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Really it's just there are many vocal conservatives around who feel they must announce their disagreement with Bob's more relaxed view towards sex. Problem is they state their points as fact and not opinion.
Hm, you probably have a point here. Last romantic comedy I liked was Just Married, where they may not have actually had sex, but that was because of tons of unfortunate circumstanzes, so it is not like they weren't trying.
Me, too, Bob. It's only because I was fired for being 8 months pregnant, but it's still a relief to not work in retail. And, you're welcome.
And even though my mom is not a cross between June Cleaver and Mother Bear, most romantic comedies are made for her. I swear. She won't like this one because there's sex in it, and she'll be disappointed in Anne Hathaway for taking her clothes off. Sigh.
This just in: in order to be considered great it must be about sex. Because that's what real life is about apparently. Games, films, books... this is a remarkably true trend.
Wow, in this episode Bob touches on a theory I developed long ago about women are to be pitied because the films they feel are "theirs" - ie the typical rom-com - are garbage.
Men have much stronger, better films being made for them because Hollywood understands men far better than women (I wonder why), and by contrast, once the women of the world embrace and accept the films they feel were made for them, they inadvertently swallow offal to which men are never exposed.
This has the final effect of making women stupid, and for that I am deeply apathetic.
Truth nuggets from a great critic. Excellent. Incidentally, definitely seeing this at some point. Oh, Anne Hathaway...
Oh, come now. An adult relationship has sex. It's not required, true, but it's very unusual without it. I agree with this review. A rom-com without sex feels childish, neutered, even patronising. It's refreshing to see a film prepared to approach sex in a mature and vaguely realistic way, rather than 'something' that happens beneath the bed covers.
So, MovieBob . . . You liked this film because it had noticeable amounts of sex between two relatively attractive actors.
You lose 50,000 respect points for approving art that caters to the most basic carnal tastes. Please reevaluate your position on said art.
Well, maybe if it does well, it will revolutionize chick flicks, or it would if Disney would do their part & stop stuffing lies & unrealistic expectations about romance into young girl's heads.
I'm going to assume when you're saying "all [insert actresses here] movies put together" you're just talking about their romantic comedies, and not including things like Meg Ryan in InnerSpace or Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side.
I'm torn here. I will admit to watching a lot of chick flicks (most of them I have no problem saying are not good/great movies). They are what I watch when I'm tired and I don't want anything demanding or stressful.
That being said, saying that sex makes this movie more realistic is odd to me. Our medias are over-saturated with hyper-sexuality and I'm actually tired of it. Sex is amazing, I love it but seriously there's other things to life and a relationship than that. It's definitely a big part of it, for me at least, but the romance, the intimacy and time spent sharing are just as valuable. Now that doesn't me that cheesy crap is good. Even thought I love chick flicks, just the trailer for letters to juliet was too much for me. That crap like 27 dresses are sold as being honest portrayal of women today killed me. Besides, isn't sensuality also a great alternative? I'm sorry but Green Fried Tomatoes has the most sensual undertones between the two females leads even thought it's never explicit that they are a couple. In the commentary track it's even mentioned that the food scene in the movie is their version of sex, which I always felt was highly sexually charged. Not to mention, I'm not sure I agree that sex is that non-existent in chick flicks. It might not always be on camera but it's often implied.
The point is, bad chick flicks are bad because they are badly written and/or badly acted, just like any other movies. No offense but there's a lot of action movies that can be just as bad. Blood and boobs don't make good movies, not for me anyway. If they don't serve the story I don't give a crap.
Interesting review, I'm definitely curious about the movie but I'm not sold that sex is what has been missing in chick flicks.
I think I'll pass still.
With all due respect, I don't think sex (or the lack thereof) is the reason that so many romantic comedies make many people want to rip out their fingernails to jam them into their eyes and ears.
And while it may be that I'm just not cynical enough, I don't tend to feel that sex is the only drive for romance, either. If it was, there would be no romantic comedies let alone so many of them doing so well; we would instead be wishing that pornography had better scripts.
I have to confess that I've liked a fair number of romantic comedies. In the good ones, you like the people you're watching well enough to hope that they get together because they seem like they'd make one another happy and you want them to be happy. (That they might make one another happy horizontally comes second.)
But the most likable people in the world will frustrate you purple when they act like puppets. Especially when they act out of character in order to fulfil the mandatory romcom checklist. Or when we're supposed to forget what's come before because "that's how romantic comedies go."
*SPOILERS AHEAD*- for some movies that are a few years old. Can't be helped.
Take "How to Lose A Guy in 10 Days". Both hero and heroine have, in essence, started their relationship on the basis of a bet. But hers is that she can treat a man so abysmally that he'll choose to dump her. So he spends the entire movie being nice to her and putting up with her, and she deliberately finds ways to irritate him to prove her point. It is perhaps a credit to Kate Hudson that her character is still halfway likable despite this contrivance, but even still, when (inevitably) their respective bets are revealed and the third-act break-up goes off, he still ends up having to run after her.
Even worse is "Hitch", in which the "heroine" abuses the hero in his attempts to court her throughout the movie and then not only does an enormous harm to his life but nearly undoes much of the good he's done for many people on the basis of a misunderstanding she's rushed to the worst possible interpretation of in record time. And he still ends up running after her. It's truly amazing that the writers didn't realize that half the audience at this point is rooting for her to apologize at the very least (she never does), if not get a villain-style comeuppance.
"The Truth About Cats and Dogs" at least has the grace to have the heroine come after the hero after the third-act-misunderstanding-separation, and invests both with enough charm that we don't root against their coming together.
"My Best Friends Wedding" goes one better- it eschews the inevitable pairing up at the end for the far more likely reality that the heroine's best friend is indeed going to stay with the perfectly lovely young woman he's chosen to marry in the first place. Ironically, "Made of Honor" (don't look at me, it was my wife's choice)- uses the same premise but flips the genders and then fails to notice that "MBFW"'s ending is enormously superior, especially given the extent to which we're shown that the "hero" is in fact kind of a callow jerk and the heroine's fiancee is an enormously successful and capable man who, unlike said "hero", actually had the sense to see the heroine's worth before she was in danger of being taken away.
I guess what it comes down to is that we're willing to see likable people together, but GOOD romantic comedies never railroad their audience. You can get away with a certain amount of formula if your characters and their dialogue is well written and we like and identify with them. But heaven help you if the tropes of the genre are pulling in a direction that we don't believe, or worse, don't want to go.
So... Is the writing good enough and the characters likable enough to be worth watching without the unquestionable draw of seeing Anne Hathaway naked?
in response to your "thank you," Bob, you're welcome
Bob hates the blind side, thinks it has racist undertones.
Yeah..... Sorry Bobby, but i don't buy it. Sex isn't the be-all and end-all of romantic relationships, and relationships that are built around/fueled mostly by mutual physical attraction tend to feel flimsy and plastic in comparision to relationships that stem from gradual and progressive emotional involvement, at least in my experience. Indetifying Sex as the key ingredeant in devoloping a tangible relationship speaks volumes about yourself good sir.
Eh, anyway, between I Love You Too and Scott Pilgrim my Cinema Rom-Com quota is filled for this year. Probs check it out when it comes to DVD
gr8 review,
Anne Hathaway in eastide gangland with Channing Tatam? Yes, I will definately give that a go.
Ach, Bob. You said there's more vidceral emotion in The Transporter than in any film with sandra bullock in... BUT SHE WAS IN FUCKING SPEED!!!! Keanu Reeves... I most certainly would.
"Genetical Engineering"! that part made my day !
But I really, REALLY dont want to.
Ive always said that "RomComs" suck but only because I have not seen any good ones, not because it was a "RomCom" but even if this one was based in reality instaed of the lust free dream world its userly set in, surely the fact that its the same basic crap means that its still awful... just not as awful.
How can you say that? I mean I can sort of get where your coming from but REALLY?
I know im going to sound like an absolute twat for this sentance but relationships with people tend to be similar to relationships with most other things in terms of progression. Its the visuals, the aesthetics that first catch your eye and drag you in but its only a connection on a deeper level that keeps a relationship going and for me at least this applies for most things. Even if you dont value it as an integrul part you cant deny it as a catalyst.
Denying sex (aesthetics) as a key foundation in a relationship is not only wrong in many ways but quite mean. Could you honestly look at someone your in a sexual relationship with and say "Hey I love hanging out with you but I am not the least bit interested in you physically" FUCK THAT, I would hate to be with a girl who found me unappealing to look at. Its not natural, its not nice and even though there is far more to a good sexual relationship then JUST sex casting it in the negative way your making it out to be, just seems wrong to me.
I know there are exceptions, I know there are people who truly dont care but I at least am not one of them and for you to look down on people like me because I find it insensitive, calling me shallow and what ever else, really is offensive. Not that im to bothered, I get stick off my Mum every now and then for not finding overweight girls attractive so im used to it.
And she takes her clothes off 3 or 4 times. Which apparently makes for a good movie should this review be believed.
To be fair, I've heard good reviews on this movie elsewhere as well. But using sex as the selling point is kind of silly, given Bob's reputation here. Even if it's true, it won't be taken seriously because he spends a lot of time drooling on the girls as a positive point in a movie. You can say they are more realistic characters without harping on so much about the sex.
Y'know what's also pretty damn offensive? You saying the part I emphasised. You may not be aware of it, but there are people in this world right now, trying their best to please their significant other by having sex with them despite feeling disgusted by sex. It might not be nice, but they're just as much of a natural occurrence as you are. Just like sex is a basic need to most people, the emotional connection and other benefits of long-term relationships are a basic need to them, so it's not like they have much of a choice, especially with everyone and their mother saying that there's something wrong with them for not liking sex so they keep trying.
If you think you have it bad because your mother occasionally gives you smack, try having no choice but to live in relationships where you're constantly expected to take the bullet and do your best to nurture your relationship in a way that makes you feel sick or else be dumped and told that there's something wrong with you and that you're some sort of freak of nature.
Sex is as important as being emotionally invested in someone. It's 50/50. Sex is not more or better than having an emotional relationship, but it's equal to it. If you're not sexually compatible then it's obvious you guys are not meant for each other. Sex is very important, just like having an emotional investment with the person is. I'm baffled at the comments here. I would have never thought The Escapist would attract so many sexually conservative people, or should I say sexually dissatisfied individuals. I was in school a couple of hours ago and showed my friend, who is a 23 year old girl, some of the comments here and she can't believe some of the comments posted. She wonders if any females commented on this forum.
I don't want to sound mean, but what the fuck is wrong with you people? It's very obvious a lot, not all, have had little experience in this department.
Again, it's all about sexual compatibility. If you are not compatible with that person then it's more than a good enough reason to leave, or live a miserable life like you stated. If you don't like sex then look for someone who doesn't like it as well. Also, it's pretty obvious you're talking about yourself.
Not going to deny that, but think about this: it was based on real life. Real life people have racist undertones. Therefore, according to Bob's logic from this video, it should be good because it's like reality.
It's kind of hard to do a movie that depicts people doing racist things without the movie itself being called racist.
I believe what the person you're responding to was refering to (and I welcome a correction if I am mistaken) was not a "lack of compatability" or "experience;" but rather "ASEXUALITY" - i.e. people who do not have what you'd call a "sex-drive." Basically, they are otherwise healthy and simply have no biological impulse toward or desire for sex: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asexuality
Unfortunately, it's a widely misunderstood identity - but the folks who've brought it up here are quite correct: It's very real, and it's every bit as natural and normal as most other forms of human sexuality. There's nothing "wrong" with it, in other words.
Ok, I agree. Your right its a two way street. Its not fair for these people to be looked at like freaks as much as it is for me to be seen as shallow.
I apologise for the way I put my previous comment (at least the last bit) as it is a tad preachy and it was twatish of me to focus in on only the negative, sorry. Its just the way you put how what MovieBob focused on as speeching volumes about him as this has been something constantly cramed down my throat. Ive had stick from my friends as well on this matter were theyve tried setting me up with girls in the past and ive said no because I did not find them sexualy attractive. I still enjoyed hanging out with them in a group I just did not want a relationship with someone I did not find attractive and I refuse to accept that this makes me some sort of pig.
I understand that there is a deeper connection required for a good relationship and one of these is the ability to understand what makes your "other half" tick and weather or not you tick the same boxs e.g. sex drive or as you mentioned a lack of. Everyones different and its just a massive annoyance to me when people judge but as I sort of did this in my previous post all I can do is again apologise for sounding so righteous.
Sorry if I miss understood your comment guy but I think you may have misunderstood Verps a little. He was not saying that those with no sexual compatability should try to relate on a deeper level and be happy with that, he was saying that there was another side of MY argument that I ignored. I think I may be the one at fault here, I think my previous comment may have been to focused on the negative side of the argument.
You are right, it is split down the middle for most however there are those who are fine with either one or the other. I had a friend who dated several overweight ladies and when I asked weather or not he was attracted to larger girls he said no. He said he did not really see the difference which is healthy (I assume) but he still made a point about their sex. I suppose there are different outlets for different emotions.
It's NOT 50/50, it's anywhere between 100/0 to 0/100 depending on the individual.
To you it may be 50/50, to your friend it may be 50/50, and to everyone you personally know it may be 50/50, but you and those people are not everyone or even the majority of people. On the extreme end of the spectrum there are romantic asexuals who only crave the emotional side of a romantic relationship and on the opposite side of the spectrum there are aromantic sexuals who pretty much only need the sex. Most people are located somewhere between and as a bonus, there are people like me who fall outside the spectrum altogether: people who crave a solid ratio of 0/0 when it comes to sexual intimacy and romantic intimacy, collectively known as aromantic asexuals.
Try to get it through your head that generalisations like "Everyone wants this and this is how much they want it compared to this" do not work no matter what you're talking about, whether it's romantic relationships or the ratio of milk to coffee.
Also, I'm not sexually conservative, I'm very liberal about sex. I think everyone should be able to do whatever the fuck they want with their sexual lives as long as the participating individuals (if living) consent to it and no expectations should be forced down anyone's throat. The truth is though, the expectation that everyone likes sex and values it all the same is a misconception, a harmful one, because it simply isn't true and it will never be true.
Never saw it so I can't comment
Why is everybody getting so hung up on this? Bob didn't say that the ONLY reason why a movie is good and realistic, is if the characters are going at it. He simply said that these kinds of movies usually suck because they pretend that sex doesn't exist. And that's exactly what they do. It's in a way the exact opposite of porn, where sexual desires is all that exists, with total lack of emotion.
I don't think he meant that a movie necessarily needs to feature sex scenes to be realistic, rather than the characters not being completely unaware of sex and sexual attraction. Even if a character were asexual, I'd think they'd be very aware that sex exists and also very aware and afraid, that the person they love might not feel the same way about it and maybe wants to have sex one day, a need that they can't please. So yes, not everybody feels that sex is a very important part of a relationship. Sure, not every love is based on physical attraction. But sex exists and while it's nice to actually care about someone's personality and even nicer if that's more important to you than appearance, we all know that the physical part is still an important one of a relationship and even if you don't particularly like it or want to practice it, you are at least well aware of it's existence.
So what Bob critizises, is not lack of sex and nudity but lack of realistic behavior. The character's missing sexual drive is not an actual part of their personality or the script, but either (or a combination of) bad writing and basicly a forced inconsistency, simply there so they can also collect the money of those people, who are so afraid of sex and children, who aren't supposed to know about it anyway (or at least only know of it as a pure technical thing to reproduce, but sure as hell not that it could be fun).
It's not new, that business decisions tend to harm the quality of a movie and since RomComs are built around relationships, they're messing with the core of the movie which is pretty damn harmful, I'd say. Still, that doesn't mean that you can't enjoy these movies, it just means that they aren't particularly good or believable.
What part of " If you don't like sex then look for someone who doesn't like it as well" you didn't understand? I never said he was a "freak" or insulted him. My problem is that he stated his opinion as fact. Also, asexual are a minority. I've met them. They do exist, but it's not a majority. Humans are animals. We're sexual animals with needs. Did you know that humans are the only animals that can have sex for more then two minutes? There is a reason for that, but I digress.
... What have you been smoking? There are lots of animal species that can have sex more than two minutes at a time. There are animal species that have dozens of frequent, separate short sessions for hours and then there are some, like tortoises and rhinos, who really, really take their time with just one act. Hell, even something like a dragonfly mating takes longer than that, which is why they need to be able to take off and fly even during mating.
MORE THEN TWO MINUTES!!! I better practice more...
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Time was, wrestling cards in Jacksonville would draw upwards of 5,000 people — sometimes more than once a week. Back in the glory days of "Championship Wrestling from Florida," the Briscos, the Funks, Harley Race, Ric Flair and a rotating cast of barroom brawlers built like brick shithouses brought out huge crowds.
Today a lot of those guys are dead or getting there. And those days have been gone for quite some time.
Like stagflation, the Jacksonville Journal and the paper mill smell that choked this city like an olfactory homunculus, the days of turnaway crowds at the rasslin' matches are as dead as kayfabe — the belief, promulgated by promoters until the World Wrestling Federation steroid trials of the early 1990s that wrestling is "real."
World Wrestling Entertainment gets here a few times a year, and does decent business, but the old days are long gone, despite the best efforts of John Cena and the gang.
Wrestling, of course, is still an active "thing" — as Shelton Hull's profile of indie wrestler Jon Davis [News, "Don't Try This at Home," Jan. 8] indicated. There are still touring troupes. One of the best-regarded — Evolve — came back to Jacksonville for a pay-per-view performance for the first time since last summer, when the company drew a few hundred bodies to the sweltering Potter's House gym on the ever-scenic Westside.
The company continued its tradition of holding wrestling events in economic blight zones on Jan. 12, when it held Evolve 27 at one of the most notorious nightclubs in the entire city, Plush, located in the heart of the Arlington Crime Blotter. The club, which has been in operation almost continuously under one name or another since at least the early '90s (now sort of officially called Brewster's Megaplex), has been a rite of passage for everyone from hip-hop heads and rave kids to punk rockers — old and new school.
Noise is often made about shutting the place down, but it has more staying power than Barry White on Viagra. The recessed floor of the building always made it seem an ideal venue for a wrestling show, and kudos to Evolve for figuring that out.
The turnout? More paper than a Ben Bernanke wet dream — which was fine, because the floor (which comprises much of the venue's capacity) was filled with a wrestling ring. The couches on the side of the building were full of people, more or less, as was the balcony. It seemed like a lot of the crowd could have been on someone's guest list, given how intimately they knew the workers.
There was a time when I knew a lot about wrestling, but not so much anymore. Many of those wrestlers I'd never seen. Many, most likely, I will never see again. That's not for lack of trying on their part.
Almost to a man, the wrestlers on the card took risks and pulled off moves like they were on the biggest stage of their entire lives, not working in front of maybe 100 people in a nightclub where the biggest "touch of class" was a Creole-speaking septuagenarian bathroom attendant (!) dressed like Bartles & James. He sat in the men's room, speaking Creole into a cell phone the whole time, and ensuring that nothing illicit went down in the stalls.
Wrestlers threw other wrestlers into metal walls and stage like kids play-fighting on mattresses and, consistent with the last two decades of wrestling (since the emergence of Extreme Championship Wrestling back in the day), no one really bothered to "sell" anything. The aesthetic impact was like a three-hour-long thrash show, in which the only injury sold was, in the words of an insider, "legit."
A wrestler by the name of Harlem Bravado took a pile-driver off the wall onto six chairs stacked on the concrete floor. He did not get up quickly, or under his own power. It took the crowd a few minutes to realize that what was happening was real. There was no EMT on the scene, and reports were that he had "lost feeling on his left side."
The old days and the old rasslin' are gone now, replaced by a high-impact style that cripples its craftsmen before they go gray. That can't be contested. But it's entertainment, and for the indie wrestling fans of the 21st century, that's enough.


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Gaspar Perricone got a child-size .22-caliber rifle for his first birthday. In high school, he went duck hunting before class and stowed his shotgun in his pickup. Then he went to work for a Democratic U.S. senator and formed a group to promote hunting and fishing issues. Now he has landed in the wide-open space between the two poles in the national gun debate.
The group Perricone co-founded with another former aide to Sen. Mark Udall of Colorado, The Bull Moose Sportsmen's Alliance, took the unusual step this month of releasing a poll that showed wide support among hunters for universal background checks. Most public polls have shown about 90 percent of all voters support such a measure. Perricone followed up with a piece in the Washington-based publication Politico arguing for such a plan. And he met with President Barack Obama during the Democrat's trip to Denver this month to promote Colorado's state-level gun-control initiatives.
"We are pro-gun, there's no two ways about that," Perricone, 29, said recently in an interview, stressing that his group opposes bans on assault weapons or high-capacity magazines. "But we're also mothers and fathers. ... We don't want to see another Newtown."
As is often the case in politics, the loudest voices in the gun-control debate that resurfaced after the massacre in December at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., have come from the opposite ends of the ideological spectrum.
The National Rifle Association and other gun-rights groups have strongly objected to the White House's gun-control package, and pressure from them led to the defeat of a series of Senate measures this week. Gun-control groups have countered with the body counts from Sandy Hook, the elementary school in Newtown, Conn., where 20 children and six adults were killed after the gunman killed his own mother, and Aurora, Colo., where 12 people died in a movie theater shooting in July.
In the middle are groups like Bull Moose, which says its membership includes about 5,000 hunters and anglers across the country. Before Sandy Hook, the group's main foray into Second Amendment issues was to support federal legislation that made it easier for the government to help fund shooting ranges.
Dave Workman, editor of The GunMag, has worked for hunting and gun-rights publications for decades, and he distinguishes between hunters and strong gun-rights activists. "A lot of hunters are not really political animals," Workman said. "They just want to go out and kill a deer, shoot a duck or whatever."
But Workman said increasing numbers of hunters are alarmed at new gun-control proposals and are becoming more active in the fight for firearms rights. "You have a crossover bunch, and it's growing," he said.
Jonathan Cooper, a former director of South Dakota's Department of Game, Fish and Parks, said that most hunters he knows worry about gun violence and favor regulations that are frowned upon by groups like the NRA. The issue came up at a recent dinner of a duck-hunting group in Pierre, S.D.
"Those guys said, 'If there's a chance that we can do something to stop another Sandy Hook from happening, it is our responsibility as sportsmen,'" said Cooper, a gun collector and former firearms dealer. "That's where we start to get out from underneath the porch, in the mind of some of those NRA people, and they think you're a dirty, rotten communist."
As the White House has pushed to expand gun restrictions after Sandy Hook, it has reached out to gun enthusiasts like Cooper and Perricone, both of whom met with Vice President Joe Biden's task force on gun violence. "As responsible gun owners, we just thought it was important for us to be part of that conversation," said Tim Mauck, Bull Moose's other co-director and a county commissioner in rural Clear Creek County, west of Denver.
Individual sporting groups historically have stayed relatively quiet on firearms issues, deferring to shooting organizations like the NRA. One vivid example of why came in January, when a Pennsylvania gun show announced it would not sell assault rifles in the wake of the Newtown shooting. The NRA helped organize a boycott that led to organizers canceling the show.
American Wildlife Conservation Partners, a coalition of 42 outdoor-oriented groups that includes the NRA and many hunters organizations, sent a letter this month to senators warning against "unnecessary restrictions of our ability to attain and possess legal firearms." It supported increased school security and mental health screening but was silent on firearms restrictions or universal background checks.
Perricone and Mauck founded Bull Moose in February 2010. Within months, its political wing spent $117,000 to help Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet in Colorado fend off a Republican challenger in November, according to federal campaign finance reports. The group spent $17,000 helping Democrat Martin Heinrich win a Senate seat in New Mexico last year. The organization raised $354,000 in 2011, according to its most recently available tax returns.
Some gun enthusiasts have speculated that Bull Moose is simply a well-funded outfit that pretends to represent grass roots while pushing an agenda favored by its financial backers. Perricone says Bull Moose's money has come in the form of donations from members and other conservation or outdoors groups. He said the group has endorsed Republicans as well as Democrats, even though it has only spent on Democratic campaigns.
In an interview in a Denver coffee shop, Perricone, who also sits on Colorado's Parks and Wildlife Commission, spent more time worrying about overzealous gun-control efforts than discussing tighter restrictions on firearms. He said that when he and others met with Obama during the president's Colorado swing, he went out of his way to remind Obama that many people like him have only had positive associations with guns.
Bull Moose did not get involved in the high-profile debate in the Colorado Legislature over firearms. The state's Democratic governor last month signed bills requiring universal background checks and banning high-capacity gun magazines, leading to boycotts by some hunting groups. Perricone said Bull Moose focuses on federal issues. He noted that Colorado required background checks at gun shows after the 1999 Columbine High School massacre and said that hasn't slowed his collection of more than two dozen guns.
Perricone said one of his greatest fears is that any sensible gun restrictions are blocked, and then another tragedy like Sandy Hook sparks calls for more severe regulations. "I don't want to see the nation get to the point where they feel nobody should have guns," he said.
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Staz is the vampire boss of a section of the demon world, but he has little interest in human blood. He's more infatuated with Japanese culture. When he learns that Yanagi Fuyumi, a Japanese teenage girl, accidentally wanders into the demon city, he jumps to the occasion. However, while Staz deals with an intruder on his turf, the oblivious Fuyumi is killed by a monster and becomes a wandering ghost. The disappointed Staz vows to her that he will find a way to bring Fuyumi back to life.
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The vampire, Staz C. Blood, is one of the most powerful district bosses in the demon world, fending off everyone who dares challenge him. But secretly, Staz is also quite obsessed with human culture, especially video games, manga, and everything that comes from Japan.
When Staz makes a decision that he wants something, he's known for always accomplishing his goal and getting or doing whatever it is that he set out for. So, when the young Japanese girl, Fuyumi, wanders into the demon world by accident and dies, Staz declares that he'll help bring her back to life and is determined to do just that. And in helping her he also gets the chance to travel to the human world, somewhere he's always dreamed of going.
The human high-school-aged girl who becomes lost in Demon World through unknown methods and for unknown reasons, she becomes a ghost after being eaten by a carnivorous plant. The triangle headband she dawns is a symbol of this. Yanagi is a from Japan, and because of this Staz is even more interested in her, often asking about anime and manga from the human world. She wishes to be resurrected as a human, and to help Staz achieve that goal.
An experienced and talented street fighter, Wolf is a long time friend and rival of Staz. Wolf was abandoned by his parents for not being a pure werewolf. When Wolf gets over-hyped, he grows claws and he grows a snout. He seems to have a small crush on Yanagi.
A sorceress of the highest quality, she meets up with Yanagi and Staz after they use her gateway connecting Hell and Earth after it was stolen from her. She has expressed interest both in unsealing Staz's powers and it is hinted that she has a crush on him. A naturally outgoing and goofy person, she is rarely seen without her giant backpack.
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Type: TV
Episodes: Unknown
Status: Not yet aired
Aired: Jul 7 2013 to ?
Producers: Brains Base
Genres: Comedy, Demons, Vampire, Supernatural, Seinen
Duration: 24 min. per episode
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Opening Theme: #1: "ViViD" by May'n (ep 1)
Ending Theme: "BLOODY HOLIC" by Yuuka Nanri
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So I'm snatching this thread before Starky makes one lol.
Anyway, this is the other anime that I am anticipating for this season.
It'll air a week after the future masterpiece that is Free!
and I am positive that this will deliver as well. As one who hasn't read the manga,
I think the characters look very interesting.
So excited. And Wolf <3
Will you still love me when I'm no longer young and beautiful?
Could have potential, depends if its cool vampires or lame girly fantasy vampires. Probably give it 3 episodes and see from there
Maths is hard
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Could have potential, depends if its cool vampires or lame girly fantasy vampires. Probably give it 3 episodes and see from there
I'm excited but tbh I still have doubts.
Some of Brains Base's works are my favorites
(Baccano!, Natsume Yuujinchou series, Durarara!!)
but they make messy anime as well. (Amnesia)
Hoping they'll do a great job with this!
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mipegg wrote:
Could have potential, depends if its cool vampires or lame girly fantasy vampires. Probably give it 3 episodes and see from there
I'm excited but tbh I still have doubts.
Some of Brains Base's works are my favorites
(Baccano!, Natsume Yuujinchou series, Durarara!!)
but they make messy anime as well. (Amnesia)
Hoping they'll do a great job with this!
Yea, I loved baccano and amnesia, really enjoyed DRRR (thought it was a bit trashy but fun non the less). Is anyone else a little taken aback by how few announcements we've gotten? I mean, the new seasons are starting tomorrow but so far only 3 shorts and 3 shows? Guess it could just be everything is on a sunday again so they're leaving it for a few days
Maths is hard
Well made discussion topic. I am really looking forward to this show.
If I don't have to do it, I won't. If I have to do it, I'll make it quick.
There are a couple of brains anime up here so its moderately likely CR'll grab it?
Maths is hard
Woohoo! Yeah! The manga is pretty funny. I'm gonna watch this if i find it uploaded somewhere, thanks to this thread.
lol you already started this one ?
Well I like the synopsis so far and I am starting to like our lead seiyuu Ohsaka Ryota who was just Maou sama in Hataraku, my favorite comedy anime this year
Do we know who will be streaming this one.
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Possible that CR might get this. Some recent translators picked up the manga up again also.
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I hope CR get's this~ I'm looking forward to this series and Free!
Tuxedo Mask!!!
I also really hope that CR gets this! This is one of my most anticipated shows of summer with Free! and Kamisama no Inai Nichiyoubi! I also love the manga. I love how Ohsaka Ryota first voices Maou Sadao who is Satan and then Staz who is a vampire in Hell!
Playing DRAMAtical Murder! <3
sure why not
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I'll probably check it out.
Welcome to the first week of the rest of your life.
Can't wait! LOVE the manga!
If you guys love the manga then it must have good comedy written in it....
common Maou sama , I mean Vampire District Big Boss of the ...Demon world gang ..and a . utako....was it ...lol
back to work
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I'll be supplying updates from Raiders HQ in Alameda throughout the day.
My final mock draft was posted in Bay Area News-Group East Bay papers this morning, with some picks I already regret.
In the interest of full disclosure, I actually had tight end Oklahoma State tight end Brandon Pettigrew going to Atlanta (having worked on the draft before the trade of Tony Gonzalez to the Falcons) and only an alert copy editor (thanks, Dave Belli) saved me with a phone call.
I gave the Falcons Boston College defensive tackle Ron Brace instead, then sent Pettigrew to Arizona. That, unfortnately, bounced San Jose State defensive tackle Jarron Gilbert out of the first round, including a real clever line about jumping out of the pool and into the starting lineup.
During our mock 10-pick draft on Comcast Sportsnet Bay Area Friday night, the Jacksonville selector gave some thought to Ohio State running back Chris "Beanie" Wells. I felt validated for a moment, knowing I'd picked Wells for the Jags myself to pair with Maurice Jones-Drew as a replacement for Fred Taylor.
Fellow panelists Kevin Lynch (49ers insider) and Matt Maiocco (Santa Rosa Press Democrat) told me I was crazy. You can find running backs anywhere in the draft. You don't take them at No. 8. At least not this year. They're probably right.
Other potential gaffes _ I left Percy Harvin out of the first round altogether, thinking if he didn't have enough sense to show up clean to the most important weekend of his professional life, then teams would question his decision-making enough to leave him out the first round.
The general consensus is that I've erred big time on that score _ who cares about a toke or two when you're a potentially devastating slot receiver? I'm usually cynical enough to realize talent trumps a minor drug issue every time. Teams and the league frown and threaten, then look the other way if it means a few electrifying touchdowns.
I also had defensive end LSU Tyson Jackson way too low, at No. 15 to Houston. He's had some support at No. 3 to Kansas City and No. 10 to San Francisco (by Maiocco).
No confirmed deals as of yet, although the Raiders are reportedly, and not surprisingly, shopping end Derrick Burgess.
The gamble on Burgess is that he's in a salary year, which could mean double-figure sacks. Do you ride out that potential production or move him to get a mid-round draft pick that could conceivably have little or no effect in 2009 but strengthen you for the future?
I'd lean toward keeping him and making him a nickel rusher, giving him fewer plays and keeping him fresh, riding out the last year. Sacks are hard to come by.
But the Raiders have a better idea of Burgess' and his body type than I do. They could be shipping out a spent player, with someone else hoping for 10 sacks they'll never see as Burgess spends half the season nursing injuries.


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Controversial plans to build a 4700sqm Tesco, a four-storey hotel and 269 flats on a Tolworth brownfield site will finally come before councillors.
The site, next to Charrington Bowl, would also include a restaurant, café, and more than 200 parking spaces each for the flats and the supermarket.
A fifth of flats would be designated affordable housing.
Residents are divided by the proposals, submitted a year and a half ago, with Kingston Council having received 50 letters of objection, but 87 in support.
Points of opposition included:
- The new hotel and supermarket would threaten businesses in Tolworth Broadway
- Traffic could increase
- Already-high pollution would be made worse
- The designs are out of character with the surrounding area
Supporters said they would welcome the generation of new jobs, and that the development would boost Tolworth's appeal and levels of trade.
The Chessington District Residents' Association, the Hook Rise South Residents' Association, and the Kingston Society all oppose the plans.
Transport for London (TfL) objects on safety grounds, while council traffic engineers said more thought needed to be given to the development's impact on nearby roads and residential parking.
Applicant Spenhill Ltd is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tesco.
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BANGALORE, India, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- India's armed forces are looking for an alternate missile deployment truck after the Defense Ministry put on hold procurement of a Tatra vehicle because of bribery allegations.
Under consideration are trucks by manufacturers from Russia and, in particular, the Volat series made by MZKT -- Minsk Wheel Tractor Plant -- in Belarus, a report by the Press Trust of India said.
MZKT was set up in Minsk in 1954 when Belarus was part of the Soviet Union and specializes in making heavy off-road vehicles, especially military trucks.
The Press Trust said the Defense Ministry recently called a meeting, which was attended by all military stakeholders, on the issue.
A search for an alternative truck to the Czech-designed, Indian-made Tatra is the latest twist in an ongoing bribery investigation by the government's Central Bureau of Investigation that started early last year.
The basic vehicles -- heavy duty all-terrain trucks for transport of troops, tanks and missiles systems in the battlefield -- are made by Tatra in the Czech Republic and were set to be tweeked in India by Bharat Earth Movers Ltd.
BEML won the order for hundreds of the vehicles in March 2010, a report by the Indian news site NetIndian said at the time. The order is for nearly 500 8X8 vehicles and nearly 300 6X6 vehicles.
BEML has supplied several thousand Tatra variants in recent years and the 2010 order was to be fulfilled within 18 months, the NetIndian report said, quoting a BEML statement.
It said the Ministry of Defense already had made an advance payment of half the total amount.
But delivery and the procurement process for the vehicles, as well as that for several other military projects, have ground to a halt amid the CBI investigation concerning allegations of bribery by former Army Chief Gen. V.K. Singh, who retired in May.
A report by NDTV said Singh disclosed in an interview with a private television station last year that he was offered a bribe, just months after he took office in mid 2010, to clear allegedly substandard Tatra trucks supplied by BEML for purchase by the army.
BEML Chairman and Managing Director V.R.S. Natarajan denied Singh's allegations, threatening to sue him, the NDTV report said.
"The former army chief has made some allegations against BEML. As the chief executive of the company, I deny them as absolutely false, motivated, damaging and defamatory," Natarajan said.
A report by The Times of India in late October said the CBI filed a case against retired Lt. Gen. Tejinder Singh for allegedly offering the bribe to Singh to clear the purchase of 1,676 high-mobility Tatra trucks for the Indian army.
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Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo will make his season debut tonight against the Los Angeles Lakers, team president of basketball operations Danny Ainge confirmed Thursday.
"Barring any setbacks, I think (Rondo is) planning on playing (Friday night)," Ainge said at the team's practice facility.
Ainge was asked what he expects from Rondo, who has been out since Jan. 25, 2013 with a torn ACL in his right knee.
"I'm not sure. He hasn't played for a year," Ainge said. "What I've seen throughout my professional basketball career is that the ACL injury is something that every player has to overcome and coming back mentally, not just physically. I anticipate some adjustments and just getting used to playing and feeling confident and returning to the player that he was.
"And I think he will get there, and I don't know how long it will take, if that means a week or a month or what. He has to get back out on the court and he has to try it, and now is as good a time as any."
Rondo hinted at tonight's return earlier this week on Twitter by offering the time (in seconds) between his surgery and Friday's tipoff.
Rondo was on the bench in uniform Wednesday night for the first time this season when the Celtics beat the Toronto Raptors to snap a nine-game losing streak.
Both Ainge and Celtics coach Brad Stevens said Rondo will have a minutes restriction.
"I'm going to talk to him after practice, and the plan of attack will be he will play 18 to 20 minutes, and that would be a max," Stevens said. "So then you decide how you want to disperse those and how you want to attack each portion of the game and all those things. So that's what we're going to talk about. Obviously, he is our starting point guard, so I want to make sure we figure out the right minutes for him so he doesn't get too stiff on the bench and all that other stuff.
"Knowing Rondo, he's going to be complaining about (a minutes restriction), probably checking himself back into the game, occasionally, because that's who he is. But that's the game plan."
Rondo was briefly assigned to the Maine Red Claws of the NBA Development League on Wednesday before being called up a few hours later. It was mainly for workout purposes.


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8 Lyrics Drake Rhymed When He Heard about Serena's Pregnancy
We can only image the heartbreak Drake felt when his former boo, Serena Williams, the best woman's tennis player ever in the entire world, announced her pregnancy with another man. Here's what went through his head:
8.) "How Beautiful Our Kids Would Be, Girl, I Don't Need Convincing":
Obviously, Drake began in a state of denial. It's hard to accept the one you loved has moved on to bear the child of the dude that created Reddit. So, instead of accepting it, he dreams of the athletic and musically talented prodigy of a child that could have been theirs.
7.) "You Used to Call Me on My Cellphone":
It's common to reminisce on past memories before trying to move on from a relationship. One might look at old photos, listen to songs that hold sentiment, or in Drizzy's case, recall the booty calls they once shared.
6.) "Motherfucker Never Loved Us":
Though Drake is a sensitive man, it's no shock that some anger bubbled its way to the surface as he struggles through these stages of grief. It's hard to believe there's an angry bone in his body, but they're there and they're mad at Serena.
5.) "If You Had a Sister I Would Still Choose You":
Serena's sister, Venus, also a power tennis star in her day, may have crossed Drake's mind once or twice. But, to show how devoted he still is to Serena, he confirms he would still choose her every time. What a guy.
4.) "Fuck a Fake Friend, Where My Real Friends at?":
Obviously, Drake is reaching out for support right about now. It's a vital time for him to feel a sense of community. He needs his friends, family, and avid @champagnepapi followers like you to show him some love and loyalty to help him through this.
3.) "Still Starin' at the Titties Though":
In the end, Drake likes his girls BBW and for that, Serena will always hold a place in his heart. No matter how defeated he is, no matter how hung up on what will never be, he will never stop staring at the titties.
2.) "You the Best I Ever Had":
Close to acceptance, Drake realizes how lucky he was when he had Serena. She's a bright, beautiful, warrior of a woman who obliterates her opponents on the court, just like she's obliterated Drake's heart with this news.
1.) "Tables Turn, Bridges Burn, You Live and Learn":
In the wise words of Drake, you live and you learn. We could all learn a lot about acceptance from his mature insight on the world and also come to the realization that turn and burn, rhyme with learn.
As exciting as it is for Serena Williams to be creating the miracle of life, it's important to stop and take a moment to think about Drake. He's come to accept what he'll never have, he wishes well for Serena and her family, and he started from the bottom, now he's here.


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STOCKTON - One man was arrested Saturday after demonstrators disregarded police instructions to stay out of the streets around Weberstown Mall, forcing road closures and triggering a large response from officers who lined Pacific Avenue in riot gear, authorities said.
STOCKTON - One man was arrested Saturday after demonstrators disregarded police instructions to stay out of the streets around Weberstown Mall, forcing road closures and triggering a large response from officers who lined Pacific Avenue in riot gear, authorities said.
The demonstration was one of many held throughout the United States a week after a Florida jury acquitted neighborhood watch coordinator George Zimmerman in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. The Stockton demonstration included relatives of James Earl Rivera Jr., a 16-year-old who was fatally shot by police while evading arrest in 2010, and supporters of others who died in officer-involved shootings in Stockton.
About 50 demonstrators assembled near West March Lane and Pacific Avenue, some carrying signs that read "Justice for Trayvon," "Justice for James," and "No justice, no peace." One person held up a sign depicting side-by-side images of Martin and Rivera.
Rivera's mother grew emotional while speaking to a reporter, using a bullhorn to redirect her comments toward nearby officers who were standing in formation with helmets, face shields and batons.
"They shot my son 48 times with AR-15s," Dionne Smith-Downs said. "They should have used the billy clubs when they stopped my son. You didn't have to murder my son. My son deserved to live. Why is my son dead?
"I'm James Rivera's momma and I hope all of y'all see my face, because I'm not going anywhere. My son's blood is on the streets, and I am not going nowhere."
Protesters were first met with a modest police presence when the demonstration began about 2:30 p.m. A small group of officers handed out flyers that read: "The Stockton Police Department supports your right to free speech and to peaceably assemble. Due to the dangers posed to both you and motorists by this extremely busy intersection, we cannot allow persons to impede traffic during the exercise of your free speech. Please feel free to march and speak out on the sidewalk, but do not enter the roadways for safety purposes."
Authorities said protesters moved into roadways about an hour into the demonstration, prompting police to deploy more officers to the area. One man was arrested on suspicion of impeding traffic and refusing to identify himself to police, officers said.
Police closed Pacific Avenue between West March Lane and West Robinhood Drive for about two hours, making access to the Weberstown and Sherwood malls more difficult. More than 50 officers lined Pacific Avenue, shadowing the movements of the protesters and occasionally restricting their movements for safety reasons, police said.
"Same thing that happened to Trayvon," Smith-Downs said. "Trayvon went to the store. He bought a sweet iced tea and some Skittles. He had a right to go to the store and purchase some items. He had a right to walk home. Today, we have a right to assemble. We're out here exercising our rights, and I feel violated by all these officers."
Officer Joe Silva, a spokesman for the Stockton Police Department, said the heavy police presence was necessary to ensure the safety of demonstrators and bystanders.
"We had received information there was going to be a demonstration at March Lane and Pacific Avenue, and the demonstrators had plans to take over the intersection and block traffic," Silva said. "Our department was not going to allow this to happen and let the demonstrators flagrantly violate the law, which would create major safety issues, not only for the demonstrators but also for vehicles and uninvolved pedestrians in the area."
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Is it a conspiracy? "The X-Files" went off the air in 2002 and the spooky brand name won't be seeing the light of day anytime soon after that forgettable feature-film revival in 2008. But here in early 2011 it feels like the truth is still out there — and we're not just talking about the flashlights and lab coats inherited by Fox's "Fringe." Hollywood has a half-dozen movies hitting theaters — all within a 42-day release window — that might be filed under X, in one way or another. Consider:
"I Am Number Four" (Feb. 18): Sure, "Smallville" and "Twilight" inform the tone and character vibes of this movie, but the subplots of secret alien wars on earth, discredited conspiracy theorists and extraterrestrial abductionwere written with the basic alphabet of the old Fox series. Don't trust us, just listen to supporting character Sam (played by Callan McAuliffe), who moans to a new friend: "My entire childhood was an episode of 'The X-Files.'"
"Adjustment Bureau" (March 4): The mysterious puppet-masters of this well-reviewed sci-fi/thriller quietly tend to the course of human history and have a penchant for JFK-era fashion and cryptic double-talk — which reminds us of celestial versions of the Cigarette Smoking Man and other shadowy figures from Chris Carter's sci-fi epic. But really it's the sexual tension and brainy dialogue between Matt Damon and Emily Blunt that takes us back to the best part of the "X-Files" — the crackling verve of those oh-so-special agents named Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson).
"Battle: Los Angeles" (March 11): This movie looks like a mash-up of "Black Hawk Down," "Predator 2" and "Independence Day," but it has a real-world heritage that Fox Mulder would admire — in February 1942 the U.S. military opened fire on UFOs above L.A. (by some police reports, there were 200 ships in the sky) without hitting anything. That event informed this modern-day invasion flick, and Sony even assembled a UFO panel of experts to amp up the connection.
"Paul" (March 18): The loony duo of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost ("Shaun of the Dead," "Hot Fuzz") star in this road-trip spoof (which they also wrote) about a pair of British genre fans who tour the UFO landmarks of America and meet the title character, a bulb-headed alien (voiced by the unavoidable Seth Rogen) who informs his new pals that he deserves credit for a certain Fox series: "Mulder," Paul confides, "was my idea!"
"Limitless" (March 18): The idea behind this Bradley Cooper and Robert DeNiro bio-thriller is a drug that takes the human brain to new heights of velocity and insight — but also leads to some nasty side effects and the attention of dark and powerful forces. Sounds like it could have been a 10th-season episode of "X-Files" — which in its nine actual seasons had plenty of heightened humans, pharmacological misadventure and laboratory morality lessons.
"Source Code" (April 2): What if you took the do-it-again gimmick of "Groundhog Day" and superimposed it over a high-stress sci-fi plot where a bomber is on a path to destruction — and only one person in the blast radius can sense the time-loop repetition? You get "Source Code," the new bomb-on-a-train thriller starring Jake Gyllenhaal, or you get "Monday," the 1999 episode of "The X-Files" in which the explosives are part of bank robbery gone bad. Jake, we feel for you — a lot of us "X-Files" fans are having deja vu lately as well.
— Geoff Boucher
Meet the writer of the new 'Buffy' film
J.J. Abrams speaks: The secrets of "Super 8"
"Rango" & Red Dead? Meet the new Old West
FAN ESSAY: "Firefly" farewell? It's time to move on
Jackman is "really, really pumped" about "Wolverine"
"Fringe": John Noble says Friday move is blessing
"X-Men: First Class": Report from stressed-out set
Director: "Capt. America" is going to surprise people
Favreau: The reason I'm leaving "Iron Man" series


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While I personally didn't get interested in T&B for the Fujoshi angle honestly I'm more inclined to believe that the Newtype readers would be into it more for that reason than a mecha angle. I just haven't seen much evidence to suggest a lot of Japanese otaku think all that particularly hard about why they like characters and thus to me it just seems more plausible that that would be the reason. It'd mesh better with the whole distilled moe voting block thing that Newtype has going on as well. I wish there were more evidence to the contrary and I didn't have to generalize and assume things about Japanese fans but time and time again they make very emphatic gestures as to have simple arbitrary reasons for character appreciation. Sorry Triple but while I so want to support youe argument and while in almost any other case it would be a totally rational and well thought out one, evidence and history kind of sides with Westlo and Last Sinner here.
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In fairness, I suppose you could almost as easily chalk up Kira and Lelouch to fujoshis, but that obviously doesn't explain Lacus and Sheryl.
You have two really old female characters that are practically fixtures in these polls, and they're very different characters from one another. But one thing they have in common is that they're both from famous mecha titles - Gundam Seed and Macross Frontier respectively.
Maybe part of why Kotetsu is here is because of fujoshis, but I still wouldn't underestimate the mecha fan side of things. It helps that Tiger and Bunny is a Sunrise title, imo. I think that NewType readers have some appreciation for that particular animation studio.
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I've apologised to Triple_R multiple times for the way I worded my previous post. I was very out of line.
The point I was trying to make was while people can take a variety of things out of a show, there's usually a clear majority for the quality that was the most marketed. I personally like to think deeper about shows when it's warranted since writing is the aspect of media I like most. However, I have accepted the fact that modern life's affect of time available, fatigue, shorter attention spans and other factors have led to a point where simpler emotions or stimulation or subtext that are easier to digest are easier to market and sell more. And the fujioshi aspect is one of them. Hell, a bunch of guys I know regularly flaunt their 'inner fujioshi.'
It's their choice - as long as consumers understand how their purchases will ultimately affect what is made. People get what they deserve.
And on what Triple_R said, I think his stance is fairly valid in Western aspects. But there's sometimes considerable differences between what Japan wants/sees and what the West sees.
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A couple points I'd like to make:
First, IMO, character polls are almost always going to be skewered somewhat towards the tastes of the... "enthusiastic towards characters" - fujoshi or otherwise - simply by virtue of participation rates being higher among this group.
Second, as with the fans of big name moe shows like K-On!, I question whether most fujoshi are actually all that "unmainstream". I'm part of a local anime club that's more casual and targetted to adults than most - and for whatever reason the past couple years we've had a fairly steady stream of Japanese exchange students who show up from time to time. None of them struck me as fujoshi types, but one said she had cosplayed... as Ciel Phantomhive in a dress.
...So yeah. My gut feeling on this one is that the fujoshi base extends way, way beyond the "lunatic fringe" many people associate it with.
(For reference, on the moe side, once of the other girls struck me as having very well balanced tastes between shounen action, cute moe stuff, etc. At some point, it came out she had worn a maid outfit for a school festival band performance in high school. Again, otherwise came across as a very normal person.)
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Located on the Mississippi River in the former Kendall Saloon at the foot of Main Street, the New Madrid Historical Museum reflects the history of this river town from the Mississippian period up through the early 20th century. The great earthquakes of 1811 and 1812 are well documented in the Museum's collections. The seismographic recordings on the premises give evidence of continuing activity along the New Madrid fault.
Indian Artifacts
Native American artifacts and displays bring to life the pre-Columbian culture of the area.
Civil War Artifacts
Civil War enthusiasts will be particularly interested in the Civil War Room. Letters, clothing, equipment and weaponry of the period are all on display, much of it donated by local residents with family connections to the pieces.
The Battle of Island No. 10 is presented from the viewpoint of a local historian and the Gift Shop carries an excellent selection of books on the period.
Family Living
Late 19th and early 20th century life is depicted in the Museum's exhibits. Furniture, clothing tools and utensils are displayed.
Gift Shop
The Museum's Gift Shop features souvenirs, T-shirts, books games, toys and many other items for young and old alike. Publications Order Form
1 South Main Street
New Madrid, MO 63869
First floor handicapped accessible only.
December to March - Mon-Sat 10-4pm, Sunday 1-4pm
April to November - Mon-Sat 9-5pm, Sunday 12-5pm
Admission charged. Group rates available.
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Last week, local and regional high school students tested water quality, examined stream morphology and tracked endangered carnivores on a weeklong backpacking, biking and kayaking adventure through the Hood River watershed.
Hailing from Hood River, Camas, Portland and Seattle, 10 high school students explored the Hood River watershed from its headwaters on the Eliot Glacier to its confluence with the Columbia. Oregon Episcopal School in Portland hosted the trip in collaboration with Cascade Mountain Semester (White Salmon).
The purpose of the trip was to "make science come alive," said Emily Goodwin, founder and director of Cascade Mountain Semester, and "to offer science research and biology credit to students interested in applied environmental science."
Throughout the trip students recorded their findings on water quality, plant community ecology and carnivore biology to assist local and regional monitoring efforts.
Highlights of the trip included seeing a sockeye salmon build its redd on the East Fork of the Hood River, working with a Portland State University glaciologist to discover how glaciers move, tracking the Cascade red fox with Cascadia Wild, kayaking with Wet Planet, biking in the upper valley with Mountain View Cycles and investigating water quality with Columbia Riverkeeper.
José, a Hood River Valley High School student, said, "I stepped into a whole other world in the woods … it just felt good. It was a great experience."
Another student said, "It's everything I'd ever want to do outside in one week!"
Trip participants will continue to investigate their hypotheses and interpret the information they collected throughout the school year.
Scholarships for trip participants were provided by the Orange County Community Foundation.
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The National Park Service has given its final go-ahead to a billion-dollar transmission project aimed at boosting electrical reliability in the region.
The park service late Monday issued a Record of Decision approving a route for the 145-mile Susquehanna-Roseland power line. The project entails deploying new 500-kilovolt lines from Berwick, Pa., to Roseland in Essex County. The newly approved route would run through four miles of parkland at the Pennsylvania/New Jersey border, including the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, the Middle Delaware National Scenic and Recreational River and the Appalachian National Scenic Trail.
The project is being built by Newark-based Public Service Electric and Gas Co. and Pennsylvania-based PPL Electric Utilities. In a joint statement, the companies said the project will improve service in the region.
"This new line will reinforce our nation's critical energy infrastructure for future generations. It will ensure that homes and businesses in a multistate region continue to enjoy safe and reliable electric service long into the future," the companies said in a joint statement attributed to PSE&G President and Chief Operating Officer Ralph LaRossa and PPL President Gregory N. Dudkin.
PPL and PSE&G already have rights of way through the park areas, but the National Park Service ordered the companies to establish a $56 million fund to compensate for wetlands impacts and fund historical and cultural preservation activities. The fund will be administered by a nonprofit.
Some environmental groups, including the Sierra Club of New Jersey, argued the project would cause environmental damage and is unnecessary, given the opportunity to reduce energy demand through energy efficiency technologies. The utilities, however, said they are required by the regional grid operator, PJM Interconnection Inc., to replace the 85-year-old line and argue it will end up saving ratepayers money by relieving congestion.
Jeff Tittel, the Sierra Club's New Jersey director, strongly denounced the park service's decision, saying his group will challenge the park service's "outrageous" ruling in court.
"This is a dirty deal for dirty power and sets a dangerous precedent. It is now open season on our national parklands," Tittel said in a press release.
The project is expected to cost between $1.2 billion and $1.3 billion, about $800 million of which will come from the New Jersey portion of the project.
Construction on the project began in June at locations where the project didn't require further approvals, according to John Margaritis, a PSE&G spokesman. He said the project will create about 2,000 direct and indirect jobs. PSE&G will use in-state and out-of-state contractors, but he said more than half of the jobs will go to New Jersey contractors and subcontractors. To date, 185 construction workers have been hired, with another 65 to be added shortly.


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Monthly data, not seasonally adjusted
On-time performance is a measure of service quality and system reliability as Amtrak operates principally over host railroad tracks.
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) trips of up to 250 miles are considered on-time if they arrive less than 10 minutes beyond the scheduled arrival time; 251–350 miles, 15 minutes; 351–450 miles, 20 minutes; 451–550 miles, 25 minutes; and greater than 550 miles, 30 minutes.
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* Current month minus same month previous year. This is generally used in the case of bound numbers, such as proportions that cannot exceed 100%.
NOTES: The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality.
Data are for endpoint arrival delays.
SOURCE: National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), Monthly Performance Reports, available at http://www.amtrak.com/ as of October 2013.


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Reading Buddies pairs teen Caldwell Library volunteers (Grades 8-12) with young readers (Grades K-5) in the Caldwell-West Caldwell public schools who would like to practice their reading skills.
They meet 1-on-1 to enjoy reading and reading-related games for regular 30-45 minute sessions.
Flexible Meeting Schedule
Reading Buddies can meet anytime during Caldwell Library's hours of operation at a mutually convenient weekly time for the teen and the Little Buddy's family.
How to Register
Parents can register their child by coming in to the library or completing the Little Buddies Form.
Teen Volunteers can register by completing the Teen Volunteer Form.
New teen volunteers must complete a training session before they start.
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