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Cellar Cuvee 2 - Jackie O's Pub & Brewery
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Ratings: 35 | Reviews: 19 | Display Reviews Only:
Reviews by coldmeat23:
3.83/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
GLASS: Snifter
TEMP: Cellared @ approx 45 degrees
Bottled: 12/2 2009 Bottle #111 of 156
Huge thanks to my buddy, normyk, for hooking me up!
Super dark brown color. Backlight gives way to beautiful magenta overtones. A loose and foamy head forms then quickly dissipates. It leaves a surface ring of bubbles. The lacing is tiny little flecks, but very sticky.
Huge coffee presence. Like no other beer I've come across, actually. Massive. I also get a very good ammount of cinnamon. Nice oak hints with a touch of bourbon presence. Very light notes of vanilla. Light hints of dark chocolates.
A complex nose, but the coffee definitely dominates.
The coffee is still dominant, though not nearly as palate killing as the nose implied it would be. The cinnamon is an interesting touch. It brings a unique warmth and spice to the mix. The bourbon is a bit more represented now. Very light traces of oak and vanilla and chocolate.
This has a medium body, which is nice. Unfortunately, the carbonation level is too low to match up to the body. It's very smooth, but it has no creaminess or viscous-ness(?).
Flavorwise, this is very drinkable. (Granted, it will help out immensely if you like coffee.) Bodywise though, it loses a bit of desirability.
Serving type: bottle
02-24-2011 06:31:22 | More by coldmeat23
More User Reviews:
3/5 rDev -22.7%
02-02-2014 19:34:41 | More by duceswild
3.25/5 rDev -16.2%
04-27-2013 03:55:16 | More by bsuedekum
4/5 rDev +3.1%
10-17-2012 01:27:19 | More by t0rin0
3.5/5 rDev -9.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.5
Big thanks to Ben for sharing this rarity. Served in a GI Black Friday tasted glass.
A - A thin tan foam settles to a collar, wisps, and a few tiny specks of lace. Very dark brown body.
S - Coffee, roasted malts, touch of cinnamon. Slightly stale, with a fruity old coffee grounds flavor going on. There's a slightly musky quality, and some papery oxidation - might be developing an infection or just could be old. Surprisingly mild barrel presence.
T - Chocolate, coffee, some fruity cherry notes, a touch of sweet tarts - definitely some kind of unintentional sourness here. Not as old tasting, and not as much cinnamon flavor here as well.
M - Medium-full body, chewy, dry, tannic, and roasty, with low carbonation. Not much alcohol heat at this stage.
D - Not bad, but nothing mind-blowing. Probably past its prime, and developing some odd and unexpected falvors, but still fairly enjoyable.
Serving type: bottle
02-11-2012 23:20:34 | More by MasterSki
4/5 rDev +3.1%
02-11-2012 02:50:08 | More by AgentZero
3/5 rDev -22.7%
01-29-2012 04:31:41 | More by ygtbsm94
Rhode Island
3.5/5 rDev -9.8%
01-04-2012 00:06:59 | More by TheBeerologist
3.5/5 rDev -9.8%
01-01-2012 19:30:40 | More by schwaeh
4/5 rDev +3.1%
12-07-2011 04:30:46 | More by spycow
5/5 rDev +28.9%
12-05-2011 15:50:10 | More by mgbickel
3.7/5 rDev -4.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
I had this on-tap at Jackie O's during the release this weekend. Served in a sample glass.
Appearance: Pours a very dark mahogany color with no real head to speak of.
Smell: Sweet roast, mild vanilla, dark fruit, cinnamon, and some warm bourbon.
Taste: Lots of sweet malt with some strong notes from the barrel. Dark fruit and some bourbon, but the overall flavor seems to be a bit watered down.
Mouthfeel: Medium body with mild carbonation and a finish that is a bit dry.
Overall: I would have liked the flavor to be a bit fuller, but the taste that was there is good. I would consider trying it again.
Serving type: on-tap
12-05-2011 00:17:10 | More by oline73
3.13/5 rDev -19.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
4 oz. sampler at JO's 6th Anniversary. I made damn good review notes, but then I lost them. Bear with me on this.
3.5 A: Black color. Came without a head.
3.5 S: The cinnamon has persisted in this one. I can't say the same about the coffee. As for the stouts, they are quite tame now. Very soft roastiness with a touch of peat. Even less chocolate.
3.0 T: This isn't sour, nor is it really tart, but there's something sourish about this brew. It's like a tart butterscotch for lack of a better descriptor. That said, this brew isn't bad, but it isn't good either and it certainly doesn't taste much like what it's allegedly made of. Cinnamon and roast can be found in the taste. The bourbon, on the other hand, barely shows up or perhaps it is the bourbon that is showing up as the funky goofiness above.
3.0 M: A little on the lighter side. Good moderate carbonation. Lacking the creaminess that I want.
3.0 D: This is probably the worst of a series that isn't all that impressive overall anyway. Oh well, like all JO's brews, I'm happy to have tried it.
Serving type: on-tap
12-04-2011 22:57:32 | More by DavoleBomb
4/5 rDev +3.1%
12-04-2011 21:48:22 | More by Spider889
4.5/5 rDev +16%
12-04-2011 19:28:26 | More by PittBeerGirl
4/5 rDev +3.1%
12-04-2011 02:26:41 | More by Stigs
3.5/5 rDev -9.8%
12-03-2011 22:14:15 | More by leschkie
South Carolina
4.05/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
pulled this gem out of the cellar
dark as night, thick and inky black with a nice two finger head of cocoa brown on top that really capped it off just about perfectly. Dripping tan lace down the sides it really just looked the part quite nicely i have to admit.
Aroma is of deep roasted malts, lots of cocoa, a touch of a light peat, or smoked flavor and a really well balanced and nicely put together coffee bitterness. This carried over well into the flavor which was rich, creamy and smooth with hints of light chocolate that welcomed the palate first and were soon followed by a nice blend of coffee, roasted malts, light hop notes that dried the palate out quite nicely and a rich, even, semi dry and sweet finish.
Serving type: bottle
12-03-2011 19:00:33 | More by mikesgroove
District of Columbia
4/5 rDev +3.1%
12-03-2011 18:45:43 | More by Rhettroactive
4/5 rDev +3.1%
11-17-2011 23:35:51 | More by Photekut
4/5 rDev +3.1%
11-14-2011 18:21:35 | More by ej285701
4.38/5 rDev +12.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Jackie o's tasting baby!! Thanks for pulling this from the cellar brad! Both.ed 12/9
A-dark black body with tan head that quickly disapates
S-lots of chili, which apparently wasn't intended
T-little bit of cinnamon aand maybe vanilla? Chili isn't so prevalqnt as the nose
M- medium boey and smooth
O-very good, even though its not what it was
Serving type: bottle
10-08-2011 17:48:41 | More by brew3crew
3.9/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A special brew pulled from Brad's cellar
Pours a dark dark brown. A nice orange reddish tint. Some nice tan head.
Smells chili heavy, some nice cinnamon on the nose on the back.
Tastes sharp and roasty. There is a lot of cinnamon on the tongue. Funkiness is a bit odd. Good solid mouthfeel. Overall enjoyable.
Serving type: bottle
10-08-2011 17:47:04 | More by Urbancaver
3.48/5 rDev -10.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Bomber 2009 vintage, # 114/156 courtesy of iceicebaby. Thanks again Sean!
Pours pitch black and completely opaque with a half finger light beige head that quickly fades into a lasting ring. Minimal spots of lacing.
Nice robust, roasted dark malt aroma with hints of bittersweet dark chocolate, dry coffee/espresso bean and oatmeal but not acrid/burnt smelling at all. Slight lactic creaminess along with a subtle bourbon barrel presence. Sweet bourbon in the nose but not much vanilla or oak. Also, the spice character is very faint and I'm not picking up much cinnamon at all.
Medium bodied but a little thinner than expected with a very odd combination of flavors. Much spicier than the aroma suggests with lots zesty pepper and cinnamon up front. The barrel presence is also stronger than expected with some sweet boozy bourbon and dry, toasted oak/wood flavor. I'm still not picking up any of the smoother vanilla/marshmallow notes. Underneath there is a dry roasted malt presence with a very strong, dry acrid coffee flavor. The coffee has faded a bit, resulting in the beer becoming overly dry and even slightly burnt tasting. The dry bitterness lingers into a long finish. As it warms, the smoother chocolate and oatmeal notes start to show balancing things out a bit.
Overall this beer was pretty weird but still enjoyable. Bourbon, coffee and cinnamon sounds like an unlikely match and it doesn't really work all that well for my taste. I admire the experimentation but this wasn't my cup of tea.
Serving type: bottle
04-03-2011 07:42:13 | More by corby112
3.65/5 rDev -5.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Consumed January 2011.
A: Dark brown/black body. No signs of a head or lacing.
S: Coffee! Dark roasted coffee grounds. Some licorice, chocolate, and generic roasted malts.
T: Fairly one dimensional. Just a shit ton of roasted coffee grounds with only a hint of licorice and chocolate.
M: Medium-full bodied, some boozy astringency.
D: The one dimensional flavor profile gets in the way of things here. The coffee was just way to assertive for my liking.
Serving type: bottle
02-13-2011 02:57:57 | More by callmemickey
Cellar Cuvee 2 from Jackie O's Pub & Brewery
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DSpace Community: Informatica http://hdl.handle.net/1942/9932 Informatica 2014-06-21T16:49:47Z Perceptual Decolorization and Dehazing of Images and Videos http://hdl.handle.net/1942/13048
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Perceptual Decolorization and Dehazing of Images and Videos
Authors
Ancuti, Codruta
Abstract
The mastering craft of photography aspiration is to communicate the equivalent of what we saw and felt (Alfred Stieglitz). The key to obtain a satisfactory image representation lies in reproducing the expressive scene characteristics. Although photographic work is often regarded as a literal transcription of the reality, due to the depiction constrains, artists perform tedious work and employ many photographic controls to obtain a realistic representation. In this work we address the problem of enhancing images by contrast manipulation. The importance of contrast holds not just for the perceived dimensionality of lightness but for colors as well. Therefore, proper techniques for contrast manipulation in the image will automatically yield desired adjustments over perceived image appearance. The presented work proposes new ways of transforming the image color, style and appearances. Our work is motivated by several photographic and artistic techniques being validated by perceptual studies. In the first part, we introduce an algorithm that decolorize images and videos guided by the original saliency. The method is inspired by the Hering's opponent process theory and aims to increase the contrast of the regions of interest, rather than over the entire image. We have based our approach on the assumption that preserving these salient regions in the converted image will result in a better preservation of the visual contrast and overall perceptual appearance. After the monochromatic luminance channel is filtered and stored as a reference, the luminance values are computed pixel-wise by mixing both saturation and hue values, creating a new spatial distribution with an increased contrast of the interest regions. All the pre-computed values are normalized in order to fit the entire intensity range while the intensity is re-balanced in order to conserve the local contrast in the initial image. Since our decolorization is accurate and preserves finest details, we can exploit variations in chromacity as well as luminance for application such as video decolorization, segmentation under different illuminants, detail enhancement, wide-baseline image matching and auditory substitution systems. 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Adaptivity in Virtual Environments: Enhancing User Interaction and Accommodating User Diversity http://hdl.handle.net/1942/13021
Title
Adaptivity in Virtual Environments: Enhancing User Interaction and Accommodating User Diversity
Authors
Octavia, Johanna
Abstract
Virtual environments are highly interactive, computer-simulated environments where users interact in 3D spaces to performcomplex tasks using diverse 3D interaction techniques and devices. The complexity of 3D interaction in virtual environments may hinder user interaction and influence user performance. User interaction in virtual environments may also be restrained by the variety between the users due to the different user characteristics, which are seldom taken into account when designing virtual environments. This dissertation is motivated by our belief that providing adaptivity in virtual environments is a significant key to enhance user interaction and accommodate user diversity. Our research is directed to strive for the integration of adaptivity into virtual environments and investigate to what extent the integrated adaptivity can enhance natural and intuitive user interaction. The first part of this dissertation is dedicated to investigate adaptation in virtual environments in general since it has not been extensively explored in any previous research. We present an overview of adaptation in virtual environments including several types of adaptation that can be provided and a research framework to enable the integration of such adaptation. A number of formal experiments show that integrating adaptation in a virtual environment leads to improved interaction, performance increase, frustration decrease and positive appreciation from the users. The second part of this dissertation focuses in exploring adaptivity in virtual environments specifically designed for upper-limb rehabilitation of people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). The user studies carried out with MS patients demonstrate the potential benefits of providing an adaptive personalized training in their rehabilitation. We hope that a contemplation on this dissertation would increase a conscious awareness of designers and developers of virtual environments towards the user diversity and the necessity of integrating adaptivity to enhance user interaction. 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z User-Centered Process Framework and Techniques to Support the Realization of Interactive Systems by Multi-Disciplinary Teams http://hdl.handle.net/1942/13052
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User-Centered Process Framework and Techniques to Support the Realization of Interactive Systems by Multi-Disciplinary Teams
Authors
Haesen, Mieke
Abstract
The last decades, the use of interactive systems has increased. Current technologies allow a wide range of end users to use several systems in various contexts. Interactive systems are not restricted to professional use anymore and end users expect to obtain a positive user experience from using these systems. Consequently, it is recommended to carefully consider the end user needs during the design and development of systems and their user interfaces. User-centered approaches for the design and development of interactive systems have proved e ective when design teams can properly take into account user needs and the context of use of a system. These approaches typically involve multi-disciplinary teams in order to include complementary points of view in a system's design and development. However, di culties occur for some development teams when multiple backgrounds and disciplines are involved in a software design and development project. In this dissertation we investigated the combination of user-centered design (UCD) and software engineering (SE) and the involvement of multidisciplinary teams, which are indispensable in order to obtain systems that carefully take into account end user needs and contextual information. We presented MuiCSer 1, a process framework for multi-disciplinary user-centered software engineering that was used to specify practical user-centered software engineering (UCSE) processes. Furthermore, we used MuiCSer to study the use of tools and artifacts in UCSE as well as UCSE in practice. Resulting weaknesses and di culties in UCSE included a lack of tools and notations that support the collaboration in multi-disciplinary UCSE teams and support the transition from informal artifacts to formal models. Additionally, our studies based on MuiCSer revealed a lack of notations that incorporate a broad range of user needs and requirements. 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Mobile Structured Light: Reconstruction using a Signal Processing Approach http://hdl.handle.net/1942/13063
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Mobile Structured Light: Reconstruction using a Signal Processing Approach
Authors
Hermans, Chris
Abstract
In this dissertation we introduce a new set of 3D shape acquisition methods, which we have called mobile structured light. Unlike the more classical structured light methods, in which a static projector illuminates a (static) scene with a variety of time-varying illumination patterns, our proposed technique makes use of a mobile projector emitting a single static sinusoidal illumination pattern. This projector, which we refer to as a sliding projector, is translated at a constant velocity in the direction of the projector's horizontal axis. Optionally, we use a secondary illumination pattern, a De Bruin pattern tailored onto the original wave pattern, to allow for online extrinsic calibration of our setup. Illuminating the object in this manner allows us to perform fast per pixel computations, in which we can analyze the incoming illumination using traditional methods from signal processing literature. By employing Fourier analysis to decompose the observed illumination sequence into a corresponding set of frequency components, we are able to recover pixel depth. We have observed that there exist a linear relationship between the depth of a scene point, defined as the distance between the projector's principal plane and the scene point, and the frequency of the observed illumination sequence in the corresponding pixel. Thus, either with precise precalibration of the setup, or using a secondary pattern for extrinsic post-calibration, we are able to convert these depth values into a valid 3D reconstruction. As we have explicitly cast depth estimation as a signal processing problem, we are able to borrow from the vast literature that exists on the discussed topics. In this dissertation, we have examined the influence of applying frequency refinement techniques from the single tone estimation problem to our own approach, and noticed a significant improvement in accuracy and reduction in required frames. Furthermore, we have shown compatibility between new developments in the area of compressed sensing, which could potentially be applied to a pre-calibrated implementation of our technique.The proposed approach has several advantages over classical structured light methods. As the method performs depth estimation on a per pixel basis, it is able to preserve sharp edges in the produced depth image. Furthermore, unlike classical structured light methods, the quality of our results is not limited by projector or camera resolution, but is solely dependent on the temporal sampling density of the captured image sequence. Additional benefits include a significant robustness against common problems encountered with structured light methods, such as occlusions, specular reflections, subsurface scattering, interreflections, and to a certain extent projector defocus. Finally, we have discussed the dual relationship between epipolar plane image analysis, a passive shape acquisition technique which uses a linearly translating camera in order to capture the scene structure, and the proposed mobile structured light method. EPI analysis exploits the large amount of inherent structure in the recorded image volume to recover scene structure, relying on data redundancy and a color consensus matching criterium to establish cross-frame correspondences. It is this same data redundancy that determines the accuracy of the observed frequency in our proposed dual technique, without the requirements of an order constraint or the restrictive nature of a color consistency assumption. Thus, mobile structured light allows for the acquisition of a much larger variety of materials, whereas EPI analysis was restricted mainly to Lambertertian surfaces. 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

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Guys, anyone changed the headunit on a new A3 3dr? Looking at the shape of the concert II I think I need some of these
Am I right?
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Guys, anyone changed the headunit on a new A3 3dr? Looking at the shape of the concert II I think I need some of these
Am I right?
If I'm not entirely mistaken, I believe that's a pic of the facia adaptor for the older 8L model. The adaptor for the 8P should be in one piece, that's atleast how mine looks like (sorry, don't have a pic right now).
fella go into audi.. they do one that fits perfect.. is the same colour and is under Ł4....
probably the only part that is cheap in an audi dealer..
marvelous, that's just the sort of info I needed. and only Ł4!!!
There is also: Car Audio Direct
That's where the picture came from. Ł11.50 as opposed to Ł4 OEM? No brainer I think.
Yeah, it's just one piece, and shouldn't cost a lot.
I used the items in your picture to fit an aftermarket stereo to my girlfriends A3, but it's only a 51 plate. You might need a wiring adaptor too? I had a nightmare sorting the right one-it's got the Bose system-and there are two different leads to chose from-one that uses the standard wiring plugs, or an alternative if you are fitting a head unit with pre outs. Not many of the accessory shops stock them because of the cost (between Ł40-Ł60 ) depending where you buy them. Unicar were about the dearest!! Regards. Paul
as stated above the product ID for audi is there.. and its under Ł4 and you know you are getting the right product...
The911SC - Ł5.50 + p&p??
that guys making a nice earner from people who are tooooo lazy to visit their audi dealer..
Cheers Richy.
no probs


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Rushville Republican
Lowell Edwin McCauley, 72, of Indianapolis, passed away Oct. 31, 2012.
Born April 20, 1940 in Orange, he was the son of Francis and Edith (Warner) McCauley, both deceased.
He married Glenda Rose Wright May 20, 1962; she survives.
He graduated from Mays High School and retired from Deluxe Check Printer Corp., where he worked for over 30 years as a machinist.
Survivors in addition to his wife include daughters, Christina L. (Robert) Beck of Kirklin, Jennifer L. (Dane) Dittemore of Fishers and Angela M. McCauley of Greenwood; a grandson, Drake A. Dittemore; and another grandchild on the way.
Besides his parents he was preceded in death by a brother, Carl P. McCauley.
Services are at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2 at Kercheval Funeral Home in Sheridan. Burial at 1 p.m. Saturday at East Hill Cemetery, Rushville. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.


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Beyond Lindsay Lohan
July 21, 2010 § 4 Comments
by SILVIA
Right now Lindsay Lohan's incarceration is all over the news. While most media outlets are obsessed with how much time Lindsay will be serving, it's super important to remember the staggering and disturbing statistics of women in prison.
The following statistics are quoted directly from Women's Prison Association's Quick Facts Women and Criminal Justice — 2009. For more information, visit their website.
- Over 200,000 women are in prison and jail in the United States, and more than one million women are under criminal justice supervision.
- Two-thirds of women in prison are there for non-violent offenses, many for drug-related crimes.
- Nearly two-thirds of women in prison are mothers.
- 93 out of every 100,000 white women were incarcerated at midyear 2008. During the same time period, 349 out of every 100,000 black women and 147 out of every 100,000 Hispanic women were incarcerated.
According to Amnesty International's Women and Prison: Fact Sheet, women in prison often experience sexual assault and misconduct due to the extreme power imbalance between officers and inmates, including guards' ability to withhold privileges. In addition, women in prison experience medical neglect, including shackling during pregnancy, as well as severe discrimination based on gender, race and sexual orientation. For more information about women in prison and other issues of women's human rights, go to Amnesty's site.
Quick Hit: The Taliban's War on Women
July 15, 2010 § 1 Comment
When 22-year-old Hossai was told to quit her job by the Taliban, she refused to be bullied. She was shot and killed…These stories are seldom heard, but it's not because they are rare. The victims are often too terrified to report such attacks to the authorities, or have little hope that anything will be done if they do. They can expect little or no protection from their government, which seems more willing to provide patronage to senior insurgents who switch sides than assist women at grave risk. When high-profile women are assassinated, their cases are not given the priority they deserve and their killers are rarely brought to justice. While men who run afoul of the Taliban are also attacked — particularly in Kandahar, where the murder rate in recent months has reached unprecedented heights — the situation for women is worse.
Thoughts on a Ruined Afternoon
July 13, 2010 § 2 Comments
Cross-posted at Female Impersonator.
Memory: It is a delicious Sunday afternoon. Sun glitters through the trees, splashes over benches and stains the ground. It is the fourth of July, and I have spent several hours on my own, reading the intoxicating prose of one of my favorite writers, Zadie Smith, in one of my favorite places in all of New York City: Fort Tryon Park. Shoes off, feet in the grass. Sometimes the world is so beautiful it makes me ache. It's time for the ideal reading break: an ice cream cone. I walk to the truck, pay for my chocolate ice cream with chocolate sprinkles. Perfect refreshing cool, perfect crunch. I stroll back into the park under a canopy of lush leaves. Sometimes the world is so beautiful it makes me ache.
There are people in the background of my vision. One of them emerges slowly; I understand that he is moving toward me. He is an older man, probably in his early seventies, walking along. He stops in front of me, and I pause slightly.
He is going to say, "It is so gorgeous on this lawn."
He is going to say, "It is so relaxing here!"
He is going to say, "It is so hot today, don't you think?"
No, he is not. He is not going to say any of these things. His face is two feet from mine and he is saying, "It is so sexy watching you lick that cone."
There is a voice in my head saying: You should have known this was coming. I am still walking and I say crisply, loudly, "THAT'S DISGUSTING" and he smiles and he turns and I walk and my mouth is dry. Sometimes the world is so awful it makes me ache.
Vision: I don't walk on. I don't say anything. I laugh shrilly and he looks startled and I mash my cold ice cream into his face, his beard, it covers him and I am calm. I've won.
Vision: I don't walk on. I scream, "Leave me the fuck alone." I shriek, "You're a piece of shit." I shout, "Fuck you, prick." I've won.
Reality: I can't win. Street harassment is so mind-bogglingly fucked up. It's a cruel game that I'm playing against my will and I can't fucking win it. That's all I want: I want to win. I want to feel better than these jerks because I am. Even more than I hate harassment itself, I abhor the way I feel afterwards. At first I feel ashamed, embarassed even though I've done literally nothing wrong. Then I feel regretful, angry at myself for not reacting more harshly. I feel like a bad feminist, like I haven't spoken up properly or stood up for myself in the "right" way. Next I feel guilty. I feel mean. I make excuses for the dipshit who's put me in this situation — I tell myself maybe he's a nice guy, maybe he didn't mean it that way. And finally, always, I feel sick, physically nauseous.
All of this shit, all of this fills my mind. It takes up so much space, so much brainpower and it's absolutely useless. Instead of being consumed by these victim-blaming thoughts, I want to feel safe and strong and sexy, sexy on my own terms.
Street harassment isn't a compliment. It's not "no big deal," and it's not isolated. It lies on the continuum of violence against women; it's meant to keep women quiet, keep us inside, keep us from coming and going as we please. It can ruin your afternoon, your emotional safety, your confidence. It needs to be stopped.
HollaBack! is an awesome organization that works to fight street harassment on a global level. Check out their new website, and their PSA (transcript below the fold). I'm the one wearing the plaid jacket.
Maureen Dowd…gets it right?
June 9, 2010 § Leave a comment
Oh, Maureen Dowd. I never quite know how to approach her writing. Occasionally she's very smart and irreverent in the best way, and at those times her accomplishments as a successful, mainstream female journalist make me proud. More often, though, I accidentally read something she's written (seriously, I never seek out this stuff) and think: What? Also: Why?
Like this: "Even as he grows arugula in the White House vegetable garden, Barack Obama never again wants to be seen as the hoity-toity guy fretting over the price of arugula at Whole Foods. That is why the president ends up sending mixed signals on food." …By talking about the nutritional importance of fruits and veggies, and then sometimes eating a hamburger. Or something. Seriously, what? (Sweet Machine had an excellent takedown, which included the delightfully LOL-worthy line, "Seriously, why does ANYBODY mistake MoDo for a feminist, ever? Is it because she is a woman with a job?")
Or this: "Al Gore is so feminized and diversified and ecologically correct that he's practically lactating." What. Can. This POSSIBLY Mean.
But — in true Dowd fashion — I digress.
The point is she had a fairly great piece up yesterday about a truly disgusting group of young men at Landon, "an elite private grade school and high school for boys in [a] wealthy Washington suburb."
Before they got caught last summer, the boys had planned an "opening day party," complete with T-shirts, where the mission was to invite the drafted girls and, unbeknownst to them, score points by trying to rack up as many sexual encounters with the young women as possible.
…In The Washington Post, the sports columnist Sally Jenkins wrote about the swagger of young male athletes and the culture of silence that protects their thuggish locker-room behavior.
…Jean Erstling, Landon's director of communications, said…that "Landon has an extensive ethics and character education program which includes as its key tenets respect and honesty. Civility toward women is definitely part of that education program."
Time for a curriculum overhaul. Young men everywhere must be taught, beyond platitudes, that young women are not prey.
Wow! It is a surprising day when I concur with Maureen Dowd. But it has come! We are in agreement! On this one, at least.
Average people do not do terrible things of their own volition. I refuse to believe it! I am too much of an optimist. Because let me tell you something: If I believed, as our culture seems to, that men are rapacious beasts whose thirst for violence cannot be quelled, I would have given up on all of this so, so long ago. I would have given up on this blog, on daring to talk and write about sexual violence, on feminist organizing, on having the audacity to travel alone whenever and wherever I please. I would have given up on men, and I would have given up on my own freedom. But luckily, I haven't. Because I believe that, in the majority of cases (though certainly not all), rape happens because of the intricate process of socialization that teaches boys that rape is okay, or at the very least, not a big deal. This process is part of the enormous and far-reaching tentacles of rape culture, the cultural meme that encourages and condones sexual violence against women.
Most men rape because of opportunity, because someone is vulnerable and because they've got an entire culture backing them up, because they haven't been taught that it's wrong, because they think — often correctly — that they can get away with it.
As Bernard Lefkowitz painstakingly documented in his book Our Guys, about the culture of a tight-knit New Jersey town that allowed the gang rape of a mentally retarded young woman — by her classmates and childhood friends – not only to happen, but also to be excused: "These Glen Ridge kids, they were pure gold, every mother's dream, every father's pride. They were not only Glen Ridge's finest, but in their perfection they belonged to all of us." These rapists were not anomalies. Far from it. Indeed, they were the perfect products of our misogynistic culture.
Sexual violence is not a stand-alone problem; it lies on a patriarchal continuum of all the tiny ways we wrong women, all the time, every day, at home, at work, on the street, in the doctor's office, on the subway, in advertisements, in the classroom, in the courtroom, on the silver screen, all across the infinite internet. When the world treats women like shit, how can we expect our sons and brothers and classmates to learn that it's not okay to treat women like shit?
Here are some things you should know
May 19, 2010 § 1 Comment
Here are some values that I think are wonderful: Accountability. Respect. Honesty. Sex-positivity.
Here is a poster that I think is beautiful — literally gorgeous, literally having the power to bring tears to my eyes:
Here is an organization that is doing incredible work: Men Can Stop Rape.
Just, you know, FYI.
Are you fucking serious?
May 17, 2010 § 4 Comments
Trigger warning.
This is a real thing: a Facebook group that can be "liked" by users, entitled "That awkward silence during rape." So that if someone you know finds rape hilarious, the statement "So-and-so likes that awkward silence during rape" will appear on your news feed.
REPORT THIS SHIT. Scroll to the bottom left corner of the page and REPORT THIS. TELL YOUR FRIENDS. REPORT THE FUCK OUT OF THIS ASTOUNDING BULLSHIT.
I repeat: what happens online matters. I repeat: rape is not a joke.
UPDATE: It looks like the original page has been dissolved. But I encourage you to report these similar groups: the awkward silence after the rape; It isn't r.a.p.e…. It's SURPRISE SEX. (:; to rape you. …The list goes on and on.
I am truly horrified.
HollaBack PSA!
May 7, 2010 § 2 Comments
The HollaBack PSA that I've previously posted on is ready for the watchin'. Check it out below:
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So… this is disgusting
February 10, 2010 § 3 Comments
It has come to my attention that there is a Facebook fan page entitled, "Killing your hooker so you don't have to pay her." The page boasts such updates as, "Ever stab your hooker with a blunt object to add insult to injury?" The page was created about a month ago.
And, as of today, it has 22,127 fans.
This is a deeply offensive, misogynistic, and outright violent page. Hypothetical violence is not funny, but real violence is even less amusing — and this violence is real. The murder of sex workers is frighteningly commonplace, and all too often is excused under some bullshit pretense that sex workers are expendable, are unhuman.
What happens online matters. George Sodini showed us that much. Wrote Bob Herbert in the aftermath of Sodini's shooting:
We've seen this tragic ritual so often that it has the feel of a formula. A guy is filled with a seething rage toward women and has easy access to guns. The result: mass slaughter.
…We have become so accustomed to living in a society saturated with misogyny that the barbaric treatment of women and girls has come to be more or less expected.
We profess to being shocked at one or another of these outlandish crimes, but the shock wears off quickly in an environment in which the rape, murder and humiliation of females is not only a staple of the news, but an important cornerstone of the nation's entertainment.
Facebook pages like this one are surely a form of entertainment, of shits and giggles, for those involved. For the sex workers who are killed for no other reason than hatred, the amusement fades.
This "entertainment" is what happens when people hate women, hate sex workers, and see violence as a viable solution to their rage.
Please, please visit the "Killing your hooker so you don't have to pay her" Facebook fan page and report it for its offensive content. (Scroll down and look in the lower left corner of your screen to find the link to report it.)
UPDATE: It looks like the page has been taken down… when you click my original link, it takes you to Facebook's home page instead of the offensive fan page. Good work, crew.
Facebook Continues to be Fucked Up
December 26, 2009 § 2 Comments
Here's a little gem that just popped up in my news feed, courtesy of a new application called Sex Jokes for iPhone:
An escaped convict, imprisoned for 1st degree murder, had spent 25 years of his life sentence in prison. While on the run, he broke into a house and tied up a young couple who had been sleeping in the bedroom. He tied the man to a chair on one side of the room and his wife on the bed. He got on the bed right over the woman, and it appeared he was kissing her neck. Suddenly he got up and left the room. As soon as possible the husband made his way across the room to his bride, his chair in tow, and whispered, "Honey, this guy hasn't seen a woman in years. I saw him kissing on your neck and then he left in a hurry. Just cooperate and do anything he wants. If he wants to have sex with you, just go along with it and pretend you like it. Whatever you do don't fight him or make him mad. Our lives depend on it! Be strong and I love you." After spitting out the gag in her mouth, the half naked wife says: "Dear, I'm so relieved you feel that way. You're right, he hasn't seen a woman in years, but he wasn't kissing my neck…He was whispering in my ear. He said he thinks you're really cute and asked if we kept the Vaseline in the bathroom. Be strong and I love you, too."
Who could have possibly thought that this "sex" (read: rape) joke was a good idea? Oh, that's right, disgusting hatemongers.
This is what justice looks like?
November 30, 2009 § 1 Comment
Yeah, so. This is the Swiss chalet where Roman Polanski — an admitted, convicted, and escaped rapist — will be confined to house arrest after being released on bail.
From the LA Times:
A Swiss justice officials was quoted by AFP and Swiss news media as saying Polanski would be allowed to make unlimited phone calls and have full access to e-mail and the Internet. Although he cannot leave his house, he can invite friends over and throw parties at the tony chalet in the ski resort of Gstaad.
Hey Polanski, hope you can bear to stay inside your gorgeous, expensive house — while rape survivors and allies the world over gag at the apalling lack of justice your case has produced.


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How many times have you told yourself, "I'm going to work out every day this year (or at least at all)" come the New Year?
Fitness is a common New Year's resolution, so anticipating that for 2013, Patch has come up with some suggestions for local gyms and fitness facilities you can consider to make your resolutions come to fruition.
Avon Gyms and Fitness Places
- Healthtrax, 100 Simsbury Rd.
- Snap Fitness, 260 West Main St. (Route 44 next to former TJ Maxx building)
- Premier Fitness (equipment, personal training and nutrition), 395 West Main St. (Route 44)
- Fitness Together (one-on-one or group personal training and nutrition), 300 Country Club Rd (near the intersection with West Avon Road)
- C2 Pilates, in the Healthtrax building
- Barre classes through C2 Pilates, Healthtrax building
- Jazzercise Avon Farmington Valley Fitness Center, 192 West Main St. (Route 44)
- InnerSpace (yoga and pilates)17 West Main St. (Route 44)
- Cardio Party Fitness Studio (Zumba), 9 Avonwood Rd. (near the intersection with Waterville Road, Route 10)
- Korlates Fitness by Kris Kory, 42 West Main St. (Route 44)
- The Perfect Workout! (personal training, physical therapy, nutrition), 31 Ensign Dr.
- Terry's School of Dance, 140 Simsbury Rd. (Riverdale Farms)
- Fitbody Personal Training, 136 Simsbury Rd., Bldg 4 (Riverdale Farms)
- Connecticut Taekwondo, 220 West Main St. (Route 44)
Where to Go Running?
If money's tight or you don't prefer a gym or classes, you don't have to let that get in the way of staying in shape.
Just put on some running shoes (and probably your Under Armour, a hat, gloves and warm layers in this weather) and go for a run in your neighborhood or on your favorite route in town.
Here are some trails and parks in Avon that are a good start:
- Farmington Valley Greenway, there are several entry points, including one on Thompson Road by the former MH Rhodes property.
- Rails to Trails by Sperry Park on Simsbury Road.
- Countryside Park, Huckleberry Hill Road.
Are you already in shape? Great, tell us your secret! Share your recommendations for places to go for a good workout in 2013 by posting a comment. Where do you go running in Avon?


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EA CEO John Riccitiello steps down
EA has announced that their current CEO John Riccitiello is to step down from the company.
Riccitiello's six year reign as CEO of EA will come to an end on March the 30th he steps down from his post and from his position on the board of directors.
He is to be replaced for the time being by former CEO Larry Probst who first held the role between 1991 and 2007.
Probst said of Riccitiello's departure, "We thank John for his contributions to EA since he was appointed CEO in 2007, especially the passion, dedication and energy he brought to the Company every single day. John has worked hard to lead the Company through challenging transitions in our industry, and was instrumental in driving our very significant growth in digital revenues. We appreciate John's leadership and the many important strategic initiatives he has driven for the Company. We have mutually agreed that this is the right time for a leadership transition."


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After the forests were cleared and lumber shipped to ports like Milwaukee and Chicago to build their cities, another industry took over in South Haven– agriculture. Due to the temperate lake breezes, it was discovered by world-renowned horticulturists like Liberty Hyde Bailey, a South Haven native, that this area was perfect for growing fruit, particularly blueberries, peaches and grapes. South Haven is proud to be known as the "Blueberry Capital of the World" because Michigan, and particularly Van Buren County, ranks as the nation's leading producer of the crop.
This four-day festival will be held in various locations in and out of doors in the Lake Michigan Beachtown community of South Haven, Michigan. Many events take place overlooking South Haven's picturesque harbor, our 110 year old Lighthouse and Lake Michigan.
This is a very family-friendly event with activities for all ages to enjoy! Plus, most all events are free and open to the public.
Top events are a Kids' blueberry pie eating contest on Friday, top-tier free evening entertainment throughout the festival, Blueberry pancake breakfasts, Saturday and Sunday, Blueberry Festival Parade on Saturday, Arts and Crafts Fair on Saturday and Sunday, Downtown Sidewalk Sales, Blueberry Festival Cook Off, 5k Run/Walk on Saturday and Rotary club fly-in, Classic Car Show and Pancake breakfast at South Haven Regional Airport.
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In 24 years of teaching and coaching basketball at Los Angeles Fairfax, Harvey Kitani says he has never come across a 17-year-old quite like Duke-bound senior Jamal Boykin.
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Kempsville served as the hub of Princess Anne County in the 18th century. The area was also the site of a Revolutionary War skirmish that resulted in the war's first Virginia casualty.
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Erin Mackey, Marissa McGowan, Jeremy Morse and Zachary Prince Sing Will Reynolds Tunes in Free Concert Nov. 26
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Broadway's Future Songbook Series, which is presented by Arts and Artists at St. Paul, continues Nov. 26 in the Bruno Walter Auditorium at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
Directed, hosted and produced by John Znidarsic, the evening spotlights the songs of up-and-coming composer/lyricist Will Reynolds. Show time is 6 PM.
The free concert features the talents of Erin Mackey, Marissa McGowan, Drama Desk nominee Jeremy Morse and Zachary Prince. The artists will be backed by Andrew Einhorn on piano, Susan Davis on violin and Bryan West on cello.
Will Reynolds is the composer/creator of The Greenwood Tree, a 2013 Dramatist Guild Fellow, and an alumnus of ASCAP's Johnny Mercer Songwriters Project. A song cycle of his work entitled I Knew a Boy was presented last season at Roosevelt University in Chicago. With Eric Price, their children's theater commission Around the World was last seen at the Utah Festival Opera, and they were featured in the NAMT (National Alliance for Musical Theatre) Songwriter Showcase.
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Indiana State University will once again host the "Fill the Cart" drive to collect items for the Terre Haute Humane Society animal shelter.
The large, dark green metallic cart that toured several campus buildings last December will once again be out to accept items to be donated to the animal shelter.
The shelter, which works to rescue animals such as cats and dogs, uses a variety of items to operate year-round. The shelter works with Terre Haute and Vigo County authorities with animal control.
The shelter needs an array of items to operate, from flea and heartworm medication to office supplies and newspapers. The shelter even can benefit from used bath towels. Volunteers bathe puppies and kittens with Dawn dishwashing soap.
The shelter also uses significant amounts of laundry detergent and bleach for the dozen loads of laundry that need to be done daily.
The green cart collecting goods will be stationed in different ISU campus buildings over the next several weeks for people to donate items.
The Humane Society also accepts gift cards from different stores, as the shelter can frequently run low on various items throughout the year.
The shelter recently ran low on office supplies, which are used in processing adoptions and other logistical needs. The shelter can run out of supplies quickly, Wheeler said.
Last year, the Indiana State community donated more than two cartloads of items to the Humane Society. A large van was filled to capacity with the items.
"I think this year will be even more successful because people … remember when we did that last year," Wheeler said.
More information about the Terre Haute Humane Society, including a list of items that the shelter uses in operations, can be found at: http://www.thhs.org/


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Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Cole is certainly in demand at the moment; she's hitting the headlines almost every day with stories about her blossoming romance with backing dancer Tre Holloway, or 10-year reunion tour with Girls Aloud.
And it seems the singer may have got bored with her usual topics of conversation - including style, her Girls Aloud bandmates and ex-husband Ashley Cole - so in a recent interview with Stylist magazine, she decided to discuss the Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton instead.
Cheryl branded the nude photos scandal - where pictures of Kate sunbathing topless while on holiday with husband Price William were published in gossip magazines - "disgusting" - but she also complimented the new Royal's figure.
"Disgusting. They were having a private moment and it was absolutely invaded. She does have a great pair of boobs, though, right?"
She also commented on meeting the Princess - and was sure to pile on the praise.
"We had this amazing moment. She's so ordinary! I mean, obviously she isn't because she's a princess, but she's so easy to get along with."
The pair met at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee ceremony earlier this year, where Cheryl was widely criticized for singing out of tune, and generally looking out of place. Perhaps not something Cheryl wants to draw attention too - although at least she was complimentary about Kate, after launching a number of critical attacks on fellow celebrities such as Nicole Scherzinger in her new autobiography.
Cheryl also gave her opinion on Prince Harry's nude scandal, in Vegas earlier this year.
"I mean, it's not the smartest thing in his position. But didn't Diana always want them to have normal lives. And you do not get more normal than that. Do you? Taking your clothes off in Vegas?"
The interview also goes into depth about Cheryl's feelings as Girls Aloud announce their reunion. It had been reported that the band would get back together in time for a performance at the Olympics, with the girls themselves giving hints about performing in the closing ceremony, but instead they announced the tour and a new album, "Ten", last year. It's widely thought that it will be the last Girls Aloud tour, especially with tensions in the group being well-known, but Cheryl was quick to call the band her family and state how much less stressful touring as a band is.
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If your students are involved in class projects or if you are conducting research involving human participants, you must obtain ethical clearance before proceeding. The Tri- Council Policy Statement describes standards you should anticipate undertaking in research where humans serve as subjects as well as when and why ethical clearance is necessary.
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The right to be mobile across national borders is one of the fundamental freedoms of European citizens. Not only is the EU seeking to guarantee this right, but it also actively promotes it. However, it was recognised that Europe suffers a deficit when it comes to mobility and, it is for this reason that the Flowchart project had materialised.
The Flowchart project started with a "Kick-off" meeting which took place in Londonon 19th February 2010. The exchange placements took place in June, July and September 2010 with the participants keeping an online diary detailing their experiences. The exchange flow was as follows:
In the first week of November the participants gathered in Brussels for a study visit and to attend the conference "Mind the Gap – towards better enforcement of European citizens' free movement rights" held on 3 November 2011. The event brought together representatives of citizens' advice organisations and other NGOs with experience in dealing, at a local level, with the problems of enforcing European free movement rights for EU citizens and members of their family. The report on the conference and study visit can be downloaded below.
The final meeting for the project took place in Brussels on Wednesday 19th January 2011. At this meeting the finalisation and outcomes of the project were discussed. ECAS prepared a charter on ensuring free movement of people in the EU, which citizen's advisors committed to. A report, within the framework of Flowchart, on EU migration trends in the EU was published on the 1st May 2011. To help the success of the project live on a network of EU migrant advisors was launched thereafter.
To download the PROGRAMME of the conference, please click here
To download Commissioner Reding's speech at the conference, please click here
To download the Charter On A Commitment To Ensuring Free Movement Of Persons / Migrants Within The EU please click here
To download the Evaluation of Flowchart project, please click here
The Organisations Involved
Citizens Advice (CAB) (England and Wales)
With the support of the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
ECAS is supported by the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) of the European Commission.


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Wind, rain and now ice as Met Office warn of slippery surfaces in Sussex overnight
2:04pm Saturday 15th February 2014 in News
Icy stretches are being forecast for Sussex as skies begin to clear.
The county has been battered by gale force and winds for the past few weeks but now the Met Office has issued a new warning for ice.
A spokesman said: "As skies clear and winds ease, icy stretches are expected to form in parts of Scotland later this evening and in some other parts before Sunday morning.
"The public should be aware of possible slippery surfaces to start the day on Sunday."
The warning is from 8pm tonight until 10am tomorrow morning and covers East and West Sussex.
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With a scoreless last quarter, and a final score of 39 to 21, Needham claimed the 125th annual thanksgiving football game.
Going into the game, Wellesley had the edge, with a 59-57-9 all-time record, Needham has two years straight going into this game--according to USA Today High School Sports. (There is still time to vote for the Needham-Wellesley rivalry for Best High School Rivalry in Mass, on USA Today High School Sports).
See more of the football game on NECN.
Were you at the game? Share Your Needham-Wellesley Thanksgiving Game Photos and impressions with readers by posting them in the comments or uploading them here.
The following was sent via Needham High School Athletics Director Micah Hauben, and is part of the Rockets Review:
On Thursday, in the 125th annual Thanksgiving Day Football Game, Needham defeated rival Wellesley 39-21 in front of more than 5000 at Memorial Field! Getting an astounding 291 yards and 5 touchdowns from Junior Mike Panepinto (#10 pictured below - finished as DI leader in TDs, 25, and yards, 2000+), the Rockets clamped down on defense in the 2nd half, giving up only 6 points after the break, to beat the Raiders for the third straight year. With the win, and the Weymouth loss to Walpole, Needham ends the season as the BSC Carey Division Co-Champions at 8-3.
Thanksgiving Day Photos by Dave Arnold (NHS Boosters Photographer) www.davearnoldphotography.com
More on the Web:
- Boston Globe Story: http://www.boston.com/sports/schools/football/2012/11/23/needham-defeats-wellesley/izbj8LcZse3YLDmt5UeJSK/story.html
- Mike Panepinto Named Globe "Holiday Football Hero":http://www.boston.com/sports/schools/extras/schools_blog/
- Boston Herald Story: http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/high_school/football/view/20221123mike_and_more_panepinto_rockets_put_it_all_together/
- MaxPreps Story and Photos: http://www.maxpreps.com/news/RljVBRKvP0GS6JBlcl8SNg/turkey-day-wrap-usa--lincoln-goes-for-all-the-gravy-in-win-over-mission.htm
On Wednesday (11/21), the Needham HS Senior Girls also earned a big win over Wellesley, winning the annual Powder Puff Game on the road 21-0!
Powder Puff Photos by Bill Danielewski (www.wgdactionphoto.com)
GIRLS XC 8th at NIKE CROSS REGIONALS
In the final athletic event of the fall season, the NHS Girls Cross Country Team took 8th place at the Nike Northeast Regionals on Saturday at Bowdoin Park in Wappinger Falls, NY. In an impressive feat, the three top finishers for the Rockets were Freshman (Margie Cullen - 23rd / Julianna Donovan - 31st / Sarah Armstrong - 40th) and while the girls will not advance to the Nike Nationals (only top 2 teams advance), the future is bright for the program! Visit www.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?event_id=301 for more details and information about the race.


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Part of the daily routine for diabetics is finger pricking to test their blood-sugar levels. But a new study out of England found that many type-2 diabetics have a hard time understanding the test -- and they often skip the routine all together.
In this week's Dealing with Diabetes report, Eye on Health looks at why some diabetics would rather look the other way when it comes to self-testing.
Las Vegas resident Jerry Montgomery recalls the initial fear and frustration of having to self-monitor his blood-glucose levels as part of managing his type-2 diabetes.
"You get up in the morning and you test and you find out you have a high glucose, you start to think back, what did I do?" asks Montgomery. "What haven't I done? And it became something you get very concerned about."
Montgomery is not alone in his anxiety. Diabetes educator Darlene Allen says some type-2 diabetics aren't clear what they're supposed to be looking for -- so they stop looking.
"Most people quit monitoring their blood glucose because they don't understand what the numbers mean, and what they're suppose to do with them anyway," said Allen. "Or sometimes, they don't do it because they really don't want to know the number, and then might have to make a decision about what to do."
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"If they learn what the numbers mean and how they can respond to those numbers, they're going to be more in compliance with doing that," said Allen.
If a person is unaware that their blood sugar levels are consistently high over long periods of time, they could be headed for trouble.
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It's been a trend for rappers to join the judging panel for reality television music show competitions and the list of names are growing.
Stars like Nicki Minaj and Cee-Lo Green are amongst those who are music competition judges. We also learned that Miami rapstress, Trina, allegedly had a deal to judge a rap competition show which ultimately fell through. And when sources reached out to 50 Cent about the idea, he was on board.
He's not quite being considered for any shows just yet but the Queens rapper told sources he wouldn't mind if it were the right timing. For now, he'll just continue to perform on these shows. His performance with 'The Voice' judge, Adam Levine gave him major exposure. Shortly after the show, the song was made available on iTunes and has already hit the number one spot!
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By PAUL HINES
Mt. Vernon's basketball team spent most of Tuesday's game against Marion trying to erase a deficit.
"We can't have the mental mistakes we had," Mt. Vernon coach Scott Gamber said. "We can't give up the number of easy baskets and win a basketball game, (and) coupled with that we shot free throws horribly."
The Rams gave themselves a chance to seize control, but Marion edged Mt. Vernon 46-41 in the Pyramid Plus Tournament. Marion took a 14-7 lead after the first quarter, and Mt. Vernon tried to chip away at the deficit until early in the fourth quarter.
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The bucket sliced the deficit to 34-31. He missed his free throw, but Michael Feezer jumped high and snagged the rebound. Feezer gathered himself and hit a fade away shot with a second left in the quarter. Feezer finished with nine points and 11 rebounds.
Mt. Vernon opened the fourth with possession of the ball and took the lead for the first time in the game when Feezer converted another putback basket. It took Marion two minutes to take the lead back, but once the Wildcats scored Mt. Vernon never led again.
"I told them after the game I'm not mad at them because I thought they played very hard," Gamber said. "I thought three or four times the game looked like it was getting away, we battled back into it."
The Rams weren't without chances in the final minutes.
Jarron Liddell made the score 42-41 after a steal and coast-to-coast basket with 2:20 left in the game. The Rams were down 44-41 when Feezer went to the foul line and missed a pair of attempts. Mt. Vernon regained possession again when the ball bounced off a Marion player with 43 seconds left. The Rams squandered possession with a backcourt violation four seconds later.
The Rams struggled shooting from 3-point range throughout the game, missing every attempt they took.
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Marion's Brant Hill led all scorers with 14 points. Jawan Tucker added 13.
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The church is on the parade route, so it's necessary to arrive by 5 p.m., before the street is closed, the email stated. The release went on to say the parking lot is in easy walking distance to Salem United Church of Christ (at Grove and Morgan streets) which is offering a supper of roast beef sandwiches and chowder before the 6 p.m. start of the parade.
Love it when Christians are really Christians.
What a surprise greeted me Friday morning when Phyllis Forton and her daughters Ellen and Ann stopped by. Phyllis and I are cousins, grew up together and shared lots of fun and memories. She and Ann were in town from Florida visiting Ellen and decided to stop by for a visit. Our laughter filled the room as we reconnected after so many years neither of us could actually remember. We recalled Aunt Jo, our great aunt, and of course grandpa, her brother-in-law, our fun-loving and sometimes a little wacky aunts and uncles as well as all our children, grandchildren and myriads of cousins who live mostly in North Tonawanda. It was a mini-reunion of sorts and hopefully will be repeated in the fall when her sister Eileen, known in the family as Tiny, is considering a visit from Arizona.
Twin City Community Outreach sent a thank you note for mentioning the need for a college art student to paint the building.
In his email, Greg Lureman, president of TCCO, said they were able to connect with Taylor Glass, a North Tonawanda High School graduate now studying art at NCCC.


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