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I see that this thread is still chugging along. Has the PSL exodus arrived yet? If not, do we have an ETA?
68 seats out of 82,500 is a percentage so small I can't even calculate it. Your data is nowhere near representative of true pricing. If anything, it shows how much of an over-reaction this whole "PSL sky is falling!" nonsense is.
I see that this thread is still chugging along. Has the PSL exodus arrived yet? If not, do we have an ETA?
Gotta believe best way to buy a PSL right now would be directly from the owner on Craigslist or Ebay. Those PSL resale sites charge both the buyer and the seller a 5% surcharge so on 2 - $7500 PSLs it would come to an additional $750 which I think is a rip-off. That's why I am curious what the Jets will do with defaulted payers although they may not publicize it. Only reason I say best time to buy would be after 2nd preseason game is obviously because you won't have to eat them the first year. Although people that are on the bubble right now sweating out their soon-to-appear 2013 invoice may be motivated to sell their PSLs at a big discount.
The oddity of this job description and method of paying commission was this.
Person A drops 10K a PSL for a good section off the bat may end up in row 23 non-aisle seats.
Person B gets row 23 UD seats, later is upsold to a LLEZ corner. To upsell Rep gives him lower row seats and closer to aisle near 50 so now he is row 17 ten off aisle in 146 for example.
Than section 143 LGL is reduced and Rep tries to upsell again saying why stay in 5k corner when for 7.5K you can move downfield, you go well I want a lower row and closer to aisle if I move and rep goes ok I will give you row nine four off aisle and you go ok.
A few weeks laster 142 is reduced to 10K and Rep calls back for fourth upsell, the feather in her cap, you go I want lower and even closer to 50 or now way, so magically she gives you row two on aisle closest to 50.
Jets witheld good seats in section at begining in low rows or higher row aisles closest to 50 in begining as they wanted to upsell later.
That sucked for a longer term season ticketholder with good senority who went right towards expensive seats or even cheap PSLs cause even in Mezz A and LLEZ, they witheld seats.
The whole thing was a game from begining, so unless you played game or watched this site you could not play. Sadly it could have wasted 40-200 hours of your time to get good seats.
Even now the Jets are going to do once again an UD Seat Reallocaton Process in Spring and Folks who play that game will eventually all be on the 50 yard line in first few rows. Those that dont play are locked out.
Rules are clear. But why should game even be played. It is played cuase Jets want the game to play.
BTW - if anyone wanted to default for next year, they probably would have wanted to do it before making this year's PSL payment.
If they default now, they are only avoiding the cost of season tickets.
Because I had a cheap PSL and I picked the 5 year plan, I plan to finish paying it off in the Spring.
I am not defaulting even though my seats aren't ideal.
1) At $2500, what is the point. I like going to games and knew that there would be bad years.
2) We are hoping that we can "upgrade" or move to different seats. Now that our daughters are old enough to start attending, we might move up to Mezz A (more family friendly) if we can get good seats (aisle and/or lower rows). Otherwise, we will stand pat.
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You need to pull some favors to get the seats but well worth them. Seen Ray Romano, ICE T and a few others there, with a 145 ticket price and 25 yard line first 3 rows they are money seats. With all the firings last week I am sure Jets now have some family VIP seats opening up.
Daughters have to marry rich. Broke Dick Mezz A and LLEZ folk aint getting you comped at your future inlaws golf course or hotel chain.
psl money is dead money. anyone including myself who has paid a psl or paying on one the money is as good as gone. you cant dwell on this.
the most important part of the psl is the price of the actual game day tickets and parking fees. not being able to control increases is scary.
The PSL for Mezz Goal line is the same but ticket price is outrageous and you are like 40 rows back from field. So in secondary market PSL is worth less
Lower Level, Low Price PSL, Closest to Field and 50 yard line seats all still sell for in secondary at a profit.
Obviously the elevation is not ideal, cameras can get in way and hard to see otherway downfield. But if one was worried about PSL resale you should have bought there. If you bought soley for your personal preference PSL resale should not concern you.
29150 2 Lower Level Goal Line 109 1 5 - 6 All $49,900
35381 3 Lower Level Goal Line 117 1 7 - 9 All $120,000
35382 2 Lower Level Goal Line 117 1 10 - 11 All $100,000
36069 4 Lower Level Goal Line 143 1 7 - 10 All $64,000
36080 4 Lower Level Goal Line 117 1 3 - 6 All $68,000
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RUSTON, La. (AP) - Nick Montana threw for 235 yards and two touchdowns to help Tulane rally for a 24-15 win over Louisiana Tech on Thursday night.
The Green Wave (2-1, 1-0 Conference USA) trailed 9-7 at halftime before Lorenzo Doss made an interception to set up a 51-yard field goal by Cairo Santos.
Montana helped Tulane put the game out of reach late in the third quarter, leading a 94-yard, 11-play drive culminating with a 38-yard scoring pass to Xavier Rush. Montana, the son of NFL Hall of Famer Joe Montana, finished 20-for-36 passing.
Orleans Darkwa added a one-yard touchdown run with 6:03 left in the game to make it 24-9 after Louisiana Tech (1-2, 0-1) turned the ball over inside its own 20. Rob Kelley rushed for 87 yards and Darkwa ran for 68 for Tulane.
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We noted on Wednesday that AJ Styles had not signed a new deal with TNA yet and that they were still negotiating with money appearing to be the biggest issue.
Styles was backstage at Tuesday night's Impact Wrestling tapings and returned on Wednesday night at the tapings for the January 2nd episode and a match was made against Magnus, winner of the tournament finals, to crown an Undisputed TNA World Heavyweight Champion.
That match took place at Thursday night's tapings and will air on January 9th. The match had a No DQ stipulation added to it and saw interference from a handful of stars, including Dixie Carter. The end saw Magnus get the win to become the Undisputed TNA World Heavyweight Champion. After the match, Styles cut what was described as a somber promo and thanked the fans for letting him wrestle for them. He said Dixie could forget about him but he won't ever forget about the TNA fans. He said this was real life and talked about his time in TNA. Styles said goodbye before greeting fans at ringside on his way out.
There is still no confirmation that a new deal was signed since Tuesday but if there wasn't, PWInsider reports that Thursday night's tapings, which will air January 9th, could be Styles' last appearance for the company. The latest word was that both sides were still very far apart on money and that it would come down to the wire. Styles' contract expires before the end of the year.
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Newcastle manager Alan Pardew fears midfielder Yohan Cabaye could be sidelined until the new year.
The Frenchman sustained a groin injury on international duty and it appears the player may be out for longer than expected.
"Cabaye looks like he could be out four to six weeks," the Magpies boss told the Evening Chronicle. "Cabaye might possibly have to have a little surgery on that groin. It could be we run all the way to the end of January before I have my first team to pick from."
Pardew is already missing Ryan Taylor, Dan Gosling and Haris Vuckic to longer-term injuries.
The concern for him is even when Cabaye gets fully fit he will still not be able to select a first-choice midfield as Cheick Tiote is likely to be involved in African Nations Cup duty with Ivory Coast.
"When Cabaye comes back, Cheick will be gone. It is tough for us at the minute," Pardew added.
"You have seasons when you lose players and you have to be able to cope with it.
"If I had everybody available then losing Cabaye would not be such a blow.
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One word: Meh. Didn't find it funny. Will give it a chance, see if it improves (ala Jimqusition), but not looking good so far.
Also, it looks like The Escapist is searching for another attractive female to bring in the viewers after Lisa Foiles left...
HOLY CRAP, I remember when this and gameface were on Bravo in the UK last year with Julia Hardy (who I think went off to do columns in the UK magazine Gamemaster) doing the presenting, t'was a good show although I almost never agreed with their reviews and Playr was better but it still gives me something to watch daily when bored.
Something put me off about this video, I can't quite put my finger on it, I might give it a second chance if I'm bored, but definitely not something I'm going to actively await with baited breath.
Camera slightly too close to her face. Almost total lack of content. Looks like a trailer for something I've already missed and don't want to see any more of.
Opinion is meh, I'll watch it next week maybe.
Overall I am confused; I know I came into the middle of their thing so I will give it time. I agree with the idea that the jokes feel off and that the camera is too close.
The Show will get bonus points if she has different color eye shadow on every week and they never repeat a color.
Careful there did you think desert bus would explode the way it did? The internet may come out in force for "Graham and Kathleen read the nutrition facts on cereal boxes".
The fastmoving and shallow "cool" radio DJ style format never appealed to me (give me people that sound natural and earnest, please) but I suppose it does have a significant market, judging by how commonplace it is and it sounds like Ginx has been around for a while in this guise, so who am I to start pointing at things -- to each; their own.
Same could be said with the Jimquisition. Was not a new show when it joined here, and now it's one of the most popular (even if it's first 2 episodes in my opinion weren't as good as the current ones, or it's previus ones on youtube). Content like this shouldn't be shot down after just 1 showing in my opinion. Everything deserves a fair chance. If it doesn't work for you in the end, then oh well. If it does then everyone wins.
The weird thing is that GinxTV is its own site. Makes you wonder why they needed to come here, right?
A Challenge!
Graham! Read the side of a box of serial during one of your feed dumps!
Ah England the only place that can rival Japan in exports of crazy stuff, and how I enjoy crazy stuff.
As other people have stated, this made me go meh. I miss the old escapist news that the LRR crew did every week. That's now on penny arcade btw.
this is odd can't say i liked it but i didn't not like it wow
I'll give it a few more views before I make a decision on weather or not I really like it like it. So far though I don't care too much. The skits seemed a bit lame but that's just me and, the Ultimate Marvel v Capcom thing got my hopes up again for a third Ultimate Alliance...then I realized she was commenting on Nemesis and R. Raccoon.
Same here. I quite liked that humor
Let's see what happens next week... Now off to watch the Jimquisition which also got a rather bad reception at first!
Looks like I get to add this to the list of things I will never watch on The Escapist. Jimquisition is no longer the only thing.
The camera is a bit close, dontcha think? Bahk awey, guhl!
I thought the BF3 thing was rather funny, though.
Found it amusing, and wouldn't mind a mini review/news video. I don't get why people have an issue with the accent though? Maybe they're just Anglophobes :P
The thing is it really wasn't about video games. I mean.. it was like the kind of conversation you'd have with someone on the bus going somewhere. And if you didn't talk at all. Spent 2 seconds on each topic and then went on.
You know how some places will put up 'talking points' of things you can say at work every morning? Yeah it was kind of like that in video form.
I'll give it a couple more, like I did with Jim. But so far not so good.
She's cute, got a cute accent, and working with what's available. There's potential for an interest piquing show, though the dramatic voice doing it's lines is like a cheese grater to my audio sensibilities. She could use a co-host. Still, stick with it, we'll see how it goes. Just know, you're going to have to get something new in. For news, we've already got the 'sarcastic and funny' angle covered. Between Feed Dump, ENN/Checkpoint, Jimquisition, Extra Punctuation, and the skeptically-toned articles that proliferate this site, gaming news and odd misc news gets covered pretty well. Reading comments from some social media sites only serves as a source, for when the creativity bucket is running low. I'd rather it not be a whole show--if I wanted that, I'd watch that terrible Tosh.0.
I think I just found my challenge for Desert Bus next year...
I watched it, I gave it a fair chance, I don't think I'll be watching the next one.
I couldn't make it past the first 30 seconds. I'll stick with Hard News over at ScrewAttack for my VG news. If this show lead with the news, rather than social media user comments, I might have more interest.
I would've been impressed if it was a new effort, but the fact that this show has been around for a few years now makes me less sympathetic. It should feel a bit more... polished? I think that's what it's missing.
I don't really have any new comments; the camera was a bit too close, that announcing voice came up about three times more often than I'd be comfortable with, and some of the humour felt forced.
I am, however, weak for that accent, and the BF3 Can-Can thing was hilarious.
Oh and yes, it's a pretty girl as the host, but so what? Kathleen's pretty as well, but no Escapists ever complained about her getting so much camera time in ENN, because she was genuine. Having a pretty female host is only awkward if it's obvious they have no real interest in nerdery, and if Aoife was bored, she hid it well.
Is she Irish or something?
Also, this looks interesting but I hope it isn't going to be replacing LRR, who's weekly video wasn't headlined this week :(
And the can-can-man BF3 trooper was funny.
Should be interesting. A new show. I wasn't ALL that impressed but its far too early to make a judgement.
Good luck!
Excellent first post critique. I agree whole-heartedly that it seems to lack a hook to capture the viewer's attention. If your only hook is "presentable female talking head" then I am sad at your standards.
The Escapist community is notoriously hard on new content. I've seen this time and time again. It's interesting how people are comparing the girl with Lisa Foiles, she was one who was harshly criticized when she debuted here.
I would comment about all the guys judging this on how cute or not the hostest is, but that does seem the be the best thing going for it.
That being said, I'll give it a few views before it joins table tales on my ignore list. Could do with a bit more humor or something to flavor it. Otherwise, this ep was only unconsiquencial gaming news that I forgot almost as soon as the lady stoped saying it.
It sounds like she's trying to speak American (US) english without an accent but is only getting ride of 45% of it. The slurrish speech seems like that.
Indeed. That same show's still on NZ TV, at 10:30 each night for half an hour. I rarely catch it, as they've got very little non-repeated content.
Seriously, if I had a dollar for every time they'd run a segment on the Bionic Commando remake, I'd be a rich man. And not the sidescrolling Commando either. The full 3D one no-one liked.
Dull humour, lame format, fix that and it may have a place here, otherwise, quite like me watching this, it won't last a minute.
Hooray for there being a new show!
I'll try this show again when the next episode comes out. But things are not looking good for round 2.
If we hadn't already shot this week's, I totally would!
hmmmm maybe they should have used the lady from gameface, lisa something-or-other. since she actually was a reviewer and host.
This new content clashes deeply with the existing content. The great thing about The Escapist was all the great content of the type you don't see in traditional media. This is exactly the kind of lowest common denominator stuff that traditional media has tried and failed to use to attract an audience of gamers.
I know you guys have a dream of large audiences and mainstream success but you certainly are NOT going to get there aping traditional media. Traditional media has had its chance to grab this audience and they have failed. I won't be watching this one. In fact I have been splitting more of time between this site and PATV, the new home of the Extra Credits.
Ah ha! But you see good sir, this is why I did not say "Your next feed dump" I believe I speak for the entire escapist community of me, when I say that Iwe expect some cereal box reading at some point in the weeks to come!
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Brussels, 20 June 2012
The European Commission boosts its humanitarian aid for Syria as Commissioner Georgieva visits Syrian refugees
The European Commission is increasing its humanitarian aid by EUR 10 million for those affected by the escalating violence in Syria, Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva announced today during a visit to a refugee camp in Turkey.
The Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response made the announcement at Kilis, where she met Syrians who have been forced to flee their country because of the deteriorating situation. She was accompanied by Turkey's Minister for EU affairs, Egemen Bağış.
The doubling of humanitarian aid brings to EUR 43 million the amount being spent by the European Commission in response to the Syrian crisis. EUR 23 million of it comes from the European Neighbourhood and partnership Instrument. Humanitarian activities will provide shelter, food, medical and health supplies, clean drinking, improved sanitation as well as basic household supplies. It will reach an estimated 700,000 people affected by the continuing violence both inside Syria and in neighbouring countries. The European Union's Member States have provided EUR 24.6 million in humanitarian aid.
More than a third of the estimated 87,000 people fleeing from the violence in Syria have found refuge in Turkey.
Speaking at Kilis Commissioner Georgieva said: "At this desperate time my thoughts are with all those people who are suffering grievously as a result of the indiscriminate violence taking place in Syria. A lingering civil war beckons and I expect the scale of the humanitarian challenges to rise dramatically. We will continue to stand with the innocent victims of violence and today I repeat my call to all the parties to the fighting to spare human life, respect human rights and to afford all protection and assistance to those who are trying to provide relief to the most vulnerable."
Her visit to Turkey's border with Syria is taking place on World Refugee Day. "On this day I am standing shoulder to shoulder with Syrians but I cannot forget the men, women and children around the world who, through no fault of their own, find themselves far from their homes, hungry and fearful. From Myanmar to Congo the fate of refugees is merely glimpsed by those of us fortunate to live in comfort and security. Let us reflect upon the generosity of countries such as Yemen, which hosts hundreds of thousands of African refugees yet is one of the world's poorest countries with dire humanitarian needs itself.
"It is a shining example to all of us of the indomitable human spirit of solidarity which reaches out to less fortunate souls in their hour of need."
The Commission will continue to channel its humanitarian funding through partners, including the International Committee of the Red Cross and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies as well as the United Nations' Refugee Agency.
Between 1.5 and 3 million people are affected by the violence in Syria, while the entire civilian population is suffering from shortages of both food and fuel. Over an estimated 87,000 people have already fled the country and are being hosted and protected by neighbouring countries, mainly Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan and Iraq. Host countries have been working to meet the most basic needs of refugees and to ensure minimum protection. However, none of the fleeing Syrians has been granted full refugee status, therefore depriving them of long term solutions.
The intensification of violence has hindered the capacity of humanitarian workers in Syria to provide essential relief to populations in need. Lack of information has also prevented the international community from analysing and monitoring the overall extent of the situation and thereby hampering a full and comprehensive humanitarian response.
After more than a year of unrest and in spite of the presence in the country of UN observers the situation on the ground remains critical and access as limited as ever. The Syrian Arab Red Crescent has been the main organisation involved in the assessment of needs, the identification of the most vulnerable populations and the registration and the distribution of relief items.
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GREENVILLE, Ill. -- The men's basketball team returned to action Friday with a 73-64 loss to Loras in its first game following the holiday vacation period. Despite having the game's two leading scorers in Alex Mumphard and Ron Harris, the Panthers were outshot and outrebounded in the defeat.
Greenville led by one at halftime, 33-32, but couldn't hold on as Loras used a 41 point second half to take the win.
Mumphard posted a game-high 24 points, while Harris totaled 16 points, seven rebounds, and three steals.
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Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley — collectively known as Florida Georgia Line — have inked a deal with Republic Nashville, the first major-label signing for the duo. The announcement comes just after the pair released their second digital EP, 'It'z Just What We Do,' a five-song collection that features the fan-favorite track, 'Cruise,' which has sold 100k downloads to date.
Though no time frame for a full-length album has been announced, the duo hinted at the identity of the their first single in the form of a tweet. "We have signed a record deal with Republic Nashville!! They are about to take 'Cruise' the rest of the way up the charts!" the guys tweeted enthusiastically on Monday.
News of Florida Georgia Line's inclusion on the Nashville-based label's roster comes on the heels of the announcement that 'The Voice' contestant RaeLynn has also signed with the company. Fans may remember RaeLynn as a personal favorite of celebrity judge Blake Shelton and wife Miranda Lambert — so much so that country music's royal couple decided to "adopt" the young singer.
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We happened to come across a box stock '64 Chevelle Malibu convertible, a perfect example of what not to drive on the freeway with stock brakes. And why is that you say? We took our '64 out to Fontana's California Speedway for a bit of Road Rage performance testing only to find out that our Malibu stopped from 60-0 in a disappointing 241 feet. Just for a bit of comparison, a stock '02 Z28 Camaro takes 129 feet to come to a stop from 60. There was only one thing to do, make the jump to power disc brakes.
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The aftermarket brake industry is quite large, so be careful who you deal with. While some manufacturers have been in the stopping business for some time, some have not. Stainless Steel Brake Corporation has been providing aftermarket disc brake conversions to the public for quite some time. We've found their kits to be all-inclusive and their tech support to be excellent. While SSBC has many different levels of brakes, we chose the FX2 Force 10 conversion for both the front and rear. The FX2 is a system that encompasses dual piston aluminum calipers with zinc-plated 11-inch slotted rotors. Despite its physical appearance, the FX2 caliper and rotor will provide adequate clearance for a 15-inch wheel. The kit we chose also came with a dual master cylinder, 9-inch power booster, and a fresh set of brake pads.
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A true tragedy. The nurse who was pranked by the Australian radio station died this morning. See? Bullying isn't just for kids anymore.
A true tragedy. The nurse who was pranked by the Australian radio station died this morning. See? Bullying isn't just for kids anymore.
"Love me or hate me, both are in my favour."
It saddened me to hear that on the news earlier.
I just wonder what the hospital staff said to her... The exclusivity of the hospital would have meant some disciplinary action would have been taken.
I even wonder if someone in the Royal family (Phillip) had a hand in her discipline. He's always running off at the mouth to people anyway.
"Love me or hate me, both are in my favour."
Actually there was going to be NO disciplinary action. The hospital stated that and neither Prince William or Kate had complained about it. The poor woman was sadly a victim of some very stupid people. Those radio dj's should remember that two children are going to be without their mother this Christmas. And a husband without his wife. Just sad.
Maybe some text or a link for us who don't have a clue?
It's a suspected suicide, but it's not been confirmed that the hoax call is the sole reason behind it.
I'm on my phone but that's an article. Or just type in nurse suicide into google. There's loads of reports.
Horrified by this. Ughhh
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OMG! This is so horrible and sad.
While I hate DJS and the stupid pranks they pull,I have to think in this case there was other stuff going on with this poor woman. She wasn't even the target in this case.
Having said that,I have no qualms about them being pulled off the air. It's high time these pranks are shown for what they are,just mean spirited actions designed to humilate others.
That a prank may have been the final push that saw a woman commit suicide is tragic. I don't believe for one minute there wasn't going to be any disciplinary action by the hospital. Did you see the CEO of the hospital in the media the day it was announced. He looked ropable and was mad as hell. Even if there was no disciplinary action to be taken what was said to her? I think DJ's and pranks are stupid and irresponsible but this poor lady must have been in a terribly fragile condition before the prank was done.
I'm not excusing the Australian radio station. It's an unfortunate reality here in Australia that we have a bunch of tools and idiots behind the microphones of most radio stations here. The pull for ratings and advertising has sent some of the most ridiculous people to the top of the game. There's almost zero quality journalism, just stunts and schtick for ratings.
It's interesting to read the twitter feed on this topic. The anger and hate being directed at the DJ's is huge. Calls for death and hanging amongst other things.
But the media as a whole needs to look at this and learn from the experience. They've raised an audience that expects shock tactics, ridiculousness and outright nastiness to keep them entertained. Turning on the radio DJ's is their way of attempting to keep their hands clean.
While the DJ's recorded the segment, it was the producers and the in house legal team who approved it to go to air. No one stopped to think beyond "can we get sued for this or is it going to be millions of dollars worth of free publicity." Had this not happened, those DJ's would have been racing their way to becoming the most famous DJ's in Australia. Now they're the most infamous.
I can't express how sad I feel when anyone feels the only option they have is to take their own life. My thoughts and prayers go to her children and husband.
I hope those in power here in Australian media entertainment keep this in mind the next time they attempt to do something stupid in the name of ratings, but I doubt it. In a few weeks when this becomes
"old news" people like the two DJ's and the rest of the shock jocks will go back to seeing what else they can do for publicity.
The station should loose their license. And of course there was going to be fallout. The privacy of the Royal family was inpeeched by an institution which had long, strong royal ties. What the CEO said in public means nothing.
"Love me or hate me, both are in my favour."
Absolutely deplorable...
Yes, the station should be held to be responsible, without the prank and without airing it this may never have happened. But no suicide is simple mikey, and no story is 1 sided.
In today's world this is yet another example of stupidity run rampant.
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"Love me or hate me, both are in my favour."
This poor lady must obviously have felt some sort of desperate emotion about this - I'm guessing it was an unneccessary level of shame she felt, even though by all accounts neither Kate nor the Palace had issued any complaint.
From her perspective, this nurse had a high-profile and respectable position in an exclusive private hospital, and then in an instant found herself at the centre of ridicule and derision with her voice broadcast to all across the world. And it was too much of a personal embarrassment for her to take.
And ravenstar may have a very good point - I wonder if in the coming days, it will be revealed that the bigwigs in the hospital were in fact FURIOUS with her for (as THEY saw it) denegrating and ruining the prestige of THEIR hospital.
It reminds me a bit of that weapons expert David Kelly, who became embroiled in the centre of the controversy about Tony Blair's push for the Iraq War and the dossier about weapons of mass destruction, etc. At the height of the conflict in 2003 when his name was splashed across the papers and he was being used as a political scapegoat, he went out and killed himself. The personal affront to his expertise and honour was too great.
The prank was stupid, but honestly who would have sen this coming? If we all gave a little consideration to the "worse case scenario" in this situation no one would have thought the nurse who answered the call would possibly commit suicide.
Mostly what I heard in Australia after the story broke was that it was tacky and stupid on the radio stations behalf, but no one took it very seriously until this morning. Now there's calls for tighter regulation of the media industry and all sorts of things.
The prank call was pre-recorded before it was assessed by lawyers and broadcast on 2Day FM.
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I would hope that the prince appears at the nurse's funeral.
The problem is that usually you can't tell whether a person is dealing with mental problems or not.
I believe a healthy person, although embarrassed, would not have committed suicide over something like this. But for someone unstable it can be more than enough to push them over the edge.
We should always avoid putting people in embarrassing situations because there is no way to know how they will handle it.
How the hell can a disease be selfish?
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Okay it goes without saying that there were other issues in this women's life that brought her to such a decision.
Second it was not the nurse who was pranked but the woman who answered the phone and transferred the call.
Judging by the CEO's anger on the news then how furious must he have been to his staff after knowledge of the prank went viral? Especially considering the close relationship to the Royal Family.
How much impact does transferring a call that became pranked worldwide BUT no one really knows who you are versus being berated in front of people you see everyday and having to show back up?
I am not claiming to know these things but it is clear more information needs to be brought forward.
It is also clear that these pranksters have a record of pranking touchy subjects and should be banned from on air performances of any sort versus a simple license revocation.
And those rude diabetics! Hoggin' all the insulin.
"Love me or hate me, both are in my favour."
They were who I was thinking of when I wrote my original post about Australian Radio.
Frankly, every radio station in the world has idiots who prank call. This one sadly had some horrific consequences when the prank back fired. Shutting down radio stations is a bit extreme unless you plan to have every shock jock who thinks he's funny taken off air and their employers as well.
2 JayHawk you should count higher unfortunately. I've lost track of the amount of scandels the station has had to deal with. Sandilands and Jackie O are forever being hauled up in front of the licensing tribunal. Frankly I agree with you, it's not going to happen though. For all the PR disasters, they're the most recognised names - therefore the highest advertiser revenue generators - in Australian Radio.
Quite frankly I'd like to see a return to radio that had content rather than shock but given the way the media is in general I highly doubt it'll come to that.
well, that radio station is finished.
Terrible, terrible business. Rest in peace.
And who da fuk listens to the radio anymore?
I do and I'm glad to say that most here in Toronto don't do stupid shit like that.
"Love me or hate me, both are in my favour."
They must have different radio rules in Australia, or since it was in a different country they thought the rules didn't matter.
Here in the US you will not hear a live prank call. You have to tell the other person they are on the air before you speak to them.
Any prank call you hear like on Howard Stern show are usually fake. Especially in the last few years. If they are real they have to be recorded off the air and permission to air has to be given.
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As someone with a serious mental disorder I know from experience that you can reach a point where you are not in touch with reality and are not thinking rationally.
So it is annoying when people afterwards are like "ohhh how selfish of him to decide to do that". It's not that simple. If I lost someone to suicide I wouldn't grieve it any differently than loosing someone to cancer.
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Of course. But they feel that way because of lack of understanding.
If you commit suicide while thinking irrationally because of a mental disorder, then it's not really any different from dying from any other disease.
Of course not all suicides go into this category. But I personally believe majority of them do. Mental disorders are more common than most realize, very often undiagnosed.
Plus mental disorders are often physical as well. If you are depressed because of genetics you could argue that it's a brain disease.
I have attempted suicide three times in my life. Twice I remember it as an outer body experience, kinda like I watched myself do it. The other time it was a complete blackout, I just woke up in the hospital and had no idea why I was there.
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so where do i find the details on the prank call etc ?
i saw charles on the news saying something about it but wasnt taking any notice
its not the first instance of a prank call going bad , should be banned !
just read the story on that , thats fucked up !
Probably hundreds of TV/radio prank victims die every year, but nobody really cares.


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Legalizing same-sex marriage in Minnesota took a key step forward Tuesday but faces many hurdles to approval.
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 5-3 to send the proposal to the full Senate, and the House Civil Law Committee voted 10-7 to put it before the House.
"No Minnesotan should be told it is illegal to marry the person they love," said bill author Rep. Karen Clark, DFL-Minneapolis.
Clark, a lesbian, said a public vote last fall defeating a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage was a sign that Minnesotans want to change state law and legalize it.
Gay marriage opponents said that vote meant Minnesotans did not want the provision in the state constitution, but they still could oppose same-sex marriage.
"We want to treat everyone with love and respect," said Sen. Dan Hall, R-Burnsville. "We can do that without redefining marriage."
The Democratic leadership has said setting the state budget will come before addressing policy issues such as gay marriage. That means full House and Senate debate likely would not come up until mid-April at the earliest.
Some Republicans said lawmakers should not be discussing the issue at all this year.
"I'm disappointed we're even taking up this divisive issue" when the budget is not finished, said Rep. Peggy Scott, R-Andover.
Some rural Democrats have said they cannot support same-sex marriage, and the committees that dealt with the proposals Tuesday did not include many rural members.
"We have a large diversity of people in our membership," Scott said of the Legislature, adding that much of rural Minnesota supported the constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.
The bills exempt religious organizations from performing same-sex marriage ceremonies if they have objections. But some said that protection is not enough.
Minnesota Catholic Conference director Jason Adkins said the bill is "far from being neutral" and does not do enough to protect religious beliefs.
Other opponents said they are concerned about the effect on businesses, such as catering companies and florists, that would not fall under the exemption.
Bill supporters said marriage allows gay couples to visit each other in hospitals, make legal decisions and conduct other business together.
Businesswoman Marilyn Carlson Nelson said a community that is perceived as welcome to diversity will attract qualified and talented employees.
"Business needs you to make marriage equality the law in Minnesota," the Carlson Companies chairwoman said.
Hall said the goal of marriage should be to provide a stable environment to raise children. He acknowledged that does not always happen, but said that should be the ideal.
"We should take adult responsibility to children much more seriously," said Katherine Kersten, a fellow at the Minnesota-based Center for the American Experiment. She said marriage should not only be about emotional connections.
Mothers and fathers bring different styles and strengths to raising children, bill opponents said.
"I do not consider LGBT parents bad parents," said Robert Oscar Lopez, a California English professor who was raised by a lesbian mother. But, he added, "it hurt me a great deal not to have a father figure in the home."
Same-sex marriage supporters argue that allowing all couples to marry is in the best interest of families.
"Marriage means family in a way that nothing else does," said Senate bill author Scott Dibble, DFL-Minneapolis. "Nothing changes. Nothing is redefined."
Dibble, who is gay, said children function best in families that are supportive and loving, whether or not parents are of the same sex.


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TALLAHASSEE -- William Ibarra was pleasantly surprised to learn that the taxes he pays at his small Miami charter flight company would be slashed by thousands of dollars, after the Legislature last week passed a slew of business tax cuts.
Frank Stronach, a billionaire horse breeder whose Gulfstream Park racino has a team of nine lobbyists in Tallahassee, could save millions. He is likely to benefit from corporate tax cuts for his businesses and a $1.2 million tax break carved out specifically for a slaughterhouse he is building near Ocala.
From shop owners, who know little about Tallahassee politics, to the powerful business lobby that thought up many of carefully crafted tax breaks, the Legislature this year proved a friendly place.
The total package of business tax relief approved during the 60-day legislative session that ended Friday totaled about $750 million this year, and more than $2.5 billion over the next three years.
Everyday consumers received a much smaller package of direct tax relief — another back-to-school tax holiday, small homestead exemptions and no tax increases. The Legislature was also less ambitious in providing direct economic relief for struggling homeowners, and delivered bone-deep cuts to several programs.
Backed by businessman-turned-governor Rick Scott, the business-friendly tax plan has been touted as a surefire way to bring Florida's wounded economy back to life.
"If we put Florida companies in the position where we can outcompete companies in any other state, in any other country, what happens?" Scott asked during his State of the State speech in January. "Jobs are going to grow like crazy."
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Al Atkins was the founding singer of Judas Priest who regrettably had to trade in his mic for a 9 to 5 to support his family. Atkins recently spoke about his new project and how Judas Priest would've sounded "more like AC/DC" had he stayed on board.
Al Atkins formed a band in Birmingham, England in 1969, which he named Judas Priest after the Bob Dylan tune "The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest." Despite playing high-profile gigs landed for them by their then-manager, Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi, the band struggled to make ends meet. In 1973, Atkins stepped out to land a "real job" to support his family and the band moved forward with a young man named Rob Halford — the rest is heavy metal history.
Now Atkins has joined forces with guitar virtuoso, songwriter, and producer Paul May to form the creatively titled Atkins May Project. The prog-metal duo just released their debut album 'Serpents Kiss,' which features a roaring cover of the Kiss song 'Cold Gin.'
Atkins spoke about the new project with The Examiner, but also took some time to talk about what might've been with Judas Priest had circumstances been different. "I was the only one in the band that was married with a kid to feed and without a record deal and the backing we needed I just couldn't survive anymore so I decided to get a haircut and a 9 to 5 job," explained Atkins of his decision to leave the band. "Yes I did regret it but was happy for them to eventually get that deal and climb the ladder to succeed and they much deserved it."
Judas Priest went on to sell over 50 million albums behind Rob Halford, whose high range vocals were stylistically different from his predecessor. Although many of the tunes he penned appeared on the band's debut 'Rocka Rolla,' Atkins claims the band would've been much different under his lead. "If I would have stayed with them we may have taken a different road? Maybe more like AC/DC but that's not a bad thing is it?"
In addition to the Atkins May Project, Al has released several solo albums and also performs with the band Holy Rage — he remains close with the members of Judas Priest to this day.


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Cheated out of the perfectly ordinary life he might have lived, Rob Komosa was forced to be special.
Without the catastrophe, Komosa might have grown up to be the auto mechanic he wanted to become. Maybe he would have gotten married and given his hardworking, widowed mom a couple of grandkids to adore. Maybe his Facebook page would have boasted images of a daughter who was the spitting image of his little sister, Ann, alongside photographs of him taking a son fishing, just as Komosa used to go fishing with his dad.
Instead, Komosa had to build his life out of hope.
"My van is getting up there in years & miles, i think i'm going have to get a new one soon," Komosa wrote Thursday on his fledgling "ParalyzeD-DuDe" Facebook page, where he had recently shared old photographs and happy memories. "Hopefully i get cured & instead of a new van, it can be a corvette."
Paralyzed from the neck down and breathing through a ventilator for the 13 years since a freakish football injury, Komosa died from respiratory failure Saturday night at age 30 in his Barrington Hills "dream house" made possible by a $12.5 million settlement with Northwest Suburban High School District 214, which owned the field where the injury occurred. Tributes are pouring in on his Facebook page and on those of friends and relatives.
"He was the same inspiration to us as he was to everyone else," says his sister Ann Phister, 29, of Mount Prospect. "That smile. That grin. He's going to be greatly missed."
"Rob gave a new face for disability, focusing always on what he could do, never looking back with resentment, grief or bitterness," says Don Grossnickle, a Catholic deacon from Arlington Heights who became Komosa's dear friend and most determined and dedicated advocate since the first days after the 1999 injury. "He was the most positive person I have ever known. I will miss him. He is paralyzed no more. My friend is free, and that is exhilarating."
Known for his upbeat attitude and his messages of hope, Komosa touched thousands of lives throughout the suburbs and beyond. A co-founder of The Gridiron Alliance, a charity Grossnickle created to help young athletes with catastrophic injuries, Komosa reached out to raise funds and personally meet with other injured athletes.
"He had a gift. The community saw how much he fought to survive," remembers Jeff Kroll, one of the attorneys who handled Komosa's legal case. "He's the ultimate fighter."
Once telling Grossnickle that his disabilities made him feel as if he were "trapped under ice," Komosa realized that people on respirators generally don't have long lives. Christopher Reeve, the actor known for his title role in "Superman" movies, died in 2004, nine years after a horse-riding accident left him with the same ailments as Komosa. In 2006, after lung complications killed his friend Travis Hearn, a 19-year-old paralyzed football player from Rock Island, Komosa predicted, "One day, this will happen to me."
Last month on his Facebook page, Komosa posted a photograph of him posing in front of a stuffed elephant that resembled a mammoth. "We make a gr8 couple, one's extinct & soon i will be too ... lol:)," Komosa quipped. "'Tis life i guess:("
The son of working-class Polish immigrants, Stanley and Barbara Komosa, Komosa was 17 years old when he was tackled headfirst into a post along the sidelines during a football practice for his Rolling Meadows High School team. He remembered medical workers telling him, "Blink once or blink twice if you can feel this or feel that," Komosa said, "and I couldn't feel anything."
Weeks later, when doctors had done all they could for the teen, Komosa balked at being released from the hospital. "I'm not leaving here until I can walk and breathe on my own," Komosa told a doctor. "He just shook his head no, and that's when I knew it was pretty serious."
Spurred on by Grossnickle, the suburban community rallied around Komosa, raising tens of thousands of dollars to help the working-class family move from its cramped home in Arlington Heights to a larger, handicapped-accessible home in Mount Prospect. The Duchossois family, owners of Arlington Park, gave him a handicapped-accessible van. Komosa drew support from the Chicago Bears and several of the players. Grossnickle wrote a book titled "Unbreakable Resilience," which profiled Komosa and others who persevered through tragedies and raised money for The Gridiron Alliance.
"He was a true hero in my eyes," emails former high school teammate Frank Zurek of Hoffman Estates. "He was so strong and never wanted any pity."
While Komosa could feel nothing below his neck, he felt love in his heart, Grossnickle says. Noting that Komosa was "very spiritual," Grossnickle says "the community proved to him that the love of God is very real."
Always remembering to thank those who helped him, the quick-to-smile Komosa found ways to connect with most people. His father died "of a broken heart" in 2006, Komosa once said. His mother, a former forklift driver, was Komosa's sole caretaker. While not downplaying the obstacles he faced, Komosa frequently noted, "I'm still a happy person." But he worried about his fate.
"If they do find a cure, how long will it take?" he said in 2009. "I know my mom will have to watch me die. That's hard on her. I know she wishes I could be normal. She can't watch me live my life the way I want, and she can't live the life she wants. But there's so many people worse off."
Visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m. Friday at Glueckert Funeral Home, 1520 N. Arlington Heights Road in Arlington Heights, and from 9:30 a.m. Saturday until a 10:30 a.m. Mass at St. Thomas Becket Church, 1321 Burning Bush Lane in Mount Prospect.


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Pep Guardiola was certainly a magnificent coach with FC Barcelona, fitting in perfectly with the team's playing style. But was it Guardiola, or the players that won all those trophies in the short space of four years?
After all, let's not forget what a magnificent team Guardiola had to begin with. Lionel Messi, Andres Iniesta, Xavi, Carlos Puyol, Dani Alves and Gerard Pique were the sort of players that Guardiola had at the beginning of his reign.
Given a team like that, probably even Sven-Goran Eriksson could have won a few titles. Yet, Barcelona didn't start their ruthless run of form until Guardiola came to take charge for one simple reason: he played a passing style of football that suited his squad to perfection.
Although Barcelona were always a good passing team, they didn't start playing tiki-taka football until Guardiola became their boss.
This style suited the Barcelona team perfectly, as most of the central midfielders were expert passers, and the addition of Cesc Fabregas only bolstered their passing capabilities.
Bayern Munich, on the other hand, have never really been known for playing passing football. Even though they have certain players that know how to play defence-splitting through balls, such as Bastian Schweinsteiger and Javi Martinez, they also mix it up with individual play.
Whenever the ball arrives at the feet of Arjen Robben or Franck Ribery, you can expect one of two things: a goal, or a goal-kick.
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The Jets object vehemently to being described as a circus.
But if you need more confirmation of the status, the Saints (who just endured a year of bounty scandal and the worst defense of all time) point at them and laugh.
Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma scolded an anonymous teammate (and the reporter who printed the remarks critical of defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo) by saying: "We're not the Jets."
The whole thing started with a report by Larry Holder of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, who quoted an anonymous defensive player ripping Spagnuolo professionally and personally, saying he should be fired. The Saints allowed more yards than any team in NFL history this year, Spagnuolo's first with the team.
Vilma began on Twitter, saying, "don't give me 'anonymous source' bs" and "say who said it."
Reached by Holder and asked for his reply, Vilma held back.
"No. I'm bothered you reported it," Vilma said. "We're not the Jets who run to the media for everything."
Asked if the player was wrong, Vilma said: "That's not the question or the point. If he's man enough to tell you, he should be man enough to put his name on it. And you should do the same."
No, Holder should not say his name, not if he ever wants a player to talk to or trust him again, which he does.
Whether the player does is up to him.
As a reporter, the decision on how much leeway to give anonymous sources is a struggle. Generally speaking, the line is drawn between information-gathering and ripping someone without repercussions. It's easy to find someone to rip a co-worker, harder to decide how much weight that opinion carries and whether it's newsworthy enough to justify the leap of faith you're asking a reader to make.
Clearly, there's some degree of dissatisfaction on the part of the player, who didn't want to take the blame for record-breaking badness. So the guy did what people do, he deflected. How widespread the opinion is remains to be seen.
It obviously points to an issue the Saints need to address, and when he comes back, head coach Sean Payton will either address it by getting rid of Spagnuolo or a bunch of the players involved.
And if they really want to be the Jets, they don't even have to worry about calling a press conference to explain it.


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The reefs of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden are suffering from different impacts due to the use of the region as a transit route for a significant percentage of the world's petroleum, dry bulk and other cargoes. With over 30,000 ships travelling through these waters annually, reef groundings by ships or boats are one of the main hazards for corals and coral reef ecosystems. Many factors are considered, from the strength of the grounding to the volume of the ship, and the bio-richness of the reef area to its ability to naturally recolonize. All these factors are considered when the evaluation of the damaged reefs are calculated, in addition to the economical value of the damaged reef area, whether it is used for fishing, diving or as a marine park.
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Hi, i took a math test today and there was a bonus at the end and i was wondering what anyone thinks (i had a double period of math and the bonus took about a full one. if you didnt want to do the bonus you could have gone to the cafeteria but i wanted to try it). so the question went something like(it was a pic): the lengths of a baseball field from home plate all the way down the left and right sidelines is 300 ft. home to first and home to third is 90 ft(obviously leaving 210 for the remainder of the sideline). from home straight down the middle all the way is 400ft. and what we had to try and do was find the best length for the back curve of the field. if anyone can help id appreciate it, im very curious.


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It should be pretty easy to see that LG has been on a tear with its latest Android devices this year. From its newest flagship phones like the Optimus G, and the slightly more recent Nexus 4, LG has produced some of the best high-end devices of the year. That said, LG hasn't forgotten the mid-range market. With high success with the budget LG Optimus One, the company introduced a whole new line of new Optimus handsets this year : The L-Series.
LG's sales of the L-Series (L3, L5, L7) line of handsets recently reached 10 million units, and the most recent entry to the L-series family is getting some love on T-Mobile, the LG Optimus L9. The Optimus L9 falls squarely into mid-range territory and comes at a great price of free. If you're not willing to shell out the cash for something like an LG Nexus 4, is the LG Optimus L9 your best option for T-Mobile? Read on to find out!
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|Guitar virtuoso Roberto Capocchi will perform during the Hispanic Heritage Festival at PBA Sept. 22-23.
Palm Beach Atlantic University's Hispanic Heritage Festival begins at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 22, with a musical performance featuring guitar virtuoso Roberto Capocchi at the Helen K. Persson Recital Hall in Vera Lea Rinker Hall, 326 Acacia Road, West Palm Beach.
On Sunday, Sept. 23, the festival continues at 3 p.m. in the Helen K. Persson Recital Hall with a concert featuring PBA students and alumni vocalists, accompanied by Marcio Bezerra and Estibaliz Gastesi. Both events are free, and tickets are not required.
The festival also will feature poetry readings by members of El Alma Hispana and a master class with Capocchi.
This year's Hispanic Heritage Festival is sponsored by Classical South Florida 90.7 FM.
For information, visit the University's performances page: www.pba.edu/performances.


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In my time I've watched a LOT of TV. I've seen a LOT of movies. I became a fan of Japanese animation in the 80s because it was so different from the Hollywood drivel. On the whole it seems smarter, better thought out. Ten years from now I'll still be seeking out anime.
Unless all anime turn into Real Housewives of New Jersey... I will continue to watch. If Crunchyroll went down, i'd probably watch less. I hardly post because most of the threads are 'trophy threads' and I certainly don't have many to talk about. The one time I did try to be friendly, I got hand-slapped by a mod. Understandable, I guess, as I was trying to start up a gaming group with like-minded individuals.
Going back to the original point, never too old.
One's never too old to be watching anime. I've been actively watching anime since I was 16. I have no intention of stopping, either. As long as I'm able to see, I'll be watching.
anime isnt really for "kids" anyway
i <3'd Warm Bodies
At 40 years old, I fell down an internet rabbit hole one year ago and became totally hooked. Never watched an anime at all before that, and never expected to. It seems one can never be too old start!
28 years old here, been watching anime for more than two decades, my first anime was Robotech/Macross that I cathced on reruns in my native country, I also watched others from Saban such as the Samurai Pizza Cats, in those time I didn't know what anime was until a friend introduced me to the Dragon Ball, Sailor Moon, Saint Seiya, Neon Genesis Evangelion, among others and since then I have been hooked on anime.
Always remember:
"Age is just a number"
Dara Torres
R U kidding? Bah! Your're never too old! Some of the stuff is made by geezers older than ourselves! Anime....blah, blah, blah, has been around longer than most of the ppl here.....I'm 42 with 3 teens (oldest is 17) and a 3yr old, and I've been watching this stuff since I was in elementary school and was living overseas (former military brat). I also read manga/manhwa. I do have to admit, however, that nobody but immediate family knows about my Anime/Manhwa habit, ....but some (outsiders) do know about my K-drama/Wuxia habit ....apparently that's more acceptable for an adult. Bah!
Watching K-dramas instead of sleeping....;D
Well, I am glad to see I am not the only 'cronologically gifted' person that watches anime. I have been hooked since the days when Robotech aired at 6AM on our local UHF station. The good news is most of my friends are 'weirdos' of one sort or another so they can't give me a hard time for watching anime.
I'm 33 and still love anime. I do chuckle at some forum topics from time to time. Especially since i started watching anime in school and still am despite being married with a child.
I am 27 in it is sweet knowing that i am not alone on this site,We should all be friends and the about The Smiths.
Becouse you feel it does not mean it is there
I am so happy to see all the comments here!! I guess I was wrong in thinking that I was too old to be here!! Rock on and pass the Ensure baby!!
"More human than human"
I think it's great to see such a large span of "older" anime lovers on here. I only had one person on here ask me a few years back if I really did still watch anime at my age. My asnwer is yes, 'til the day I die!
Well, speaking as a member of what I originally thought of as part of a club that had a membership of one, I'm glad to see that we older folks are still appreciating quality anime. I too started out with Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion, Speed Racer, and Gigantor. Then a little later on it was Voltron (Golion). Then after my daughter was born, when she was about six, she fell in love with Sailor Moon, and I watched it along with her. And after that, I was re-hooked on what I found out was called anime. And now I like to check out the newer releases as much as I can. I can't believe how much the animation and artwork have changed and improved. And the integration of CGI tends to really blur the lines between fantasy and reality, depending on the quality of work. I've seen CGI that looks as smooth as the hand drawn work, and some that just SCREAMS sloppy work.
But I digress.
Anyway, it's good to see the older demographics are still alive and kicking.
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Of course theres older anime fans ever heard of seinen? Those typically dont sell all that welll but what are you gonna do?
The ones that do sell are usually really good. As I recall it targets male audiences from ages 18-30 but can past the 40s. The female equivalent is called Josei which targets ages 15-40 and beyond. Most of the titles I watch are seinen and they're all titles that have sold fairly well. Also, just because it targets a set age range doesn't mean it's only for those ages, I think lots of young people (younger than 18 anyway) watch seinen and josei now a days, though I could be wrong and that could just be me talking for myself.
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This staff has some type of personal vendetta, maybe not against Tebow, but against Woody getting Tebow.
This staff has some type of personal vendetta, maybe not against Tebow, but against Woody getting Tebow.
I'm glad Tebow's benched while his ribs heal. I wouldn't want him to get a punctured lung playing his heart out for Lyin' Ryan. I've given Sanchez the benefit of the doubt up until ButtGate, but enough is enough. Even Tebow didn't look that ridiculous when the Pats beat the Broncos. Ryan should bench Sanchez for the rest of the season and give McElroy & Tebow equal time to show what they can do, so we can plan for next year.
The Jets are truly the biggest underdog team in the NFL. That might bring in more fans since everyone roots for the underdog. If Rex removes his stubborn head from Sanchez's ass and gets his head back on what's right for the TEAM, maybe he can salvage his job.
Watching Rex right now and damn if he isn't doing everything possible to avoid saying he would use McElroy. Watch it yourself:
This is the lowest and most disgusting thing I have ever heard a Jets fan say about a Jets player. You sod off a$$hole. FUSOJF jerk off.
I don't really understand all the emotion involved with this. Tebow proved he can run the option in the NFL. The Jets haven't figured out how to utilize it BUT there's no need to bash the player or each other. Peace On Earth and a W vs Az.


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Chef Fabio Trabocchi is known for creating elegant, decadent Italian dishes like the gingered lobster ravioli that he serves at Fiola, in Washington, DC. Here, his favorite places to visit when he goes home to Italy's Le Marche region.
- Luxe Seafood: Ristorante Uliassi - "This is a Michelin two-star seafood restaurant in the small coastal town of Senigallia along the Adriatic Sea. My friend Mauro Uliassi opened it 22 years ago, doing all of the painting and plumbing himself, and now it's one of the best restaurants in Italy. Mauro and I met as teenagers cooking in Le Marche; it's great to see him doing so well after all these years." uliassi.it
- Historic Pastry Stop: Caffè Meletti - "Caffè Meletti in Ascoli Piceno is one of the oldest cafés in Italy; it's famous for its anise liqueur, sometimes called anisette on this side of the world. They make everything Marche-related for holidays, from panettone to small pastries that they've done for the past hundred years. They also have a lot of historic art on the walls that makes it particularly special." caffemeletti.it
- Wine Country Tour: Matelica - "This small town is famous for its vibrant Verdicchio white wines, but it also hosts a fun annual Nativity scene competition. The entries are stunning, using every kind of prop you can imagine, even recycled materials like office water tanks. Matelica is also an old and very scenic town, in the middle of a valley surrounded by hills. When it's adorned with Christmas lights, it's even more picturesque."
- Christmas Event: Loreto - "For about two weeks before Christmas, the main square in Loreto hosts a living Nativity, called a presepe vivente. It's been perfected over many years, so it's a beautiful sight."
- Truffle Capital: Acqualagna - Read More
- Must-Try Dish: Gnocchi al Sugo d'Anatra - Read More
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It seems tossed off — cliché even. But The Head and the Heart is actually the best possible name that Josiah Johnson, Jonathan Russell, Charity Rose Thielen, Chris Zasche, Kenny Hensley and Tyler Williams could have picked for their folk- and Americana-leaning outfit.
On the one hand, the Seattle-based sextet has handled its surge to fame with admirable sagacity. Six months after forming in mid-2009, The Head and the Heart's self-recorded and self-released eponymous debut album had sold 10,000 copies based on word-of-mouth alone. Six months after that, the band turned down several lucrative major-label offers to sign with indie heavyweights Sub Pop Records. Six months after that, the band was opening for the likes of Vampire Weekend, Dave Matthews and The Decemberists and licensing early hits "Lost in My Mind," "Rivers and Roads" and "Down in the Valley" to TV shows and movies like How I Met Your Mother, Sons of Anarchy and Silver Linings Playbook. Six months after that, the band was headlining theaters and making major music festival appearances.
On the other hand, The Head and the Heart has retained plenty of the homespun soul that originally lit its collective fire. Once all six musicians coalesced around Seattle's open-mic circuit, local fans and critics latched onto their raucous performance style and butter-smooth group harmonies, twangy acoustic instrumentation and polished mix of folk, pop and rock. It seems simple at first, but the band's soul-stirring crescendos, soft-loud-soft dynamics and clear-eyed sentimentality are impossible to shake — even for the most skeptical listeners. As Seattle Times critic Andrew Matson noted in April 2011, "The Head and the Heart connect with a rising 'heartland' theme that's close to critic-proof. … [They're] a fan favorite on an emotional level, where taste doesn't factor in."
If it all sounds very Mumford & Sonsesque, well, that's because it is: Bearded 20somethings strike a major nerve with a broad audience thanks to a rootsy vibe and a nostalgic-waxing perspective that's probably not all that authentic. But as The Head and the Heart drummer Tyler Williams told Folio Weekly in early April, the band refuses to lump itself into that simplistic folk-revival category. "We've never felt super-connected to that scene," he says. "That's not what we really listened to or drew inspiration from. It's not unfair: We also have acoustic guitars, that strumming pattern and honest lyrics. If that's what people want to call it, that's fine. I just think we may not always be playing that genre. It already feels kind of dead in my mind."
But wait: The Head and the Heart's 2013 sophomore album, Let's Be Still, does mine a similar vein of uplifting Americana, even as it injects subtle electric elements, sociopolitical lyrics and orchestral arrangements into the mix. Williams admitted that the record, which cracked the Billboard 200 Top 10 and topped the folk and independent charts, was written in snippets of free time stolen away from the band's grueling tour schedule — and recorded straight off the road. But he says things will be different on his and his bandmates' as-yet-unannounced third album. "The goal of that second record was to enable us to make more records," he explains. "It was the proving ground. And judging by the response we've had, I think we passed that test. So in 2015, we're going to take some time off — which we haven't really done since 2009 — put our heads down, and come up with something totally unique."
The band will visit Florida for the first time in May before that much-needed break, brandishing an integrated set list of material from those first two releases. "We've been experimenting with a set list that's seamless and cohesive since before the release of [Let's Be Still]," Williams says. "But we only started to nail it down, putting the right songs in the right place and getting into a bit of a rhythm, while touring in Canada [in late March]."
Even that will probably soon change, Williams says, just as so much about The Head and the Heart has since 2009, when the band was subsisting in a communal house on $10 per day. "We've been playing new jams during soundcheck that have the same vibe and the same heart — just different instrumentation," he says. "We want to expand our boundaries and challenge ourselves. But it's good to know that we can try out new things and people will follow us wherever we go."
Note: The original version of this story included the incorrect concert date. The Head and The Heart and Lost in the Trees perform Thursday, May 8, at Ponte Vedra Concert Hall.


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|2012-07-21, 00:11
|Link #7493
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: In my room
I like the idea and the same time didn't like the idea of changing the past. If Kami succeeded in changing the past then the future will change. What will happen to the girls he conquered and the goddess? will that event even happen if Kami ends the game before it even started.
It feels like playing a vn game where after finishing each path of the girls/heroine then in the end you will just ended up as an answer that everyone is already dead and its just a dream -_- or maybe wrong analogy but it feels wasted >_> effort. Though mad scientist Okabe Rintarou might agree on this one. To ultimately save Kurisuu he undo everything. Making it didn't happen at all.
And this time it felt like that. I just don't like the idea of undoing the past -_-
|2012-07-21, 02:50
|Link #7496
Join Date: Apr 2010
Age: 24
I have no idea where this is going ,and I am loving every minute of it.
HOWEVER we must not miss the tragedy in this.
Tenri,Ayumi,Haqua, and Shiori may not appear for a while since we are in the ~past~
they could have at least let Tenri and Haqua come along;-;
|2012-07-21, 03:53
|Link #7497
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2006
Conquering the Childhood Friend route is a given but there is a potential with Keima in the past.
There is a possibility we could see Elsee's sister since she is a Runaway Spirit Squad yet she is a no show.
Also we could meet a 12 year old Yuri Nikaido. If shota Keima conquers her it does not mean she losses her memory as this trip is supposed to be a secret. A side quest if you will. This will leave her to be aware of devils and Weiss that she'll be recruited during or after high school.
|2012-07-21, 05:46
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a random Indonesian otaku
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Xanadu
Age: 26
okay.... I'm confused with this development....
can't they put any explanation first about parallel world or the danger that the goddesses feared??
why they suddenly send Kami-sama to the past....
Hopefully Wakaki will plan this well and doesn't mess up
|2012-07-21, 19:27
|Link #7500
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Australia
The actual Keima probably was teleported to somewhere else.
Next episode, Keima's trauma of 3D girl gonna be unveiled: He was chased around by a weird self-claiming devil/younger-sister highschool girl when he was 7
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Today I'll begin by quoting Jiminy Cricket from Pinocchio….
"When you wish upon a starWhich of the stamps will you desire from the new release?
Makes no difference who you are
Anything your heart desires
Will come to you"
Todays sneak peek is another of our beautiful fairies….
Sneak Week…..Day 6!
26 comments:
- ~ Ali Watson ~ said...
Fabulous creation from Mina this is a cutie!!
Don't envy you having to shift through all the applications I can imagine your inbox would be red hot!!
Ali x
- August 30, 2011 at 9:04 AM
- Carol said...
OMG another gorgeous stamp! Gonna need them all so far, my poor bank manager hehe. This whole collection has just been stunning so far. Great work Mina! Keeping fingers crossed for my dt application too. Lotsa luv, hugs xxxx
- August 30, 2011 at 9:21 AM
- mixamatoasties said...
Awww, wow, she's gorgeous!
Great job Mina.
Susan xx
- August 30, 2011 at 9:22 AM
- Kate said...
Can't be more stunninmg than today's, surely? Can't wait to see it.
** Kate **
- August 30, 2011 at 9:37 AM
- Jane said...
Ooooooooo Want her!!
- August 30, 2011 at 9:44 AM
- alethea said...
Oh my goodness this is so cute!!! And your colouring is awesome!!! Can't wait to see tomorrow's release!! HUgsxx
- August 30, 2011 at 9:59 AM
- Debs said...
eeek...gorgeous..not long now..is it wrong that i sold all my maggies so i could buy more sugar??....lol..another one to add to my list
- August 30, 2011 at 10:54 AM
- Marion said...
Oh Wow! Love this little cutie. Actually love all I have seen so far. Gorgeous card by Mina.
- August 30, 2011 at 10:54 AM
- Paula (PEP) said...
Oh I had to laugh - whether by design or not????? you answered my question & thwarted my guess. Anyhow I love these fairies - & my craft budget is happy for he now knows what he has to contend with.
I do like this little lady.
Paula (PEP)
- August 30, 2011 at 11:02 AM
- Tiets said...
this stamp is my favorite... love it!
Good luck with making the decisions!!
hugs Tiets
- August 30, 2011 at 11:16 AM
- Lim said...
WOW!!! You always bring us the BEST stamps in the market but this new collection is out of this world. I love it!!! One thing that I like the most is they are so versatile. You can use them for Christmas, Birthdays, Fairies, etc... I love it!!
I can't wait for the release. I want them all!
- August 30, 2011 at 11:41 AM
- Michele said...
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I just loooooooooooove this stamp and is beautifully coloured by Mina. Hugs Michele x
- August 30, 2011 at 1:06 PM
- Karen said...
I've just had such an awful morning and I've come home to this pure SWEETNESS!! I think this is my favourite Sugariness to date. WOW!! Love her so very much, and yup she has me SMILING big time again.. cute cute cute!! :0) hehe.
Great card too. Smiles.xx
- August 30, 2011 at 2:50 PM
- Julye said...
Totally gorgeous and bet she will be one versatile fairy not just for the festive periods of the year gorgeous and so bloomin cute too.
- August 30, 2011 at 2:53 PM
- Pat said...
Ooooh...Gayle...so far, they're ALL my favorites!! My hubby just smiled when I showed him the sneak peek...and asked me when they'd be arriving at our house!! He knows me so well!! Gorgeous job, Mina...and Karen...you are the Sugar Queen for scoring these fab stamps!! I love me somce sugar!! Hugs...Pat Frank
- August 30, 2011 at 4:59 PM
- Carisa said...
what an adorable fairy stamp!!!
- August 30, 2011 at 5:13 PM
- Astrid said...
Ohhh my, this is absolutely a lovely stamp, I wanna have her :)
Gorgeous card Mina made !!!
Good luck with making a difficult choice for the DT call !!
hugs Astrid
- August 30, 2011 at 6:02 PM
- Marianne's Craftroom said...
Been out all day and just popped over for a sneaky peek and just when I thought I had seen my favourite you throw this one at us. She is so adorable. I need her now. What a gorgeous card too. Well I can't afford all 12 so choosing what to buy will be so hard.
Good uck with sorting through those applications. Got my fingers and toes crossed. Marianne x
- August 30, 2011 at 6:26 PM
- Shazza said...
ooooooooooh she is so cute, I want her now!!
- August 30, 2011 at 6:42 PM
- Fiona said...
just home from work...beautiful card!!
- August 30, 2011 at 7:13 PM
- Mau xx said...
Fabulous!!! I love her and I am wearing the same socks but in Blue/white.....lol Mine have no Bells on...I was robbed!!!
- August 30, 2011 at 7:27 PM
- Anita said...
OMGosh, this image is soooo ca-ute! I can't wait to hold that little sweetie in my hands :)
Beautiful card by Mina too!
- August 30, 2011 at 8:52 PM
- Kim. said...
Oh wow another super cutie image and what a fabulous card she has been made into.
Kim xXx
- August 30, 2011 at 9:49 PM
- Lena Katrine said...
Oh me Oh my!! I almost can't wait until tomorrow! This range is simply amazing!!!!
- August 31, 2011 at 8:47 AM
- Erika said...
Such a lovely card and cute stamp. Love the soft colour combo.
Beautiful Mina.
Crafty hugs, Erika.
- August 31, 2011 at 2:38 PM
- Shirley N said...
Mina's card is so beautiful, love her colors and design! Wish Upon a Star is the most adorable fairy ever. I love love love her!!!
- September 1, 2011 at 8:25 AM


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An atheist recently wrote, "When are you coming to see the fossils with me, Ray?"
It seems he thought I didn't believe in fossils. How could I not? There are millions of fossils in museums all over the world!
I have even seen thousands of fossils in the "Evolution" museum in Paris. I took a camera crew there a few years ago to look for the evidence for evolution, but they didn't even have an evolution display. All they had was a stuffed monkey in a back area, with "Lucy" written on it. I did the same thing with the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. All they had was a family of hairy mannequins, squatting around a fire. Every other display contained simply examples of God's creation.
Of course I believe in fossils, but I don't believe in the unobservable bogus science called "evolution," of which there is no empirical evidence. Anything that is said to be evidence always necessitates faith. I don't believe, because I'm a skeptic when it comes to evolution.
Watch now (in the comments section below) as true believers predictably link to what they believe is evidence – evidence in which they trust (in which they have unquestioning faith), and at the same time they will say it's not a belief.
"When Christians get to their mythological heaven, what will they do? Worship their God for billions and billions of years?"
I will do my best to try and explain the unexplainable.
Let's imagine that I am there just before the six days of creation, and God says to me, "Try and imagine what I'm about to do."
I would have a problem, because I have nothing upon which to base my imaginations. I couldn't imagine that He was about to create 1.4 million different kinds of animals, birds, fish and insects. I wouldn't ponder the tall, brown-spotted, six-foot-necked giraffe, the massive, floppy-eared elephant, the striped zebra, cute kittens, adorable dogs, roaring lions, growling tigers and a mass of other amazing animals, all male and female and with the ability to bring forth after their own kind.
I couldn't think of massive, snow-capped mountains, deep blue seas teeming with colorful fish of all sorts of shapes and sizes. Neither could I imagine, skiing, surfing, fishing, tasty food, the pleasures of the marital bed and a thousand and one other delicacies of life.
Heaven isn't what the world imagines it to be. Those who enter won't be sitting on a cloud playing a rusty harp for eternity. God's kingdom is coming to this earth, and His will shall be done on earth as it is in heaven. When heaven comes to this earth, no more earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, disease, pain and death. The Bible says this everlasting kingdom is beyond the human imagination. So think of the greatest most pleasurable thing on earth, and then whisper to yourself that is nothing more than the dregs of the bottom of a filthy trash bin, compared to what God has in store for those who love Him.
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SHERMAN, TX-Over the summer months when kids are out of school, local food pantries run out of food quickly. So to fill the need and some empty stomachs, Texoma Council of Governments employees got together Tuesday morning and gave out over 10,000 pounds of food they'd collected.
TCOG donated it to several agencies in Grayson County Tuesday and will hit other counties later this week. They usually hold their food drive around the holidays, but after they heard about the summer shortage, they decided to take action.
The Salvation Army's Major Don Wildish said they help up to 400 families a month, even more in the summer.That's why they're running on empty.
"The need is great. It really is big, we're not the only place in Grayson county that provides food so I know there's a tremendous need in this county," he said.
So Judy Fullylove, along with other employees at the Texoma Council of Governments, decided to help.
"Your story helped inspire employees to give more and be more thoughtful about what they were doing and they felt like they have more of a mission and a purpose to fulfill the need," she said.
They collected 10,000 pounds of food and $1,100 in cash during a three-week food drive.
"We've done food drives before but usually in the wintertime. We did know though that in winter, around the holidays, that a lot of people give to the food pantries and during the summer, food pantries run out of food," she said.
Tuesday morning, they made two much needed deliveries to the Grand Central Station Dining Car soup kitchen and the Sherman Salvation Army. Major Wildish said TCOG brought them 25 cases of food.
"I just want to say thank you to TCOG. They were just so very kind to collect food and give it to the Salvation Army and it wasn't just only food, it's also money in which we're gonna use the $400 they gave the Salvation Army for food," he said.
"Everybody feels great about it and we're happy that we can help out our community," said Fullylove.
Wildish said the Salvation Army is incredibly grateful and hopes the help keeps coming, because need knows no season.
"It takes a lot of help to help a lot of families and so we're still extending the request out to the community to please help the Salvation Army so we can help so many families," he said.
TCOG plans to deliver 500-pounds of food to Cooke county food pantries Wednesday. They will also make food deliveries to Fannin county next week.
Donations still needed:
Salvation Army
5700 Texoma Parkway
Sherman, TX
(903) 868-9602
Texoma Council of Governments
1117 Gallagher Drive
Sherman, TX 75090
(903) 893-2161