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- Haha, I knew you'd laugh at that ^^
I've been a Anime and Manga fan for years now, and have played a fair few H-games myself, and stuff like Incest pops up very often. Granted, it's not usually a huge point in the story (normally a side quest, if you will) but it is there. I can't speak for everyone but I myself have kinda switched off to the positions of the characters in games and usually just think of it as a guy and a girl having sex.
What I'd be more inclined to be worried about is Guro. Wikisearch if you need to, although I'd rather you didn't for your own sanity.
Oh, of course I'm going to search for it now.
The article and this thread have been a very interesting read, even though I started skimming through the posts about halfway down page 2, but I felt like adding my thoughts and ended up registering to do it.
It's difficult to find the words to explain my thoughts. Let me start by saying that I've come to realize that I can't believe everything people tell me about right and wrong blindly. In our society, you're only taught about right and wrong and not everyone gets to develop their own ideas. No one can draw the line between right and wrong. Personally the only thing I consider truly wrong is one person consciously harming others in some way, not caring about the consequences of their actions. I'm still guilty of it, I don't think there's anyone that isn't, we're only human.
What I'm getting at here is that despite the idea of incest being wrong or grotesque, depending on the context of the situation, it may not be all that bad. Certainly not evil, but at the same time harmful in a way. I'm trying hard not to contradict myself but like I said, the line is hazy, as it is with all things.
I haven't played this game or any other H-Game (though I am going to try this game after reading the article). I think the events in the story just reinforces the bond between the characters to extremes. Emotion is a powerful thing and can result in anything. If two people, regardless of the situation, need to do something to express their feelings for one another, then they can go ahead and do it. For me, it only requires that it doesn't harm others.
Not that I condone these acts, most of the time, these situations in the real world are certainly not acceptable, but that's only due to the context of the situation. Someone is being taken advantage of which means the other is harming someone. In these situations it isn't some tragic love story born from the works of Shakespeare, just something horribly sick.
My main point is that anyone can have their own beliefs in what right and wrong is (without causing harm) but at the same time have no right deciding what's right and wrong for others (again, without causing harm blahablahablahblhablah i'msofreakinrighteous)
Two people could take turn shitting on each other and I wouldn't really care, as long as they did it in the privacy of their homes and not forcing me or people I care about to witness it. The only people who end up witnessing it actually want to see it and so if you want to see incest in this game, you can, and by all means, go for it. I'm probably going to skip around it unless this thing sucks me in like it did the author of the article. If it's wrong for you, that's ok. If it's right for you, that is also ok.
Rip apart my post please, I'm no good at this sort of thing and all criticism is welcome. I can at least understand that being proved wrong is just another form of growth.
Well, that was a fun first post, off I go! *rides off into the sunset*
That was a great first post Demeth,
Thank you Demeth.
Exactly, and in that sense we have to remember that games, books, TV, etc. that tell some kind of story are always individual cases, rather than generic examples (some of the time they are purposefully generic examples, but then they tend to be some kind of commentary aimed at a different kind of discussion than this). They aren't saying that this happens all the time, everywhere, and, indeed, the case may be that most of the time this kind of thing doesn't happen, but, again, it is a story about an individual case.
Thanks, I was worried about posting that, took me forever to type it out. I had to put a lot of thought into it. :D
I got the game and I can't get it to work, damn it all.
Sure as hell had to.
Aw... any idea why?
For an equal moral/relativist middleground, couldn't you state that 'as a general rule, incest is wrong, but there are cases where it isn't"?
Then again, I'm all for relativism (borderline nihilistic, I suppose) when it comes to moral cases so I probably don't have a soul :)
I hope you aren't talking about my early on arguments, because I was just trying to forage a sort of middleground myself, rather than just out and out arguing with FT, but considering where this discussion has gone, I think that we all don't have souls =(
Whoa, this thread sure blew up!
I just wanted to tell you guys that this kind of discussion around something I wrote is exactly what I was hoping for, and I wanted to thank everyone for thinking critically and passionately about the subject matter.
Be nice!
Well, how could we not with such an amazing article?
:) Thank you very, very much.
Before anything, i would like to say: Very nice article, and i hope this genre becomes a lot more known AND understood to the Western world, beacause most, if not all, of these types of games, are truly a must play for anyone of the appropriate age.
I had just finished playing Kana -Little Sister-, and...
But remember, folks.. This is what fiction is all about. After all is said and done, after shedding all those tears and smiling with the characters in the story, it all boils down to THE PLAYER's desicion as to whether accept it as part of the story and NOT do it in reality, or go ahead and try it (which is of course wrong, but again, it is YOUR desicion.) If some n00b protagonist were to jump off a skyscraper to reach the next tower, anyone with enough sense to be called human knows better than to do it as well.
This game truly is a masterpiece, but there are a few things i don't really get about it. Why you don't have any option to to say no or resist doing "it" with Yumi, or not to drink in the first place? It just seems as if the storywriter really wanted to push that part to make it more dramatic, but i REALLY would have liked such an option (and yes, i'd resist if i was the guy)
These issues might be addressed in the upcoming release of a new-improved version on the game, named Kana - Okaeri! - With basically the same story, but improved CG artwork and added voice acting; however, it has yet to be English-translated. And yet, i'm eagerly awaiting my copy, and all ready with another tissue box to boot.
My advice (And this especially goes out to those who still criticize the game without knowing what it really is all about): PLAY THIS GAME NOW, and criticize later, or we will just simply ignore your trolling with your Puritanistic rattling and being a total noob.
And if you do (and it also depends on what kind of person you are), I guarantee you won't regret it; although i will also hand out a warning: Play it only whan you have a lot of time to spare; a playthrough where you read all the text will take a lot of time (est.7-10 hours, depending on your read speed.. this game made me play it till early morn 3 times in a row), and you can only fastforward text that you have already read.
- General Starr
'Hentai: Come for the story; stay for the tentacle-rape.'
This is true and the Yaoi genre has a large female following in itself, and Yaoi Hentai games are specifically targeted to a female audience. Hell, a friend of my girlfriend, is obsessed with hentai involving young boys.
I find it odd that we're perfectly accepting of men being perverse creatures, but yet we don't want to imagine that women are just as capable of being just as perverted. Have you people even seen "Two Girls One Cup?" (And if you haven't DO NOT look it up, you've been warned.)
Well written article, it's casts quite the positive light on the subject that I've personally never heard or thought of before.
What's really interesting is how a woman wrote this, it's not that I don't think that a man is INCAPABLE of writing an introspective on porn games, but the truth is that the audience this is aimed at, lonely shut in gamers, don't really care about this (at least in the United States, h-games can get...personal...to some uber-hardcore Japanese gamers). The bottom line is that a lot american gamers would never admit to ever having HEARD of these kinds of games.
We live a in a post-victorian society where sex is still taboo. It's used to sell cologne, hamburgers, clothing and video games. We accept sex, but only as a rejection of the uptight, prudent standards of many in our society and previous generations. No gamer would want to admit to playing Kana Little Sister or 'Do You Like Horny Bunnies?' It's gross and vilifying. We don't want the label of the lonely pathetic shut in who masturbates constantly to images of women who don't exist, afraid to engage in the real thing. To a degree this coincides with this article, it's the perfect archetype and personification of what we are and what we want out of romance. We want the feeling of commitment, playing to basic male instincts of wanting to be the one who passes his genes, proving superiority, and we want the feelings of having a beautiful girlfriend with this ideal, perfect circumstance that creates the relationship.
At the end of the day, we as image conscious consumers and users of internet culture tend to single out and alienate the 'pervs' we must be models of intellectual prowess and will. We must be able to solve any problems, be it computer, mathematical or a simple puzzle in a video game. We must be so secure with ourselves that we are above 'playing' h-games, we must be overmen.
But we all know that's not possible, no one is so secure that they don't have to even talk to women cause they're so secure, no one has so absolute will over their hormones they don't knock out some knuckle children occasionally.
It shouldn't have to be so psychological, we live in a society, be it the Fox News paragon of society John Wayne terrorist killing Christin or the smartarse internet weeaboo whose value is directly proportional to their number of posts on a message board. We should enjoy sex, it feels good and can be a great thing between two people, it's shouldn't be a topic where anyone who admits to enjoying it is a pariah and anyone who speaks frankly about it is somehow brave.
The H-Game has a story, be it romantic or rape-fantasy, to make it so you justify it in your own head and to make it feel real...because you're not supposed to enjoy sex for sex, you need to either have a fetish or justification behind it.
Sexuality is complicated because people make it complicated, because we want it to be complicated. The problems occur when we as a society, the online/gamer/otaku/fanboy society starts to have weird double standards and stops being honest.
"Sex is overrated, cause there's nothing more satisfying than a good bowel movement." - Sam Clemens
I might be a little jaded, but I personally don't think an h-game could ever possibly have a story that's...heart wrenching...I enjoy a great love story, some Russian classics, some shojou, all kinds...but every h-game I've ever 'played' is just little more than macho stereotype playing BS. The kinda thing a desperate suit wearing businessman would do with a hooker...sorry if that seems nasty, but I find it hard to believe that a game made to be sold based on cup size can have any real legitimate story that isn't either self-depricating or just silly tounge-in-cheek humor.
Was the pun intended?
While most of it is drawn-out or "has a story" to the same degree a porn movie can have a story, some seems to have more effort behind them, or even be well-written and interesting.
One example is Fate/Stay Night which got a ps2-version with the sex scenes removed. That has to be a label of quality if any. It also got its own anime series. Same goes for the writers previous work, Tsukihime, which is sort of a horror tale. It's been translated by mirrormoon, and on request they made a patch to remove the sex scenes (in both cases they are extremely limited even before and take up perhaps 1/1000 of the total text... I'm not sure really ~~).
Some of the most famous anime drama series are based on h-games, like Kimi ga Nozumo Eien.
That said, most of the material coming out of the h-game ooze is complete crap, and if people are in general afraid that games will hurt the minds of the players I think this is a genre that actually deserves that critique. The few games (for example a game called... Princess General 2 I think?) have excellent gameplay elements (in that case a very advanced strategy rpg) that leaves you wonderig why it couldn't have stood on its own.
While the rest of what you said was quite well thought out and such this part caused me to stop for a moment. I think it's my own jaded-ness in that I am the antithesis of an absolutist such that I believe that no general description of any category is 100% (which is exactly what you said). Why should it be impossible for something like an h-game to have an excellent story? Sure, most of the stuff is, "a dark depressing sea of vomit," but there certainly is/was/will be a sparkling diamond in there at some point in time.
Please take a read on my earlier post.
And that's not just one person. Even a manager and two females. That's beacause they were properly informed.
And this game, Kana.. you can opt NOT to do 'it' with her in the game; you probably had your first as a really crappy or really extreme type of game.
The 'labeling' you are talking about is only an impression of people who do not know ANYTHING about the subject, being total noobs. People like me play these games NOT FOR THE EROTIC CONTENT (we may consider it a side dish of sorts), but FOR THE STORY. Let me ask: Has there ever been a Box Office movie about a brother with a terminally ill sister, with the brother willing to do anthing for her, even love her as a woman, in the same way she loves him since childhood? And holding it back so much to the point they both suffer emotional pain, only to find out she's adopted? (Sorry for the spoilers) I will certainly bet my top dollar that Hollywood dreamed or can only dream of pulling off such a thing.
Well, that is, unless Spielberg accidentally or somehow plays Kana Imouto.. and gets a license pronto to make a multimillion-dollar movie out of it. *LOL*
As i have said before, at least try playing this game. (If you want, i can help you acquire it by my methods, since this game is said to be out of print, but still available for purchase online) And unless you don't have any capability of felling emotional or lack imagination, i can definitely say you WILL take back what you have said about an H-game unable to make you cry you heart out, or at least shed a tear. I did. Many times, in fact.
I do play normal games; games where elite micro skills count a lot, where speed, timing and accuracy is a must, and the only thing that matters is winning and 'owning' your opponent. (something like, i'll have your base in 5 minutes, maybe even less.. "no rush" is for noobs)
Sorry for repeating myself, but remeber that these are works of FICTION. Yes, they are'nt real; but they are something that can teach us valuable lessons in real life - lessons that no first-person shooter or arcade game can give, and just maybe, can help us appreciate life and other people more. After all is said, read & done, and the ending credits roll, it is left to you, the player, to decide what to do about what you have seen and learnt.
And, besides, you have to be 18+, or at least, have the right state of mind, to really play these games, learn about what happens in the story, and understand WHY.
Stats (H-Game division)
There's another two cents.. i hope you enjoy.
You see something in the story that most people don't of course. But the bottom line is that if you want to read a book, read a book. On that, you can't really call these games, cause like you said they're interactive novels. I don't really feel the need to respond to the emotions thing cause different things move people in different ways, that's part of being human.
What I didn't say that I should have is what bugs me about 'nice' h-games like Kana is the ambiguity, you could nail half the nurses in the hospital or declare your love for one girl. The ability to choose to either have sex or not, seems like a cop-out, if this were a love story, either it happens or it doesn't, that's up to the author. Giving the reader the ability to choose makes the game seem like a it's just another fetish game, getting off by not having sex with the weak, innocent little girl. Maybe you do, maybe you don't, but these games are meant for sexual gratification, maybe they have deep, moving, tear-wrenching stories, but wouldn't those be better off told in a context where they were sold next to His and Her Circumstances...not 'Let's have a 3-way with my mother!'?
My point was there doesn't have to be ambiguity, you like love stories? Read, watch, play love stories. You wanna get your jollies? Play an h-game.
I haven't played Kana, I knew the story ahead of time...but it was WAAAAAY too creepy for me to even want to touch it.
"The only abnormal sex is no sex." - Freud
Except when it's either rape or incest...that's just not cool.
It seems you are mixing the media forms. Visual novels mix some elements of games with novels that is based around the story instead of the gameplay (merely in terms of the format itself that you seem to have a problem with), and h-games just add in *quote* adult *end quote* material. Sure, people get off on that, in fact, that's the major focus behind most of the games but, again, there is nothing that is absolute about any stereotype. Your own admittion that you are unwilling to play it kind of cuts off your own argument a little short of reasonable, since you aren't even willing to understand. I, myself, haven't played the game, but I'd be more than willing to see for myself what's going on on the inside to verify the good reviews that people have been giving it.
Just because the story ends up with you not being related, doesn't mean people don't get off on incest. You missed my point anyway, the reason I don't want to play it and pretty much any h-game for that matter is because of the ambiguity, telling some faux "love" story as an excuse for sex scenes. It's just ambiguous and silly, as the old saying goes, I came for the story, I stayed for the tentacle rape.
"Quoting people is good because someone else already said it better than I ever could, so why try to out do them?"
I'm not going to even bother with the long, tedious, flame-war incest is bad/good cluster-fuck because I believe you all have gotten those bases covered, however I will pick apart the article itself because I think it's misguided (edited cause the original line was way too harsh.) While Leigh does raise some good points, and while Kana might have an interesting approach to its storytelling, the fact that it's a hentai pretty much betrays its medium and colors the way we perceive the game.
IF Kana was advertised as just a game, or a visual novel game and not a hentai game it could be considered groundbreaking, or interesting, or some amalgam of both. But it's not, it's categorized by the creators as a hentai game. See the difference? The creators made it a hentai game, and call it that, so that incestuous loving fanboys in Japan can find it easier and will buy it for the sheer reason of blasting out a fistful of knucklechildren.
This is the major difference between Kana and Lolita, or Oedipus Rex, or any other story that tackles hard subject matter. Lolita isn't categorized as porn, it's a novel. And, there are more than enough Japanese visual novels out there that if the creators truly wanted to set out writing an intellectually and morally charged story-line they'd have advertised it as such. There's no reason not to, especially because if you're going to go through the whole damn process of making a complex mind-altering storyline then the effort would be wasted on a crowd who care only to hip slam their younger sister.
And furthermore, the things we consider taboo about this game aren't so much in Japan. In the west our society has built us up to react negatively to such things, so if Kana is somehow magically delicious intellectually it's completely by accident, and only because we in the west will see it and go "Ummm, WTF Japan?!"
I'm new here. Only came to know the website from Yahtzee reviews, to be honest. The other day I stumbled in this review, while checking the site. And I'm glad I did. Had to download the game, unfortunately (My country is hush hush about "hentai"), for it's worth every penny it costs. Great review, by the way, and excuse me if my english is unpolished from time to time ^^
Anyway, onto the matter at hands. Kana - Little Sister. Well, yes, it's a hentai game. And yes, it has an incestual-death theme. I'm aware that these simple facts will make all hell break loose with most people. Their loss, says I.
Sup all,
First things first. I am an avid bishoujo game player. I have played almost every bishoujo game out in the english market, so I KNOW what I am talking about.
Kana-Little Sister is one of my 2 favorite bishoujo games I've ever played (Crescendo is my other). Why? Simply because of the story. It shows what life is all about, as LordOmnit and Eolirin have put it.
Alright, for Efftee and people that think incest is 'genetically hardwired' into us that it is wrong, you are wrong. It is not hardwired into us that it is wrong. Ever heard of Genetic Sexual Attraction and the Westermarck effect? I didn't think so.
GSA is a proven theory. Lets say a pair of twins that were born and adopted into different families. They've never met each other since birth and they meet each other 20 years later, but of course don't know they're related. Since they don't know that, they could/would be attracted to each other.
This leads me to the Westermarck effect. What you think that being 'hardwired' into us is completely proposterous. This proven theory says that living with someone of the opposite sex in your early years in life (1-9ish, basically before pueberty)makes you less sexually attracted to them. Not because you were born with it, but because its psychological; and I'm not just talking about family. There was a study of an Israel community.
"In the case of the Israeli kibbutzim (collective farms), children were reared somewhat communally in peer groups - groups based on age, not biological relation. A study of the marriage patterns of these children later in life revealed that out of the nearly 3,000 marriages that occurred across the kibbutz system, only fourteen were between children from the same peer group. Of those fourteen, none had been reared together during the first six years of life. This result provides evidence not only that the Westermarck effect is demonstrable, but that it operates during the critical period from birth to the age of six. (It was later changed to the age of 8-9 being the end of the 'critical' period.)
But back to the game. It is a crying shame that the sex scenes were added to KLS. That limited the games audience by a significant amount. It could have very easily been a visual novel w/o the explicit parts and been in national acclaim. Yes, national acclaim. It is THAT good. But then again, I have to admit that I would have never stumbled upon this game if it didn't have sex scenes, because then it wouldn't have been labled as an H-game. This just goes to show that you can NEVER judge a book by its cover.
Lol, so that was my 2 cents ;)
Don't tell me I never actually mentioned that at all in my whole big spiel of spiels?
Lol, I didn't read the 2nd and 3rd pages, I just read most of the 1st page... so you might have but I just felt like mentioning it if no one else did
i readed this article long ago, i dont have much to say besides that i would like to try this game, long ago i want to read a story that can make me cry, but i dont know where i could get it.
Another person here joining the forum to engage in this discussion. Kana's one of my favourite pieces of media, and it's good to see it being discussed more widely. (Although when I was linked to the Escapist to see an article on it, I briefly got a image of a Zero Punctuation review of it, which would be rather hilarious.)
I'll admit, when one of my friends first mentioned Kana, the idea seemed somewhat repellant to me. I hadn't yet experienced the world of hentai, and with a title including "Little Sister", the first reaction of the unenlightened is one of shock. At least, it certainly was in my case. But as he praised the storytelling, I decided to give it a go.
I was astonished, to say the least. The story was wonderfully written, and as an introduction to the visual novel format, there's none finer, from my point of view. Good music, beautiful CG, but the best thing was the characters. Through the course of the story, you really do empathise with them. It becomes more than the average game, to the point where I'd be sat in front of it for huge chunks of time.
So, given that I'd never had an interest in hentai, and the title shocked me so, you could assume reasonably that I'd have avoided that side of the relationship and gone for a safer option. But you'd be wrong. As Kana's time slipped away, I (as Taka) attempted to give her the best time she could have, from that amazing, sublime scene on the beach, to - yes - the sex scene. I wasn't attempting to see it for a sexual thrill, but simply because it seemed a natural conclusion. They were two people that loved each other, and this could help to make them happy.
And given the ending that I got, in which an message left by the then-deceased Kana revealed how happy she had been in her remaining time, I was pleased to do so. Of course, that didn't stop me crying like a baby as a result. The storytelling was that good. I've never had such a reaction to a piece of media.
Since playing Kana, I've also played through D.O.'s other games, Crescendo and Snow Sakura. The thing that got me with Crescendo was that it was very much a sex-geared story. The characters seemed less subtle in that respect, none more so than Yuka, who you first encounter having sex in a classroom. Which leads to the conclusion that applies to Snow Sakura and especially to Kana, and the primary reason that I like them. They're not sex-based stories. They're stories in which sex happens to occur.
It's interesting how we react to sex as a culture. We've got little or no qualms about violence in games as a whole, sawing through hordes of zombies with blood spattering on the screen with relative calm and almost disinterest, outside of a few notable lawyers and parent groups. But a game in which two people who love each other happen to have sex despite some cultural barriers, it produces a rather different reaction.
Sex is a part of life, and it seems folly to me to categorise Kana based on the fact that it contains it. I mean, yes, it is a hentai game in terms of release. But it occurs to me that it couldn't really be shown in any other genre. And its success lies in the fact that it goes beyond the regular hentai genre, and pushes the sexual aspect not exactly to the sidelines, but out of the limelight. The plot is the center of Kana, and not the hentai.
Recently, I decided to give the h-game 'Discipline' a try, given that it seemed so hilariously stuffed with characters from a summary of the game, and I wondered how they were able to do it. Unfortunately, it was at the expense of any semblance of a plot. I played through quickly to see if there was a satisfactory ending (the answer was no), and then deleted it. It's this kind of game that Kana throws to the wayside. Rather than throwing in a sex scene every five lines of dialogue or so to keep the masturbators happy, Kana told its story, and put in the sex scenes where it was thought they were needed.
I am reading this article with a hint of amusement in my mind. Truthfully I haven't played the game because the story doesn't really appeal to me, so I have no means of saying if the game is actually good or bad. But seeing as some people skim over the damn article and some comments then proceed to belittle the game for no other reason than they think it is "against their moral views of the world" is beyond sad for them and beyond hilarious for me. I have played H-games before, some had no story at all and were a complete waste of time, and some had a very nice story and I considered playing them yet again. Yes, most have sex scenes in them, but don't tell me I'm the only one who actually wants to see a relationship between two characters they like come to fruition. Now in this mindset, I could go into Kana, and have an educated opinion on it, not an objective opinion because that's not possible, but to go ahead and say stuff like I have seen posted ahead with no prior experience in the game let alone the genre itself, is downright ignorant.
Sadly ive seen that some pseudo-intelectual people in this forum is quite close minded.
Humans only have an instinctual aversion to incest insofar as a natural instinct to avoid inbreeding. If they do not know someone to be their sibling, or their culture places less of an emphasis on incest as taboo... well, urges are possible. Just look at Oedipus and the Oedipus complex.
As for the subject of the ARTICLE- a very well written analysis. H-games are popular because they play to a fundamental fantasy that is close to us. Much like any pornography, the most popular ones feature stories with a basis in reality, and a vaugely undefined 'everyman' male lead that the masculine viewer can insert himself into the place of- someone perhaps not as popular (like the viewer perhaps), somewhat insecure (like the viewer?) and yet possessing of good qualities and a general positive disposition- unless your playing that hardcore shit that lets you be a terrible bastard or a rapist. Even this is fantasy that lets the player lash out in a consequence free environment.
Really the only thing that seperates an H-Game from a normal game is the H itself- and then not very far with certain mainstream titles! The embraceing of consequence free sex is the same as embracing consequence free violence- a way of acting out in ways we cannot, as a pressure release. These H-Games tend to have melodramatic stories because:
1. They are primarily Japanese, and melodrama is raised to an artform in the Japanese/Anime set, just watch Macross or Gundam. In this way, they are atypical of their culture.
2. All the other games do the same, and like with normal games the more successeful predecessors are emulated closely
3. The story gives a break from the pure sexualize content which allows the player to alleviate their guilt and shame at playing an H game, get more napkins, and take a smoke break. I keed- it engages the parts of the brain not captured by sex. Sex by itself gets very boring, as pack primates we seek emotional and social interaction. Even in real life, relationships based purely on sex quickly become stale and unsatisfying. These stories grant the pretense of emotional engagement that keeps people playing and buying, rather then just looking up porn on the internet or watching Backdoor Sluts 9.
Oh dear, I got all watery-eyed just by reading the article. I love how you perceive the great beauty in all of this. Guess I now have to play it.. and weep. Anywho, thanks for letting me know about this piece of art. I agree with most things you had to say in the article, so there is not much for me to discuss. I am just going on ahead to obtain a copy of it.
I played a hentai game ages ago. I found it interesting as it combined a well-written, immersive story with fucking passed out girls, underage girls and mermaids. Wasn't quite sure what my reaction was meant to be to it.
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Pretty surprised tbh
BBC Sport - David Beckham not selected for London 2012 football squad
Shame, would really have liked to have seen him there. But if his inclusion would have been only for sentimental reasons, then his omission has to be the right way to go. Would have been a great way for him to cap off his career though, and I don't imagine many players out there would have had more pride in being selected than he would.
Could understand it more if 2 of the 3 overage picks weren't Giggs and Bellamy.
Well I can understand getting some defensive experience in there (although Richards did act like a tool agreed)
It's the selection of someone who's definitely on the wane (and has done absolutely nothing towards the whole Olympics thing) and someone who can't play 2 games in a week that do puzzle me.
I expected them to pick him for purely commercial reasons tbh
The fact that they haven't is a tad disappointing in some ways, but we reap what we sow in this life - the **** should never have got himself sent off against Argentina back in '98
Pearce has a bit of a hard on for Richards as well doesn't he, wouldn't be surprised if he had a word in his ear when the Euro squad was announced.
Plenty of people were surprised he wasn't name in the squad for the EUROs as well, be interesting if he plays full back or centre back
Well it's nice to see Bellamy's years of sterling behaviour on-and-off-the field being rewarded.....
Seems to be provoking a lot of objection from people who haven't seen Beckham play for about five years.
Regarless of whether I'd have seen him play in the last few years or not, I've got to say my interest in Olympic football has now dwindled to near non-existant levels. I've always been a fan of Beckham, and I'd have enjoyed seeing him turn out for team GB, and would have made a concious effort to tune in and watch a few games.
However, now that he's not going to be there I doubt I'll be able to raise enough interest to bother to watch the matches. Olympic football has always struck me as a fairly lightweight contest, and I don't really consider it to be a true Olympic sport in any case. When you consider the fact that the Euros will have been of a higher standard, higher prestige and higher interest, I don't imagine there will be many people clamouring to watch team GB roll out against various adversaries. I daresay I'll watch a game if I happen to be in with nothing else to do, but I doubt I will otherwise.
I'm not saying this to criticise the decision not to pick him, but it goes some way to explaining my own personal disappointment about the whole thing.
I'll probably watch it TBH, would rather not see bellamy, but will fun to see how the youngsters go, after the general direness of our football recently, we may play with some verve, which would make a ****ing change.
Not really bothered by Becks either way, but again I'd rather have him than CB.
My main emotion is 'surprise' and also because of the lack of prestige of the Olympics I would have liked to have seen Beckham have a run-out. When it comes to 'footballing reasons' I don't really have an opinion though.

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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - Top prep basketball prospect Andrew Wiggins told a small gathering of family and friends at his high school gym Tuesday he will play at Kansas.
Then the Huntington Prep star signed his letter-of-intent and officially became a Jayhawk. No big speech. No bands, live TV coverage or props.
Just the way the Wiggins wanted it.
And just like that, Lawrence, Kan., became more of focal point for the upcoming college basketball season.
"I'm looking forward to getting there and just doing my thing," Wiggins said.
The 6-foot-8 Toronto native chose Kansas over Kentucky, North Carolina and Florida State. Wiggins said there wasn't one particular selling point, taking into account each school's coaching staff, players and program.
"I just followed my heart," he said.
His addition adds to one of the top recruiting classes in the country.
Despite the loss of Ben McLemore to the NBA draft, four of Kansas' five recruits are considered to be in the top 50 nationally, including guards Conner Frankamp and Wayne Selden, forward Brannen Greene and center Joel Embiid.
Kentucky already had eight signees in what is considered to be its greatest recruiting class ever.
North Carolina's recruiting class includes McDonald's All-American big men Isaiah Hicks and Kennedy Meeks.
Then there's Florida State, the only one of the four schools without an NCAA title.
Wiggins' parents both attended Florida State, and the Seminoles had signed his Huntington Prep teammate and fellow Toronto native, Xavier Rathan-Mayes.
Wiggins' father is former NBA first-round pick Mitchell Wiggins. His mother, Marita Payne-Wiggins, was a Canadian Olympic sprinter and silver medalist. Older brother Nick plays guard at Wichita State and another brother, Mitchell Jr., plays at NAIA school Southeastern University in Lakeland, Fla.
"Florida State was great for mom, it was great for dad," Mitchell Wiggins said. But he recalled telling his son, "it's your time. It's not 20-30 years ago. And Florida State (would have been) a great choice."
But the father said Kansas will "be a great fit. Hopefully Andrew stays humble, stays hungry. We'll see how it plays out."
Tuesday's brief ceremony ended the frenzied pursuit of Wiggins, who averaged 23.4 points and 11.2 rebounds per game this season.
Rather than turn his announcement into a spectacle, Wiggins wanted a private signing ceremony where he attends classes at St. Joseph's Central Catholic High School in Huntington.
"I didn't really want to open it up to the public," he said. "I knew it would be jam packed in here. I wanted people who appreciated me and people I appreciate to be here watching me. I wanted a lot of people I knew."
Initially rated as a 2014 prospect, Wiggins shot to the top of recruiting charts when he decided last October to reclassify into his original high school class of 2013. The four major recruiting services rated Wiggins as the No. 1 overall recruit.
Wiggins had kept quiet on his intentions. He had yet to even make a verbal commitment and delayed his signing until almost the very end - today is the deadline for recruits to sign with NCAA Division I schools.
"This is the way I like it to be done - on my own time," he said. "I've got a weight lifted off my shoulders. I can relax now."
Interest grew in recent weeks. As one fan put told Wiggins in a Twitter post, "You're driving 4 schools and 4 fan bases absolutely insane."
Wiggins' game did the talking. He has the ability to make shots from all angles and distances, blow past defenders to the basket and reach the rim at eye level. Wiggins was the recipient of this year's Gatorade Boys National Basketball Player of the Year and Naismith Foundation national awards. He has been called the best prep prospect since LeBron James.
Wiggins participated in several postseason all-star games, most recently playing for the World Select Team at the Nike Hoop Summit on April 20 in Portland, Ore.
Wiggins cited fatigue from the Oregon trip for canceling scheduled visits from North Carolina coach Roy Williams, Kansas' Bill Self and Florida State's Leonard Hamilton. Wiggins instead talked to them by phone. Kentucky coach John Calipari had visited Wiggins on March 28 in Huntington.
"When he announced it, it wasn't the one I thought he would pick," said Wiggins' high school coach, Rob Fulford, who felt the player would choose Florida State. "But I wasn't surprised. All four have advantages over the others in some way."
Besides Rathan-Mayes, three other Huntington Prep teammates signed at Division I schools: Moses Kingsley at Arkansas, Dominic Woodson at Baylor and Travon Landry at Tennessee.


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LUNDER IMAGING: An architect's rendering of a multi-axis imaging system much like what will be in the Lunder Building
With occupancy of the Lunder Building scheduled to take place this summer, many MGHers are curious about what services and departments will move into the new building. The areas that will be located in the Lunder Building include expanded emergency services, radiation oncology, imaging, neurosciences, and surgical and procedural facilities. To help the MGH community learn more about each area and their new capabilities and enhancements, MGH Hotline regularly will publish articles highlighting each service.
Medical imaging technologies, which are involved in nearly every discipline at the hospital, will be a feature of the Lunder Building's procedural and operating room suites on the fourth floor and inpatient imaging suite located on the sixth floor. With enhanced access to the latest imaging technologies, physicians will be able to gain better diagnostic insight and understanding of their patients' cases, even during surgical procedures, and critically ill patients will be in close proximity to inpatient imaging facilities.
On the Lunder Building's fourth floor, procedural and operating room suites will integrate advanced imaging into traditional operating rooms. "These hybrid operating rooms allow MGH physicians increased flexibility and enhanced treatment options," says Rob Sheridan, RT(R), director of Interventional Imaging. State-of-the-art imaging will include intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and intraoperative computed tomography (CT).
"The operating rooms in the Lunder Building were designed to incorporate advanced medical imaging technology," says Mary-Theresa Shore, MS, CIIP, RT(R)(CT)(MR), director of MGH Imaging Clinical Operations. "In these specialized rooms, the surgical team can manipulate exactly where the equipment or patient needs to be to set up for perfect placement for imaging. The CT scanner glides on floor rails and is equipped with robotic arms so that image 'slices' can be taken anywhere on the body without moving the patient off the table."
"The fourth floor also will house a two-room suite for an intraoperative MRI," Shore continues. "Historically, patients were brought to the MRI suite in the Imaging department after surgical procedures, but with this new technology, surgeons will conduct image-guided procedures using readily accessible, real-time images, eliminating the need to transport patients to another area. This not only increases efficiency, but more importantly, enhances patient safety and quality of care."
The Lunder Building's sixth floor, which is a neurology inpatient floor, will feature an inpatient imaging suite adjacent to patient rooms. This co-location of an MRI and a positron emission tomography-computed tomography scanner minimizes the stress and risk associated with moving critically ill patients to another area for imaging.
"Our patients are always at the center of all that we do," says James H. Thrall, MD, radiologist-in-chief. "More than five years ago, when the Lunder Building operating rooms were being designed, we kept the patient at the forefront of all of our decisions and input. Now, as the building is poised to open later this year, we are so pleased to see our vision nearing fruition."
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|6 years ago :: Jan 05, 2012 - 1:58AM #1
It seems that about 80% of religious pro-lifers tend to echo "only when the mother's life is in danger" - but I have hit a roadblock trying to explain this to myself; I know in Jewish law it is forbidden to take an innocent person's life to save your own (although you can kill a guilty person trying to kill you, say an enemy soldier).
But by Jewish law, if your car is headed towards a tree (that will kill you) and the only alternative is to swerve into a little girl on the playground (killing her), you are NOT allowed to kill the innocent person to save your own life.
Now, I do not know the Christian faith very well, but I am curious if there is any justification for this apparent change? Something scriptural or by the church or something?
In fact, I would be curious to know if there was ANY moral code of any vein of spirituality/religion, that would say "It is allowable to run your car into the little girl, to avoid the risk of imminent danger to yourself".
I hope somebody will be able to clear this up for me, thank you.
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|6 years ago :: Jan 05, 2012 - 8:41AM #2
You ask an excellent question and I must admit to being somewhat confused on these issues too. A great many people tend to see moral/ethical issues in black and white. However moral issues are frequently in a vast grey area. We strive to do what is practical striving always to err on the side of love and life. You might find the following essay to be of interest:
(MIS)USING the BIBLE in ARGUMENTS AGAINST ABORTION
by Charles W. Hendrick, Professor Emeritus, Missouri State University
The bible says nothing specific about abortion, the "sanctity" of human life, or when life begins.The Ten Commandments does say 'you shall not kill" (Exodus 20:13; Deuteronomy 5:17), which bible scholars interpret as "you should not kill unjustifiably." Exception to this command are: to punish a murderer, participation in holy war or general war, and self defense. Thus, killing is permitted if the community finds it "justifiable". With respect to the "sanctity" of human life, the situation depicted in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament is surprising. God authorizes the killing of Job's entire family to satisfy a back room bargain with Satan (Job1:12). God himself kills the two brothers, Er and Onan for different reasons (Genesis 38:7-10).God was responsible for the deaths of Moses' opposition: Korah, Dathan, Abiram and their entire households (Numbers 16:1-35). The prophet Samuel told Saul that God had authorized the slaughter of the entire nation of the Amalekites --- including even infants and nursing babies (1 Samuel 15:2-3). The prophet Elijah slaughtered 400 prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel (1 Kings18:40 -41). So much for the Bible's position on the sanctity of life!
Anti-abortionists cite certain texts from the Bible to argue against abortion, but none are specifically on the topic of abortion. For example, they make inferences from texts tangentially related to this issue and argue that the Bible's use of the terms child, son, or daughter for an unborn fetus means that the fetus has the same standing as a child living independently of the mother's womb. A text that says the opposite, however, regards harm to a living person as greater than harm to a fetus. In Exodus 21:22-25 a pregnant woman is caused to miscarry. The man causing the miscarriage must pay a fine, but if the woman subsequently dies the killer must pay "life for life" (21:23). A fine is paid for the death of a miscarried fetus to compensate the father for the potential economic, worth of the child but the mother's death requires the killers death.
Another argument asserts that when God is described as "knowing an individual before birth" it means that the Bible regards the fetus as a person. Such language, however, is a poetic way of affirming the omniscience of God. For example, Jeremiah 1:4-5 asserts that God knew Jeremiah's future before he was in the womb. The writer could equally have said God knew me "when I was but a gleam in my father's eye", as is suggested by the Psalmist's statement "The Lord knows the thoughts of man" (94:11; see also Chronicles 28:9 and Psalm 44:21). Prohibitions against committing murder exist in the New Testament (Matthew 19:18; 1 Peter 4:15; Revelation 21:8; 22:15),and one text even asserts that murderers are denied eternal life (1 John 3:15), but nothing on abortion or describing abortionists as murderers.
On the other hand, the Didache, an early non-biblical Christian writing dating anywhere from 50 to 150 CE, reads "you shall not kill a child by abortion/miscarriage; you sall not kill an infant (2:2). The same writer also argues for a clearly immoral idea: "slaves be sibject to your master, as to God's representative, in reverence and fear" (4:11). The trick to using an ancient text to support modern ethical arguments is to quote briefly and hope no one will discover how generally inappropriate the text is for a modern situation.
In our world moral decisions are often complex --- not clearly black or white, but a murky shade of gray. Actions often seemingly immoral may still be the "better" choice. For example, a German Lutheran minister, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, participated in a plot to kill Adolph Hitler. Although he believed murder was immoral, the horrible situation in Germany under the Nazi regime overrode his commitment to pacifism and nonviolence, and brought him finally to the murder plot. He reasoned that the guilt accruing to him for murder would be less than his guilt for doing nothing. As he saw it, he had to choose between the "better" of two evils. It wasn't the right choice but it wasn't the wrong choice either. Decisions about unplanned pregnancies are not infrequently like Bonhoeffer's choice, a very dirty shade of gray --- however much anti-abortionists try to convince us that the choice is always black and white. For people of conscience, however, legal actions are not always moral, nor are illegal actions always immoral. It depends on the situation.
the floggings will continue until morale improves
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|6 years ago :: Jan 05, 2012 - 9:34AM #3
Thank you, it is a detailed response - although often slightly off-target I respectfully feel. I am not trying to debate whether or not Christianity allows abortion, I guess maybe my thread should go elsewhere...
I'm asking "ASSUMING that the dogma of 'an unborn child is a person' and "abortion is murder' are true...", why do the two Christian camps on abortion tend towards "abortion is justifiable" and "abortion is only justifiable when the life of the mother is at risk".
I understand the reason for the "abortion is justfiable" camp, and I would understand if the opposition's main argument were "abortion is murder of an innocent and thus NEVER justifiable", but I am having trouble understanding the "abortion is murder of an innocent and therefore only justifiable if..." camp. Since it seems far larger than the "never justifiable" camp, I assume there is Christian theology behind it.
As context, most Jews I know tend towards either "abortion is justifiable" or "abortion is never justifiable", this notion of "except when a mother's life is in danger" is rather foreign to me. It seems like either it is murder, or it is not, no?
I am hopeful that somebody will be able to explain to me the reason for the "except when a mother's life is in danger" loophole -- I do not want to be convinced abortion is right or wrong, I just want to understand the various camps. I understand "abortion is justifiable" and I understand "abortion is murder and never justifiable", I am just wanting someone to explain to me the majority camp of "abortion is murder but justifiable if...".
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|6 years ago :: Jan 19, 2012 - 1:54AM #4
There is God's law and Jewish Law. Some laws Jews had for themselves. Christians do not have to follow any of the Jewish law but we follow God's law.
Why would anyone want to run in to the little girl law or not? You'd have to be sick in the head to do that.
There is/was no change. Simply you do not understand. I am trying to help you understand.
None that I know of.
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|6 years ago :: Feb 16, 2012 - 9:30PM #5
Some laws Jews had for themselves. Christians do not have to follow any of the Jewish law but we follow God's law.
You have the same god as the Jews, no?
And Matthew 5:18 tells us that Jesus said -
For truly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the law until all is accomplished.
He means the Jewish law, of course. And all is accomplished at the Second Coming, which hasn't happened yet.
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|6 years ago :: Feb 17, 2012 - 3:20AM #6
However, the 10 commandments are still in affect as well as the laws regarding benvolence and justice. If they were no longer in affect then you would not need Jesus.
Also, there were some customs and laws passed soley by, and for, the Jewish people which had nothing to do with God. Christians do not have to follow any of those laws.
So, for Jewish people, all of the old testiment rituals etc are still in affect, however, since the High Temple was destroyed, the jewish people can not properly adminsiter the rituals.
For Chrisitans, those cleansing rituals are irrelevant because Christ completed those rituals on the cross.
For everybody else... you're screwed.
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|6 years ago :: Feb 20, 2012 - 2:12AM #7
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|6 years ago :: Feb 20, 2012 - 10:49AM #8
Every nation has laws.
Every law, if you break it, has a penalty related to the law broken.
If you break the law, you are no longer "right with society" until you pay your fine whether it be jail time or monetary.
When you are finish paying your fine, you are "right with society" again and you are free to go.
In certain cases, you don't have to pay your fine yourself. If the fine is monetary, someone else can give you the money to pay your fine if you cant afford it. You can not earn their money (if you coud, you could pay the fine yourself), they have to give it to you because they care about you.
God has laws.
Each law has a penalty related to the law broken.
If you break Gods law, you are no longer "right with god" until you pay your fine whether it be monetary or eternal serpation from God (hell)
When you are finish paying your fine, you are "right with God" again and you are free to go.
If you except Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior and God will know if you have done this sincerely in your heart, he will pay (or has paid) your fine for you because he cares about you and he knows you can't afford the penalty. Thefore, you do not have to suffer monetary lost (in the old testment it may have been the loss of animals) or suffer eternal sepration from God. Jesus has already footed the bill on the cross.
The entire thing is just that simple.
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|6 years ago :: Feb 21, 2012 - 2:22AM #9
To keep this from being moved from the "abortion" section, I will ask-----What if someone sincerely accepts Jesus as Lord and Savior and sincerely believes that Roe v. Wade should remain the law of the land? Will God "pay that person's fine"? Or, will God say, "No, I won't pay your fine until you oppose Roe v. Wade!"
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|6 years ago :: Feb 21, 2012 - 7:58AM #10
If that's too complicated for you, then I don't know how you maintain your sanity in any nation since most nations have more laws and penalites than God.
Jesus has already paid for every sin. Its up to you to accept the free gift of salvation.
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Prosecutors will not seek the death penalty in a murder case linked to a possible road rage incident.
Prosecutors will not seek the death penalty in a murder case linked to a possible road rage incident.
Davidson County Superior Court Judge Ted Royster accepted an order Tuesday from the Davidson County District Attorney's Office, indicating prosecutors will not pursue a capital case against 35-year-old Derek Allen Gribble of 142 Ed Byerly Road. Gribble, who was represented Tuesday by Greensboro attorney Locke T. Clifford, was indicted by the Davidson County Grand Jury this past month for first-degree murder in the death of 22-year-old Colton Edward Johnson of Mount Carmel Church Road.
The indictment stemmed from a fatal stabbing reported to the Lexington Police Department at 1:55 p.m. May 28.
Authorities allege Johnson died after being stabbed in the throat in front of Pilgrim Auto Electric on West 11th Avenue. Gribble was taken into custody off of West Center Street Extension after being chased by a woman who witnessed the stabbing. Jimesha Nesbitt, the witness, alerted a trooper who was making an unrelated traffic stop. The trooper detained Gribble after he was informed Gribble had just stabbed a man, according to a search warrant.
Gribble made a spontaneous utterance to the arresting trooper, saying "I cut him," in regard to Johnson, according to court documents. A possible factor leading to the altercation was road rage, Lexington Police Chief Tad Kepley previously said. Warrants indicated Gribble and Johnson were involved in an incident on South Main Street that led to an altercation.
Davidson County Assistant District Attorney Alan Martin explained Tuesday prosecutors will not seek the death penalty because there is no evidence of any aggravating factors that would allow the state to make it a capital case. Aggravating factors include the murder was committed for pecuniary gain, the death was especially heinous, cruel or atrocious or the murder was of a law enforcement officer.
"This is not a case where we exercised discretion not to pursue the death penalty," Martin said. "This is one where we don't have the option of the death penalty because there is no evidence of any of those factors.
Gribble remained in custody Tuesday under no bond at the Davidson County Detention Center. Gribble has been housed at Central Prison in Raleigh, and Clifford has requested copies of his client's psychological evaluation before he requests a bond hearing. The date of the hearing has not been announced.
"I have been with Mr. Gribble as a courtesy of the sheriff for 4.5 hours (Tuesday)," Clifford said. "It is my personal observation that he is not dangerous to himself nor to the danger of others as first suspected three months ago when (Chief District Court Judge Wayne Michael) signed that order" directing Gribble be housed at Central Prison.
The tentative date for Gribble's trial is scheduled for Oct. 14. He could receive life without parole if convicted of first-degree murder.
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"We're building a project that will improve transit and travel times in this growing corridor," said TriMet General Manager Neil McFarlane. "The construction crews are doing a terrific job, with the project on time and on budget and we look forward to opening the line and providing alternatives to driving."
It is expected to increase work commutes from the corridor to downtown Portland by 20 percent, reduce vehicle trips each weekday by more than 9,100 (or 60,000 vehicle miles), improve travel time between Milwaukie and the South Waterfront by 58 percent and Milwaukie and Portland State University by 29 percent.
The project is the region's sixth MAX construction project to be built and extends from the terminus of the MAX Green and Yellow lines at PSU in Downtown Portland to South Waterfront, SE Portland, Milwaukie and North Clackamas County and will have 10 stations. The line is expected to open Sept. 12, 2015.


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BRIDGEPORT Authorities are looking for a local man reported missing Tuesday morning.
Gordon Benjamin Beadell, 81, was reported missing by a friend who told Douglas County Sheriff's Office deputies Beadell said he was going to Walmart in Chelan.
Beadell was supposed to leave for the store about 5 p.m. Monday and hasn't returned.
Beadell was last seen driving his red 1998 Buick Skylark with Washington license plate number 91344DP, deputies said.
The missing man suffers from dementia, deputies said. He is insulin dependent and left without his medication.
So far, there are no leads as to where he might be, Sheriff Harvey Gjesdal said, adding anyone with information on Beadell should contact authorities.
The Sheriff's Office has contacted several family members and friends to gather information about his possible whereabouts, Gjesdal said. And he has been entered into state and national databases as an endangered missing person.
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Shredder supreme Marty Friedman, a former member of Megadeth, will release his latest solo album 'Inferno' on May 27 in North America. You can listen to the song 'Steroidhead' from the album above.
"I'm extremely proud of the work I've done with Cacophony and Megadeth, but I was never interested in looking back or stopping there," Friedman says. "'Inferno' is the album that fans of my work with those two bands have always wanted me to make. I've finally made it, and completely on my own maniacal terms."
'Inferno' was recorded mainly in Los Angeles with engineer Chris Rakestraw (Danzig, Children of Bodom) and was mixed by Jens Bogren (Opeth, Amon Amarth). The song 'Horrors' was co-written with former Cacophony bandmate Jason Becker.
The album features numerous guest appearances, including Danko Jones, Children of Bodom frontman Alexi Laiho, guitarist Rodrigo y Gabriela, Skyharbor's Keshav Dhar, the Shining's Jurgen Munkeby and Revocation axeman David Davidson.
In a recent interview with Full Metal Jackie, Laiho talked about Friedman's influence on him: "'Rust in Peace' is one of my favorite albums ever so he definitely has been a big influence for me. So, it was really cool when he asked me to do a song for his album."
Friedman will embark on a European tour with fellow guitar god Gus G beginning in May. The trek begins May 1 in Tampere, Finland and wraps up May 22 in the U.K.
Marty Friedman, 'Inferno' Track List:
1. Inferno
2. Resin
3. Wicked Panacea (feat. Rodrigo y Gabriela)
4. Steroidhead (feat. Keshav Dhar)
5. I Can't Relax (feat. Danko Jones)
6. Meat Hook (feat. Jørgen Munkeby)
7. Hyper Doom
8. Sociopaths (feat. David Davidson)
9. Lycanthrope (feat. Alexi Laiho & Danko Jones)
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NORFOLK — Old Dominion's football schedule looks a little like a marathon course through the Shenandoah Mountains: Football Bowl Subdivision opponents — uphill climbs — alternate with more manageable FCS teams — downhill stretches.
After a steep climb to open the season, games against East Carolina and Maryland, the Monarchs are in the midst of a lengthy downhill stage — four consecutive home games against FCS opponents. The second game in the stretch comes 6 p.m. Saturday versus The Citadel.


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Effective September 16, 2013, eFiling and eService will be mandatory for all general civil cases and family court cases in district courts in the following counties: Cass, Clay, Cook, Dakota, Faribault, Kandiyohi, Lake, Morrison,and Washington. eFiling and eService in these cases have been mandatory in the district courts in Hennepin and Ramsey counties since September 1, 2012.
Attorneys representing parties in these cases and government attorneys appearing in such cases must eFile and eServe documents in the 11 counties listed above as required under the Minnesota General Rules of Practice and the Minnesota Rules of Civil Procedure.
Civil cases include Examiner of Title cases, but exclude Probate/Mental Health and Conciliation Court case types.
Family court cases include Annulments, Custody, Dissolutions with Children, Dissolutions without Children, Domestic Abuse, Family Other, Legal Separation, Paternity, Separate Maintenance, Summary Dissolution, Support, and Transfers of Legal Custody. The requirement does not apply to Child Protection or Adoption cases.
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Submission + - Astronomers Solve Puzzle Of Mysterious Streaks In Radio Images Of The Sky 2
KentuckyFC writes: Back in 2012, astronomers constructed an array of 256 radio antennas in the high deserts of New Mexico designed to listen for radio waves produced by gamma ray bursts, one of the most energetic phenomena in universe and thought to be associated with the collapse of a rapidly rotating stars to form neutron stars and black holes. The array generates all sky images of signals produced in the 25 MHz to 75 MHz region of the spectrum. But when researchers switched it on, they began to observe puzzling streaks across the sky that couldn't possibly be generated by gamma ray bursts. One source left a trail covering more than 90 degrees of the sky in less than 10 seconds. This trail then slowly receded to an endpoint which glowed for around 90 seconds. Now the first study of these transient radio signals has discovered that they are almost certainly produced by fireballs as they burn up after entering the Earth's atmosphere. The conclusion comes after the researchers were able to match several of the radio images with visible light images of fireballs gathered by NASA's All Sky Fireball Network. That solves the mystery but not without introducing another to keep astrophysicists busy in future. The question they're scratching their heads over now is how the plasma trails left by meteors can emit radio waves at this frequency.


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Kevin Mawae getting OWNED by Jenkins:
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As for Jenkins, it's funny that the team barely missed him for either '09 and '10 during the playoff run...but I can't help but wonder if the Pittsburgh game goes differently if Jenks was able to suit up. Oh well.
Great pic of Big Jenk
Rex Ryan deserves major credit for that. For all the jokes made about him, he really is quite a fine defensive coach.
This guy was a HOF type talent. Downright unblockable when he was healthy.


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Round 0.07284 to four, three, and two significant digits:
0.07284 (four significant digits)
0.0728 (three significant digits)
0.073 (two significant digits)
THe rules are:
1) All nonzero digits are significant.
2) All zeroes between significant digits are significant.
3) All zeroes which are both to the right of the decimal point and to the right of all non-zero significant digits are themselves significant.
Rule 3 states that the zero to the right of the decimal is Significant. Then would 4 significant digits be .0728?


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An Estherville man was cited early Saturday morning after fleeing the scene of an injury accident southeast of town.
Emmet County Sheriff Mike Martens reported that at 11:09 p.m. Friday the sheriff's office received a call to a traffic accident a quarter-mile south of Estherville on 180th Street. The caller advised that a pickup had struck a bridge and the occupants were out of the vehicle.
Upon investigation of the scene, it was determined that the 2005 Ford pickup owned and driven by Austin Schmaus, 23, of Estherville was traveling southbound when it struck the east side of the cement bridge over Brown Creek then crossed the roadway, coming to a rest in the west ditch.
A passenger in the vehicle, Kyle Smith of Armstrong, received minor injuries and was not transported for treatment of his injuries.
Schmaus, the driver, fled the scene on foot before the arrival of sheriff's deputies. Schmaus was located about three hours after the accident and was transported to Avera Holy Family Hospital by private vehicle where he was treated and released for his injuries.
Schmaus was cited by the sheriff's office for leaving the scene of a personal injury accident, possessing an open container of alcohol as the driver and failure to have control.
The 2005 Ford pickup sustained $22,000 in damage and is a total loss.
The Emmet County Sheriff's Office was assisted at the scene by the Estherville Police Department.


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Australia captain Michael Clarke scored a brilliant unbeaten double-century to give the hosts a remarkable 37-run first-innings lead on the fourth day of the first Test against South Africa yesterday.
Supported first by a maiden century from opener Ed Cowan in a record stand of 259 and then by Mike Hussey's 86 not out, Clarke's 218 helped lift Australia from 40 for three when he took to the crease on Sunday to 487 for four at stumps.
It was Clarke's sixth Test century and his third double-hundred in the 15 Tests since he was named captain last year in the wake of the Ashes humiliation and Australia's quarter-final exit at the World Cup.
Although by no means a chanceless knock, the 31-year-old played with patience when South Africa's vaunted pacemen got anything out of the Gabba track, before punishing anything loose with some fine shot-making.
When he carried his bat back to the pavilion at the end of the day to the raucous cheers of a sparse crowd at the famous Brisbane ground, Clarke had faced 350 balls over 504 minutes and scored 21 fours.
"I'm very happy with that," said Clarke, who accumulated his 1,000th Test run of the year during the innings. "We're in a great position with a 30-odd lead. I'd like another 70 odd runs in the morning and then I want to have a crack with the ball. We'll see what happens."
Cowan departed for 136 in heartbreaking fashion just before tea, run out at the non-striker's end when Dale Steyn got a finger to a Clarke drive that hit the stumps as the opener was caught out of his crease backing up.
His partnership with Clarke was an Australian record for the fourth wicket at the Gabba, beating the 245 Clarke and Mike Hussey made against Sri Lanka in 2007.
Cowan's wicket was the only wicket to fall on the day and Hussey started pouring on the runs as if determined to get the record back for his own partnership with his captain. The 37-year-old bucked his poor recent form against South Africa by reaching his half-century off just 68 balls with a drive through long-off and he was closing in on a century when play ended.
Hussey's cut four off Morne Morkel took Australia past South Africa's first-innings tally of 450 and gives the hosts an unlikely chance of winning a Test which lost an entire day to rain on Saturday.
"We're going to need to maximize our time to have a chance of bowling South Africa out," Clarke said. "We're going to need a lot of things to go our way as well. It's worth having a crack at trying to win."
Clarke's negotiation of the "nervous 90s" for his century had been fraught and he was nearly run out going for a second run that would have brought him the century.
There were no such jitters on his approach to the 200 mark, which he passed by slapping the ball through mid-on for two runs, before giving the badge on his helmet another kiss.
Cowan's century was a retort to those critics who have consistently questioned his place in the team since he made his debut in last year's Melbourne Test against India.
The 30-year-old left-hander reached the mark two overs after lunch by pulling a short Vernon Philander delivery for four to the square-leg boundary, beginning his joyous celebrations before the ball hit the rope.
South Africa bowling coach Allan Donald reflected on a disappointing day after which Steyn, the world's top-ranked bowler, had figures of 1-109 and the attack combined to send down 22 no balls.
"You see Michael Clarke walking down those stairs last night at 40-3 and you start thinking ... that it could for 80-5 or 90-5 overnight, and to be fair they played well," he told reporters. "There's no excuses for [the no balls] ... it's not that we have to tell these guys, who are professional cricketers and playing at the highest level, that they need to get their feet behind the line."


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Rochester College has reached the $1 million milestone in its fundraising for the Garth Pleasant Gymnasium, which will provide much-needed facilities for its athletic teams.
The college began raising funds for the project in late July 2013 and hit the $500,000 mark in less than six months. Bill and Shirlee Fox, owners of Bill Fox Chevrolet in Rochester Hills, matched the amount of $500,000, bringing the total raised to date to $1 million. The couple also has pledged another $500,000 as a matching gift for the project.
"We are grateful to the local community and to our long-time friends for their support of the college," said President John Tyson in a press release. "We are thrilled to reach the $1 million mark so quickly, and hope to continue raising money so that we can break ground on the new gymnasium."
Pleasant coached basketball for 38 years, and is a member of the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan Hall of Fame. In addition to the men on his basketball teams, Pleasant has reached more than 15,000 area youth through his summer basketball camps. The RC men's basketball team has won five national championships under the direction of Garth and his son, Klint, who succeeded his father as head coach.
Bill and Shirlee Fox are long-time friends of Pleasant, and they want Pleasant's legacy and the mission of Rochester College to thrive in future generations. Bill Fox said, "Garth takes boys and turns them into men."
The total needed for turnkey construction of the new gym is $3.8 million, and the college is continuing its fundraising efforts with a 1+1=3 campaign.
To learn more, visitwww.rc.edu/1plus1


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Adam Lambert Biography
Filed Under (video ) by Admin on Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Posted at : Tuesday, March 20, 2012
37 comments:
Too short, but they did cover his singing career very well.Loved it, well done.
- March 20, 2012 at 7:18 PM
loved it, covered him very well. thanks for posting this.
- March 20, 2012 at 7:35 PM
Very nice... especially the end//"let me out of this dream"...
- March 20, 2012 at 7:45 PM
You know at the AI audition, the judges stopped him short and said, okay. I bet you now if he sings to them they won't say okay; probably let him continue to the end of the song and ask for more! LOL. The running on the pavement waving that special yellow piece of paper, a lifeline for him then, is very very nostalgic, always gives me a flutter. At that time, without knowing anything about him, i noticed the way he jumped, turned around to wave at the camera was different, graceful. :)
- March 20, 2012 at 8:48 PM
I am sitting at the computer and I hear that Adam will be here in Seattle on Friday! That is what you meant when you asked if I was getting tickets @daydreamin!! Glitzylady are you going? Wow! I need to keep in touch more.
- March 20, 2012 at 10:32 PM
I don't understand . Why is america shutting Adam out?
He is promoting the hell out of his songs and I have not heard it once on the radio! He is fantastic and puts out good music! WTF? I keep voting at radios stations and requesting ....but ...nothing! Does any body know why?
- March 20, 2012 at 10:51 PM
- daydreamin said...
@lmb YES!! That's what I meant! You and Glitzylady need to win!! I'm pulling for you two big time! You might want to ask others to help you but you'll have to give them all your info in advance cause the radio stations WILL ask for it.
I will actually be seeing Adam in San Francisco next week! It will be an evening performance and on Sauli's birthday!
I loved it when Adam was running down the side walk with that yellow ticket (in San Francisco).
- March 20, 2012 at 11:03 PM
Adam is finally coming to his hometown, San Diego on Friday March 20th. I have tried so hard to get passes to see him but all I get is a busy signal when I call the radio station. Then, when I finally get through ,someone answers and says,"We just gave them away." Three more days of this-I can't tell you how heartbreaking it feels to live so close to the venue that Adam will be at {my daughter lives 8 blocks away} and know that she and I won't be there.}
- March 20, 2012 at 11:13 PM
I meant to say that Adam is coming to San Diego on Friday, March 30th.
- March 20, 2012 at 11:15 PM
- daydreamin said...
Lorraine, just go anyway! Sometimes they let you in!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just try!!!!!!!! I got in for Colby Cailat last summer by just showing up!
- March 20, 2012 at 11:47 PM
- daydreamin said...
Here is an excellent write-up by Hoopla at Adamtopia from the Kansas City performance: (may have to split it or read more at the website listed below)
from photogallery at Adam Lambert private show!
By 105.9 Kiss FM (Albums)
(I've copied Hoopla's posts from last night)
Okay, guys, I was going to try to make my recap organized, but just realized I'm not going to have time. So I'm doing a stream-of-consciousness thing as quickly as I can. I took notes right after, when we went to lunch! Me and my notes! But I swear, he talked with us for SO LONG that I can't possibly remember everything!
There are three of us in KC (sort of, long story) who have been friends for over two years now. Mary won tix, took Terri as +1 (they met first, and then I left them for CA!) BUT at last minute, I decided to go anyway on the off chance they'd let me in. THEY DID!
Audience was absolutely crazy diverse--age and gender-wise.
He and Tommy came out to very loud applause/screaming, and after greeting us, he sang BTIKM. (Adam sounded insanely good oc, and Tommy's playing was great.)
Then hostess read some of our written questions:
*What did you learn from Idol?
A lot...blah, blah...(he replied sincerely but we've heard the same answer many times.)
*Who would you most like to perform with (alive or dead)?
Freddie Mercury (Note: no segue into Queen this summer--hostess did not seem to know much about him-damn it.)
*What have you brought along to read during radio promo? (MY Q! She said who's Hoopla? And I spazzed out and dropped my camera (which is a worthless piece of shit anyway, lol) and said "That's me!" So he looked directly at me while answering! I blushed! FFS, I haven't blushed in 30 years!)
Nothing. Really not reading at the moment, promo=too busy. He's been catching up on Breaking Bad instead.
*What do we not know about you? Something you want to keep private?
Really nothing I can think of, I think you guys know everything about me already--better than I know myself! (That ol' chestnut, lol!)
And that's all I can remember of about 6 written q's because, seems like same Q's he always gets asked.
Then he sang WWFM, and as sick as I think I am of that song, I LOVED IT! He did something different in the middle riffing part, held a really long note (?) but anyway it was incredible!
Then hostess was just kind of standing there awkwardly and Adam said we can see if they have any more questions...so she invited questions, people were tongue-tied, so I waved my hand excitedly and said I have more questions! And it was like I got to have a conversation with him, lots of back and forth...
And I'm posting this now, before I lose it...will continue with the really interesting part in next post...
BTW, after he finished WWFM, hostess asked him name of new album and when it'll be out. He said MAY. Finishing music, radio logistics, but they definitely know it'll be May now. BUT they are >this close< to choosing new single...it's between two songs.
(That's when awkwardness ensued until he moved things along by asking for more questions.)
Okay, so then since I enthusiastically asked to ask another question. I asked: We saw a tweet about you being in a recording studio in Chicago this weekend? Were you finishing a track? Could you share with us what you were working on?
Iwas working on a NEW song, one you guys haven't heard before.
Aha! I can see why CD won't be out til May--finishing tracks and NEW music!? And I can see why it's tough choosing the new single because I LOVE EVERY SONG I'VE HEARD FROM TRESPASSING!
Well that's nice to hear! What songs have you heard exactly?
- March 20, 2012 at 11:50 PM
- daydreamin said...
Cuckoo, Trespassing, Chokehold, and Naked Love...and honestly I love them all. (And I do, peeps, I do.) Note: I forgot to mention OOL and NCOE demo because I felt guilty for taking up so much time with my questions. I MISSED MY OPP TO SAY "JUST SAY NO" TO NCOE AS SINGLE BECAUSE I WANT A SONG YOU HAVE WRITTEN!!!
Okay, so out of those songs which do you like BEST?
If I were to choose, I'd go with either Cuckoo or Trespassing--one of the upbeat songs! I really do love all of them, you're the best at angsty ballads, but I'd love to hear C or T on the radio!
Well, thanks, I appreciate your opinion! He said more than that, but ICR because I was starting to hyperventilate (seriously) because it really did feel like I was having a private conversation with him and I got self-conscious. That much eye contact with him just *whew *overwhelmed.
Then my friend Terri just talked to him about many things in a lead-up to her question, and my favorite thing is she said she promised her husband to tell him that HE (her husband) is a HUGE fan of his, too! And that she wouldn't even have her camera out except she promised her hubby she'd take pics for him.
(Adam said "Cool" and flashed her the peace sign (for her husband!)
She also told him that the three of us met at a concert 2 years ago, were from 3 different states (we were at the time), and have been friends ever since.
He said "That's great! I love hearing stories like that!"
T's question was "What size venue do you think your concerts will be this time, for the Trespassing Tour? We like intimate settings, but arenas would be nice, too."
Adam said it depends on how many albums we buy! (i.e., money) He'd love to do big venues/arenas, but it just depends, they really haven't figured that out yet, will have to see how the CD sells.
And maybe we could do arenas but somehow make parts of the show feel close and intimate at the same time, even in a larger venue.
*Then a gay man told the saddest story. He was a nice-looking well-dressed man who had been out in a bar on St. Pat's and got attacked by someone in the bar because the guy thought he touched him. He kept his hand in front of his mouth while he was talking at first, then he kink of teared up and said, "I'm sorry you have to see me looking like this, but look what "they" did to me. His mouth was a mess. All of his front teeth had been knocked out, lips split, face bruised. His question was "I know you must have faced some hard things, too...how do you cope with something like this? With bullying and violence.
Adam was just splendid. He was very empathetic/sympathetic. But also very honest. He has never faced anything like that. He had a loving family, and though he knew he was different and it scared him, he wasn't really out in HS and just kept to himself about orientation. He realizes he was very lucky. Not everyone can just move away from "home" to a more supportive community. But he hopes his music reaches people and helps them realize we are all very much more alike than different. He also asked the guy some questions, realllllllllly was caring to him, and his final comment was:
I think you should SUE HIS ASS.
- March 20, 2012 at 11:52 PM
- daydreamin said...
(sorry this is so long!)
*A cute little girl (5th Grade maybe?) asked him if he knew who Justin Bieber was?
Adam laughed and smiled and said he doesn't exactly KNOW him, but he has been around him a few times and is really impressed with his talent. He plays guitar, drums--cool! And his new music is supposed to be really good!
An older gentleman asked him now that he's a famous celebrity (I lurv how that sounds), what's it like when he goes home to his family? Is anything any different since fame?
Adam said nope--dad's in SD and when he sees him, they get along great. Mom's in SF and she really helps him out a lot with things on the home front, very supportive. And I have a brother Neil who is VERY honest with me, has no problem saying "You looked like shit" and I'm "Ummm, okay! Good to know!" (He said more about Neil--was funny--but basically said they all keep him grounded and none of his family treats him any differently since AI.
I'm not sure exactly when this part of the conversation came up...when he was talking to me about choosing new single or answering another question about release date...but he was very open about radio play.
Oh, I REMEMBER: Someone asked "Is there anything about the record business or radio you've learned since AI that really surprises you?"
A LOT. Radio station play is not how you think it would be. It's not about the quality of a song, or even about what the station's audience wants--it's just politics. It's about the station owner and/or director just making a decision about who/what they want to play. He pointed to the first row of radio peeps (we were in center, right behind them) and said, "I'm sure you guys know how it is, you work in radio. You see it every day." He said that really surprised him.
Okay, my hands are giving out, so I'm typing a disclaimer before they do. He talked for a LONG time. As long as any other radio station interview on this promo tour, based on all the vids I've seen. So I KNOW I've forgotten questions.* And my recap is NOT verbatim--but I'm afraid no one took video of the whole Q&A. I know the station didn't. Damn it.
That's a long story there as to why he was in KS in first place--Lawrence is a cool little college town (Go Jayhawks!) but...
I talked to lots of people before, during the meet and greet, and after it was all over. Interesting stuff, all of it.
And I did sniff him--he just smelled like a nice, clean guy, no special scent. But he does give great hugs. He had to pry Mary away from him, lol...she was clutching him like she was never gonna let go!
And the ONLY thing I regret is that while we were lining up for pics, he was still in the corner of the stage with a couple radio peeps. I was looking right at him--he smiled, yawned, stretched waaaaay back with both hands over his head in a near-backbend and I could see 18 inches (of his beautiful lily-white skinny belly, you bad girls! ) I would give anything if I had been taking vid at that moment. Then again, it's burned into my brain, so I guess that'll suffice!
*Like "If you had the power to change one thing in the world, what would it be?"
He gave the guns answer again (like in the what would you do if you were President vid). He said just get rid of them. Why do people need to hurt each other?
Read more: http://adamtopia.com/index.cgi?board=daily&action=display&thread=783#ixzz1pjOrmuwB
- March 20, 2012 at 11:54 PM
@lmb and @Daydreamin
Yes, Adam is coming to Seattle on Friday!! I've been trying to get tickets but no luck..as is usual for me.
NOW, for the GOOD NEWS: I just found out tonight that I'm going to PORTLAND, OR, on Sunday for the Bing Lounge radio promo show AND a meet and greet!! The Universe works its magic again! The opportunity came totally out of the blue from an unexpected source, and I am still stunned and so excited! So finally, nine Adam Lambert concerts later, and no live shows for me since 12-10, I am finally going to come face to face with THE MAN himself! I cannot even begin to describe how excited I am..YAY!!!
Listen to KISS 106.1 at around 7:15 a.m. and 5:10 p.m. for a chance to win tickets for the Seattle promo show. You never know what might happen!!
- March 21, 2012 at 12:56 AM
This vid is way kool...
- March 21, 2012 at 1:22 AM
WOW!! Congrats!! Now you just need to try to keep you alive!! LOL!!
We want...of course...every detail!!
- March 21, 2012 at 1:38 AM
OT----Tedder has written for a number of superstar artists, including Beyonce, Kelly Clarkson, Hilary Duff, Far East Movement, Adam Lambert, Jordin Sparks and Leona Lewis, to name a few.
Tedder to guest star on "SMASH" with Adam's friend Meg Hilty (Marilyn)
- March 21, 2012 at 2:47 AM
I hope when Adam gets a break from promoting he gets to watch "SMASH"
His friend Megan who talks about
Adam in the nicest way (she's worked with him in musicals) is great.....along with Katherine McPhee who also was on AI.
- March 21, 2012 at 3:06 AM
Glitzylady congrats!!!!!
Detailssssssssssssss after!!!!:)))
- March 21, 2012 at 3:49 AM
We international fans are sooooooooo envious of our U.S. Glamily who are lucky enough to meet Adam at these radio promos. The next best thing is reading about them so please keep us up-to-date with all the details. :D
- March 21, 2012 at 4:21 AM
Huge congratulations, no one deserves it more. So excited for you. Enjoy every moment, and tell us all about it as soon as you can.
lmb, just go along if you can to the radio station. You never know, I know a fan that went to one of these radio promos last week (as a ticket winner), and they let about 20 of the non ticket winners in as so many winners never showed.
- March 21, 2012 at 6:12 AM
Thanks for the recap daydreamin' - so happy for you - and congrats to glitzylady, too.
My favourite part of the video is when they say Adam sang to standing ovations on Idol and show a clip of his family cheering! lol
- March 21, 2012 at 6:20 AM
@daydreaming- Thanks for sharing, love reading about glamberts that get to meet the man in person. Someday I hope- don't even think he's coming to florida for radio promo. So I'll experience through all of you that go.
@glitzlady- Congrats- finally you'll get to meet him- I'm so happy for you, fill us in after
- March 21, 2012 at 7:06 AM
I thought they did a great job with that, pretty much covered it all in that short time.
- March 21, 2012 at 7:08 AM
4:21, I know all you international fans feel jealous that Adam is here in the U.S. and very far from you,
It is YOU international fans who are Adam's biggest supporters!!! We U.S. fans are counting on you to help us get Trespassing to the top of the charts and to support all his singles world-wide. We need ALL your help in making this happen. The U.S. is still not totally on board with Adam in a huge way. That's just the way it is. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE keep the excitement alive and the anticipation high!
We're all in this family together and we need each other.
- March 21, 2012 at 7:16 AM
Thanks for all the information about the meet and greets! I almost feel like I was there with Adam! I don't know how I would be if I was actually talking to him! I'm so happy our Glamberts are getting to meet with Adam! He deserves the love that we give him.
Ditto from me about the international
fan base. We definitely appreciate all the fans outside of the US who know and appreciate a great star like Adam Lambert when they see one (and hear one sing!).
Thanks to all Glamberts far and wide! Keep the faith!
- March 21, 2012 at 9:56 AM
I agree with you. Adam needs all the fans he can get no matter where are they from. About the exitement, that's not a problem for me....well...maybe a little...cz sometimes I have TOO MUCH!!!!LOL!!
- March 21, 2012 at 11:20 AM
All I can say is WOW!!!!
- March 21, 2012 at 11:50 AM
- daydreamin said...
@Glitzylady I am so excited for you!!!! Woo Hoo! I am going on the 28th, so give us every detail and I will do the same. They told us no photography, but I see it at practically every promo he does, so I might still bring my video recorder and camera like last time so you all can see through my eyes though I'd much rather all of you were at one of these too! International fans don't give up! I would not be at all surprised if he goes to see you too!
I can't believe he is doing so much promo. Hopefully he will get to Florida and some of the other places so you can all win or just go and see if they will let you in!
Fingers Crossed for everyone XXX!!
@lmb I hope you get in! You deserve it and to tell Adam your story!
- March 21, 2012 at 12:12 PM
@glitzlady and @daydreamin - so happy for you both! And a tiny bit jealous since I live here in LA and have never met him! We want details, please. And @lmb - really hoping you get in too! ... Adamluv
- March 21, 2012 at 12:54 PM
lmb here : Glitzy! Soooo happy for you! This may not be my time to meet him. I have a lot of appointments on Friday.The vids have impressed others who want to help pass our Referendum 47. I will be a busy Glambert until November. My heart is here at this site and of course with our Rock God.
And JAK...so glad to see your post. You hit the nail on the head. I asked people to come in "regular" clothes and just show up as I have always seen them...as beautiful, caring people of all ages, shapes and colors. As Adam said, "Love has no orientation".
So MAY it is! That seems too long... But before that, we will have glitzy's report...in detail. Loved the other ones here!
- March 21, 2012 at 8:04 PM
OOPS I meant Referendum 74. Mind numbed by Adam....
- March 21, 2012 at 8:06 PM
Thank you, daydreamin.I'm not sure I can set myself up for more disappointment but who knows??? I think you and Glitzlady are so deserving of getting to see Adam. You do so much for all of us on this site.
- March 21, 2012 at 10:59 PM
- daydreamin said...
@lorraine, think positive! You'd be kicking yourself if you found out you could have gotten in without a pass!!
- March 21, 2012 at 11:41 PM
Thank you again,daydreamin-I always told my kids to be positive-now I have to follow my own advice! You are a sweetheart....
- March 22, 2012 at 12:53 AM
Above comment by lorraine
- March 22, 2012 at 12:54 AM
Thank you for your kind words! I am still sort of in a daze. : )) I've also been really busy with that pesky "real life" lately so haven't been on the site as much, but try to keep up with what's happening..Which is hard to do with all the promo shows. I'll try to keep my wits about me on Sunday so I can give some sort of rational report of the event I'm going to..Still making last minute plans for heading to Portland. Its going to be awesome! And of course Seattle is tomorrow..so more vids will be coming at us. : ))
- March 22, 2012 at 7:23 PM