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WESTFIELD - The Concord Grape Belt Heritage Association, Inc., announced it has hired Ray H. Wigle to serve in the position as manager for the Grape Discovery Center to be opened in Westfield, N.Y.
"Ray brings a lot of skills and experience in tourism to this effort." Vice President and Building and Operations Chair for the Association David Momberger said. "He has worked as director of communications with the Niagara Falls Convention and Visitors Bureau, as director of operations with Old Fort Niagara, Youngstown, N.Y., and with other tourism venues in Western New York."
Momberger noted the Grape Discovery Center is anticipating a grand opening next spring and is also working for a soft opening this fall as grape product venders, local artists, craftsmen, specialty foods, wineries, tourism officials and others are engaged in the center's preparation for opening. The center hopes to feature both locally made and grape themed products, giving visitors opportunity to take home a flavor of the Lake Erie Concord Grape Region. The exhibits and displays will highlight the region's 150-year heritage of the grape industry.
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Vice President of the Concord Grape Belt Heritage Association Dave Momberger, left, welcomes the new manager for the Grape Discovery Center, Ray H. Wigle.
The association has recently selected a firm to assist in the design and production of exhibits and displays for that part of the Grape Discovery Center. These will be ready for the spring grand opening.
The Grape Discovery Center is located at 8305 West Main Road, or Route 20, just west of the Village of Westfield and centrally located amongst the 30,000 acres of grapes stretching from the Town of Harborcreek in Erie County, Pa., to the towns of Hanover and Brant in Chautauqua and Erie Counties, N.Y.
The Concord Grape Belt Heritage Association is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting grape products, wine, tourism and associated industries of the region and local economic development.


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Guns are not going away, said Elaina Spraker, a Teens on Target firearm safety trainer.
"We're not going to debate gun control," she said. "We live in a gun culture and we are protected by the second amendment."
With that in mind, she said, the best thing to do is educate youth about responsible gun use and ownership, which is what she and her husband Ted Spraker have been doing for four years through their Teens on Target class.
A class of four teenage girls met for the first time at the Snow Shoe Gun Club firing range on Jan. 3 after weeks in the class room. During the session, the girls — 15-year-old Kerri-Ann Leavitt, of Kenai; 15-year-old Kat Payton, of Kenai; 17-year-old Kaitlin Davis, of Clam Gulch; and 17-year-old Denali Goodwill, of Sterling — handled and eventually fired semi-automatic pistols.
"One of the main goals is just safety," Ted Spraker said. "We're not trying to teach them to be hunters, just safe gun handlers."
The class focused on pistols, Elaina Spraker said, because they are the most dangerous with their short barrels and require more knowledge to use than rifles and shotguns.
Goodwill said the class is important because it allows her to exercise her second amendment right and teaches her how to protect herself.
Although the teenager has never needed a gun to defend herself, she said one day she might.
And her mother, Suzanne Goodwill, said that is a useful skill particularly in Alaska, with dangerous wildlife and remote communities.
"Whether it's two-legged or four-legged," she said, "you need to make sure that she knows how to use a gun ... you know, where the safety is, be comfortable with the weapon she's carrying."
Also, she said, she wants her daughter to know what do when she walks into a room with a gun. If someone has a gun, she wants her daughter to know to check that it is empty.
Elaina Spraker said this year's class has had a different perspective following the school shooting in Connecticut.
"It's really important for us to step up as gun owners (and) firearm trainers to try to do a better job now," she said.
During class Elaina and Ted Spraker showed the girls how to check that a pistol is safe by removing the magazine and pulling the slide back to clear any remaining bullets. They also demonstrated how to properly load, cock, grip and fire a pistol.
While Denali Goodwill is not yet old enough to own a gun under her name, her grandfather has given her a 12-gauge shotgun. When she is older, she said she will probably buy a handgun for personal protection.
"What made me really upset about the Connecticut shooting was everybody said, 'Oh, it's the gun's fault,'" she said. "No. A gun can not hurt someone unless there's a person on the other end of it."
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In Brussels, from an Italian court? I thought the EU countries (except England, which is still Common Law) were civil law jurisdictions, which don't recognize stare decisis (i.e., no "precedent" from prior decisions)...?
Even then, Belgium and Italy are fully independent judiciaries. What is law in Italy is not necessarily law in Belgium. Though of course with the EU slowly but surely laws in the various member countries are getting aligned.
A much better expression would be "a similar case".
Nevertheless, court cases are sometimes filed to test or clarify the law in those jurisdictions. If a court rules one way in one case, it will likely rule the same way in a highly similar case.
There is also the fact that even where precedent does not apply judges do look strongly at what other judges in similar cases elsewhere had found and consider their rulings very highly when making their own determinations.
It's still quite common for example for Judges in the US to look at rulings under British case-law where similar cases were decided although British courts have no precedent-power over US ones, the findings of those judges are useful. For starters if there are evidentiary differences it may well be useful to ask "why" (particularly when the same companies are involved).
That would be because US has largely derived its system from British case law.
Tell that to an Italian who worked in the system, and you'll be laughed out of the room as an "ignorant yankee". And he'll be correct.
Remember, while Old World's legal system are generally derived from combination of Roman justice system, Catholic courts and to an extent Napoleon Code, they have extreme nationalist pride of thousands of years that they in fact represent justice in their own country, and other country's justice has
Except that the law that in question is derived from an EU directive. It being a EU directive, meaning that that law should, in theory apply equally for all EU citizens. If the case fails in Brussels, it can be tried in a EU curt, because two countries came to separate conclusions about an EU directive and as a result either the law in Italy or the law in Belgian must be altered. It is true that there is no law that forces a precedent to be taken into account in this case, except that if it is not taken int
Correct. Now ask yourself, what is the directive, and why is it called a "directive" and not a "law"?
Once you find the answer to that question, you'll understand my statement.
We have a gay Italian as prime minister in Belgium - might have changed things a bit.
I hardly think that Apple was obliged to change anything. Probably obligated, but not obliged.
Still more likely "Any company that is not obliged to act for its customers will eventually be obligated to close its doors."
I was pointing more to the obliged vs obligated word choice. But yes, the posessive apostrophe is one of the dumbest things in the language.
Any company that is not obligated to act for it's customers will eventually be obliged to close it's doors.
Oooh, I think you forgot to add "... in Europe", due to their stronger consumer-protection laws.
In United States, several larger companies seem to be doing quite well acting for the politicians and sometimes for the shareholders (in that order).
I'm sorry, but that's completely clueless.
The idea that europe has "stronger consumer protection laws" is utterly false in practice.
While yes, in europe you have some statutary differences compared to the USA - for example, a categorical right to return items purchase by post, what you do NOT have in europe, in general, is the ability to sue companies directly and/or seek punitive damages except in extremely extraordinary cases that require a myriad of hoops to be jumped through. rather, the mechanisms to
The idea that europe has "stronger consumer protection laws" is utterly false in practice.
I will admit that I am not familiar with European laws -- but I refer you to this particular article. Europe apparently has a mandatory 2-year warranty that encapsulates Apple products, yes?
I do not believe that the 1-year that Apple provides in US is required by law here. I suspect Apple could cut this down to 3 months if they felt like it (the only concern would be consumer backlash)
Therefore, in this particular case, Europe clearly has stronger consumer protection laws -- but I was wrong to generalize
The EU has remedies that protect the majority, the US that protect the minority. Broken almost 2 year old phone? Your better of in the EU where the 2 year BTW is a MINIMUM. For a washing machine, you can expect free repairs for the entire economic life of the device if it is reasonable to expect that it should last longer. Cars for instance have far long warranties mandated by law because a car is expected to last at least 10 years.
In the US you are better off because you can sue if you sustain serious har
I'm sorry, but that's completely clueless.
The idea that europe has "stronger consumer protection laws" is utterly false in practice.
While yes, in europe you have some statutary differences compared to the USA - for example, a categorical right to return items purchase by post, what you do NOT have in europe, in general, is the ability to sue companies directly and/or seek punitive damages except in extremely extraordinary cases that require a myriad of hoops to be jumped through.
So Europeans don't have as much rights because they supposedly can't sue a manufacturer when your dog didn't survive being dried in the microwave oven they made.
>In United States, several larger companies seem to be doing quite well acting for the politicians and sometimes for the shareholders (in that order).
I thought it was always for the shareholders. I don't see a lot of corps acting for the politicians, it's almost always the other way around.
Before Apple does what it should have done from the start and changes its warranty document to mention 2 years as required by European law?
For example, the court in Brussels could reasonably decide that Apple has been made aware of the European warranty requirements after the court decision in Italy and that its more recent neglect in updating its documentation is a willful violation of what it is required to do by law in Europe and thus the penalties will be somewhat more harsh.
for his iPad. Kept it in a heavy duty switcheasy cover and everything. One day, in front of my eyes, he opened the cover, set the iPad sideways down on the inside of the cover's padded surface, and a huge crack occured, running the length of the screen. Luckily it was only on the black bezel, so it didn't impact use at first after putting duct tape over it to protect the fingers.
The entire machine was mint, no scratches, no dings on the side, since it was in a case in it's entire life, the crack itself was some long weird trench that imploded. It was apparent that it wasn't some outside force, no center impact spot nor spiderwebbing outwards.
Even with Apple Care, Apple wouldn't replace it other than to say it would cost $250 to replace it with same model. Which is kinda ridiculous. The screen worked, it was just the digitizer that I found out later costs $60 on iFixit.
Applecare may have been worth it for past notebooks but not anything else. Most other venders extended warranties attempt to provide some value for the money. The current line of notebooks in the office seem solid, back in the mid-00s, it seemed some Powerbook would blow their motherboard every so often, and some 2-3 times in a row.
Apple Care is extended warranty, and is not insurance. I doubt you would get a replacement for notebook either.
A warranty covers defects, and Applecare explicitly says that this covers "Defects arising after customer takes delivery [apple.com]" (contrast with statutory warranties which usually only cover inherent defects - not that I'm saying this isn't an inherent defect, my point is that Applecare you shouldn't even have to argue whether or not it's inherent as it should be covered either way).
Unless you're accusing the grandparent's dad of secretly neglecting his iPad, this is clearly a defect.
Apple Care is extended warranty, and is not insurance.
That's the entire point of his post.
It all depends on whether you believe the crack was caused by a manufacturing defect or improper/accidental user behavior. In his case, he clearly believes it was a manufacturing defect. Of course, you can choose not to believe him if you want, that's your call.
I doubt you would get a replacement for notebook either.
That's a strawman. He was asking for the device to be fixed, not be replaced (which according to him at least, could have been easily done).
Besides, an extended warranty doesn't just extend the default limitation of a standard manufacturer warranty, but it's supposed to dictate more advantageous terms than a standard existing warranty (even when a defect is found only within the standard warranty period).
So if one is to truly believe that this was caused by a manufacturing defect, and not user behavior, it wouldn't be unusual to expect better warranty service when one has purposefully purchased better warranty service in the first place.
Even with Apple Care, Apple wouldn't replace it other than to say it would cost $250 to replace it with same model. Which is kinda ridiculous. The screen worked, it was just the digitizer that I found out later costs $60 on iFixit.
Sure sounds like cause for a small claims suit against apple due to failure to provide repair or replacement to address a defect of a product under warranty.
See http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2011/01/apple-stores-warranty-approach-contradicts-australian-consumer-law/ [lifehacker.com.au] for more detail.
Apple still tries these tactics in Australia, even two years after being brought to public attention. In Australia, if a product isn't fit for purpose, you can return it to the store it was bought from, regardless of what Apple try to tell you. This is one small part of the reason for the 'Australia Tax', the other parts being inexplicable.
http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2011/01/apple-stores-warranty-approach-contradicts-australian-consumer-law/ [lifehacker.com.au]
for more detail.
Phones are even more of a special case in Australia. For other products the wording of the law is that if you paid a substantial amount of money for something and it breaks before the expected lifespan you can expect replacement from the supplier or manufacturer (can't remember which, the supplier I think). For phones, if you are under contract then the phone is considered under warranty and the phone company is responsible for it.
I'd hoped this would reduce the amount of crap on the market - a store might
Warranties are handled by the supplier via the Australian distributor. The store has little to do with it. They are in fact in the right not to handle your warranty at all and can simply direct you to the manufacturer. It doesn't cost the store anything (if they are bastards) or very little (if they have good customer service and handle things like warranties) to replace a very cheap TV.
But the warranty laws in Australia compel the shop to handle the warranty, you are meant to take it back to the place of purchase. For most electronic goods, the retailer really can't do anything, so that's why they have manufacturers warranty, that's all arranged outside what the law allows, but no one worries, because a defective product gets fixed and the customer should be satisfied. The law also allows some reasonable leniency with entry level gear, as it does examine that in "fit for purpose" you buy
Handle the warranty does not mean pay for the replacement. Again this is a warranty. Warranty is always covered by a the local distributor. The cost to the shop is the cost of shipping if there even is a cost like that. This is the reason why we still have cheap shit products on the market.
Fit for purpose is exactly why the Xbox360 red ring of death is covered regardless if the warranty is there or not. I fully support this. People buy a console expecting to need to purchase only the one in the console's li
In Australia, if a product isn't fit for purpose, you can return it to the store it was bought from, regardless of what Apple try to tell you.
In California, you can return a defective product to _any outlet which sells it_ any time during the warranty period. Needless to say, some retailers are not too happy about this concept. Some of them cheat brutally to get around it. For example, Sears changes their model numbers every year so that they technically don't have the same product.
All Apple has to do is build in the price of AppleCare into every new purchase. That's all. Like everyone else who sells stuff in the EU - the extended warranty price is built into the price EU customers pay. Just like sales taxes and other stuff needed to comply. It just becomes another reason why US prices are "lower" than EU prices.
Though, there is a *slight* difference between AppleCare and just a bog-standard warranty - since AppleCare offers support as well (you get 90 days of phone support standard,
They already do this. A USD 2199 macbook is a EUR 2199 macbook. But the question is why Apple should be allowed to sell hightech junk which needs repair within two years. Hardly value for money.
A summary that merely states that Apple has a warranty, and that Apple is misleading customers.
OK, fine, but... how is Apple misleading customers? Neither the summary, nor the linked article give any clue.
AFAIK EU and Belgian law already mandate certain warrantees regardless of wether you buy AppleCare or not, and Apple is accused of portraying certain warrantees to only apply if you do buy AppleCare.
Two year warranty presented as an extension. Two year warranty is required by European law. I'm sure that's probably just a start.
Two year warranty presented as an extension. Two year warranty is required by European law. I'm sure that's probably just a start.
And what you say is nonsense. You are confusing warranty and statutory rights. Any _manufacturer_ is free to give you any manufacturer's warranty that they like under any terms they like. Any _seller_ where you buy an item is responsible that the item is of sufficient quality. Calling that 'warranty' is quite misleading.
In Europe there is a consumer law that demands that the sales person of a electronics device is required to give 2 years guarantee for free.
Despite what the law may imply, the 2-year guarantee is not free. The company selling the product still has to pay to provide warranty service, and that cost will be included in the price of the product.
Yet another example of a law taking away your opportunity. Both for the customer and the producer.
espite what the law may imply, the 2-year guarantee is not "free."
The law doesn't imply 2-year warantee should come for free but that must be included in the front price of the product.
"Yet another example of a law taking away your opportunity."
There's a non fair bargaining position on the seller: we knows perfectly what the innards of the product he is selling are, but the seller can't. This way the buyer is protected knowing there's a minimal quality all products needs to abide to. It leverages the playing field for all vendors, hardly a way of taking away oportunities, except for oportunities to abuse the buyer, of course.
The law doesn't imply 2-year warantee should come for free but that must be included in the front price of the product.
I used to work with a company for consume goods when the period went from 1 year to 2 years. We already sold an extended warranty for 3 years.
So what they did was just recalculate the price to include the expected loss of extended warranty sales. When I asked the CEO if he thought it was a burden to not be able to sell the amount of warranty he said no. The income would not change as prices
the 2-year guarantee is not free. The company selling the product still has to pay to provide warranty service, and that cost will be included in the price of the product
Certainly true. But Apple may not want to extend much the already high price gap between their products and the competition - especially for tablets and phones. For the record, many electronic shops in France (eg FNAC) do not care at all about this 2-year warranty law when selling less known laptop brands, for instance. And nobody complains (besides me
Yet another example of a law taking away your opportunity. Both for the customer and the producer.
Yep, yet another example of a law taking away a manufacturer's opportunity to sell expensive and badly constructed crap that won't last more than a few months. Honestly, I would be very wary of buying from any manufacturer who has enough concerns about their hardware failing in short-order that they will publically flout the law to avoid having to take on any of the financial risk of it doing so.
Despite what the law may imply, the 2-year guarantee is not free. The company selling the product still has to pay to provide warranty service, and that cost will be included in the price of the product.
Well thanks, roman_mir, for pointing that out.
There we were, thinking those free peanuts at the bar were dropped from the sky by unicorn-piloted Zeppelins.
[...] since a couple of schools are starting to make iPad a basic necessity for education and others are looking at them as an example instead of going for the open-source android communities.
Not to mention the income from fixing 15% of the school iPads every year: http://www.dr.dk/Nyheder/Viden/Teknologi/2013/01/Crashtest_af_ipads_soroe.htm [www.dr.dk]
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It's not about the Ã900,000. The judgement stated that Apple needs to bring their warranty in line with EU Law. If they fail, I wouldn't be surprised if there are significant repercussions (Import / trade ban until it's sorted, for instance).
Apple didn't have to change their manufacturer warranty at all. The consequence of all this is apparently that Apple is going to stop offering Apple Care in Italy. I'll try to explain what _actually_ happened, in case some slashdotters have the brain power to understand it:
The manufacturer can offer any warranty they like. The seller has to fix faults under certain conditions for a certain amount of time. A manufacturer or a store can also offer to sell an extended warranty. Now when you buy extended war
Thanks for the details that everyone else is ignoring. I gather, from your last paragraph, that you are fluent in both English and Italian. So I find myself wondering then:
>Note that the only people that Apple has to inform
>are those buying Apple Care, because when selling
>Apple Care, Apple has to accurately describe what
>the customer is getting. In all other cases, the onus
>is on the customer to inform himself about their laws.
Does something in the AppleCare documentation get lost in trans
In Europe there is a consumer law that demands that the sales person of a electronics device is required to give 2 years guarantee for free.
So what our consumer-organisation is suing for is that apple only give 1 year and sells the other year for a profit while this should be free.
(Or roughly something like that)
Than your consumer-organisation would be a bunch of morons, because Apple will most certainly grant the two year EU Statutory Warranty if they are the seller (and if they aren't, then that's non of their business anyway).
http://www.apple.com/uk/legal/statutory-warranty/ [apple.com] http://www.apple.com/benl/legal/statutory-warranty/ [apple.com]
Not entirely true.
The product has to last a "reasonable time". What's reasonable depends on the product - nobody expects a bunch of bananas to last two years, for example.
In any event, "reasonable time" is there to cover defects present at time of purchase. Certainly in the UK (don't know about elsewhere) the rule is: under 6 months old, it's assumed that the product was faulty from the day it was sold and the burden of proof is on the retailer to show it wasn't. Over 6 months, the burden of proof is on the
Apple Care isn't just an extended warranty. It includes tech support.
Apple fans always bang on about how Apple stores go the extra mile to fix problems and replace broken products. Customer care is always pushed as a big plus and one of the justifications for the 'premium' cost of the products.
Are they lying? Or have the courts got it wrong?
Apples commercial practices are misleading?!?! Next you'll be telling me they didn't invent the MP3 player, my mind is blown!
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I have a requirement where when the user is working on a screen, before the session logs off it saves a message in local storage:
var userid = self.document.Form1.gsAftlnr.value;
/ saves the userid in the above variable /
localStorage.setItem(userid, 'Your previous work was saved in Drafts in the Post Centre.');
Suppose if the userid = 749461, with this above storage, I am expecting the localstorage the store the string data under key name 749461. Correct me if I am wrong.
When the user logs in again, I am executing the following code:
if(localStorage.getItem(userid) !== null)
{ alert(localStorage.getItem(userid)); }
I want this alert to show up only when the same user logs in again, which is 749461 in this case. But this alert is popping up for other users also.
Please let me know what I am doing wrong here.
if(localStorage.getItem(userid) !== null)
A simple test reveals that locaStorage.getItem does not return type [FONT=courier new]null[/FONT] for which you are testing.
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In a repeat of 2007 and 2009, the British contingent has been whittled down to just two players - Andy Murray and Laura Robson - after the first round of Wimbledon.
Murray had no problems on Monday, defeating the world number 95, Benjamin Becker in straight sets - 6-4 6-3 6-2 - much to the delight of the fans on Centre Court.
He now faces Yen-Hsun Lu in the second round, who in round one faced British interest, James Ward, in a thrilling four setter. Lu eventually came through that battle 6-7 6-4 7-6 7-6.
The only other Britain in the men's competition was the young Kyle Edmund, who was easily dispatched by Jerzy Janowicz - the Polish No.24 seed - in straight sets.
Referring to primarily the British men, Simon Jones from the LTA told the Telegraph: "We've got to pull a few different levers to try to get the environment such that they're going to work harder and put more effort in, because it's not us that's playing out there.
"The message is we've got work to do and they've got to work harder."
In the women's competition, Laura Robson's victory was the big story of day two, beating tenth seed Maria Kirilenko 6-3 6-4 to book herself a place in the next round, and in turn, making sure Murray was not the only Brit left at Wimbledon.
The 19-year-old was not given a huge chance on Tuesday, but after wins over Na Li and Petra Kvitova in recent tournaments - both World Number eight at the time - fans were quietly confident that she could complete another unlikely victory, especially on home soil.
It was lucky that she did, as no less than six other British women were beaten at the first stage. Heather Watson, Sam Watson, Anne Keothavong, and Elena Baltacha, were all beaten in straight sets by non-seeded players, while 20-year-old Tara Moore put up a brave fight, eventually losing 5-7 7-5 5-7 to Kaia Kanepi.
Finally, Johanna Konte was sent packing by 16th seed Jelena Jankovic, meaning no less than eight Britons crashed out after just two days.
However, nine-time Wimbledon champion Martina Navratilova gave British hopes a boost stating: "If you took 10 players her [Robson's] age that could win a Grand Slam, she would definitely be one of them."
Home fans will be hoping that she can go all the way this year, and she continues that challenge in round two against 23-year-old Mariana Duque-Morino, ranked 117 in the world - 18 places below Robson.
Murray's tie against Yen-Hsun Lu will take place second on Court One at around 1500GMT on Wednesday afternoon.
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The Colorado High School Activities Association football committee voted on the new classification realignment for the 2014 and 2015 seasons at its meeting on Thursday.
The most significant local changes will have Las Animas downgrade from Class 1A 11-man football to eight-man football and Manzanola downgrade from eight-man to six-man football.
There are some changes to the Class 2A Tri-Peaks League in which La Junta competes. The league drops from eight to six members including Florence, La Junta, Lamar, Manitou Springs, St. Mary's and Trinidad.
Leaving the league are Alamosa, which will play in the Southwest League, and Dolores Huerta, which will drop to Class 1A.
In Class 1A, Cowley County and Rocky Ford will remain in the South-Central League as will Byers, Calhan and Limon. In addition to Las Animas leaving the league, Burlington will leave to join the Northeast League.
There will be a newcomer as Colorado Springs Christian will join the league.
There will be significant changes to the eight-man Southern League. Cripple Creek-Victor, Fowler, Hoehne and Swink will remain in the league. In addition to Manzanola, McClave will also leave the league to return to the Arkansas Valley League.
There will be two newcomers as Custer County downgrades from 11-man to eight-man and Simla also joins.
The Arkansas Valley League will see the arrival of Las Animas and McClave with Granada, Holly, Springfield and Wiley remaining in the league. Cheyenne Wells and Walsh will leave as they will become six-man teams.
Cheyenne Wells, Manzanola and Walsh will be in the Southeast League. League members who are staying are Cheraw, Eads and Kit Carson. Deer Trail, Flagler and Stratton are leaving the league to join other leagues.
Final approval on all alignment changes needs to come at CHSAA's legislative council meeting in January.
CHSAA football committee sets realignment
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I wonder what she would think if some people pushed their way onto an elevator while saying in a rude tone "Get out of my way, please! Thank you!".
Isn't that the textbook definition of "ironic"?
Quote from: BabylonSister on May 31, 2012, 09:43:32 AMIsn't that the textbook definition of "ironic"?Actually, the textbook definition goes like this:i·ro·ny [ahy-ruh-nee, ahy-er-]noun, plural i·ro·nies. 1. Rain on your wedding day.2. Ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife.3. A death row pardon two minutes too late.
Several years ago when I worked at a bank, I was held up. A man came in, pointed a gun at me, and quietly asked for the money. After he left, I pressed the alarm and notified my coworkers and manager. I am notoriously bad with physical descriptions of any kind and when asked for a description of him, I replied that he was very polite, saying "please, yes ma'am, thank you ma'am, etc". So even our criminals have the capacity for manners And I live in New York!
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Murray-Yzerman Friendship May Have Paved The Way For Bishop-Conacher Deal
Interesting move by the Senators today, trading big Ben Bishop to Tampa Bay for small rookie-of-the-year candidate Cory Conacher and a 4th round pick.
You might remember that Conacher was the subject of pre-game segment on Hockey Night In Canada a few weeks back detailing his battle with Type 1 diabetes and going undrafted before catching on with the Lightning's AHL affiliate in Norfolk last season and winning the Calder Cup. It's a surprise that Lightning GM Steve Yzerman would trade a Calder Trophy candidate but clearly he's desperate for any kind of goaltending. He's got a good one now in Bishop.
So what does Ottawa have in Conacher?
He had 39 goals and 80 points in the AHL last season and 9 goals so far this year in the NHL. Clearly, Bryan Murray thinks he might have a goal-scorer in Conacher, and a young guy who the Senators coaching staff can mould for the next couple of seasons. At only 23, Conacher fits right in with guys like Zibanejad, Silfverberg, Karlsson and Cowen. He also has one more year left on his entry level contract and will be a restricted free-agent after that.
In essence, instead of grabbing a first or a second rounder for Bishop (as rumoured), Murray got a player who can step in right away and possibly score some goals, Ottawa's biggest weakness right now. Even if Conacher doesn't light it up the rest of this season, the potential exists for him to develop into a 20 or 30 goal scorer next season or soon after.
You can't underestimate how important that is to Ottawa considering that Milan Michalek might be slowing down with recurring knee injuries and Daniel Alfredsson retiring in the next year or two.
In the short term, Conacher is likely to take away minutes from a forward already in the top 6. Identifying who currently plays in the top 6 is not exactly clear due to Paul Maclean switching his lines so often, but Latendresse might see less time. It is strange that Ottawa would choose to go for such a small player after not matching up very well against the big Boston Bruins, but goal scoring is so important that you can look beyond size, especially when Conacher has already proven he can battle and defy the odds. Everything I've seen and read about Conacher is that he goes hard to the net, takes hits to move the puck and doesn't ever seem intimidated on the ice.
One image that keeps popping back into my head is Steve Yzerman and Bryan Murray talking in the stands on March 23 during the game day skate of the Ottawa-Tampa game. That's the same day HNIC showed the Conacher piece and the day before Yzerman fired coach Guy Boucher. Yzerman used to play for Murray in Detroit and you can speculate that the Lightning GM may have been asking for advice on what to do with his struggling coach. Murray might have related his experience with having to fire Cory Clouston once the team gave up on him, which seemed to be happening to Boucher in Tampa Bay. Yzerman has been known to seek advice from more experienced people he respects, such as Wayne Gretzky when putting together the Canadian Olympic team a few years ago.
It might have been that Yzerman's prior relationship with Bryan Murray led the way to this deal we saw today. You have to remember that both Ottawa and Tampa will be playing in the same division next season so this deal could end up haunting one GM or the other. Inter-divisional deals are much more common than they used to be, but I'll speculate that a mutual trust and respect between the two GM's made this deal a lot easier than it would have been for other teams.
One thing we do know is Ottawa is going forward with both Craig Anderson and Robin Lehner, and it hardly seems like they've weakened themselves at that position despite parting ways with Bishop.
Sens fans will keep their fingers crossed that we'll finally see some more goals to help the two goalies they have left. Conacher is going to help and could end up being a big part of this Senators team in the years ahead.
Posted by Jeremy Milks at 3:18 PM
Labels: Ottawa Senators, Tampa Bay Lightning
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Didn't Yzerman once say that losing was like a disease with Murray and that he couldn't shake it? He was quite glad when Bowman came in to show them the way to playoff success...
I wouldn't read too much into this "friendship", Yzerman has never gone on Team1200 to praise Murray and I've not read much praise toward Murray from Yzerman in the print media either.
Anyway, hopefully Conacher isn't a bust.
- April 3, 2013 at 8:50 PM
- Oman said...
Hopefully everything doesn't suck. ;)
- April 4, 2013 at 11:43 AM
Yah listen Greg,
If your going to make comments like that please reference them... otherwise your talking out of your butt..
- April 5, 2013 at 11:13 AM
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And here I was thinkin' that the level of surveillance seen in GITS wouldn't be seen in my lifetime...
First you're not actually allowed to walk the streets when it's impossible to identify you. Walking around in masks is an offence just about everywhere in the world (yes, even in Saudi Arabia walking around in a full niqab is not technically allowed, and people have been arrested for it (why ? well, guy in niqab blows up bank, runs outside, and they just rounded up everyone in those clothes. They didn't even catch the guy). In normal states it's not allowed and the police will not tolerate real obscuring ma
...until you realize that any decent coder should be able to figure out who the genius in the Guy Fawkes mask is who is wandering around from location to location and then spontaneously disappears in location X at datestamp Y is one of 'SELECT face_id FROM face_view WHERE location_id = "X" AND datestamp="Y";'. And for those whom that did not apply (the exceptions being able to be generated algorithmically of course) are either disappearing into:
1. Their own address. Doh.
2. The sewer or some other location -
Wearing Guy Fawkes mask on the street all the time suddenly seems like a VERY good idea...
Actually, I think I'm going to use that as my Facebook photo. Good idea.
Me, I was just *hoping* GITS and other such forward looking shows weren't predicting our future.
But I really knew better since I work to develop software that enables this at times (like CALEA/lawful intercept stuff for cell nets).
And here I was thinkin' that the level of surveillance seen in GITS wouldn't be seen in my lifetime...
Well the designers of the technology had to get their idea from somewhere. I'm pretty sure the SOAD song "Spiders" is about this technology.
Faces are stored as a searchable 'biometric' record, storing the unique
It seems that the writer of the article didn't even bother to
finish his thought. The RT article is clearer: "The camera can search a staggering 36 million faces in less than a second for a match of the thumbnail photo." - http://www.rt.com/news/security-camera-hitachi-million-365/ [rt.com]
This too is worth reading "FBI would like to follow you on Facebook and Twitter": http://www.rt.com/news/fbi-social-networks-privacy-781/ [rt.com]
I agree but it searches for a set of records that have some kind of a close match and doesn't stop with the first "hit" a la CSI.
Wonder why there was no mention of the false positive and false negative rates? Perhaps they are a little too high?
"Finally, we can find Japanese Waldo"
Oh. WALdo. My bad.
placing the unique mathematical 'faceprint' of anyone who has ever walked past the camera in a database...
For some definition of unique known only to Hitachi Hokusai Electric.
If I lived in Japan, I'd walk around with THE stupidest smile ever, eyes wide as saucers, pretending that everything I'm looking at is the most fascinating thing in the universe. I mean, I do this ALREADY, but I'd up the ante severely, all so I can imagine officials watching the surveillance tapes muttering, "WTF is this chick on?"
The scary thing is, in this day and age... you COULD be on youtube and never find out. Me and the husband have discussed this at great length. Gulp.
Never finding out is not a problem. "Finally finding out" might be a problem... Or if you can take it, your chance of fame
Example of what I was mentioned before:
Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPPj6viIBmU [youtube.com]
Remix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR3PT5E0XDo&feature=related [youtube.com]
Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti3UL_mVHHI [youtube.com]
Remix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s_40rM_L0s [youtube.com]
Oh yes, yes, I've seen these! The Star Wars kid I kinda feel for. I think us geeks have ALL fallen victim to acting out our fave scenes from nerdy movies and the like ("This is our perfect opportunity to act like ninjas!" was how my brother at 13 years old put it once when we were hanging out in the clearing of the woods by our house--and yes, he MEANT it, hard), but we're old enough to have avoided worldwide-ridicule. Still, you gotta have a guilty-giggle.
If I would ever become a criminal or terrorist I'm already prepared for dumb technology like this. I have long hair, a moustache and a goatee. After I committed my crime I will simple shave and cut my hair. And that's simply the easy, quick and painless change.
Sure, if I'm a foreigner I might it means I probably entered the country by showing my passport. So they would probably know who I
The people that looked a
And if you're a normal person not doing anything illegal (unlikely given how many laws there are), you'll always have cameras watching you. Paranoia of criminals is nice, isn't it? No different from terrorist paranoia.
If I would ever become a criminal or terrorist I'm already prepared for dumb technology like this. I have long hair, a moustache and a goatee. After I committed my crime I will simple shave and cut my hair. And that's simply the easy, quick and painless change.
Oh, now you've done it...now they'll fit their cameras with sonar and/or radar and/or infrared to see "through" facial hair.
Oh, well..should create a booming market for the security pics [hoax-slayer.com].
Mustache and goatee removal ( or adding ) wont fool modern facial recognition software.
It might fool software from 10 years ago, but things have advanced, quite a bit.
Indeed. However, there are still ways of fooling them with makeup and a few bits of silicone, and both are easy to apply and take off. For example adding a wee bit of skin-coloured silicone on your cheekbones and forehead totally changes how you look. Then apply some slightly darker blush on your cheeks and eyesockets and you'll look like an entirely different person. Then just wipe the makeup on your sleeve, pick the silicone off with your fingers and you'll be your old self in less than 30 seconds.
The silicone is likely to work. The makeup, maybe not. It depends on how they're measuring and encoding facial data.
Yes, but there are imaging technologies out there that can image things like facial structure and sub-surface capillary maps. Those things are not easily disguised (as far as I am aware) because they are penetrative imaging and they map sub-surface features.
It sounds like you've read about something you haven't actually understood. There is no such a thing as "penetrative imaging" unless you mean X-ray or gamma ray imaging. There does exist software that tries to discard features like hair, glasses and whatever extra assortments and guesses one's facial structure, it however does not somehow magically penetrate your skin or such, it is all just mathematics based on visual data.
Furthermore, such a system could likely tell that you had on fake hair, etc. (potentially)
No, they do not.
...this camera was invented to prove that superman exists.
Now I'll know for sure that Clark Kent taunts his boss at least 36 million times a day at the Daily Planet!
In a public area.
So maybe it's time to amend the Constitution. "The government or its agents shall not track people's whereabouts, except when a warrant has been obtained through a judge, and supported by oath or affirmation."
Then warrants become more of a catch 22 than they were before; One needs evidence to get a warrant one needs a warrant to get evidence. One also does not know they need to track someone until they become a suspect. If there is no record of where they were then much evidence is lost.
That's the whole point. If you're not bothering anyone, law enforcement has no business keeping tabs on you. It was designed that way, erring on the side of letting guilty people go free.
When the Constitution was written, such abuses of power were a big enough deal that they put it in the Bill of Rights.
It's the same idea behind "âoeBetter that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer."
http://works.bepress.com/alexander_volokh/9/ [bepress.com]
> no business keeping tabs on you.
Unless, back then, you were someone's property.
Fortunately, they later outlawed slavery as well.
Customer retention, however, remains legal.
How does one suffer when someone else logs one's location? In fact it is a two edged sword; a suspect can be found near the place the crime was committed and possibly convicted. The suspect could just as well as being found far away and cleared.
The ten 10-1 ration are just numbers. It is possible that tracking people could solve hundreds of crimes, clear hundreds of people and be misused in very few cases.
I have np problem with the government tracking where I am. I have nothing to hide.
Please quote where i
Someone has been watching way too many action movies. They are not reality. If someone is powerful enough to "eliminate anyone who threatens their power" they would not need facial recognition to do it; they have people for that.
The chances that cameras can help solve crimes is absolutely certain thousands of times over.
You seem to think that possible misuses override all other considerations. You can be the one to tell that to the families of every person killed even though their killer was wanted and walk
Come on editors do your job. The headline is "Japanese CCTV Camera Can Scan 36 Million Faces/Second". That is not even close to what this system is doing. System does the following;
1. creates a thumbnail picture of the face. How long this takes is not noted.
2. Searches a database for matches. This is where the 36 Million faces/second comes in and is not done by the camera at all.
A better headline would have been "Japanese CCTV Camera Can Search Through 36 Million Faces/Second". That is a much less impressive feat than scanning as it is just a way of encoding a face for faster searches.
The interesting part isn't even the camera, it's the database that can search 36 million biometric data sets, accounting for errors and variations due to things like perspective and lighting, in under one second with any degree of accuracy.
The UK government is probably close to doing this already. Traffic cameras capture every car number plate that goes past and stores it in a database. It's only a matter of time because a biometric face database is set up, if one doesn't already exist somewhere in the bowe
The UK government is probably close to doing this already.
You're sure of this? Because they need a million camera's to solve a thousand crimes per year, and Burroughs without CCTV do better when it comes to solving crimes. (Google it! Find your own facts!)
It is all just numbers until you put up actual references ("Google it" is not a reference). If you want to refute something put up a real reference and you may change opinions. Otherwise you are just pulling stuff out of your butt.
There's no telling whether it's ACCURATE. It just compares it to other faces, and probably comes up with a set of 1000 or so possible matches.
"Japanese CCTV System Can Search Through 36 Million Faces/Second"
The camera doesn't search anything.
Which is exactly what I said in my point #2.
And yet you still managed to get the headline wrong. Maybe it's not such a stupid mistake after all.
I see the difference
The link is to a paranoid source (Infowars), citing a disreputable newspaper (The Daily Mail), citing (but not linking to) a press release, for a product which the abysmally sketchy article is available "within the next tax year". None of which even begins to mention its actual capabilities beyond the misrepresented data point of "scanning 36 million faces".
In other words, unless somebody has a link to something of value, the entire thing seems like fiction designed to give people something to be pleasantly outraged about on a Saturday afternoon.
The entire thing seems like fiction designed to give people something to be pleasantly outraged about on a Saturday afternoon.
Works for me. Although it's Sunday here...
The source is one of the videos posted by DigInfo from the 2012 Security Show in Japan (http://www.diginfo.tv/v/12-0040-r-en.php).
Apart from the misleading headline, scaremongering and other examples of bad journalism, the Daily Mail also got the name of the Japanese company wrong. It's Hitachi Kokusai Electric, not Hitachi Hokusai Electric. Their article includes uncredited screenshots of the DigInfo video.
Yeah, but can it shoot 36 million faces per second with a super soaker? [slashdot.org]
Captcha: winces
Or just medical mask which is quite popular there when people get sick or don't want to get sick.
Maybe those Muslims are just ahead of their time... are you allowed to wear a burqa in Japan?
Pretty sure it's Kokusai, with a K, not H. We went by HiKE (Hi Kay Eee). I worked there for almost five years.
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In a rare moment of humility, Blizzard has taken to the official forums to address the pair of what the company is calling "mistakes." Specifically, Community Manager Zarhym (who looks adorable when posed next to a lifesized wyvern) had this to say:
i365 Vicious vs i371 Vicious - Comparison
Before getting into it, I want you all to know that we've maintained an open dialog with our developers over the past 24 hours regarding the way in which the PvP season transition went down since patch 4.2 (this includes relaying a lot of the feedback we've seen on the forums to them). We agree that the mistakes made were very unfortunate and unfair to a lot of players. We're currently exploring some options to try and alleviate some of the misfortune many of you experienced while purchasing PvP gear in the last week.
The full post, which is available after the break, gives a pretty good summary of the facts behind the case, and perhaps more importantly, what Blizzard intended to happen for the start of this and subsequent new arena seasons. In short: After an arena season ends, that season's PVP tier, previously available only via spending conquest points, will be available for purchase with honor points to give players one last opportunity to spend excess HP before the impending conquest-to-honor conversion (essentially, a one-week-only sale). When a new season begins, the old, sale-priced PVP tier will be taken off the market in lieu of new, better, current season gear.


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Totally shocked.
Totally shocked.
"Love me or hate me, both are in my favour."
no, what's annoying is how they go like "really" as if it's some sort of shock. maybe i should act more feminine or walk around limpwrist so they get the message.
They would have ever known if I didn't tell them. When I told my family, it surprise the hell out of them.
it othda way round
not therory relativity
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alway nice meetin sumthang anyway no matta wot turn out a be
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Totally shocks everyone I tell, except for my ex-girlfriend...
Hockey players butts drive me nuts!
Moms always seem to know... I haven't told my mom yet though so I don't know if she'll say that or not.
Hockey players butts drive me nuts!
Nope. Unless I speak up, no one can tell.
i wouldn't say shocked, but to tell the truth, I can't remember the last time I told someone. I introduce my partner when necessary and let them figure out who and what we are. I don't feel the need to tell people anything.
FPNYAnnoying JUBBERS since 2003
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People are usually shocked... i have even been approached in some gay bars to tell me it was a gay bar and if I had a problem with that i could go.... lol... they had just had a bunch of shitty issues with confused stright guys ending up in the gay bar...
My dad said he knew and my Mom co-signed when I came out to them....
Considering my parents almost gave me the female version of my name, that makes it obvious. TBH if I don't have my nose piercing in, it takes them about 5 minutes to figure out if I'm gay.
Who said I'm gay?
It's a hit or a miss. Some people instantly know while others are genuinely confused when I tell them.
Based upon my mannerisms and interests, probably not.
But if an attractive guy catches me staring at his butt or looking at him with a sheepish grin, I imagine it's a little more obvious.
No, people can't tell from the way I act. I do sometimes wonder though if sucking their cock gives it away.
Depends on who you ask. Some people were very surprised when I told them, others said it was pretty obvious. Nowadays, it's pretty obvious. Less with how I act, and more because I'm pretty open about it (and I have a partner).
No, today dropping off a prescription at Walgreens I thought I saw was a gay couple but they looked straight, just got the gaydar vibe but sometimes you never know.
In his autumn, before the winter, comes man's last mad surge of youth
Normally, it's hard to tell. I am not out to acquaintances and people I work with because they are not in my life nor are they important to me. But they have pretty much guessed that I am gay because of the constant rejection of blind dates with girls and the occasional "omg I think that guy is hot" exclamation from me whenever some hot guy walks by.
'Act'? Were you acting or being yourself?
A person's behavior or manners.
behaviour - behavior - demeanor - demeanour - conduct
Gaydar is so hard to fine tune these days. Mostly because straight guys are getting more into the trends that the people generally assume only gay guys would be interested in (which, again not all gay guys are into). You find more straight guys getting manicures, pedicures, and wearing high end fashion than gay guys sometimes...
And voice has nothing to do with it. If voice determined sexuality, David Beckham would be the gayest man alive.
Depends. I came out to one of my friends and she said "yea, I know" and I asked her how, she said "you never tried to hit on me".
That's so true! There's no more "obvious" ways of telling gay men apart these days without actually asking them (which i personally don't have the balls to do)
After maybe 15 years of knowing him...one night one of my customers who was also a friend asked me (while I was bartending in a frggin gay bar) if I was "really gay"...because I didnt' seem like it. I asked him why he would say that to me after all these years but he couldn't "put his finger on it"....
Other than that I never really ask anyone but in general I think not.
No I'm super quiet and to myself
Eh, people who knew me for a long time weren't surprised when they learned. Nowadays nobody can tell on a first glance, but after an hour of talking with me, most get a clue. I am way too open about my sexuality.
That we are capable only of being what we are, remains our unforgivable sin.
- Gene Wolfe
I'd say most of them have been shocked and usually think I'm joking but I've also had some others who weren't that shocked when I told them, most guys who are gay or bi, but for the most part people have been surprised and then ask a bunch of initial questions. I feel though that most people I came out to, I became closer with. The funniest to me was one of my female friends told me "lol no you're not. Shut up" and I had to spend the next three minutes or so convincing her that I wasn't trying to trick her or joking.
I think most gay or bi guys have a better gaydar than heteros but I've also known some gay guys who are clueless and straight people who have much better fine tuned gaydar; usually if they had a family member or acquantance was was gay or bi in the past.
There are about three or four people I came out to in hopes that they would come out to me also, because I KNOW they aren't straight. One of them sort of did after we talked and the other two were both either in denial or just didn't want to talk about it.
Nope people assume I'm straight until told otherwise.
I was sitting -all leathered up- in the tram last Sunday with a friend and a little girl asked if we were policemen.
I think if you hang around me long enough you'll notice. I mean I'm not the most feminine guy out there but I'm definitely not the most masculine either.
I have an inkling that a lot of people say 'Really? I'd never have known' to be polite
No, not at all.
But women at clubs did tell me I was an asshole...when my hands were accidentally on their asses though.
I think I am totally 'obvious' ... I mean I'm positively flaming with my camp shrieking high-pitched voice, my effeminate arm-flailing gesticulations, and the way that I girlishly sashay my hips as I mince down the street eyeing up all the guys and flirting like a cheap tart.
But apparently not.
In actuality, women often know I am gay; men seldom do.
But then (generally speaking) men seem far less interested in other people than women.
So... I guess I'm kinda straight-acting. Cue knee-jerk righteous indignation for use of the term.
The majority of people are shocked. Others claim that they had a feeling once I tell them. I'm apparently very laid back, which doesn't make me come across as gay o.o I always end up laughing when people tell me that, though.
I completely shocked all my of mates in college when I told them, I didn't say anything 'till the end of our first year and absolutely none of them had copped it. I've been told I'm extremely "straight acting", to use a phrase I don't particularly like. The other gay guy in my class was a huge shock to everyone too, including myself. Not only did he not ping the dar, he's the last person I would have ever suspected.
My ma had even less of a clue, but it hasn't been brought up or mentioned since then.
My close mates (all lads), the ones I literally see every single day, always suspected it but it was less to do with my mannerisms and more to do with the fact that I wasn't chasing girls and constantly commenting on every girl we knew, etc, etc (anyone with a lengthy dry spell has faced similar speculation). I've been told if I was in any way "camp" or effeminate that they wouldn't associate with me so I think that says enough about my mannerisms. They're the type of lads that think all gay people are running around with jazz hands and handbags and whatnot.
I think with the amount of people coming out these days, it's starting to show that camp/flaming/effeminate (whatever phrase you wanna use) gay guys are actually the minority.
No, it's the pants.
I think saying people are wearing it as a "badge of honour" might be a little unfair. The reason I like the fact that I'm not camp is because I like contradicting the stereotype of a "gay man" that everyone has over here.
No one has ever asked me if I'm gay or straight but I'm sure some people must have a feeling. Probably my closest friends cos I never talk about girls and sex with them so maybe they kind of know.
I don't recall who it was, but there was a gay guy who was still technically closeted at age 35 or so. I told him "You realize that while you've been staring in fear at that closet door, your flames burned down the closet walls years ago?"
Most people are shocked when I told them I am gay. They usually expect something different as I am not flamboyant nor very masculine. But I though the fact that I really like figure skating and had been single for 21 years is a dead-give away. But oh well. Strangely enough most of my friends haven't really met any gays prior to me.
Since I was out at 17 in the 70's, I really don't know, to be honest. After I met Steve, we were always together and I guess it never had to be asked. A few times at work when the conversation was about family life I just talked about Steve alot, so it was obvious. Only once some girl said she was disappointed because she was going to ask me out, so, I guess to her, no. I think in my situation, how I act, no, but who I would always talk about, yes.
I was not surprised to hear that Huntneo and Lucky7 were gay. NaughtyArousal on the other hand would have been shocking if not for the parasol he always has with him.
People are generaly surprised when I tell them but I wouldn't go so far as to say "shocked". I think the shock aspect was as much in response to people admitting/owning thier sexuality as much/if not more than the sexual orientation itself. The exposure/acceptance of gays in the last two decades has greatly erroded the mystery of the differences between orientations.
I've been refered to as "staight acting" or "masculine" by gays, straights, and even a tranny I know, and it's never offended me in the least. I believe when someone says "straight acting" it's simply to equate a set of mannerisms/interests/activities to this individual that is associated (sp) with straight guys. I will never understand why some folks get all upset over this term.
This question bothers me in a way. When all of these people respond with shock because you don't act gay, is this suppose to be a compliment? I mean, do these people think you will feel better about yourself if you don't act gay? It appears to me that some say this for exactly that reason. Like there is something wrong with acting gay. I only bring this up because if you read this thread the amount of posters that said people responded with shock just seems exceptionally high. I'm not doubting any of the posters experiences, I'm doubting the sencerity of the responders.
I came out back in '83 so I don't really need to keep coming out to people anymore as I just assume that newcomers to my social circle already know or will be told by others. There have been some that have made a point of coming up to me when they've found out and said, "Blah blah just told me you're gay, is that true?" "Yes, I thought you already knew." "Well...no, I hadn't really thought about it, I've always just thought of you as 'David'."
WTF is that supposed to mean!
^ Different people perceive different things so that's why I didn't respond to Bender's original question in the OP. I can't answer a question on behalf of other people and their (often unspoken) perceptions.


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After Helen Hamilton accidentally unleashes the violent gods from their captivity on Olympus, she and her friends must imprison them before their thirst for war—and blood—take over the world. But the gods' fury already has a body count, and time is running out. With Lucas Delos's life hanging in the balance, and their once-solid group of friends now divided, Helen must face this battle alone, while also deciding who has her heart—Lucas, or the possible Tyrant, Orion.
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A grand jury in Texas has formally indicted Dallas Cowboys nose tackle Josh Brent on one count of intoxication manslaughter.
Brent is charged in connection with a Dec. 8 crash that killed his friend and Cowboys practice squad member Jerry Brown. He is out of jail on $100,000 bond.
Dallas County District Attorney's Office spokeswoman Debbie Denmon says the indictment was returned Wednesday. Police in the Dallas suburb of Irving say Brent was speeding when his vehicle struck a curb and flipped. Brown was pronounced dead at an area hospital.
Intoxication manslaughter carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. Brent could be eligible for probation.
The Arizona Cardinals will give Brian Hoyer his first NFL start, less than three weeks after the team claimed him off waivers from Pittsburgh. Coach Ken Whisenhunt said that the former Michigan State quarterback will start for the Cardinals in their season finale Sunday at San Francisco. Hoyer, who spent three seasons as a backup in New England and was out of a job for most of this season, will be the fourth starter at quarterback for the Cardinals this year, operating an offense that ranks last in the NFL.
Linebacker Ray Lewis has been added to the Baltimore Ravens' 53-man roster, but coach John Harbaugh says the 17-year veteran will not play Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals.
Central Michigan gets win
Ryan Radcliff threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to Cody Wilson with 5:11 remaining to give Central Michigan the lead, and Western Kentucky was stopped on fourth down when a field goal would have tied the game in the final minute, giving the Chippewas a 24-21 win in the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl. Lance Guidry, coaching the Hilltoppers on an interim basis before Bobby Petrino takes over, decided to play for the win on fourth-and-2 from the 19 with 51 seconds left, but Kawaun Jakes threw incomplete.
Jones accused of dragging wife
The wife of former Atlanta Braves star Andruw Jones accused him of dragging her down a staircase, grabbing her neck and saying he wanted to kill her, according to police records. A police report obtained by The Associated Press said the fight happened around 1:30 a.m. on Christmas Day, after Nicole Jones asked her husband to help her prepare their suburban Atlanta home for Christmas morning. Andruw Jones was free on bond after his arrest on a battery charge, according to Gwinnett County Jail records. It wasn't known Wednesday whether he has an attorney.


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Saturday, September 25, 2010
Michigan vs. Bowling Green Open Thread
14 comments:
- Andrew said...
what is better then a fall day, hearing Hail to the Victors & Michigan football. if that doesn't get you fired up what will...
- September 25, 2010 7:34 AM
- TitleIX said...
Yay! Band!
- September 25, 2010 7:51 AM
- Catie said...
I love pregame! Thanks for posting it!!!
- September 25, 2010 8:33 AM
- Walt said...
It's Great to Be...
- September 25, 2010 11:34 AM
- Bigasshammm said...
Defense blows.
- September 25, 2010 1:21 PM
- Bigasshammm said...
It'd be nice if they learned how to tackle. Well done Tater. We have a 3 headed monster at QB.
- September 25, 2010 4:05 PM
- Yost said...
lol, I emailed Andy a post/PS idea about that right after the game ended.
- September 25, 2010 4:21 PM
- Bigasshammm said...
Realistically looking at it and watching this game play out I start to think more that I would have loved to have Tate be the starter and Denard line up at another position. Having them both on the field would be outstanding and it would limit the number of touches Denard had and consequently hits thus keeping him fresher deeper into the season. He has gone down injure in almost every game this season. That does not bode well for him being fresh for tUOS. Which to be honest is really the only game I care about.
Can't wait to see them in A2 in 3 weeks.
- September 25, 2010 5:00 PM
- Mikoyan said...
I'm glad that they had enough of a lead that they could keep him out for the rest of the game. I think he looked okay.
Now I'm watching the Vest maul my Alma Mater. But the most surprising thing about this game is that the bobbleheads actually pronounced Ypsilanti correctly.
- September 25, 2010 5:14 PM
- Yost said...
Email at MZone email address when you get a chance. Question for you.
- September 25, 2010 5:37 PM
- Mikoyan said...
Oh yeah...Nice display of class there Mr. Vest...You're ahead by 25 points....You've pretty much driven the ball at will....And you run a trick play....
- September 25, 2010 7:04 PM
- Bigasshammm said...
Well IU didn't kill Akron as much as I feared. Although they did have 342 passing yards which is bad. They can't run the ball though n their defense is not good. Should be a shootout at first then M should pull away in second half.
Wv:: notusc. Lol
- September 25, 2010 10:05 PM
- Kraut said...
Here are some monsters to use for a Photoshop:
- September 25, 2010 10:34 PM
- MMB_78 said...
Please, for the love of God, quit showing this pregame from 3-4 years ago. The one time they screw up the fanout into the Block M is captured and keeps getting shown. There are better pregame videos than this!
- September 27, 2010 8:51 AM


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The Chef: Colleen
The Menu: Today we feasted on an incredible Indian-themed meal. Colleen created a delicious tomato-based curry with chunks of potato, garbanzo beans, and fresh parsley which she served atop a perfectly fluffy basmati rice infused with toasted mustard seeds. Yum? Yes, yum. Alongside you see a lovely slice of homemade bread, courtesy of Ms. Frankie, which derived its alluring orange hue from an addition of tomato juice. To balance out the denser dishes we dined on a bright salad of romaine, tomato, and avocado.
The Goods: What makes amazing meals even better? The inclusion of fantastic guests, of course! We thoroughly enjoyed the company of our Technical Guru Paul and his entourage of the lovely Sandra and Mister T. Yes, Mister T is now a 10-year-old British boy, what of it? Here's the whole gang with Joseph and Colleen:
Thanks for coming by guys!
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Indulgent Indian
1 comment:
- Discombobulated said...
I am so glad I came across this blog.
I have recently been trying to follow a more Vegan lifestyle, and I love the food ideas.
- April 16, 2008 at 7:29 PM
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Sparano seens the game through poop-colored glasses.
Rex - "I wants to coach in big games."
Should start by trying to coach the little ones first.
Dress 6 receivers, and not one player dresses who can throw them the ball.
Can that be right 51 turnovers attributed to Sanchez in the last 30 games?! $!
Whose the next Jets coach? Offensive Coordinator? QB for that matter?
Don't want to ask on the PFstrife. Much more sound minds here.
I love Ray Lucas.
**** Sanchez that GQ magazine spread whore bangin' POS
Let's just hope Marks Justin Bieber tribute band takes off and he quits football.
Or... he could become a place holder. Teams would never try to block our fgs or pats in hopes that he'd call a fake and throw a pic.
I'd bet he can throw MORE ints as a place holder than Peyton Manning throws at Offensive Coordinator.
yes.... drinking
Maybe he can slip and lose three fingers on his throwing hand while trying to retrieve the last strawberry he meant to put in his mouth but dropped in the blender while making strawberry daquiris.
And never play again.


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A FURTHER two peaceful demonstrations were held in the Larne borough on Monday, as the dispute over the flying of the Union flag at Belfast City Hall continues to rumble on.
A crowd of between 200-300 loyalists assembled at Circular Road roundabout in the town – the site of the controversial Jubilee Crown structure – at 6pm, where a speech was read out before the protesters dispersed at about 6.50pm.
And at 7pm in Ballycarry, a small group of about 20-30 protesters gathered at Main Street for a demonstration lasting just 10 minutes. Both protests passed off without incident, and police confirmed that no traffic diversion were put in place.
The protests come on the heels of last Monday's 1000-strong demonstration outside the offices of Larne Borough Council, which also passed off peacefully.
However, violence once again flared at demonstrations in Belfast on Monday, while in Carrickfergus, protesters burst into a council meeting and shouted abuse at elected representatives, singling out Alliance members in particular.
The incidents came exactly two weeks after a decision by Belfast City Council to fly the Union flag at City Hall only on designated days. Nationalists on the council had wanted the flag taken down altogether, but in the end voted on a compromise from the Alliance Party that it would fly on designated days.
East Antrim Sinn Fein MLA Oliver McMullan accused police of "standing back" during the protests. He said: "Only last week the Chief Constable Matt Baggott outlined what was legal and what was illegal during these protests.
"Tonight we have seen the PSNI stand back and allow a small group of unionists to hold large areas of East Antrim to ransom, through what is the PSNI's own definition, illegal protests."


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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Saint Louis University is vigorously defending a research partnership with a Chinese scientist whose work on a study that intentionally infected AIDS patients with malaria was roundly condemned by public health experts.
The Jesuit school's Center for World Health and Medicine has worked with China's Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health since 2011 to develop anti-malaria drugs. The drugs are tested on mice. The government-backed lab is overseen by Dr. Xiaoping Chen, who previously collaborated with Dr. Henry Heimlich on the anti-malaria drug study in the late 1990s.
In an Aug. 7 letter to Peter Heimlich, the university's vice president for research indicated that the Chinese doctor's past work is not relevant to the current collaboration. Peter Heimlich is a vocal and public critic of his father, the elderly doctor whom he claims exaggerated his role in developing the Heimlich maneuver to stop choking. Dr. Henry Heimlich helped establish the Chinese "malariotherapy" clinic and provided funding for its work.
"This research project does not involve testing on human subjects," wrote Raymond Tait after Heimlich sent a letter of complaint to the Rev. Lawrence Biondi, the school's president. "The university…is dedicated to the discovery and development of safe, effective and affordable therapies for malaria and other diseases, especially those that afflict the poor and underserved. We hope that the continued pursuit of improved treatments for drug-resistant malaria ultimately will benefit the many people across the globe who are now at risk."
The younger Heimlich an Atlanta fabric company owner who split with his father a decade ago over a personal rift and initially circulated anonymous criticisms of the anti-choking physician said SLU's attempts to distance itself from the malaria study are incompatible with the Catholic school's mission.
"These experiments would never be permitted in the U.S. and other countries because they violate laws protecting the rights of humans used in medical research," he said, referring to a 2003 internal inquiry by the University of California-Los Angeles after one of its scientists was linked to Heimlich's work abroad. "When I wrote to Father Biondi, I assumed SLU was unaware of Dr. Chen's malariotherapy history and that the school would be concerned. When I received Dr. Tait's letter, I was surprised to learn that the university had no interest."
University spokeswoman Nancy Solomon declined an Associated Press request to interview Tait and the two university researchers who oversee its global health research center, a pair of former Pfizer Inc. drug discovery scientists. Both Chen and the Chinese research center the equivalent of the National Science Foundation in this country – did not immediately respond to interview requests Wednesday.
"We have looked into questions raised by Mr. Heimlich about Dr. Chen's previous research and have confirmed that this research was done in accordance with the regulatory authority of China at that time," Solomon said in a prepared statement. "It is unfortunate that Mr. Heimlich is casting aspersions on an important project that potentially could save lives and reduce pain and suffering to vulnerable populations, especially infants and children in poverty stricken regions of the world."
Henry Heimlich, 93, lives in an assisted living center in Cincinnati. An aide who answered the phone at his residence Wednesday said he was not immediately available for comment.
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New Publications: Fall 2011
Luis A. González (Indiana University) contributed to Collecting Global Resources (SPEC Kit 324), a national survey of North American research libraries organized by the Area Studies Department of the Herman B. Wells Library at Indiana University and published by the Association of Research Libraries (Washington, DC, 2011). The executive summary from this SPEC Kit is available here (http://www.arl.org/news/pr/spe
Peter T. Johnson and Rhonda Neugebauer (University of California, Riverside) each contributed a chapter to Riobó, Carlos, ed. Cuban Intersections of Literary and Urban Spaces. Albany: State University of New York, 2011. Johnson's chapter is entitled "Reading and Researching: Challenges and Strategies for Cubans" and Neugebauer's chapter is called "Impact of the Bookmobile to Cuba Project on Library Outreach Services in Granma Province, Cuba" and deals with the Bookmobile to Cuba Project.
Ana María Cobos (Saddleback College) and Phil MacLeod (Emory University) have co-authored a chapter in John Ayala and Salvador Güereña, eds. Pathways to Progress: Issues and Advances in Latino Librarianship. Libraries Unlimited, 2011. ISBN 978-1-59158-644-9
Holly Ackerman (Duke University) is a contributing editor and author of several essays in a two-volume set released by Scribner's Sons titled Cuba, Culture, History by Alan West Durán. A joint project between Cuban and U.S. scholars, it contains 300 essays – half by island scholars and half from U.S./Europe. It will be out as an ebook in January. Congratulations to Holly! — Hortensia Calvo, Tulane University
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Horseface is out for the opener. Last times Isles played Pens without him it was a close game that could have gone either way.
Could be our best opportunity
No Cindy tonight. See? The Pens already have their excuse.
Horseface is out for the opener. Last times Isles played Pens without him it was a close game that could have gone either way.
Could be our best opportunity
They gotta go out there and be physical right from the opening faceoff. Finish your checks, hard in to the boards. And Nabby can't allow a goal in the opening 10, at least.
Lets tuck the gameday thread right in here.
Alright, let's get this shlt started!
Reasoner in. What?
Well **** that didn't go we'll.
What did I say? NO GOALS IN THE FIRST TEN MINUTES! And what happens? A goal less than 4 minutes in. And where's the D? 12+ shots allowed.
And when the puck hit the ref on the clear I said to myself "and the assist to the ref!" and three seconds later they score.
And that went from bad to worse.
Meh, whatta ya gonna do.
Our defense has been exposed as was previously mentioned. And oh yeah.......****in Reasoner in the line-up
I'm doing OK because I know what the future holds but I hope Cappy makes some changes next game. This is getting embarrassing.
That was brutal. Although, prefer that to an OT heartbreaker...
Isles have only scored two goals in their last three games? Do I have that right?
Not good. The second line carried them last month. The top line has been largely ineffective for some time now. And where has the power play gone?
Knew we should have started DP last night. Player of the game: beer


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The Masters is widening the weekend field for this week's tournament and granting automatic entry next year to more PGA Tour winners, Augusta National chairman Billy Payne said on Wednesday.
The cut for the 93-player field will be expanded by six to the top 50 and ties, along with those within 10 strokes of the lead, to include more players in the final two rounds of the year's first major championship.
"We believe offering more playing opportunities for the participants over the weekend is a positive for everyone involved," said Payne, while adding that the players, fans on site and TV viewers would all benefit.
Payne covered a wide range of issues in his State of the Masters newsconference but refrained from taking a position on a proposed rules change that would ban golfers from anchoring long putters against their bodies during the stroke.
With the PGA Tour and PGA of America both opposed to the proposed rule by the U.S. Golf Association and Royal & Ancient governing bodies, Payne was asked for his views.
"We are not a governing body. We are a golf club that puts on a tournament," he said.
"Given the fact that the ruling bodies have not yet declared a decision … it would be inappropriate for us to express an opinion, other than to say that we hope and believe that they can reach common ground so that golf will continue under one set of rules."
The move to increase the number of PGA Tour winners came after the U.S. tour announced a change in the way it designates its season, starting the new season in late 2013 with six now official events previously called the Fall Series.
Victories in those events will count toward the 2013-2014 Tour Championship, and under Augusta National entry rules would merit automatic berths in the Masters field.
"All of us take great pride and pleasure in seeing a tournament winner beam with pride and excitement knowing that his victory had earned him an invitation to the Masters," Payne said.
Payne ushered in a new era at the stately golf club, considered the spiritual home of U.S. golf, with the admission of its first two female members in former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and financier Darla Moore.
Both new members were attending this Masters. Rice played with three-times winner Phil Mickelson during a casual round on Sunday.
"These two ladies have been very special and it's just been delightful," Payne said. "I hope the experience for Condi and Darla, as members of our club, has been every bit as rewarding and enjoyable for them over the last eight months as it has been for their fellow members. It's just awesome."
The chairman was also gratified by the sensation caused by 14-year-old Guan Tianlang of China, who qualified by winning the Asia-Pacific Amateur championship which was born from a joint initiative by the Masters and the Royal & Ancient.
"Guan's qualification and participation in the Masters is an excellent example of why we and the R&A began the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship four years ago, to create heroes in that region who would inspire others to take up the game."
In adding more PGA Tour winners to the field, the Masters organisers decided to cut down in other areas to keep the field at its current size.
Instead of the top 16 finishers in the Masters automatically earning invitations back to Augusta, only the top 12 will be assured of berths the following year.
Only the top four finishers at the U.S. Open will be rewarded with Masters invitations instead of the top eight, and the top 30 on the U.S. Tour money list will no longer get automatic berths.
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WOW! 3 mins to Somerset MRT - 24 hrs Supermarket (twin room for 2)
Size10 m²
Floor No.(with elevator)
- Air conditioning
- Elevator in building
- Internet/WiFi
Accommodation summary
This is a room without an attached bathroom.
Splendidly located right behind Somerset within the Killiney area, you will be able to walk to Orchard Road in 5 minutes! A supermarket (24 hrs) is also just a short 2 minutes walk away. We do have a common kitchen for you to do some light cooking (microwave use only) and also enabled wireless internet connection in the rooms.
Budget room in a prime location, perfect for the budget traveler who wants to save more on accommodation and spend more on shopping!
This is a room with two single beds suitable for 2 persons and the room has NO attached bathroom.
Send us a message before you make a booking. And we hope to see you soon!!!
House rulesNo smoking and no unregistered guests/visitors.
|Weekly rate for up to 2 guests
|Monthly rate for up to 2 guests
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Reviews of this property
The room is small but clean. Clean bathrooms too. Daylin is always there to help, which is very convinient. 5 mins to mrt sommerset, 10 mins to orchard. Great location.
Location wise, good host, nice communication...overall i'm satisfied:)
will definitely stay here again next time
The host is friendly and responded quickly. The place is located very close the Singapore's shopping hub; Orchard. The room itself is basic; cleanliness is 3/5, there wasn't hot water and shower not working during my stay. overall, if you are looking for a place just for spending the night, this is appropriate. Don't expect anything more than that.
Reviews for this host's other properties
Vreselijk! De kamer staat als 'mooie kamer', maar is vreselijk oud en muf. Wat een schok toen we binnenkwamen! Een blind paard kan er geen schade aanrichten. Het is echt een schande dat dit zo leuk gepresenteerd wordt; wij hadden trouwens een andere kamer dan erop stond. De badkamers van dit hostel – wat dat is het gewoon - zijn bijzonder gedateerd. Bij één wc moest je zelf met een bak met water doortrekken. De prijs-kwaliteit verhouding is zeer slecht. Koken mag niet, alleen water koken of iets toasten.
Wij waren blij dat we er alleen maar sliepen, want je wordt er behoorlijk depressief van. Een buurman noemde dit ook een 'graf'. Zo slecht hebben wij het zelden meegemaakt. Blij dat we daar weer weg konden na een week.
De gastvrouw is wel bijzonder vriendelijk, en de locatie is ook prima – dat zijn de enige positieve puntjes aan deze accommodatie.
Simple and functional Guesthouse. Very well placed to 5 minutes walk from Orchard Road and the Metro. Many small restaurants and shops (including a supermarket) across the street. Perfect for spending a few days visiting Singapore
Guesthouse simple et fonctionnelle. Très bien placée à 5mn à pied de Orchard Road et du métro. De nombreux petits restaurants et commerces (dont un supermarché) juste en face. Parfait pour passer quelques jours de visite à Singapour
Daylin as the host is very friendly + helpful
Location: excellent
Facilities: hostel like accommodation, shared bathroom we used might need more attention for cleaning.
Room: bed is very squeeky.
Noise: At times it was noisy (from the road + inside). The kitchen was close to our room + has no door, so we could hear anyone making coffee or tea. This is not for everyone
Overall: A great place for backpackers. Good value for money.
We still had a great time in Singapore
The room is small, but the central location and Daylin's helpfullness makes up for it.
Host pleasant and welcoming accommodation basic but clean, a bit noisy early in the morning when other tenants rise, glass door letting the day early in the morning as well. Excellent central location near metro. Excellent quality / price ratio for Singapore
Hôte agréable et accueillante,logement simple mais propre, un peu bruyant tôt le matin quand les autres locataires se lèvent, porte vitrée laissant passer le jour tôt le matin également. Excellente situation centrale et proche métro. Excellent rapport qualité/prix pour Singapour
Initially perturbed by managers email offerring upgrade to ensuite though failed to advise of additional cost.When i highlighted would like to make an informed decision received a kurt response of leave it then which was a little off putting. One of the rooms we booked was next to front door of apartment and partition wall backed onto kitchen subsequently noise from other guests entering the building or using kitchen during early hours was disturbing. Partition walls in some of the rooms are extremely thin so you can hear the smallest thing. However the negatives aside the place is clean and good value for money. If you do not have ensuite there are numerous bathrooms to use all clean and well maintained. Contrary to initial reservation Daylin was a perfect host, receptive and accommodating. Location fine with good ameneties on your doorstep 24/7.
The room is simple, not big, but nice enough, with a large window going on a terrace. The bed is good.
The bathrooms are shared ones, in this small guest house.
There is a big shared terrace on the other side of this huge old appartment, where to have a coffee and breakfast (you can make hot water and light cooking in the kitchen), smoke a cigarette, or discuss with other guests.
Wifi's working.
I think this place is good value for money.
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Nancy Groesch
The Georgia College Department of Athletics is pleased to announce its 2011 class for the Georgia College Athletics Hall of Fame. Over the next two days, the remaining members of the next induction class will be revealed. Next up is former Bobcat and Colonial tennis player Nancy Groesch.
A three-time NCAA All-American in 1995, 1996 and 1997, Groesch was also twice named to the NCAA/ITA Scholar-Athlete list. She was a three-time All-Peach Belt Conference (PBC) choice, selected to the PBC Presidential Honor Roll, and named the GCSU Senior Female Athlete of the Year in 1997.
Groesch is the fourth honoree from the GC women's tennis program.


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Millsap has 26, Hawks hold off Heat 121-114
- Article by: CHARLES ODUM
- Associated Press
- January 20, 2014 - 7:15 PM
ATLANTA — Paul Millsap scored 26 points and the Atlanta Hawks overcame LeBron James' 30 points to beat the Miami Heat 121-114 on Monday night.
DeMarre Carroll added 19 points and Pero Antic had 17 for the Hawks, who snapped a nine-game losing streak in their series with the Heat.
Chris Bosh had 21 points for Miami, which was without Dwyane Wade for the second straight game.
James sank back-to-back 3-pointers midway through the final period to give Miami its first lead of the second half at 107-104. The Hawks regrouped to lead 112-108 following two free throws by Millsap.
The Hawks led 116-111 when a missed layup by Atlanta's Shelvin Mack set up James' three-point play to cut the lead to two points. Kyle Korver, who had 12 points, answered with a 3-pointer.
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