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Waynesboro Police are investigating a hit and run that killed a 56-year-old woman.
It happened around 8:30 p.m. Saturday along Stuarts Draft Highway at the intersection with Grandview Drive.
Police found the body of Betty Marcelle Wheeler of Waynesboro in the northbound lanes. She had been hit by a vehicle.
The only description of the vehicle at this time is it may possibly be silver in color and has damage to the front end.
The northbound lanes were closed to traffic for about three hours while investigators processed the accident scene.
Virginia State Police Accident Reconstruction Team processed the accident scene.
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text: The Supreme Court this week had good news for a Texas death row inmate: He can sue a district attorney who won't give him access to DNA evidence that might clear him. The 6-3 decision, which opens a new avenue of appeal for condemned prisoners, is welcome. But it falls short of what the court should do to make DNA evidence available to every prisoner who requests it.

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Wine regions - Rutherglen
Rutherglen Victoria
The Rutherglen region is fortified wine country. Two of the highlights from this remarkable wine region include the unique styles of fortified Muscat and Topaque (Tokay). Other regional standouts are its full-bodied reds and dessert wines.
Saved for future generations, Rutherglen's
historic architecture makes a visit to this
region a time traveller's delight
Rutherglen is in the North East Victoria Zone. All the vineyards and wineries straddle the top half of the region, the northern boundary of which is marked by the Murray River. The main towns are the small river port of Wahgunyah and Rutherglen the regional centre. There are also a few vineyards around Barnawartha on the Hume Highway.
Lindsay Brown a pastoralist, first planted vines in the 1850s following advice from newly arrived German settlers, making Rutherglen one of the oldest wine regions in Australia. Gold was also discovered in the 1850s and by the 1860s Rutherglen township and surrounds were booming with an influx of miners and money. A few miners decided to retire and follow Brown into the vineyard business establishing wineries that to this day bear their names, Campbell's Winery, Gehrig Wines, Morris Wines and G. Sutherland Smith & Sons. Government financial support for growers and the arrival of the railway made it possible for the Rutherglen wine industry to expand. More vineyards were planted and wineries were able to export their wines, thus making their reputations in Australia and abroad for full-bodied reds and fortified wines.
The region took a king hit in the 1890s with the twin scourges of phylloxera and economic depression undermining the region's growth. Fortunately vignerons were able to introduce phylloxera resistant root stock as well as producing fortifieds and full-bodied reds which were very much in demand in the first half of the 20th century. As a result of their resiliance many of the wineries and vineyards established before the turn of the 19th century are still in production. Today the wineries still produce superb Muscat and Topaque, Shiraz and Cabernets but producers have also expanded production of the lesser known varieties Durif, Mondeuse, Pedro Ximenez, and Trebbiano. The region also produces fine Chardonnay, Riesling and Semillon and sparkling red and white wines and dessert wines such Moscato and Biancone.
The famous Rutherglen Muscat or Brown Muscat, is Muscat à Petits Grains Rouge a variety which originated in Greece but came to fame in the Rhone Valley of France. The Muscats are aged for great complexity and intensity.
Topaque (Tokay) wines are exceptional from this region. The wines are made from Muscadelle grapes and aged to make Topaque and port styles.European laws have resulted in the name change from Tokay to Topaque, which only serves to highlight the true uniqueness of these Rutherglen wines.
To assist wine lovers select these wonderful wines, the winemakers have developed a classification system with four categories 'Rutherglen', 'Classic', 'Grand' and 'Rare'.
Party time on the bridge
at Pfeiffer Wines
Climate and Soil
This is flat country sitting at an elevation of between 150 and 250 metres. The soils are alluvial, deposited over aeons by the Murray River. The two main soil types are a fine sandy loam, found close to the banks of the Murray River and a soil called Rutherglen loam found on the lower slopes of the gently undulating hills.
The climate is warm and dry. Summers are hot with a mean January temperature of 22.3°, but temperatures fall to cool in the evenings. Rainfall is good during the growing season (297mm).
Much to do and see
The wine industry in Rutherglen has been at the forefront of promoting the region as a food and wine lovers' destination. There are over 15 cellar doors, winery restaurants and cafés and accommodation throughout the vineyards. The region is also a buzz with celebrations vinous throughout the year - the Tastes of Rutherglen festival in March and Winery Walkabout in June. There are also major events held at individual wineries throughout the year such as concerts, plays, poetry readings, picnics, lunches and dinners at All Saints, Buller Wines, Campbells, Cofield and Pfieffer Wines.
Cycling is one of the best ways of getting around the region and with the completion of the new 8.8km Wahgunyah to Rutherglen rail trail, bike riders are able to cellar door hop and work up appetites for the region's fare at restaurants and cafes. This short trail in the heart of the vineyard country is linked to the North East Victoria rail trail network that runs between Wangaratta and Bright.
In its history is the essence and style of the Rutherglen Wine Region. Old vines, aged wines, up to five generations in the wine industry, preserved 19th century architecture and townscapes and good old fashioned hospitality. A place to see and savour.
Harvest time: mid March to late April
Cyclists at Campbells Wines -
take the dedicated bike track
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LIZ SMITH gives in ...
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by Liz Smith
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
works best if you just make me the hero!" said the great
Gary Cooper
to a screenwriter struggling with his plot.
This is from a wonderful book, "The Whole Equation: A History of Hollywood" by
David Thomson.
heroic figures on film,
Jessica Chastain
certainly impressed many critics and moviegoers playing the good-looking if somewhat robotic CIA operative who was part of the plan to hunt down
Osama Bin Laden
in "Zero Dark Thirty." (Chastain did not rock my drone, nor did the film — it's slow, sparse on character development, and not compellingly performed. But the people who give out awards obviously disagree — although director
Kathryn Bigelow
was shut out of the best director slot. But then so was
Ben Affleck,
who directed a movie I loved, "Argo.")
Jessica Chastain
in "Zero Dark Thirty."
Now, along with her Oscar nod for "Zero" Chastain is the star of the weekend's big box-office winner, the suspense/horror film, "Mama." That movie was number one, and "Zero Dark Thirty" was number two. And even if it is more likely that the subject matter of the films drew audiences more than Chastain's name, the simple fact that she stars in both hits cannot be lost on the industry. Jessica is having her "moment" — one of those moments the Academy loves to honor. And although Jessica is young (35) she's not a kid. So Oscar might want to honor her
I mean, not everybody is
Meryl Streep
Helen Mirren
Maggie Smith.
Chastain in "Mama."
Things look good for Miss Chastain; maybe even better than good. So many people don't understand irony or satire and might not have been amused by
Jennifer Lawrence
comically slamming her fellow Oscar nominees on "Saturday Night Live" recently. (Jennifer is having
own "moment" — as the cult heroine of "The Hunger Games" films and her much praised performance in "Silver Linings Playbook," which follows 2011's Academy Award nomination for "Winter's Bone." She is 22. I guess it's a battle of the "moments" this season.)
we aren't much different from the ancient Greeks. We create our gods (especially our star athletes) and then we despise them for lying, cheating and not acting like "special" beings.
While I can't imagine a heroic football player would let a non-physical attraction for a girl he's never really seen dominate his life enough to be heart broken over, I
guess it's to each his own. I feel kind of sorry for his naivete. And his need to have people feel sorry for him.
Lance Armstrong
is a special case. His lying over and over and making liars of those who were telling the truth is just incredible to me. I knew Lance slightly and feel totally taken in by his behavior. I want to forget I ever gave him credence. I want to bike away and forget I ever heard of him; it doesn't matter how much money he raised against cancer.
(Half a billion dollars is pretty great but begs the question: How could he lie, keep lying, and make others seem like liars? How could he? Ugh.)
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Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves, Wendie Malick
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MT hosts Louisville Tuesday on Dig Pink Night
Raiders look to extend three-match winning streakOctober 21, 2013 · @MTAthletics
(L-R): Shelby Anderton (1), Rachel Shaughnessy (21), Kristina Headrick (12), Kendall Howard (2), Chelsea Ross (10) (Bradley Lambert/MT Athletic Communications)
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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - The Middle Tennessee volleyball team (13-7, 5-2 C-USA) opens up a three-match homestand with its penultimate non-conference tilt of 2013, a Tuesday night match vs. Louisville at Alumni Memorial Gym. The Blue Raiders are winners of three straight, having defeated Louisiana Tech and Charlotte on the road last weekend after a win over UTSA in the previous match. MT is 8-3 in its past 11 matches.
Through 20 matches, sophomore Chelsea Ross leads MT with 3.36 kills per set. Sophomore Shelby Anderton has tallied a team-best 6.34 assists per set, while redshirt-junior Kendall Howard has recorded a team high 4.19 digs per set. Redshirt-sophomore Tyler Richardson's totals of 1.24 blocks per set and a .434 hitting percentage are both tops in C-USA.
Tuesday's match will also serve as the annual Dig Pink match to raise awareness and support for those battling breast cancer and its survivors.
Scouting the Louisville Cardinals
Louisville enters Tuesday's respite from conference play at a time in which it is cruising through the American Athletic Conference. The Cardinals, who are in the American for the 2013-14 season before transitioning to the ACC, are an unblemished 7-0 in conference action. The Cardinals have won all but three of the 24 sets played so far in American matches, but face a challenging stretch of the schedule with seven straight road matches. Louisville fell in five sets at Wichita State last Tuesday before sweeping Cincinnati on Friday. Following Tuesday night's match, the Cardinals will go to Rutgers, UConn, Temple and Memphis before returning to their home floor.
Maya McClendon leads the Cardinals with 3.03 kills per set, while Katie George has tallied a team-best 9.58 assists per set. Caitlin Welch leads the Cardinals with 4.77 digs per set, with Randi Ewing recording team-best marks in blocks per set (0.94) and hitting percentage (.391).
Tickets Available for 2013 Conference USA Volleyball Championship
Tickets go on sale at Tuesday's match for the 2013 Conference USA Volleyball Championship, to take place Nov. 21-24 at Alumni Memorial Gym. All-session booklets are $20 for adults, and $10 for youth (ages 3-12). Single-day passes are $10 for adults and $5 for youth. Children two and under will be admitted free. Ticket sales through the Middle Tennessee ticket office will begin Wednesday by visiting the ticket office at Gate 1A of Floyd Stadium on Monday-Friday at 8:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m., or calling (615) 898-5261.
Speaking Statistically
The Blue Raiders are 82nd in the nation in blocks per set (2.40), with redshirt-sophomore Tyler Richardson 53rd (1.24). Richardson is 12th in the nation in hitting percentage (.434), with both marks leading C-USA. Redshirt-junior Kendall Howard is ninth in Conference USA at 4.19 digs per set, while sophomore Shelby Anderton is fourth in C-USA in aces per set (0.31).
Painting a Masterpiece
Redshirt-junior Monet Marshall shattered her previous career best when she tallied 18 kills in a win over Charlotte (Oct. 20). Marshall's biggest kill came in the fifth set, in the midst of a 4-0 run that turned a 13-11 deficit into a 15-13 victory to win the match.
Next Up: Southern Miss
The Blue Raiders are back in action Friday for their lone match of the weekend, a 7:00 tilt at Alumni Memorial Gym vs. Southern Miss.
Friend of the Blue Raiders? Like us on Facebook and become part of the True Blue army today.
More Volleyball NewsJul 31, 2014: Ross selected to C-USA Preseason team
Jun 20, 2014: Middle Tennessee volleyball releases 2014 schedule
Jan 23, 2014: 2014 volleyball camps announced
Dec 18, 2013: Richardson earns AVCA All-America honors
Dec 10, 2013: Richardson named to AVCA All-Region team
Nov 21, 2013: MT falls to FIU in five sets at C-USA Volleyball Championship


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How to Get In: Cornell Law School
What can you do to set yourself apart in your application? Admissions officials have the answers.
We posed questions to admissions officials at Cornell Law School regarding the application process, what they look for in applicants and what sets their school apart. These are their responses:
1. What can applicants do to set themselves apart from their peers?
At this point in their lives, most applicants don't really need to think of this as an objective. Our applicants typically have already distinguished themselves in college, graduate school, community involvement and/or work experience, and their records by themselves make each of them unique and interesting. Many times, if a person approaches a law school application as an exercise in setting oneself apart from peers, they end up doing things in the application that are contrived or unauthentic. This usually works against an applicant.
2. What do you look for in the application essays? What do the essays tell you about a candidate?
At Cornell, we look to learn something personal about an applicant that isn't readily apparent from the rest of the application. We encourage applicants to approach their statement as if it were an opportunity for a short evaluative interview. So, if you had a chance to meet with an admissions committee member for 20 to 30 minutes, what personal theme would you try to bring out? Whatever it is would be worth considering as a personal statement topic. We hope it goes without saying that it should be a well-written and polished piece.
3. How important is the applicant's LSAT score? How do you weigh it against undergraduate GPA and work/internship experience? Which of these carry the most weight? The least?
The LSAT score is only one piece of a fairly complex and subtle puzzle. Our main goal is to admit students who are likely to thrive in a rigorous academic environment and who will also be engaged and active members of our law school community and, eventually, of the legal profession. To accomplish this goal, we use all parts of the application to make an assessment. In some cases, the LSAT is relatively unimportant (e.g., in the case of someone whose academic record and recommendations make a clear case for their ability to thrive academically). In some cases, the LSAT will be relatively more important (e.g., in the case of someone whose college record may be lacking, but who otherwise shows promise). The important thing to remember is that in all cases, we review all aspects of each application in making our decisions.
4. How much does prior work/internship experience weigh into your decision making? What's the typical or expected amount of work experience from an applicant?
Real world experience turns out to be helpful in law school. It gives students perspective and experience with day-to-day realities. The discipline of work experience also mimics to some extent the study expectations in law school. You have to come in every day, engage, and work hard. It won't work to coast along and then try to cram at the last minute. So, any kind of experience outside of a formal academic setting is something we like to see.
5. What sets you apart from other schools? What can students gain from your school that they might not be able to find anywhere else?
At Cornell, we manage to maintain the advantages of a small, collegial environment without sacrificing opportunity. As an example, we are located in Ithaca, N.Y., but at any given time a large number of our students might be studying for a semester in any of our partner law schools, located in 13 different countries around the world. Similarly, close of half of our students participate in our clinical programs, which can have them doing anything from human rights to securities litigation, or death penalty cases to labor or environmental law cases.
We are also part of one of the world's most highly regarded research universities, Cornell University. This provides a superb opportunity for our students to engage in interdisciplinary study and to experience the rich cultural and intellectual activities that are a daily occurrence at the largest of the Ivy League schools.


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cucumbers, sliced
tomatoes, sliced
onion, sliced
1/3 cup
Italian-style salad dressing
1/4 cup
grated Parmesan cheese
A tasty, quick fresh summer salad. I substituted Balsamic Vinaigrette Salad Dressing & left out the parmesan cheese. A quick and refreshing side dish.
I like the garden fresh ingredients to this salad, but, it was just a little bland to us. I used a good quality dressing with it, but, I think I would prefer a homeade vinaigrette with a nice tang from vinegar.
10 Ratings
Very quick, easy and tasty. I used garden fresh tomatoes and cucumbers from a local growers vegetable stand. I'm sure the quality of the veggies made a difference but this is a definite keeper.
I usually make this with vinegar instead of Italian dressing, and a little bit of sugar. My grandkids call this Bob & Larry salad (Veggie tales). I don't use cheese.
Haven't tried the recipe, but my family has been making this for years. We add blue cheese crumbles to the salad, gives the salad a bold taste.
This was a very good recipe! I left out the onions since my hubby & I don't really like raw onion. Couldn't stop eating it!
I added a bit more grated Parmesan. I also added fine ground sea salt. This recipe is primo .
It's ok, but I prefer tomatoes, cucumbers, and plain old lemon pepper-let it sit for about twenty minutes, drain and mmmmm yummy, definatly not bland.
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Refreshing Tomato Cucumber Salad
Serving Size: 1/4 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 4
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 106
Calories from Fat: 64
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When it comes to diet, trying to trick your brain into accepting fake offerings is not a good idea. The latest study on the effects of fat substitutes suggests that artificial fat isn't just a poor diet choice, it may also make you fatter than you were before.
The study (PDF) used laboratory rats that were fed either a high-fat or low-fat diet of rat vittles. Half of the rats in each group also were fed Pringles potato chips that are high in fat and calories. The remaining rats in each group were fed high-calorie Pringles chips on some days and low-calorie Pringles Light chips on other days. The Pringles Light chips are made with olestra, a synthetic fat substitute that has zero calories and passes through the body undigested.
For rats on the high-fat diet, the group that ate both types of potato chips gobbled more food, gained more weight, and developed more fatty tissue than the rats that ate only the high-calorie chips. The fat rats also didn't lose the extra weight even after the potato chips were removed from their diet.
The reason this happens is that the brain, for all its wonder, can be duped. Artificial fat elicits similar biological responses as real fat, including increased salivation, hormonal reactions, and metabolic changes. In other words, the brain is gearing up the body for a burst of calories. When the calories don't arrive, the brain panics, so to speak, and kicks into starvation mode by converting even more calories into fat.
Past research found that eating artificial sweeteners catalyzes a similar effect. The brain is signaled by the taste of the sweetener to expect a load of calories, and when they aren't delivered the fat storage process accelerates.
Granted, these studies were conducted using rats, and we have to acknowledge the metabolic differences of our rodent counterparts. But biological responses to food in rats and humans are surprisingly similar, and provide at least a strong indication that the same sorts of reactions happen when we eat fake fat and sugar.
Considering the increase in use of these fat and sugar substitutes over the last couple decades–and the well-documented rise in obesity over the same time period–the correlation merits attention.
The solution is one we already know: eat foods naturally lower in fat and calories and avoid artificial substitutes. Your brain will reward you by not adding unwanted layers to your waistline.
Yet another excellent narrative documenting that you can't fool mother nature — she really does know what you're eating!
"The solution is one we already know:…"
The big obstacle to combat obesity is the fact that nearly "everyone thinks they knew" why people getting obese and nearly "everyone thinks they know" what people should do in order to lose excessive body weight. That belief is a product of bad science of weight gain/weight loss.
The basic science about weight gain/weight loss is based on an embarrassing misconception.
The first step to combat obesity is to confront with the fact that the basic science of weight gain/weight loss is wrong. The basic biology of weight gain/weight loss is misunderstood.
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At the age of 60, Bath Township resident Bob Heubeck hadn't been on a bicycle in more than 30 years. The reason he started riding again is not merely to get fit.
Now at age 66, Heubeck is about to embark on a 122-mile journey with his son Kurt who, six years earlier, doctors said was going to die.
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In 2004, Kurt Heubeck was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma at age 31. He went through a three-year battle with the disease and came out on top. Although it was not a pleasant journey. Kurt Heubeck has been cancer-free for six years. He is a graduate of Revere High School and lives in Columbus.
"I can't tell you what happened to me once I was in that hospital," he said. "I was on so many medications that I had no idea what was going on around me."
All of the treatments he received in those three years were sponsored in some part by the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, his father said. Kurt Heubeck participated in experimental treatments; by doing so he hoped to improve survival chances for other lymphoma or leukemia patients.
"My brain just took over and made it happen," Kurt Heubeck said. "The doctors give you medications that make you not see clearly, so you only assume that everyone around you did the best they could to help you though. They did everything within their power to help me. I would do the same for every one of them."
Giving back
Because most of his son's treatments were paid for by the society, Bob Heubeck wanted to find a way to give back.
"I was going to give them a couple hundred bucks, but then I ran across Team in Training and decided to do that," he said. "I decided that I would raise about $5,000 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, and I would ride in my son's honor."
Team in Training is a program in which people can walk, run, cycle or swim to raise money for cancer research. Team in Training sets interested donors up with trainers and helps them prepare for endurance runs, walks etc.
Bob Heubeck has already completed several of these fundraisers since 2006, but this year is special because it's the first time he'll cycle with his son. The team will fly to Las Vegas today to ride in the RTC 2012 Viva Bike Vegas Gran Fondo on Saturday. The trail is 122 miles and it's the first time either Heubeck has ridden that far.
"I'm doing this to raise money for an organization that does a tremendous amount for people who have leukemia or lymphoma," Bob Heubeck said. "It's amazing how much money is spent on research and how much they give to hospitals for research."
But it gets more personal than that.
"I'm doing this because I hope another father doesn't have to watch his son go through what my son went through," Bob Heubeck said. "I know how devastating the disease is. He won the battle but the problems you go through and the way you feel are just horrible. If I can raise some money and save another family from going through that, I will."
Kurt Heubeck has been training for this ride for five years.
"Six years ago, I was done with my stem cell transplant and about four months after that, I got on a mountain bike and started conditioning to do races," Kurt Heubeck said. "Doctors told me that because of the scar tissue in my lungs, I wouldn't be able to walk up a flight of stairs without getting winded. They also told me that I was supposed to die."
Heubeck's father has been his main motivator for training, but he's riding for the people who helped him survive: the people who donated their bodies to science to find a cure.
"It's for the people who have passed from the disease," Kurt Heubeck said. "Without those people I wouldn't be alive. They contributed to the research and so did I but without mass amounts of failure, you can't have success."
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Both Heubecks have ridden 100 miles on their bikes, but neither has ever hit the 122-mile mark.
"I do most of my training on roads rather than trails," Bob Heubeck said. "We start with short 14- to 20-mile rides and we work our way up to 80 and 90. I ride every Saturday and I try to go two to three times during the week."
The most Bob Heubeck has cycled is 109 miles, so what will keep him motivated to finish the trail?
"I think of what cancer patients go through to get to their finish line," Bob Heubeck said. "That's a real motivator. They can't stop either."
Kurt Heubeck started really training for the ride this summer. The most he's cycled is 100 miles, he said. And his dad keeps talking about all the hills they'll encounter in Las Vegas.
"I'm excited and nervous," Kurt Heubeck said. "It's going to be the people around me and their energy that keeps me going. You just have to shake it off and keep going."
Neither Heubeck is sure if they will ride in another Team in Training event, but both will continue to give to the society, they said.
Kurt Heubeck wants to open a gym that helps people train for these events where part of the joiner fee goes back to them and the money they are raising for the event.
"Two Sundays ago, Kurt and I rode 40 miles together," Bob Heubeck said. "I can't wait to go 120 with him. It's something that when he was diagnosed that I didn't think we could do. He got six more years of life that we didn't think would happen. It's great."
Check back with Fairlawn-Bath Patch next week to see photos from the ride and we'll talk to the Heubecks again to find out how they fared.


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"VW is so arrogant to think that their cars are "premium" and still have all these quality issues."
Let's hope VW can figure out how to make reliable cars, at least the ones imported from Germany. CR gave the Passat 2.8 the highest reliability rating of all German cars. That's a start.
"Also, to think that people will sit and wait 6 years for a new design today is ridiculous."
6 yrs isn't much. Have you wondered why the Camry/ES300 still rode uncomfortably shallow over deeper bumps for another 10 yrs from '92-02? It's b/c they've been using the same low-tech short-spring platform all this time! Even my '84 Jetta Wolfsburg coupe(just restored) based on the '74 Scirocco rides more comfortably over bumps than any of the low-tech FWD Toyota's from the '90's! While this manual-steering "vintage" VW's stable comfortable ride also provides fun-&-safe tossable handling & good-feeling steering, if only the noise level...
Besides, the new quiet Golf V is a truely new design w/ the Focus-type control-blade rear suspension, so it's level of ride/handling compromise will climb to a new height. While someone in the VW family just figured out how to tune the new electric steering from numb into...
creakid1 "2006 Volkswagen Jetta" Apr 1, 2004 2:07pm
lngtonge18 Posts: 2,228When you consider that a good number of Jetta owners are single and don't have kids, then it doesn't make sense for them to spend the same money and get a midsize car. Some people simply don't want or need a family sized car but they prefer something sportier and more luxurious then your average small car and VW fills that premium small car niche with the Jetta. By your own thought process, one would wonder why someone would buy a BMW 3 series when they can have a full size Avalon......They are two totally different market segments and attract different buyers. Bigger is not always better, as so many Americans think.
or a good-handling-car, or both, that rides comfortably.
So far, the base 325i is the champ.
Back in '99, when I told another customer in the Pasadena VW dealer, "I guarantee! You can't find another car (rides)this comfortable at this price(over $19k Jetta)", the salesman was mighty impressed. That's right, while I sat in the back seat during the test drives, even the '99 Avalon didn't ride as calm as the '99 Jetta over bumps/undulations.
does matter to average buyer. Why do you think VW decided to increase the size of Golf V? I think their marketing folks saw they could sell more golfs this way. I think this is a good decision. Current golf is really tiny. Especially in Texas. I also think that recently redesigned Mazda3 is eating into VW sales. The same concept, extremely well executed, cheaper, larger and with the same quality as Jetta/Golf.
The Golf V needs a bit more over the Golf IV's rear leg room, which was shrunken INTENTIONALLY from the earlier generations. Any 3rd-world version would not tolerate this kind of waste. That's why there's the roomy version of the Golf/Jetta IV -- the Skoda Octavia.
The current Passat also lost leg room to the previous generation, but China Passat & Skoda Superb simply added their own wheelbase inches.
Even I, 5'11", had no problem fitting into both the front & back of my pre-'85 Rabbit/Jetta I.
Car companies purposely shrink their cars once while, as they can't just let the Golf growing in size continuously so no one will buy the Passat any more, especially the Golf is already quiet & comfy.
The Volvo S80 costs a lot, so all the cheaper Volvo's are required to come w/ a cramped back seat. Heck, the old affordable Volvo 200 series got excess leg room even w/o FWD's packaging efficiency!
& of course, w/ FWD packaging, a 173"-long '84 Camry has enormous amount of rear leg room.
jimjps Posts: 146My understanding is that all new-chasis Jettas/Boras will be made in Mexico and imported to US and EU. This is a change in VW strategy and I would hope that they can concentrate effort into ensuring a high quality product this way. It also makes sense as the Jetta sells better in NA and the Golf sells better in EU. It seems unclear when GolfV will be made in Mexico or Brazil so maybe we will only get more expensive GTI's from EU initially.
spectre96 Posts: 3I read in post 53 [Is the "5 Cylinder" a Current Euro Motor?] a question about a five-cilinder engine in the Golf IV or in the new one. I live in Europe, and will give the lineup of engines available here:
* Volkswagen Golf V
1.4 16V 4-cilinder - 75 hp
1.4 16V FSI 4-cilinder - 100 hp *new engine*
1.6 8V 4-cilinder - 102 hp
1.6 16V FSI 4-cilinder - 115 hp *new engine*
2.0 16V FSI 4-cilinder - 150 hp *new engine* ==> this is the NEW engine, direct fuel injection.
NO 5-cilinder in this new Golf V in Europe. Coming in a few months is the VW Golf GTI with a new 2.0 turbo FSI engine 4-cilinder with 200 hp. Very fast they say!
2.0 16V SDI 4-cilinder - 75 hp *new engine*
1.9 8V TDI 4-cilinder - 90 hp
1.9 8V TDI 4-cilinder - 105 hp
2.0 16V TDI 4-cilinder - 140 hp
* Volkswagen Golf IV
1.4 16V 4-cilinder - 75 hp
1.6 8V 4-cilinder - 100 hp
1.6 16V 4-cilinder - 105 hp
2.0 8V 4-cilinder - 115 hp
1.8 20V 4-cilinder - 125 hp
1.8 turbo 4-cilinder - 150 / 180 / 210 / 225 hp
2.3 5-cilinder - 150 hp *old*
2.3 5-cilinder - 170 hp *newer*
2.8 V6 - 204 hp
3.2 V6 - 241 hp
1.9 8V SDI 4-cilinder - 68 hp
1.9 8V TDI 4-cilinder - 90 / 100 / 110 / 115 / 130 / 150 hp
These are the engines available.
In US we only get 2 engines for Golf and 2 for GTI
Golf IV -
1.9 TDI diesel - 100 hp
2.0 gas good for a measly 115 hp and 122 torque
both with 8 V - Even Hyundai has better engines in their competing car - Elantra
GTI spices things up quite a bit, though
1.8 T 180 hp
and even better
2.8 vr6 200 hp
But the cheaper GTI is $4K more expensive then Golf.
It will be interesting what we will get. I guess new 2.0L gas and diesel would go into Golf V and something from Passat into GTI:)
"...if driven hard it grips better at the front end, with a sharper turn-in than front-wheel-drive models. There will also be an optional rough road package, which increases the ground clearance by 20 millimetres, firms up the suspension and includes a protection plate underneath the engine."
Unlike the GTI, which is available w/ DSG, this tough vehicle is stick only -- for you macho drivers. Who needs a tippy SUV when off roading?
ivan_99 Posts: 1,663Actually that article seemed to contradict it self.
I'm not sure how you can have handling that is
"...tidy, if not exciting, with a comfortable ride and good body control"
but also be "...lifeless and offers little in the way of driver involvement"
Any way, that is for the SEAT Toledo. Cousins may share some genes, but they tend to have their own personalities.
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We don't usually think a lot about rice farming here in Meridian, but Mississippi is one of the six major U.S. rice producing states, which also includes Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Missouri and Texas.
According to the U.S. Rice Industry the U.S. produces about 20 billion pounds of rice a year, and while that represents less than 2 percent of the rice grown in the world, it supplies about half of the domestic market.
At the same time, the U.S. is among the top five countries that export rice. We're sending it to Mexico, Haiti, Japan, Canada, Turkey, Libya, Venezuela, Honduras, Nicaragua and Saudi Arabia.
Rice fields also are home to all kinds of wildlife that rely on wetlands, so rice farmers and hunters have always worked pretty good together. Things have gotten tricky, however. But help is on the way.
On Wednesday Mississippi's U.S. Sens. Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker, both Republicans, along with Arkansas U.S. Sens. Mark Pryor, Democrat, and John Boozman, Republican, introduced legislation to protect farmers and hunters from ideas the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has about rice fields and baiting.
Go to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's law enforcement section on the website www.fws.gov, and you'll find this information under the header Waterfowl Hunting on Agricultural Lands:
Agricultural lands offer prime waterfowl hunting opportunities. You can hunt waterfowl in fields of unharvested standing crops. You can also hunt over standing crops that have been flooded. You can flood fields after crops are harvested and use these areas for waterfowl hunting.
The presence of seed or grain in an agricultural area rules out waterfowl hunting unless the seed or grain is scattered solely as the result of a normal agricultural planting, normal agricultural harvesting, normal agricultural post-harvest manipulation, or normal soil stabilization practice.
These activities must be conducted in accordance with recommendations of the State Extension Specialists of the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (Cooperative Extension Service).
That seems clear enough, except the FWS has decided that rice fields that have sprung a secondary crop after harvest — even unintentionally — will be considered baited fields if the stubble left in those fields has been rolled, as farmers are advised to do by extension service folks.
Inadvertent baiting of a field can bring a fine of up to $15,000 or prohibit hunting on the land according to Cochran's office.
The Farmer Protection Act of 2012 these senators have introduced would allow each cooperative extension service to distinguish between normal agricultural practices and baiting.
"Many Mississippi landowners traditionally lease farmland to sportsmen after the land has been harvested, but some of these leases have had to be returned because of Fish and Wildlife Service requirements, costing farmers and sportsmen," Wicker was quoted as saying in the news release issued Wednesday. "Under this bill, states would define normal agricultural practices, ensuring local farming methods can continue as they have for generations. Rice, soybean, and other producers should be able to manage their fields without the threat of losing valuable hunting rights."
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It's no secret that downtown Hinesville has stray cats here and there. Whether abandoned by previous owners or born into the environment, these feral colonies have been around, surviving on small mice, bugs and dumpster scraps.
Be careful if you drive in west Liberty and east Long County early Sunday.
Don't expect slapstick, slams or shockers when four comedians take the stage Saturday night at the Hinesville VFW.
Work is drawing to a close on paving maintenance and improvements at three area middle schools.
The Ludowici City Council did not re-hire seven employees, four from the police department and three from city hall, during its first meeting of the new year Tuesday.
This year promises to be a busy one in terms of area elections.
Local residents gathered early Monday morning for Hinesville's 2012 Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade, grabbing the best viewing spots along Gen. Screven Way, Hendry Street and Main Street.
Maurice Dwayne Newsome entered his negotiated plea of guilty to malice murder in the death of his former girlfriend, Savannah Smith, on Tuesday in Liberty County Superior Court Judge Robert Russell's courtroom.
In a recent Long County Commission meeting, county board of elections member Nancy McKnew questioned recent payments to board chair Vanessa Cunningham.
The Midway City Council last Tuesday unanimously rejected its lawyer's advice to spend around $250 for a study aimed at helping resolve a years-long dispute between Midway and the Liberty County Development Authority.
Allenhurst's leaders were sworn into new terms Thursday at City Attorney Bob Pirkle's office in Hinesville.
Donald Lovette is a man who gives life to the characters he sees in his mind's eyes.
The annual Leadership and Grand Marshall Breakfast at Historic Dorchester Academy continued a long tradition Saturday with more than 125 governmental, civic and religious leaders attending to honor the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King.
This old home was moved Thursday from 506 Oglethorpe Highway, only three doors down from the Mills House, which was scheduled to be moved today. However, a last-minute decision by the Georgia Department of Transportation delayed that move until 9 a.m. Monday. The smaller home also was part of the property now owned by attorneys Joel and Jay Osteen.
A line stretched outside the chapel door of First Baptist Church in Ludowici on Wednesday afternoon as a steady stream of family, friends and community members gathered to pay their final respects to Long County Sheriff Cecil Nobles, who died early Monday morning.
The Hinesville Downtown Development Authority has announced a new "Movies in the Park" series for five Friday nights beginning Aug. 8 in Bryant Commons' amphitheater, 438 Oglethorpe Highway.
Walthourville Police Lt. Wade Long, attempting to initiate a traffic stop, was involved in a chase on Talmadge Road in Walthourville on Wednesday night.
Hinesville Mayor James Thomas and Midway Mayor Clemontine Washington were elected to the Board of Directors for the Georgia Municipal Association (GMA) during the association's annual meeting June 23 in Savannah.
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Runnemede hotel with a seasonal outdoor pool
Situated in Runnemede, this hotel is in the same area as Ritz Theater, Citizens Bank Park, and Wells Fargo Center. Area attractions also include Historic Croft Farm and Marketplace at Garden State Park.
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At Runnemede Inn and Suites, recreational amenities include a fitness center and a seasonal outdoor pool. The hotel also features complimentary wireless Internet access and complimentary high-speed (wired) Internet access.
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Runnemede Inn and Suites features a fitness center and a seasonal outdoor pool. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wired and wireless Internet access. This 3-star property offers access to a business center and small meeting rooms. A complimentary breakfast is offered each morning. 3 meeting rooms are available. This business-friendly hotel also offers laundry facilities, a safe deposit box at the front desk, and ATM/banking services. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
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PULASKI, Va. —
The Bluefield Blue Jays snapped their five-game losing streak with a 6-1 win over the Pulaski Mariners, Saturday night at Calfee Park.
Matt Dean had a pair of hits for Bluefield, including a two-run home run and D.J. Davis and Jorge Saez had singles for the Blue Jays, who managed only four hits against Pulaski pitchers.
Bluefield took a 4-0 lead in the fourth, before scoring their final runs in the sixth. Pulaski scored its lone run in the fourth.
Toby DeMello had two of the Mariners' six hits in the game.
Mark Biggs picked up the win for Bluefield as he worked the middle three innings in relief of starter Adonys Cardona. Brady Dragmire earned his second save of the year as he pitched the final three frames.
Each Bluefield pitcher allowed two hits. Cardona struck out five while Biggs and Dragmire each sat down three Pulaski batters via the strikeout. Dragmire gave up the only Mariners' run.
Luiz Gohara, the 16-year-old from Brazil, started on the mound for Pulaski and was tagged with the loss, giving up four runs on two hits in five innings.
The two teams square off again tonight in Pulaski. Game time is 7 o'clock.
At Calfee Park
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On View
The Jewett Gallery of Art
Wellesley College
Ecstasy and Commonsense: Samantha Fields
Visual Texts: Curated by Boston Artist, Ben Sloat
Wire Sculptures, Playing Grown Up: Clyde Bango
When: October 7 – October 26 (opening reception Sunday October 14, 4-6pm.)
Where: Wellesley College, Jewett Arts Center 106 Central St, Wellesley, MA 02481
Hours: Tue–Sat 11 am – 5 pm
Sun 12 pm – 4 pm
Mon & Holidays - Closed
Cost: Free and open to the public
Ecstasy and Commonsense Highlights:
Focusing on color, shape, line and form, Samantha Fields' work embraces materials and processes that engage a rich and transgressive history. Fields' explores a visual language that has been associated with the feminine, the infantile and primitive, or has been relegated to be superficial and excessive, and therefore unworthy of serious consideration. Field states: "We no longer make; we buy. Crocheting, embroidery, and weaving leave the trace of the hand and the understanding of labor, time, and are imbued with our everyday experience. Craft holds within it the art/life dichotomy. It embodies both by its mere existence." Fields' exploration begins with the afghan, which carries with it a multiplicity of meaning, hybrids of form, and social constructs. These hybrids are viewed with their excess of ornament, ruffle upon ruffle, beads and sequins, as an elevation of what has been traditionally considered a de- evolution of a sophisticated western society.
Visual Text Highlights:
Considering the long and reflexive relationship between photography and text, works from this exhibition explore a range of its creative potential. A further aspect to this show is a series of handmade artist books and prints that further the inquisition and materiality concerning image and text. Local photographers such as Karl Baden, Jane Tuckerman, Matthew Gamber, Jim Dow, Douglas Weathersby, Bruce Myren and others use text in manners that range from diaristic and creative writing to photographs of signage and commercial lettering. In one series, the poet Katie Peterson writes spontaneous poems over photographs of Alaska made by Youngsuk Suh on a trip they took together. In another series, Geoff Hargadon photographs the range of public locations he has installed his creative signage works, "Cash For Your Warhol."
Wire Sculptures, playing grown up:
Clyde Bango's intricately woven wire frames can be loosely described as line drawing in free space, but they represent much more. The hand-made sculptures evolved from the artist's childhood experiences of crafting toy cars out of recycled wire in Harare, Zimbabwe. Bango's artwork represent adamant resilience to growing up yet accepts the responsibilities and challenges that inevitably come with being grown up. The themes are very personal and often political. Subjects are derived from memories, art history and current affairs, and they showcase a range of innovative techniques that address surface modeling, abstract geometry and rendering of micro detail with steel wire. When the final product emerges, it is stripped of all the coldness of steel but luscious with life, spacious in volume, and in some cases captured in motion. Bango is a young artist seeking to make his mark as a contemporary African artist.
Contact Info
Gallery Director Jewett Gallery of Art
Candice Ivy
Wellesley College
Jewett Arts Center
106 Central St, Wellesley, MA 024817


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RIT presents Mechnova 09
RIT presents Mechnova '09
Mechnova '09 is organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Govt.Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology (RIT), Kottayam, Kerala on January 14, 15and 16 of 2009. It is a mix of technical events and exhibition season of RIT to celebrate the spirit of human knowledge and wisdom. The technical competitions vary over the entire spectra of science and technology.
Exhibition Pavillion
ISRO, ANERT, Science & Technology, NIIST, NPOL (DRDO) , EMC, Gun Show.
- Motor Enfete (Auto Expo)
- Experentia docet (Exhibitions)
- Avant Garde (Paper Presentation)
- Head Hunter (Quiz)
- Doodlez (Cad Modelling)
- Juxtapose (Machine Assembly)
Contact Details
CHAIRMAN: Dr . R Sasikumar
Convener: Sreekanth K S- 09895607290
Email: sreekanthks13 @gmail .com
Co-ordinators: Sanju A C- 09847223318
Email: sanjuac45@gmai .com
Geo George - 09747329636
Email : geogeorge.p@gmail .com
Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, named after the Prime Minister Sri.Rajiv Gandhi, owned and run by the Government of Kerala started functioning on 3rd October 1991. At the time of formation, it was envisaged to
transform the institute into a centre of postgraduate and studies. The college is affiliated to Mahatma Gandhi University and is recognized by AICTE. College is accredited by NBA since 2007.
To be a centre of technological excellence for the serviceof the society.
To impart professional education endowed with human values to the younger generation so as to transform them to be competent and committed engineers capable of providing solutions to the global challenges in deploying technology
for the service of humanity.
Previous MECHNOVA
Mechanical engineering association of RIT has organized technical sessions from 1998 onwards. A brief description of programs are stated below
- 1998 :
Mechnova 1998 was organized at college with programmes including technical symposiums and stage activities (estimated budget – 1Lakh )
- 2000 :
Mechnova 2000 organized at college with National level technical seminar and other technical competitions ( estimated budget-1.5Lakh)
- 2002 :
Mechnova 2002 organized at college with National level technical seminar and other activities (estimated budget 1.5Lakh)
- 2006 :
Mechnova 2006 organized at Kottayam town and college (two venues)with exhibitions from leading Institutes and Industries, Technical symposiums, Autoexpo and stage items with a budget of 3Lakh
Motor Enfete (Auto Expo)
You will be left awestruck as you walk through the specially built pavilions showcasing vintage,imported and home automobiles. We have set for you an opportunity to learn the anatomy of machines on road. If you are owners of modified bikes and cars, come place them in the pavilion and win the poll.You have at stake whooping prize money. The prizes are sponsored by TipTop Furniture,Kottakkal. There is separate competition for modified cars and bike
Prize money:
Modified Car Modified bike
1st: Rs 10,000
1st: Rs 5,000
2nd: Rs 5,000.
2nd: Rs 3,000
contact: Jibin Joseph:
+91 9747350616
Experentia docet (Exhibitions)
This is an all-new exhibition event, displaying the greatest feats of human workmanship and intellect. There are two different streams in the exhibition:
Competition: the participating college has to bring their projects and it will be placed in the stalls/space at the venue. There is no limit to the number of projects from a college. Each college will be provided a particular stall. An experienced team of judges will choose the best stall.
Prize money:
1st: Rs 10,000
2nd : Rs 6,000
Rules :
- one team from one college
- 5 Members per team
- space/stall of 3*3meters will be provided to each team
Non competition: this is a display of models/pavilions and knowledge from leading organizations like ISRO, Indian Navy, ANERT, Science and Technology Museum, Medical college (kottayam).You will witness the latest breakthroughs in technology.
Contact: Sanju A C : 09847223318
Avant garde (National level paper presentation)
A confluence of great minds, this will provide a platform to present your innovation to be
vanguards of technology. This is a technical symposium providing opportunity to students of different engineering and management colleges to present their weird ideas.
Date: 15 January AN - Design and Thermal
16 January FN - Manufacturing and Management
Send full paper before January 9th, 2009.
Prize money:
1st : Rs.7000
2nd: Rs.3000
Rules :
- Open event
- Max 2 members per team
- Presentation time 20 minute. plus 10 min question time
- Topics based on
- Design for manufacture
- Robotics
- Eco friendly Refrigeration system
- Energy sources and fuel for the future
- IC engines technology
- Power plant engineering
- Newer engineering materials
- high speed manufacturing process
- versatile application of manufacturing methods like Aerospace, Robotics, Marine,...
- Lean manufacturing
- Corporate Business Management
- Management techniques applicable to knowledge/Information management in engg. field
- product design development and management
- Logistics, supply chain management
- simulation modelling
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Contact : Anoopkumar.S
+91 9447810713
Head hunter (Quiz)
The brainstorm. This is the battle for intellectual supremacy. You have to compete against the best in the country. So get into the books.
Date : 15 January 2009
Prelims : 11am
Final : 2pm
Rules :
- Open event
- Max 2 members per team
- Selection to finals is based on performance in prelims
Prize money:
1st: Rs. 5000
2nd:Rs. 3000
Rules :
Contact : Naveen Hariharan
+91 9747350611
Doodlez (Cad Modelling)
A design event which will test your ability to develop the creativity into virtual reality.
Prize money
1st: Rs.5000
Date: 15 January
Prelims: 11.30am
Rules :
- Open event
- Selection to finals based on performance in prelims
Contacts: Sarath Sivaram 09747350619
uxtapose (Machine Assembly)
Raise the scrap to churn out something big. You will be provided with the spares. The team assembling the parts at the earliest will be the winner.
Prize money :
1st: Rs.5000
Date: 15 January
Prelims: 12pm
Rules :
- Open event
- Selection to finals based on performance in prelims
Contact : Sijin D.
+91 9847122657
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You are considered to be a transient student if you are attending another college or university and would like to attend Armstrong for no more than two consecutive semesters. Applicants must submit the following items to be considered for admission to the university:
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Submit your original official transcripts showing a minimum of the equivalent of a 4-year bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution.
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- Submit Official Transient Letter or Official Letter of Good Standing from the institution requesting enrollment in specific courses (this letter will be used for advisement at Armstrong).
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- If you are a Georgia resident, submit Proof of Lawful Presence .
- After acceptance, transient students may register through their Port of Armstrong account after we have received all immunization records and Proof of Lawful Presence if required.


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State troopers based at the Somers barracks were out in force on Interstate 684 Thursday waging a crackdown on speeders.
The results: Troopers issued 48 tickets, mostly for speeding.
State Police ran the special speed limit enforcement effort from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Troopers said their goal with such efforts is to reduce highway deaths and injuries as well as property damage that comes with auto accidents.


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When Mike Huckabee declared Wednesday as Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day after President Dan Cathy of Chick-fil-A spoke out publicly against gay marriage, the former governor may not have expected restaurant locations to be swamped with customers.
And Gwinnett locations were no different. The lines were long at the , and the Loganville location off Highway 78 had crowds so large that the in to help.
The , with cars overflowing into a nearby church and people parking as far as three businesses away. The saw a mass of people, too.
Did you eat at Chick-fil-A on Wednesday? What was the crowd like?
On the Norcross Patch, people commented with their different opinions on the new holiday:
, "I just went by a Chick where the customers were giddy they were so happy to be able to promote their cause against gay marriage. Taking pictures, matching T-shirts, It made me very sad. When will people realize that being gay is NOT a choice, but you are born that way. I won't eat at Chick again, gay people should be able to get married. Law isn't bound by the Bible. Chick stepped in it."
earlier Wednesday, "headed there for lunch......Free Speech, Freedom OF Religion...applies even when you don't agree!"
Norcross Patch also received some responses on Facebook, too:
"I am boycotting Chick-Fil-A. I will not eat at a place whose owners don't believe that everyone deserves equality. It's not like it's healthy food anyway," wrote Lindsey Monroe.
"I'd starve first," said Cheryl White Rankin.
Because of all the spotlight, Chick-fil-A sent out a statement about the company's involvement in the holiday.
"Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day was not created by Chick-fil-A," said Steve Robinson, the executive vice president of marketing for the restaurant. "We appreciate all of our customers and are glad to serve them at any time. Our goal is simple: to provide great food, genuine hospitality and to have a positive influence on all who come into contact with Chick-fil-A."
For Friday, Aug. 3, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation is backing a call for a National Same-Sex Kiss Day to be held at Chick-fil-A restaurants nationwide.
Did you show your support for Chick-fil-A on Wednesday? Tell us in the comments.
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