![]() ![]() She is an appealing, well-drawn character who steals the show. Talkative as Anne of Green Gables and imaginative as Bridge to Terabithia’s Leslie, Juniper breathes life into Ethan’s hot, dreary days and helps him process his anger and resentment toward his parents. While Ethan is tending his uncle’s malt shop, Juniper Jones, a loquacious, redheaded, blue-eyed tornado of a girl, barges into the shop and entices Ethan to become her summer adventure buddy. In 1955, blacks aren’t welcome in lily-white Ellison, but Ethan’s divorced, single father seems unconcerned. Rising 10th grader Ethan Charlie Harper can’t believe his white father sent him from Arcadia, Washington, to Ellison, Alabama, to spend the summer with his paternal aunt, Cara, and her husband, Robert, to punish him for hitting a white boy in school who called Ethan a half-breed and his mother the N-word. She currently lives in Boston, Massachusetts, with her cat, and works in education.An unlikely friendship emerges between an angry boy and a girl whose outlook rivals Pollyanna’s. When she's not writing, Daven can be found tap dancing, embroidering, cooking, and eating dessert. Her works on Wattpad include December, Beautiful Dreamer, and Superior, which received a Watty Award for Science Fiction. Calgary HeraldĪbout the Author Daven McQueen grew up outside of Los Angeles, California, and graduated from Brown University, where she earned a BA in literary arts and economics. Readers aged 12 and up will laugh and cry their way through this illuminating story. McQueen's writing also reveals the precarious balance between hope and sorrow related to these controversial themes." -Shelf Awareness for Readers The book provides a nuanced look at its characters' turmoil, guilt, fury, and love." -Boston Globe In the foreground of McQueen's novel are characters so vulnerable, their emotional complexities mirror those we struggle with and cherish in our own lives. "McQueen deftly balances the rollicking summer adventures of Ethan and Juniper with the gravity of racial discrimination Ethan's wrenching initiation into what it means to be Black in the United States is handled with candor and force. Heart-breaking and well written, THE INVINCIBLE SUMMER OF JUNIPER JONES is a YA historical fiction about racism, friendship, and the events that are indelibly printed on our souls. ![]() story of friendship, respect and compassion." -Ms. Canadian Review of Materials McQueen weaves a heartfelt narrative that examines friendship, otherness, and forgiveness -Booklist " powerful. The underlying message of the story - that friendship is possible despite differences, and that everyone has the right to respect - is one that resonates as much today as it did in the Alabama of 1955. one incredible book about a summer that changed so many lives - Book Nerd Cafe *A gorgeous, memorable story that deserves a place on both school and public library shelves. As Ethan is confronted for the first time by what it means to be black in America, Juniper tries to help him see the beauty in even the ugliest reality, and that even the darkest days can give rise to an invincible summer. Armed with two bikes and an unlimited supply of root beer floats, Ethan and Juniper set out to find their place in a town that's bent on rejecting them. The town's resident oddball and free spirit, she's everything the townspeople aren't-open, kind, and accepting. When he's sent to spend the summer with his aunt and uncle in small-town Alabama, his blackness is suddenly front and center, and no one is shy about making it known he's not welcome there. For Ethan Harper, a biracial kid raised mostly by his white father, race has always been a distant conversation.
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![]() To name just a few, Sleeper will test the reliability of your system’s sleep and wake up state transitions, Rebooter is for Cyclic reboot testing, Fragger will benchmark the performance of the third-party defrag tools, SoundCheck will check the performance of PC sound cards, speakers, and microphones, DiskCheckup will check the health of your hard disk using SMART – and there are many more such. Passmark has released a bunch of tools that can help you test and benchmark the various components of your computer hardware. Stress GPU: Check how well your graphics card handles stress.Simulate Disc Accesses: Find out how much stress your can hard disk take and check its reliability.Allocate Memory: Find out how well your computer works with scarce memory.Write Test File: Check how your system behaves when faced with dwindling disk space.Stress CPU: Use your processor or even a specific number of processor cores to full capacity.This tool can carry out the following benchmarking tests: It is an easy-to-use all-round testing & benchmarking tool. HeavyLoad is another tool to benchmark your hardware components. HD-Stress test will test the hard drive. ![]() Aggressive CPU-Stress lays excessive stress on the Central Processing Unit (CPU).Paint-Stress is a stress test for the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU). ![]()
![]() ![]() Note that, in many cases, a resource contains references to other resources. The channel owner can also specify a target channel to which the image links as well as timing details that determine when the watermark appears during video playbacks and then length of time it is visible. Identifies an image that displays during playbacks of a specified channel's videos. Identifies a category that has been or could be associated with uploaded videos. Identifies thumbnail images associated with a resource. A subscription notifies a user when new videos are added to a channel or when another user takes one of several actions on YouTube, such as uploading a video, rating a video, or commenting on a video. While a search result points to a uniquely identifiable resource, like a video, it does not have its own persistent data.Ĭontains information about a YouTube user subscription. The playlistItem resource also contains details that explain how the included resource is used in the playlist.Ĭontains information about a YouTube video, channel, or playlist that matches the search parameters specified in an API request. Identifies a resource, such as a video, that is part of a playlist. A playlist is a collection of videos that can be viewed sequentially and shared with other users. The content region can also be referred to as a content locale. Identifies a geographic area that a YouTube user can select as the preferred content region. The application language can also be referred to as a UI language. Identifies an application language that the YouTube website supports. While channels could be associated with one or more guide categories, they are not guaranteed to be in any guide categories. Guide categories seek to organize channels in a way that makes it easier for YouTube users to find the content they're looking for. Identifies a category that YouTube associates with channels based on their content or other indicators, such as popularity. For example, a section could feature a channel's latest uploads, most popular uploads, or videos from one or more playlists. ![]() Identifies the URL to use to set a newly uploaded image as the banner image for a channel.Ĭontains information about a set of videos that a channel has chosen to feature. User actions that are reported in activity feeds include rating a video, sharing a video, marking a video as a favorite, and posting a channel bulletin, among others.Ĭontains information about a single YouTube channel. ResourcesĬontains information about an action that a particular user has taken on the YouTube site. The table below describes the different types of resources that you can interact with using the API. ![]() For more information, see .Ī resource is an individual data entity with a unique identifier. JSON is a common, language-independent data format that provides a simple text representation of arbitrary data structures. Select a client library to simplify your API implementation.įamiliarize yourself with the core concepts of the JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) data format. If your application will use any API methods that require user authorization, read the authentication guide to learn how to implement OAuth 2.0 authorization. In the list of APIs, make sure the status is ON for the YouTube Data API v3.
![]() However, its disadvantages are also inevitable. Cold wallet is very secure as it never connects to the Internet. It only can conduct basic operations of offline signature and address checking. It is the safest way to store cryptocurrencies. Paper wallet and hardware wallet are all cold wallets. In 2019, there were more than 28 exchange security incidents worldwide, which resulted in a total loss of more than $ 1.3 billion, of which more than 70% were stolen from exchanges.įor gold, people can only trust physical safes, and for private keys, cold wallets is a better choice.Ĭold wallet, also known as offline wallet, is used without any network environment. However, most trading platforms are not professional escrow companies, so it is actually risky that users expects the exchange to protect their own assets. ![]() There is a saying in the cryptocurrency industry: “If you don’t have a private key, you don’t have a cryptocurrency.” The act of users storing crypto assets in a centralized exchange is equivalent to entrusting the private key to the exchange. Despite pre-existing solutions to this problem, I still can’t help but gravitate toward Hyperkey and this goal.The security of crypto asset is invariably the most concern of crypto industry. My goal with Hyperkey is to maximize a human performance gain while minimizing configuration and OS impact. The main drawback to using any trackpad gesture is that there is a slight bump in the system resources that are consumed by the app. It does require only one touch to work, so a resting palm must be removed. I use it with my thumb on the internal trackpad of my MacBook Pro, and with my index finger on external trackpads. It’s a little different and can take initial memorization to remember to use it, but the more I’ve used it the more natural it feels. A simple trackpad gestureĪlso, I really like using the trackpad to execute modifier keypresses in the implementation I created specifically for Hyperkey. A note if you’re using Keyboard Maestro: Hyperkey will work with it but you will need to press all the modifier keys in the Keyboard Maestro shortcut recorder and all subsequent behavior will still be properly triggered. However, Hyperkey will work for the vast majority of scenarios. The bad is that there are some applications or macOS system behaviors that won’t interpret the remapped key properly. It is not really possible for Hyperkey to create a kernel panic, and it’s trivial to uninstall Hyperkey if needed. The good is that it makes Hyperkey much more light-weight than Karabiner Elements. Hyperkey performs key remapping at a few high-ish level positions in the macOS event stream, unlike Karabiner Elements. ![]() I actually prefer remapping right option to the hyper key. Remapping a key is just a checkbox & dropdown away. That’s why Hyperkey’s UI is just checkboxes with a couple dropdowns where necessary. Mainly, I just prefer something lighter weight and I don’t actually want anything else that Karabiner-Elements has. Hence an obvious question: why bother creating a paid, closed source app that does the same thing without all the other key remapping stuff? Let’s take a look at it. Remapping caps lock to the hyper key is actually quite easy set up in Karabiner-Elements, which is free and open source. My take on this solution is a single purpose app called Hyperkey. Since this modifier key combination is very unlikely to be taken by shortcuts in any application, it collectively becomes an extra modifier key. A common solution for this problem is to remap a key (often caps lock) to the “ hyper key”: a combination of shift, control, option, and command. ![]() With the ubiquity of window manager applications like Rectangle in macOS, it is surprisingly easy to run out of good, unique keyboard shortcuts that do not interfere with other applications. ![]() This scene showed that while they might be at odds with one another, they share a connection that ultimately brings them together. ![]() In the first season audiences saw the seven siblings get their groove on to Tiffany’s “I Think We're Alone Now," while separated by the walls of their enormous home. ![]() Music has always played a large role in the series, as well as dance. Fans of the graphic novel believe they will see more of the Sparrows in Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá’s next chapter of the story. The Sparrows are introduced at the end of the Hotel Oblivion graphic novel, rather than at the end of Dallas, as the series’ Season 2 would have you believe. Marcus, Alphonso and Fei’s powers were adapted directly from their unnamed comic book counterparts. It may be that this character was adapted into Jayme in the Netflix series, who shoots a psychoactive venom at her enemies and wears a blue sweater under her Sparrow blazer. Similar to the comics, the Sparrows wear matching uniforms, except for the unidentified green cube, who we now know as Christopher, and the unnamed Sparrow who releases a powerful blast from their face, wearing a blue sweater. Instead of fighting against the Academy members, as we see in Season 3, the Sparrows save the Umbrella Academy from a group of supervillains just in the nick of time. RELATED: 'Umbrella Academy' Season 3: What is Going On With the Hotel Obsidian? In Season 1 of the Netflix series, Five was swapped for Allison, who fires the gun next to Viktor's ear rather than directly at his head. Carla heals The White Violin (Viktor), who was left unable to walk after being shot in the head by Five in order to stop him from destroying the Earth. I was really proud we could actually do that.In the comics, the Sparrows only appear for one panel, and are all unnamed except for Number One being called Number One, and a character named Carla, who has healing abilities. There’s some things I wanted to do in Dallas in Season 2 that we simply couldn’t afford to do, but we did get to Dealey Plaza. I sat down with the effects teams and said, “How much would this be?” And then I get sticker shock. There’s the great Eiffel Tower story we wanted to do from the first few pages of the kids fighting Gustave Eiffel and the tower that comes to life as a robot. Blackman says that he fully intended on including the scene in the show, but after sitting down with the effects team, was shocked by the budget that would be necessary to do it. In the scene, the Eiffel Tower comes to life as a massive robot created by Gustave, and the Hargreeves must stop it from killing the citizens of Paris. The most notable of these was from the first few pages of "Apocalypse Suite," which shows the Hargreeves siblings fighting comic villain Gustave Eiffel. In an interview with Netflix's Tudum, Blackman revealed which scenes from the comics were simply too expensive to put on television. ![]() Related: Has It Really Only Been 3 Weeks In Umbrella Academy Seasons 1-3? The Umbrella Academy show created its own plot that did not completely follow the third volume of Way's comics, "Hotel Oblivion." However, season 3 does still draw inspiration from the original comics, and often directly references scenes from it, including some impressive action-packed battle scenes. Season 2 followed the graphic novel's first volume, "Apocalypse Suite," and season 2 loosely followed the second volume, "Dallas." The Umbrella Academy season 3, however, marked a divergence from the show's source material. The long-awaited The Umbrella Academy season 3 debuted on Netflix on June 22, and has been well received by both fans and critics.īased on the Dark Horse comic series of the same name by My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way, each season of The Umbrella Academy loosely follows a storyline arc from the comics. The Umbrella Academy follows a dysfunctional family of superpowered siblings struggling to stop the apocalypse that they've accidentally started. Steve Blackman, the showrunner of The Umbrella Academy, reveals scenes from the original comics that couldn't be included due to budget constraints. ![]() He took her past 10 massage chairs to one of the four rooms partitioned with thin wood that didn’t even reach to the ceiling. He was Asian, in his late 30s, with a fade haircut, wearing the newest Nike Airs. Her masseur emerged from the back of the parlor. A 30-something woman waiting behind her piped up and said, “Oh, you’re getting him! He’s wonderful!” Tanya didn’t think much of it. As she stood at the counter, the receptionist assigned her a male massage therapist. In December of last year, Tanya entered a strip-mall massage parlor in a ritzy Houston suburb-the same parlor she’d been going to for 11 years for traditional massage services, sometimes with her ex-husband. T anya, a white, 34-year-old mom, is one of the many women across the U.S. Sex workers are unlikely to reject, belittle, or harass their clients, and many women who previously tried online dating prefer the convenience and consistency that commercial sex offers.” Others want a sexpert who might better understand their needs. “Some women want casual sex and feel safer with a negotiated service. “Women buy sex because they want sex that they can control,” explains Caldwell. So why would a woman pay for sex? Despite the stereotype that ladies can get laid whenever they want, the truth is more complicated. “It makes perfect sense that the benefits of sexual relief and skin contact would be combined in erotic massage services, and that these businesses would increase during times of stress.” Hilary Caldwell, an Australian sexual health researcher who studies how women buy sex. “Massage is socially encouraged as a safe way for women to receive skin contact,” says Dr. Some women want casual sex and feel safer with a negotiated service. A few Atlanta-based masseurs told me their business had increased remarkably during the pandemic-one said it “tripled”-despite the fact that sex work remains illegal in the United States (aside from in 10 counties in Nevada). Some men who offer happy endings are licensed massage therapists while others claim to be “sexological bodyworkers” or just admit to having no credentials. While some masseurs, like Black, work out of ritzy spas, others get women off in tiny rooms in seedy strip malls in massage parlors in Atlanta office buildings or in British studios. Based on anecdotal evidence, most range in age from their early 20s to early 60s, and they offer a variety of services from hand jobs to penetrative intercourse. He’s one of many male masseurs giving happy endings to women, plying their trade across the world, from the U.S. So, he put an ad on Craigslist offering massage with a picture of himself: buff and beautiful.ī l ack isn’t an anomaly. This may not have been what massage school had taught him, but it was a lot more fun than kneading a lower hamstring. I slipped a finger across the front of her pussy and licked it off of my finger, and she just got the biggest smile on her face and sat up and started making out with me.”īlack threw off his sweatpants and tank top, and they started having sex in the diaphanous tent. “She just got super wet, like, spilled out,” Black says. She gave him a big tip on top of the $150 massage fee, and a CD with a super sexy song on it.īlack was unsure if the model’s behavior was unusual, until two weeks later, when he was massaging another client’s thigh in an outdoor tent, and she began moaning and grinding her hips into the table. “I was extremely turned on, but I was just very nervous and unwilling to go there at that time,” Black says. He contemplated massaging his client’s breasts. “In massage school they always said, ‘Be careful with the men, they’re going to come on to you,’” Black recalls, “so I assumed women just would never do such a thing.” The spa attracted wealthy clients from around the world, some of them famous, including the model. I was waiting for someone to pop up in the massage room, like, ‘Surprise! I got you!’”īlack hadn’t expected his job to involve sex, nor did he expect the resort where he worked to have customers seeking it. ![]() The 5'10", blond-haired, blue-eyed model grabbed his hand and placed it on the side of her breast. It was his first day on the job at a posh resort in Palm Beach, Florida, and he was anxious, having only recently graduated from massage school. I t was 2003, and Vance Black, a masseur in his early 20s, was working on a 40-something client’s hip while she lay face down on the table. But there are indeed women seeking out this type of service from male masseurs, and their rules of engagement might surprise you. “Happy ending” massages that include being stimulated to orgasm are not usually associated with female clientele. ![]() Education B.S., Zoology, (HONS) 1980 King’s College, London, UK Ph.D. Steve Higgs (Author of The Patricia Fisher Mysteries) Steve Higgs Goodreads Author Born in Chatham, The United Kingdom Website Twitter StevenJohn Higg1 Genre Humor and Comedy, Crime, Paranormal Member Since June 2017 edit data Let's start this off with an invitation to get some FREE books. 345 Published: 2019 Dead Pirates of Cawsand steve higgs steve higgs. 358 Published: 2020 Patricia Fisher Cruise Mysteries steve higgs steve higgs. It never moved to a more commodious and stylish place than the dreary and remote Swiss town of Davos. Stephen Higgs, Ph.D., F.R.E.S., F.A.S.T.M.H. 369 Published: 2019 Death of a Yorkshire Pudding steve higgs steve higgs. ![]() It was a winning commercial formula and it grew and grew. The forum began in 1971 as a conference where a few political leaders and celebrities from different industries and activities gathered and the occasion was paid for by admission fees happily tendered by a selection of prosperous people from different countries who wished to rub shoulders with the prominent featured guests. When Steve Higgs wrote his debut novel, Paranormal Nonsense, he was a captain in the British Army. This is the jargon for the readjustment in the world towards so-called stakeholder capitalism that is the ambition of the conveners of the World Economic Forum (WEF). President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping wasted their time talking about global warming, a subject the People’s Republic does not take seriously, instead of the origins of COVID or the status of Taiwan, to my utter astonishment, the face and voice of the “Great Reset” appeared. I find perpetual amusement in the world around me and seek to share that with. ![]() Last week at the G20 meeting in Indonesia, as U.S. Reaching the British Unions Isles, the passengers and crew arrive in time for the annual pirate festival. Steven higgs - I am a story teller more than I have ever been anything else. They both reached in to grab me, Michelle going for my arms as Jennifer tried to grab my legs.
![]() As such, you must do everything to keep it safe from harm. Your village is your base of operations in Ninja Heroes New Era. Use them wisely to exterminate your adversaries when it matters the most. They give you a distinct advantage over your opponents and could mean the difference between victory and defeat. If you master these elements, you'll be unstoppable in battle! ![]() You can also use the power of water to create a tsunami that washes away your foes. For example, you can use the wind element to form a whirlwind that damages all enemies in its path. Like other Ninja Heroes games, this game has several elements that make it unique. Either way, it's well worth the effort since they will boost your chances of winning significantly. To get these rare cards, you must participate in special events or beat powerful bosses. There are also rare cards you can get your hands on to really boost your team's power. You can combine these cards in different ways to form the ultimate heroes. In fact, it takes things a step further by giving you hundreds of cards to collect. Collect Powerful CardsĬard games are all about collecting the best cards and building the strongest deck possible. If you can master this, you're well on your way to becoming a legend. Just remember that each ability has a cooldown period before you can use it again.Īs such, you need to use them sparingly and at the most opportune moments. Your heroes will automatically attack opponents, but you can use special abilities at the right time to make a huge impact. You have to be fast and strategic to overcome them. This New Era version of Ninja Heroes is super challenging since you'll be up against some of the most powerful adversaries in history. Ensure you give every undertaking your all to defeat the enemy. ![]() There are numerous missions to complete and side quests to undertake. You'll relive all the best moments from the anime and even create new ones. The action-packed storyline is engaging and will have you hooked for hours. The graphics are also inspired by the anime with beautiful 2D illustrations. You'll find familiar faces and locations in the game. This game is based on the popular Boruto anime series. Even better, it is quite lightweight (approximately 59MB) and works with basic Android phones (Android 4.0.3 and up). Overall, this game is packed with action & adventure. These are critical since they'll help you progress in the game faster and unlock all-powerful heroes. There are also special events you can participate in to get rare items. Each card has a special ability to help you turn the tides of battle in your favor. The Android game features hundreds of cards you can collect. You must fortify your village and develop the best strategies to win battles. The game is set in Shinobi land where the long-lasting peace is threatened by dark forces. It challenges you to form the best team and defeat powerful opponents. Between battles, your followers will raise funds by producing food, handicrafts, and other goods to sell to passing travellers.Īrm your ninjas with the best gear, training, and skills and lead them to victory in the struggle for unification! You may even meet some of the era's greatest generals along the way.Ninja Heroes New Era APK is a strategy-action game offered by Kagehero Studio. Of course, war is costly in more ways than one. But the shogun has an ace up his sleeve: you! As the head of a leading ninja clan, it's up to you to rally your followers and help unify Japan!Īs their fearless leader, you'll need to train your fellow ninjas in the ways of modern 16th-century warfare-including the use of those newfangled matchlock guns! Assign them to infantry, cavalry, and other units to form an army fit for a shogun! The shogun has fallen from power, plunging the land into chaos as feuding feudal lords scramble to take his place. You can download Ninja Village Mod Apk Unlimited Money for Android 1.6 and up devices from this blog link provides below! Rewrite the history of feudal Japan with an army of the ultimate guerrilla warriors: ninjas! Ninja Village Apk Mod is easy to play and familiar for your devices. Ninja Village Mod Apk latest from - An arcade game Android developed by Kairosoft Co.,Ltd has new version update. ![]() The following Star Players are currently legal for play in Blood Bowl, as of v6. That said, several Leagues have developed special rules for allowing fan favorite retired Star Players for playing in the game. However, other famous players remain retired, and may never make a return to the game of Blood Bowl. They have immoveable Golems instead of Mummies and sacrifice two of the Ghouls for Werewolves. Necromantic are the less strong more speedy version of the Undead team. Backed up by the ruthless Witch Elves and dangerous assassins, a. Finding relief in crazed outbursts of terrible violence, these groups do the best they can to ease their suffering they pop off for a nice game of Blood Bowl.'. ![]() Dauntless: If the player attempts to block an opponent with a higher strength. Block: While blocking or being blocked, the player is not Knocked Down on a Both Down Result. Most players start with one or more skills, while other players can earn skills after earning enough SPP to earn a Level. Dark Elf teams prefer a malevolent and spiteful running game over the passing of their goodly cousins. Skills can help you do all sort off things like picking up the ball, throwing the ball and so on. The Blood Bowl Competition Rules v6 pleased long time fans of the game by bringing back many beloved Star Players from earlier versions of the game. Blood Bowl 2 Wiki Blood Bowl 2 Xbox One Blood Bowl 2 Review Evil beyond belief, skilled without doubt, the Dark Elves take to the pitch to show the world their superiority. Over the years, several Star Players have come and gone as the game of Blood Bowl has evolved. The game included plastic 28 mm miniatures of Orcs and Humans, with another set of metal miniatures available from Citadel Miniatures to represent most (but not all) of the other races. The second edition of Blood Bowl, released in 1988, began to move Blood Bowl away from the battlefield mechanics of other Games Workshop systems and toward more brutal sports-oriented play. Instead, Star Players may be hired at a large cost on a one turn basis. The second edition of Blood Bowl, released in 1988, began to move Blood Bowl away from the battlefield mechanics of other Games Workshop systems and toward more brutal sports-oriented play. However, the Blood Bowl Competition Rules v6 do not permit teams to hire Star Players as part of their regular rosters. In previous editions of Blood Bowl, Star Players could be permanently hired as part of a team's roster. Star Players are particularly famous pro Blood Bowl players (also known as "Characters") who are available for hire as "free agents" by Blood Bowl teams. We still wait for police to comply with record requests. Notice how it runs - in some form or another - until 2018. This can take a while to properly understand in full. We have a large and growing team working on this. “And I want to know why a court date wasn’t set immediately days after his apartment was searched?” “This is another reason I want to see the affidavit,” said the person. It happens when journalists are away (holidays). We mentioned this before, also in relation to media coverage… ![]() ![]() Regarding the above documents and the times, pay attention to this detail:Īs someone told us while researching it: “AND HOW COME IT TOOK A WHOLE YEAR?” This will take a while to digest, but we keep things as concise as we can (and careful check everything for accuracy). It’s about pedophilia, as we explained in part one, part two, part three and part four. Looking at the raw court material, the person arrested - an employee of Bill Gates working at his home - was found guilty. Manning and Julian Assange may therefore be seen as ‘sacrificial lambs’ - a situation wherein those punished aren’t those who merit any (or most) of the punishment. In the case of Chelsea Manning, those who exposed war crimes received the full brunt of the law, unlike those whose crimes were exposed. Sometimes the courts can put forth cases (and police selectively choose charges) that help clearing the names of those with more power, more connections, and more money.
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