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The Afterlife of Gabriel Arana's Ex-Gay Life
Like thousands of you, I was absolutely gobsmacked by my editor Gabriel Arana's piece, "My So-Called Ex-Gay Life." If it hadn't run into here first, I would have linked to it. Of course, there was the heartbreaking and finally uplifting personal story that took us through the social history of antigay "therapy." But what astonished me was the courage he had to actually report out the story, calling and talking to the key players who made "reparative therapy" intellectually respectable enough that caring parents like the Arana's would search it out and sign up their son, truly believing that they were doing the right thing.
I know you've read it, so I won't belabor all that here. What I will post: Dr. Robert Spitzer's full-on public renunciation of his 2001 study. As you've read already, Gabriel Arana's reportorial call triggered Spitzer's decision to openly repudiate that work. He's now written an apology, which he's sent to the editor of Archives of Sexual Behavior that has been obtained by Truth Wins Out's Wayne Besen (emphasis added):
Several months ago I told you that because of my revised view of my 2001 study of reparative therapy changing sexual orientation, I was considering writing something that would acknowledge that I now judged the major critiques of the study as largely correct. After discussing my revised view of the study with Gabriel Arana, a reporter for American Prospect, and with Malcolm Ritter, an Associated Press science writer, I decided that I had to make public my current thinking about the study. Here it is.
Basic Research Question. From the beginning it was: "can some version of reparative therapy enable individuals to change their sexual orientation from homosexual to heterosexual?" Realizing that the study design made it impossible to answer this question, I suggested that the study could be viewed as answering the question, "how do individuals undergoing reparative therapy describe changes in sexual orientation?" – a not very interesting question.
The Fatal Flaw in the Study – There was no way to judge the credibility of subject reports of change in sexual orientation. I offered several (unconvincing) reasons why it was reasonable to assume that the subject's reports of change were credible and not self-deception or outright lying. But the simple fact is that there was no way to determine if the subject's accounts of change were valid.
I believe I owe the gay community an apology for my study making unproven claims of the efficacy of reparative therapy. I also apologize to any gay person who wasted time and energy undergoing some form of reparative therapy because they believed that I had proven that reparative therapy works with some "highly motivated" individuals.
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Fri, 2012-04-27 15:00
Re: Views of Sexual Orientation as Sin.
By now even fiercely antigay outfits (like, say, the current Vatican?) no long claim that being LGBT is a sin, in and of itself; but the sin is now allegedly redefined, thus limited to overt sex acts with another person which are defined as 'innately disordered' because sperms cannot meet eggs.
If I read Mr. As brave and honest report correctly, during the time he was in reparative therapy with the infamous Dr. Nicolosi, he was not sexually active with any other guy. Was he in sin, even if he wasn't sexual active with another guy? (Go ahead, block his entry into the kingdom, while you lollygag behind yourself in the entrance by refusing to go in by letting God be the judge, instead of you being judge, jury, and hangman?
If certain antigay believers are now returning to the prior definition that being LGBT is sin, it continues to be confusing and still unhelpful.
The unhelpful part is the glaring homework yet to be done by conservative believers who still assert that orientation, genital acts, or both are sin.
It is clear that no ancient near eastern language involved in scripture's origins had any simple, equivalent word for our current empirically based notion of sexual orientation or sexual orientation variance. Current scholars of ancient holy tests now entertain the ancient tropes rooted in the notion of being a eunuch as our most reasonable, honest way forward in discernment and understanding of LGBT people among us.
Six or seven scripture passages do clearly (by context) condemn: (A) same sex rape, manily male on male, (B) ritual temple prostitution, (C) ordinary ancient near eastern sex work in which boys (and also, girls) might have survived by selling themselves to adult men of various ages, and last but not least, (D) omnisexual libertines customarily understood to be straight, getting into same sex activities in their search for cheap thrills. The nearest we reasonably get to an encounter with a gay couple in the modern sense may perhaps be the Roman Centurion who asks Jesus to heal his servant (pais, or boy, as in body servant, as in lover). Jesus condemns neither the Centurion nor the servant, but ends up praising the Centurion's faith. These studies are not a matter of jumping on any ideological band wagon, but an occasion of having to prayerfully do a believer's homework nowadays.
Let me say a big, loud thanks to Dr. Spitzer for his integrity, as it is not easy at the end of a distinguished teaching/research career to publicly admit that one of your studies is flawed. Don't expect the repudiation to make much difference to the ex-gay or reparative therapy practitioners, though; as it still seems they are ideologically committed to offering a potentially damaging treatment for a disorder that does not exist, empirically, to LGB folks who are not mentally ill.
Fri, 2012-04-27 15:16
RE: Sin and Discernment
Oops, another consideration perhaps ... is ...
if we say the being LGB is a sin, or that being intimately involved is a sin ... then we have to square with the scriptural guidelines for discernment, chief among which are Jesus saying ... judge a tree by the fruit it bears ... a good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit ...
this brings up smack dab up against the obvious ethical and daily life goods (including effective parenting) which are not prevented from issuing forth from the committed individuals and couples who are claimed to be such bad trees ...
more homework, I guess ....
Our most reasonable evaluation to date is that sexual orientation variance has no causal relationship with bad, okay, good, or excellent living per se ... as people anywhere along the Kinsey Scale continuums can have any sort of life and ethics, from one extreme to the other ...
Dr. Murphy
Fri, 2012-04-27 16:12
The Religious Right, through Exodus International and PFOX (Parents and Friends of Ex-homosexuals), support their views using a pseudo-journal, The Journal of Human Sexuality, consisting of an anti-homosexual diatribe using argumentum ad hominem, half-truths, deceptions, and articles from questionable sources, use flawed research of found in some mainstream vetted research, selectively quote from legitimate sources. Among many professional bodies, the American Psychiatric and Psychological Associations have condemned Exodus International and similar organizations for giving false hope to ego-dystonic homosexuals desiring to become heterosexual. While stating many living the "homosexual lifestyle" have become heterosexual through "reparative" or "Christian conversion" therapy, Exodus International and others offer no reliable or valid scientific evidence of these metamorphoses and refuse long-term follow-up studies. A study which does not distinguish between male pseudohomosexuals and natural homosexuals indicated that 11 men changed sexual orientation as a result of "folk therapy" as part of a pentecostal experience. Many chapters of Exodus International have fallen by the way. "Two of Exodus International's founders, Michael Bussee and Gary Cooper, fell in love and left the organization in 1979."
The Religious Right, exemplified by the Family Research Institute and Family Research Council, have a narrow self-righteous view of sexuality and use flagrant deceit and exceptionally questionable research methods (e.g., inadequate and biased subject selection, sampling methods, peer reviewed publishing, and data sources--followed by unsupported conclusions, conjecture, and speculation). Some defend their views by misrepresenting and dismissing a massive body of professional literature and scientific research. A look at their internet sources illustrates their facile use of illegitimate and legitimate research to create a hostile view of homosexuals. Other religions with ultra-right elements also show similar bias against homosexuals. Other Cultures and Traditions.
In many American Indian tribes, before the coming of Christian missionaries, cross-gendered individuals found wide acceptance (e.g., Kutenai, Crow, Mohave, Pawnee, Piegan, Omaha, Arapaho, Cheyenne, Cree, Sauateaux, Ute, Flathead, Maidu, Teton-Dakota, Cocopay, Kamia, Klamath, Navaho, Mohawk, Zuni, Chumash, Colorado, Yaavapai, Mono, Sioux, Pima, Ojibwa, Chippewa, Potawatomi, Shoshoni, Winnebago, Quinalt, Apache, Mandan, Blackfeet, Oglala, etc.). In early childhood, when cross-gendered interests and play were apparent, a feminized male child was reared among the tribal women and a masculinized female child among tribal men. Often, as an adult, "she" married a male tribal member and "he" became a chief or married a female tribal member. Among these tribes, the inward spirit, not outward anatomy, was the key to gender behavior and sexual expression. That Christ does not mention homosexual behavior in the Book of Mormon is most unusual as his visits among indigenous American peoples is the focus of Mormon scriptures. In differing cultures and geographic regions, among a few primitive tribes, homosexual activity is still part of ritual passage through puberty. In today's society, homosexual, bisexual, and sexual uncertainty appear to be higher among American-Indian adolescents than comparable Caucasians
Before Western influence in the orient, China and Japan accepted homosexuals and the cross-gendered. In the silk growing regions of China, lesbian liaisons were encouraged. During the Cultural Revolution, although homosexual behavior was not subject to legal condemnation, there were accounts of persecution of lesbian and male homosexual couples. Buddhists, Taoists, Shintoists, etc., not coming from the middle eastern patriarchal tradition, have always had little or nothing to say about sexual orientation. In Hindu law, while adult females can be severely punished for seducing a young female, nothing is said about punishment of male homosexuals.
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While sitting in the backseat of a rental car in Mexico in November 2010, a conversation ensued between my son Josh (then 15) and friend Cory Pincock and his wife. Cory was participating in his first ever ISDE (International Six Days Enduro) in Mexico that year. Josh and I were there as a support crew to him and assisting two other Utah riders, Shawn Strong and Jake Vainio. This was the closest we thought we would ever come to participating in the ISDE, so we were there soaking up the entire experience.
The conversation turned to where the ISDE was going to be held the next few years. 2011 was Finland and it was known that 2012 would be in Germany. The challenge was casually thrown out to Josh that he should try and qualify and we could all go to Germany together in 2012. He would just barely be of age to go. It was said partially in jest, but Josh internalized that thought more than any of us ever knew.
Fast forward a year and a half and we find ourselves preparing for the Germany ISDE 2012, after Josh had a very successful qualification at the Idaho City Qualifier two weeks ago, winning the E1 class for the weekend.
During our time in Mexico at the 2010 ISDE, I began an online blog that I posted on multiple riding forums on the Internet. The response was overwhelming. I received feedback from readers all over the world about how much they enjoyed the "first-timer" perspective and insight on this international event. For many ISDE veterans our perspective may have been considered naïve, but that's exactly what it was, an account of our experiences as a support crew in our first ever ISDE without any bias, or pre-conceived notions of what we would, or would not experience.
If you are interested in reading that thread and learning more of our experience in Mexico, you can check out of any these links:
This time around, we are coming at it from another new perspective, that of racer, participant, mechanic, financier, dad, mom, sibling, and fellow friends and family trying to support a 16 year old in fulfilling his dream of competing on the International stage. Our intent this time is to provide a similar documentary and if you are interested in following "the kid next door" kind of story, then I hope you find this interesting.
To put everything into context, it is first important to understand how Josh became so interested in the ISDE. It all started with my friend Jeff Good. We were co-workers and one day while sitting his office, he showed me a picture of him competing at the Idaho City qualifier. I didn't know where Idaho City was, and I had no idea what the ISDE was all about.
A few months later, I found myself on the starting line of the 2002 Idaho City Qualifier. I was riding in the C class without a clue what I was doing. I took my Dad with me, and Josh who was 6 at the time.
My first sound test ever (notice Josh to my left in the picture getting his first indoctrination on the 96db sound limit).
I had never seen such a thing as a bike impound (That is Josh standing by the impound).
Me on the line for the first time ever and Josh standing there cheering me on.
I finished the race (notice how excited Josh is, holding my helmet) and was hooked. From that year forward, I participated in Idaho City every single year but one. Josh came with me, and eventually my other boys, every single year. It ranked up there with Christmas on my annual schedule.
The next year in 2003, I was a lot more prepared. Me and my friend Jeff Good that started all of this for me.
I finished that year as well, and it got in my blood even more. There is nothing like Idaho City.
Once again, Josh was with me, this time 7 years old, doing what 7 year old boys do (play in the dirt).
Not only did I love this unique event every year, but I started to become more enamored with the ISDE, it's rich history, unique race format, and the challenge of competing. Inevitably, that same interest trickled down to my oldest son. I never pursued trying to qualify. At the time and phase of life I was in with a young family, it seemed like a pipe dream. But that didn't change how much I enjoyed this event. It was an annual event.
One of my favorite pictures of all time was this one from 2007. I had all 3 of my boys (Josh, Kobee, and Benji) with me, and a good friend Jason and his son. My friend Jason and I raced, while our young boys roamed the boundaries of Idaho City all day on their bikes (where were their mothers? ;). They had a $20 bill in their pocket which was enough to buy a day's supply of ice cream cones, along with a backpack full of water bottles and snacks, and their bicycles. What else does a pack of young boys need.
At the end of the day they were there to greet me with enough dirt on their faces to make a dad proud.
Every year I would kind of gauge the course and try to assess when I would someday be able to race with Josh. His first attempt would come in 2009 at the age of 13. (I can't wait to ride it with my other two boys someday).
Me and Josh (on KTM's) and friend Jarrod on the start line in 2009.
This year turned out to be hot and dusty and we chalked it up to a learning year. He made it 40 miles on his KTM 105XC before the heat and dust got the best of him.
In 2010, we made another assault on the course. This time he was 14 and on a KTM 200. Conditions were exactly opposite of the year before. It poured rain the day before and the course was one eternal mud rut, but we were excited to give it a try.
Josh entering the grass track in 2010.
With Dad right behind.
2010 was a tough year with a huge DNF rate. We made progress though from the year before. His shock seal blew at about mile 40 and he rode on a spring only for the next 70 miles. We hour'ed out in the last transfer section before town, but he had ridden the entire 120 miles.
2011 rolled around. Josh was getting bigger, stronger, and faster. 2 weeks before Idaho City, he washed out in a corner while training at our local MX track and broke his wrist. So, I rode his KX250F and loaned my KTM300 to my brother and we enjoyed an incredible year of great conditions.
Another year passed. Josh had now been to the 2010 ISDE in Mexico as a support crew. He had the support and encouragement of fellow Utah competitors who had been to the ISDE before including Greg Gillian, Jake (Jarkko) Vainio, Cory Pincock, Shawn Strong, and Bert Bradford. He was demonstrating the potential and skill to someday fulfill his dream so he decided to sign up in the LOI (Letter of Intent) class to see what he needed to do to compete at that level. Idaho City was one of only 2 qualifiers in the nation, the other being Ohio the following weekend.
At signup he discovered he was on minute 1 and the first rider on the course. This actually proved to be a real benefit in the end.
Josh's wonderful support crew (Mom, Brothers, and Sister).
Brother and Sister cheering Josh at the grass track.
At the end of Day 1, we discovered much to our surprise that Josh was leading the E1 class. He had a mechanical issue the last 30 miles that really hurt his special test scores so he came in thinking he had really tanked the day. With some help of some great friends, we were able to diagnose the problem and borrow a part from his practice bike (his Throttle Position Sensor had gone bad). This was actually all good experience as he rehearsed what he needed to do to get his bike fixed during his 10 minute impound period the next morning.
Day 2, he remained consistent and smooth, with no major mistakes in the special tests and retained the top spot in the E1 class.
Here he is heading out on the last 30 miles, with visions of Germany starting to become a little more into focus for him.
He finished the day strong, taking the E1 win for the weekend and was on his way to receiving an invitation to participate as a member of the U.S. team in Germany.
Josh is excited beyond belief. As a family, we are 100% behind him and there have been so many people who have let us know of their excitement and support as well.
My intent is to share our experience from now through the duration of the ISDE which will be held in Saxony Germany the last week of September, 2012.
Our life has been a complete whirlwind for the past 2 weeks since we left Idaho City. Everything is moving quickly, but I am committed to sharing the experience with others who may enjoy experiencing the ISDE vicariously.
Stay tuned for more……..
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Nice Mike and Josh and Family!
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Very cool story! Thanks for putting it all together and sharing. Your tales of Idaho City brought back so many memories. I raced there for 5 years in a row. First B and then A class. Some years conditions were just perfect. One in particular, was brutally hot and dusty, I forget what year it was, 07 or something like that.... I'm not ashamed to say that I bailed out at a checkpoint on the first day after riding through blinding choking dust for about 5 hours, I'd had enough. It's a tough race, even in good conditions, especially if you do both days. I can't imagine 6 days....
Good luck at the ISDE!
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This story is "WINNING" on so many levels. Congratulations to you and your family.
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Good on you Mike! Way to go Josh!
Am planning to spend at least three days spectating in Saxony (Probably the whole thing) will be looking out for Josh and the rest of the USA crew.
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Great thread! Good luck to Josh, and I'll make sure to stop by and say hello in Germany, and also to have my ass kicked by your son. I'll be racing on the Canadian team, you know, the invisible neighbours to the north.
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Great thread and great family. Somehow all of us ADVRider-ites oughtta help by buying T-Shirts or something. I'm willing to donate a bit to help defray costs. You and your family and Josh are heroes: hard work, focus on concrete goals, develop stamina, learn the skills, and keep a good attitude. As a Dad you've got a huge amount to be proud of.
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I've heard of fish in a salt crust and would love to try that as well. Do you have a recipe for that? Know which fish are appropriate?
Branzino or striped bass would be perfect, you can google the recipe as "Branzino in a salt crust" … If you don't find me, let me know and I'll be happy to help! You can always email me through the contact page on my website
I have tried this and the chicken was way too salty- I had to throw it out. What am I doing wrong?
I was wondering the same thing. How does the chicken not come out to salty? Would love to try this but scared of the results.
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The main objectives of the festival are: To provide an annual sustainable festival in Cockermouth. To provide opportunities for young musicians in West Cumbria, helping them to further their musical ambitions and to provide equal opportunities for all sections of the community to be involved in music.  To help bands get established in the local area both through the festival and CockRock Promotions.  To support local charities within the area. To make sure our festival goers have a great time!I took that from the CockRock website. The way i see it is if they intend on providing an annual sustainable festival which of course is growing each year, they need to be able to cater for everybody's music taste. Yes maybe they are heading in the other direction that the festival name suggests but there are still a hell of a lot of rock artists performing. These big acts increase the numbers, which increases the sales, which in turn keeps the festival alive. There's no denying that, no matter how much you despise 'tinchy stryder'! I think the only phrase is shut up and put up. They gotta do what they gotta do!
I am looking forward to Cockrock, after a great 2011 it looks like 2012 will be even better. While a few acts aren't my cup of tea, Tinchy and Zane to name a couple the great thing about the festival is that there is always something else happening, so i have no doubt that there will be a band on that I do like somewhere else. On the other hand I am not a Goldie Looking Chain fan and they were brilliant last year. Roll on Cockrock 2012 can't wait.
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In the earliest age of Christian monasticism the ascetics were accustomed to live singly, independent of one another, not far from some village church, supporting themselves by the labour of their own hands, and distributing the surplus after the supply of their own scanty wants to the poor. Increasing religious fervour, aided by persecution, drove them farther and farther away from the civilization into mountain solitudes or lonely deserts. The deserts of Egypt swarmed with the "cells" or huts of these anchorites. Anthony the Great, who had retired to the Egyptian Thebaid during the persecution of Maximian, A.D. 312, was the most celebrated among them for his austerities, his sanctity, and his power as an exorcist. His fame collected round him a host of followers imitating his asceticism in an attempt to imitate his sanctity. The deeper he withdrew into the wilderness, the more numerous his disciples became. They refused to be separated from him, and built their cells round that of their spiritual father. Thus arose the first monastic community, consisting of anchorites living each in his own little dwelling, united together under one superior. Anthony, as Johann August Wilhelm Neander remarks, "without any conscious design of his own, had become the founder of a new mode of living in common, Coenobitism." By degrees order was introduced in the groups of huts. They were arranged in lines like the tents in an encampment, or the houses in a street. From this arrangement these lines of single cells came to be known as Laurae, Laurai, "streets" or "lanes."
The real founder of cenobitic (koinos, common, and bios, life) monasteries in the modern sense was Pachomius, an Egyptian of the beginning of the 4th century. The first community established by him was at Tabennae, an island of the Nile in Upper Egypt. Eight others were founded in the region during his lifetime, numbering 3,000 monks. Within fifty years from his death his societies could claim 50,000 members. These coenobia resembled villages, peopled by a hard-working religious community, all of one sex.
The buildings were detached, small and of the humblest character. Each cell or hut, according to Sozomen (H.R. iii. 14), contained three monks. They took their chief meal in a common refectory or dining hall at 3 P.M., up to which hour they usually fasted. They ate in silence, with hoods so drawn over their faces that they could see nothing but what was on the table before them. The monks spent the time not devoted to religious services or study in manual labour.
Palladius, who visited the Egyptian monasteries about the close of the 4th century, found among the 300 members of the coenobium of Panopolis, under the Pachomian rule, 15 tailors, 7 smiths, 4 carpenters, 12 cameldrivers and 15 tanners. Each separate community had its own oeconomus or steward, who was subject to a chief steward stationed at the head establishment. All the produce of the monks' labour was committed to him, and by him shipped to Alexandria. The money raised by the sale was expended in the purchase of stores for the support of the communities, and what was over was devoted to charity. Twice in the year the superiors of the several coenobia met at the chief monastery, under the presidency of an archimandrite ("the chief of the fold," from miandra, a sheepfold), and at the last meeting gave in reports of their administration for the year. The coenobia of Syria belonged to the Pachomian institution. We learn many details concerning those in the vicinity of Antioch from Chrysostom's writings. The monks lived in separate huts, kalbbia, forming a religious hamlet on the mountain side. They were subject to an abbot, and observed a common rule. (They had no refectory, but ate their common meal, of bread and water only, when the day's labour was over, reclining on strewn grass, sometimes out of doors.) Four times in the day they joined in prayers and psalms.
This monastery, like the oriental monasteries generally, is surrounded by a strong and lofty blank stone wall, enclosing an area of between 3 and 4 acres (12,000 and 16,000 m²). The longer side extends to a length of about . There is only one main entrance, on the north side (A), defended by three separate iron doors. Near the entrance is a large tower (M), a constant feature in the monasteries of the Levant. There is a small postern gate at L. The enceinte comprises two large open courts, surrounded with buildings connected with cloister galleries of wood or stone. The outer court, which is much the larger, contains the granaries and storehouses (K), and the kitchen (H) and other offices connected with the refectory (G). Immediately adjacent to the gateway is a two-storied guest-house, opening from a cloister (C). The inner court is surrounded by a cloister (EE), from which open the monks' cells (II). In the centre of this court stands the catholicon or conventual church, a square building with an apse of the cruciform domical Byzantine type, approached by a domed narthex. In front of the church stands a marble fountain (F), covered by a dome supported on columns. Opening from the western side of the cloister, but actually standing in the outer court, is the refectory (G), a large cruciform building, about 100 feet (30 m) each way, decorated within with frescoes of saints. At the upper end is a semicircular recess, recalling the triclinium of the Lateran Palace at Rome, in which is placed the seat of the hegumenos or abbot. This apartment is chiefly used as a hall of meeting, the oriental monks usually taking their meals in their separate cells.
The annexed plan of a Coptic monastery, from Lenoir, shows a church of three aisles, with cellular apses, and two ranges of cells on either side of an oblong gallery.
We have no existing examples of the earlier monasteries of the Benedictine order. They have all yielded to the ravages of time and the violence of man. But we have preserved to us an elaborate plan of the great Swiss monastery of St Gall, erected about A.D. 820, which puts us in possession of the whole arrangements of a monastery of the first class towards the early part of the 9th century. This curious and interesting plan has been made the subject of a memoir both by Keller (Zürich, 1844) and by Professor Robert Willis (Arch. Journal, 1848, vol. v. pp. 86-117). To the latter we are indebted for the substance of the following description, as well as for the plan, reduced from his elucidated transcript of the original preserved in the archives of the convent. The general appearance of the convent is that of a town of isolated houses with streets running between them. It is evidently planned in compliance with the Benedictine rule, which enjoined that, if possible, the monastery should contain within itself every necessary of life, as well as the buildings more intimately connected with the religious and social life of its inmates. It should comprise a mill, a bakehouse, stables, and cow-houses, together with accommodation for carrying on all necessary mechanical arts within the walls, so as to obviate the necessity of the monks going outside its limits.
The general distribution of the buildings may be thus described:-The church, with its cloister to the south, occupies the centre of a quadrangular area, about square. The buildings, as in all great monasteries, are distributed into groups. The church forms the nucleus, as the centre of the religious life of the community. In closest connection with the church is the group of buildings appropriated to the monastic line and its daily requirements---the refectory for eating, the dormitory for sleeping, the common room for social intercourse, the chapter-house for religious and disciplinary conference. These essential elements of monastic life are ranged about a cloister court, surrounded by a covered arcade, affording communication sheltered from the elements between the various buildings. The infirmary for sick monks, with the physician's house and physic garden, lies to the east. In the same group with the infirmary is the school for the novices. The outer school, with its headmaster's house against the opposite wall of the church, stands outside the convent enclosure, in close proximity to the abbot's house, that he might have a constant eye over them. The buildings devoted to hospitality are divided into three groups,--one for the reception of distinguished guests, another for monks visiting the monastery, a third for poor travellers and pilgrims. The first and third are placed to the right and left of the common entrance of the monastery,---the hospitium for distinguished guests being placed on the north side of the church, not far from the abbot's house; that for the poor on the south side next to the farm buildings. The monks are lodged in a guest-house built against the north wall of the church. The group of buildings connected with the material wants of the establishment is placed to the south and west of the church, and is distinctly separated from the monastic buildings. The kitchen, buttery and offices are reached by a passage from the west end of the refectory, and are connected with the bakehouse and brewhouse, which are placed still farther away. The whole of the southern and western sides is devoted to workshops, stables and farm-buildings. The buildings, with some exceptions, seem to have been of one story only, and all but the church were probably erected of wood. The whole includes thirty-three separate blocks. The church (D) is cruciform, with a nave of nine bays, and a semicircular apse at either extremity. That to the west is surrounded by a semicircular colonnade, leaving an open "paradise" (E) between it and the wall of the church. The whole area is divided by screens into various chapels. The high altar (A) stands immediately to the east of the transept, or ritual choir; the altar of Saint Paul (B) in the eastern, and that of St Peter (C) in the western apse. A cylindrical campanile stands detached from the church on either side of the western apse (FF).
The `cloister court', (G) on the south side of the nave of the
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CHURCH. A. High altar. B. Altar of St Paul. C. Altar of St Peter. D. Nave. E. Paradise. FF. Towers. MONASTIC BUILDINGS G. Cloister. H. Calefactory, with dormitory over. I. Necessary. J. Abbot's house. K. Refectory. L. Kitchen. M. Bakehouse and brewhouse. N. Cellar. O. Parlour. (over. P1. Scriptorium with library k, P2. Sacristy and vestry. Q. House of Novices--1.chapel; 2. refectory; 3. calefactory; 4. dormitory; 5. master's room 6. chambers. R. Infirmary--1--6 as above in the house of novices. S. Doctor's house. T. Physic garden. U. House for blood-letting. V. School. W. Schoolmaster's lodgings. X1X1. Guest-house for those of superior rank X2X2. Guest-house for the poor. Y. Guest-chamber for strange monks.
church has on its east side the "pisalis" or "calefactory", (H), the common sitting-room of the brethren, warmed by flues beneath the floor. On this side in later monasteries we invariably find the chapter house, the absence of which in this plan is somewhat surprising. It appears, however, from the inscriptions on the plan itself, that the north walk of the cloisters served for the purposes of a chapter-house, and was fitted up with benches on the long sides. Above the calefactory is the "dormitory" opening into the south transept of the church, to enable the monks to attend the nocturnal services with readiness. A passage at the other end leads to the "necessarium" (I), a portion of the monastic buildings always planned with extreme care. The southern side is occupied by the "refectory" (K), from the west end of which by a vestibule the kitchen (L) is reached. This is separated from the main buildings of the monastery, and is connected by a long passage with a building containing the bake house and brew house (M), and the sleeping-rooms of the servants. The upper story of the refectory is the "vestiarium," where the ordinary clothes of the brethren were kept. On the western side of the cloister is another two story building (N). The cellar is below, and the larder and store-room above. Between this building and the church, opening by one door into the cloisters, and by another to the outer part of the monastery area, is the "parlour" for interviews with visitors from the external world (O). On the eastern side of the north transept is the "scriptorium" or writing-room (P1), with the library above.
To the east of the church stands a group of buildings comprising two miniature conventual establishments, each complete in itself. Each has a covered cloister surrounded by the usual buildings, i.e. refectory, dormitory, etc., and a church or chapel on one side, placed back to back. A detached building belonging to each contains a bath and a kitchen. One of these diminutive convents is appropriated to the "oblati" or novices (Q), the other to the sick monks as an "infirmary" (R).
The "residence of the physicians" (S) stands contiguous to the infirmary, and the physic garden (T) at the north-east corner of the monastery. Besides other rooms, it contains a drug store, and a chamber for those who are dangerously ill. The "house for bloodletting and purging" adjoins it on the west (U).
The "outer school," to the north of the convent area, contains a large schoolroom divided across the middle by a screen or partition, and surrounded by fourteen little rooms, termed the dwellings of the scholars. The head-master's house (W) is opposite, built against the side wall of the church. The two "hospitia" or guest-houses for the entertainment of strangers of different degrees (X1 X2) comprise a large common chamber or refectory in the centre, surrounded by sleeping-apartments. Each is provided with its own brewhouse and bakehouse, and that for travelers of a superior order has a kitchen and storeroom, with bedrooms for their servants and stables for their horses. There is also an "hospitium" for strange monks, abutting on the north wall of the church (Y).
Beyond the cloister, at the extreme verge of the convent area to the south, stands the "factory" (Z), containing workshops for shoemakers, saddlers (or shoemakers, sellarii), cutlers and grinders, trencher-makers, tanners, curriers, fullers, smiths and goldsmiths, with their dwellings in the rear. On this side we also find the farm buildings, the large granary and threshing-floor (a), mills (c), malthouse (d). Facing the west are the stables (e), ox-sheds (f), goatstables (gl, piggeries (h), sheep-folds (i), together with the servants' and labourers' quarters (k). At the south-east corner we find the hen and duck house, and poultry-yard (m), and the dwelling of the keeper (n). Hard by is the kitchen garden (o), the beds bearing the names of the vegetables growing in them, onions, garlic, celery, lettuces, poppy, carrots, cabbages, etc., eighteen in all. In the same way the physic garden presents the names of the medicinal herbs, and the cemetery (p) those of the trees, apple, pear, plum, quince, etc., planted there.
Considerable portions of this remain, including the abbot's parlour, celebrated as "the Jerusalem Chamber," his hall, now used for the Westminster King's Scholars, and the kitchen and butteries beyond.
The reformation of abuses generally took the form of the establishment of new monastic orders, with new and more stringent rules, requiring a modification of the architectural arrangements. One of the earliest of these reformed orders was the Cluniac. This order took its name from,the little village of Cluny, N.W. of Macon, near which, about A.D. 909, a reformed Benedictine abbey was founded by William, duke of Aquitaine and count of Auvergne, under Berno, abbot of Beaume. He was succeeded by Odo, who is often regarded as the founder of the order. The fame of Cluny spread far and wide. Its rigid rule was adopted by a vast number of the old Benedictine abbeys, who placed themselves in affiliation to the mother society, while new foundations sprang up in large numbers, all owing allegiance to the "archabbot," established at Cluny.
By the end of the 12th century the number of monasteries affiliated to Cluny in the various countries of western Europe amounted to 2000. The monastic establishment of Cluny was one of the most extensive and magnificent in France. We may form some idea of its enormous dimensions from the fact recorded, that when, in A.D. 1245, Pope Innocent IV, accompanied by twelve cardinals, a patriarch, three archbishops, the two generals of the Carthusians and Cistercians, the king (St Louis), and three of his sons, the queen mother, Baldwin, count of Flanders and emperor of Constantinople, the duke of Burgundy, and six lords, visited the abbey, the whole party, with their attendants, were lodged within the monastery without disarranging the monks, 400 in number. Nearly the whole of the abbey buildings, including the magnificent church, were swept away at the close of the 18th century. When the annexed ground-plan was taken, shortly before its destruction, nearly all the monastery, with the exception of the church, had been rebuilt.
The church, the ground-plan of which bears a remarkable resemblance to that of Lincoln Cathedral, was of vast dimensions. It was . high. The nave had double vaulted aisles on either side. Like Lincoln, it had an eastern as well as a western transept, each furnished with apsidal chapels to the east. The western transept was . long, and the eastern . The choir terminated in a semicircular apse, surrounded by five chapels, also semicircular. The western entrance was approached by an ante-church, or narthex, itself an aisled church of no mean dimensions, flanked by two towers, rising from a stately flight of steps bearing a large stone cross. To the south of the church lay the cloister-court, of immense size, placed much farther to the west than is usually the case. On the south side of the cloister stood the refectory, an immense building, 100 ft (30 m) long and 60 ft (18 m) wide, accommodating six longitudinal and three transverse rows of tables. It was adorned with the portraits of the chief benefactors of the abbey, and with Scriptural subjects. The end wall displayed the Last Judgment. We are unable to identify any other of the principal buildings. The abbot's residence, still partly standing, adjoined the entrance-gate. The guest-house was close by. The bakehouse, also remaining, is a detached building of immense size.
The next great monastic revival, that of the Cistercians, arose in the last years of the 11th century and had a wider diffusion as well as a longer and more honourable existence. Owing its real origin as a distinct foundation of reformed Benedictines to Stephen Harding in the year 1098, it derives its name from Cîteaux (Cistercium), a desolate and almost inaccessible forest solitude on the border between Champagne and Burgundy. The rapid growth and wide celebrity of the order are undoubtedly to be attributed to the enthusiastic piety of St Bernard, abbot of the first of the monastic colonies, subsequently sent forth in such quick succession by the first Cistercian houses, the renowned abbey of Clairvaux (de Clara Valle), A.D. 1116.
The rigid self-abnegation, which was the ruling principle of this reformed congregation of the Benedictine order, extended itself to the churches and other buildings erected by them. The defining architectural characteristic of the Cistercian abbeys was the most extreme simplicity and a studied plainness. Only a single, central tower was permitted, and that was to be very low. Unnecessary pinnacles and turrets were prohibited. The triforium was omitted. The windows were to be plain and undivided, and it was forbidden to decorate them with stained glass. All needless ornament was proscribed. The crosses must be of wood; the candlesticks of iron. The renunciation of the world was to be evidenced in all that met the eye.
The same spirit manifested itself in the choice of the sites of their monasteries. The more dismal, the more savage, the more hopeless a spot appeared, the more did it please their rigid mood. But they came not merely as ascetics, but as improvers. The Cistercian monasteries are, as a rule, found placed in deep, well-watered valleys. They always stand on the border of a stream; often with the buildings extending over it, as at Fountains Abbey. These valleys, now so rich and productive, had a very different appearance when the brethren first chose them as their place of retreat. Wide swamps, deep morasses, tangled thickets, and wild, impassable forests were their prevailing features. The "bright valley," Clara Vallis of St Bernard, was known as the "Valley of Wormwood," infamous as a den of robbers. "It was a savage dreary solitude, so utterly barren that at first Bernard and his companions were reduced to live on beech leaves."-(Milman's Lat. Christ. vol. iii. p. 335.)
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FIG. 11.--St Augustine's Abbey, Bristol (Bristol A. Church. B. Great cloister. C. Little cloister. D. Chapter-house. E. Calefactory. F. Refectory. G. Parlour. H. Kitchen. I. Kitchen court. K. Cellars. L. Abbot's hall. P. Abbot's gateway. R. Infirmary. S. Friars' lodging. T. King's hall. V. Guest-house. W. Abbey gateway. X. Barns, stables, etc Y. Lavatory.
The above plan of the Abbey of St Augustine's at Bristol, now the cathedral church of that city, shows the arrangement of the buildings, which departs very little from the ordinary Benedictine type. The Austin canons' house at Thornton, in Lincolnshire, is remarkable for the size and magnificence of its gate-house, the upper floors of which formed the guest-house of the establishment, and for possessing an octagonal chapter-house of Decorated date.
The church at Bayham was destitute of aisles either to nave or choir. The latter terminated in a three-sided apse. This church is remarkable for its exceeding narrowness in proportion to its length. Extending in longitudinal dimensions ., it is not more than . broad. Stern Premonstratensian canons wanted no congregations, and cared for no possessions; therefore they built their church like a long room.
The Premonstratension order still exists and a small group of these Chanones de Premontre now run the former Benedictine Abbey at Conques in southwest France, which has become well known as a refuge for pilgrims travelling the Way of Saint James, from Le Puy en Velay in Auvergne, to Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, Spain.


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Chest zip suits are getting more and more popular. The benefits are that the length of the zip is shorter and it frees up the entire back of the suit to increase flex when paddling. CHEST PANEL
Sometimes chest panels have an interior laminate to wick water and increase insulation. Also can be on the back, or other areas on high-end suits. KNEEPADS
Flexible, yet more durable rubber is used for a high-friction area. KEY POCKET
Many suits have them on the outside, though some brands put them on the interior. BACK ZIP
Back zips are the traditional entry system. Many brands are making the zip as short as possible, as its typically the least-flexible part of a suit. DRAIN HOLE
Lets any water that slips in the neck drain out here instead of going down your suit. WRIST SEALS
Liquid tape, or similar material is put on inside of wrists and ankles to help keep out water and keep from overstretching. ANKLE SEALS
Liquid tape, or similar material is put on inside of wrists and ankles to help keep out water and keep from overstretching.
Surfers love fall because the wind mellows out, surf bounces in from the north and south making for some magical combo swell days, and the water clears out from summer madness. The other wonderful part of fall is getting a crispy new fullsuit. Sure, you're not in trunks anymore, but the neoprene is soft and comfy, the seams are sealed, and you're actually warm again. With that in mind, this guide breaks down what the best wetsuit brands have on offer this year, and it's impressive. There's a suit for every budget, from entry level all the way up to some Gucci stuff. Dig in and enjoy!
Try on more than one brand. Brands have different fits, which is the most important aspect of deciding on a suit. Some suits fit certain body types better than others, so don't be lazy, get a second (or third) opinion.
Bring a plastic bag, or ask the shop if they have one you can use. Put it over your foot and it helps to slide the suit on. The first suit you try on should go on smooth. After that, things tend to get kinda sticky.
Go to a wetsuit demo. Trying on a suit in a shop is a start, but paddling out in a suit is a way more telling experience.
Ask around. You can get some valuable feedback from word of mouth. Ask friends or people in the water how they like their suit. Also keep in mind that wetsuit brands are constantly evolving and changing fabrics and technology, so if someone tells you they had a suit from so-and-so five years ago that was horrible, the brand might not even make that model anymore, or has addressed any issues.
2011 Wetsuit Price Guide: A quick and easy guide broken down into different price ranges.
($100–$140) Mostly lower-end neoprene with some superstretch in areas. The suits on the bottom of this range will have flatlocked seams, which lets water pass through while the top of the range have glued and blind-stitched seams (GBS), making them warmer.
($190–$280) All suits in the mid-range should have GBS seams which raises the warmth of a suit. These suits are also likely to have more superstretch material and better closure systems. Also look for additional seam sealing with tape, which further improves water tightness.
($290–$400) Suits in this range will be made of nearly all high-end rubber. Seams will be sealed with additional tape, more flexible kneepads, and other design upgrades like fewer seams and panels of ultra high end material.
($400+) These will have the softest, warmest materials, and most advanced seam technology. Suits in this range will have all the bells and whistles, and be soft, comfy, and warm.
Describe your most used board: It's called the tweener—it's a twin fin/thruster hybrid, 6' long and shaped by Fletcher Chouinard.
Current favorite board: Fletcher and I have been working on a design called the KMRP (Keith Malloy round pin)—it's an all around great board for average to piping waves
Favorite surf accessory or two: Destination Surf board bag. I use it everyday, other wise my dog chews on my board in the back of my truck
Best surf tip you've given or received: shred or die
Worst surf tip: Once I coaxed my friend into a wave out of his league and he ended up getting stitches—I still feel guilty about that…
Leash or no leash? Depending on the waves and what mood I am in, I am usually too lazy to wax my board, so in that case I wear a leash
Most boards (or broads) you've packed into a boardbag? Maybe 7
Favorite stash spot? Cory Lopez showed me the leash pocket... seems like a pretty good one.
Glass on or fin system? Glass ons are better, but too hard to travel with so I use Futures.
Describe your most used board: A Rusty Redline R1.
Favorite board of all time: One of my first Rusty EPS boards I got a couple years ago. It lasted all year and had some insane surfs around the world on it. At that point I hadn't ridden much EPS and that board went so good.
Current favorite board: Rusty, R1 model. EPS resin, PU foam. That seems to be the perfect combination of flex and weight for a shortboard around here in California.
Favorite surf accessory or two: Bose headphones for on the plane, baby Taylor guitar for the after surf jams, Soleo sunscreen, my OAM traction pad, and my wife.
Best surf tip you've given or received: Top secret board bag tip when checking in: Slip your back pack underneath your surfboard when they weight it at the check in counter, Never been caught, shaves about 20 pounds off your board bag and it works every time. Also when traveling with a friend take one of his boards and he takes one of yours. That way if one of the board bags gets lost or doesn't make it to your destination you still have one board that made it
Leash or no leash: Leash for sure. I don't like swimming for my board, I think its stupid not to wear a leash especially somewhere like Trestles where there are too many people surfing as it is. One guy out there without a leash could be your death sentence.
Most boards you've packed into one bag? 9. The thing was massive. Checked it in with Singapore and got it on for free, crazy. If that would have been United Airlines I would have needed to take a second loan out of my house.
Favorite stash spot? Putting my passport between that mattress and the spring board. If that gets stolen you're f—ked. Hide it well.
Glass ons or fin system? Future fins. They have epic fins and for traveling they are amazing.
Favorite board of all time: My Maldives 6'0'' Proton Low with glass ons and French flag CI logo. I love France, so everytime I saw the logo it got me psyched.. Thing was on inversion trails on the Backhand.
Current favorite board? 6'0'' Cheesestick by Yadin Nicol. It's fast as f—k and still wafts tail off the top. For me its the hybrid between the Proton and the Whip.
Favorite surf accessory or two: wax and Go Pro
Best surf tip you've given or received: Damo Hobgood at Teahupoo: "If you're coming out, you're not deep enough."
Worst surf tip: Damo Hobgood "If you're coming out, you're not deep enough."
Leash or no leash? No leash, seen Wardo do it a bunch as a grom and I think it looks pissed.
Most boards (or broads) you've packed into a boardbag? Dane, Tanner, and I, three years ago had 34 boards in four bags going to Hawaii... Since then we've figured out about storage units on the island.
Favorite stash spot? In colder temps in my shoes' soles, or socks. In the tropics I just keep anything I'm carrying in my waist line in the trunks.
Glass on or fin system? Fin system... one board becomes three just by changing the fins.
Describe your most used board: 5'9" Stretch with a 5-fin setup (pretty much two boards in one)
Favorite board of all time: 5'5" thing, I've had the thing for more than a year and it's still going strong!
Favorite surf accessory or two: The Pickle, makes boards like new!
Best surf tip you've received or given? Never underestimate the power of the ocean
Worst surf tip: It's hard to get a bad tip—most people just try and help or I'll immediately erase it from my memory.
Leash or no leash? Leash, who wants to swim?
Most boards you've packed in one bag? 7
Favorite stash spot? In my leash
Glass ons or fin system? Fin system
Favorite board of all time: 9'8" that I won the Eddie on.
Current favorite board: 10'7" gun recently made for paddling Jaws. I call her the "Troublemaker". Biggest board I have had made or ridden to date. She's an absolute beast and takes my mind on a wild adventure to waves of magnificent proportion every time I look at her. Sure to make some of those thoughts a reality in the future...
Favorite surf accessory or two? Leash strings and fin keys. Can never have enough of either.
Best surf tip you've given or received: Always make sure you're having fun. If you aren't then you've lost the plot. My pops told me that.
Worst surf tip: Haven't had a bad one yet. Some have had better waves or been a better experience than others but each one is an adventure and that's all I'm after.
Leash or no leash? Small waves no leash. Always wear a leash in any sizeable surf. It can become your lifeline. Something goes wrong it's the only way somebody will find you.
Most boards (or broads) you've packed into a boardbag? 8
Glass on or fin system? Future fins on all my boards. Best system by far.
Favorite board of all time? My Favorite board really only works on my favorite wave. But would have to be 5'11 round tail.
Current favorite board? Sharpe eye 5'10 swallow—fast and fun and easy to maneuver.
Favorite surf accessory or two? Board bag, with wheels
Best surf tip you've given or received: Received: Don't be afraid to use your arms. You look like your wearing a straitjacket.
Worst surf tip: "Put your booties over your wetsuit"—(You know who you are)
Leash or no leash? Leash! Because I like surfing, not swimming.
Most boards (or broads) you've packed into a boardbag? 5
Favorite stash spot? Too many to list…
Glass on or fin system? Futures Fin system. Traveling with glass ons is just too big of a mission. Where would I put my shoes then?
Describe your most used board: I was home a lot this year so I was trying a lot of different boards but the one I have been riding lately is actually an old shortboard template that I made three inches short and a half inch wider and it has really low rocker its called the "little joey" 5'8 x 19 x 2 1/4
Favorite board of all time: The last shortboard I just had was the best board I have ever had but the good ones always break sooner or later.
Current favorite board: I have a 5'8" pocket rocket made by Dan Taylor. It's made for hollow waves only, so when I use it the waves are good. It has really low rocker and the wide point is forward with a rounded pin and it's a quad cause you want as much speed as you can get.
Favorite surf accessory or two? Traction pads are the best accessory. I have slipped off the back of boards so many times.
Best surf tip you've given or received? Remain as calm as possible when you fall.
Leash or no leash? No leash. I just like the freedom of not having one on—you don't have to worry about it getting caught in your feet.
Most boards (or broads) you've packed into a boardbag? 7 a long time ago when I went to Oz.
Favorite stash spot? The sand
Glass on or fin system? Futures
Describe your most used board: My most used board is a Proton, I pretty much ride that in any kind of waves.
Favorite board of all time: I have had so many good boards, but I would say the first Merrick I ever got was one of the best for sure.
Current favorite board: I just got a new proton (5'11 x 18 3/8 x 2 1/8) that feels magical. It just goes everywhere you want it to go, and goes from rail to rail very nicely.
Favorite surf accessory or two: fin screws and leash plugs
Best surf tip you've given or received: Have fun
Leash or no leash? Leash when there's rocks, no leash when its sand.
Most boards (or broads) you've packed into a boardbag? 6 (5 with glass ons and one with fin system)
Glass on or fin system? Fin system nowadays
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Posted 17 February 2013 - 11:57
Actually not a bad price. Do you get Nintendo Land with it or have they replaced NL with ZU?
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Posted 26 February 2013 - 14:42
companies always use the gimmick features when consoles are first released. it'll be a long time before the gamepad is used efficiently.
I'm still waiting for a game to use the gamepad in a truly creative and interesting and innovative way that makes me want to use it, without making it seem like a forced gimmick or just another mirror screen game.
RayMan was close, but again, and as the now multiplatform release shows, it still didn't show something that couldn't be done just s well with a regular controller.
Posted 26 February 2013 - 22:31
Posted 26 February 2013 - 22:39
no it really is held back by it it makes the whole gae experience clumsy and disconnected.
all the stuff you see on the gamepad screen, I would much rather have see on the screen. I would also rather have used my sticks to control the stupid scanner instead of waving the giant pad about like an idiot. it's a cool game, but it gains nothing from the forced gamepad use.
that and the lack of any real progressions, some absolutely idiotic forced events that will cause you to die repeatedly because your base is being rushed and there's no way to win and the fact it tries to be a sandbox game but without being a sandbox instead a sandbox game with a linear path (:facepalm:) means it just gets overall frustrating and I rather pop in the Mario game or COD:BO both of which I can continue to play on the pad while the GF watches TV. Both give me far better use of the gamepad
Posted 27 February 2013 - 13:52
im curious to know what issue you had downloading AC3. i find that downloads on the system are very slow, in general. plus, you have almost no clue of the speed or transfer rate.
Oh i am enjoying it i payed $10 for 1 day shipping from Gamestop it is damn good system the only down side sofare is i purchased AC3 on the Eshop and have had nothing but trouble downloading it . so i siad screw it and bought Black ops 2 on disc and rented AC3 instead for now i am gonna call it bad server issues on nintendos end .
Ssystem is really good tho loving every minut of it besides the server issue for AC3 download beyond that love how good it performs in the other games and Zombie U
Posted 27 February 2013 - 14:05