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For the past few months we've been doing a summary of the #HITsm chats that happen each Friday. I once heard Michael Gaspar, who does social media at HIMSS, describe Twitter hashtags as a community of users. I think this is definitely true when it comes to the #HITsm hashtag. With that in mind, I thought it would be interesting to learn more about the members of the #HITsm community and to learn from the members of the #HITsm community.
The first in this series of #HITsm spotlights is with @DrNanN (Nanette Nuessle, MD). She gives some amazing insights. Enjoy!
When did you get involved in social media? What got you started with it?
I got started in social media 2 years ago. I was at a national meeting of pediatricians. One of my colleagues said I needed to be on Twitter. I told her I didn't know anything about it. She grabbed my phone, asked how the kids in my practice address me, then handed the phone back and said, "you're on twitter." I didn't do anything but follow for 2-3 months. I didn't really try to build a following until about 18 months ago. Now, I have nearly 4,000 followers.
What benefits have you received from social media?
Social media has given me a way to talk with patients outside the 10-20 minute office visit. I can post information that is specific to my practice, or tell them of late-breaking news. It gives me a vehicle for discussing that late-breaking news with other professionals. My attention to these 2 things has greatly improved my ongoing education. Finally, it has opened career paths that allow me to help other physicians who are transitioning to the use of electronic health records and social media.
Looking at the world of healthcare IT, what do you see as the most important things happening today?
The single most important thing in healthcare today is the budding widespread use of electronic health records. We must remember that this practice is in it's infancy. It is still the most powerful tool to reach physicians since the development of the stethoscope.
As a doctor, what's your view of the current EHR world?
The EHR world is in it's infancy. I have been sending prescriptions electronically since 2005, and using electronic health records for even longer. Many providers are just starting into this world. The potential to change the face of medicine is obvious. We can get the record of a walk-in patient before the front desk finishes registering them for their visit. We have access to all visits and all studies done in-house at all times. However, there are still kinks being worked out that will improve efficiency for providers. This includes day-to-day ease of using an ehr, as well as sharing between different clinical entities (interoperability).
What is the most promising technology for pediatricians?
We live in a mobile society. Most adults don't live in the same neighborhood or town where they grew up. Most children don't stay with the same pediatrician from birth to their 18th birthday. For the pediatrician, the HIE is going to be crucial. This will allow us to track immunizations and routine labs for all children as they move through their childhood.
If you could wake up tomorrow and have one part of healthcare solved, what would it be?
I have 2 wishes, Magic Genie. One is to solve interoperability. The other is to see prenatal care and immunizations made free for all people living in the US. The first will revolutionize healthcare in the US, the second will revolutionize health itself.
What health IT issue do you see out there that not enough people are talking about?
Efficiency. Everyone is talking about Meaningful Use and Interoperability. These are certainly important issues. However, without efficiency, providers are going to continue to fight the use of ehrs. Before using an EHR, I routinely saw 30-32 patients a day. Now, I am exhausted at 20-25, depending upon the EHR. My staff complain that it takes over 10 minutes to "room" a new patient because of all the data entry involved. Rooming a new patient used to take 2-4 minutes. Consequently, we are working harder but seeing fewer patients. This translates to less money. Unless we address the issue of efficiency, EHRs will never reach their full potential.
Where or to whom do you look in order to stay up with all that's happening in healthcare IT? What's part of your daily routine?
I keep up with healthcare IT in 2 ways. One is by reading daily electronic newsletters, particularly HealthCareITNewsDay.The other is by networking with others in the field.
Any final thoughts?
Electronic health records are in their infancy. For them to grow, we need to nurture providers into this field. There has to be more dialogue between physicians, nurses and IT professionals. We speak different languages. We need to sit down at the table together and share our thoughts without letting our personalities get in the way. I think if this is done the potential in the field of healthcare IT is limitless.


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Starlin Castro is ready for the big leagues.
Never mind that he's only 19 years old. The shortstop has been on the fast track in the Cubs' Minor League organization since he first signed in October 2006. He played rookie ball in 2008, then jumped to high Class A this season, then Double-A, and now is competing in the Arizona Fall League. He's the youngest player in the AFL, but after one week of play, he's keeping pace with the big boys, and through Sunday, was hitting .500 (7-for-14). He went 3-for-5 in the AFL opener.
"He's one of those special players in baseball," said Franklin Font, the Cubs' Minor League infield coordinator.
Castro batted .311 in the Rookie League in 2008, and Font was among those who fought for the young infielder to begin the '09 season at high Class A Daytona, not the low Class A in Boise or Peoria. The Cubs would've been happy if Castro hit .250, .260. He batted .302, good for third in the Florida State League, even though he didn't finish the season there.
In July, Castro played for the World Team in the All-Star Futures Game, and didn't start but reached on an infield single, advanced on a wild pitch, and eventually scored the tying run. He was promoted to Double-A Tennessee in early August, where he hit .288 in 31 games. For the year, he batted .299 with 23 doubles, six triples, three homers, 28 stolen bases and 49 RBIs.
"I haven't had a player go through the system who has done what he's done," said Cubs player development director Oneri Fleita. "I think we would've been happy if he hit .250 in Daytona. He's certainly surpassed any expectations we've had. To finish at Double-A and get a chance to play in the [Southern League] playoffs -- and he contributed to them winning.
"It seems like it takes some guys a year before we see any gains. We're seeing gains in Castro weekly, monthly, if not daily. Who knows?"
Sitting in the HoHoKam Park dugout prior to a AFL game in Mesa last week, Castro admitted he still needs to work hard. Once the AFL is finished, he'll return home to Monte Cristy in the northern part of the Dominican Republic, and continue to play. His father, a fisherman, is ill, and Castro, the eldest of five children, has taken on the responsibility of being the family's provider.
"He told his father, 'You don't have to work any more. I'll take care of you,'" said Cubs Minor League catcher Welington Castillo of Castro. "To me, that will make him work harder every day. He has a reason to work hard to help his family. He's the man."
That's not uncommon, and not just for the kids from the Dominican, Fleita said.
"You see a lot of these young kids and they have a burden of a lot of things on their shoulders," Fleita said. "[Castro] has shown he can balance a lot of things that have been thrown at him."
Castro said his father made sacrifices to provide his son with shoes and a glove so he could pursue his dream of playing Major League Baseball. Because his father worked so hard, the son is trying to return the favor. Castro has one goal.
"I want to be the best shortstop in the Major Leagues," he said.
"Defensively, I think he's ready," said pitcher Andrew Cashner, the Cubs' No. 1 pick in the 2008 First-Year Player Draft, who also is playing for the Mesa Solar Sox. "He can hit. He's still a little young and he has a little more growing into his body to do, and he'll get more power. He's a great kid, a great player.
"He saved me a lot this past season," Cashner said. "He made some special plays out there. I think it's more instincts for him. Everything is very natural."
Castro grew up idolizing Miguel Tejada, and now favors Hanley Ramirez. He has tremendous range and is very acrobatic, but the Cubs coaches have made sure he doesn't forget the importance of making the routine plays as well.
Font first saw Castro at the Cubs' Dominican facility in 2006 when he was a skinny infielder. The youngster has matured, not just physically, but in the field, too.
"He's always working," Font said of his star pupil. "He's decided to be successful. I see a lot of kids in the Dominican with talent -- more talent than he has. But they don't work hard. You have to listen. He listens and he set up a routine.
"When last season started, he told me, 'It's my time,'" Font said with a smile. "He can do a little of everything."
There's still a checklist for Castro. Castillo, who also is playing for the Mesa AFL team, acted as interpreter for this interview, and Fleita would like to see Castro be more comfortable speaking in English. He has to keep good work habits. That will make the game easier.
"He's humble," Fleita said. "He's a grounded kid. If he keeps those type of qualities, the game will be pretty easy for him."
Dave Keller, the Cubs' Minor League hitting coordinator, projects Castro will be with the big league club by the middle of the 2010 season. How does he know? One of the projects Keller assigns to the Minor Leaguers is to keep a journal. He doesn't want to read that they went 2-for-4 that day, but Keller asks that they describe their feelings, either at the plate or in the field or on the bench. The journals must be handwritten. Castro, who wrote his in Spanish, was organized and to the point, Keller said.
"He's a very confident kid, but not arrogant," Keller said. "For him, it's just a matter of getting repetitions."
This has been a long season for Castro, who started in March in Spring Training, and won't finish until November when the AFL ends. But if you get a chance to see him in Arizona, watch how he hustles to first on a base hit, or dives to snare a hard-hit grounder.
"He can definitely play shortstop at the big league level," said Josh Vitters, the Cubs' No. 1 Draft pick in 2007, who is also on the Solar Sox. "I can see how people could say that [Castro will be in big leagues next year]. What he has in the infield, you can't really teach."
Ask Castro, and he'll tell you when.
"Next year," the Cubs' future shortstop said in English with a knowing smile.


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Iconic Japanese Mayor Katsunobu Sakurai Mourns Stricken City That 'Will Never Be the Same'
(MINAMISOMA, Japan) -- A desperate plea for help put Katsunobu Sakurai on the digital map.
Weeks after a powerful earthquake and tsunami triggered meltdowns at the Fukushima Daichi Power Plant last March, Sakurai sat in an empty conference room at city hall, put on his official beige jacket, looked into a small camcorder and unloaded.
"There are few supplies coming in," he said.
"The lack of information from Tokyo Electric and the government has left us isolated."
"I beg you, as the mayor of Minamisoma city, to help us."
The 11-minute recording posted on YouTube went viral instantly. Calls of support poured in from all over the world, including the U.S. Hundreds of boxes of food and relief supplies followed.
One year later, Sakurai keeps reminders of that goodwill in the same room. A framed photo taken with U.S. Ambassador John Roos sits on the shelf. A mascot doll from a district in Tokyo that lent support stands next to it. Above the entrance, a large banner from a non-profit group in western Japan reads, "Dream, Inspiration, courage and hope. Let's go Minamisoma."
"March 2011 felt like an eternity," Sakurai says. "We had no information, our supplies were cut off, our economy shut down."
More than half of Minamisoma's 75,000 residents fled in the days following March 11, after the government ordered an evacuation of the 12-mile area around the nuclear plant.
On the YouTube recording, Sakurai said just 20,000 people were left behind.
Evacuees have returned as radiation levels dropped and decontamination efforts picked up, but large chunks of the city still resemble a ghost town. The Kodaka district, home to about 13,000 people, remains inside the nuclear exclusion zone. Police cars and red flashing lights act as a nuclear divide in the Haramachi district, where a majority of Minamisoma's residents lived.
Downtown businesses have sprung back. All but four of the city's schools are back open now. But with a third of the city still off limits because of radiation concerns, Sakurai doesn't expect many more to return.
"Maybe 2,000 more," he says. "It will never be the same."
Yoshiaki Yokota echoes the grim outlook.
His restaurant sits on the edge of the zone. Most of his business comes from nuclear workers involved with the cleanup effort.
"My customers go inside there, and risk their lives every day," Yokota says, pointing to police cars that mark the entrance to the zone outside his door. "It wouldn't be right to shut down my business."
Staying open has come at a cost. Business is down two thirds. Since Yokota reopened his doors last April, he's taken a $36,000 hit.
Radiation concerns have also added to financial woes. The restaurant owner ships in produce from outside the Fukushima region because he doesn't think locally grown food is safe.
He tests the tap water for traces of cesium, though excessive levels haven't been detected so far. Yokota says he's prepared to shut down the business his father started 47 years ago if that changes.
Luring young families back to Minamisoma will be key to its survival. Last summer, Sakurai teamed up with the University of Tokyo's Radioisotope Center for a multimillion dollar decontamination effort that largely relied on city employees to clean up schools and nurseries. They pressure-washed playgrounds and scrubbed classrooms until radiation levels started to drop.
Sakurai is quick to point out Tokyo didn't finalize plans for decontamination until two months after Minamisoma completed the first phase of its clean-up.
The second phase will take much longer.
Crews must now wash down every street, the rooftops of every home, the walls of contaminated buildings. Excavators will be hauled in to dig out radiated top soil from parks and large fields.
The process is expected to take at least two years, but Yoshiaki Yokota, with Minamisoma's decontamination planning department, says crews can't begin the work until they secure a waste disposal site.
"We can't remove the waste without a place to store it," Yokota says, adding nobody wants nuclear waste in their neighborhood. "We've asked communities for their understanding, but getting support has been difficult."
For Sakurai, it means a delayed homecoming.
His house is within 12 miles of the plant and remains off limits. In the last year, he has only returned for three short visits to gather his belongings.
Later this month, the government will review the zoning of evacuation areas based on the latest radiation levels. Sakurai is hopeful evacuation orders for larger parts of Minamisoma will be lifted after that.
He is also aware that a return home won't necessarily mean reclaiming the life he had.
"Our lives have changed so much," he says. "I can't recall what it was like before March 11."
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2019 Toyota Highlander
$43,573 • New
Asking Price
Ext. Color
Jade Metallic
Stock Number
6 Cylinder
Int. Color
Saddle Tan
Front Wheel Drive
Installed Options
12 Speakers
3.003 Axle Ratio
3rd Row Seats: Split-Bench
4-Wheel Disc Brakes
ABS Brakes
Air Conditioning
Alloy Wheels
AM/FM Radio: Siriusxm
Auto High-Beam Headlights
Auto-Dimming Rear-View Mirror
Automatic Temperature Control
Blind Spot Sensor: Blind Spot Monitor (Bsm) Warning
Brake Assist
Bumpers: Body-Color
CD Player
Delay-Off Headlights
Distance Pacing Cruise Control: Dynamic RADAR Cruise Control (Drcc)
Driver Door Bin
Driver Vanity Mirror
Dual Front Impact Airbags
Dual Front Side Impact Airbags
Electronic Stability Control
Exterior Parking Camera Rear
Four Wheel Independent Suspension
Front Anti-Roll Bar
Front Bucket Seats
Front Center Armrest
Front Dual Zone A/C
Front Fog Lights
Front Reading Lights
Fully Automatic Headlights
Heated Door Mirrors
Heated Front Seats
Heated/Ventilated Front Bucket Seats
Illuminated Entry
Knee Airbag
Leather Shift Knob
Low Tire Pressure Warning
Navigation System
Occupant Sensing Airbag
Outside Temperature Display
Overhead Airbag
Overhead Console
Panic Alarm
Passenger Door Bin
Passenger Vanity Mirror
Perforated Leather Seat Trim
Power Door Mirrors
Power Driver Seat
Power Moonroof
Power Passenger Seat
Power Steering
Radio: Entune Premium Jbl Audio W/Nav & App Suite
Rear Air Conditioning
Rear Anti-Roll Bar
Rear Parking Sensors
Rear Reading Lights
Rear Window Defroster
Rear Window Wiper
Reclining 3rd Row Seat
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Roadside Assistance Coverage: 24 Months/ Unlimited Distance
Roof Rack: Rails Only
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Wabash Professors Reflect on Watergate's Impact• June 1, 2005 Share:
We asked several Wabash College professors to comment on 'Deep Throat's' identification and Watergate in regards to politics, journalism and history.
Here are their comments:
Melissa Butler, Professor of Political Science:
So the big secret's finally out! We've been waiting so long!
I'm afraid I was a Watergate junkie of the highest order — I was glued to the hearings and actually attended twice in person, once on the day that Jeb Stuart Magruder gave his little "William Sloane Coffin speech" and also on one of the days that John Dean testified. I was in grad school at Hopkins in Baltimore and was working for Garry Wills (who was on the "Enemies' List!)
Was Felt a hero? I suppose the answer to that depends on his motivation. Why did Felt become "Deep Throat"? Obviously, pundits are going to have a field day speculating. Were his motivations partisan? Apparently not. Were they personal? Some critics are already pointing to disgruntlement at being passed over when L.Patrick Gray was appointed to succeed J. Edgar Hoover. Were there political motivations? Yes, I think so, but "political" in a special sense, wrapped up in institutional loyalty, an underappreciated part of the checks and balances that make up our system. The identification of "Deep Throat" as the No. 2 man at the FBI points to the tendency of strong American institutions to resist the efforts of presidents to redirect or undermine them. The tendency can be bad or good! Felt no doubt saw the Nixon administration politicizing and thus abusing the FBI. Felt was an FBI guy and, through his role as "Deep Throat" was able to combat that abuse of power. Yet, the FBI to which Felt was loyal was J. Edgar Hoover's FBI and it's no stretch to say that Hoover himself had politicized and abused power through his use of the FBI. No president would dare take on the FBI under Hoover to reign in his abuses. Were his motives larger than that? I guess we'll have to wait and hear from him and from Bob Woodward.
How important was "Deep Throat" to Watergate? I'd say critical, not necessarily for the actual information supplied, but more for the level of credibility he provided for Woodward. Remember, Woodward and Bernstein were not elite White House reporters. As I recall, Bernstein got the story because he was on the police beat when the Watergate burglary happened — a "third rate burglary attempt!" How and why would anyone believe that that would topple a president reelected by one of the widest margins in US electoral history? While the Washington Post might not have been known for pro-Nixon sympathies, Ben Bradlee was certainly taking a risk in publishing the Watergate stories. Knowing that the No. 2 man at the FBI was Woodward's source probably gave Bradlee the confidence he needed to publish the stories. It's no stretch to say that the Post stories kept up the pressure that led to the Watergate hearings, but the hearings would have resulted in little but a black eye for a second term lame duck president had it not been for Alexander Butterfield's revelation that Nixon tape-recorded his Oval Office conversations. Only then did it become possible to get beyond a "he-said/he said" pitting Dean against Nixon. The tapes substantially supported Dean's testimony before the Watergate Committee. Nonetheless, the tape that finally undid Nixon was one Dean hadn't known about, namely an Oval Office conversation right after the break-in in which Nixon authorized the cover-up.
Openness is at the heart of the American system, but openness is always likely to be contested. Even in the most buttoned-up of White Houses it is difficult to keep total control of information, to stonewall, to limit damage, to spin. The press has a vital role to play in providing a more complete picture. Sometimes providing that more complete picture requires the use of anonymous sources—so here's the dilemma: greater openness and transparency are sometimes possible only by ensuring anonymity and guarding secrets!
David Hadley, Professor of Political Science:
It's an interesting footnote to the Watergate story and the story of the ultimate demise of the Nixon presidency. Deep Throat's actual identity is less important than the confirmation that there was a real person in a position within the government who provided confirmation for the details of the Watergate story as it was being developed by Woodward and Bernstein. For those who weren't around in 1972 to 1974, Felt did not leak the inside story to the reporters, but confirmed details they had gleaned from other sources.
That it turns out to have been Felt just underlines the complexity of our system, of our governmental institutions, and the people who make them up. I would guess that he was motivated by a combination of personal motivations (anger at having been passed over for the directorship of the FBI) and institutional loyalties (the possibility that the FBI was being compromised by efforts to cover up the abuses of the Nixon White House or given a bad name for not revealing what some of its leaders knew).
I find it interesting that some of the participants in the Watergate abuses, among them Chuck Colson and G. Gordon Liddy, individuals who went to jail for illegal activities, are coming out publicly to label Felt a bum rather than hero. Colson, in particular, was an active participant in the efforts to control information coming from the administration that was trying to use the CIA and the FBI to further the coverup.
Stephen Morrilo, Professor of History:
The revelation strikes me not only as not that big a deal (Felt was one of the people on the short list of possibles already), but symptomatic of a problem with contemporary journalism: that the focus is too often on the storyteller and not the story. Almost as if, 2800 years later, we were still reading biographies of Homer but never reading the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Yes, that the Watergate story came out is important, and Felt was part of that story coming out. But the real story about Watergate is the one about corruption and abuse of power - a story with striking current relevance. Yet Tom DeLay's many scandals go under-reported, the US press in Iraq is closely circumscribed ... the list goes on and on.
I'm afraid the moral of the Mark Felt story for those in power now is "make sure of the absolute loyalty of everyone in any kind of sensitive position, control all news as tightly as possible (including illegally creating and funding your own government propaganda in the guise of 'real news' stories), and if a revelation of corruption does emerge, turn all your energies to smearing the sources (calling them unpatriotic and anti-religious are good starting points)."


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I might move up to the PSB Platinum M2 Bookshelf speakers as i am moving into a condo and don't need the loudness anymore but would prefer a little more detail
are you thinking to buy PSB?
Over all I like the sound of the Golds. Previously I had a pair of Maggies, Smga's. I much preferred them. But my wife didn't. So ended up with the Golds. The Golds aren't quite as intrusive as the maggies, And definitely the Golds have more BASS, which my family really enjoys. I like the speakers OK. I have gotten tired of listening to them and looking to try something else. I imagine I would have better luck changing the CD player... so I might trade it out as well later on down the line.
Not much to read about, but when the music is turned up, it's enough to get the family dancing and having fun.
We just purchased a new TV set a 50" Sony SXRD. We will probably be going to a HT set-up, so I will keep the Golds for front channels and look for some more PSB speakers, ie Silvers (finger crossed) to round out the HT system, (won't need a sub-woofer right off the bat with the Golds lol). I'll move the 2 channel to the bedroom.
Center: Atlantic Tech 450 (I know, I know, PSB didn't have a matching center)
Surrounds: PSB Image I 10, Altec Lansing THX dipoles
Subs: SVS CS Ultra, SVS CS-14-46i, Citation 7.4.
Very satisfied, will not upgrade. If I find a buyer for the center channel, I might get a matching PSB stratus center channel speaker.
Towers may be more than you need in a condo; a good pair of bookshelves with a nice sub to fill in the lower frequencies would probably be perfect. In the same breath, though, I live in a condo and I'm probably going to buy towers from the new line that is replacing the Stratus series this year (as long as they sound great).
For your sub, keep it at a level that sounds good and still respects your neighbors. It helps having a receiver that has a good auto set-up; I'm very pleased with the level that my Pio 74 set my sub at.
The point I was trying to make is that I wanted to get a more detailed speaker then the PSB Speakers Image T55 Tower Speakers
Not to say that the T55's are not detailed, but more about the fact that I only end up stretching the T55's legs once a week or so. But if you want the option of blowing your friends ears off every once and awhile then the T55's would be a great choice.
as far as subs are concerned i Have the PSB SubSeries 6i Subwoofer . That matches very well. get that one or it's little brother PSB Subseries 5i Subwoofer both of these will have enough power for a medium space
I find if you invite your neighbors over for a movie once every 6 months of so, they tend to be much less gimpy about you playing music or movies loud.
I have seen the new PSB GDesign Loudspeakers they are very nice (very nice). They look to have a more rounded cabinet (like a kef).
Knowing PSB though i wouldn't hold my breath for them this year. but they might surrprise us.
one thread i was reading at ecoustics said that the PSBs sounded "livelier" or more airy and 3-D than the ascend 170s. i'm leaning toward auditioning them, but he doesn't take CC so i'd have to give him a check, and it's a bit of drive. but i probably will -- it's always hard to resist audition opportunities.
more PSB opinions please!
My current set up is:
Mains - 800i
Center - Stratus C5
Surround - 10S
Sub - Hsu VTF2
Tactile transducer - ButtKicker
I'm a big fan of PSB, and feel they offer a good value for the cost. I've been contemplating an upgrade for almost a year now. Ideally, I'd like to have three PSB Stratus Mini speakers across the front, and adding an additional pair of 10S surrounds to be back.
In comparison, I recently purchased a set of three Ascend 340s, but ended up returning them. To my ears, they were a bit too shrill, and the bass was a bit boomy for my taste. In fairness, during my audition they announced their signature series which were supposed to address these very concerns. Maybe the new design would have sounded better to me, but I just wasn't floored enough by them to want to swap them out.
Please at least give the PSBs a listen. I think their sound is very clean and accurate.
I have seen the renderings of the new PSB Stratus Loudspeakers they are very nice (very nice). They look to have a more rounded cabinet (like a kef).
Knowing PSB though i wouldn't hold my breath for them this year. but they might surrprise us.
You don't happen to have any pictures, do you? I'm curious to see what they're going to look like. Were they keeping the four different types of Stratus speakers, or are they consolidating them?
I'm a little surprised that the stopped producing the Stratus speakers last year, and haven't even officially announced any details on the replacements yet. It's odd to leave that wide of a gap without any Stratus speakers to sell (other than what might be left in dealer's inventories.)
Ill see if I can grab some pictures during CEDIA this Sept. PSB Speakers might have some prototypes on display. As far as the look of them they kind of looked like kef reference series without the mid, tweeter assembly sitting on top. In my opinion it is a huge step forward for them in design.
Not sure when they are coming out but I would say late 2006 would be a good bet, seeing as they announced new alpha line at CES and they are coming out within a week or two. (fast for PSB)
I think that the hole left by the Stratus series has been big, But they have not been updated since 2000! so they were well overdue. Besides you can probably get a PSB Platinum Loudspeaker for a lot cheaper then the MSRP. I heard of people buying T8's for about $3500 almost half the msrp.
I would definitely take the B25 Image Speakers for a spin. I had them for a few months and loved them. I actually just bought a a par as an anniversary gift for my Dad.
If you do take them for a spin let us know what you think.
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What do you guys think of the new alpha paint job? now CES is "international" remember so we might not get these color in North America.
I gotta question for you guys. I started a thread in the Speaker forum regarding this problem. Here's the link : Amps out on 7pts
I had a lightning strike a few months back that took out the amps/crossovers in my 7PTs . Now, I have a speaker with a passive crossover for the Mid-Tweeter combo and nothing for the two bass woofers. PSB wants $275ea. for replacements. I can't afford that (baby #2 on the way ).
Any ideas as how to make these viable, whether making them passive or bipassing the amp and just using the active crossover?
Know any PSB or indigo(BASH) engineers?
The Amp in the 7PT is not a BASH amp. It is a classic AB amp so really any competent repair shop will be able to fix the amp. so you might try that. Also I have heard that you can turn your 7PT into a 6T with a little modification. It involves buying a few parts though and may end up being a little cheaper then buying new amps, but not by much.
I think fixing the amp is your best bet. but if you wanted to ask PSB Speakers what would be involved in modifying your 7PT into a 6T give them a call.
same here. basic black still rules (imho ) but they would cool in different colors, like those blue dali speakers. the dark gray ones look pretty nice, too.
PSB stratus SilverI towers
C6i- center
T+A surrounds (high-end German)
SVS-12sdi - sub
Denon 3803
Older Sony CE775Modified CD player-SACD
PanRP82 -DVD
NEC xr5 plasma
I have been reading and going to local hi-end Hi-Fi stores. I have been wanting to up grade my EQ. But where? The PSB Speakers are great Music & HT, the music fidelity is wonderful, and would purchase them again. However, I think the 3803 is underpowered and needs some help. So, I'm looking at a power amp.
Then I'll look at changing out the DVD player or CD Player. I am learning the source is the KEY.
Having fun playing the new mobile game Volley Village
Fronts: 7pt's (in limbo)
Fronts(for the time being): 2b's (normally the back surrounds)
Center: Image C40 (actually its predicessor, but my mind is blanking)
Surrounds/side-surrounds: 10S's
Subwoofer: S.S. 6i
Denon 3805
Pioneer DVC-503 (5-disk)
Dish DVR
Future upgrade to Infocus IN76 (next 6-8 months, and also why the 7pts are in limbo)
I love my psbs. I also listened to Paradigms, Klipsch, Polk. Just didn't get the quality for the same cost as the PSBs. I guess that is just repeating what most coming to this forum already understand.
Firebook: How do you like that NAD T534 DVD Player?
My usage is probably 25% movies, 25% Xbox, 35% SDTV, 15% Music.
My room that is being built along with finishing the basement is about 2.5 months from completion. Once the system is moved down there the % of movies will go up considerably. The room is 15 X 24 X 9.
I love my NAD Very musical, and great for movies. (dvd audio sounds great as well)
2.5 months you might be able to get the T535 DVD player that will be out soon ... or so i hear.
As you may or may not know NAD Electronics and PSB Speakers are owned by the same company so a lot of the time they sound really nice together.
I really enjoy my Golds and second the recommendation above of the Stratus Silver, Stratus Bronze and Stratus Minis. All received great reviews and be found a bargain prices now.
M2 = surrounds
C2 = center
Velodyne HGS 18 = sub
The only reason is because it is a speaker designed to outwit the effects of putting a speaker in a bookshelf/near a wall.
However it happens to be to my advantage that the components come from the highest end model PSB offers. Of course that makes it about 50% too much money. I have currently an all Onix Reference setup (still less than the cost of a pair of CH40's). I have heard ascends, JBL, canton, Athena, PSB alpha's, energy takes, Tyler Freedoms, yamaha, infinity, wharfedale, mirage, monitor bronze, martin logan, energy connoseur, kef, bose, orb, and some others that don't come to mind in the 60 seconds I took to write this.
Does anyone know how the platinums compare? Does anyone know where a good platinum setup can be heard that I can bring my ref 1's to hear against?
Seth W.
you can buy PSB Platinum Speakers at most PSB Speakers Dealer But as far as a demo, it may be a bit harder to find. Try.
Awesome Home Theater
351 Plaza Drive
Appointment Only
As far as comparing Platinum with PSB In-cabinet Speakers I found them very close. If you are looking for an in-cabinet speaker these are one of the better ones on the market today.
Have a listen to the PSB Speakers In-Cabinet CHS40 which i think will work in most small to medium size rooms (with a good Subwoofer ... that way you'll be able to save a bit of money
hope you find a dealer where you can take a listen because it will be worth it.
The appointment-only bit I'm shying away from and the other one, well, people underestimate the size of Florida. That's 270 miles away, as in over an hour flight. I'd have to book a flight to Orlando, then rent a car. Funny that some online resellers have their warehouses here in S. Florida but not the boutique stores. I thought there was a place in west palm (also a 90 minute drive) that had them.
They were planning to move to a new location (good move) and they said they would sell me their demos for a very very good price. they had less than 25 hrs on them . i have the orginal speaker box, the hardware was still in mfg sealed bags. couldn't be happier....
Dealer: still in a warehouse...... still Rep.'s them...
The PSB Platinum M2 is the sister to the CHS40.
Sorry to hear that there is no place to hear these speakers near you. I would see if you can get a hold of the PSB rep for Florida and see if he could be any help, or call PSB's 905-831-6555 and ask for PSB America
The PSB Platinum M2 is the sister to the CHS40.
I'm not sure what you mean by this. The only thing they share between the CHS40 and the M2 is the tweeter.
The CHS 40 is a 3-way and has one 8" bass woofer, one 4" midrange, and a 1" tweeter.
The M2 is a 2-way speaker and has one 6.5" woofer, and one 1" tweeter.
Not trying to rain on your parade, but just curious as to what you found to be "sister" like. I agree with Samwas that the CHS40 is the only one that doesn't have "sister".
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Jimquisition: Mass Effect 3 And The Case For A Gay Shepard
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Is it me or is the art in this show getting slightly better?
Really thy don't want even the gay OPTION! They don't even have that option with their own lives, nothing stops THEIR OWN lives going that way.
All there is is a gay character you can interact with and reciprocate the sexy-time. If you can't resist that you aren't a homophobe... you are a homosexual - in denial.
There is a difference between exploring why a movie is shitty, and getting onto a game developer for giving player the option to pursue a male homosexual relationship.
The former applies to this game, as I've heard that the gay scenes are done rather horribly. So calling Bioware out on that is one thing.
In the latter, you'd have to actively seek it out... and then be offended. For those who are offended simply at the thought of gay relationships being included in the game, then they're a completely different level of bigot. Admittedly, Mass Effect really isn't much of an RPG.. but the game still sells itself as one, and giving you options is one of the cornerstones of a good roleplaying game.
Homophobia seems to be the last major prejudice that people can actively cling to, these days. Imagine if people made a stink about a developer including the option to make your character black. It's the same damned thing, only in a different color clan uniform.
Jeez, I thought everyone in the internet was pretty desensitized.
You missed my point completely. A lot of things are sex related. Weapons are. See those "ranking stripes" in a triangular shape? They are supposed to represent who has the "biggest dick".
Xenomorphs. Their head is shaped that way because it's phallic.
You can like things without wanting to have sex with them. Yet they are sex related.
By Jim's logic everyone is a flaming homosexual.
That's the point. Attraction does not imply sexual satisfaction. I don't know anyone who gets off by shooting, or competing in sports, and other "male" activities.
But it's still sexual. We humans have the ability to enjoy sexuality without having to get off.
I don't start jacking off uncontrollably when I see a girl taking off her clothes. It's still sexual.
Spears. Swords. Pretty much any kind of weapon is related to the phallus because our brain gives it that connotation.
And come on, in sports there is plenty of male-on-male contact. Yet it doesn't make it's participants gay. Jim had a giant dildo replicating the infamous Saint's Row 3 weapon. That doesn't make him gay, and if he didn't like it he would have given it away. Just saying.
This dude gets it. How would a man admire a big cock if his male brain did not make him attracted to phallic objects? I'm not saying I try to peek at other men in public restrooms, but that we are pretty much wired to become the alpha male.
Wow... this is awesomely quotable. Thanks for this post.
I'm ONLY talking about people who complain about the gay scenes because they're badly written and shoe-horned in ret-cons.
Complaining about a scene purely because of ideological, sexual or religious content is retarded.
I'm saying what I'm saying because Jim just hand-waived the argument that the gay-scenes are bad because they're badly done by saying: "Hurp durp you don't have to see them!"
It matters not if you place a stigma upon the term, the term has a stigma. It's like using the n-word and saying it is okay because you don't place a stigma upon it. A stigma upon the word still exists, and you will still be looked down upon for using it.
Your argument is incorrect due to the existence of human beings. It can be proven that humans do think in a collective sense and could be said to fight for the "survival of the species." (Godwins Law: Hell there was an entire political movement based around it). The only thing that limits us today is that we think of our collectives as split between things like "American" or "European" as opposed to "Human." It can be said that the reason for this is because we as humans naturally seek conflict and without another major force on the planet to conflict with, we conflict with one another.
If your argument was about, say, wolves, then you might have a point.
Yeah, I'd never argue the "kindness and respect" argument. Both of those were originally defense mechanisms(on an interpersonal scale) that developed into social norms even though they very rarely still hold the same defensive function.
They may not HAVE to have a point. That is correct. However, this does not mean that we cannot create a point for them. One of the greatest abilities of the human race is to manipulate evolution. We've been doing it since the dawn of modern medicine. We could certainly create an institutional system to give them a point (say, they aren't allowed to have children and we give them some sort of incentive for not doing so). Of course, you could argue that they do have a natural point and that their point, overall, was to avoid overpopulation. If that were true, I would bet on it simply being a recessive gene. That meaning that when the recessive gene develops, it simply throws out that entire persons contribution to the species to avoid what I would call saturation.
Evolution in modern times does not have to be natural. Since we are on a video game website, think Deus Ex. If the couple has the ability to find the information on how to spread their genes and has the earning power to pay for the procedures to do it, then they have just earned the ability to pass on their genes. This is because the evolution we are creating within our society is one where traits such as the ability to fight predators, forage, etc. are being replaced with abilities such as potential for earning power(aka. traits conducive to being able to earn) or intelligence. One unfortunate sidenote: If we accepted the harsh reality of our societies new evolution, we would let the homeless die, as that is where bad genes go to remove themselves from the gene pool. That special homosexual couple is completely relevant to the discussion of evolution.
you make this statement but do nothing to prove it. You can't just make a claim against something without a warrant.
Okay. You can, it is just extremely ineffective
Your bolded statement really settles the argument. We are both layman, we must defer to those who are experts on the topic. If you can not provide expert evidence(testimony, etc) that would contradict the status quo(that homosexuality is not a mental illness - otherwise we would have homosexuals in padded rooms), then you have no solid argument.
Next point:
Here is the thing. In our 'new' world, homosexuality doesn't hinder their ability to reproduce. If you want to argue there is no point to homosexuality, I'll accept that and rather argue that it is nothing more than a gene that alters a trait of the person that may have, at one time, hindered their ability to reproduce, but now it does not. As such, it is a trait (in humans) that is completely inconsequential to evolution. Therefore, as it does not hinder the ability to function in any way, it is not a mental illness.
Thanks for the argument.
He didn't address the claims that they were poorly handled, unless I'm just forgetting that portion of his video. He was only responding to those who are against male homosexuality in the game.
If I'm wrong, then feel free to point it out.. but I don't believe that I am.
Yes but his entire point was if you do want to have sex with symbols of male masculinity you might be a bit gay. He wasn't talking about "like" in a generic way, he was talking specifically about wanting to fuck something that is representative of your own gender.
There actually has to be videos defending the inclusion of homosexuality in videogames and you think no one here is going to be bothered by pegging? Lets just say people are still a teensy bit closed minded when it comes to matters of sex.
Pegging involves a female partner. How is it gay?
Jim was childish, period. And being childish is not the best way to say others need to grow up.
Only when you attack the message, and not the user. You can respond to the point I'm making but when you call me a bigot and so on that's when you step over the line. I could be pretty insulting towards you in the other direction, but rather I remain civil and focus on what you say, rather than attacking you personally.
Basically, liberal outrage, does not justify what your doing, hence my warning. Understand also, roughly 50% of the population disagrees with you, and takes the extreme other side, despite what the media might portray. Conservative outrage can be just as bad and justified by the numbers, and would be equally wrong within the tenets of these forums.
It doesn't much matter though, you can believe me or not. I've said my piece. Get outraged about anything (gaming, politics, etc..) and keep attacking people and you won't be here long.
One of the reasons I've been able to take a right wing, or right-centrist approach to debates like this when they occur without getting in trouble (as I said, my health meter is the result of something else totally unrelated which resulted in an insta-ban which was repealed with probation) is because I remain polite and entirely focused on the issues
See, and here you go, beating up your straw man, and this is why I don't take a lot of arguements being made seriously, especially when they claim to represent something I believe or represent which is inaccurate. I recommend you head to Jim's other thread, read what I've actually said on the subject, which might take going back a LOT of posts to the initial statement without the issue of context from specific arguements that can't be taken on it's own, and then get back to me because I'm not going into it again in this thread.
In this case your ignorant and have absolutly no idea who, or what your even argueing with. At the best I'd guess you jumped into the other thread later, and missed the initial points of the discussion and jumped to some incorrect conclusions.
Mind you, I do not expect you to agree with me, but you might be able to form a more relevent and reasoned arguement to whom your actually trying to face the next time this debate surfaces because I'm not going to be slugging it out in this thread, having made my points in regards to this issue already and not seeing the point of an endless political brawl on what amounts to a left wing forum.
But also remember, if you don't keep it polite, you can come up with the best arguements in the world, your not going to get my attention or a response. This goes for pretty much everyone.
I do love the irony of the keen fascination the anti-gays seem to have with what other men stick their penises in behind closed doors.
See, and here you go, beating up your straw man, and this is why I don't take a lot of arguements being made seriously, especially when they claim to represent something I believe or represent which is inaccurate. I recommend you head to Jim's other thread, read what I've actually said on the subject, which might take going back a LOT of posts to the initial statement without the issue of context from specific arguements that can't be taken on it's own, and then get back to me because I'm not going into it again in this thread.
In this case your ignorant and have absolutly no idea who, or what your even argueing with. At the best I'd guess you jumped into the other thread later, and missed the initial points of the discussion and jumped to some incorrect conclusions.
Mind you, I do not expect you to agree with me, but you might be able to form a more relevent and reasoned arguement to whom your actually trying to face the next time this debate surfaces because I'm not going to be slugging it out in this thread, having made my points in regards to this issue already and not seeing the point of an endless political brawl on what amounts to a left wing forum.
But also remember, if you don't keep it polite, you can come up with the best arguements in the world, your not going to get my attention or a response. This goes for pretty much everyone.
Therumancer, I will be polite. I would like answers to some things that you have not yet addressed, at least not that I can find.
I want to fuck you. I'm not even gay, I just want you.
Thank you for writing this.
For starters my warning is about site policy. It's intended not so much because of me being concerned about people being rude to me, but because I figure off this topic some of the people involved like AC seem like they are intelligent enough where I'd enjoy conversing with them on other discussions. If they act like this routinely though every time they have a strong disagreement, they WILL get banned. Arguements about free speech and such don't apply on forums like this, whether they should or not is an entirely differant discussion which would be so far off topic as to be ridiculous, but next time it comes up I'll probably be right there with you in the thread, assuming your actually interested in things like that.
I'll also remind you that your espoused principle is a double edged sword. See, "bullshit" is a matter of perspective, especially on big issues. Right now your on a friendly forum to the socially liberal, on other sites you'd find the situation reversed. To be painfully blunt I think a point people here tend to overlook is that there is no clear "right" answer here accepted by society, simply one promoted by the media, with the reality being heavily divided. Truthfully I sometimes wonder how people here would fare if they tried to do what I do and express their point of view on a hostile site to provide some sense of balance. I suspect most would flee with their tail between their legs, or freak out to the extreme and get themselves banned.
I didn't exactly watch last weeks episode. Started it up found Jim was reading something to me didn't sound too interesting skipped forward a few times, saw the same thing, and then I went back to other things.
Personally I have no problem with "Gay" themes being in Bioware games for the most part. In fact I bought my Gay Uncle DragonAge because I figured he'd get a kick out of the gay themes. However, I disliked the way DragonAge 2 approached it. The problem was with Anders. I don't like playing a Jack Ass in any game, and evidently if you took the neutral path with Anders he constantly hit on you. Only if you were mean to him would he get a clue and stop it. Though that behavior only helped in convincing me that he had to die by the end of the game for the other obvious reasons. (why did they make the irritating murderer a healer?) I hope the Mass Effect 3 "Gay" theme isn't triggered in the same way since the last one was irritating.
The thing here is that "deviation" simply means differant from the norm. I already explained things multiple times. The way a normal, healthy human body works is for one gender to be attracted to the other, in order to propagate the species and cause the genders to cooperate for survival given the physical differances. That includes a constant sex drive and desire to copulate as we see in the general behavior of humanity, because that same desire and the pleasure involved tends to keep men around the women and so on. Anything that causes one to be attracted to something else, is by definition a deviation, as in differant from that norm.
A lot of the points your making as being "deviant" such as engaging in sex without a desire to procreate are ridiculous as that is part of how things are intended to function, it's part of what causes humans to be social creatures. The desire to seek sexual gratification is not part of what makes a deviant, deviant, it's what triggers that arousal and statisfaction.
None of which has much to do with the overall point of this discussion, which you just seemed to aknowlege, so there is no real point to argue.
To be honest right now my major concern is whether to break my personal principles and report someone due to a poster that feels the need to spam other threads with quotes from me. Not that I much care because I did say those things publically and after these years it's hardly a secret (ie if your a regular and don't know a lot of my stances when it comes to politics, it's pretty surprising), but it's still obnoxious and off topic to a lot of the relevent threads.
At any rate, I'm done on this subject again, since really it just gets circular and some people take it too far, even if your being polite currently. I'm sure it will all come up again. Maybe even in a few days if Jim decides to do a part 3... though honestly I'd like to see him get on other subjects. One of the big issues currently involving Mass Effect 3 is not the homosexuality, but the concern over "review bombing" which raises all kinds of questions about installation problems (ie rating a product a 0 for being unplayable by the users making the review), to people who put up low reviews after having pirated a working, fully complete version of the game, come to a negative conclusion, and decided to share that as part of "warning" consumers. I mean aside from the people who may or may not organize "let's bomb this for the lulz" crusades. On top of that with things like the DLC issue, there is the question as to whether it's reasonable to give a game a low rating based on day #1 DLC and content you you know is missing from the game, especially if it's something that we're seeing with this paticular batch of DLC. These are all topics I think would work well for The Jimquisition, especially seeing as he's pretty much a centrist on industry matters... but we'll see what happens.
Oh and as far as calling people on political positions, that applies largely to the arguements involved. On most matters even those claiming to be right wing here tend to be fair left leaning social liberals on these forums. I am really the only one I know of who is even slightly right when it comes to social policy. When it comes to international politics and militarism, I do tend to see a few people agreeing with me on that from time to time. I myself tend to lean to the left when it comes to issues like domestic economic policies and things like unions... I tend to be very pro-union, even if union systems are very vulnerable to corruption themselves and tend to wind up becoming shills for the very system they allege to oppose.
Dear Jim, I understand your point regarding the necessity of choice, and the way in which it isn't compulsory to include a gay Shepard. As a further disclaimer, I will be banging as many people of either gender as Shepard. However, you fail to take into artistic appraisal into effect. Viewing the series and the continuities of each of the optional story lines, and especially considering these things as a whole, adding such a glaringly different element now is a question of poor design that detracts from the artistic integrity of Mass Effect, especially considering that for many, the story itself is key to an RPG. These romance options should have been included from the beginning, and remained consistent, or else have been omitted entirely. You do argue for the fluidity of sexuality, and whilst I acknowledge that, (I agree with you; bisexuality is number one) I'd rather have been able to play gay Shepard from the outset rather than forcing him to change his preference in the third act. Finally, I hope the game includes homophobia. Prejudice is the backbone of fantasy and sci-fi politics.
Quite true, also back in the day in Bioware games you had to actively pursue the romance option. Shit I remember Jaheria being quite complex to romance correctly. In modern Bioware games if you are just civil with NPCs all of a sudden you are fighting off sexual advances with a stick. I'd like a bit of subtlety returned, although to be fair after I buy ME3 in six months or so I probably won't bother with Bioware again.
Bravo Jim well said and like yourself i really cannot understand other peoples attitudes to this at all - more choice is always good in my book, if you don't like it don't choose it....
My only complaint about all of this is the fact that this wasnt an option for the previous games, it would be a lot different to have a Shepherd who could have the choice to be gay throughout and to me is as important to have the choice of being straight throughout (or if you desire a bi Shepherd being able to chose either gender)
I agree completely on the Mass Effect front, if you like it go for it, if you don't then... well don't. Except one small detail in this rant rubbed me up the wrong way. I'm completely okay with homosexuality, I'm quite open about it. But the only level at which Pedophilia and Homosexuality differ is their legal stance. Both are sexual attractions which may or may not be acted on.
A gay man might fantasise about sex with another man, he might be gagging for it. But just like a heterosexual he isn't forced to act upon that sexual desire. Hence why the rape rate isn't through the roof. Likewise a Pedophile doesn't necessarily have to go around shagging children, that's sexual abuse.
Please, learn the difference. You can't condemn a man or woman for the sexuality they were born with. Whether they're attracted to men or that saucy Border Collie down the road. When they act on those sexual urges, please then judge.
Are we still talking about Anders? Look, I won't say DA2 was flawless, but that dialogue choice rang true for me. That is, if you rebuff someone's advances they are liable to be a little put out about it! It's tough to put yourself out there by showing attraction and get knocked back. Ten bloody rivalry points - you can still have full friendship before half way through act 2 without hardly trying! Besides, Anders does the same thing - with the same result - to F!Hawke.
There is another dialogue option - you can see the whole thing off at the pass earlier in the same conversation by saying that being posessed by a demon is creepy, for even less rivalry.
Personally I am straight, and I choose to pursue straight character relationships, HOWEVER I couldn't give two halves of a whole flying F**K about whether or not someone else chooses to have a gay character. If someone (male or female) who may or may not be a homosexual, decides that they want a same-sex realtionship between their characters, it is NONE of my own or ANYONE else's business.
You're espousing the idea that all gays should be registered and monitored by the government.
You do not deserve respect nor politeness.
Nature analogies tend to fall apart the moment you remember that rape and cannibalism are considered crimes by human standards.
What about gay people Jim? Won't they be pissed that the gay romances are just shoehorned into the game? I personally dont care either way, the game is shit anyway.
Damn, well I think between the two episodes, all the right points were made, and the fish slap to all those homophobes was good to see, I still stand by that the first episode was a wasted opportunity, as clear by the fact what that episode should've been, was mostly done in this episode instead, except for the fact that there was a rebuttle component as well.
Now hopefully, the next week will really be something new, so we can move on, I wonder if after both episodes, there are still people stupid enough to think that the game should'nt have this option?
You don't seem to understand the concept of a straw man. You are ON RECORD as saying you favour the registration and tracking of homosexuals.
I don't need to build a straw man because you've already gone so far beyond pale.
And This brings me to one point and a half to add to someone elses bebate...
Ultimately, like Darknacht says, any choices a company makes about content they are free to make however they choose. And in cases like this I can see a few motivations on such a choice. Such as "gay" Shepard appealing not just to homosexual men, but to straight women as well. Which would amount to "yay! Profit"... And I'm sure that the pressence or lack thereof when it comes to slightly rarer or more secretive acts would not be that much of a blow to their sales figures or even boost either.
Or maybe they were bored and thought it would be fun to try. You know, "art". Or many similar versions of that logic.
And then there might be the fact that M/M relationships being added might just happen to be a reasonable request. Which I can imagine could go along the lines of: "Ehh, we've got time, and it probably won't cost us that much profit (see above where i mention Straight women possibly liking it) Let's 'throw it in".
... Or a Bisexual in denial. You can't forget that.
This sounds just a little bit Freudian in the aplication of the theories here. So I have to say I don't ussually give such conotations to the weapons 'directly'. maybe undder a whole bunch of layers, but I have a much more complex view of the blade after a semi-cultured life where much more mystical meaning for the blade are given. Which in no particular order are:
The ability to fight fate or even control it, with the fate of death being symbolised by scissors in the myth of the fates.
And in the case of mystical blades: virtues such as wisdom, determination, idealism, etc.
... In the end i think of these things a long time before I think about... Erm, you know... It's there clearly, but it's only ever obvious if the context permits it, which it rarely does.
Also... I don't have envy of another man's parts. Not that mine are great, I just have absolutly no clue about what anyone would find attractive in it; In other words "I don't get it". It just looks so out of place, so... what's the word? a kind of dissonance from the rest of someone's otherwise smooth or angular body (depending on build). I don't get it. I just plain don't get it... of course I don't have to get it. And other's obviously do considering what the entire thread is about (good for them). So... Umm... Where was I going with this?
*sweat drop* um... *Wild Ze'roth flees*
Bravo! Thank God for Jim! And thank God for gay sex!
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