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yea...what bullshit.
All the quotes coming from the Gamestop hierarchy has been complete crap.
The more crap they spew, the more I realize they have no clue about what's really going on in the world.
I think Sony needs to give them a big FU and launch Socom: Confrontation on the PSN at the stroke of Midnight on October 14th for $29.99.
I was in the US over the summer and went into a GameStop to buy a copy of Disgaea on PSP. The guys at EB here (Montreal) are pretty cool. They'll ask if you want to protect your game for a year but if you say no, they brush it off. Anyways, when I went up to the counter, the guy asked me if I wanted to protect it for a year. I said no. He asked me if I wanted an EB Edge card. I said no, seeing as how I'm from Montreal, his card wouldn't work back home. He told me it would (This was a lie, I asked my local EB's manager). He asked me if I wanted to subscribe to Game Informer. I said no. He asked me if I was looking to buy a new Memory Stick for my PSP. At that point, my patience ran out. I slammed my hands on the counter and told him "NO! However, I AM looking to buy a car! Got one of those? I'm interested in Nissan. OH! And I need to get some food for later. Sell any pizza?! How's about a CHILD. My girlfriend and I want to move further in our relationship. CAN YOU HELP ME WITH THOSE, HUH?"
Astonished, the store clerk said nothing and gave me my game, my change and I left. I was greeted with something like, two high-fives on my way out.
I was walking by a Gamestop and I started to look at the "bargain" bin. I saw Fable for 17.99 which I could swear you could download off the marketplace for $15.
Suck my balls Gamestop! That whole crap about the last copy being open happens so much. And they take advantage of the parents who don't know better during the holidays, I feel like stepping in so many times to help them out. Best buy is the best place to get games, because its less of a hassle and you don't need to ask anyone to open a game case, unless they just have a bunch of copies in there. But even then, in my experience, you get to talk to someone who is a real gamer like yourself and just like talking about what set up you got and doesn't pressure you into anything because they understand the crap that goes on at Gamestop.
I remember one instance where a guy at a Gamestop got a call about a 360 getting the red ring and told the guy he couldn't help him cuz he didn't buy their warranty. He was such an asshole when he hung up, he laughed and said, "shoulda bought the warranty!" What a jerk, they know those warranties are crap, especially now that the MS warranty itself is a year and up to 3 years with RROD.
I just can't go to Gamestop anymore. It's all about the Bestbuy, or my local gamecrazy. Luckily for me, they're half decent in there.
I buy my games online. 'Nuff said.
I'll take Best Buy or Target any day over Gamestop. I haven't shopped there in years. There is nothing they provide I can't get somewhere else with less hassle at the same price or sometimes at an even lower price.
Kotaku got their ass handed to them. I love it.
Well I use to work at a game stop and I can tell you it sucks balls. There is always pressure for the employees to get magazine subscriptions and game reserves, otherwise they get fired. Every body you talk to, you HAVE to mention the magazine and the card and ask about reserves. And of course customers hate it. I felt like a used car salesman. Those stores are always so tiny, crowding everyone together and making it feel more like a zoo than a store. And because they don't keep games out on the shelves (just empty boxes), there's always the problem of a box going missing (people steal the boxes of course). Honestly, how hard would it be to get a scanner in the front door. It would be so much easier. But I remember the worst part of working there was that you had to find the game that goes in the box within the mess of colored CD packets or "somewhere" in the back room.
Awful experience.
all corporatations are alike, they're there to make as much money off of you as possible and thats their bottom line
I don't know, the clerks at the local Gamestop equivalent EB Games (same company, in Canada so they aren't changing the name) seem pretty knowledgeable about a lot of things. When I mentioned Odin Sphere they immediately knew what I was talking about and after stating there is no way I'll ever find it went on to describe how awesome it is. They also complimented my Katamari shirt so they seem alright to me. Granted, this may be one decent store out of a chain of hundreds.
I loved seeing Brian cry like the little puss he is. LMAO!!!!
I love how all the gaming blog sites are acting all hurt cause they ran a fake story. Just admit that you got fooled and learn from it so this dosent happen again and be done with it instead of bashing the website it came from. Im sure if the guys here at GiantBomb would have posted this story they would have just said it turned out to be fake and would have forgotten about it, which is the right way of handling it.
My Gamestop must be like a shimmering diamond in a sea of dog shit. The employees there are fantastic. Yes, they ask you for pre-orders but they don't force or degrade your if you choose not to. They know their shit, too, which to a gaming news blog addict like myself, simply means I don't have to speak to idiots when I go in to pick up my latest fix. Perhaps my opinions of this store are raised further by the knowledge that ALL game shops rape people on trade-in prices -- when I trade, I use Goozex or eBay -- so I don't have some sort of resentful grudge against them for offering fifty cents for last year's Madden. Even in a situation like that -- yes, the price is bullshit! -- it is one's own god damn fault for accepting the deal.
Any Gamestop executives reading this comment: before you pick up the phone to have all these guys fired for more mindless number-jockeys, please consider the fact that because these people are so friendly, knowledgable and pressure-free, I currently have 8 pre-orders on file with them (two of which fully paid collector's editions). If they weren't there, or if they were fired, I'd just buy from Amazon and never spend another dime in that shop.
"Shake lastnights bong session out of his brain. "
The stories posted on video game Web sites based on the Cheap Ass Gamer story show why it is important to fact check before publishing, and why the video game press rarely gets any respect (and rarely deserves any respect).
Report something with no real source as a rumor if you'd like, but when even the rumors you report often turn out to be untrue, claiming that they're rumors isn't going to help your credibility.
(I am not singling out Giant Bomb with this comment. It applies to a good portion of the video game press.)
The people at my local gamestop have about zero knowledge other than the fact that they need to bug me every single time about trade ins, and pre-orders. Honestly I got into GS almost every single day on my break at work and everyday they ask the same crap...they should know damn well they are bugging me since I always say no.
I know they have sales goals to meet but I am what you would call a regular customer..I spend an asston of money in there every month and I dont fall for their crap.
I also hate when they open a copy of a game and sell it as new. I went in for a game last week and they had about 20 copies open and on display. I asked for a sealed copy and they didnt have any. What the hell possessed them to open so many damn copies?! Screw Gamestop...maybe I should stop spending my money there.
I have joined Goozex which is amazing and its quickly getting me to stop trading anything in at GS. Full value is far better then the pittance GS gives.
So sick of Jeff's biased hate speech toward folks that enjoy THC. I call bullshit on your "don't mistake this for some sort of holier-than-thou nonsense" line, regardless of what context it was used.
GameStop is awesome the people there are just taking advantage of you because you're a reviewer.
GameStop?!? I'd venture to say I'd rather buy games online than from an actual game store...
At a GameCrazy once (which is connected to Hollywood Videos, which in turn are like alternate Blockbusters) I had a guy beg me to get his dumb store card so I could "save money" on trade in's and used games and such. The worst part was I wasn't even living there at the time, and where I did live there were no GameCrazy stores. I told him this, but he continued to try and make me buy it and wouldn't hand me my game for something like 5 minutes. He finally gave in after lying to me about how someone had evken gone so far as to donate to him the shirt off his back because he was so poor.
What a loser.
I agree, and wrote about this myself: http://www.groupsofwords.com/2008/09/15/death-to-retail/
Retail, which is summed up by the word GameStop, sucks. Every time I have to go there, I walk out a hater.
I say: amazon ftw.
Gamestop pisses me off almost every time I go there. But the reason I keep going back is simple. They usually have everything in stock. Its quick, painless, and there is no stupid walmart people you have to flag down.
Honestly, Jeff, if you walk into a GameStop and they have no idea who you are, I don't think they know much about video games.
I think we had a decent sales experience at one of those mall game stores all of once, when the sales gal and I were trying to say "Gamecube Gameboy Player" and insisted on using the full title in all seriousness as we were trying to talk about it. She spent the time, and knew what she was talking about, and we left happy.
All the other times I've gone there, you know they picked a game store to work for because they play a single game, sometimes. Most the knowledgeable people probably don't work there. Seeing other customers being treated with barely disguised disdain was bad enough, but then I got some prick chiding me for buying a cheaper copy of the re-released Outlaws from Lucasarts (really fun game as it turns out). After that I basically had no tolerance for the stores' frequent practice of hiring little twerps instead of helpful sales people. I'll be damned if I should have expected any better, but no frigging way is Gamestop any kind of shopping haven. At least in Best Buy you're not trapped once they realize you're not going to buy a computer, and you can always hide behind the aisles if you're trying to avoid people, or get help if you have to. Target can't really compare. Any place that sells lawn furniture is a frigging crap shoot when it comes to games, anyway.
That's the way these lies work, though. If even a small fraction believes you, the lie has got you some sales. Hooray.
You're not alone, Jeff. I almost think the GameStop employees who say, "Do you need any help?" are joking with me.
Kotaku's immature response to getting hoodwinked (I would say "punked" but I'd rather not think about Ashton Kutcher if I can help it) by Cheap Ass Gamer has been extraordinary. Gizmodo ran the gag too, but instead of making a further scene out of it, they just deleted the post.
Kotaku is furthering their idiocy by updating the original article, claiming that CAG now has no more credibility. Question: Who the hell goes to Cheap Ass Gamer for gaming news? I sure as hell don't. I go there for gaming deals. To make matters worse, this "news" just came from a random forum user. It didn't come from, you know, the actual people that run the site.
To make things triple stupid, Kotaku is now banning anyone who posts a comment that is not pro-Kotaku on the issue, no matter how professional and clean their comment may be.
I should be insulted by this, but watching Brian Crecente be an idiot and then whine like a little bitch about it has made my day.
Survey the carnage.
Yeah I bought Final Fantasy III from the gamestop at my mall used when it came out. I had gotten alot of money for my birthday and dropped 40 bucks on it. It was their last copy so they just got the display case I was looking at earlier(a kid actually dropped it soon before I picked it up to look and put it back) and took the cartridge from somewhere in the back. And its a square game "new" so 40 dollars... I also bought Baten Kaitos (1st one) the day before my 12th birthday I spent 50 bucks on it new and it was good condition and sealed and everything but the next week toys r us came out with a deal for the game coming with a soundtrack and a little Kalas poster for 20$! not even a preorder bonus and the game was out for a couple months by then. ridiculous.
Silver I dont know what your problem is but these sites report. And if there is a rumor going around, then they report that there is a rumor going around. When an announcement is made, they report that. When a new game is released, they report that. They don't present the rumor as truth and for what it is and their take on it. Geez, if rumors stopped being reported, there would be less hope or good talks about gaming going on. Rumors are part of the fun and they do try to get the real story out of it. Now what would be bad would be for a site to start a rumor itself and then report that.
Kotaku has a problem with the cag rumor, but not the crazy "Diablo before Starcraft" or "Xbox relaunch on 9/25/08" rumors. Just because they didn't get B.S. confirmation, doesn't mean those rumors weren't B.S.
And, no they aren't banning everyone who comments against their decision.
Also, Game Stop is the Wal-Mart of video game stores. Find something locally owned, shop there instead, you'll be helping your economy, and you'll probably find better deals too. For example, the shop down the street sells NES games still, can't get that at the mall.
I agree with you Jeff! I always hate myself the whole rest of the day after buying anything from GameStop. The only way I can shop there and still sleep at night is the fact that 99% of my purchases there are new games. As I'm sure you know, a store makes almost no money on new game and system purchases. My wife used to work for Best Buy and Circuit City and said that the store only made about $0.50 with every system sold.
if you read the comments over at kotaku you can see that crecente got pissed as hell. heh
I feel your pain Jeff. I feel like I have to repent to God every time I leave Gamestop as if I committed a sin. Wait no, I probably did commit one just by going there.
why are people upset at a practical joke? ffags.
For once I agree completely with Jeff.
I understand mang...
For the most part I go to Best Buy and get stuff brand new. I've found that the employees there tend to actually more helpful and interested. I Bought my PS3 there along with most the games I own for it.
Yeah I hate Gamestop too. I have an old DS and my charger broke and I couldn't find my other one. So I walked in and bought a charger (I never buy games there). Well I bought the charger and when I got home and found out that this only worked on the DS Lite, seeing that I never bought a DS Lite out of owning an original, I had just assumed that Nintendo would have the chargers be compatible... anyway I was looking in my storage closet for a flashlight, and I found my missing charger. This all happened in the same day.
Well I thought "I know they never let you return games but let me look at the receipt, see what they say about accessories," well at the bottom of the receipt it says you can RETURN OPENED ACCESSORIES WITHIN 7 DAYS. I went in the very next day of the purchase. The same guy wasn't there, some girl was, and I presented my accessory and receipt to her. She told me she couldn't do a return. I pointed to the receipt and read the bottom for her. She told me that wasn't what it meant. I asked her what her reading level was. It turned into a bitch-fest and they refused to do the return despite what their return policy said. So that sealed the deal, now not only do I never buy games from them, but I never buy ANYTHING from them.
Thankfully there is a Play-N-Trade only an extra 5 miles from the mall. I don't know much about these guys but they hold tournies, clean discs, and actually do returns (or so I hear) so I am hoping they are as good as I hear. I really want someone to take down Gamestop and I hope these are the guys to do it. For too long they have had no real competitors for video games.
As a longtime Gamestop employee, i have only one issue to contest. If we sell you a new game and it isn't wrapped why should you get a discount? Because you were the last dude to buy the game that week, you hit the lotto and get a discount on a game that has been played exactly, hmmmm, zero times? Take issue with our press to get you to reserve games (But for real, guys get fired for not asking, so you do the math. "Pay bills, or stop annoying customers, what ever do I choose???"), take issue with awful trade in values, but please don't get petty and ignorant with your level of disgust.
I've never had a problem at a gamestop, if they ask me about pre orders, then I say no and move on. Is the same way in any retail store you go to, even best buy the moment you walk in the door you have someone asking, how can I help you today? Looking for anything today? is all the same shit..
The only reason I shop at Gamestop is because they carry more obscure titles than Wal-Mart or Target in my area. By obscure I mean, Gears Of War and Grand Theft Auto...yeah, that's right, the Wal-Mart in my area doesn't even stock these titles. That's what I get for living in the sticks, I guess.
Ugh, and the glass case thing just pisses me off. I work nights so if I do want to grab a game and Gamestop is closed, I have to check if Wal-Mart has it...even if they do, though, I still have to find someone to get it for me.
So is this a weekly thing, Jeff, or just a one off to vent your frustrations?
Woah, what's with the Target hate here, Jeff? I work in a Target electronics department, and I understand most stores just let any idiot work the boat and don't care if he knows what a 360 is let alone if we have any, but not all. My store is full of people who actually know what they're doing and actively play games so they can help customers decide what's right for them. I can't speak for Wal-Mart, but some Targets actually do care about what they're doing. Just thought I'd put that out there, no hard feelings.
@BornOfAsh: Protip: If you have a Walmart, a Target, and a Gamestop in your area, you are officially not "in the sticks."
I, however am "in the sticks," by the example that there are two stores within a radius of 30+ miles from my house that sell games: A non 24-hour Walmart, and a Hastings (video and book shop)... and both stores carry ample copies of both GTA4 and Gears of War. Could it be that more people in your vicinity purchase games from non-Gamestop stores than you realize?
The moment that I heard an associate refer to Dr. Muto being an excellent game with tons of replay value to a 16-year-old kid, I knew one thing: Hell had come to Earth, and it wasn't anything like Pinhead made it out to be.
I know what I want and I only buy what I want. Aside processing the transaction I have no use for any employee. Trying to sell me aditional products/servies results in a livid mood swing.
I'll say that I love my local GameStop. I've been in there so often the guys know me on a first name basis, and they're pretty cool to talk to. They also hook me up with swag now and again, so yeah. Good times. I like going to Best Buy, too, but I rarely get any real help from them. Plus they always crank really obnoxious music at full blast. As for Wal-Mart? I got no real beef with them, I just hate that most their games are behind glass.
@ MrKlorox
Nope. I've checked with the employees, and they don't stock it, because the town I live in is fairly small. The Wal-Mart isn't 24 hours (it actually closes @ 6pm), and the Target is decidedly understocked on anything that isn't clothing in this area. My guess is that they don't stock certain things because they're quite conservative. I think they restrict anything that's M rated, or something. I'll have to ask about it, but yeah, that's the only reason I can see for them not carrying the title.
I used to use Gamestop religiously.. but I had a friend that worked there and "took care of me" .. but now that he's moved on I now get better deals on used games at places like Blockbuster or Play N Trade. I still use Gamestop as a place for crappy controllers to gut and use for custom arcade sticks if my local thrift shops are bare. I feel you pain...


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June 21, 2013 | 4:40 pm
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The Department of Justice has wrapped up its case against Apple, complete with a 119-count slide deck. If you're into that sort of thing, it's worth a look.
By the way, although All Things D had the final Apple slide deck as well, it appears to be gone now. If someone can point me to it, please let me know. I'd like to take a look, for comparison purposes.
I've got no legal training, so I could only look at it from a layperson's perspective, and mostly I thought they'd made a good case. There were several slides that particularly caught my eye, and I thought I'd share them here, along the reasons I found them interesting.
Here's a comparison of prices, both before and after agency pricing. Pay particular attention to the Random House line. This chart covers the period of time before Random House joined agency pricing.
Prices at the publishers who adopted agency pricing went up and stayed up, while prices at the other publishers stayed stable or went down, including Random House.
Here are two slides discussing pricing vs. output. If agency pricing was so good for the industry, wouldn't you expect to see output increase? Not so much, apparently.
Hmm. Raise prices and see a decrease in sales. Imagine that?
There was one slide that puzzled me, however. It seems to undermine some of the argument. Take a look at this one:
Note how Amazon is more expensive than Barnes & Noble. Maybe I'm not understanding what was being compared, but this slide bothers me for two reasons.
1. One of the arguments presented for agency pricing way back when was that Amazon consistently offered the lowest price on e-books, meaning that no one else could compete.
2. Whenever you talked to people who read e-books, pre-agency, they all complained that B&N was more expensive. My memory agrees. At the time, I was reading e-books on my iPhone, so I went where the price was lower. I own almost no Nook books, pre-agency. Only Amazon (or Fictionwise—sigh) books. Would anyone like to present a counter-view or some solid data?
Since I can't find a copy of the Apple slide deck, I can't do a comparison between the two, but overall it looks to me like the DOJ made a pretty good case. If someone with any legal training wants to tell me why I'm wrong, I'm open to listening.
Now on to the proposed penalties, as requested by the DOJ. They are straightforward:
• Prohibit agency pricing for two years
• Prohibit retail price most-favored nation clauses for five years
• Prohibit Apple from further antitrust law violations
• Prohibit Apple from retaliation or discrimination
• Require Apple to have an antitrust compliance program
• Require its executives have antitrust training
• Requite an independent monitoring trustee
• Allow third-party booksellers to reinstate hyperlinks
Obviously I haven't been following this case closely enough, because I have no idea what the last one means.
The first one may bother me, depending on how it's implemented. As an author, I like the concept of agency pricing (just not collusion). Remember way back in December of 2010, Smashwords started implementing agency pricing? From the post I linked to:
The move to agency also created conflict within the supply chain, and it created challenges for Smashwords authors too. Prior to the advent of agency, three our original retailers – Barnes & Noble, Sony and Kobo – were under the traditional wholesale retailer model. Previously, most Smashwords authors and publishers didn't care that their books were discounted, because the discounting only helped sell more ebooks, which benefited authors, publishers and readers.
But then around July, Amazon increased their royalty rates for direct publishers to match the Apple 70%. For the authors who chose to work directly with Amazon, they had to agree that their books would not be sold elsewhere for less, and if Amazon discovered the book priced elsewhere for less, they had the right to discount the author's book to price-match the competition.
This is when the proverbial fertilizer hit the fan for some Smashwords authors who publish direct with Amazon via DTP and then use Smashwords for all the non-Amazon retailers. I recall receiving one especially frantic email from a Smashwords author on disability retirement who was faced with the prospect of seeing his Amazon sales slashed due to discounting at our retailers.
I wasn't yet self-published, but I was working on my first book when that change happened, and I was delighted. I'm concerned we'll see those bad days again, depending on how Judge Cote decides and writes her decision.
Obviously, I look forward to the final judgement with interest.
The rumored new iPad mini 4: Another example of the competition between books and other media?
TeleRead Links: Amazonopoly, AlphaSmart, libraries and the Internet, and more
Are e-book prices too low? No, but they used to be too high
Could Amazon's defenders actually be the saner ones?
Toddler Tablet Time Bad? Maybe Not
Phillip Elmer DeWitt's summary is quite good: http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2013/06/21/apple-ebook-antitrust-summations-2/
Juli, the pricing slide that shows B&N as being cheaper is correct. Amazon was consistently lower-priced on very select titles and people focused on those titles regardless of whether they were buying them. But in overall pricing, B&N was less expensive.
The fallacy in the original statement that people made about B&N being more expensive is that they based the conclusion on the price of the one book that they were interested in and took no account of savings over the course of a year with the purchase of a variety of books. In addition, Amazon did (and continues to do) a wonderful PR job of proclaiming both lower price and greater variety. Personally, I have never found — for my reading preferences and for what I purchase — Amazon to either have a lower price (i.e., a spread greater than 10 cents) or greater variety, with just one exception, which was a specialty (very, very niche) book that had been published about 6 years ago and Amazon was the only store that still had stock of the book in new condition (2 copies).
B&N's real failure has been in its inability to garner good PR. It has done everything somewhat lackadaisically. Consider its customer service. There is no reason why it cannot match Amazon's or come pretty darn close. But it doesn't make the effort.
Or, even more important, B&N has something that Amazon doesn't, yet it has failed to exploit it: physical stores. If you buy a Nook at a B&N, there is a little sign that says there are Nook classes available at the store. If you don't see the sign, you would never know that. B&N should have been advertising that if you buy a Nook, you can get hands-on help at your local store with any problem or even just how to make use of it — no need to try to do it over the telephone. Push that in-person customer service.
Anyway, B&N should be doing much better but it has some of the poorest leadership of any business in Riggio and crew.


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Microsoft sees three "critical" security flaws, which most fourteen year-old hackers knew about months ago.
College students get their own 'Deliverance' experience on float trip. The banjo music should have warned them.
Jennifer Lopez blames media for lame roles in movies; complete lack of talent apparently not good enough reason.
get to keep $98K they found in field. Parents ruin the happiest moment
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Keira Knightley lists a few things she looks for in a man. Gentlemen, the way to Keira's heart is having "good shoes", you don't even have to be good looking. This announcement was sponsored by Nike. Just do it.
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Why can't everyone wait for the offiical reports to be issued and not form a opnion on leaked stories and reporters unconformed sources
Produce first talk later. We first need a QB with football sense and a great arm not a mouth
I'm glad PSU is on his list. This kid He's trying to make a major decision about his future. I like that he is looking for a education not just a stepping stone to the NFL. Why is there mention of vets ? When I was this kids age I choose to go to University of Vietnam at Xuan Loc marjoring in Tet '68.Each of us make a decision at Alex' s age but most of us are not under a microscope like we subject Alex and kids like him.
Welcome Steve.Don't worry about the snow because you will have a warm welcome esp in the stadium with a few 100,000 fans.We need more young men like you and your family.
I had season tickets since1978 and in 1979 got great seats in WA G 2&4 that section was like family. Then the STEP program came along and made it a student section and I was forced to relocate to the north end zone. This made it harder to get to since I have a severe walking disablity. Handicap suttle would have a drop off at enterance to WA section . Now you have to walk halfway around stadium. I didn't want to use handicap seats since they told me if I'm not attending game we must call and let them know if someone else is going in my place so they can reassign them different seats.Last year I missed more games than any other season.Since STEP was started and now is required to join the club some of my friends who wasn't club members dropped their season tickets.
This is great now they need to get JoPa's name back on the Big Ten trophy.
Just wanted to say I agree with royk50
O'Brien lost the starting job at MD so he isn't a automatic at PSU. We have some young qbs that will be good and will stay alot longer in the program and get better. O'brien has 2 yrs eligibility left but will only stay one year.As for the recruits they are jrs and srs in hs.They might not have chosen a prom date yet. Let them enjoy hs they don't need national attention yet They will have pressure when signing day comes next yr and beyond.
Why didn't Cor-But do more as AG in 2002
To bad JoPa and BOT couldn't change places, the world would be a better place.
I'm with the others. Please JoePa alone.
I also didn't know this man's name but i liked a lot of his ideas.I'm a long time ticket holder and I just wonder if the idea wss BOB's or BOT.Just another way to try to remove JoePa from PSU
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Every 20 seconds, your blood completes a cycle through more than 60,000 miles of blood vessels (arteries, veins, and capillaries), circulating through every tissue and organ in your body. At the center of this vital process beats the powerhouse that is your heart.Win the battle with heart disease by knowing your risks and taking responsibility for your condition.By Larry Trivieri JR.
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Turns out it might not be an apple a day that keeps the doc away: A new study in the Journal of Nutrition reports that eating a handful of nuts five or more times a week can reduce your risk of developing heart disease. Reach for almonds, hazelnuts, peanuts, pecans, pine nuts, pistachios, macadamia nuts, and walnuts, says Sari Greaves, RD, a nutritionist in Bedminster, New Jersey.By Nicole Duncan
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Motion To Force San Mateo County DA To Reopen Child Molestation Case Heads To Court Hearing
Professor Robert Weisberg, an expert in criminal justice, is quoted in the San Jose Mercury on a court hearing set to reopen a child molestation case in San Mateo County. Shaun Bishop reports:
A legal dispute between San Mateo County prosecutors and a statewide victims' rights group over whether charges against an accused child molester were improperly dropped appears headed for a September court hearing.
The confrontation stems from the district attorney's decision in February not to pursue child molestation, child endangerment, poisoning and domestic violence charges against a San Carlos man.
Robert Weisberg, co-director of Stanford's Criminal Justice Center, said he agrees with the district attorney's view that a judge who orders a district attorney to prosecute would violate the constitutional principle of separation of powers. Also, such an order "would essentially be self-defeating," because the prosecutor could simply present a weak case that would not result in a conviction, Weisberg said.
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Important Deadlines
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Trust us when we say that you've never really known how to pack before this. If you face common packing annoyances like forgetting something that you should've packed or just packing way too much every time, read on to see our best packing practices.
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Roll up your clothes when packing, so they take up less space.
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You'll definitely have some wrinkled clothing when you're traveling, so pack this wrinkle-release spray (which you can make yourself!) to straighten your clothing with just a few spritzes.
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Make your toiletries spill-proof by adding plastic wrap over the opening and then screwing the cap on it.
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If you don't want to run the risk of losing your valuables — tech products, jewelry, money, etc. — then put them in your carry-on, and don't pack them in baggage that you plan on checking.
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Wrapping your shoes in a shower cap is a handy way to prevent your shoes from dirtying the other items in your luggage. You can also put them in plastic bags.
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If you are considering buying or sharing a boat, you are probably making a significant financial investment. There are many class associations that can give a valuable insight into what to look out for. Both the RYA and British marine federation offer guidance on the financial and legal aspects of the transaction.
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Expert on Israel, Middle East, Joins Wilson Center
Aaron David Miller has joined the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington D.C. as a Public Policy Scholar, and is writing a book about America and the Arab-Israeli conflict. Between 2003 and 2006 he served as president of Seeds of Peace, a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering young leaders from regions of conflict with the leadership skills required to advance coexistence and reconciliation.
For the previous two decades, he served at the Department of State as an adviser to six Secretaries of State, where he helped formulate U.S. policy on the Middle East and the Arab-Israel peace process, most recently as the Senior Adviser for Arab-Israeli Negotiations. He also served as the Deputy Special Middle East Coordinator for Arab-Israeli negotiations, Senior Member of the State Department's Policy Planning Staff, in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research and in the Office of the Historian. He has received the Department's Distinguished, Superior, and Meritorious Honor Awards.
Mr. Miller received his Ph.D. in American Diplomatic and Middle East History from the University of Michigan in 1977 and joined the State Department the following year. During 1982 and 1983, he was a Council on Foreign Relations fellow and a resident scholar at the Georgetown Center for Strategic and International Studies. In 1984 he served a temporary tour at the American Embassy in Amman, Jordan. Between 1998 and 2000, Mr. Miller served on the United States Holocaust Memorial Council. He has written three books on the Middle East and lectured widely at universities and Middle East symposia across the country. His articles have appeared in newspapers including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times and The International Herald Tribune.
Since leaving the Department of State, Aaron Miller has been seen on national and international media outlets speaking about Seeds of Peace and the Arab-Israeli conflict. His recent appearances include CNN (including American Morning, Wolf Blitzer Reports, and Newsnight with Aaron Brown), CNN International, CNN Headline News, Newshour with Jim Lehrer, FOX News, NBC Nightly News, CBS Evening News, National Public Radio, BBC, Canadian Broadcast Network, Al Arabiya, Al-Jazeera and Israeli Radio. Mr. Miller has also been a featured presenter for the World Economic Forum in Davos and Amman, Council on Foreign Relations, Center for Strategic International Studies, Harvard University, Columbia University, New York University, University of California at Berkeley, City Club of Cleveland, Chatham House, and the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars is the living, national memorial to President Wilson established by Congress in 1968 and headquartered in Washington, D.C. It is a nonpartisan institution, supported by public and private funds, engaged in the study of national and world affairs. The Center establishes and maintains a neutral forum for free, open, and informed dialogue.


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Wednesday, December 18, 2013
The Goose Creek girls started fast and finished strong as they earned a 75-24 win at Fort Dorchester.
The Lady Gators lived up to their No. 7 ranking in the Class AAAA coaches' poll as they cruised by the unranked Lady Patriots Monday. Goose Creek jumped out to a 6-0 lead in the first minute of play and extended the lead to 15 by the end of the opening quarter. They then doubled that lead in the second quarter.
The Lady Gators moved the ball around well to score both in the paint and on the perimeter. Goose Creek hit four shots from behind the arc, two of which came from Alex Ludwig. She led all scorers with 16 points while Shakeia Joy added 10 for the Lady Gators and Ryan Bishop added 9.
Senior Erika Cobb finished with 6 points to lead the Lady Patriots. J'Quana King finished with 5 and Jordan Sprueil with 4.
Fort Dorchester hosts West Ashley at 6:30 Friday. Goose Creek hosts Timberland at 7 p.m.
Goose Creek 75,
Fort Dorchester 24
Fort Dorchester (24): Erika Cobb 6, J'Quana King 5, Jordan Sprueil 4, Melvin 3, Ferguson 3, English 2, Cheeks 1.
Goose Creek (75): Alex Ludwig 16, Shakeia Joy 10, Ryan Bishop 9, Semoine Frasier 6, Mariah Linney 8, Ericka Broughton 8, Zeleria Simpson 8, Alishya Neal-Turner 8, Shakayia Wilson 2
Fort Dorchester 4 4 6 10-24
Goose Creek 19 22 18 16-75
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Mienshao (F) @ Life Orb
Trait: Regenerator
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SAtk / 252 Spd
Hasty Nature (+Spd, -Def)
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- Stone Edge
- Hidden Power [Ice]
Mienshao is a good scout in the beggining since I can U-Turn out. He is a great attacker and HP ice gives good coverage against flying switch ins? It helps against Gliscor to since Some of my battles take place in Mixed Black/White 2.
Suicune @ Leftovers
Trait: Pressure
EVs: 252 HP / 116 Def / 4 SAtk / 136 SDef
Bold Nature (+Def, -Atk)
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- Ice Beam
- Hidden Power [Electric]
- Scald
I use Suicune has one my walls. I invested in Max Hp and then about half in defense and half in special defense so it has some good longativity. Calm Mind helps bolster her defense and SAtk. Hidden Power Electric for Flying and other water types. Scald for stab plus one it burns that usually helps alot to.
Nidoking (M) @ Life Orb
Trait: Sheer Force
EVs: 252 SAtk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Earth Power
- Fire Blast
- Substitute
- Ice Beam
Nidoking is one of my Special Attackers. He has a variety attacks and sometimes I predict switches and get a sub set up! Its a good coverage pokemon for UU I think and I like it!
Flygon (M) @ Life Orb
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Earthquake
- Dragon Claw
- Roost
- Fire Punch
Well this is the Dragon of UU. I need to put the last 4 EV's in I realize now so I will do that but other than that he is a good attacker and helps out alot. Roost lets me keep him in longer if I see a switch coming or I know the attack they use does not do alot of damage.
Registeel @ Leftovers
Trait: Clear Body
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SDef
Careful Nature (+SDef, -SAtk)
- Stealth Rock
- Thunder Wave
- Seismic Toss
- Earthquake
Here is a special/Defensive wall I use for Rocks and to T Wave threats that switch in on him. Seismic Toss helps with his stalling and Earthquake is for Darmanitan, Arcanine and Chandelure. Good Wall in My Opinion.
Arcanine (M) @ Life Orb
Trait: Flash Fire
EVs: 72 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SDef / 176 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Flare Blitz
- ExtremeSpeed
- Wild Charge
- Close Combat
Here is my Arcanine I went with it over Darmanitan because I like Arcanine. I can switch in on Victini's that are choiced scarfed that use V Create and Chandelure and Darmanitan since they have huge Fire attacks. Helps out alot and Extreme Speed lets me kill of weak oppenents.
Well that is my UU team so for so good my Battles. I face alot of Mixed Black/White 2? When I do get to face UU I do quite well. I do good in Mixed Black/White 2 as well but I am even in it because I face alot of weather teams and Legendary teams there? lol Let me know what you think.


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Travel Guide Africa Seychelles
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The Seychelles are a series of islands far off the African coast in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Predictably, the Seychelles' main attractions are its beaches and shimmering, turqoise waters. Snorkelling and diving are of the highest order - you can't really get much better than Seychellois waters in terms of natural beauty and abundance of fish and other sea creatures. The granite islands have the added bonus of featuring distinctive inland beauty.
The second major tourist function of the Seychelles is its bird population. Besides being impressively large, it is also strikingly unique, with some species of bird found here that are found nowhere else. Accordingly, four islands have been set apart as bird sanctuaries. Bird watchers should find enough to tantalize their senses for days.
Due to its remoteness, the Seychelles are an expensive destination. But if you've got the money, it's well worth the trip. Probably the best 'budget' island will be the main island of Mahé, where some guesthouses and B&B's are available.
While Austronesian seafarers or Arab traders may have been the first to visit the uninhabited Seychelles, the first known European recorded sighting of them took place in 1502, by the Portuguese Admiral Vasco da Gama, who passed through the Amirantes and named them after himself (islands of the Admiral). The first recorded landing and first written account was by the crew of the English East Indiaman Ascension in 1609.
As a transit point for trading between Africa and Asia, they were occasionally used by pirates until the French began to take control of the islands starting in 1756 when a Stone of Possession was laid by Captain Nicholas Morphey. The islands were named after Jean Moreau de Séchelles, Louis XV's Minister of Finance.
The British contested control over the islands with the French between 1794 and 1810. Jean Baptiste Quéau de Quincy, French administrator of Seychelles during the years of war with the United Kingdom, declined to resist when armed enemy warships arrived. Instead, he successfully negotiated the status of capitulation to Britain, which gave the settlers a privileged position of neutrality.
Britain eventually assumed full control upon the surrender of Mauritius in 1810, and this was formalised in 1814 at the Treaty of Paris. The Seychelles became a crown colony separate from Mauritius in 1903 and independence was granted in 1976, as a republic within the Commonwealth. In 1977, a coup d'état ousted the first president of the republic, James Mancham, replacing him with France Albert René. The 1979 constitution declared a socialist one-party state, which lasted until 1991. The first draft of a new constitution failed to receive the requisite 60 percent of voters in 1992, but an amended version was approved in 1993.
The Seychelles are located to the northeast of Madagascar and about 1,600 kilometres from mainland Africa. The number of islands in the archipelago is officiall over 150, but some of them are not more than some sand and a lonely tree. There are 42 granitic islands, including the main islands of Mahé, Praslin and La Digue, 44 coral islands, 67 raised coral islands and 2 coral sand cays.
The Seychelles consists of 155 islands. Below are some of the most popular ones.
Valléé de Mai Nature Reserve is on the Unesco World Heritage List on the island of Praslin. It is one of only two places in the world where you can see the coco de mer palm growing in their natural state. The other location is Curieuse Island. This valley's forest is just marvelous and the view of sunlight filtering through is just great! The famous coco de mer, from a palm-tree once believed to grow in the depths of the sea, is the largest seed in the plant kingdom. With some luck you might see the Seychelles black parrot here. As this is a fragile forest area, keep to the tracks and don't take anything away or leave behind.
The other UNESCO World Heritage Site on the Seychelles is the Aldabra Atoll, which contains four large coral islands which enclose a shallow lagoon. In their turn, this group of islands is surrounded by a beautiful coral reef. Because of the fact that it is rather difficult to access and due to the relative isolation of the Aldabra Atoll, it has been protected from human influence. As a result, this natural wonder is home to well over 150,000 giant tortoises, the world's largest single population. Other species of animals to be found are tiger sharks, manta rays and thousands of seabirds. If you want to visit, you have to get special permission in the capital Victoria. Only scientists are allowed to stay for longer times.
The Seychelles contain many uninhabited islands which cost a fortune to visit, if at all possible. Of the main islands Mahé, Praslin and La Digue, the latter one is probably the best one to visit, as it is the quietest. La Digue also is home to the famous Anse Source d'Argent, the picture perfect image of emerald waters, white palm fringed beaches and the very special round granite rocks. As it is the least developed of the main islands, it is probably the best to get away from it all without paying very high prices and maybe a place you want to stay much longer than you planned.
The Seychelles have a warm and humid climate but as the distance to the sea is never more than a few kilometers in most places, there usually is nice and cool breeze during most of the year. Temperatures are around 30 °C during the day and still above 20 °C at night most of the year. The best time to visit the Seychelles is during the southeast monsoon season which lasts from late May to September when both temperatures and rainfall are lowest. The warmer and wetter season is during the northwest monsoon which lasts from March to half May.
Air Seychelles is the national airline of the country and is based at Seychelles International Airport (SEZ) near the capital Victoria on the main island of Mahé. It has flights to and from Bangkok, Johannesburg, London, Milan, Munich, Paris, Port Louis (Mauritius), Rome and Singapore.
Doha (Qatar Airways), Dubai (Emirates), Nairobi (Kenya Airways), Frankfurt and Munich (Condor) and Reunion (Air Austral) have flights to the Seychelles as well.
There are no international passenger services, so it all comes down to being lucky enough to catch a ride on a cargo ship or yacht.
Air Seychelles flies between Mahé and Praslin at least 20 or 25 times a day. Smaller planes fly to La Digue and the islands of Bird, Denis, Fregate, Desroches and Alphonseand and Assumption Island and Coetivy can be reached by air charter. To end, there also are many VIP charters to private islands.
Helicopter Seychelles also flies between the main islands Mahé, Praslin and La Digue and has some charter flights to and from other smaller islands.
There are no passenger trains on any of the islands of the Seychelles.
Renting a car is possible on the islands of Mahé and Praslin and can be surprisingly cheap. Most international as well as local companies have rental cars at the international airport on Mahé and a few companies have cars on Praslin. You can get anywhere with a car and with so many beaches and viewpoints to explore, this is probably the best way to get around if you are with at least 2 people. Most roads are paved, but roads on Mahé can sometimes be narrow and winding. Traffic drives on the left and your national driver's license is sufficient.
Especially the smaller islands of Praslin and certainly La Digue are perfect to explore by bike. Although bicycles are for hire on Mahé as well, the steep hills and bigger distances combined with heavier traffic makes this a less popular island to explore by bike. Most other islands can easily be explored by foot.
The SPTC (Seychelles Public Transport Corporation) runs daily bus services on the islands of Praslin and Mahe during most of the day except late evening and night times. Most buses usually pass by every 15 minutes or so along the main roads. These buses are an excellent and cheap way of getting around but don't give you the opportunity to go everywhere.
There are several daily round trips between Mahé and Praslin with a high speed catamaran, taking around one hour. Cat Cocos now offers fast and reliable transport between the two islands.
There are also around 5 round trips daily between Praslin and La Digue by ferry, taking around 30 minutes and the schedule is timed to interconnect with the Mahé to Praslin service.
Most nationals do not require a visa. Travellers must have valid passports, valid for at least 6 months, proof of onward or return transport and a hotel reservation. These are asked for at the airport, though usually naming a hotel will be sufficient as well.
Extensions are possible for up to a year, but will cost you if you intend to stay more than 3 months ($40).
See also Money Matters
The official languages of Seychelles are Seychellois Creole, English and French. Seychellois Creole, a French-based creole language, is by far the most commonly spoken language in the archipelago, being spoken natively by about 95% of the population. Nevertheless, the country was a British colony for over a century and a half, and thus, English is the main language used in government and business. The French language was introduced before the British rule and has remained in use largely thanks to the Franco-Seychellois minority and the language's proximity to Seychellois Creole.
Accommodation on the Seychelles ranges from top notch luxurious resorts down to budget guesthouses and everything in between. There are few real cheap places, but there are some budget places to stay, mainly on Mahé and Praslin. The latter has nice mid-range places as well.
See also Travel Health
There are no vaccinations legally required to travel to the Seychelles. There is one exception though. You need a yellow fever vaccination if you have travelled to a country (7 days or less before entering the Seychelles) where that disease is widely prevalent.
Still, it's a good thing to get your vaccinations in order before travelling to the Seychelles. The general vaccination against Diphtheria, Tetanus and Polio (DTP) is recommended. Also both hepatitis A as well as typhoid would be recommended. If you are staying longer than 3 months or you might consider hepatitis B and typhoid vaccinations.
There is no malaria, but dengue sometimes occurs, especially in more urban areas. Buy repellent (preferably with 50% DEET), and sleep under a net, there is no vaccination for dengue.
Finally, other possible health issues include diarrhea and other general travellers' diseases like motion sickness. Watch what you eat and drink and in case you get it, drink plenty of fluids (to prevent dehydration) and bring ORS.
See also Travel Safety
The Seychelles are a safe group of islands and you won't face any major problems, other than possible hazards regarding weather or some diseases. But in general, the whole atmosphere is pretty relaxed and only small problems like pickpockets might pose some threat.
See also International Telephone Calls
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Discover the amazing and unexpected world of clouds with this inspiring collection of images. Clouds present us with an ongoing visual exhibition that transforms the sky into a constantly changing, mood-altering display of light, shade, volume and colour. Richard Hamblyn, acclaimed author, offers a selection of some of the most startling and unusual cloud formations, accompanied by Hamblyn's entertaining and informative explanation of how the cloud was formed and the conditions in which a similar one might occur. The images use satellite photography of clouds from above as well as ground-based pictures and the collection demonstrates the most unexpected and seemingly impossible patterns that can be created by the natural cycles of the weather. Extraordinary Clouds is divided into five distinct chapters: Clouds from the Air - Whether seen from a mountain summit, an airplane window or an orbiting satellite on the fringes of space, our atmosphere can exhibit some surprising characteristics when viewed from above. Vortex clouds, fallstreak holes, Jetstream cirrus, and cloud streets are just some of the cloud formations captured from the air in this chapter. Strange Shapes - Clouds come in a wide variety of distinctive shapes and some of them can be very strange indeed. From roll clouds and decaying altocumulus to swirling cirrocumulus and the odd bulbous lenticularis that are commonly mistaken for UFOs. Optical Effects - Clouds refract and diffract sunlight into vivid displays of colour and this section is devoted to the most beautiful of these cloud-induced light effects, from the pastel shades of iridescence and colourful rainbows to the bright flames of sun pillars and crepuscular rays. Theatrical Skies - Great atmospheric dramas are in continuous production all around the world: severe supercell thunderstorms, tornadic lightning strikes, violent dust storms, and a glorious fallstreak hole at sunset all feature in this striking chapter. Man-made Clouds - The impact of human activity has made its mark on every corner of our planet including the atmosphere, and throughout this chapter you will recognize a variety of these man-made clouds in the sky: fumulus clouds from industrial cooling towers, contrails from aircrafts, a noctilucent rocket trail, wing clouds, and pyrocumulus formed after man-made fires, or erupting volcanoes and forest fires. Produced in association with the Met Office - the world's premier weather forecasting bureau - who have written the Foreword for the book, Extraordinary Clouds celebrates the cloud formations and atmospheric phenomena that are completely our of the ordinary, from the merest wisp of a fleeting dust devil to the tops of thunderstorms visible from space.
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