Japanese schoolgirl was a man
February 22, 2008 – 6:05PM
TOKYO – A Japanese man has been arrested for trespassing after turning up at a high school dressed in a girl’s uniform and a long wig.
Thirty-nine-year-old Tetsunori Nanpei told police he had bought the uniform over the internet and put it on to take a stroll near the school in Saitama, north of Tokyo, on Wednesday, the Asahi Shimbun newspaper said.
When students standing outside the gates started to scream at the sight of him, he dashed inside the school grounds, hoping to blend in with the crowds of teenagers, the paper said.
They also screamed, forcing the man to flee, losing his wig in the process. A school clerk pursued him and stopped him at a nearby riverbank, the paper said.
Police confirmed the arrest of the man in school uniform and wig but declined to give further details.
REUTERS
The Wiccan Rede
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Bide within the Law you must, in perfect Love and perfect Trust. Live you must and let to live, fairly take and fairly give.
For tread the Circle thrice about to keep unwelcome spirits out. To bind the spell well every time, let the spell be said in rhyme.
Light of eye and soft of touch, speak you little, listen much. Honor the Old Ones in deed and name, let love and light be our guides again.
Deosil go by the waxing moon, chanting out the joyful tune. Widdershins go when the moon doth wane, and the werewolf howls by the dread wolfsbane.
When the Lady’s moon is new, kiss the hand to Her times two. When the moon rides at Her peak then your heart’s desire seek.
Heed the North winds mighty gale, lock the door and trim the sail. When the Wind blows from the East, expect the new and set the feast.
When the wind comes from the South, love will kiss you on the mouth. When the wind whispers from the West, all hearts will find peace and rest.
Nine woods in the Cauldron go, burn them fast and burn them slow. Birch in the fire goes to represent what the Lady knows.
Oak in the forest towers with might, in the fire it brings the God’s insight. Rowan is a tree of power causing life and magick to flower.
Willows at the waterside stand ready to help us to the Summerland. Hawthorn is burned to purify and to draw faerie to your eye.
Hazel-the tree of wisdom and learning adds its strength to the bright fire burning. White are the flowers of Apple tree that brings us fruits of fertility.
Grapes grow upon the vine giving us both joy and wine. Fir does mark the evergreen to represent immortality seen.
Elder is the Lady’s tree burn it not or cursed you’ll be. Four times the Major Sabbats mark in the light and in the dark.
As the old year starts to wane the new begins, it’s now Samhain. When the time for Imbolc shows watch for flowers through the snows.
When the wheel begins to turn soon the Beltane fires will burn. As the wheel turns to Lamas night power is brought to magick rite.
Four times the Minor Sabbats fall use the Sun to mark them all. When the wheel has turned to Yule light the log the Horned One rules.
In the spring, when night equals day time for Ostara to come our way. When the Sun has reached it’s height time for Oak and Holly to fight.
Harvesting comes to one and all when the Autumn Equinox does fall. Heed the flower, bush, and tree by the Lady blessed you’ll be.
Where the rippling waters go cast a stone, the truth you’ll know. When you have and hold a need, harken not to others greed.
With a fool no season spend or be counted as his friend. Merry Meet and Merry Part bright the cheeks and warm the heart.
Mind the Three-fold Laws you should three times bad and three times good. When misfortune is enow wear the star upon your brow.
Be true in love this you must do unless your love is false to you.
These Eight words the Rede fulfill:
An Ye Harm None, Do What Ye Will |
Twenty-Five Rules of Disinformation ~
- Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil
- Become incredulous and indignant
- Create rumor mongers
- Use a straw man
- Sidetrack opponents w name calling, ridicule
- Hit and Run
- Question motives
- Invoke authority
- Play Dumb
- Associate opponent charges with old news
- Establish and rely upon fall-back positions
- Enigmas have no solution
- Alice in Wonderland Logic
- Demand complete solutions
- Fit the facts to alternate conclusions
- Vanish evidence and witnesses
- Change the subject
- Emotionalize, Antagonize, and Goad
- Ignore facts, demand impossible proofs
- False evidence
- Call a Grand Jury, Special Prosecutor
- Manufacture a new truth
- Create bigger distractions
- Silence critics
- Vanish
Eight Traits of The Disinformationalist ~
- Avoidance
- Selectivity
- Coincidental
- Teamwork
- Anti-conspiratorial
- Artificial Emotions
- Inconsistent
- Newly Discovered: Time Constant
• Population (rank): 8,724,560 (11)
• Average per capita income (rank): $31,877 (3)
• Total state spending (rank): $54,073,301,000 (8)
• Spending per capita (rank): $6,198 (9)
• Governor: Jon Corzine (D)
• First elected: 11/2005
• Senate: 40 members: 23 D, 17 R
• Term limits: None
• House: 80 members: 48 D, 32 R
• Term limits: None
The problems in New Jersey’s fiscal stewardship have never been clearer than they were on the Fourth of July, 2006, when the state’s casinos and parks had to be closed — the result of lawmakers’ inability to pass a budget on time. The budget fracas revolved around Governor Jon Corzine’s plan to deal with structural money shortfalls by raising the sales tax from 6 to 7 percent. The impasse was resolved only when legislators agreed to approve the increase but send half of it back out in the form of property tax relief.
Last year the governor and legislature seemed genuinely dedicated to avoiding similar embarrassment. And they took a step toward accountability by publishing a comprehensive Citizens’ Guide to the budget that included every change to the governor’s original submission along with the name of the official who proposed that change. Transparency seemed to help; the budget passed nine days early.
But an on-time budget isn’t necessarily a good one, and New Jersey hasn’t yet found a way to deal with the long-term imbalance between its revenues and its spending. The state’s citizens have begun to understand the problem. In November 2007, staring down a $3 billion hole in a $33 billion budget, voters rejected a plan to dedicate the remaining half-penny of the sales tax increase to property tax relief — and they did this despite the fact that New Jersey has the highest property tax in the nation. With a debt of $32 billion, such hard decisions are going to be necessary for some time.
The consequences of the fiscal problem hit home everywhere in state government. Deferred maintenance in the transportation system has swelled to $13 billion. As one Department of Transportation official puts it, “we are holding ground on the pavement and we are losing on the bridges.” Although New Jersey has the nation’s third-lowest gas tax, a tax increase to bolster maintenance doesn’t seem politically possible. Corzine talks about creating a nonprofit public benefit corporation to manage the day-to-day operation of several major roadways, including the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway.
Non-transportation infrastructure is no better off. The state dedicated $7 million this year toward a prioritized list of roof improvements on public buildings; even so, life-cycle roof replacement is three or four years behind schedule.
Similarly, the state’s dwindling investment in human capital training has begun to leave a mark. With a hiring freeze on for many positions in the state, maximizing the productivity of each employee becomes critical. But New Jersey spends less than 0.2 percent of its corrections payroll on training, for example, while neighboring Pennsylvania and Connecticut spend 1 percent and 1.8 percent, respectively. That ranks among the lowest in the nation. Civil service rules dictate that employees with seniority have protected jobs during layoffs, potentially compounding the problems of the baby-boomer retirement wave by leaving a dearth of young, well-trained talent in its wake.
Worse still, New Jersey faces a newly revealed $58 billion long-term bill for post-employment retirement benefits owed to its workers. Many other states are up against big bills on this front, but New Jersey’s is a whopper by anyone’s standards. On the pension side, the state is similarly hobbled. Despite improved funding in the past two years, liabilities continue to grow.
Note: This online version has been modified from the version that appeared in print to remove an incorrect reference to the amount spent by New Jersey’s Department of Children and Families on training of managers.
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