is more plausible than its rival competitors, but fundamentally science has been — and will remain — unable to devise a neutrally testable, repeatable experiment that could conclusively adjudicate between them.
In Part Two, Ward makes the case that the God hypothesis is the most elegant, economical and coherent of all the metaphysical options on the table, marshalling many persuasive arguments in support of this contention (my personal favourite being the one in which he 'Exterminates superfluous turtles with Occam's Razor').
Within this section Ward dedicates considerable time to providing a systematic refutation of Prof. Dawkins 'Ultimate Boeing 747 Gambit' argument against the existence of God (Dawkins, 2006). Readers will
certainly need their thinking caps on at this point, as other reviewers (Saxbee 2008) have cautioned3. Ward does not shy from the use of sophisticated reasoning and linguistics to challenge Dawkins' understanding of what constitutes 'simplicity', but patience with this section will pay off, as I feel that Ward's critique is sufficient to greatly undermine the efficacy of this argument.
Perhaps the area that I found most interesting of all was Ward's observation of the baffling consequences of the 'Extreme Multiverse' hypothesis. Ward wryly notes that if there are indeed an infinite number of universes, than surely at least one will exist in which miracles are possible!
More disturbingly, in some universes, it's a logical necessity that I would exist in a decidedly homicidal incarnation as someone who 'kills and eats his mother'. This is every bit as possible as existing 'with a blue moustache' — to quote Dawkins' rather tame example (Dawkins 2006), and its consequences are so disturbing they border on the absurd.
In fact, the sheer extravagance of the 'Extreme Multiverse' hypothesis leads me to conclude that it has some serious questions to address regarding coherence and parsimony before it can hope to gain traction against the theistic alternative.
Finally, Part Three is dedicated to an updated retelling of Thomas Aquinas' famous Five Ways, to which Ward dedicates a full eighteen pages (Dawkins takes just three pages to dismiss them!). This section is a welcome return to the sort of classical, amicable philosophical discourse that seems to have been so lacking in recent years in the public sphere.
3 I concur with Saxbee that 'This is the most challenging part of the book, but it is philosophically very satisfying'.
Finally, interspersed throughout the book are a number of additional buried nuggets and titbits of interest. For instance, Ward's brief interlude concerning the notion of progressive revelation and understanding of God (pp. 63–66) is perhaps the most accomplished and succinct that I've ever seen on this topic.
In similarly succinct fashion, Ward concludes his book by painting a vision of Christian hope that he argues is a logical consequence of the existence of the sort of God that he has thus far been seeking to describe. It is worth quoting in full:
… if there is a God, then moral endeavour will not be in vain. Such endeavour may often entail self-sacrifice or even martyrdom in the cause of justice. A creator God who creates in order that goodness may flourish will ensure that justice will be victorious, and will not be defeated by human failure or death. This is not mere 'pie in the sky', but a logical consequence of believing in a good and powerful creator. It means that moral effort will never be in vain, even if its consequences are not what we immediately expect or hope. It means that there will be a life beyond this-worldly death, and there will be judgment, and the possibility of forgiveness and fulfilment.
Ward 2008 p. 136
It is my opinion that books like this are vitally important in helping to craft an intellectual milieu in which genuine Christianity will thrive. Beyond anything else, Ward succeeds because he makes theism seem so very, very attractive.
James Garth [BEng (Aero) (Hons), MAIAA, AMRAeS] is a practising aerospace engineer and a member of ISCAST.
Dawkins, R 2006, The God delusion, Bantam Books, London.
Phelan, L 28 September 2008, Why there almost certainly is a God, by Keith Ward, The Independent, viewed 14 March 2009, http://www.independent.co.uk/arts- entertainment/books/reviews/why-there-almost-certainly-is-a-god-by-keith-ward- 942327.html
Saxbee, J 3 October 2008, Gloves off, and seconds out, Church Times, viewed 14 March 2009, http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/content.asp?id=64122
Ward, K August 2008, Why there almost certainly is a God – Sample Chapter, Lion Hudson Plc, viewed 14 March 2009, http://www.lionhudson.com/pdfs/9780745953304.pdf
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How the Avatar Sequels Will Be Like the Avengers
By Cora Llamas
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Chances are we won't be seeing the sequels to James Cameron's Avatar until 2020, but actor Sam Worthington promises they will be worth the wait. Based on his description, they do sound like they will rival the current epic series that's lording it now, Marvel's The Avengers.
Cameron has flatly said he is not interested in doing a superhero film, but his next Avatar sequels (which will have five installments) contain the basic elements that have made The Avengers a phenomenon. First, they will be epic in scale - that much is expected. Second, underneath all that grandeur is a story about family. And with all the tech that is infused into moviemaking, they promise to surpass anything done before.
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/*
 * Some MLC examples are available at:
 * https://github.com/STMicroelectronics/STMems_Finite_State_Machine
 * the same repository is linked to this repository in folder "_resources"
 *
 * For more information about Finite State Machine tool please refer
 * to AN5273 "LSM6DSOX: Finite State Machine".
 *
 * This example was developed using the following STMicroelectronics
 * evaluation boards:
 *
 * - STEVAL_MKI109V3 + STEVAL-MKI197V1
 * - NUCLEO_F411RE + STEVAL-MKI197V1
 * - DISCOVERY_SPC584B + STEVAL-MKI197V1
 *
 * Used interfaces:
 *
 * STEVAL_MKI109V3    - Host side:   USB (Virtual COM)
 *                    - Sensor side: SPI(Default) / I2C(supported)
 *
 * NUCLEO_STM32F411RE - Host side: UART(COM) to USB bridge
 *                    - Sensor side: I2C(Default) / SPI(supported)
 *
 * DISCOVERY_SPC584B  - Host side: UART(COM) to USB bridge
 *                    - Sensor side: I2C(Default) / SPI(supported)
 *
 * If you need to run this example on a different hardware platform a
 * modification of the functions: `platform_write`, `platform_read`,
 * `tx_com` and 'platform_init' is required.
 *
 */

/* STMicroelectronics evaluation boards definition
 *
 * Please uncomment ONLY the evaluation boards in use.
 * If a different hardware is used please comment all
 * following target board and redefine yours.
 */

//#define STEVAL_MKI109V3  /* little endian */
//#define NUCLEO_F411RE    /* little endian */
//#define SPC584B_DIS      /* big endian */

/* ATTENTION: By default the driver is little endian. If you need switch
 *            to big endian please see "Endianness definitions" in the
 *            header file of the driver (_reg.h).
 */

#if defined(STEVAL_MKI109V3)
/* MKI109V3: Define communication interface */
#define SENSOR_BUS hspi2
/* MKI109V3: Vdd and Vddio power supply values */
#define PWM_3V3 915

#elif defined(NUCLEO_F411RE)
/* NUCLEO_F411RE: Define communication interface */
#define SENSOR_BUS hi2c1

#elif defined(SPC584B_DIS)
/* DISCOVERY_SPC584B: Define communication interface */
#define SENSOR_BUS I2CD1

#endif

/* Includes ------------------------------------------------------------------*/
#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>

#include "mag_anomalies_detection_fsm.h"
#include "lsm6dsox_reg.h"
#include "lis2mdl_reg.h"

#if defined(NUCLEO_F411RE)
#include "stm32f4xx_hal.h"
#include "usart.h"
#include "gpio.h"
#include "i2c.h"

#elif defined(STEVAL_MKI109V3)
#include "stm32f4xx_hal.h"
#include "usbd_cdc_if.h"
#include "gpio.h"
#include "spi.h"
#include "tim.h"

#elif defined(SPC584B_DIS)
#include "components.h"
#endif

/* Private macro -------------------------------------------------------------*/
#define    BOOT_TIME            10 //ms

/* Private variables ---------------------------------------------------------*/
static uint8_t whoamI, rst;
static uint8_t tx_buffer[1000];
static stmdev_ctx_t dev_ctx;
static stmdev_ctx_t mag_ctx;

/* Extern variables ----------------------------------------------------------*/

/* Private functions ---------------------------------------------------------*/

static int32_t lsm6dsox_write_lis2mdl_cx(void *ctx, uint8_t reg,
                                         const uint8_t *data,
					 uint16_t len);

static int32_t lsm6dsox_read_lis2mdl_cx(void *ctx, uint8_t reg,
                                        uint8_t *data,
                                        uint16_t len);

/*
 *   WARNING:
 *   Functions declare in this section are defined at the end of this file
 *   and are strictly related to the hardware platform used.
 *
 */
static int32_t platform_write(void *handle, uint8_t reg, const uint8_t *bufp,
                              uint16_t len);
static int32_t platform_read(void *handle, uint8_t reg, uint8_t *bufp,
                             uint16_t len);
static void platform_delay(uint32_t ms);
static void tx_com( uint8_t *tx_buffer, uint16_t len );
static void platform_init(void);

void lsm6dsox_fsm_sh_mag_anomalies_detection_handler(void)
{
  lsm6dsox_all_sources_t status;

  /* Read interrupt source registers in polling mode (no int) */
  lsm6dsox_all_sources_get(&dev_ctx, &status);

  if (status.fsm1) {
    sprintf((char *)tx_buffer, "MAG anomaly detected\r\n");
    tx_com(tx_buffer, strlen((char const *)tx_buffer));
  }
}

/* Main Example --------------------------------------------------------------*/
void lsm6dsox_fsm_sh_mag_anomalies_detection(void)
{
  /* Variable declaration */
  lsm6dsox_pin_int2_route_t pin_int_route;
  uint32_t i;
  lsm6dsox_sh_cfg_read_t sh_cfg_read;

  /* Initialize mems driver interface */
  dev_ctx.write_reg = platform_write;
  dev_ctx.read_reg  = platform_read;
  dev_ctx.handle    = &SENSOR_BUS;
  /* Initialize lis2mdl driver interface */
  mag_ctx.read_reg = lsm6dsox_read_lis2mdl_cx;
  mag_ctx.write_reg = lsm6dsox_write_lis2mdl_cx;
  mag_ctx.handle = &dev_ctx;

  /* Init test platform */
  platform_init();
  /* Wait sensor boot time */
  platform_delay(BOOT_TIME);
  /* Check device ID */
  lsm6dsox_device_id_get(&dev_ctx, &whoamI);

  if (whoamI != LSM6DSOX_ID)
    while (1);

  /* Restore default configuration */
  lsm6dsox_reset_set(&dev_ctx, PROPERTY_ENABLE);

  do {
    lsm6dsox_reset_get(&dev_ctx, &rst);
  } while (rst);

  /* Disable I3C interface */
  lsm6dsox_i3c_disable_set(&dev_ctx, LSM6DSOX_I3C_DISABLE);

  /* Start FSM configuration */
  for ( i = 0; i < (sizeof(mag_anomalies_detection_fsm) /
                    sizeof(ucf_line_t) ); i++ ) {
    lsm6dsox_write_reg(&dev_ctx, mag_anomalies_detection_fsm[i].address,
                       (uint8_t *)&mag_anomalies_detection_fsm[i].data, 1);
  }

  /*
   * The loaded configuration already routes FSM1 events on INT1, but
   * we add routing on interrupt pin 2 as well.
   */
  lsm6dsox_pin_int2_route_get(&dev_ctx, NULL, &pin_int_route);
  pin_int_route.fsm1               = PROPERTY_ENABLE;
  lsm6dsox_pin_int2_route_set(&dev_ctx, NULL, pin_int_route);

  /* Configure interrupt pin mode notification */
  lsm6dsox_int_notification_set(&dev_ctx, LSM6DSOX_BASE_PULSED_EMB_LATCHED);

  /* Configure LIS2MDL. */
  lis2mdl_block_data_update_set(&mag_ctx, PROPERTY_ENABLE);
  lis2mdl_offset_temp_comp_set(&mag_ctx, PROPERTY_ENABLE);
  lis2mdl_operating_mode_set(&mag_ctx, LIS2MDL_CONTINUOUS_MODE);
  lis2mdl_data_rate_set(&mag_ctx, LIS2MDL_ODR_20Hz);

  /* Enable latched interrupt notification. */
  lsm6dsox_int_notification_set(&dev_ctx, LSM6DSOX_ALL_INT_LATCHED);

  /*
   * Prepare sensor hub to read data from external Slave0 continuously
   * in order to store data in FIFO.
   */
  sh_cfg_read.slv_add = (LIS2MDL_I2C_ADD & 0xFEU) >>
                        1; /* 7bit I2C address */
  sh_cfg_read.slv_subadd = LIS2MDL_OUTX_L_REG;
  sh_cfg_read.slv_len = 6;
  lsm6dsox_sh_slv0_cfg_read(&dev_ctx, &sh_cfg_read);
  /* Configure Sensor Hub to read one slave. */
  lsm6dsox_sh_slave_connected_set(&dev_ctx, LSM6DSOX_SLV_0);
  /* Enable I2C Master. */
  lsm6dsox_sh_master_set(&dev_ctx, PROPERTY_ENABLE);
  /* Configure LSM6DSOX. */
  lsm6dsox_xl_full_scale_set(&dev_ctx, LSM6DSOX_2g);
  lsm6dsox_gy_full_scale_set(&dev_ctx, LSM6DSOX_2000dps);
  lsm6dsox_block_data_update_set(&dev_ctx, PROPERTY_ENABLE);
  lsm6dsox_xl_data_rate_set(&dev_ctx, LSM6DSOX_XL_ODR_12Hz5);
  lsm6dsox_gy_data_rate_set(&dev_ctx, LSM6DSOX_GY_ODR_12Hz5);

  /* FSM1 events are processed in interrupt handler */
  while (1);
}

/*
 * @brief  Write generic device register (platform dependent)
 *
 * @param  handle    customizable argument. In this examples is used in
 *                   order to select the correct sensor bus handler.
 * @param  reg       register to write
 * @param  bufp      pointer to data to write in register reg
 * @param  len       number of consecutive register to write
 *
 */
static int32_t platform_write(void *handle, uint8_t reg, const uint8_t *bufp,
                              uint16_t len)
{
#if defined(NUCLEO_F411RE)
  HAL_I2C_Mem_Write(handle, LSM6DSOX_I2C_ADD_L, reg,
                    I2C_MEMADD_SIZE_8BIT, (uint8_t*) bufp, len, 1000);
#elif defined(STEVAL_MKI109V3)
  HAL_GPIO_WritePin(CS_up_GPIO_Port, CS_up_Pin, GPIO_PIN_RESET);
  HAL_SPI_Transmit(handle, &reg, 1, 1000);
  HAL_SPI_Transmit(handle, (uint8_t*) bufp, len, 1000);
  HAL_GPIO_WritePin(CS_up_GPIO_Port, CS_up_Pin, GPIO_PIN_SET);
#elif defined(SPC584B_DIS)
  i2c_lld_write(handle,  LSM6DSOX_I2C_ADD_L & 0xFE, reg, (uint8_t*) bufp, len);
#endif
  return 0;
}

/*
 * @brief  Read generic device register (platform dependent)
 *
 * @param  handle    customizable argument. In this examples is used in
 *                   order to select the correct sensor bus handler.
 * @param  reg       register to read
 * @param  bufp      pointer to buffer that store the data read
 * @param  len       number of consecutive register to read
 *
 */
static int32_t platform_read(void *handle, uint8_t reg, uint8_t *bufp,
                             uint16_t len)
{
#if defined(NUCLEO_F411RE)
  HAL_I2C_Mem_Read(handle, LSM6DSOX_I2C_ADD_L, reg,
                   I2C_MEMADD_SIZE_8BIT, bufp, len, 1000);
#elif defined(STEVAL_MKI109V3)
  reg |= 0x80;
  HAL_GPIO_WritePin(CS_up_GPIO_Port, CS_up_Pin, GPIO_PIN_RESET);
  HAL_SPI_Transmit(handle, &reg, 1, 1000);
  HAL_SPI_Receive(handle, bufp, len, 1000);
  HAL_GPIO_WritePin(CS_up_GPIO_Port, CS_up_Pin, GPIO_PIN_SET);
#elif defined(SPC584B_DIS)
  i2c_lld_read(handle, LSM6DSOX_I2C_ADD_L & 0xFE, reg, bufp, len);
#endif
  return 0;
}

/*
 * @brief  platform specific outputs on terminal (platform dependent)
 *
 * @param  tx_buffer     buffer to transmit
 * @param  len           number of byte to send
 *
 */
static void tx_com(uint8_t *tx_buffer, uint16_t len)
{
#if defined(NUCLEO_F411RE)
  HAL_UART_Transmit(&huart2, tx_buffer, len, 1000);
#elif defined(STEVAL_MKI109V3)
  CDC_Transmit_FS(tx_buffer, len);
#elif defined(SPC584B_DIS)
  sd_lld_write(&SD2, tx_buffer, len);
#endif
}

/*
 * @brief  platform specific delay (platform dependent)
 *
 * @param  ms        delay in ms
 *
 */
static void platform_delay(uint32_t ms)
{
#if defined(NUCLEO_F411RE) | defined(STEVAL_MKI109V3)
  HAL_Delay(ms);
#elif defined(SPC584B_DIS)
  osalThreadDelayMilliseconds(ms);
#endif
}

/*
 * @brief  platform specific initialization (platform dependent)
 */
static void platform_init(void)
{
#if defined(STEVAL_MKI109V3)
  TIM3->CCR1 = PWM_3V3;
  TIM3->CCR2 = PWM_3V3;
  HAL_TIM_PWM_Start(&htim3, TIM_CHANNEL_1);
  HAL_TIM_PWM_Start(&htim3, TIM_CHANNEL_2);
  HAL_Delay(1000);
#endif
}

/*
 * @brief  Write lsm2mdl device register (used by configuration functions)
 *
 * @param  handle    customizable argument. In this examples is used in
 *                   order to select the correct sensor bus handler.
 * @param  reg       register to write
 * @param  bufp      pointer to data to write in register reg
 * @param  len       number of consecutive register to write
 *
 */
static int32_t lsm6dsox_write_lis2mdl_cx(void *ctx, uint8_t reg,
                                         const uint8_t *data, uint16_t len)
{
  int16_t data_raw_acceleration[3];
  int32_t ret;
  uint8_t drdy;
  lsm6dsox_status_master_t master_status;
  lsm6dsox_sh_cfg_write_t sh_cfg_write;
  /* Configure Sensor Hub to read LIS2MDL. */
  sh_cfg_write.slv0_add = (LIS2MDL_I2C_ADD & 0xFEU) >> 1; /* 7bit I2C address */
  sh_cfg_write.slv0_subadd = reg,
  sh_cfg_write.slv0_data = *data,
  ret = lsm6dsox_sh_cfg_write((stmdev_ctx_t *)ctx, &sh_cfg_write);
  /* Disable accelerometer. */
  lsm6dsox_xl_data_rate_set((stmdev_ctx_t *)ctx, LSM6DSOX_XL_ODR_OFF);
  /* Enable I2C Master. */
  lsm6dsox_sh_master_set((stmdev_ctx_t *)ctx, PROPERTY_ENABLE);
  /* Enable accelerometer to trigger Sensor Hub operation. */
  lsm6dsox_xl_data_rate_set((stmdev_ctx_t *)ctx, LSM6DSOX_XL_ODR_104Hz);
  /* Wait Sensor Hub operation flag set. */
  lsm6dsox_acceleration_raw_get((stmdev_ctx_t *)ctx, data_raw_acceleration);

  do {
    platform_delay(20);
    lsm6dsox_xl_flag_data_ready_get((stmdev_ctx_t *)ctx, &drdy);
  } while (!drdy);

  do {
    platform_delay(20);
    lsm6dsox_sh_status_get((stmdev_ctx_t *)ctx, &master_status);
  } while (!master_status.sens_hub_endop);

  /* Disable I2C master and XL (trigger). */
  lsm6dsox_sh_master_set((stmdev_ctx_t *)ctx, PROPERTY_DISABLE);
  lsm6dsox_xl_data_rate_set((stmdev_ctx_t *)ctx, LSM6DSOX_XL_ODR_OFF);
  return ret;
}

/*
 * @brief  Read lsm2mdl device register (used by configuration functions)
 *
 * @param  handle    customizable argument. In this examples is used in
 *                   order to select the correct sensor bus handler.
 * @param  reg       register to read
 * @param  bufp      pointer to buffer that store the data read
 * @param  len       number of consecutive register to read
 *
 */
static int32_t lsm6dsox_read_lis2mdl_cx(void *ctx, uint8_t reg,
                                        uint8_t *data,
                                        uint16_t len)
{
  lsm6dsox_sh_cfg_read_t sh_cfg_read;
  int16_t data_raw_acceleration[3];
  int32_t ret;
  uint8_t drdy;
  lsm6dsox_status_master_t master_status;

  /* Disable accelerometer. */
  lsm6dsox_xl_data_rate_set((stmdev_ctx_t *)ctx, LSM6DSOX_XL_ODR_OFF);
  /* Configure Sensor Hub to read LIS2MDL. */
  sh_cfg_read.slv_add = (LIS2MDL_I2C_ADD & 0xFEU) >>
                        1; /* 7bit I2C address */
  sh_cfg_read.slv_subadd = reg;
  sh_cfg_read.slv_len = len;
  ret = lsm6dsox_sh_slv0_cfg_read((stmdev_ctx_t *)ctx, &sh_cfg_read);
  lsm6dsox_sh_slave_connected_set((stmdev_ctx_t *)ctx, LSM6DSOX_SLV_0);
  /* Enable I2C Master and I2C master. */
  lsm6dsox_sh_master_set((stmdev_ctx_t *)ctx, PROPERTY_ENABLE);
  /* Enable accelerometer to trigger Sensor Hub operation. */
  lsm6dsox_xl_data_rate_set((stmdev_ctx_t *)ctx, LSM6DSOX_XL_ODR_104Hz);
  /* Wait Sensor Hub operation flag set. */
  lsm6dsox_acceleration_raw_get((stmdev_ctx_t *)ctx, data_raw_acceleration);

  do {
    platform_delay(20);
    lsm6dsox_xl_flag_data_ready_get((stmdev_ctx_t *)ctx, &drdy);
  } while (!drdy);

  do {
    //platform_delay(20);
    lsm6dsox_sh_status_get((stmdev_ctx_t *)ctx, &master_status);
  } while (!master_status.sens_hub_endop);

  /* Disable I2C master and XL(trigger). */
  lsm6dsox_sh_master_set((stmdev_ctx_t *)ctx, PROPERTY_DISABLE);
  lsm6dsox_xl_data_rate_set((stmdev_ctx_t *)ctx, LSM6DSOX_XL_ODR_OFF);
  /* Read SensorHub registers. */
  lsm6dsox_sh_read_data_raw_get((stmdev_ctx_t *)ctx, (lsm6dsox_emb_sh_read_t *)data,
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Una morte in famiglia è un arco narrativo a fumetti, pubblicato dalla DC Comics in Batman nn. 426-429 nel 1989, scritto da Jim Starlin e disegnato da Jim Aparo, con copertine realizzate da Mike Mignola. In esso si narra della morte del secondo Robin, Jason Todd, ad opera del Joker, nemesi dell'uomo pipistrello.

La storia è divenuta un cult perché, oltre a trattare la morte di un supereroe (evento raro negli anni '80 e '90), il destino del personaggio fu deciso da un vero e proprio sondaggio telefonico fatto tra i lettori: per qualche centinaia di voti vinsero quelli favorevoli alla sua morte, in quanto sembra che Jason Todd non fosse riuscito a rimpiazzare nei cuori dei lettori il precedente Robin, Dick Grayson.

Gli autori, benché preparati ad ogni evenienza (vennero preparate due sceneggiature, una dove Jason moriva e una in cui sopravviveva), si dissero sorpresi dall'esito del risultato.

La morte del secondo Robin, al pari di quella di Gwen Stacy sulle pagine dell'Uomo Ragno, ha contribuito a dare un punto di svolta al fumetto statunitense, reso meno innocente e più drammatico.

Trama
Durante l'arresto di alcuni trafficanti di pornografia infantile, Batman nota una vena di ribellione in Robin, che lo rende avventato in missione, tanto da assumere atteggiamenti da kamikaze; preoccupato per la sua incolumità, Bruce decide di sospendere Jason dal ruolo di Robin, il ragazzo però si oppone e i due hanno una brutta discussione.

Nel suo vagare per la città, nel tentativo di calmarsi, Jason torna nel quartiere dov'è nato, dove viene riconosciuto da una sua ex vicina di casa, Ms. Walker, che è in possesso di alcune foto e oggetti appartenuti ai suoi genitori. Tornato a casa Jason trova tra i vari documenti il suo certificato di nascita, dove scopre che il nome di sua madre non è Catherine Johnson: il nome è illeggibile, ma si legge chiaramente che comincia per "S" e non per "C".

Utilizzando una vecchia agendina del padre e il sofisticato computer della Batcaverna, Jason risale alle uniche donne il cui nome comincia per "S" che conosceva suo padre in quegli anni: Sharmin Rosen, Sandra Woosan e Sheila Haywood. Jason decide allora di andare alla ricerca della sua madre naturale.

Nel frattempo Batman è sulle tracce del Joker, evaso per l'ennesima volta dall'
Arkham Asylum. Dalle sue indagini Batman scopre che Joker, rimasto senza fondi, ha in progetto di vendere ai terroristi libici un missile nucleare in suo possesso, rubato alcuni mesi prima, che questi vogliono lanciare su Tel Aviv.

Si reca così in Libano, dove la sua strada e quella di Jason s'incrociano; Jason infatti sta cercando Sharmin Rosen, che lavora per i servizi segreti israeliani. Insieme i tre riescono a sventare il piano del clown del crimine, ma non a catturarlo. Sharmin rivela a Robin di non avere avuto figli, per cui lui e Batman decidono di seguire la loro seconda pista, quella che porta a Sandra Woosan, alias Lady Shiva.

Quest'ultima sta gestendo un campo di addestramento per terroristi nel deserto; dopo aver messo K.O. Robin Shiva attacca Batman, ossessionata dall'idea di scoprire chi tra i due è il miglior esperto di arti marziali. Sconfitta Shiva grazie all'intervento di Robin, Batman interroga la donna ricorrendo al tiopental sodico, un siero della verità.

Anche Shiva non aveva avuto figli, per cui il dinamico duo si dirige in Etiopia, dove lavora la dottoressa Sheila Haywood, l'ultima candidata.

Questa volta si tratta della persona giusta, infatti Bruce nota subito la somiglianza tra la donna e Jason. Sheila, stupita dalla rivelazione, raccontò a Jason di come lei e suo padre s'innamorarono quando lei era una giovane studentessa di medicina e di come questi l'abbandonò per fuggire con Catherine alla sua nascita.

Finito il suo racconto Sheila disse a Jason di aspettare visite e di uscire dalla sua tenda, quando il ragazzo si accorse che l'ospite che sua madre aspettava non era altri che il Joker.

Joker e Sheila, infatti, si conoscono da anni, da quando il criminale l'aiutò ed espatriare in Inghilterra, parecchi anni fa, quando la ragazza era ricercata per aver eseguito degli aborti illegali, durante uno dei quali morì una ragazzina; ora Joker era tornato a ricattare Sheila affinché essa lo aiutasse. Il piano di Joker era mostruoso: impossessarsi dei medicinali destinati ad un villaggio, per rivenderli al mercato nero, sostituendoli con alcuni avvelenati.

Scoperto ciò Jason corse ad avvertire Bruce che cercò di correre verso il villaggio per avvertire i medici di non distribuire i farmaci, pregando Jason affinché non affrontasse Joker da solo: Jason promise di stare in disparte, ma mentì: con quel pazzo c'era sua madre e lui si sentiva in dovere d'intervenire.

Jason disse alla madre di essere a conoscenza di tutto, e di volere aiutare, rivelandole la sua identità segreta: alla vista del costume da Robin, Sheila condusse il ragazzo meraviglia in un magazzino e, dopo avergli puntato una pistola, lo consegnò al Joker a ai suoi scagnozzi, in quanto anche lei era complice del piano.

Jason venne massacrato a sangue sotto gli occhi della madre, che assisté impietrita al brutale pestaggio. Convinto di averlo ucciso, Joker abbandonò il magazzino, non dopo aver legato Sheila e aver lasciato un ordigno esplosivo a distruggere le prove del suo passaggio e ad eliminare ogni testimone: sebbene le avesse dimostrato la sua lealtà, Sheila scoprì che nessuno sopravvive al passaggio del Joker.

Intanto Batman era riuscito a intercettare il carico di farmaci avvelenati e a salvare il villaggio, e tornò di corsa indietro per accertarsi che il suo giovane partner non avesse commesso qualche imprudenza.

Jason, malridotto ma vivo, si trascinò in piedi e, con le sue ultime forze, slegò le corde di Sheila: incurante del suo tradimento, Jason cercò di salvare la vita di sua madre. Una volta libera, Sheila cercò di portare Jason in salvo con sé, ma si accorse con tremendo stupore che il Joker aveva sbarrato la porta, impedendogli di uscire.

La bomba esplose e al suo arrivo Batman vide solamente delle macerie fumanti: tra queste vi trovò il corpo in fin di vita di Sheila che gli raccontò tutto, e di come Jason le si parò davanti, prendendosi tutto lo scoppio dell'esplosione. Tra le lacrime di pentimento, Sheila spirò tra le braccia del Cavaliere oscuro che, poco più avanti, trovò il cadavere del ragazzo, ormai freddo.

Batman tornò a Gotham City per preparare il funerale per Jason, al quale parteciparono
il commissario James Gordon, sua figlia Barbara e Alfred Pennyworth, maggiordomo di Bruce Wayne.

Il Joker, nel frattempo, venne contattato dall'Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini con un'insolita proposta.

Batman trovò un indizio in Etiopia, dove il Joker gli dava appuntamento a New York, davanti al palazzo delle Nazioni Unite. Giunto sul posto Batman vi trovò Superman, venuto lì affinché Batman non dia vita ad un incidente internazionale: difatti il Joker è diventato il nuovo ambasciatore del governo Iraniano, di conseguenza ha ottenuto l'immunità diplomatica.

Sconvolto dalla notizia e impossibilitato ad intervenire, Batman decise comunque di assistere al discorso del Joker, nei panni di Bruce Wayne: durante il suo intervento il Joker estrasse una bombola di gas mortale, con quale cercò di assassinare l'intera assemblea, ma Superman, travestito da militare, aspirò tutto il gas, salvando la platea.

Batman allora si lanciò all'inseguimento del Joker, che stava fuggendo su di un elicottero dei terroristi: durante lo scontro il Joker venne ferito da una pallottola vagante, mentre il pilota venne ucciso; Batman saltò dall'elicottero poco prima che questo precipitasse. Soccorso da Superman, gli chiese di cercare il corpo del criminale, ma questo non venne trovato, lasciando la questione tra il "Cavaliere oscuro" e il "Clown del crimine" come al solito irrisolta.

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In Italia è stato pubblicato sul numero 5 della collana Batman: La leggenda, nel settembre 2008 e sul primo numero della collana DC BEST nel settembre 2015.

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Poetry/Poems
Realism and Romanticism in Dead Poets Society
Charles Dalton aka Nwanda
Charles Dalton's (Gale Hansen) character thrives on attention. He takes on an "above the law," and in a sense, has a "God-complex," meaning he feels that he should always be in control of the situation and that he will not have to face the consequences of any of his actions. Unfortunately, he has to learn the hard way that his actions to spark consequences.
Nwanda always looks to see if people are watching him, and he always says "witty" comments such as when Keating asks why he stands upon the desk, Nwanda replies, "To feel taller." Also, when Keating asks why Robert Herrick wrote the lines he did, Nwanda replies, "Because he's in a hurry."
During the first meeting, he holds up a picture of a naked girl and recites
"Teach me to Love? go teach thy self more wit;
I am chief Professor of it.
The God of Love, if such a thing there be,
May learn to love from me, "
Here he is referring to himself as being better than the "God of Love," which would give him a god-like status.
In the cave he plays his sax, and recites
"Laughing, crying, tumbling, mumbling,
Gotta do more, gotta be more.
Chaos screaming, chaos dreaming,
Gotta be more, gotta do more."
He refers to the sax as "sonorous," which is defined by Webster to be:
producing sound (as when struck)
full or loud in sound
imposing or impressive in effect or style
having a high or an indicated degree of sonority
He uses this word for attention, and it can also describe his behavior.
Nwanda is always trying to tell people what to do – he does this with Meeks on several occasions. He also tries to be the voice of reason for Knox. In the cave, he tells Knox to calm down, and after Knox makes the phone call to Chris and is invited to the party, Nwanda is the one to remind him the party is at Chet's and says, "You don't actually think you're going with her, do you?"
Other signs of wanting attention are that he changes his name from Charlie to Nwanda, he "exercises his right not to walk," in extra scene he shoves meatball in his mouth with his left hand after he is told not to, and he paints the Indian symbol of virility on his chest.
Nwanda also feels that he can speak for other people, even without their consent. First, he invites girls to come to the meeting. Then he tells them they can go in because it's his cave. He recites to them two poems – one by Byron and the other by Shakespeare – and claims them as his own. He also publishes an article in the school paper about how they should have girls at Welton in the name of the DPS without the consent of any other members.
Nwanda also pulls the "phone call from God" stunt in order to gain attention, referring to himself as a god when he says that the phone call is from God. Also, the principle of romanticism that he recites with incredible passion is "To indeed be a god!"
In the end, Nwanda is expelled for punching Cameron in another "moment of passion." Cameron had just come from telling the administrators about the DPS and blamed Keating for their and Neil's actions. Nwanda punches him because he feels it doesn't matter if he's expelled or not. He claims it was already a certainty before he punched Cameron, but there was always the possibility of another punishment.
These are all examples of how Nwanda used "Carpe diem" to indulge himself in romanticism without thinking of any consequences before acting. He is always a romantic in this movie and seems to do everything in order to draw attention to himself.
Filed Under: Characters
nwanda keating says
this entire paragraph misses the point. The boy/man is fighting to not be assimilated into the boring world of the fifties, nothing more
Me thinks the author doth go on much too much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mr Puff Puff says
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WG says
I inferred that Charlie knows full well there are consequences to his actions. Mr. Nolan said, "If you think you're the first Welton student to try to get kicked out, think again." That told me that Charlie actively made trouble in the hopes of getting kicked out. Neil references that Charlie's from a "rich" family – maybe this was this his way of trying to get attention from Mom and Dad.
I thought there were times when Charlie was kind of sweet, like in his actions towards Todd after Neil's death, and in trying to cheer Knox up.
Platoon018 says
I completely disagree with your interpretation of Charlie. To me, he was a free thinker already. He was the most advanced in the group and in fact the one which needed the less help from Keating. He already had his wisdom.
He didn't strive for attention in any unhealthy way. In fact I believe it was perfectly natural and he was simply being who he is. Getting attention came second to being what he felt he was and affirming himself as such among his peers. That is precisely why he, in fact, did get the attention (and respect) – because he was himself before needing the attention. The attention came second and had he to choose between losing himself or the attention he would have easlity sacrificed the second.
DanT says
A good analysis, the only thing I feel I could possibly contribute is that when Cameron betrayed them all, SOMEone needed to hit him. And Charlie definitely seemed the one most likely to follow through. Throughout the movie, he'd always thrown himself into things with a sort of blind passion. When Keating introduced him to "carpe diem" and non-conformist thinking, Charlie dove in headfirst. Someone had to hit Cameron, someone had to be willing to get expelled for following through with their beliefs. If it was going to be anyone, it was going to be the man who re-named himself "Nwanda".
My only regret is that he didn't hit Judas again. He's already going to be expelled for hitting him, what are they going to do to him if he hits him again? Banish him?
lulubelle says
Charlie gets expelled because he wouldn't sign the contract that makes out that Robin Williams's is to be blamed for his student's suicide. He is the only student to do so, and acts completely out of a moral and ethical obligation.
roberto says
Ironic that this is on a website called Anti-Romantic. The critique of Dalton should be prefaced by a statement of the author's belief in GOD and the repressive nature of religion. I think Dalton is much like Keating himself in that he is already discovering his unique voice and could someday be a mentor like Keating. Defying GOD or being GODlike is a normal human state of being. Unfortunately believing in GOD means to fear and obey GOD. This day and age, people need to get over it.
The Congo says
i believe that the anonymous author of this assessment completely missed the point of Charlie's/Nuwanda's character. The character in many ways exhibits an extreme notion of the non-conformist free-thinking that Keating preaches, the book on which this film is based on was in fact written by an alumnus of a similar school who clearly expressed a distaste for the repressive nature of strict preparatory schools, a value that Peter Weir interprets in Charlie/Nuwanda.
Charlie/Nuwanda demonstrates a desire to rebel against the strict impositions placed on his development by the deprivation he experiences at Welton, a theme that is not difficult to understand in the context of his developmental adolescence and his wealthy, upper-class background.
No offence to the author but i would suggest a re-write of this character assessment.
whatever says
what the?
this is nothing like nuwanda
nuwanda is not a ninny who thrives on attention
thats cameron
i think you don't really understand what youre talking about
Adelaide Eldridge says
I do believe that this misses the point of Nwanda.
It is true that Nwanda craves attention, but his romantic sensitivities allows him to quickly grasp an understanding of living a poetic life. The courtyard scene of the young men walking around proves this. While all the young men seem to be making a "mockery" or foolishly walking around, Nawanda got the point and Keating acknowledged it! Nwanda, with his pure and unpolished heart, allows himself to BE on the path to finding who he is and not what someone tells him it should be, to experiencing life to the fullest, something that few men in our society are able to do. Society tears men's humanity down in order to build the warrior that they think men should be.
Nwanda punching Cameron was a pure desire to defend the only path that allows for the experiences that could lie ahead.
One more thing …
To a lesser extent, Nwanda martyred himself. He made choices that he knew could be his downfall. He knowingly made the final choice that sealed his fate.
Nwanda was brother to Keating. There was a scene when bigger brother shares words of wisdom with younger brother.
Dead Poets Society Quick Start
DPS Philosophy
John Keating As A Romantic
Todd Anderson
Knox Overstreet
Richard Cameron and Groupthink
Meeks & Pitts
DPS Poetry
She Walks In Beauty - Lord Byron
The Ballad of William Bloat - Raymond Calvert
The Prophet - Abraham Cowley
To the Virgins, Make Much of Time - Robert Herrick
The Road Not Taken - Robert Frost
The Congo - Vachel Lindsay
A Midsummer Night's Dream - William Shakespeare
Sonnet XVIII - William Shakespeare
Excerpt from Ulysses - Alfred Lord Tennyson
Excerpt from Walden - Henry David Thoreau
O Captain My Captain - Walt Whitman
O Me! O Life! - Walt Whitman
Song of Myself XVI - Walt Whitman
Song of Myself Section 52 - Walt Whitman


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How long does it take to sell a house in Andover, MA? It depends. Every home sale is unique, so the best we can do is deal in averages.
Depending on the time of year, it will probably take 1-3 months to sell your home in Andover.
If you want, you can use the jump menu below to skip to the detailed explanations below the infographic.
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There's a lot going on in the above infographic. If you're not a Andover real estate professional, some of it might be unclear.
So let's break it down a little further.
Here's a snapshot of the Andover housing market for October 2015 through September 2016.
These data were compiled from several different sources. They're explained in detail at the bottom of this post.
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Days on the Market is a common statistic used in real estate as an indicator of a market's activity level.
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Homes sell faster in April than January. That one's pretty much a no-brainer.
It might be surprising to consumers to learn that April listings sell almost 3x faster than January. A huge difference.
All US real estate markets move fastest during the spring. But August & September look good too!
The big takeaway here is NOT that Andover home sales happen fastest in March, April, and May. That's well known, even for non-realtors—how many Open House signs have you seen on warm spring Sundays?
The big takeaway here is that August and September move faster than June and July.
To be fair to my industry: every real estate agent already knows that too.
Most people think that you have to list your house on March to have the best chance of selling it.
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Listing Price curves often are opposite the DOM curve, shown above. Homes listed during the spring and summer months tend to have higher list prices than those listed during the fall and winter.
Like the DOM statistic above, Median List Price is a dataset that real estate industry professionals use to gage a market's health. The higher the listing prices, the stronger the market.
We know it's seasonal. So let's look at the whole year in one average.
On average, homes in Andover sell for 88% of their value, and 92% of their asking price.
Remember that these are median values, and they're averaged across an entire year. If we dug deeper, we could break this out by season and see if homes sell for closer to 100% of asking or value in the spring, for example.
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Most Andover homes are listed for 5% below their value. If you list for less than 5% below (meaning: a higher list price, closer to the value), you can expect to wait longer to sell.
If you list for more than 5% below (lower list price, further below value), you can expect to sell faster.
The name "Market Absorption Rate" makes this stat sound more complex than it really is. It's a little more complex than Days on Market, but not much.
How many months will it take to sell the houses already listed (in a given area, and given price range)?
For example, if a market absorption rate in a given area is 3.5, this means that it would take 3.5 months to sell the remaining number of homes for sale if no others were listed.
Every market is different, but in general, an MAR under 4 is considered a seller's market, over 6 is a buyer's market, and in between 4-6 is a balanced market.
So what do Andover's MAR numbers look like?
It means that the entire inventory of available listings would sell within 1.22 months, or about 5 weeks. And this M.A.R. snapshot is from October, a historically mediocre month in Days-on-Market terms.
October is at the tail end of the fall real estate season, but well-priced houses still sell in this market.
The graph above shows that for houses listed for $799,999 or less are still in "buyer's market" territory.
MAR is a sliding scale. 1.22 months to sell 10 properties vs. 1.22 months to sell 1,000 properties are two very different stats.
The MAR snapshot shown in this graph is from October 2016, a historically mediocre month for new listings.
1.22 is a great number, but it would be even more impressive in April, when there's guaranteed to be more way more inventory on the market.
Also, a disclaimer on the 1.22 number used above: it actually refers to Andover, not Andover. At the time we published this article, the Andover MAR data weren't immediately available.
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Andover's real estate market is far ahead of its pre-crash levels.
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