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Counries with school shootings: USA
Yes,it is obviously the video games' fault.
*sigh* dumb-asses make wanna cry :(
Can't argue with that.
Wow, some of you should see a orthopedic surgeon the way your knees are jerking over this.
Aside from the dubious claims about violence in the news story, this event doesn't hurt anyone. If they want to waste their money so they can feel like they've done something, then what skin is it off of your nose? I mean, since you're all so happy to let scientists study the effects of gaming violence on people, we've got easy evidence to show their claims are wrong- oh wait....
if they gave good money i would tottaly bring all my old violent games i dont play anymore lol
Seeing as they say TV programmes and films are just as bad, why are they only buying back games? Why not a full violent media buy back?
Fuck it, you can have 'em if you really want. I'll just go play Gex and Tomba....fuckers.
They do, there are a number of gun buyback programs, particularly ones that cropped up recently. I bet this buyback is modeled on gun buybacks.
Buyback programs like these never work. They are always predicated on the idea that pure numbers of something causes the ill effect. Even if you are going to assume that gun control would decrease crime (I am NOT going down that road here), actual gun buybacks end up just appealing to people who want to get some cash for a gun they have no intention of useing. If a person owns the item to be bought back, they attach a value to it. If they abhor it, they won't use it, or they will get rid of it. If they own the thing to begin with, they will only exchange it if it has a negligable use. If they were being bought back for enough to entice people to sell off the items they may actually use, then the program would be so prone to abuse that it would be ludicrous.
And this program here? Its so broken as to be crazy. Basically, your creating a huge value for any game that is not valuable in the secondary market. Id love to bring a stack of used PS1 games, PC games that I already redeemed on Steam, clunkers from the 99 cent bin etc, and turn a bunch of non-violent old games into money with which I can go and buy a new, violent game. Ideally to redeem on Steam, and then trade back to the program. I mean, these people won't have a robust knowledge of the secondary market here, how many shovelware games, cereal/fast food freebies, demo disks, redeemed games and the like will find its way into the pile? Even a upstanding anti-hacker might consider buying a game, and getting a no cd crack so they can eek out some cash from the disc. Heck, they might even buy another game from that same developer so they can say that piracy absolutely brought them more business. There are far to many examples where this buyback is functionally the equivalent of trying to stop obesity by offering to buyback candy bar wrappers.But hey, if they are that ignorant about video games in the first place, I saw awesome. Go rob them of a few bucks, and ideally, mock them with it afterwards.
I don't have anything to really add to this topic other than reading this just lead to me banging my head against my desk.
I have a Playstation Demo disc lying around somewhere
This ample evidence being...?
Besides which, I don't know about you, but I'm either playing a videogame or have traded it in for another one. I don't just have games sitting around when they could be traded in. At best this is an opportunity for people who need to clean out their drawers, and even then they'll have to offer a better deal than retail outlets or eBay. I must say though, I do love how a shooting spree has lead to a buyback scheme for VIDEOGAMES.
I know they exist. I'm also skeptical about their effectiveness in general. I'm just bewildered by the ridiculous logic path somebody followed to conxlude a violent videogame buyback program would fix anything.
Bullying and crime has gone down over the last 10 years hasn't it?
These people are off the hook because they have mental health problems, not because they play violent games. My brother had a fairly recent mental breakdown and became violent and forgetful, but before that and now he is on medication he was/is fine.
Nice string of faceless new users there.
"Dumb-asses make wanna cry" ? Mkay. Go back to your hole.
Aren't games protected by it now as well via the First Amendment? Non-US person here, but that's the last I heard on the subject.
OT: Yeah, I haven't met many bullies when I was a kid who played a lot of games. Most kids I knew who played games were the ones BEING bullied. Violent kids are most often violent because of their upbringing and environment.
You wanna connect it to something? Try sports. Every bully I know played some sport or another and they were usually violent during the sport (whether shoving, tripping or just getting pissed off when they lost). And no, I'm not saying sports produce bullies, but it's still a far more legitimate claim by the reasoning of these idiots, showing what a complete load of bollocks these studies are.
Yes, video game violence desentisizes you to violence. Video game violence. What desentisizes you from real life violence is real life violence (in kids, it's usually bullies in the household, who then pass it on by monkey see monkey do to kids who weren't taught basic social behaviour). It's not really a difficult pattern to follow.
fuck this...seriously
its not just one thing..true..but you can't fucking tell me this does ANYTHING in anyway shape or form, you can't tell me that baning shit is the answer,
wake up on the wrong side of the bed did we?
because its pure stupiditiy is why, its not jsut games, its the crusade against artistic expression, you can't prevent psycho nutters by banning whats already made and you certainly can't prevent them by getting sane people to hand over their games
I bet thease self rightous wankers would force us all to give up violent games if they could..I know they can't, but its the pure disrespect for art that actually distrubes me, especially when there are other things *cough*mentalhealth*cough* that need looking into
yes, while your are at it, why not burn some books you consider "inappropriate" like old times?
that solved everything...
All those avatar-less people except 1 have been around longer than you. One of them has been around since 2007, and lots of users without avatars are well known.
You seem especially angry at them for no good reason.
...gonna reserve my commentary for right now. I'd LOVE to see a follow-up on this story on the 13th...
As far as this sort of shit goes, this instance is a lot more tactful than most, in that they actually hold video games in equal regard as other media.
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The one in bold is the only one of these "faceless new users" that signed up after you. I would recommend checking stuff like that before posting.
OT: That's rather convenient of them in all honesty, if they are saying that violent video games aren't to be blamed for this specific incident, but that they are for violence and killings in general. In short, I don't buy it. And if all types of media are to blame, why is it only video games that are being chosen? Surely if you'd want to stop it, you'd offer to take all types.
$50 (or credit) is usually the least amount given. Recent gun buyback programs in my area offered up to $250 for each gun.
A lot of the guns turned in are junk guns such as Hi-Points, Lorcins, Cobras, Ravens, Brycos some of which don't even have the retail value of $50. A lot of gun shops I've frequented include those guns for free after purchases or as a perk for servicemen, law enforcement, Front Sight, and NRA members, (and because it's inventory that they need to clear.)
Most of these gun buyback programs are no questions asked, no IDs required or recorded, and no arrests made for any illegal nature behind the guns. So $50-$250 is a good deal for an enterprising collector/retailer who is trying to get rid of crap they don't want. $50-$250 is also a good deal for an enterprising criminal with stolen guns or guns they don't want to be caught with.
Is there a way I can buy back the games from the buy backers and resell them? I feel the beginning of a good money making scheme in the works.
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Cool, maybe I can sell them some useless crap I dont want anymore and then buy the newest Call of Duty, God of War or Mortal Kombat, yay!
You're better off rifling through your collection for old shitty games that aren't worth any thing anymore to pawn off to this anti-video game group. Gamestop doesn't take trade ins for anything before the Xbox era, so there's a start for you.
Really, I love that you think I'm angry. I was talking specifically of the 3 posts in-a-row before mine with no avatars and 15 posts or less, all talking about how guns suck. Oh yea, that's not suspicious at all.. Ever hear of socks?
Love how the topic isn't about guns either.
But hey, it's cool. Let's let the faceless socks derail threads for yet another gun control debate. . .
People all over the world do things that are pure stupidity all the time and no one on this forum makes a peep about it.
Isn't everyone above me pretty much blasting them for not buying violent movies or books? Kinda hard to accuse them of having a crusade against artistic expression when they're perfectly comfortable with huge swaths of it.
As for the banning, sure you can. It's a little thing called the constitution. This group has zero power to ban anything, hasn't attempted to ban anything, and hasn't talked about banning anything.
As for preventing people from handing over their games, why would you? It's their game. If they want to hand it over, what business is it of yours?
You bet that, do you? Based on what? What evidence do you have that these particular "self rightous [sic] wankers" would force us all to give up violent video games?
Let's face it: This entire story boils down to one thing- some people in Connecticut have marked themselves as not being a part of the gamer tribe, and so gamers on this site are throwing a tantrum.
Seriously, you think that someone would bother making 3 different accounts, all about a year old and with posts on each, just so they could derail a thread? That's some pretty ridiculous logic, to be honest. 3 users in a row with few posts and no avatars is not suspicious at all, people can derail threads well enough with just 1 account. You've derailed this thread far better than they did with your ridiculous conspiracy theories. Accusing people of being socks because they don't post much is dumb.
And by angry I didn't really mean upset or furious at them, just that you were being an jerk towards them for no good reason at all.
Not the current boogieman. You have to remember that both comics and music got their days in the sun, society just moved on to another false scapegoat.
For a long time there was actually industry self-regulation in comics due to accusations that lurid comics like "Tales From The Crypt" and various vigilante titles were causing all the same kinds of things that video games are accused of. It was a big deal for a while when "indie" comics started bucking the trend of censorship, and when mainstream titles began doing the whole "screw the CCA" thing, which too far too long.
Music is the same, all the sex/romance, and violence/crime leading kids into those things allegedly. To be honest some music probably is a problem, not in of itself, but due to the subcultures it's built around and recruiting for, but that's an entirely differant discussion, and goes into areas that most pea-brained protestors don't even consider in their arguements.
At the end of the day the bottom line is that it's easier to blame something in pop culture, than it is to deal with more complicated societal issues, which ultimatly degenerate down to questions of civil liberties and singling out the people and groups responsible, and whether anyone wants to open that can of worms. Cutting down on school shootings, teen violence, etc... would be realtively easy to do, the problem is that the removal of civil liberties it would take to identify and act on these people would in theory lead to innocent people being persecuted. When you weigh the issue and the cost of solving it, it becomes easier to find a scapegoat than actually addressing the issue. Nobody wants to simply say "this is the price for other freedoms we value, and we simply have to accept it" because that seems inhuman when you so coldly calculate it.
There are gun stores that give complementary guns with the purchase of guns and/or gun accessories?
I'm not for or against it, it just seems so strange to me.
I don't think they're trying to feel self righteous, you're right about them wanting to relieve some pain but that's natural and no one should have the right to stop them from trying to do so. It looks more so like a shaken community desperately clinging onto an idea that has formed linked towards the latest 'new' thing that can influence a persons actions, personality, outlook etc (not all the time though, but there is always the chance as with everything). While it's wrong for them to only target video games after stating other media can have an effect on people it is clear that they mean well, they just aren't quite clued into the idea that several other factors cause desensitisation towards violence, empathy etc etc.
It's more a case of heart in the right place, but lack of fully informed decision making.
Actually, I think your missing the point in wanting to engage in your crusade of technicalities for the sake of having an arguement.
We've seen things like this happen before and snowball out of control. We had the crusades against PnP RPGs, against music, and the entire comics industry shackeled with self regulation. If you let a group of people like this go unchecke they will grow, and gain more of a following to either create PACS which can push for changes to the laws, or simply engage in private regulation and censorship, by acting en-masse to force changes entirely by using civil methods. You start with "buy backs" and "burnings", then next thing your doing is blockading stores, then your blockading trucks carrying the merchandise, chasing people down in their homes who make the stuff, etc... and before too long even if it's a relatively small group of people overall, everyone in the target industry is forced to do whatever it is that they want due to little in the way of adequete protections, since the police aren't going to step in to stop people's right to assemble or whatever for the sake of your product or business.
The best way you counter this kind of insanity, is with more insanity, you basically have the more radical fringes in the gaming community, counter those with anti-gaming sentiments, preventing them from ever getting the kind of support. You make it just as inconveinent for them to protest as they would for a company to operate with them protesting. If you pretty much just sit back and ignore them, sometimes it fizzles out, in other cases it snowballs.
We have yet to get to the point where someone has produced a new version of "Mazes and Monsters" aimed at video gaming, or things like "What Happened To Rosemary's Baby" where the evil child draws power from hard rock music, but let it go unchecked and it can get to that point. It took so long for gamers to rally against an even smaller minority of people that by the time they did it was an insane uphill battle.
While nobody is proposing violence yet, I'll also go so far as to say that in cases like this I'm not 100% opposed to the idea. While not legal, it's sort of a principle that your freedom of speech and such are wroth fighting to protect, which is why everyone is supposed to be armed. A lot of people might not like this idea, but I believe that Heinlan's old statement "An Armed Society Is a Polite Society" kind of summarizes it. One thing that hurts society is that relatively small groups of people feel safe to act against larger ones in matters like this without any real fear of repercussions, it makes taking a knee-jerk scapegoat reaction and turning into a nation-wide position relatively easy. If everyone on both sides is armed, it at least makes people stop and evaluate their beliefs and their relative value a lot more before they decide to head out and start movements like this... and really while harmless in of itself, this is how movements get started. Today's Gun or Game buy back today, is tomorrow's MADD (Mothers Against Dungeons and Dragons, a shared Acronym), you wouldn't have thought a sewing circle could have turned some irritation over Jr. wanting to play with books and dice into a national platform that actually survived on the fringes for years either, but it did happen.
Don't get me wrong, I understand where your coming from, I just think your a little too dismissive. The guy your responding to might not be as right in the specifics of what's happening right now, but the point is valid simply in regards to what this could turn into. In the end it really doesn't matter if the goverment bands violent games, if you let groups like this rally to the point where stores become afraid to carry them, schools do more to ban discussing them, and workplaces won't let you talk about them around the water cooler without becoming a pariah, due to efforts
Typical small town stupidity. Not really big enough to warrant getting too mad over.
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I'm not trying to hate, but
If Rondo has made any improvements on his shot whatsoever, that only speaks to just how horrendous a shooter he is. He is literally zero threat from down town. None, not even a little bit of threat. And Paul and Williams step up their games in the playoffs too. If you don't think either of them would make the Celtics better if they switched places with Rondo than you are delusional.
Nash is 2nd and Paul is 3rd...Williams is more of a scorer, I'd place him in catorgory with Billups although D Will is forced to pass by Sloane...If D.Will was on another team he'd be a 25 and 7 guy...Paul has to pass because of his size, he's like Allen Iverson was but with decent team mates...If he was on a team with less options, He'd be a 25+ 8 guy...
im with imyourfather, rondo is great but he is not better as a player or point guard than deron williams or chris paul. and rondo isnt a better passer than williams, paul or nash. thats not a knock. his numbers are inflated by the talent he plays with. he is still a great player. he couldnt carry a team tho. he needs scorers around him because he will never be that kind of player.
and chris paul is like allen iverson? are u serious scarecrow. a statement like that makes me question wheter you have watched either guy play. that was a flat out dumb statement.
By the logic that Rondo only looks good because he plays with good players then Magic Johnson is not as talented because he had Kareem and James Worthy to pass too. Maybe just maybe Rondo is very skilled player and the fact that he has talented players on his team obvioulsy helps but does not demean his skilll level or ability or make him any less of a player. Also maybe Rondo makes his aging all stars on his team look much better then they are and is just a great player off too an outstanding start. Rondo does his job to the best of his ability and I hate the Celtics because I am a Lakers fan but playing with good players does not make you any less of a talented basketball player. I guess Rondo should demand a trade to the Raptors and try to to do everything by himself on a struggling franchise before his skills are recognized.
And Hall of Fame Coach...Kobe had Shaq and the greatest role players ever in Fisher and Horry, not to mention The Mailman and Glove tryed to steal a ring too...Now Kobe's got Pau and Odom(All star Forwards),Artest and Bynum(Fringe All Star's) and The Best bench and role players in the NBA(Barnes,Fisher,Blake,Brown,Ratliff)
Rondo is THE BEST PASSER IN THE NBA>>>Period...Nash is the 2nd, Paul is the Third...Some would put Wall in that list too...Once the Gun sounds and the season starts players are playing with a clean slate, so what a player's done means nothing today...Today Rondo is best passer in the NBA...The Stats don't lie my man, fans do....
"He is literally zero threat from down town"
Sense when has being a good basketball player meant being a good three point shooter? Rondo does everything you could want from a player, and at a elevated level. He can lead the team in rebounding, SCORING, assists, steals, and any other category that you can think of. Look at his stat line tonight. Insane
im not saying playing with great players makes him better, im saying it helps his numbers. i mean even the little scoring he does get is helped by defenders not leaving pierce, allen or garnett. he is a great player and point guard. he just isnt a better player than williams or paul. thats my only argument.
the whole better teamates thing is bullshit, rondo gets layups for people with his great passing. pierce doesn't help his assists, he takes away from them by going one on one all the time.
i think chris paul is the best, but rondo is the best passer, defender, and rebounder so i would put him second.
deron is a better scorer but rondo just has more impact on games. their team does so much better when he has the ball in his hands.
Well personally I think rebounds from the pg position are overrated, I'd rather have them get back on D. But, I agree that Rondo is good at all those things, I'm not saying he sucks. I think he's anywhere from the 3rd to the 5th best point guard in the league. But Deron Williams are good at all those things (sans rebounding), but they are also much better shooters.
Where are people getting the idea that Williams is a scoring guard. He has averaged more assists than Rondo every year of his career. He is a better shooter and has better offensive instincts than Rondo, while being equally as good at passing, if not better. He is by no means not a pure point guard.
And no scarecrow stats don't lie, but they can be highly misleading when you are looking at a tiny sample size. I can almost guarantee you that I can go back and find a 7 game stretch in Deron Williams's career where he's averaged 14+ assists. If you want to use assists to determine who's the best passer, then why not look at all the years where Williams has averaged more.
Both CP3 and Dwill can do almost everything Rondo does equally as well if not better and they are also deadly from 3-point range.
i honestly dont know who the better player is, im just giving my opinion, but rondo is the better passer, i dont really see how you can argue deron is a better passer, just watch some celtic games.
Rondo is a great passer for sure, but I don't see how you can say he's better than Williams. Just like Rondo Williams makes everyone around him better and racks up a ton of assists. If there is a difference in passing it is negligible.
about rondo is he can dominate a game without scoring
thats amazing now adays where scoring is what gets you attention
rondo would not have beeen this good without the big three pushing him in pracices and games the last few years
but dont get it twisted CP3 is the best pg on the game today
@Scarecrow; you made a comment on the last page about Paul being a scoring PG. Sorry dude, I love Rondo (favourite player), but Paul is a better PG, and while he CAN score, he doesn't look for it, just takes what the D gives him, hardly makes him a scoring PG like Rose.
I'd still put Rondo above Deron Williams as of right now, but Paul is in a league of his own as far as PGs go. Yes, Rondo is doing amazing things with my Celtics, but Paul led an overmatched team to victory against the Miami Heat through sheer force of will and leadership.
That's precisely my point. Paul and Williams can both dominate games without scoring too. They don't often do it because their teams need them to score. But that doesn't mean they can't.
1. CP3 career number 19. and 10
2. D Will 17. and 9
CP3 is a pg and so is D will some people knock him cause he is big but if you watched him or CP3 play and understand the art of passing they can straight up pass the rock. numbers don't lie.
Rondo may be a better passer than D Will or CP3 def not Nash, but don't say these cats are not true PG.
That leave questions about what game you watch.
these cats are great passer that can get buckets and dominate a game.
I live in Boston and love Rondo but in no way has he passed the best two in the game.
Maybe 3rd def top 5
Rondo is breaking records while being on a franchise rich in tradition. If the ballots had to be counted today Rondo would be closer to making the hall of fame than any of those trendy point guards being mentioned.
Paul-Rondo has proved to be more durable.
Williams-NBA's Donovan McNab, it's hard to trust over weight players in sports.
Rose- Freak of Nature, but Rondo understands the game better.
Steve Nash- Has proven himself/style to be ineffective. Most playoff games ever without a finals appearance.
Are you kidding me? Nash ineffective? If you put Rondo on the Suns do you think they get to the Finals? &$#%#[email protected]! no. Conference finals? &$#%#[email protected]! no. Rondo couldn't beat the Lakers last year with a much better team, so you can't put any blame on Nash, they still forced 6 games too. The only reason Rondo has sniffed a finals is because the team around him, and it was much easier to improve. If he had started out on another team he is nowhere near this good.
It's going to be difficult for sure. I've been trying to get into character by dominating all facets of life. I've even bribed my way into going second overall in the intramural basketball draft. Of course I will guide my team to a championship in my first season.
Rondo is the Best Pg in The NBA...Key Word Point Guard...Not guy that starts at Pg and takes more and more shots as the year goes on...Paul and DWill are scoring Pg's and that's great, they get the 10 assist games frenquent enough to earn that respect as Best Pg's in The NBA, but as far as Pure play making, pass first Pg's Rondo is in a class of his own...It's not even close...Rondo is the best passer in the last 20 years...Not since Stockon and Magic has a PG been able to effect the game and make teammates better...Rondo is under rated...
Paul had Peja for 3's, West for mid range jumpers and Chandler for easy alley oops...he still ahs West and Shooters to get those easy Assists...
Paul and Deron Williams are better scorers and bigger names...But Rondo is flat out the Best PG...Leading the league in assist counts as a big point to tip the scales in Rondo's favor
I can't believe you're serious; Rondo the best passer in the last 20 years? Maybe if he plays like he has so far this season over the next 5 seasons we will be able to say that but right now Jason Kidd, Steve Nash, CP3, Deron Williams and John Stockton (yep Stockton led the league in assists 6 times over the last 20 years so he fits in that category too) all have him beat.
Paul and DWill are scoring Pg's? Why because they can score? They can also pass and so far over their careers they've both been better passers than Rondo. Do you also consider Magic Johnson and Isaiah Thomas scoring PGs because they averaged over 19 PPG for their careers?
He still has West and Shooter to get those "easy assists"? LOL, yep I mean Paul is just surrounded with great shooters like Bellinelli, Thornton and Ariza it's almost unfair. I mean if he had to work with mediocre talent like Ray Allen and Paul Pierce he would be doing far less than Rondo…
Leading the league in assists counts as big point to tip the scales in Rondo's favor? We are 8 games into the year! Do you also consider Monta Ellis the best offensive player in the league because so far he's leading the league in scoring? So far in his career the closest Rondo has come to averaging 10 assists per game over a season was last year when he had 9.8. CP3 and Williams have averaged more than 10 APG over a season three times apiece.
Rondo has become one of the best all round PG's in the NBA with a top defensive game and now an equally effective offensive game. I would put him in that 2nd batch behind CP and Deron with Nash, Rose, Billups etc. He does help having so many scorers on his team but a good PG will provide assists that's what he's there for, maybe not enough credit was given to him when Boston won their title but Derek Fisher whilst a great pro is hardly the greatest PG in the NBA and a title is a team effort.
If Rondo lead the Celtics to another title in the next few years then that does put him at the elite level if he was the best player on that team.
and its not even like we are saying rondo is horrible, we are giving him his due as a top5 pg in the league. and as far as rondos defense i think its overrated. rose averaged like 30ppg in that playoff series a few years ago, so he isnt that great, he just gambles and gets steals.
and its not even like we are saying rondo is horrible, we are giving him his due as a top5 pg in the league. and as far as rondos defense i think its overrated. rose averaged like 30ppg in that playoff series a few years ago, so he isnt that great, he just gambles and gets steals.
I think most people are hating on Rondo really. The guy is doing work for his team and CARRIED his team the last two postseasons with his pedestrian, yet efficient scoring. How many players can do that in the NBA? To say the guy wouldn't be good without good team mates is an insult to his ability; Morover, how can we even judge him and say he wouldn't be good without good team mates when we've never actually seen him play without good players? That is an irellevant point. When people talk about championship teams, why does there have to be one player carring a team? Since when has one great player won a championship for a team, moreover, at the point guard position? A great PG needs great talent around him to win a championship. It's not like the Celtics' big three are in their prime. People make a big deal that these guys are future HoF, but how much does that matter now when all of them are past their prime, especially KG, who can't even make a wide open dunk 90% of the time? These guys would be struggling without Rondo right now, and that cannot be understated. I don't understand how that is overrated. The guy basically is carring his team right now, but obviously, scoring is more valued on this forum over Ast/TO ratio, rebounding, and defense for the PG position.
It's offical: Rondo and Monta Ellis are the most hated players on this forum.
Name me a coach/teammate that wouldn't want Rondo on their team...I guess leading the Championship contending Celtics and NBA in assist makes you top 5, but putting up stats in NOLA and UTAH( 2 teams that will never be a real contender to the Lakers) is the end all be all in the Debate...Rondo has a Ring and would have gotten one last while winning Finals MVP if the Team had their legs under them last year...
Can we agree The Celtics are the Team to beat in the East and will probally be in the Finals with Rondo being the best player...How are Paul and Williams better than him...They'll never lead their teams to a Finals...not without jumping ship for some super Team *cough* Chris Paul *cough*
If they don't lead their teams to the finals it won't be because Rondo's better. It will be because the Celtics are a lot better than either the Jazz or the Hornets. Do you honestly not think Paul or Williams could perform as well on the celtics?
I'd go: Paul, Rondo, Williams, Nash, Westbrook
I like Rose, but he's just out there. I'll ask: What if Russell Westbrook was on a team where he was an number one guy? Could he put up similar (if not better) numbers compared to Rose?


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It seems that Franz Kafka liked to draw, even doodle in his margins. Some of his drawings, angular and naïve, inspired Didier Theron to create on four dancers (three men and a woman) a movement study by turns comical or strange, but consistently engrossing. A loveseat, a chair, a mattress, and a twin bed composed the set, and as the lights came up, a dancer sat or lay motionless on each.
Slowly the man on the mattress woke, shifted, looked around, turned over again; then suddenly the woman in the chair spun out to the floor and back again. Her movement set off currents of energy through the others that felt like a ball on a tether, arcing out and then abruptly drawn back. By turns, all four dancers flung themselves off the furniture as if projected and then seemed to retrograde back in with equal force.
The stop/start motif, the waves of energy, made the movement feel experimental and questioning: what happens if I crawl under the mattress? What if I use my hand as a pivot to run over and around the bed? Suppose we turn the mattress on its side? At times these investigations tended towards silliness, at times towards intensity.
Two men disappeared behind the upended mattress, then it slid slowly to one side to reveal one of them seated in the chair, a pipe between his teeth. The audience chuckled. The man gazed at the two dancers on the bed, who had paused in the midst of their moving dialogue. The mattress slid in front of him again.
Towards the end, all four converged at the small bed, moving around, over, through it and each other in ongoing, escalating sequences by turns comic, tense, or surreal. And the skill of all four as movers and charismatic performers kept the audience lively and absorbed through the very end, where their bodies piled in a heap slid off the back of the bed and out of sight. Oh, come back and play some more, we wanted to say.
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Which changes more…the weather or our greeting card messages?Posted on Sunday, July 17th, 2016 at 8:30 pm
Some of you may have noticed that our card messages periodically (and for some frequently) change. If we were perfect at writing messages, this would not happen. But we are not perfect at it, even though we've done it for eight years now.
We have found that writing messages most people really like is really hard. I guess if we were naturally funny, witty, clever, or had majored in English, writing greeting card messages would come naturally to us. But none of these descriptions apply to us. We are two analytical and detailed oriented people who are trying to use the right side of their brain (but which seems like the wrong side), and this apparently takes time and effort to do it well.
We continue to believe that God wanted us to create a greeting card business, or at least He was in approval of our desire to do it, despite our lack of artistic and creative talents. As such, we will continue to plug along, asking for wisdom and creativity along the way, and pray that you will (eventually) be blessed from having the patience to read through many greeting card messages until you find ones that meet your expectations!


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The Troubadour 40 is a versatile loudspeaker that can be used either as a compact, high quality full range unit, or as a high quality satellite in conjunction with a separate sub woofer. It is especially suitable for high end AV systems, where its small footprint makes it easy to position. It comprises a single DDD driver mounted on a rigid cylindrical aluminium base and a separately housed crossover unit. The Troubadour 40 is available in two versions. The standard version is fitted with a titanium DDD driver and a higher performance version is fitted with a carbon fibre DDD driver.
High Performance from Modest Size
The Troubadour 40 provides a detailed and well focussed stereo image that has excellent width and depth. It shows none of the compression and cabinet colourations that we associate with conventional designs of a similar size. The clarity, dynamics and level of detail it provides are excellent. Instruments and voices are accurately placed in the stereo image and the sheer musicality and naturalness of the sound draws you in to the performance. Its ability to create a convincing musical experience belies its small size. If you were listening blindfolded, you would almost certainly believe that you were listening to a larger speaker. This is a testament to the excellence of the DDD driver.
The DDD Driver
The DDD driver is used on all German Physiks loudspeakers and the same quality of driver is used on all models from our entry level product, to the top of the range Gaudi. This revolutionary driver gives the same very important advantages to all German Physiks designs and is what sets them apart from our competitors. This is why we constantly highlight its features and advantages.
External Crossover
The Troubador's external crossover provides two important advantages. Firstly it allows the loudspeaker section to be made much smaller and therefore less obtrusive and easier to position. Secondly, in isolating the crossover components from the driver, microphonic effects that might degrade the crossover's performance are avoided. A 1.5m long cable is supplied to connect the Troubadour 40 to the crossover. This is generally sufficiently long to allow convenient location of the crossover. If required, a longer cable may be used.
Adjustable High Frequency Output
High quality jumpers on the crossover allow the high frequency output level to be adjusted in 4 steps: -2dB, flat, +2dB and +4dB. This allows the user to easily compensate for the variations in the absorption of high frequencies that occur due to different types of furnishings and room construction.
Full Range or Satellite Operation
The Troubadour 40 may be operated either as a full range unit, or as a satellite in conjunction with a sub woofer. The mode is set by jumpers on the crossover's top panel. These may be quickly and easy adjusted. The low frequency roll offs for the two versions of the unit in each mode are shown in the table below:


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April Online Spending Growth – Fastest Rate for 16 Months
Visa Europe's UK Consumer Spending Index for April has shown the biggest spike in online consumer spending for some 16 months
Visa Europe's UK Consumer Spending Index for April has shown the biggest spike in online consumer spending for some 16 months. Before April this year, it was December 2014 that last saw such a large spike as wintry weather took its toll on the spending of high street shoppers.
You may wonder why something of this nature is featuring on our logistics and fulfilment blog, but we think this news is definitely relevant. With the majority of our customers operating their own ecommerce websites and selling through various different marketplaces like eBay and amazon, then the news of online spending growing at the fastest rate for over a year, holds fair importance.
Minister of State for the Digital Economy, Ed Vaizey, dubbed the figures a reflection of Britain's evermore tech-savvy consumers, and encouraged businesses to make the most of a "more digital Britain."
The continued rise in ecommerce sales should come as no surprise given that the UK is one of the most developed digital economies in the world and a nation viewed as early adaptors of technology.
Visa's figures show online spending growth hit a 16-month high in April, up 8.4% on the same period last year, whilst face-to-face spending remained relatively flat at 0.2%.
The UK and Ireland Managing Director of Visa Europe said that "growth in consumables remains evident, but consumer spending is increasingly focused on the experience economy. Eating out, booking holidays and discovering new experiences are all driving spending growth".
"The average British person spends around £1,500 online each year," the Minister of State for the Digital Economy added. He also said that he wants all UK businesses to be taking advantage of this and that they should make the most of the opportunity that the internet offers. With businesses embracing online technology, Britain is becoming increasingly stronger and more digitally minded.
Within the Consumer Spending Index for April, the only sector to report reduced expenditure was clothing and footwear, down 2.8% year-on-year, where unseasonal weather was attributed to have had an adverse effect on sales in these sectors. It can be safely assumed that the wintry weather throughout April played a big part on the overall sales for clothing and footwear, as high street chains were not reaping any sort of benefit.
Overall however, the most notable point to take away from the Index for April is that general ecommerce sales are growing, and fast. This latest data is certainly no surprise to the team here at 3P Logistics as our throughput in fulfilment of ecommerce orders continues to increase month on month. We foresee overall ecommerce sales continue to outstrip forecasts for the remainder of 2016 and beyond whilst buyer habits will continue to swing towards m-commerce (shopping using mobile devices in general)
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