Death Note. Japanese manga series Plot[edit] Actress-model Misa Amane, having obtained a second Death Note from a Shinigami named Rem, makes a deal with Rem for Shinigami eyes, which allow her to kill knowing only the face, at the cost of half her lifespan.
Seeking to have Light become her boyfriend, Misa uncovers Light's identity as the original Kira, but Light has another motive: he intends to use Misa's Shinigami eyes to discern L's true name. L deduces that Misa is likely the second Kira and detains her. Rem threatens to kill Light if he does not find a way to save Misa. Three years later, Near, now functioning as the new L, receives word that a new Kira has appeared. Production[edit] Development[edit] The Death Note concept derived from a rather general concept involving Shinigami and "specific rules".[6] Author Tsugumi Ohba wanted to create a suspense series because the genre had few suspense series available to the public. Concepts[edit] The notebooks[edit] Themes[edit] Pilot chapter[edit] A.E. Shmoop Finance. Genetic Testing.
Gaming on the minimum wage. I’ve worked a minimum wage job at a movie theater for nearly two years.
As someone who wants to buy and play lots of games, strict budgeting is a painful reality. I also count myself blessed that not being able to buy every game I want is the toughest part of my financial situation. I’m a student, and I still live at home, which can alleviate a lot of the pressures other minimum wage gamers feel. I’m a tourist when it comes to budgeting, but it’s still taught me a specific way to think about gaming. Your budget is your existence Your budget spills over into everything about your life.
Many low-income gamers have to marginalize their hobby in order to pay for more important things, such as food and bills. Still, I struggle to stay current. This is also the reason many low-income gamers stick to the AAA, annualized release schedule when they spend big money on a game. I find it hard to justify regular purchases of expensive games It's about completion, and value That’s not the case. Why Generation Y Yuppies Are Unhappy. Say hi to Lucy.
Lucy is part of Generation Y, the generation born between the late 1970s and the mid 1990s. She’s also part of a yuppie culture that makes up a large portion of Gen Y. I have a term for yuppies in the Gen Y age group—I call them Gen Y Protagonists & Special Yuppies, or GYPSYs. A GYPSY is a unique brand of yuppie, one who thinks they are the main character of a very special story.
So Lucy’s enjoying her GYPSY life, and she’s very pleased to be Lucy. Lucy’s kind of unhappy. To get to the bottom of why, we need to define what makes someone happy or unhappy in the first place. It’s pretty straightforward—when the reality of someone’s life is better than they had expected, they’re happy. To provide some context, let’s start by bringing Lucy’s parents into the discussion: Lucy’s parents were born in the 50s—they’re Baby Boomers.
Lucy’s Depression Era grandparents were obsessed with economic security and raised her parents to build practical, secure careers. GYPSYs Are Delusional. 2002-09-11_paradox_dragon.jpg (JPEG Image, 940 × 455 pixels) J. 4 Multiplicities. 4 Others. Is Depression Just Bad Chemistry? A commercial sponsored by Pfizer, the drug company that manufactures the antidepressant Zoloft, asserts, “While the cause [of depression] is unknown, depression may be related to an imbalance of natural chemicals between nerve cells in the brain.
Prescription Zoloft works to correct this imbalance.” Using advertisements such as this one, pharmaceutical companies have widely promoted the idea that depression results from a chemical imbalance in the brain. The general idea is that a deficiency of certain neurotransmitters (chemical messengers) at synapses, or tiny gaps, between neurons interferes with the transmission of nerve impulses, causing or contributing to depression. One of these neurotransmitters, serotonin, has attracted the most attention, but many others, including norepinephrine and dopamine, have also been granted supporting roles in the story.
Much of the general public seems to have accepted the chemical imbalance hypothesis uncritically. Are Your Chemicals out of Balance? 20 Links to Technological Addiction. Games.