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Why would anyone go to Denny's these days?
- rworange Jul 15, 2011 10:17 AM
In my college days, the Denny's grand slam breakfast was a favorite low-cost restaurant breakfast. While not rising above average, it was decent coffee shop food.
The recent 'value menu' and "Tour of America" promotion sucked me in … and sucked my breath away. It is expensive for what it is and the value menu doesn't have all that many values … unless $2 for two pancakes seems like a value to you.
Four bucks will get you all the pancakes you can eat … served two at a time … other restrictions apply. The value slam is in this category.
On the regular menu a cheeseburger is $8.69 … ok, it is served with fries, but still. And who is spending $17 for a t-bone steak here? A chicken strip appetizer - $7.69?
Regular breakfasts average about $9 … add $2 for coffee … Denny's coffee.
I went with the $6 limited addition to the value menu – Italian meatloaf sandwich with fries. On this one I'll give Denny's credit for value in terms of quantity of food.
The roll itself was the brown and serve type of white bread that fast food restaurants kid themselves (or customers) into the illusion of house-baked panini. The meatloaf just tasted like salt and wasn't very meat loaf-y. The bacon, sauce or mozzarella added anything to the Italian-ness or even flavor of this. The sauce was like any jarred supermarket sauce.
The look of the fries was off-putting, but they were good. I like medium cut fries. They have some sort of wavy potato cutter so it looked liked mashed potatoes that had been formed into fries. It turned out though they were cut potatoes, soft-ish, but not greasy. Points for Heinz catsup.
Still … $6 for a sandwich, add $2.29 for a soft drink, tax and tip … that is over $10 to eat at Denny's … and that is the VALUE menu. Most breakfasts would be $15 per person, ditto on lunch … and dinner could run close to $20 … without dessert … or soup.
It is still standard coffee shop décor which is fine. However, with McDonalds plans to upgrade the décor, if I was really looking for value, I'd take my business there.
These days, I find fast food and chain food so close in price to good restaurant food I can't see the point. At a local restaurant I can get an omelet with organic eggs and hash browns made from the local farmers market for the same price as the Denny's omelet.
It makes me a bit sad. Denny's was never great or even a above average coffee shop/diner. However, you could get decent food and a good price.
If I was a struggling college student these days, I wouldn't be at Denny's. I recently acquired 3 step kids. Will I be spending $50 or more dollars for breakfast or lunch at Denny's? I think not. Who does that and why?
re: inaplasticcup
Ahaha, eww.
The last time I went to Denny's I was traveling and I was with a friend who eats there often. (We're both in college.) Depending on where you are in the country and what you order, it can be quite a lot of food for the money and I guess some people see value in that. Not everyone who goes to places like Denny's has palates like ours.
re: MandalayVA
Stupid name? Really? I think it's a clever play on words.
Unfortunately, there are places that have very few options for late night/early morning dining. Like Dayton, Ohio. The college-geared club scene isn't bad, but for afterwards there's Denny's, Waffle House and Steak N Shake. That's about it. Denny's is the only one fairly close to the University of Dayton and downtown night spots.
re: Fibber McGee
We used to always go there after the library closed at 2.a.m. Super Bird! (Moons Over My Hammy is a close second)
Foreign students and visitors like the place because the menu has so many photographs. Just point to order.
re: Fibber McGee
That is one plus for chains llike Denny's ... they open early when little else is open. Still, if money was the issued, I'd still choose McDonalds over Denny's. Yes, the menu is more extensive at Denny's ... anyone tried the pineapple puppies>? .. but for the basics McDonald's is just as good, imo.
re: rworange
Actually, it isn't that they open early-they never close- except Christmas Day. Until 1988 there were no locks on the doors...
re: Fibber McGee
Denny's was our 2:00am food stop when we were on the road driving back from a rock concert or three. I still associate the chain with short term hearing loss because of that.
I ate at one last week actually. We were on vacation in Bismarck N.D., and our breakfast options were the horrible restaurant in the hotel, denny's, perkins, or cracker barrel.
Denny's was actually surprisingly good. The food was tasty, the service was prompt and efficient, they were just a little confused by my order of tomato juice and had to re-check with me three times that I didn't want orange. It got silly.
The Dennys in my are are clean, the staff friendly, and they offer items you cant get anywhere around here. Is it pricier than the local greasy spoon? Yes, at times. Are 95% of chains these days overpriced? IMO, YES. You pay for novelty, consistency, and cleanliness. I think that $50 for 4-5 people, in a sit down restaurant, and including beverages, taxes, and tip isnt all that bad. My fiancee and I pay $20ish for just the 2 of us at our local greasy spoon
"places that have very few options for late night/early morning dining"
We were on our way to the theater in a town we don't know well, a motorist collided with a power pole and we lost a lot of time (designated for dinner) just getting lost on back roads trying to get to the theater. By the time we got out, we were hungry.
Mr Shallots was so glad there was a Denny's because he loved their Grand Slams.
The menu has shrunk severely. The costs have risen.
What we had was acceptable for 11 pm in a small city in the south (sadly Cracker Barrell closes two or three hours before).
The menu items would look better if they'd use smaller plates. Lonely eggs beside a small pile of hash browns and an English muffin. But without them, we'd have been at a bar at closing time and that wasn't what we were hungry for.
Sometimes when traveling I simply don't have the time, nor the leeway, to find and experiment with a new restaurant, or even a local mom-and-pop shop. There are more bad restaurants than good.
And even if Denny's is mediocre, at least it's consistent and you know what you're going to get.
re: ipsedixit
"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds"
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
In this case, Consistency is the hobgoblin of mediocre taste
You seem to share my taste for fast food. My own hobgoblins as mentioned often are the filet-o-fish, McRib and double cheeseburger.
I will give you the point of not having leeway due to friends, coworkers or family.
But seriously having stepped into almost every restaurant wherever I am, I can't agree there are more bad restaurants than good. In 9 years of chowhounding, there have been less than a dozen memorably bad restaurants out of hundreds, if not thousands that I've tried.
People have that perception. It isn't true. Nor is it often true there is nothing else around but a chain or fast food. But the perception makes people overlook the locl places nearby.
Being open outside regular hours is a good reason for chain joints like Denny's.
If fast food had not gotten so close to good restaurant prices, not just greasy spoons, I wouldn't be so dismayed by Denny's. It is no longer a good value even for mediocre or average food. The $50 for five is the lowest actual price. More likely it would run between $80 - $100.
Sigh, planning on a Chowhound vacation and food in general. Cleaning up some stuff delaying that. When I start crawling around Denny's and doing drive-thrus ... time to hang it up ...at least for a while.
Then again, I walked into a nothing bakery today just to pick up some cheap pan dulce ... and because I suspected there was zero to report about there.
A sign for chipilin (a Guatemala green) caught my eye. I asked for the whole translation and it turns out they fly in this fresh green from Guaemala on Fridays. The owner is Guatemalan and on the weekend makes Guatemalan tamales and atol.
Good stuff is a a lot of places that might not seem worthy. I can pay $2 for two Denny's pancakes (not counting tips) or less than that for a filling hand-made chicken tamal.
re: rworange
Sometimes when traveling for work, the point is to eat something that *is* mediocre and safe.
I don't need to try something new or different -- be it cheaper, or even necessarily potentially better.
I've gone into more than one mom-and-pop shop that looked awfully cozy from the outside only to be served crap. That is not to say that there aren't good stand-alone restaurants, just that sometimes you don't want to have to think about the food you are getting, and don't want to take the chance of hitting on a landmine.
Plus, don't forget convenience. Not just in terms of hours, but location.
re: ipsedixit
Ditto this. I recently stayed in a motel near where my son was moving. One morning I had to meet him, had literally 20 minutes to eat breakfast. and I was starving. Denny's was THISCLOSE to the motel. I went, told the manager how much time I had, ordered (2 eggs over easy, toast, juice, fruit) and was out the door in 20 minutes flat. Then 2 mornings later I wanted breakfast after checking out, before hitting the road to drive home. I *could* have driven anywhere else (probably in the opposite direction of where I needed to go) but it would have delayed my long drive home. So, I ate at Denny's again. That time I ate more "leisurely"
but was still out the door pretty quick.
I remember the one of the first times I ate at Denny's, well over 35 years ago. Friend and I did the long road trip on Hwy 1 from LA north. Hit Carmel/Monterey, we were exhausted from the drive and saw Denny's. We were so excited to see something familiar. And it fit our college-student budget pretty well.
Otherwise, I almost never ever eat there...but they are so damned reliable and consistent. You know exactly what you're gonna get.
Traveled to Edmond, OK for a cousin's graduation last month and my aunt, uncle and I needed a place to eat at 9 p.m. Denny's was the only place open except for fast food. We all got a breakfast dish that had fresh veggies in it, my uncle got some kind of fruit and nonfat yogurt smoothie that wasn't too bad and the service was good.
None of us had been to a Denny's in years, but we were all glad to find it in downtown Edmond that night.
I was wondering this exact thing the other day. I went to Pho79 in Alhambra, stuffed myself silly for under 10 bucks, and then walked down Main St and passed of all things, a Denny's. It's just so incongruous to find it there sandwiched around gems like Pho79 and I'll even include The Boiling Crab which, although it is a chain, has a lot of flavour. Who would drive up and down that street and stop at....DENNY'S. But I looked in the window and yes, there were quite a few people there, eating fake mashed whatever. Ech. I just felt so sorry for them. I knew they were each about to pay at least double what I just paid for my magnificent meal and they were getting such a bland forgettable experience in return.
re: khh1138
"I just felt so sorry for them," Thats a bit on the pretentious side isnt it?
Dont yuck my yum!
re: joe777cool
But you can get a better, cheaper yum elsewhere. I actually don't feel sorry. I don't understand it, but I know that convincing the Denny's devotees they can do better would be futile.
I've had a little fast food / chain orgy in the past few weeks I'll probably finish with IHOP I'm guessing that will pretty much do it for me for the next decade. Outside of being open when nothing else is, I just feel so ripped off to get mediocre food at the same price or more than legions of other nearby restaurants.
re: rworange
I agree. Dennys is not my first choice for breakfast either, but for someone to say they feel bad for someone eating there is condescending in my eyes. I know that I get crap from hounds and friends alike when I admit how much i enjoy a salt and fat filled meal at Olive Garden, and if Dennys floats your boat who am I or anyone else to judge?
re: joe777cool
"a better, cheaper yum elsewhere." This is it, exactly. By walking just a block or two in any direction of this particular Denny's, you can find so much better food, cheaper. Especially in these tough times - when none of us has money to throw away!
re: joe777cool
I agree with this. Particularly with the older crowd, my ILs being a part of that group, they just can't afford to buy the various ingredients to make a meal and then stand and cook it in their tiny kitchen in their senior apartment, so a Denny's meal is a real treat. They are in their 70s. They dont' want pho or crab boil or anything else "exotic" that they aren't used to, they just want a slice of meatloaf and some mashed potatoes and soft green beans they can chew and someone to wait on them and handle clean-up. It is our go-to place when we come for a visit and they are always exclaiming about the great "value" (the senior meals are cheaper). They won't even order a drink unless they get something off the senior menu as it comes with coffee or tea. It makes them happy and while I think their food is horrid, every meal doesn't have to be a pageant. I just pick at my super bird and fries and try to enjoy the company. Everyone does not have foodie tastes.
We tried to take them to a couple of other neighborhood places over the years and though they were polite and made a show of eating, it was clearly reverse-Denny's and not what they wanted. They don't want the Lebanese place, they want cheap, reliable diner food.
re: rockandroller1
Here on the Chowhound boards, if you go to a forum like the Los Angeles boards (where I'm at), take a gander at the various "who has the best pho" or "the best banh mi" or "the best Lebanese/Korean/Sichuan". You'll find folks stating one pho joint is garbage and another is perfection, one Korean joint is authentic and one is americanized, etc.. Even at some places that serve great banh mi, someone will call foul because their banhi mi cost $2.50 each instead of two for $3.00, or doesn't come with a free extra baguette, ergo, they are lousy. My point is, simply finding joint after joint of ethnic dives and mom-n-pops diners, all in proximity to a Denny's, does not ensure a satisfying experience with many chowhounds, much less non-chowhounds. Common complaints along the lines of "that joint has the worst sea urchin I've ever eaten" is an example that unique and exotic is not necessarily better than mundane and consistent ...
re: silence9
Is the point of this forum mundane and consistant food? That is what zagat is for ... I'm sorry ... the zagat ratings for KFC get to me.
I guess I don't understand the reverse snobbism.
The extreme senior set excepted, I just don't think people really try ... and it has nothing to do with being a foodie.
I've just eaten at too many restaurants to buy into "nothing else is around" or "everything nearby is inconsistant and crummy".
I finally made it to IHOP and was more impressed than I thought I would be. Still, for one breakfast it was $15 with tip. I can do better than that almost anywhere. When joints like Denny's and IHOP actually offered some value ... fine. But when then are charging the same ... and even more than the local mom and pop or upscale joint ... really ... why bother with souless mediocre chow?
re: rworange
Hi... Here's how I see it, then I'll pipe down: at home in my own kitchen (I'm the main cook at dinner time), the majority of the time I prepare a consistent and well-trodden menu of favorites, probably a dozen or more stand-by 'blue plate specials' that my wife enjoys, varying mostly based on the protein of choice or the availability of seasonal produce. Call it my top 15 Best-Of reliable hits. And some days, not only will those favorites land in the lunch tupperware the next day, but maybe even again as leftovers a day later. Then probably once per week, I'll go all out, do a little research and hunt down some quality ingredients and top shelf items (or never before tried produce based on something seen on cable or heard about here at Chowhound). That 'special' meal may become part of my all-time hits, or I might make it for special occassions. But most evenings that we do not dine out, I'll make the known faves, precisely because they are both known and favorites; they do not move the earth and give rise to tsunamis, but they provide a tasty enough meal that may even demand second helpings. Now, translate that to eating out at chains, and at leaset for us, it's roughly an equivalent equation. Eight out of ten times, we'll go for what we know, knowing that there is better to be had down the street. Those other two times, we'll take our chances with something unknown, or known but with room for surprises. There is a line of thinking that says (tangential/analogy alert, here!) that every opportunity for shared intimacy between couples does not need to end with an orgasm or delve deeply into the kama sutra; frequent foreplay cuddling, etc.. on a 'school night' is just fine in and of itself. Not necessarily performed mundanely, but certainly with caring familiarity and realistic expectations as regards juggling schedules, work, sleep, and windows of opportunity. Hats off and a round of applause to all those who are eating and boinking like there's no tomorrow every single day. I imagine that's how it was in Eden, before a certain couple got too lazy and settled for what was within an arm's length away. Hopefully that apple was not merely a red delicious (symbolism aside, it was more likely a fig or a pomegranite, I hear)...
Have not been to Denny's in Years...went on Monday for Breakfast in Midlothian, VA....had Moons Over My Hammy Sandwich...hardly any eggs, VERY Greasy, hashbrowns barely cooked and flavorless...Hubby said Pancakes were like Rubber and Sausage was inedible...we love a good Diner Breakfast but we will not be going back....
it's easy it's convenient and you usually know the outcome of the meal.
for me patty melt for hub a big breakfast no matter the time of day.
anyone know if that Bobby Flay tv show about the next great American chain restaurant ever paid off or if it closed?
A few years ago my mom and I went to a midnight showing for an art exhibit that was closing that weekend. It was a pretty big deal for mom to stay out that late, so we made it an event, complete with breakfast at 2am. The only places for late night food between the museum and home are McDonald's (drive-thru only) and Denny's. Denny's won. I knew what to expect, but my mom was shocked by how packed the place was. We got there before the rush, but by 2:30 there was a line out the door. Makes perfect sense when it's the only place to get a meal with table service after a night of drinking and dancing.
I (somewhat) recently retired from long haul truck driving. The Flying J (one of the biggest truckstop chains in North America) converted their restaurants to Denny's and I hate to admit it, but when I needed something to just grab and go, I would order the Superbird sandwich. It was pretty dang good, although overpriced like everything in a truckstop these days.


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Product DescriptionExtra-tall 13mm machined braking surface for easy brake pad set-up and better radial strength. Welded joint and stainless steel eyelets. Single-cavity cross section.
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Date Reviewed: January 19, 2009
Strengths: Ummm...it lasted for the first couple drop offs at least
Weaknesses: WEAK!!!!!!!!!!!!
My rear rim split right down the center of the rim
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Duration Product Used: 6 months
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Purchased At: Omaha Bike Rack
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Bike Setup: 2008 Trek Fuel EX8
Date Reviewed: December 29, 2004
Strengths: Fairly Strong
Never had to be trued
on the lighter side
Weaknesses: Braking surface (they ground down quite a bit and the braking generally sucked)
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Im certainly going to keep these around on a spare set as soon as I lace them to some disc hubs
4 outta 5 because the braking was a nightmare on these things and part of the reason I went to discs
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Bike Setup: Trek 4900, 04 psylo fork, avid mech. discs, sun single track wheels and a few small other things
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Strengths: lightweight, strong, stiff, durable
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Date Reviewed: November 22, 2002
Strengths: Light, Front rim is ok it has lasted 2 years
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Strengths: Very cool red anodized finish, asymmetrical rear rim to reduce dish really strengthens wheel, very strong rims that resist going out of true. Welded seam and machined brake track.
Weaknesses: On the heavier side, 450g.
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Date Reviewed: April 14, 2001
Strengths: They stay true
Weaknesses: These rims are heavier than others I have ridden. I also get more flats on these rims than with the Mavic's I usually ride with on my other bikes.
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Date Reviewed: March 26, 2001
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Strengths: Light enough
Strong enough
They work
Weaknesses: hmm... weird brake surface, it squeeks a bit, but hey, it stops me
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Duration Product Used: 6 months
Similar Products Used: OEM whatever-was-on-a-'98-Trek-930
Bike Setup: 930 frame, XT everything-that-can-be, z.3 LT
Date Reviewed: January 20, 2000
Strengths: Price
Features (eyelets, Machined Walls etc.)
Weaknesses: Weight (for you weight weenies)
Bottom Line:
You'll notice that I put weight under Strenght & Weakness. For me, the rim has the right amount of material, and that comes at the price of the weight. But, they're not light enough to build superlites.
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Similar Products Used: Too many to list
Bike Setup: Lots of Syncros & XT/XTR
Trek Alum. Frame
Marzocchi 23 light on the front
Date Reviewed: January 9, 2000
Weak. Flimsy. Frail. Did I mention that are not strong?
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6 months
Similar Products Used:
Mavic 221, 217, others
Bike Setup:
Santa Cruz Superlight XTR, SID, ATAC pedals
Date Reviewed: September 27, 1999
Bottom Line:
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all of em
Duration Product Used:
1 Year
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Bike Setup:
Trek 930, Jett T2, some XTR, some LX
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If you're a project in the TA&D network, this 4-page guide is written especially for you. It's all about how to create a great website that provides your visitors with on-the-spot technical assistance, including making sure that search engines find you and that web visitors can easily read and share your information with others.
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'Salmonar' fishing classes begin May 1
Jim Jorgensen's famed salmon fishing class, Salmonar, is back for 2008.
Jorgensen, who has 40 years of experience running Jim's Salmon Charter, offers the class annually to those fishers who want to learn how to successfully catch fish or just to improve their skill set.
The master angler offers a total of 12 hours of instruction over six weeks. Five classes concentrate on salmon fishing looking at techniques for downrigger fishing, trolling, mooching and jigging. He will point out the best areas in Chart 18421 to fish and talk about equipment, cutting and preparation of bait and fishing regulations in Washington and B.C.
One session offers techniques for rockfish, lingcod and halibut, where to fish and types of gear. The above is only a basic description of the course; lots of insider fishing tips are given to take the beginner fisher to an advanced level and the advanced fisher to near-mythic prowess. How big was that fish again?
The cost of the course is $100 and includes materials except the chart. It runs Thursday evenings from 7 – 9 p.m. beginning May 1 through June 5 at the Bellingham Senior Center, 315 Halleck Street, Bellingham. Call Jim Jorgensen at 332-6724 to enroll.


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Next Broadway Season Brings Familiar Names, Encore of Crowd Favorite
April 10, 2013, 6:00 am
By Paige Browning
Posters of the new season at the INB. By Paige Browning.
It was a night of surprises at West Coast Entertainment's annual season announcement Monday at the INB Performing Arts Center. The 2013-2014 Best of Broadway series brings 'Anything Goes', 'Million Dollar Quartet', 'Hello Dolly', 'Sister Act', and for three weeks… 'Wicked'.
The crowd heard live performances from cast members of Sister Act and Million Dollar Quartet. "I hear the train a-comin', it's rollin' down the bend. And I ain't seen the sunshine…" played out to the crowd in one of six songs played by Million Dollar Quartet cast members.
West Coast President Jack Lucas says the cornerstone for this year is that the shows are solid family entertainment.
Lucas: "I've always said that the sole of a community is defined by its arts. I just so strongly believe that if we were to close our eyes and think about what Spokane would be like if we didn't have the arts, whether it be Broadway, the symphony, visual arts. What a different place we would live in."
Lucas says positive feedback for the new season has blown him away, and more people signed up for season tickets than he's ever seen at the event. Of course, it's not just the upcoming season people are excited about. The winner of nine Tony Awards, 'The Book of Mormon' will come to Spokane in August 2014.
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SWAP MEET Route 66 Cruisers 6 Annual Swap Meet for more information www.route66cruisersok.org Claremore Oklahoma ...more >>
The Fall Carlisle Collector Car Auction runs in conjunction with Fall Carlisle itself. The 2014 Fall Auction takes place Thursday and Friday, October 2-3 at the spacious Carlisle Expo Center. Powered by FREE UNLESS SOLD, buyers and sellers alike can enjoy a friendly, fast paced atmosphere. Lots are moving quickly as approximately 300 collector cars, trucks or motorcycles will cross the block. Registered to consign or bid also affords you the luxury of VIP access, which includes food, drinks and preferred seating. Carlisle Auctions also offers ââ¬ÅSpotlight Cars,ââ¬Â another unique way to have a consigned car showcased. Get involved today and discover why with Carlisle Auctions, youââ¬â¢re more than just a number, youââ¬â¢re a part of the Carlisle Family. ...more >>
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On the weekend of October, 3rd - 5th, a select group of gentlemen will race their machines on the shoreline in 'The Wildwoods'.
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Saturday October 4th (Rain or Shine) Entry Fee: $10.00 Proceeds to benefit Riley Childrens Hospital and local charitable activities. Registration: 9 AM 1 PM Awards Time: 3 PM Location: On the Square, 1 West Spring St, Bloomfield, IN City: Bloomfield, IN 47424 Dash Plaques to the first 100 entrants Door Prizes & Silent Auction Awards (Must be present to win): Jim Roberts Memorial, Top Apple, Queens Choice, Club Participation, & Top 50 ...more >>
The 2014 Fall Flying Festival and Car Show will be held at the Chester County Airport. It is a community outreach event that is held each year.The event is open to the public from 10 a.m .- 4 p.m with food and fly bys. Admission is FREE to the public. Please email [ email ] for information on registering your car, truck or motorcycle for the show. Open to all years. ...more >>
WEBSITE: svbcc.net and please see our Facebook page! About our Festival Our 2014 show marks the e SVBCCs 33rd Annual British Car Festival. Part of the Waynesboro Fall Foliage Festival, Its one of the oldest of its kind and one of the few multi-day British car events on the east coast. Over 200 entrants from more than 10 states will participate. The SVBCC welcomes all British marques including all years and all makes in all conditions. A show-quality car is not needed to share in the fun of this great event. Modern MINIs included! Saturdays car show is staged over several acres among the massive oaks of Ridgeview Park in Waynesboro. The Skyline Drive, Shenandoah Natl Park and the Blue Ridge Parkway are a 10 minute drive from the show. Awards are based on voting by participants and are presented at a banquet on Saturday evening. See svbcc.net for registration, accommodations, directions, maps, classes and information. This years featured marque is the MGB MK IV Rubber Bumper, the final MGB model produced, 1974-1979. Activities: Friday - October 3: ? Social at Holiday Inn, 6-10 pm; ? Food & drinks will be available for purchase. Saturday - October 4: ? Caravan to show: 8:30 am; ? Registration: 9 - 11.30 am; ? Voting ends: 2 pm; ? Reception, Holiday Inn: 6 pm (cash bar); ? Awards Banquet, Holiday Inn: 7 pm. Host Hotel: Holiday Inn Golf and Conference Center. I-81 Exit 225, 152 Fairway Lane, Staunton, VA 24401. Reservations: (540) 248-6020, www.holidayinn.com/stauntonva. Special rate until 9/19/14. Ask for Group Code C22 or reserve online at http://svbcc.net/carshow2014.html Please register online. Save time and receive an instant confirmation at: http://svbcc.net/carshow2014.html ...more >>
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World Class health care is now available in Bismarck.
The Bismarck Cancer Center now has two Agility Linear Accelerators.
The machines provide precisely focused treatment for cancer patients in order to reduce the risk of side effects.
Bismarck Cancer Center is a joint venture of Sanford Health and Saint Alexius.
Dr. John Watkins says not only are the new machines more precise, they are also much quicker.
"Allows us to do two things mainly, we can increase the dose, increase the cure rate while keeping the side effects as low as possible, so the rest of the body isn't exposed unnecessarily, where as in the past our treatments would have taken 15, maybe 30 minutes at a time, we can do it in as little as 90 seconds on some of these treatments, which is fantastic, we're able to serve more patients in a shorter time," Radiation Oncologist Dr. John Watkins said
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Front Porch Forum has launched in the area. To sign up, follow this link:
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The Town of Granville is happy to announce the launch of a new Municipal Website. The site boasts an intuitive navigation, mobile friendly design, and detailed government information. In addition to these features, information regarding departments, a meeting minutes section, and an area for the most requested items have been included to make it easy for site visitors to find information and contacts quickly. The website was made possible by the assistance of The Snelling Center for Government through the Vermont Digital Economy Project, an Economic Development Grant awarded to the Vermont Council on Rural Development


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Kellie's Q & A
Favorite Sport/Team
Football Ravens Baby
Favorite Movie/Actor
The Hurtlocker and Jeremy Renner
Go-to karaoke song
Baby Got Back
My first job
Cook at The Breakfast Cafe
Piercings/Tattoos (How many? Where?)
I have 6 Piercings,my tongue,belly button and two in each ear.I have 5 tattoos a koi on my foot with the dates my grandparents passed away, a breast cancer ribbon on my ankle for a friend, a dragonfly on my arm for my mom,a crown on my back and a camera on my back because I love Photography
Mac or PC?
Mac all the way the bigger the better :)
Nintendo, Xbox 360, PS3, or don't game?
Xbox 360 my games are Forza 4,mw2 and battlefield
What fun fact, talent or superpower of yours should guys know about?
I love working on cars, I drive a rsx type s and everything done to it I have done my self.Im a bacardi promo girl in ocean city and i also model the ocean city car and truck show every year.
What's the most memorable pick up line you've ever heard?
iI lost my phone can I use yours to find it?
What's the craziest thing you've ever done?
I would have to say when i drifted my friends car around a corner in front of a cop and he did nothing :)
What's the most unusual place you've ever hooked up? How'd it go?
thats for me to know and you to find out :)
What's in your purse or pocket right now?
I right now have car parts in my purse what car I say Im a gear head
What do you feel most comfortable wearing?
I love bra and undies or sweats and a tank
Would you rather have boring sex all the time or an amazing romp once a year?
Sex should never be boring if it is your doing it wrong
If you could do a shot of Jose Cuervo with anyone -- dead or alive -- who would it be?
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November 28, 2012
Hankook Tire Formula Drift driver Chris Forsberg talks you through going fast sideways.
Illustration by Jason Lee
1. "If you're heading toward a 90-degree corner going left, you want to be in second gear, going about 40 mph (at the pro level we're going closer to 100 mph), with your right foot on the throttle and your left foot on the clutch."
2. "As you approach the apex of the corner, in one motion apply the throttle all the way down, turn the steering wheel to the left, and kick the clutch—you push it down and immediately release it, which shocks the drive train."
3. "The car will now be spinning its rear tires. Release the steering wheel, allowing it to spin itself to the right while your car rotates through a 45-degree angle. When you feel the car beginning to lose traction, grab the wheel again and throttle through the corner."
4. "The key to drifting is that you're steering with the throttle: When you approach the exit of the corner, apply the throttle and release the steering wheel, which will cause the car to straighten out. Then head straight to the pit for new tires!"
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What are root causes of the initial signs of aging?
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Nassau Coliseum's Bunkhouse Stampede finals vs Hamilton's Royal Rumble
Mike George wins WWA World title tournament in Kansas City
Fujinami & Kengo Kimura win IWGP belts from Fujiwara & Yamazaki
Jan. 23 (8) Dusty Rhodes leaves NWA
WWF Royal Rumble 1/15 card coverage
AWA & Jarrett Promotions split
Bam Bam Bigelow history in NWA
Chris Benoit wins Commonwealth mid-heavyweight belt from Davey Boy Smith
Feb. 1 (8) Titan signs Mike Tyson as special ref for Hogan vs Savage
Royal Rumble 1/21 card coverage
AJPW & NJPW going to work together for 1st time in more than a decade
Akira Maeda does job for Nobuhiko Takada 1/16 in Tokyo
NWA booking committee trimmed down
Jan. 28 (10) WWF Royal Rumble 1/19 card coverage-Sgt Slaughter wins WWF title
Observer Research Reveals Vince's Baldness Fetish
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Flair still not signed by WCW
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Woody Strode passes away
Ray Stevens hospitalized
Nu Jack of The Gangstas arrested
Weekly Pro Wrestling awards
Jan 29 (12) The Monday night war-how it's changed wrestling
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Extreme Fighting was subject on Phil Donahue show
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Whenever someone claims to have found Bigfoot or any part of him, the question of DNA evidence always comes up. Well now, a lab in Texas says they've analyzed DNA from from supposed Bigfoot hair has yielded surprising results— it's not human, but it's not human. I WANT TO BELIEVE.
Being that the general population accepts that Bigfoot isn't real, it may come as a bit of a surprise to most of us that Ketchum and her team obtained three samples of different Sasquatch DNA which underwent intense genetics, forensics, imaging and pathology screening. The study has not yet been released as it is currently under peer review, so feel free to add the word "allegedly" as you see fit. According to the official press release from Dr. Ketchum, the samples revealed a novel species that is clearly related to humans, which probably branched from homo sapiens around 15,000 years ago:
Our study has sequenced 20 whole mitochondrial genomes and utilized next generation sequencing to obtain 3 whole nuclear genomes from purported Sasquatch samples. The genome sequencing shows that Sasquatch mtDNA is identical to modern Homo sapiens, but Sasquatch nuDNA is a novel, unknown hominin related to Homo sapiens and other primate species.
What is certain is that the other hominid species is not Neanderthal or Denisovan, two early human relatives that are though to have interbred with modern humans. Which is great, because that would really mess up the 15,000-year timescale Ketchum's team has estimated.
I hate to be overly skeptical since the team aren't exactly noobs — Dr. Melba S. Ketchum is the director of DNA Diagnostics, a human and animal DNA mapping facility in operation since 1985. Previously, she was a veterinarian. That said, the lack of confirmed Sasquatch sightings and physical samples suggest that Bigfoot does not actually exist.
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The America's Cup is making its first-ever visit to Charleston by special arrangement between the organizers of Sperry Top-Sider Charleston Race Week and the GGYC. Tom Ehman, GGYC Vice Commodore and 32-year America's Cup veteran, will be on hand at the Charleston Harbor Resort & Marina in Mt. Pleasant (the headquarters of Sperry Top-Sider Charleston Race Week) to offer a multi-media presentation about the Cup and the excitement of the events leading up to that regatta, in September 2013.
Viewing of the America's Cup is free and open to the public, as is Mr. Ehman's presentation, which will take place at 1:00 p.m. for approximately one hour. Families with children are encouraged to attend.
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In just four months time, the America's Cup will be back on national television in the United States after a 20-year hiatus. On July 1, the final day of the AC World Series Newport will be broadcast live on NBC, coast to coast, featuring the winner-take-all race that not only determines the event champion but also the outright overall winner of the inaugural six-event America's Cup World Series.
Currently after three events, Emirates Team New Zealand skippered by Dean Barker sits on top of the leaderboard with 55 points, while the American team on ORACLE Racing Spithill (helmed by Jimmy Spithill) is nipping at their heels with 54 points and skipper Terry Hutchinson and his Artemis Racing of Sweden lies third with 40 points.
With opportunities to rack up points through further AC World Series stops in Naples (April 7-15) and Venice (May 12-20) before getting to the series closer in Newport (June 23 – July 1), there is certain to be stiff competition in the back half of this first AC World Series season.
Following the conclusion of the first AC World Series in Newport, at least two further Cup events are planned in 2012 in the United States.
First, in August, a new season of the AC World Series opens in San Francisco or New York, with the venue announcement coming shortly. The final day of racing will be broadcast live on NBC on August 26.
Then, in October, the focus of the Cup world will be on San Francisco and the "Bay Arena." With the race course positioned between Alcatraz and the San Francisco Cityfront, shoreside viewers will have a front row seat for what is sure to be the fastest and most exhilarating racing the Bay has ever seen. And here too, television viewers will be able to tune in live on NBC to the final day of racing.
"As we build to our pinnacle events in 2013, we are thrilled to have live coverage of all three of our American stops on NBC this year," said Richard Worth, Chairman and CEO, ACEA. "We are focused on creating a broadcast product that will excite current fans and draw in new ones, and working with a broadcaster like NBC will help us to fulfill that vision in the United States."
Newport, RI was unveiled today as the final stop of the 2011-2012 AC World Series, which promises to be a dramatic finish to the first season of the new AC45 professional circuit. Designed to expose millions more people to the sport of high-performance racing, the new professional circuit was created to bring the Americas Cup experience to top international venues.
In addition to being the first American host of the high-tech AC45 wing-sailed catamarans in 2012, Newport also has the honor of seeing the first AC World Series circuit champion crowned. The highlight of each AC World Series stop is the spectacular, winner-takes-all, fleet race on final Sunday, where teams put points on the board to take the overall title, so the final race on Sunday, July 1 in Newport could be the ultimate decision maker for the AC World Series champion.
Newport and Rhode Island have strong historical ties to the Americas Cup, dating back to 1930, Governor Lincoln D. Chafee said. Narragansett Bay, one of our states most spectacular assets, provides a perfect natural venue, and the ongoing infrastructure improvements at Fort Adams make Newport the ideal host for the final stop of the AC World Series. This exciting event will be a tremendous boost for the Rhode Island economy and continues the relationship between Newport and the Americas Cup.
Synonymous with the name Americas Cup, the spectacular harbor of Newport, Rhode Island has played host to some of the most legendary Americas Cup battles in the competitions 160 year-old history. Newport continues to attract the leading yachtsmen and women from around the world annually, hosting some of the worlds major sailing events on its waters. And now, the 2012 AC World Series Newport event brings the Americas Cup experience back to Newport after almost a 20-year absence.
Providing an opportunity to watch the worlds top sailors compete in the state-of-the-art AC45 wing-sailed catamarans, current plans call for holding the racing inside Newport Harbor, with the start/finish line just off the shoreline and spectator access along numerous points on the waterfront.
In addition to its world famous waters, Newport, Rhode Island is a top U.S. tourist destination for domestic and international visitors. Home to spectacular coastal scenery, awe-inspiring architecture, a thriving waterfront downtown, and welcoming hospitality, Newport is considered by many to be a shining gem in the coastal crown of New England. For those whose hearts lie in architecture, design, and history, Newport offers tours of opulent mansions, interesting museums, and a number of walking tours that reveal the Colonial and Gilded Age charm of the city.
Newport is the cradle of the Americas Cup sailing, so were very pleased to bring the AC World Series to the city that first exposed the Cup to the world, said Richard Worth, Chairman, Americas Cup Event Authority. We are building upon that rich history through this new professional circuit to accelerate the global appeal of the Americas Cup.
The AC World Series features tight, short racecourses designed to deliver close racing for the fans on shore as well as the online and TV audiences. The innovative regatta format includes a mix of speed trials, head-to-head match racing, and all-out fleet racing with 9 identical AC45s on the line. These events provide the fans the only opportunity to see all of the Americas Cup competitors racing together.
The forerunner to the next generation of Americas Cup boats, the AC45 wing-sailed catamaran is the official boat of the AC World Series. While capable of closing speeds over 35 mph, the AC45 remains nimble enough to handle the tight, tactical race courses planned by Americas Cup Race Management (ACRM).
The AC World Series Newport stop is the result of Rhode Island Governor Lincoln D. Chafees leadership of interagency collaboration between the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation, Department of Environmental Management and Department of Administration. The event will be supported by key public and private organizations including the City of Newport, Newport Chamber of Commerce, and the states hospitality, tourism, sailing and marine trades communities, as well many other organizations.


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My church, as many of you know, is what's known in church circles as "gay-friendly;" that is, we consider homosexuality - like heterosexuality - to be a part of God's very own creation and therefore good (as God has decreed all creation).
You may not be aware of it, but there actually are a lot of gay-friendly churches and gay-friendly Christians.
The fundamental theological reason is that God's love has no strings attached (the Bible repeatedly tells us it's "steadfast and endures forever").
Consequently, if we are to strive to be holy, as God is holy, then everybody in our holy churches deserves to be loved. Period.
So, in a whole bunch of churches, all are welcomed just as they were made by God. Honest straights and LGBT (Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transgenders) are welcomed as equal human beings into the fold of the community.
This broad, open loving embrace seems odd to many, since Christianity has this bad rap around the nation of being anti-gay; but not all churches are anti-gay. We are not.
What's weird is that you may have only just learned this fact by reading it here in the Hometown News.
Of course, some people attempt to demean churches that make the effort to knock down cultural barriers to be as inclusive as Jesus and the early church were (not one person was turned away by Jesus for they way they were born and created by God).
Some claim gay-friendly churches, like ours, are sinning or even non-Christian because we actually follow Jesus' commandments to love all our neighbors and to treat them as we would want to be treated.
Oddly, some also try and paint gay-friendly churches as being gay-only churches, creating the false impression that we somehow exclude non-gays. It's odd because as anyone who has visited a "gay-friendly" church can tell you they exclude no one. The wide embrace is Christ's and we extend it to all.
At our particular gay-friendly church, we are, in fact, a happy mix of straights, LGBT, elders, middle-aged, young adults, families, veterans, disabled, white, black, brown and even an atheist, or two.
We are not just gay-friendly; but rather everyone-friendly as Christ was (after all we are the body of Christ).
Anyone - ANYONE - who wants to come to our church can - just as they are.
If they want to celebrate the Eucharist they can, too - just as they are.
See, we are what our denomination, the United Church of Christ, calls an "open and affirming" church. We are open to all, and we actively affirm that all are welcome. And we really mean it.
My point is that, notwithstanding, what you read or hear in the media or on the streets, or even from other Christians, not all Christians are anti-gay, and no "gay-friendly" church is exclusive of non-gays.
So those of you who are staying away from church because you've heard Christians are all anti-gay, look around find a church that's "gay-friendly" and get thee to it. Check it out.
Straight or gay - or anyone else God has created - you'll be welcomed there with open loving arms. I promise.
And once you get there, you can help transform the world to a better place for all by being a part of, and supporting, love of all neighbors and the treatment of each as you would want to be treated in a community striving to be holy as God is holy.
The Rev. Scott Elliott is the pastor at Riviera United Church of Christ in Palm Bay. Visit Riviera UCC's website at rivieraucc.org. and his vlog at www.youtube.com/AgodVlog.
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Talmud for Boys, Challah-Making for Girls—Gender Rules in Orthodox Day Schools
Gender-typing is at work as early as daycare. A new book examines how this inequity plays out and undermines religious classrooms.
SARA IVRY, HOST: Hi everyone, welcome back to Vox Tablet. It's me, Sara Ivry. I'm your host. Today, gender trouble in our day schools.
Over the past several decades, it's become more and more common to encounter religious women in professional roles. They're doctors, professors, scientists, even rabbis.
Yet, while religious women have gained acceptance as professionals in their community, their sons and daughters often get very different messages about acceptable and unacceptable gender roles at school. There, at school, rigorous training in Jewish thought, or math and science for that matter, may be offered to boys only. And girls may find that more attention is paid to the length of their sleeves and to the length of their skirts than to the questions they have about Rashi.
The differential treatment of boys and girls is not of course unique to Jewish day schools. But for those invested in giving their kids a religious education, it should be cause for great concern.
So says Elana Sztokman. Sztokman holds a doctorate in education and sociology, and she's written extensively on gender issues and Jewish life. Her new book, which she co-wrote with Chaya Gorsetman, is called Educating in the Divine Image: Gender Issues in Orthodox Jewish Day Schools. The book recently won a National Jewish Council Book Award. Sztokman is speaking with us today from her home in Modi'in. Elana Sztokman, welcome to Vox Tablet.
ELANA SZTOKMAN: Thank you, thanks for having me.
IVRY: Elana, your book is based on you and your co-author's own research, as well as that of other people. Tell us a little bit about the research that you two did. What sort of questions were you asking, and who was answering them?
SZTOKMAN: We conducted a teacher survey among day school educators about all kinds of subjects. We asked about pedagogy, we asked about how ritual is conducted in the school. We also asked about leadership. We asked about school decor, about the mission of the school. We also asked about sexual harassment. We asked about dress codes, and then how they are enforced. It was a whole range of topics that eventually became the themes of our book.
That wasn't the only research we conducted. The teacher survey was one bit of our research. We had other bits of research also. We conducted a survey of schoolbooks looking at gender images and language in over 50 workbooks used in Jewish studies in fourth and fifth grades.
We also integrated our own research with some of our independent research that we had conducted. So, my doctorate is on adolescent religious girls in school and about identity formation. So, I spent a couple of years doing observations and interviews with high-school girls in a religious school in Israel. So, we integrated some of that.
So, the book is really a compilation of all of that. We wove it all together, all the different pieces of research and a whole bunch of anecdotes. Because as soon as we started doing the research, people kept turning to us with their stories. Writing and calling us with all kinds of different experiences that they were having, as parents and as teachers—and even as students. We had emails, also from students in school, describing different experiences around gender. So, the book is really woven through a lot of different components of research.
IVRY: And these were predominantly Modern Orthodox schools that you were looking at and Modern Orthodox people whom you were asking questions of?
SZTOKMAN: We were asking predominantly Modern Orthodox educators, but not only. So, of the 172 respondents that we had on our teacher survey, for example, around 130 (or 133 to be precise) were from Modern Orthodox day schools, and the rest were from all kinds of different schools. From community schools and other denominations and also ultra-Orthodox. We didn't really include ultra-Orthodox schools in our findings.
IVRY: And only in Israel?
SZTOKMAN: No, no. It was, actually, the teacher survey was mostly American schools.
IVRY: In the book, you are looking at the different ways in which these ideas about gender get passed along to students, both intentionally and unintentionally. And a person might imagine that these ideas don't really come into play until kids reach bar or bat mitzvah age around 12 or 13. That's not really true though, is it? I wonder—
SZTOKMAN: That's not true at all.
IVRY: Yeah, tell us a little bit about when these notions of gender really get introduced in school.
SZTOKMAN: From day one. These are issues that start when a child is born, and the very first question people ask is, "Oh, is it a boy or is it a girl?" But what's really interesting is that we found that the early childhood years are among the most dominated by gender issues.
IVRY: Like what?
SZTOKMAN: So, for instance, in early childhood years in Jewish schools, there are two primary locations in the classroom experience where Judaism is transmitted. One is through Friday afternoon, getting ready for Shabbat; and one is morning prayers. And in both of these, there are some really stark gender issues that are taking place.
So, take prayer for example. Even among 3- and 4- and 5-year-olds, you have a lot of schools which will still make the boy leading the prayer service, he'll be the hazzan, what's called the cantor, the leader. And the girls will be in charge of, you know, choosing a picture or choosing a song or handing out the prayerbooks, the siddurim.
So, even then, they're 3 years old, they're 4 years old. And the boys are the active leaders. The ones standing in front of the classroom leading. And they're the ones who get to wear the prayer shawl, the tallit, and they get to make all the brachot, and everybody looks at them and says "Amen" to them. And the girls are the ones, you know, helping out, or looking pretty, or passively taking on other roles. So, that's one really interesting issue that takes place in early childhood.
The other one is Shabbat, which is Friday afternoon or Friday morning, where many Jewish schools, and this is not just an Orthodox school thing, but most Jewish schools prepare the children for Shabbat by teaching them that there's an ima of Shabbat and an abba of Shabbat. Like there is a mother and a father. And schools have many different ways for telling the boys what it means to be the abba, the father, and what it means to be the ima. So, sometimes it'll be that the boy is in charge of making the blessings on the wine and the girl is in charge of lighting the candles. Sometimes it's that the boy has to practice singing while the girl has to go home and, you know, bake a cake, for example.
But what's interesting is that in almost every single early childhood classroom, there are gender-segregated roles. So that children from really early on are learning that keeping Shabbat depends on what gender you are. There is a version of Shabbat that's for boys, and there is a version of Shabbat that's for girls.
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The once-booming hedge fund industry has shrunk rapidly over the past 9 months to roughly $1-$1.4 trillion, as investors have pulled out their cash following some pretty lacklustre returns.
However, according to Mark Kary, chief executive of Polar Capital, the industry never really deserved to have grown to the best part of $3 trillion in the first place.
He told today's Reuters Hedge Fund and Private Equity Summit in London that while hedge funds had become a "fashion item" in the good times, when it comes down to it there simply isn't enough talent to support an industry of $3 trillion.
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The statistics on campus sexual assaults are shocking, to say the least. More than 90 percent of attackers have done it before. Nearly one in five women in college in the Unites States will be a victim of attempted or actual sexual assault, studies show.
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., is pushing for more federal funding to help investigate and enforce sexual assault laws on college campuses. Last year alone, colleges and universities in New York State reported 365 forcible sex offenses, many of which involved alcohol or drugs.
Several women who claimed they were raped during college joined the senator Monday at a news conference at Gillibrand's office in Manhattan.
Emma Sulkowicz, now a junior at Columbia University, says school officials mishandled her case against her alleged attacker who to date has not been charged with a crime. Zoey Ridolfi-Starr, also a junior, claims the same man attacked her. She says survivors are ignored, unsupported, silenced, and manipulated when they turn to universities for help
The Columbia students' alleged attacker was never charged by police in either case.
Columbia issued a statement from its president saying he applauds Gillibrand's efforts.
"A commitment to increase awareness of such misconduct, decrease its frequency, support survivors of violence, and hold accountable students who violate university policies, has long been a priority at Columbia," President Lee Bollinger said in the statement.
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BBC Radio 4 Tue 13 Jan 2009 20:00 BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 Sun 18 Jan 2009 17:00 BBC Radio 4
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Penny Marshall examines the effects of the rapid expansion of online pornography on UK society. She talks to those who use online porn, including couples trying to repair the trust and intimacy dented by the persistent and secretive use of porn sites. She also hears from psychologists who are concerned that young people are in danger of having their understanding of sexual relationships permanently damaged by what they see online.
BBC Radio 4 Tue 13 Jan 2009 20:00 BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 Sun 18 Jan 2009 17:00 BBC Radio 4
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