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Now it's actually happening. Roselle Catholic and the Patrick School are meeting for the third time this season for the sectional title.
Roselle Catholic won the two regular season meetings, one of them convincingly. But Patrick School claimed the top spot in the county rankings when it defeated Linden in the Union County Tournament final. Roselle Catholic got tripped up by Union before it could make it there.
Even players and coaches for the Patrick School would admit that Roselle Catholic is the more talented team. A star-studded lineup that includes the likes of Malachi Richardson, Asante Gist and Tyler Roberson is daunting for anyone.
Coach Chris Chavannes went as far as to say that the Celtics are at a talent disadvantage nearly every night when they take the court. That may be a bit of hyperbole, but the point rings true. Patrick School doesn't care if you're more talented. It still likes its chances.
"You can tell they have more talent than us," DeAndre Bembry said after the victory over Gill St. Bernards in the semifinals. "But we just wanted to play more. That's really what it came down to."
Gill St. Bernard's may be as talented as Roselle Catholic, with four players likely going to Division I schools in its starting lineup. Even with Bembry not having his best game, he still found a way to get points so his team could survive and advance.
It's not exactly easy to explain from a basketball standpoint what Patrick School does so well. The talent is there and so is the coaching. More important than that, the team simply gets the job done in big moments. Chris Regus did it with a buzzer-beater in the Union County Tournament final. Bembry did it at the foul line against Gill St. Bernard's.
Bembry is a state player of the year candidate, and his performances in big games are a big reason for that. He loves the big stage, and he hasn't faltered very often when on it this season.
Roselle Catholic isn't just looking to redeem itself after the Union loss. It wants to prove once and for all it is the better team than Patrick School. A third straight win would prove that unequivocally.
By the end of the night, we'll know who the better team is once and for all.
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They slouched on both ends of a cot in the shoulder of Interstate 10, two women whose bodies were worn down and whose memories were etched with dozens of individual tragedies that they witnessed together in the days after swimming out of their flooded eastern New Orleans neighborhoods.
While helicopters dropped in and buses stacked up in the eastbound lanes behind them, Celeste Harrison, 44, and Charlene Williams, 42, sat still during the relatively orderly operation around them. Strangers before Katrina, the women said that they couldn't live another day without the other beside them.
Harrison and Williams were among the thousands who gathered on I-10, turning it into a refugee camp of anxious evacuees awaiting transport out of a flooded city.
Kidding each other about their unkempt hair and dreams of pedicures, the pair tried to push back the images of the unending journey out of their crumbling city. Just one of the memories could send someone spiraling down, but these women - like the near-hopeless refugees all around them near the Causeway Boulevard underpass at I-10 - carried with them countless troubling visions.
For Harrison and Williams, those included a paraplegic woman they couldn't drag from a roof, a father with a dead baby under each arm and a 2-week-old infant crushed when her mother lost grip of her during a stampede at the Morial Convention Center.
The women held each other up and prayed that they would board one of the buses Saturday.
Instead of dwelling on the psychologically-scarring scenes of the previous six days, they hatched a plan to rebuild their lives together. Williams said she had no means to start over, but Harrison said she would take care of her new friend somehow - just like Williams said she had done to keep Harrison and other refugees moving when they wanted to give up.
"It was hard, but we made it, " Harrison said, at times showing a hopeful smile. "I just keep saying, 'Come on, we can do it. We can do it.'"
By "made it, " Harrison meant that they had survived long enough for the deliveries of food, water and dry clothes. They made it to the side of a highway where litter, mud and human waste surrounded them. They made it to the day that buses arrived frequently and refugees filed on without stampeding.
Ernest Smith, 10, made it to that moment, too. Speaking in a calm but urgent voice like that of someone many times his age, Smith said he had been watching out for his elderly grandparents, whom he lived with on Camp Street. He finally had food and water, but he wasn't sure he would make it out to hug his mother in Atlanta.
"I would tell her, 'I love you. Please come get me, and I don't want to be out here no more, '" Smith said.
About 50 yards away, Jerome Wise didn't know if he would see his wife and six of his seven children again. Wise stayed behind at his house near Hayne Boulevard and Sheephead Street, near the New Orleans Lakefront Airport, because his 19-year-old son had to work a shift at McDonald's last weekend.
All Wise carried in his single bag was a portrait of his large family.
It showed Wise with a much fuller face and a broad smile. On Saturday morning, he paced with a grimace, telling in reverse the chronology of the past six days: two days along the highway, another at University of New Orleans and four days on the roof of his house.
"I can't go no more, " he said, holding his palms up and out in a gesture many of the refugees used to express their dwindling hope. "Nobody wants us. Nobody wants to help New Orleans."
But by 1:15 p.m. Saturday, the final two helicopters whipped up the debris as medics in scrubs carried the last injured refugees inside, including an old man who appeared limp on a stretcher. The line to board buses had disappeared. Most passengers had no idea which of the many refugee camps across southeast Louisiana would be their new home.
All that remained was a layer of disposed items Where commuters once sipped their lattes in traffic, random pieces of refuse covered the pavement: a right yellow slipper, an upside-down baby carriage, an unopened can of Blue Runner navy beans.

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The Pacific Division is a much more appropriately named division this year since it no longer features the Dallas Stars, who have moved to the Central Division.
The only non-West Coast team are the Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames. This division features the Los Angeles Kings, who won the Stanley Cup two years ago, and the Anaheim Ducks, who won the division last year and were the second-seeded team in the Western Conference playoffs.
The Vancouver Canucks, one of the league's strongest teams in the last five years, are going through a transition as they fired head coach Alain Vigneault and hired authoritarian John Tortorella to give the team more discipline.
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Earlier this month, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin called Mikhail Khodorkovsky a proven criminal who should stay in prison.
At the time, the former Russian tycoon was completing his seventh year in prison on corruption charges. Unlike the other tycoons who could easily become "proven criminals," but who have not spent a day in jail, Khodorkovsky has become a symbol for the struggle for democracy and against Putin's strong-arm leadership.
This week, to no one's surprise, a judge announced Khodorkovsky's guilty verdict in a case that involved stealing oil and laundering the proceeds.
Few would claim that Khodorovsky is a saint, or that he amassed his fortune by strictly legitimate methods. But that hardly makes him unusual in the increasingly lawless precincts of Russian big business. As U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton put it, the verdict "raises serious questions about selective prosecution and about the rule of law being overshadowed by political considerations."
With Khodorkovsky safely tucked away in prison for another several years, Putin has little to fear — except that he is further enhancing the reputation of this tarnished "freedom fighter."


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Investigations of current geosphere-atmosphere (microbiology and gas fluxes) and geosphere-hydrosphere (coastal erosion of permafrost coasts) dynamics in permafrost regions provide the basis for the understanding of the processes responsible for the landscape evolution of permafrost regions. The study areas are located in eastern Siberia (Samoylov Station), Central Asia, Spitzbergen, Canada, Alaska, and Antarctica.
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This has been a season full of controversy in terms of coaching changes. This one is the quietest of the season.
Currently sitting eighth in the Eastern Conference, and just three games back of the Chicago Bulls in the Central Division, the Milwaukee Bucks and head coach Scott Skiles have agreed to mutually "part ways." The news was first reported by Sam Amick of USA TODAY Sports'.
Skiles is the third coach this season to be relieved of their coaching duties, following the firings of Mike Brown for the Los Angeles Lakers and Avery Johnson for the Brooklyn Nets. The difference is that Skiles actually had a choice of staying aboard.
The Bucks made an official statement about Skiles' exit.
"Scott and I met yesterday after practice and after some honest discussion, we both came to the conclusion that it was best to part ways," [general manager John] Hammond said. "It is never an easy decision to make, but in the end a decision we felt was best for both parties. I want to thank Scott for his hard work, dedication and the imprint he leaves on our team and our entire organization. We all wish him and his family well."
Skiles was currently at .500, 16-16, with the Bucks this season. Overall, Skiles has a coaching record of 443-433, including 162-182 in Milwaukee.
"John [Hammond] and I met and mutually agreed that a coaching change would be in the best interest of both parties," Skiles said. "I am truly grateful for our time here. We are leaving with many fond memories."
Though Skiles sounds grateful, the sentiment does not match up with Yahoo's Adrian Wojnarowski source. According to Wojnarowski, Skiles was not happy with the team that was assembled for this season.
Close coaching friend of ex-Bucks coach Scott Skiles tells Y! Sports: "Scott hated his team."
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Of course, both sides deny it. While he may not have been happy with the roster, but it didn't stop Skiles from getting the most out of the team defensively. The Bucks ranks ninth in the league in team defense, including sixth in opponent 3-point percentage. Also, this particular Bucks team has had success against the Celtics, winning three of the four meetings this season while holding them to 42% shooting from the field and 29% from three-point range.
If Milwaukee wants success, they're gonna need to do something about their offense, which currently ranks 27th in the league. Monta Ellis and Brandon Jennings are volume shooters, so efficiency does suffer. It will be up to Interim Coach Jim Boylan to shore up those issues, while maintaining the defense intact, for the Bucks to make a run for the postseason.


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By Amy Cherry/Allan Loudell 6:07pm, November 15, 2012Congressman John Carney tells WDEL the atmosphere in Washington is different.
Since their return after the election, he says lawmakers feel a sense of urgency to make things right before it's too late and we fall over the fiscal cliff.
"I hear more and more people who realize the good of the country's at stake here, and I think that the pain of doing nothing, which we do farely well here, is greater than the pain of doing something, and so I think that something will get done.
Carney says he supported the automatic spending cuts before because he wasn't optimistic that Congress would act, but he's since seen a change in tune.
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Snow and cold weather has disrupted the plans of many in New Zealand today, but one well-loved bird made hay while the snow fell.
Happy Feet the emperor penguin was allowed out for a swim today as the temperature of the Wellington Zoo pool is now cold enough.
Workers at the zoo had wanted to let him swim but the ambient temperature of the pool was too high.
Air conditioning experts had been brought in to help, but until today Happy Feet was confined to his box room and pile of ice.
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The industries that depend on the shipping lanes on Muskegon Lake and Lake Michigan are — like most of us — eager for winter's grip on the lakes to disappear.
In fact, they are taking measures into their own hands.
On Thursday, the Barbara Andrie, a tugboat from Andrie Inc. of Muskegon, and the Maggie Lynn, a Petersen Fisheries boat from Muskegon, were plowing paths through the thick ice on Muskegon Lake. The ice was 8- to 9-inches thick about a half mile off shore, thick enough for fishermen to continue safely as the paths were cut.
The Maggie Lynn was slowly breaking ice in anticipation of the upcoming commercial fishing season.
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The Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium can comfortably fit only 300 people.
Cooper will speak at SU's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on Thursday, April 24 at the third annual "Truth Be Told" event, organized by the Delta Zeta chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha and the Syracuse chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists.
Cooper has been an anchor at CNN since 2001 and has contributed reports to CBS's "60 Minutes" through an agreement between CNN and CBS News. His daytime talk show, "Anderson Live," wrapped after two seasons last May.


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Detroit Lions DE Cliff Avril was a guest on NFL Network's "Around the League Live" yesterday after a standout performance in his team's 45-10 victory against Denver.
Avril recorded recorded two sacks, two forced fumbles, one tackle for loss, one quarterback hit and returned a fumble 24 yards for a touchdown. He was also named NFC Defensive Player of the Week.
Here is what Avril said:
On what hasn't happened for the Lions that needs to happen for the team to hit its stride:
"We should have won those other two games that we lost. We lost those games more so than them beating us."
On if (Sunday's) game - two sacks and two forced fumbles - was his best game:
"The touchdown makes it the best outing. I've had three sacks in a game before, but the touchdown definitely makes it a lot sweeter."
On what it means defensively when the Lions play "their game:"
"Playing fast, getting to the quarterback, stopping the run game - that's the most important thing. We pride ourselves on getting to the quarterback as many times as possible throughout the game."
On the impression that Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow made on him:
"He has some learning to do, but he runs the ball real well. He's a big guy; he's not as easy to bring down compared to the other quarterbacks. He's left-handed; that's a little different for me being on the left side of our defense. It's his blindside and it helped out."
On if this is just a learning curve right now or if there will be more struggles for Tim Tebow:
"It's a learning curve because he showed that he can win through college or whatnot. He's struggling a little bit right now, but I think it's just a learning curve. He'll get better."
On where the Lions need to improve the most:
"I think we just have to be more consistent; play four quarters week in and week out. Some weeks we just play in the second half, some weeks we just play in the first half. I think if we get all three phases on the same page week in and week out, I think we can compete with the best of them."


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"American Idol" introduced "Competitors' Picks" Wednesday night, which allowed the top seven contestants to create song lists from which each other would choose a tune to sing live.
Unlike some past "Idol" ideas, which often leave the finalists too much room for interpretation, this one made sense, considering these guys and gals live together, and consequently sit on the couch and sing together.
The group's song choices were largely spot-on, fitting each singers style and making for a fun showcase.
As the finale is now only about a month away, the show's most talented artists continue to separate themselves from the lesser vocalists.
Kings of Leon and Ed Sheeran covers stood out as top performances, but only one number, an alt-rock staple, brought the judges to their feet. Who was it, you ask? Let's discuss.
Caleb Johnson singing "Family Tree" by Kings of Leon
This was a slight letdown from last week's epic '80s performance, but the bluesy Kings of Leon tune was a great fit for Caleb, and likely a look into what a Caleb record could sound like. He was in the pocket, working the song's groove and did a nice job with it. Great way to start the show. "You're such a consistent, dynamic performer," Keith said.
FUN FACT: He's a loud snorer. He looks like a loud snorer.
Jessica Meuse singing "Gunpowder and Lead" by Miranda Lambert
This was a little too much song for Jessica. She seemed out of breath for much of it, despite all that wind being blown in her face. The verses weren't terrible but she was drowned out a bit in the chorus. Not her worst showing, but not her best either. She did appear more confident on-stage though. "This was the first time I heard you 'off' a little" J-Lo said. Harry said she lacked "rhythmic delivery."
FUN FACT: She thinks that she was abducted by aliens once. Okay, then …
CJ Harris singing "Gravity" by John Mayer
Maybe CJ does still have some fight left in him. This was one of his best showings for sure. He felt it, as he always does, but the vocals seemed to stay the path, which they don't always do. And that one, gritty high note he nailed at the end was one of the best moments he's had in a while. "I think that was your best performance to date," Harry said.
FUN FACT:CJ loves Spongebob. But who is his favorite character?!
Dexter Roberts singing Muckalee Creek Water by Luke Bryan
Luke Bryan is obviously in Dexter's wheelhouse. So much so that singing his songs are extremely close to what Dexter's music, and concert would probably sound like. That might be the problem. This was good, but not great, because Dexter seems a little complacent singing tunes he's expected to sing. How much longer is this going to last him? J-Lo said it had "a nice edge" but he needs to be "spectacular."
FUN FACT:On his first plane ride, he almost crashed. That's scary.
Alex Preston singing "A Team" by Ed Sheeran
This was a little safe, but still a solid, well-sung outing from Alex. For the first time in what feels like forever, he didn't mess with the arrangement after being chastised for it last week. But sung straight, the song fit his voice well, and as with past performances, he nailed that one big note just to show everyone he can. "There's great beauty in smaller performances," Harry said. "It was my favorite performance of the night."
FUN FACT:He likes to garden. Not so shocking, actually.
Sam Woolf singing "Sail Away" by David Gray
Sam's confidence continues to grow, but in the sea of talent surrounding him, this showing was forgettable. He seemed engaged with the tune, but his version was just too even-planed, too repetitive. "You're making progress every week," Harry said, but he said the song wasn't familiar enough to the general public.
FUN FACT:He can't play sports. Besides skateboarding. And climbing.
Jena Irene singing "Creep" by Radiohead
As is often the case on "Idol," the best was saved for last. This was incredible, and if Jena wins this thing, this will be one of the performances people remember. The song choice, courtesy of Caleb, was spot-on and Jena did a wonderful job fitting it to her voice. Playing the piano was a nice touch, but it could've been even more epic if she just focused on the vocal. But it was nearly perfect anyway. Standing ovations from Keith and J-Lo. "I love your fearlessness," Keith said. "Unquestionably, the best performance of the night," Harry said.
FUN FACT:She peed her pants during her first performance with her band. That wins.
Alex and Sam singing "Let Her Go" by Passenger
A sweet and simple arrangement made this a fun, refreshing performance. Good for Alex and Sam, this was a cool moment for each of them.
Caleb and Jena singing "Gimme Shelter" by The Rolling Stones
Honestly, this would have been better with either of them singing it solo. The harmonies were a little overdone. They both hit some great, big notes at the end though.
Dexter, CJ and Jessica singing "Compass" by Lady Antebellum
This was some serious, country-fried Alabama teamwork. Dexter sounded the best of the three. Jessica seemed overmatched a little.
1. Jena Irene
2. Caleb Johnson
3. Alex Preston
4. CJ Harris
5. Dexter Roberts
6. Sam Woolf
7. Jessica Meuse
• This was a good episode. Not the best, but good. Jena, Caleb and Alex, in my opinion, have distanced themselves from Dexter, CJ, Sam and Jessica. At this juncture I believe those will be the top 3. But who knows?
• After Wednesday's show, I'd say Sam and Jessica — even though she hasn't been in the bottom three in a while — should be worried. They were the low points on this night.
• What do a pop singer, hall of fame football player, teen dance DJ and female UFC fighter have in common? None of them needed to appear on "American Idol" tonight. What a waste of time.
• Harsh Harry was hoarse Harry tonight. He sounded terrible. Someone get him some tea and honey!
• Will Harry ever give anyone a standing ovation? He says as a judge he won't but will any performance force him to break his rule?
• Can we lay off the extreme close-ups of Sam Woolf's face please? For all of us non-teenage-girls, it's getting pretty uncomfortable.
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KALAMAZOO, MI -- Mark Schieber was standing at the door of his home on Greenlawn Avenue watching a storm blow in Sunday, when the sudden wind gusts topple a massive maple tree.
The tree only grazed Schieber's home, but it knocked off the top of the chimney and punched through the second floor of the house next door, at 1913 Greenlawn.
Monday morning, Bill Josephson, Schieber's stepfather, watched as a crew by Handley's Tree Service used a crane to remove the tree.
Josephson said he got a call from Schieber shortly after the incident, describing how the tree fell in the first seconds of the storm. Josephson said that he was told nobody was injured.
The owners of the home severely damaged by the tree were not home Monday morning.
"Look how big it is," Josephson said. "The base (of the tree) has to be four and a half feet."


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Icy sidewalks outside some schools in the Reading School District has left parents outraged and students falling all over the place.
The slick conditions have been creating hazards, and parents said their complaints have gone unanswered.
"The children can't even walk the sidewalk. The ice is at least three inches thick and everyone is falling," said Kelly Fegley, a crossing guard who has two kids in the district.
Fegley is just one parent in the district who has reached her boiling point. If only that fury were enough to melt the ice-covered, slick sidewalk outside 16th and Haak Elementary School that she said is putting children's safety at risk.
"My 8-year-old fell about four times. I went into the office and spoke to the nurse and the secretary and the principal and they told me there's nothing they can do," said Julia Arce, who has two kids at the school.
The sidewalks outside Riverside Elementary School were just as dangerous. Peggy Hartman tip-toed her way down in fear of falling.
"Oh my God. It was horrible. I mean, I was praying my hail Marys all the way walking on that ice," said Hartman.
Parents told 69 News when they complained, officials started pointing the finger and played the blame game.
"They say it's the city's problem, and you get a hold of the city, and they said it's the school's problem," said Fegley.
On Thursday morning, 69 News contacted the superintendent's office, and within two hours the district sent a crew out to clear away the ice.
"You guys helped me out and I can't thank you enough. I give you a great big thank you for your assistance. The sidewalks are clear and you can see the concrete," said Fegley.
The school district told 69 News over the phone it's doing the best it can with the conditions. The melting during the day and re-freezing at night is not making its job any easier, but it's trying to stay on top of things.
Parents, on the other hand, said it was a shame it took several kids to fall to get something done.


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© Die Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur - August Sander Archiv, Köln/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn and DACS, London 2015
Industrialist, about 1924 about 1924
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This tightly framed bust portrait belongs to the portfolio 'The Industrialist', from the group 'The Skilled Tradesman' in August Sander's ambitious photographic project 'People of the 20th Century' that he compiled over several decades. The portfolio originated to some extent in commissions documenting the companies for which the industrialists worked. Here, the industrialist's calm expression and steady gaze illustrate Sander's uncommon ability to set his subjects at ease. The carefully controlled lighting and muted background of grey and black suggest that this is a studio setting. The darkness of the industrialist's suit is offset by his contrasting white shirt collar and pocket handkerchief and their echoes in a gleaming button and tiepin, but his face and steady gaze are the focal point of the composition.


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TUSCALOOSA, Alabama — When it comes to stopping the run, Alabama sets a high bar.
It also sets a very specific goal. The nation's No. 7 ranked rushing defense breaks it down by the carry.
"3.3 yards per carry," senior linebacker C.J. Mosley said. "No more than that."
For the season, the Crimson Tide is ahead of the pace. Opponents have averaged exactly 3.0 yards per carry in 172 attempts.
They'll get perhaps its biggest test of the season in terms of rushing when Arkansas comes to town. The Razorbacks get 5.5 yards a carry.
"Even games they've lost, they're still averaging 150, almost 200 yards rushing," Mosley said. "So like I said their big linemen are able to control the line of scrimmage, get a good push to get up to the second level with linebackers and DBs. As long as we control the line of scrimmage we'll have a good chance of stopping the run."
Average yardage per carry for Tide opponents
-- Virginia Tech: 4.6
-- Texas A&M: 5.1
-- Colorado State: 1.9
-- Ole Miss: 1.8
-- Georgia State: 0.7
-- Kentucky: 2.8


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Wimbledon: Fans hear 'game points' as gay slur in BBC coverage of Murray match
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All I can say about the people who complained is 'oh dear'
It looks unattractive for a person to have called it an "outrageous example of hate speech". Even if he had said "gay point" it would have been misjudged rather than "hate".
If everything that were stupid were to be redefined as "hate" then we would lose the distinctions between things which are genuinely hateful and those which are just misjudged and foolish.
He clearly said "game". This is a non story PN. Daily Mailesk news coverage here.
Why is this even being made into a story if it is clearly not what he said. The header makes it sound like something it's not. Idiotic viewers.
David Ferrer is Spanish, not French.
I don't believe for a minute Andrew Castle is homophobic. People need to clean their ears out.
David Ferrer is a Spaniard, not a Frenchman.
Sorry, I've listened to it 3 times – it sounds like "gay" and not "game" to me.
If you haven't listened to it, click on the link in the article. It VERY clear.
I have never heard of Andrew Castle before, so have no knowledge of him, but the recording was quite clear.
Clean your ears out if you thought he said "game" !
Nope, it's quite clearly 'game' – there's just a slight glottal stop (which might be caused by the recording) between 'gay' and 'mhm', but it's definitely 'game'.
Also, anyone who's followed Castle's media career over the years would know that, first, he'd be too professional to ever say something like that; and second, in his 'talking head' roles elsewhere, he's not the sort of man who'd ever use gay as a slur.
Some people just want to hear an insult where none exists.
You're entitled to your opinion, but that's all it is, your opinion, and mine is simply my opinion.
He didn't help himself by describing the first set of points as "manly" did he.
Like I said, I've never heard of him — I don't follow tennis or whatever this is, I'm going on what was a) heard, and I think most people could easily hear "gay" or "gay … um", and b) the initial part of the sentence providing a context which is unhelpful.
Anyway, I will give pinknews a miss for the next few months because I object to bullies who neg comments. If it's an obvious troll or homophobe, fine, neg them, so their comments don't show (if that's the best work-around that PN can find for now). I give position ticks for good comments, and none for bad ones.
I have a score of -78 on ConservativeHome, where I have tried to put forward good arguments in favour of equal rights, this hasn't put me off posting there, but on here, amongst mostly my own kind, negs feel like bullying :(
And calling people who strongly disagree with you "bullying" is insulting. Swings and roundabouts.
Why are you so upset on a story about a misheard comment?
Its a nothing story.
I'm not – I couldn't care less. I gave my opinion about what I believed was said and suddenly got 6 NEGs, when only 2-3 people posted comments immediately after mine. So 3-4 people sat on their arses negging my comment without bothering to make their own rebuttal of what I had said. I don't care less about the story – this place has become deeply judgemental — and I think that's the last thing any of us lot need.
It seems you can't make an innocent comment without somebody feeling like hitting the neg button.
I said the last time that if this keeps happening I would not post here — you lot can have the place all to yourselves. For all I know it could be a load of my fans from the Telegraph, but it's not nice to see RED marks next to your name when you've done nothing wrong.
I understand how you feel about the negative ratings, Gulliver, and I once pointed this out on a thread where every comment I made was immediately rated down by someone within minutes – I think it was someone who I'd disagreed with on another thread the previous day.
I also agree with you when you say you'd rather people respond to your comment saying why they disagree rather than simply rating it down.
Most of my comments go about 2-3 points either side of 0 and tend to go up and down within that range as different people agree or disagree with them.
But I've also had comments which have received about 4 or 5 thumbs down or more and I just have to accept that sometimes people don't agree with what I say, just as I accept the odd occasion when I get a lot of thumbs up ratings.
But I've never let it drive me off these threads. Everyone has a right to their own opinion even if expressing that opinion is just clicking the thumbs up or down buttons. I hope you'll reconsider.
…..get over your self for crying out loud. Bullying? Really?. You demean the word by asserting that just because people strongly disagree with you that that is somehow bullying. Frankly we won't miss you when you "give pinknews (sic) a miss for the next few months" nor will we be sending you imploring messages to come back. Bullying indeed!
It's not a case of imagining it, its called "priming" once it's happened it pretty much impossible to change your perception. I once walked into a blazing row because I couldn't hear the word "Moriarty" in the first series of "Sherlock". It obviously had to be Moriarty, but I could not change my perception aft the initial error. Apart from the odd row it can be very serious expecially when combined with other human brain design faults such as confirmation bias.
I've also listened to it several times now, and it really does sound like 'game' to me.
No, its quite clearly game. The "m" is quietly enunciated but is still noticeably there.
Perhaps you should have a hearing test, GulliverUK ;-)
And you don't think it could be "gay … m", or "gay… um" ?
If you manage to reach my years and still have perfect eyesight and perfect vision you'll be thanking your lucky genes.
It would simply have been nice to have a discussion without people behaving like they behave elsewhere on the net. I thought this was a welcoming place, but can quite clearly see from this, and the incident the other week, that some people are just drawn to put others down with respecting that some people have other views.
NEG away you lot. You'll just be driving people away. If people don't see the stupidity and wrongness of using NEGs against other points of view, then you lot will have to wallow on here by yourselves from now on. I'm outta here.
Sincerely, I really do not think it was gay-um … and I genuinely think you are clutching at straws with that comment.
For the record, I have not flagged you down – although (arguably understandbly) I do think some of your response to the negative thumbs is a little petulent.
It would be nice to have an adult debate about this.. Its a shame you are not staying around to help us debate this and understand your viewpoint.
I thought the NEG button was helpful to get rid of homophobes and trolls, like Godsword and so forth, but it seems you lot are now using it in a very lazy way, SIX NEGS on my original comment and when I looked there were only about 2-3 new comments (and yes I did refresh my browser), which makes 3-4 people sitting on their lazy arses going around pressing the NEG button without bothering to provide a valid reasoned post to counter mine.
Even worse, there is an F—ing leader board on the right-hand side showing those users who are in the top ten this week. Why not display those also in the lowest top 10? It's not X-factor on here, I hope. People should be able to comment on something without every tom, dick or harry jumping on them.
There's no evidence as to who NEGed me, and it might well be there are lots of unseen fans of mine from The Daily Telegraph, who've followed me here, to drive a wedge in. That place if full of trolls with multiple accounts.
Really Gulliver, I think you're over-egging it on the thumbs down thing.
That's the way it works.
There's one poster on here, Carrie, who quite often says reasonable things, but she writes in caps and doesn't make a lot of sense without a lot of heavy-duty unpicking. She gets lots of negs. Another poster, Lumi Blast, tends to get lots negs because she's so openly, revolting transphobic. Whinging tends to get the same response.
Each discussion forum tends to grow its own culture over time and this is 'how things are done around here'. Accusing people of laziness for giving you a thumbs down is a bit much too. Some people are less comfortable seeing their words there in all there permanence (even if they can so it anonymously). Others thrive in online environments. Some love it because they can troll.
However, thumbs up/down are used to rate comments all over the web. If people disagree and give you thumbs down, that's just part of life!
Who do you mean by YOU LOT?
I have certainly not marked you down.
The top ten posters has been on PN since well before I first joined a few years back.
I think you are feeling under attack (perhaps understandably) but you need to take a deep breath, calm down, and move on.
Gulliver, I think you're obsessing unnecessarily about thumb-downs. We all get them at some point or another. Don't take it so much to heart.
oh jeez!
I do hope we aren't going to be hearing "gay slurs" everywhere now!!
and in case that isn't quite clear I mean I hope we aren't going to turn into oversensitive "you abused my rights" kind of people who everyone will hate even more than our sexuality.
this is a non story!
someone said something that sounded anti-gay but it turnsout someone just misheard!!
Whatever the truth about gay or game, I think the term "manly points" was perhaps rather sexist
It was definitely game.
As for manly points – I think he was trying to suggest that there had been a lot of physical effort and strength in those points – it was a sloppy use of language to describe it – but I doubt he intended to be pejorative.
If hed said "manly" points in a game involving serena williams possibly…
maybe there was a lot of manly grunting going on…
I agree with D.McCabe, Sal and John-Paul. He did say "game" not "gay" and let's not turn into a paranoid bunch looking for anything that sounds remotely anti gay…there's enough real anti gay rot out there to keep us going for centuries!!!!!! GulliverUK… sorry mate but I think you need to stock up on cotton buds!!!!!
And what exactly would be Castle's explanation for "manly points", as opposed to what? Whether he said "game" or "gay" doesn't make his comment any less sexist or homophobic. Why did he need to say "manly" I wonder? Does he say "feminine points" when women play? No, he doesn't and wouldn't.
You can bet those fans who contacted the BBC will be met with a usual lame excuse and denial from Castle as well as his employer. What can one expect from a conservative corporation headed by an anti-gay, anti-equal marriage catholic?
Think you're talking about the bloke who used to be in charge of the BBC. The new one doesn't seem to be a catholic, but I have no idea whether he's pro or anti marriage equality.
Your obsession with insulting Catholics is bordering on hate.
The day the Papenfuehrer and his cult stop insulting gay people at every provocation and calling equal marriage 'grotesque' according to Cardinal O'Brien of Scotland, then I'll stop returning insults. By the way, you know NOTHING about me and don't assume that I obsess. I'm quite aware there are some catholics as well as anglicans and others who support equal marriage but the roman and anglican cults do not, in fact they make spurious, mendacious comments about equal marriage and gay people and believe in denying us our full equality as human beings.
With respect, and I usually agree with you – and I am certainly not pro-Catholic (as you and de Villiers will be both be aware of from opposite viewpoints) – your language is sounding very much like that of dAVID and far from your circumspect and fair (in my view) language.
I apologise if I offended anyone, but what galls me is that few catholic commenters in here if any seldom condemn the catholic hierarchy. Apologists such as de Villiers implied that I was villifying all catholics to the point of obsession. The catholic hierarchy do deserve our scorn and resentment because everything they say is untrue, dishonest and offensive in regard to our quest for full equal marriage. Ditto the majority of the Anglican hierarchy, Orthodox Judaism and of course, Islam. I might perhaps have more respect for all of them if they were able to provide the evidence to substantiate their specious often offensive claims which do nothing more than promote hatred and homophobia.
Now I entirely agree with you Robert
Robert, feel free to criticise away, you don't offend me.
And while all Catholics happily attend mass and don't challenge the church,despite the gay-friendly views of most Catholics which we're constantly being told about, then they deserve that ciritism.
I'm a former Catholic who doesn't hold back from criticising the Catholic Church or that horrible old bigot O'Brien – who I once served as an altar boy when he visited my Church! (I know that's begging for a joke, but let's try to be serious!)
But as I say, I'm a former Catholic not a practising one. I certainly no longer think of myself as a Catholic. I stopped going to mass as a teenager but still thought of myself as a Catholic and in my early 20's, I realised I had to make a choice between being gay and being catholic as I couldn't be both – it was no contest.
Since then, I've gradually become an athiest so wouldn't even go back if they canonised Judy Garland and the Pope himself came out as a raging old queen!
> What can one expect from a conservative corporation headed by an anti-gay, anti-equal marriage catholic?
That was your post. You were not attacking the Pope or the Vatican, with which I have agreed openly on this board. You were attacking a person because he was Catholic. The same way people attack people because they are Jews or because they are gay. And that has started to become your routine.
And to describe a European whose country was invaded by Germans, and who is gay and would have been deported, as an "apologist" is similarly misjudged.
A person is not an apologist because they do not agree with your lordly denunciations.
@de Villiers…
…All religious people whether catholic or whatever insult themselves and their Intellect by believing in such shyte, so it is a bit rich to accuse others of insulting catholic cultists. If people want to believe in sky fairies and be dictated to by ex naz1s and support clerical child abuse,15 they should expect to be ridiculed……
Not very insightful.
Yea, like there is so much insight in religious belief…….
…and btw, I speak from experience of being raised in the evil Abrahamic cult that is the RCC
i'm sure no one needs an english lesson, especially from a yank but the dictionary definition given for manly other than virile and masculine, also includes vigorous, strong, brave, and courageous. i haven't watched the play leading up to castle's patter so i can't really say which of those six adjectives he meant. however, isn't this a bit of a tempest in a pot of tea? as far as i can see, the lgbt community has a lot more pressing matters to be concerned with.
" as far as i can see, the lgbt community has a lot more pressing matters to be concerned with. "
Well said.
It's not a question of hearing gay slurs everywhere. Perhaps he mispronounced — although it was clearly "gay", or perhaps he had something on his mind which slipped out. Frankly, who cares.
The sensible thing is to acknowledge what was heard — never mind he or anyone else says they meant to say, it only gets worse by pretending he didn't say it and telling everybody else they're stupid and misheard it — it was absolutely clear to me. He should simply apologise that that's the end of it.
If presenters don't know how to talk property they should be made to go on a week-long course with the BBC Pronunciation Unit (if it still exists!) — that should be punishment enough :)
And instead of negging people on here, try to be somewhat more constructive and provide a valid counter to the post. If the criticism is valid and well-reasoned it'll get loads of +'s
Bullying from society in general is bad enough – we don't need it spreading on here.
Oh come on, GullibleUK – you clearly know nothing of Andrew Castle and are looking for problems where none exist.
I simply told you what I heard, and since when has anyone given you the right to deliberately bully others by changing their username to a slur.
It is precisely because I do NOT know Andrew Castle that I can say what I heard, and wonder about the context, i.e. his "manly" comment, but I have no idea whether he is gay-friendly or anti-gay, and I never said either way.
I'll leave you lot to you and come back when there is a bit more respect for the views of others, and proper debate not slanging matches.
I'd like to know if GulliverUK heard it as "gay" before or after he was told it sounded like "gay". I'm going to guess it was after, but I suppose we'll never know now.
Some people might be includes to hear it as one thing, some another. I only listened because I was curious. It seems clear on the first go, so I did it twice more, after turning up the volume further. I had no preconceived idea about who was right, and like I said, I've don't even know the name. I see he is or was some sort of ITV Daytime presented, and whilst I now recognise the face, I don't watch ITV Daytime, ever. I have no knowledge of him, or of him making any previous such statements, thus I'm going on the recording.
Gulliver – you have to take it as it comes. I often receive attack on the basis of being both on the right and Catholic. If you post on the internet you have to expect that those who disagree with you might do so in an unmannered way.
If PinkNews want these pages to be seen as homophobic or unwelcoming as The Telegraph or Daily Mail comments section … so be it. I will find someone else.
What I don't expect is people who are gay (assuming most who have commented so far are) to be ragging on other people who are gay by using the NEG button. I'm sorry but it's a stupid system, because it sometimes makes marginalised people feel more marginalised. All I said was I thought it sounded quite clearly to be "gay", and suddenly get a whole load of people negging my posts. Clearly, a culture has developed on here which means you can't debate and come to a "reasoned" view, instead the lazy people use the NEG button to show disapproval. That stinks. :(
Think you're being a tad over-sensitive….
I agree – but you cannot complain if you put yourself online. Look at the debate with Robert above – he called me an "apologist", with all that implies.
de Villiers
To be fair – you often are an apologsit for the RC church.
I put the view of Catholics rather than the Vatican. Gay people are all for expression of identity as long admit conforms to theirs – just another straitjacket. The world is more complex.
de Villiers
The problem with saying that ordinary Catholics (and I used to be one) are generally speaking gay-friendly and hold different views to the Vatican is that while they attend mass and don't challenge the church on it's views, the church will go on holding those views.
What's the point of saying the Pope is wrong when you give him every reason to think he's right?
If all these Catholics stood up en masse and told the church it was wrong then maybe we'd get somewhere. But they keep quiet and go to mass as usual. I couldn't keep doing that, I stopped practising.
Bennie M, what you say is not untrue and is felt by many of people. However, the action that you encourage has nothing to hold – the suggestion "to stand up en masse" is metaphorical rather than concrete. To "challenge the church" again does not indicate what to do.
The only option would be to leave the church – which would in this way would remain the conservatives.
Most Catholics do not follow everything that the Pope says – or even most of what he says. However, the process of making liberal the Church can pass itself only when there are liberal people who form part of it.
I regret that I am tired and my English is deteriorating.
de villiers
So are you suggesting that liberal Catholics who believe in gay equality should simply stay quiet and carry on going to mass? That will only let the church think it's views are right.
Liberal Catholics have a duty to do what they can to change the views of the church. By doing nothing they are condoning the views of the church.
I've listened to it.He said "game". As in the tennis term "Game point". End of.
If presenters do not know how to talk properly?
I presume you are joking, a little?
I thought we lived in a more enlightened time whereby there was more than one acceptable accent and therefore different enunciations. intonation and even language use was encouraged?
What an absolute joke some people are. They should lock themselves away in a dark room. It offends me how some people are so precious they get offended so easily. He quite clearly said game anyway, people need to wash their ears out.
That is such a cool example of a psychological phenomenon called "priming". People don't know they are doing it and often deny it anyway so it's brilliant to see outside of the lab complete with papertrail!
Twitter + boredom = idiocy.
Deff game. For goodness sake please, lets not imagine homophobia, there is enough of the real thing to go around.
Good grief.
I've listened to the commentary a couple of times and I quite clearly hear 'game'. I'm going to put the nicest construction on this and suggest that all those who can only hear 'gay' are fine and strapping youngsters who have wrecked the lower register of their hearing by standing too near the speakers at raves (doubtless stripped to the waist to disclose their Adonis-like physiques).
As for Castle's use of 'manly', perhaps he was using lightly humorous hyperbole or perhaps he's – in reality – a post-feminist using his commentary to make an ironic point about structural patriachy in the organisation of British sporting events.
But basically… good grief!
Yup, for sure he's a post-feminist…. he'll be spearheading the campaign to equalise prize money next :D
Wimbledon has had equal prize money in Singles since 2007. Most other tournaments around the world have also equalised prizes.
But I think you knew that!
If I did, I must have forgotten! I read something the other day about ongoing campaign for equity in prize money, but having just read a bit more all four grand slams offer equal prize money…. *pushes soap box back under table and hangs head shamefully…*
Very obviously "game". Anybody with a slightest knowledge of tennis can hear it as "game"; only those with no knowledge of tennis or a congenital predisposition to quasi-offence could run the risk of mishearing it. Some people just want a reason to whinge and play the Victim Card.
"congenital predisposition to quasi-offence" – you summed it up. And I'm very sure that gay men can also be "manly"… :-)
Brilliant ROFLMAO
How embarrassingly paranoid of those people who complained.
what are manly points?
Apparently it's represented here by most of the other posters giving me NEGative points.
How very manly of them. How very brave. And what a bunch of bullies.
Now watch as I rack up my ultimate score of NEGs on THIS post.
Go on, you lot, NEG it …………………. —————–>>>>>>>>
I think you need to build a bridge.
And get over it.
I gave you a thumbs up for your above post by the way.
You are clearly sensitive about these ratings. And you shouldn't be.
I regularly get voted down which is always a good sign (have a look at the comments on the 'Nick Clegg supports cult marriage story')
I also get voted up and down in equal measure.
I think dAVID and I will often support each other and disagree with each other with fairly equal vehemence.
When I support someone – then I will often thumb up. If I disagree then I may flag down, may comment or neither.
I agree with dAVID here, Gulliver, I think you are being a little over sensitive and need to get over this one.
Gulliver, you will always get people who will give your comments a negative, this is called a discussion and people will not always agree with what you have to say and that is their way of showing so without actually having to write a written reasoning.
I watched the game and certainly did not hear him say gay and to be honest if he did I really would not have given a fiddlers fart about it! I am comfortable enough with myself not to take offence whenever someone uses the term gay in a derogatory way. I would not have liked him using it in that way as it encourages others to do so but that is a battle that will continue to rage long after I have left this world!
Some people clearly need to have a hearing test!
Describing a point as "manly" was a little sexist, and was poor commentary (what is a "manly" point, for heaven's sake?).
But Andrew Castle definitely said "game".
Mr Castle is an astute and attentive observer of the women's game as well as the men's, and not someone who systematically makes sexist remarks. And his commentating isn't too bad, although there is some empty verbiage.
If the twitterati had told him to avoid sexist cliches and to enunciate more clearly that would have been fair enough. Anything else is unwarranted and mean.
To those saying "I heard gay". Fine. You can hear whatever you want. But you're still wrong about what Mr Castle said, as everyone has explained. Now would be good moment to sit down quietly.
I much prefer the 'You little bastard' quote (misheard). Just made me chuckle out loud in work!
This sounds like your basic mondegreen to me – a phrase which sounds the same as another phrase with an entirely different meaning.
Jimi Hendrix inadvertently outed himself with one of those in "Purple Haze"
"Scuse me while I kiss the sky" sounds a whole lot like "Scuse me while I kiss this guy"
Total non story, whoever reported this should be ashamed.
Reading the above posts all I can say is
typically lazy comment. Which BITS don't you agree with? My debate over whether he said "gay" or "game", or my discussion over the scoring system for posts.
You just seem like a bully with that post. You've also deliberately misspelt my screen name, which shows your level of immaturity and that you will quite happily resort to playground bullying.
Just to support GulliverUK here, although I am not a member of the Daily Telegraph forums, I read them regularly and can state with no equivocation that Gulliver is ANYTHING BUT an embarrassment to the gay population. He's a fast-witted, intelligent and an amazing researcher who usually takes on the incredibly obnoxious trolls there with tremendous fortitude.
Although I think he's being overly sensitive here about the negative points he's received (and I disagree with him in his argument), his bad name is worth a lot more than some people's very best name.
Brido had a go at me once on a thread a few weeks back when I complained about my comments being thumbed down. She/He claimed she/he was trying to help me by being offensive! She/He said I was hijacking the thread while all she/he did was add to the continuing "carry on" about thumbs down.
I agree it is a non-story
On the subject matter I do believe he said game not gay – but its hardly the story of the century or have that much significance.
As for Gulliver giving the gay community a bad name (shouted) – really? Ok, I strongly disagree with his opinion about what was said. I think he is being highly sensitive in his reaction to negative thumbs – but I'm not sure I can see where he is setting a bad example.
David Ferrer is Spanish – not French. But if what you're reporting is a non-story, I guess there's no point in trying for accuracy.
I heard the word game, but I can hear how people may have heard gay, the letter 'm' comes in a bit late.
Definitely sounds like "game" to me. But I don't get the "manly" points bit at all. That's nonsensical. Could a man playing in a tennis competition NOT score "manly" points then??
Comment ratings were introduced around mid 2011. If you look at most articles before then you'll find all the ratings are zero, here's an example;
That's from July 2011.
Most other comment sites have LIKE buttons, but no dislike one. Giving people dislike discourages people to post replies.
It is hardly a debate site if they debate by pressing a voting button — that's not discussion or debate, that's X-factor.
People say you can have and express your own opinion, but clearly you must expect to get negged to hell for saying you heard something different, without any discussion. I object to that, I think it's a form of bullying (and I think Tim Field would agree with me), in that it belittles and derides perfectly reasonable opinions for no obvious reason.
The rating system was introduced to deal with homophobic posters on here – to allow us to neg them sufficiently so that their comments did not show, not to abuse others.
lol although of course the voting system actually tends to play right into the hands of the more reactionary elements on here more than it does deal with homophobic posts (which is always the way with civil liberties too if you think about it…Most totalitarian states start out by offering to 'protect' people against fear and undesirables and then ends up actually controlling the very people they're supposed to be 'protecting' from 'harm'…
btw, I've booked in to get my ear checked — on the advice of people here !
If there is nothing wrong with them I'm gonna send PinkNews the bill :-P
Some reputable places do free checks!
The ratings system also allows people to either like or dislike what you have written. That in itself does not constitute bullying. I can like or dislike your comments without having to add to them. So, if I dislike a comment and give it a thumbs down, does that make me a bully?
Well, in the news is a report saying tons of young gay people are getting bullied, and I'm sure we have our own grown-up stories about bullying also. Saying gay people are being "over-sensitive" can be insulting (although I'd agree that anyone who wants to call him saying — what sounded to me like (disclaimer) — "gay" is a hate crime is somewhat over-egging it, by about a mile). People who have been repeatedly bullied can develop hypervigilance (whether straight or gay), and there is a particularly nasty form of bullying behaviour called "mobbing", where loads of people pile in against one person.
We should always be one million light years from any such behaviour. I remember distinctly that it was brought in because some exceptionally offensive remarks were left on here, and we all pressed the report button, and nothing happened. It was only the next day that Benjamin Cohen came on and said they had reported it to the police and were implementing some system to deal with it.
Well, if anything I have learnt what 'mobbing' is, I had never heard of it before. I agree that it does happen on here and I have also been a victim of this. People will always do it. I think they think of it as a safety in numbers kind of thing, similar to if you were bullied at school by a group, no one would dare do it to you on their own
As for the story at hand, 'gay' or 'game' I think all of us on here will have to agree to disagree on what we heard, It's going to be one that divides everyone.
P.S let me know if PN reimburses you for yourhearing test ;-) LOL
lol – just listened to it and it really does sound like 'gay points' lol
Although its pretty clear from the tone of the way he's saying it that it can't be…
Interesting how Gulliver was voted down simply for saying that it does – he's right – have a listen before you post comment (or vote!)
I did relisten several times before commenting and I did not vote on Gullivers comments.
It is clearly game that he says – although the m in enunciated very quietly.
I'm not discussing this bollocks
I've given you a + because, in hindsight, neither should I :)
I wish you had posted that about 4 hours ago !
New balls please.
Cock and ball?
Thats not cricket!
Imagine the commentary if plumbing was an international sport.lol
Ffs, some of these queens shouldn't be so precious; they need to get a life and not be always looking for something to whinge about. The man clearly said Game Points. ….sheesh!
It isn't often I agree with you Paddy, but now's the time!
If they want to be called 'Gay' ( light-hearted and carefree) they should chill out!
People who THINK comment in last night's Wimbledon quarter-final between Andy Murray and David Ferrer was anti-gay, either have very little going on in their lives or are being just a tad too sensitive and PC.
I personally don't think that the prompted complaints to the BBC from fans was justified as it seems that these days we are too quick to point a finger of wrongdoing, to trivial matters whereas the big picture and issues that are important to the LGBTQ population are ignored.
Hear we have many people complain about some word they thought they heard and the LGBT pick up on it abd run with it, yet pride is being deflated by government, LGBT scandel and gay people are stil lfacign epidemic levels of abuse in schools.
3 big manly gay points with moisture in the air as the men shout and smack balls ;) If it was like that I wanna know when its next on so I can tune in :D
freudian slip or selective hearing?
Alright, this is non-news. Why did people complain about something that was at worst a verbal stumble.
Tennis points come fast at times, and an announcer might say something at the spur of the moment –nothing seriously intended as insulting. I'm sure I've said some stupid things playing, but they're in the heat of game….so don't blow it out of proportion.
Not often I agree with you, Hank – but a relatively sensible view.
Of course, it depends what is said – other things said in the heat of the moment (particularly if there is no doubt in what is said) might be viewed more seriously and concerningly
Well, I listened to it several times and IMHO it's definitely 'Game Points'. Try refreshing this link a few times and I think you'll agree.
Admittedly, the 'M' is much softer and easily missed, but it's there if you listen carefully enough.
Gulliver, you really need to relax a bit. You can't fight every battle to the death, you have to choose which ones are 'Red Line' issues, and no-one should lose any sleep on a few downvotes. It's really not bullying.
And in the nicest possible way, I'll paraphrase a well know quotation: Some people don't always share your views. Get over it !
Finally, here's a free hearing test for anyone that has any concerns. It's quick and quite interesting. Don't worry if it seems a bit hard to understand some of the numbers, just persevere to the end.
Andrew Castle is using a proper tennis expression for that point in the game. If the player wins the next point he wins the game. We also have set points, match points and championship points at similar but later occasions in the match.
I presume those who rushed to Twitter to air their disgust have no real clue as to the game (no pun intended) of tennis. In all fairness. These idiots give all gays a bad name.
Andrew Castle didn't say a couple of "gay points", he said a couple of "game points" as Ferrer was 40-15 in the game. In Tennis, the commentary is often delivered quite quick because of the fast pace the sport is played at, so occassionally some words can be misinterpreted, this is true in this case.
I find this article a bit pointless to be frank though wouldn't surprise me at all to find Andrew Castle saying such things. He went on TV a few years back to specifically object against Gay History Month…you know of any other key BBC commentator that would have made such an effort? The guy's a t***.
Oh FFS.
Some people really need to get a life and stop twitching behind the curtains.
Haha – listened to it myself with my earphones in and he definitely, irrefutably said game. You can hear the enunciation of the "M," though it is very minimalistic.
So a slip of the " Tongue" get over it and move on, It is 'US' that cause more harm than good when we waiste what time we have on petty things like this, just like I have
please tell me this is not for real. bloody hell.
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HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- The election of Republican Chris Comer to the Madison County Circuit Court will mark the end of an era and could herald the beginning of another, with the GOP now claiming all but one state court judgeship here.
Comer was well ahead of Democrat Martha Lynn Sherrod late Tuesday, who had won two six-year terms to the Madison County District Court. Sherrod was the first African American to win an at-large election in North Alabama.
With 93 of 97 precincts reporting, Comer had a big lead, with 80,654 votes or 56.8 percent, to 61,174 votes, or 43.09 percent for Sherrod.
Comer, who turned 40 Tuesday, is a partner with the law firm Wilmer & Lee. His election and the unopposed victories to six-year terms of Circuit Court Judges Karen Hall, Ruth Ann Hall and Donna Pate, means that in January six of the seven circuit court judges in Madison County will be Republicans.
Comer is poised to fill the seat of retiring Circuit Judge Jim Smith, a longtime Democratic legislator, who has served on the bench since 1994.
Circuit Judge Billy Bell is the lone Democrat
Karen Hall, the presiding circuit judge won a second, six-year term without opposition. Hall has served on the circuit court since 2005 and was a district court judge for nearly 10 years.
District Court Judge Claude Hundley also won a six-year term, without Democratic opposition. Hundley, who was appointed to the bench last year by Gov. Robert Bentley, was the first African American man to serve as a state court judge north of Jefferson County.
Attorney Linda Coats, a newcomer to the bench, won a district court judgeship without facing a Democratic opponent. Her election means 10 of the 11 Madison County state court judgeships will be held by Republicans next year.
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The sinuous stretch of roadway known locally as Snake Hill will be resurfaced by month's end, finally addressing some of the dangerous conditions that have plagued that stretch of roadway for decades.
But first the city Department of Transportation in conjunction with the Department of Environmental Protection will be totally closing Snake Hill Road from 9 p.m. tomorrow to about 9 a.m. Sunday to facilitate storm water infrastructure repairs in anticipation of the resurfacing that is expected to be done March 24.
The treacherously curved stretch of Richmond Hill Road from Forest Hill to Arthur Kill roads will be closed so the DEP can replace a fire hydrant and repair two catch basins.
The agency has advised motorists to look for alternate routes for their overnight and early morning travels as the road will be completely closed.
After the improvements to the storm water infrastructure is complete the DOT will again close the road overnight near the end of the month for what is expected to be a single 12-hour period to resurface Snake Hill.
DOT crews will use a material that the agency produces in-house, designed to channel some of the surface runoff to the sides of the road in the hopes that the material will aid traction during rain storms, the DOT said.
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Kim Kardashian crashed into another car along Sunset Boulevard in Beverly Hills yesterday (11.03.14).
The 33-year-old reality TV star was caught in a collision along Sunset Boulevard in Beverly Hills, California, yesterday (11.03.14) after she smashed her $100,000 Mercedes G Wagon into another vehicle.
The brunette beauty was reportedly turning left at an intersection and the other vehicle was travelling in the opposite direction with his right indicator on, but the driver failed to make the turn and carried on straight, which resulted in the collision, according to TMZ.com.
Kim and the other driver pulled into the Beverly Hills Hotel after the blunder to exchange insurance details, before sharing a hug.
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MOBILE, Alabama — A federal judge here dismissed a lawsuit Thursday that sought a court order forcing a big increase in the levy paid on sales at the Bass Pro Shops store and other businesses in the Spanish Fort Town Center.
Chief U.S. District Judge William Steele based his decision on technical grounds, ruling that U.S. Bank National Association — the trustee for investors that bought bonds for the project — failed to establish jurisdiction to sue in federal court.
Anne Sumblin, an attorney for U.S. Bank, said she intends to refile the lawsuit in Baldwin County Circuit Court.
"It's just purely jurisdictional and not on the merits," she said, referring to the ruling.
Sumblin and Kris Wiebeck, principal at bond servicer MMA Capital Realty, expressed disappointment in last month's decision by a court-appointed receiver to reject an offer to purchase the retail portion of the development.
According to a letter of intent, Capital, the private equity firm offered $5 million and pledged to cover shortfalls to the bondholders for 5 years. That would have kept special levies at their current rates for that period of time, giving Wheelock a chance to lure new tenants.
But Andrew Bolnick, the receiver appointed to oversee operations of the financially troubled development after mortgage holder Bank of America sued developer Cypress Equities, rejected the offer.
He called it "ridiculously low," adding that independent estimates value the property at 4 or 5 times as much.
"It wasn't even worth the paper it was printed on," he said. "It wasn't even worth considering."
Bolnick said he has had discussions with other potential buyers involving significantly more money.
But Wiebeck said Wheelock would have invested "many millions of dollars" to expand the retail development.
"We were very excited about it because it would have allowed us to not raise the rates," he said. "We were very disappointed Bank of America didn't want to take the offer. We felt it was a very good deal for Bank of America."
The Town Center has struggled to live up to expectations since it opened in 2008 amid a national economic downturn. That has meant that the 1.5 percent levy tacked onto the sales tax on stores there has failed to generate sufficient revenues to make the payments on the $30.5 million that the Spanish Fort Cooperative Improvement District borrowed in 2007 to help finance the project.
The Spanish Fort City Council created the district, which has the authority under state law to issue bonds. Provisions in the contract, though, gave the bondholders the right to force an increase in the sales levy if revenue was insufficient.
U.S. Bank wants the levy to increase to 4.1 percent, which would make the total rate 12.6 percent, including state and local sales taxes. The improvement district's board agreed to a smaller increase, bringing the total rate to 10.95 percent.
The new rate, along with an increase in the special levy on hotel rooms and a new fee on apartments in the development, will take effect Nov. 1.
Wiebeck said a bond payment by the improvement district this month reduced the fund's balance to about $800,000. Even with the new rates, the fund might not have enough money to make a $1.5 million bond payment due in March, he said.
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Dale Heyink, owner of Puritas Nursery, once again will host the event amid the model train displays, seasonal plants, gifts and holiday decorations at the nursery, 19201 Puritas Ave., in Cleveland's West Park neighborhood.
Tickets are $45 and include appetizers by AMP150, wine tasting, specialty beers, door prizes and music by Brand New Hat. Call 216-252-6559, Ext. 1000 or email firstname.lastname@example.com for tickets. Proceeds will benefit KCDC, which works to enhance the Kamm's Corners neighborhood.
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The event, which is open 4-6 p.m. Saturday and 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, will feature textiles, jewelry, nativity sets, crosses, pottery, metal work, Equal Exchange coffee, tea and chocolate, wood carvings, greeting cards, ornaments, purses and bags. Call (216) 226-7577 or visit stmarkcleveland.com.
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Youngsters can visit with Santa (bring your camera), there will be a Chinese auction, children's gift bags available for purchase and orders will be taken for poinsettias.
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IN THANKSGIVING — Pamela Kenipe tells me that West Park Baptist Church will have a Thanksgiving Eve service at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 21 at the church, 4600 W. 150th St., West Park. The church is handicap accessible (no steps).
Each family is asked to bring a non-perishable food item that will be donated to the West Park Community Food Cupboard.
WINE TASTING —The Watertower Giant Eagle store will have a Thanksgiving Living Wine Tasting 6-8 p.m. Friday at the store, 27264 Lorain Road, North Olmsted. The tastings will continue every two weeks throughout the winter.
Attendees will get samples of six wines and six gourmet food tastings. Cost is $6; free gift with advance ticket purchase at the service desk through today. Call 440-777-3100 for information.
COMMUNITY MEAL, COAT GIVEAWAY — Pat Rust of West Park United Church of Christ said the church will host a free community meal and coat giveaway 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sunday. The church is at 3909 Rocky River Drive. Enter through the double doors off the parking lot.
A 'GRAND' OPENING — When Cristina Bertero decided to host a grand opening for her new EmbroidMe store at 3683 Clague Road, North Olmsted, last week, she had to punt.
The new franchise, which offers full-service custom embroidery and screen-printing for apparel, promotional products and gifts, was among the victims of Hurricane Sandy. The power was knocked out during the grand opening event. But, Bertero improvised, using other sources of light and greeting customers who came to check out the store.
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The adoption fee helps cover the cost of spaying and neutering, as well as vaccinations. An adoption application must be completed and ARF volunteers will discuss whether the cat or kitten would be a good match for the potential adopters.
HEALTHY ADVICE — Tom Strong will discuss how to avoid the flu and shingles at 11:30 a.m. Nov. 21 at HCR ManorCare, 23225 Lorain Road, North Olmsted.
He also will discuss whether vaccines for these illnesses are safe. A free lunch is included with the program, but space is limited and reservations are required.
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In addition to pizza, gourmet fudge, coffees, cookie dough and trash bags are offered. Employees of Village Pizza Inc. are calling North Olmsted residents on behalf of the boosters. To order directly, call 888-233-5688. Products can be viewed at vpifundraising.com/order-now.
REMINDER — Tom Dubowski of the Olmsted Historical Society sends a reminder that this is the final weekend for Holidays at Frostville. All buildings in the museum complex at 24101 Cedar Point Road, North Olmsted (in the Rocky River Reservation of the Cleveland Metroparks) will be open 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
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KAPLAN'S CARES — Kaplan's Furniture in North Olmsted made a presentation Wednesday to three local charities. The Alzheimer's Association received $5,000; Ziggy's Friends received $1,133.22 and USO of Northern Ohio received $1,000.
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Gómez-Corral, Antonio (2010) On the applicability of the number of collisions in p-persistent CSMA/CD protocols. Computers and Operations Research, 37 (7). pp. 1199-1211. ISSN 0305-0548
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This paper presents some results on the number of collisions in p-persistent CSMA/CD protocols. Based on the time to reach the maximum number of blocked terminals, we derive iterative schemes for its mass function and moments. An important feature of the underlying Markovian framework is that the arrival pattern need not be a Poisson process. Packet transmission requirements and durations of collisions are both of phase-type. Numerical results are presented to illustrate the effects of the retransmission probability and the duration of one slot on the number of collisions.
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