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A man describes the gang rape of a non-person human --the media eggs him on!
Monday, November 2, 2009 at 1:46 am — admin
The word bitch is used to dehumanize the female. The above is an eyewitness account of the rape of the Richmond female as told to a reporter (who btw, is excellent at his job) at the San Francisco Chronicle. link below
As women on the blogosphere wring their hands and wonder, my o my, how COULD this happen, I give you this:
These are all actually words used in a "light-hearted" comedy "The Proposal" starring Sandra Bullock who is precise and demanding in her job. That is her crime; for that she is reduced to IT status, Monster status, poisonous bitch status. Told, because she has fired a man who is overly-smitten with himself and unable to deliver at work, that she is destined to die alone. All for fun Ms. Bullock is reduced to IT status.
Note in the above true-life scenario what happened to the girl the moment she fought back, who acted not demure but ferocious in her attempt to keep a male from doing what he felt entitled to do—anything he pleased. She was immediately consumed.
Oh my, oh dear these men are monsters...so goes the echos on many 3rd wave women's blogs. There is the Mommy thing to do: send money so this poor ruined --yes her life and every relationship she ever has will effectively be tainted by this brutality—girl can "heal."
But where are the LOUD and united calls to demand from our culture an end to media tolerated dehumanization of our women? Instead we seem to think there is nothing to be done but send flowers or a check. Or in the worst cases, ignore the attack because minority men were involved.
Teh movie "True Lies" came on TV a while back; I jotted notes: in one segment Big Arnold, hero, is flirting with a woman as his CIA men in a car listen in. Here are some lines:
This is entitlement by male and dehumanization of female. Isn't it ironic that media loves to portray women as "entitled creatures, callous and unhuman" --if they are not mired in poverty that is—when in fact our society has one enduring message to men: you are entitled to treat women as ITs. In fact a recent study found that when men looked at pretty young girls in bathing suits the part of their brain associated with the use of tools lit up!
Sandra Bullock should be totally shame-faced that she allowed herself to be party to bigotry. And tonight, channel surfing, I came across the most horrendous movie: "Knocked Up." Beautiful woman fall for unattractive guy who is little more than a dope head. Yeah there's that tired message that no woman is beyond the scope of any man….and that an abortion is out of the question, indoctrination snore. But the writers also had a female character say:
Why in God's name do women allow themselves to be used in this fashion? "These little bitches" just furthers the idea that women are things, not fully human and should be called the equivalent of the N word …because, in this case, they are ...gasp ...young. I guess being under the age of 40 is also cause for bitch now.
Now I shall leave you with something a conservative on the Mclaughlin Group said this morning. He wondered if the liberals were out to dehumanize (my word, I think he said attack) Rep. Michele Bachmann in the manner they did to Palin and Hillary. He gave as an example a quote by Montel Williams who said:
I had to google Montel Williams, but evidently he is liberal black male on Air America, the liberal talk radio that has become little more than a misogyny outpost. (see, Randi Rhodes also Air America sexist rants.)
So perhaps Montel would like us to offer him a rope? Just enough to hang himself? From a tree? Only thing is we just don't lynch uppity blacks anymore, but we do gang rape uppity women who have the nerve to fight back, physically or rhetorically. Women are proscribed from fighting. Remember that a misogynist woman, Samantha Powers, called Senator Clinton a "monster" because she went to battle against her better--a man. (Powers left the Obama campaign post remark, but Obama brought her right back as an advisor post election.)
This liberal hate for women HAS GOT TO STOP! But ladies, it ain't going anywhere if women don't demand it. Sending flowers just ain't gonna do it!
I leave you with this very fine line from Kevin Fagan's excellent piece in the Chronicle:
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/01/MNR41ACRGU.D...
Yes, it is all over our prime time TV, national liberal radio, print media and liberal blogs. Respect starts at home and women need to demand that NOW.
Monday, November 2, 2009 at 1:09 pm — Hendrik (not verified)
I watched my aunt wither and
I watched my aunt wither and die after battling multiple sclerosis for 15 years. Bravery and gentle soul do not compute with KILL HER. I wonder if gentle Montel would suggest a male candidate slit his throat? You are right Montel is dehumanizing a woman for cheap theater.
Monday, November 2, 2009 at 12:22 pm — Smart Blonde (not verified)
I've been thinking about this
I've been thinking about this language problem since the early Sixties, so this will be a long comment. We need new, gender neutral words to describe a person who is obnoxious, evil, etc. 'Bastard' and 'son of a bitch' are words often used for a man but they reflect badly on the guy's mother, saying that his mother 'got herself pregnant' out of wedlock or that his mother was a 'bitch.'
If we call men 'pricks,' we give them justification for calling us 'cunts,' a word used far too often by many 3rd wavers trying to keep up with the boyz. So I say that feminists should stop using all these words, and other words referring to genitalia, and tell those who do use them that they're being sexist.
Profanity is so essential to the informal part of our culture that words like 'jerk' and 'fool' have no power today, but maybe we could re-empower them. I remember when profanity was not used on radio or tv or in much printed material. "The Catcher in the Rye" was controversial because of the profanity Holden Caulfield used, though it was pretty typical of teenaged boys of the day. Only sleazy guys used anything more profane than 'hell' and 'damn' in front of girls, though. We also knew not to use profanity in front of our parents or teachers, though we heard it from our parents. That has all changed and it will be difficult to return to those halcyon days.
Pain in the ass/arse' and 'asshole/arsehole' are fairly gender neutral as they refer to any human being with a digestive tract, even though they are, in my experience, applied more often to men. 'Shithead' and other excrement-related pejoratives are also fairly gender neutral but more often applied to men. An entirely new insult would be preferable, I think, or perhaps we could revive an old one, say one from Shakespeare, if we can find one that is not gender-specific. Perhaps someone reading this will have the perfect word(s) to use as replacements for the sexist and misogynistic insults.
If women could come to an agreement on terms of insult that are acceptable, we could work collectively to change the language. We have more power than we realize, particularly if we ally ourselves on this issue with conservative women. As long as feminism is seen as looking down on conservative values, we're slamming the door on a lot of women who agree with us about the deterioration of language and civility in our society, about the need to be serious about rape as a serious, violent crime not just 'boys will be boys,' about a safer, nicer society for their children. There are issues that women can agree on regardless of their political views, as we just saw with all the GOP women senators voting with the Democrats for the Franken amendment.
Suggestions of violence such as Montel made or such as Olbermann made, about somebody taking Hillary in a room and only one of them coming out, must be stopped. We have to stand up to the media. Any objectification of women should be opposed. So should objectification of men, of course, but it's rare. As you might guess from my user name, I've heard one too many 'dumb blonde' jokes. How many 'dumb blond' jokes about blond men have you heard? Right.
'Dumb blonde' jokes are sometimes funny but so were 'dumb Polack' jokes, 'nigger' jokes, 'fag' jokes, etc., within my lifetime. Why are those now politically incorrect but jokes about 'dumb blondes' and 'women drivers' still accepted?
Monday, November 2, 2009 at 7:06 pm — Sapperstein (not verified)
I get what you are saying and
I get what you are saying and I started to think up a word to replace bitch and then it hit me. We didn't think up a word to replace boy, or nigger or jungle monkey, we just stopped using those words.
If I don't approve of someone of color I have learned how to say so without a racially demeaning remark. The English language is great that way, all those descriptive words.
Monday, November 2, 2009 at 2:55 pm — Steven A. Sylwester (not verified)
Smart Blonde, you are so
Smart Blonde, you are so correct in your thinking, but you failed to go to the vulgar extremes that are the most common derogation of women in our culture today: the word "sucks" (used commonly by both males and females) and the gesture of giving someone the finger.
Anyone who attended parochial elementary school learned that "gosh darn it" meant "God damn it," and that other such shorthand was common in the vernacular. There was a push to know the true meanings hidden in street language, especially if those true meanings were in any way offensive to God. Of course, the teachers taught the students to not use such language.
When my daughters came home in middle school using the word "sucks," I talked them out of using that word with a very plain description of what the word "sucks" was referring to, which is oral sex on a penis. Needless to say, my daughters were shocked and horrified, because the word had such common usage among their classmates in the public school setting.
It shocks me that both men and women use the word "sucks" in such a derogatory fashion when oral sex is presumably a pleasurable experience for both the giver and the receiver, and can certainly be an honest expression of intimate love by the giver. Why sully such a beautiful thing? Yet our common vernacular language has done just that, and the derogation is either strongly against females or is strongly against gays.
In the case of "the finger," I am just flabbergasted and dismayed. Anyone who has ever properly pleasured a woman or who has observed a woman pleasure herself knows exactly what "the finger" is referring to, and our culture has made that wonderful thing the ugliest, nastiest, and most profane universal gesture of hatred that there is. It is terribly, terribly sad, and it reveals just how deep-rooted and pervasive misogyny is in America today — so deep-rooted and so pervasive that even women themselves have unwittingly become misogynists against their very selves.
The language — including gestures like "the finger" — is very powerful, both in decisive overt attack and in insidious evil undermining. If you do not control the language you use, the language will control you — sadly, too often to your own detriment.
Profanity should be used sparingly like a weapon of last resort. Only then will it pack a punch that will be memorable in proving a point.
I highly recommend three books:
This Common Secret: My Journey as an Abortion Doctor
Unprotected: A Campus Psychiatrist Reveals How Political Correctness in Her Profession Endangers Every Student
If those three books together cannot raise someone's consciousness regarding misogyny in America, nothing will. The problem is much deeper than many (most) people acknowledge.
Again, a very important part of my solution is this:
Steven A. Sylwester
Monday, November 2, 2009 at 9:03 am — Alison (not verified)
Oh, Montel Williams is the
Oh, Montel Williams is the brave television personality who has MS and everyone loves him for being such a gentle and brave soul.
This is another excellent piece about why it is imperative that women stop calling each other bitches!!! We have to be the first to stop this addiction and the first to demand that men stop, too.
Of course this is hard when 3rd wavers seem to use this word more than any other! That, and "agency", so I learned at Femisex.
Monday, November 2, 2009 at 5:58 am — Alessandro Machi (not verified)
Montel Williams was diagnosed
Montel Williams was diagnosed with MS about 10 years ago. I think his outrage is based on hearing someone else talk disparagingly about healthcare in general.
Monday, November 2, 2009 at 11:45 am — daisy (not verified)
Feministing drove me away
Feministing drove me away with that agency word. They would insist that asking women to refrain from call themselves the b word would take agency from women. Funny really, they'd probably say the same if women started to remove their fingers one by one. Don't tell women it's harmful to self to de-finger, or you will take agency from women. Very deluded thinking if you ask me.
Monday, November 2, 2009 at 2:31 am — admin
oh boy, I just checked into
oh boy, I just checked into our tweets and see good news! Reclusive Leftist has joined the call for the Richmond case to be a hate crime!
Monday, November 2, 2009 at 2:17 am — admin
Folks The New Agenda has a
Folks The New Agenda has a nice piece up on The Daily Beast on the gang rape and takes a pro-active stand!
If you see other great sites on this issue bring em on!
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Infrared Thermometer Minimum Distance to Target?
Considering buying an Extech 42510A Infrared Digital Thermometer.
Distance to target ratio is 12:1. Anyone know is there's a minimum distance to target or will it work for anything in between 12" and 1" of distance from target? Actually, I'm not anticipating needing a measurement of anything small enough to require only an inch of distance from target, just curious. Probably wouldn't need anything smaller than a 1/2" diameter beam. But then again, I've heard you discover all sorts of uses for them after buying one.
Saw nothing on the product page about this at Extech's site.
Arm's length is best way to judge. In other words, 2-3 feet, depending on the person.
Not really anticipating needing a beam diameter that small (maybe 1/2" diameter), but they say you find all sorts of uses after you buy one.
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Very cool - thank you PaliBob!
i just checked my RAYTEK. from 12' to touching the wall = 0 change.
The Pali-test is not going to work on the wall. The purpose of using an ice bath in a confined target area (diameter of the glass) against a warm background is that initially the detection area is limited to the ice bath but then as you draw farther away the detection cone area starts to pick up more and more of the warm background so that the IR Thermometer reads increasingly above 32 deg although the laser pointer is still centered on the ice bath.
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'Canes dumped early in ACC tourney: NCAAs doubtful
There are 25 comments on the South Florida Sun-Sentinel story from Mar 12, 2009, titled 'Canes dumped early in ACC tourney: NCAAs doubtful. In it, South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports that:University of Miami Hurricanes forward Jack McClinton drives in for a shot while being defened.
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#1 Mar 12, 2009
Yeah..well..they sucked anyway. Had no business going to the big time tournament. Canes lightyears away from being serious ACC contenders. McClinton was a fluke...Canes don't normally get such talent.
#2 Mar 12, 2009
I watched this game and the Canes were out of it right from the start with poor shooting.....McClinton had almost as many turnovers as he did points....
They'll be in the NIT...(along with my beloved Gators probably..)
#3 Mar 12, 2009
Too bad...
#4 Mar 12, 2009
We certianly do not deserve to be in the tourney. Overall I would say it was a dissapointing season. Expectations were much higher than the result, given the experience on the team.
#5 Mar 12, 2009
What a disappointing season. Great expectations after a superb opening month, then McClinton seemed to lose focus.
Can only imagine how the program would have grown if Leonard never left the Canes to coach the Wizards.
#6 Mar 12, 2009
Lets all get in the 305 hip hop wagon and head to the crib.
#7 Mar 12, 2009
I think it was more of opponents shutting him down and nobody else stepping up. Collins disappeared...thought he was gonna be the big stud???
#8 Mar 12, 2009
Every year it's the same old Schn^t. Kozimoto recruits a bunch of skinny pussays with no heart who can't play and they proceed to embarass the school and the ACC. NIT NIT NIT. 1 and done when they play the stinkin lousy greyturds. Fire the little putz or drop the sport, The guy on the other bench should have been here.
#9 Mar 12, 2009
Superb opening Month???? They played all cupcakes and the Little Sisters of the Poor.
If I was AD they'd have to thumb they're way back.
#10 Mar 12, 2009
United States
#11 Mar 12, 2009
It became clear again that the team was not prepared to play, and that Haith got outcoached once again ... what a poor display of a BB-program that was far overrated to begin with ... they did not deserve a spot to Dance, as they outcome would have been similar as today - a disgusting out in the 1st round ... actually, the should decline an invite to the NIT if they get one, as this team definitely does not deserve post-season play ... and again, the whole coaching staff really sucks, as they don't seem to prepare and motivate the team correctly - it's so disappointing!
#12 Mar 12, 2009
The big men did not come to play today and we were killed on the offensive end from inside out. The defense played horrible not rotating and leaving men wide open. It didn't help that J Mc was hobbled by a sore knee. We stunk!
This is Coach Haith's team and they played like this all season. No McClinton no win! We should be better than this with as much talent the press say we have. What happened? He alone is held accoutable for the dissapointing way this team played today and all year.
#13 Mar 12, 2009
Forget about basketball. How about Shannon lying about the circumstances of my death!!
#14 Mar 12, 2009
What a pitiful bunch of loser bums scumbagg idiots the canes and there fans are...go to hell
"Beyond all comprehension"
Since: Dec 06
The Moon
#15 Mar 12, 2009
Unfortunately , McClinton had little support at the end of the season .
Absolutely nothing you say has any relevance , and you expose your lack of intellect each and every time you post .
#16 Mar 12, 2009
Can somebody teach Jimmy Graham how to shot a free throw? He's worse than Shaq.
#17 Mar 12, 2009
I seriously doubt you are a Gator alum. If you are, your content and grammar is a disgrace to UF. I respect UF as an educational institution, unless you are a true alum, then I need to reevaluate my thinking. Your worthless posts are getting old. Do all us Canes fans a favor and stay off UM posts. Go play with your UF friends, if you can find any.
United States
#18 Mar 12, 2009
at Miami we build our programs on hype not mite. Don't expect much in the future. Championships are in the past for all of our major programs. The past is not present in the future; but we will lead the nation in hype.
#19 Mar 13, 2009
According to many credible sources at the time, the Canes could have had Calipari (Memphis) instead of Haith. But Shalala made it clear only coaches of one skin color would be considered.
#20 Mar 13, 2009
Go Canes, lol
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I've owned this Cherokee since new, has 160,000 miles and has been well maintained. Is not getting spark and does not seem to be getting gas. I have replaced crankshaft rotational sensor, rotor, distb cap, coil. Cranks well but nothing, not even a single burp even with shots of starter fluid. Now at a loss for what else to do. Any thoughts from those who've been here before.
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Forgot to mention replaced fuel pump and filter about 3 months ago, so not likely problem.
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have you pulled one plug and check to make sure you are getting spark? also do you smell gas ? can you hear the fuel pump turn on when you turn the key ?
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have pulled plug - no spark, no gas smell, can not hear fuel pump
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I am tending to think that there is a common link between lake of fuel and lack of spark, e.g. an electronic control box????
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Looks like there is a Relay ( ASD ) . You can find it under both Ignition system and fuel system. I added the link to the Factory service manuals . for a Tj. It will tell you how to test the relay
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your asd is de-energized if it doesnt see a crank signal in a couple seconds so if your crank sensor is fubar then you wont get spark, or injector pw and your fuel pump will also shut off with no rpm input... did your crank sensor require a fiber spacer on installation? It typically comes on the sensor when its needed, but if the mount hole has a slot and it didnt have one start there. Also consider that chryslers are VERY peticular when it comes to sensors, I would almost consider re-replacing it with a mopar crank sensor if you didnt install a mopar one.
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Reopening the Osceola Inn
There are 32 comments on the Northern Michigan News story from Oct 6, 2008, titled Reopening the Osceola Inn. In it, Northern Michigan News reports that:
In June 2005, Scott Flaska of Leelanau County purchased the Osceola Inn in Reed City hoping it would be a good investment.
Join the discussion below, or Read more at Northern Michigan News.
Since: Oct 08
#1 Oct 7, 2008
When does the Osceola Inn plan to open?
Have they noticed The Nestle Inn, Chuck Wagon, Seven Slot Grille, Pm Catering, Downtown Deli, Dairy depot, Pizza Hut, Subway, Mc Donalds, Burger King, and Pompeii Located in this small town. They are all really good places to dine. Some of these restaurants Such as Chuck Wagon, Down town Deli, Seven Slot Grille, and the nestle Inn are family owned and operated. I hope this doesnt hurt there business.
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#2 Oct 9, 2008
I didn't know they were gonna reopen. I think Brothers is the only place that would be hurt by it....but who knows. The Inn has been closed for a while and people have gotten used to not having it so I don't think anybody is gonna go there now.
Saint Paul, MN
#3 Oct 16, 2008
Oh come on, it's a historical landmark. Last I heard there had been a huge water leak and the entire building was in jeopardy. Would you rather lose the entire building?
#4 Mar 17, 2010
I am looking for a soup receipe that they used to make called Vegetable Dill Soup. It was seasonal they only made it in the summer and it was delicious.
United States
#5 Nov 6, 2010
The lights were on in the upstairs banquet room last night. Anybody know why?
Oak Grove, MI
#6 Feb 5, 2011
im considering bidding for the inn at auction, dose anyone have any info that would be of use, like possable water damege.any advice would be gratley appreaciated!!!
#7 Feb 13, 2011
my husband and I were interested in the Inn. I did some investigating and found Mr. Flaska is $30,000 behind in property taxes, and has an $800 water bill. In fine print, it states that the buyer is responsible for back tax and utilities. My husband and I went to open house on 2/13/2011 and seems like alot of damage has been done due to structural problems. I don't believe I would take the building even if it was given to me. Its a nightmare and needs TOTAL renovation.
I even looked into historical grants but from what I understand it takes years. The pictures Williams & William Realestate placed on line are the best pictures on the Hotel. They had several rooms locked so you couldnt see the condition. Water damaged ceilings and lots of buckets. Lath and plaster, Lead based Paint, and I believe if you purchase it you will need to have an elevator installed to bring it up to code.
If you decide to bid, Good Luck.
#10 Feb 20, 2011
Some people really need to get a life and grow up!!!
#11 Feb 20, 2011
Too bad criminals feel the need to smudge the name of good people. As if you have nothing better to do with your time. You live a life of delusions thinking everyone is crooked as you are. Some people don't have to live their lives in shame because good people really do exist. You can hate, blame, and cry all you want because you don't have what others have. Maybe if you would focus more on yourself and not the success of others, you would be successful too. You can say all the negative things you want about Christy but I think the minute you put Tommy says hi, you shot any credibility you may have had. Birds of a feather flock together. Good luck and as I said before, Grow Up!
#12 Feb 22, 2011
yeah it would take someone like you living in a camper at big star corners to know about insurance fraud, seeing how you were convicted. Tommy won't even be friends with you LOL!!!
On a different note: a broke pipe flooded the basement of the Inn , which would create a breading ground for mold. I would have to guess it would need completely gutted down to the framing and treated. which would cost more than it is worth. Just rip it down and let Yoplait have it already.
#13 Mar 16, 2011
Birds of a feather?
I don't hang out with, or associate in any way, shape, or form WITH YOUR EX-BOYFRIEND TOMMY -- father of, probably, at least two of your kids?(...is this the big, wide-ass pot attempting to call the kettle black).
And I also don't hang out with Corey, the father of your youngest....
I do know the person whom you're referring to, who can bust you for all of your insurance scams and the way that you ripped off the lonely well driller for the tune of $150,000... and then turned him over to your mother so that she could continue to bleed him dry at the casinos...
I'm not sure if he lives where you say he does, but I can guarantee you that he has more money than you and he didn't steal any of his.:)
I have to give you credit though, you were intelligent enough to follow your mother's advice--while you were afraid of going to prison over your scams-- to search on the dating sites for a lawyer...(or the son of a lawyer, in this case) and then marry him asap.
It's all about money with with you, so why not marry into a law family--even if you can't stand the guy--just to save a few hundred dollars in future legal fees.
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#14 Mar 17, 2011
This post started out asking about the Osceola Inn reopening and in no way has anything to do with the petty arguing that continues and that we're bored to death with. Start another post elsewhere and let us get back to the topic of discussion!
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#15 Mar 21, 2011
My husband and I did not bid on the Osceola Inn. From what I hear, it did not sell at auction. Not sure what will become of the Historic site.
Since: Jan 09
Hersey, Michigan
#16 Apr 5, 2011
The Inn is too far gone and Yoplait is too close. It's historical significance is questionable and My idea is to buy up that whole side of the block, tear it down and make a downtown park out of it incorporating the depot as the focal point. Hell, with all the money spent on the depot boondoggle, why not finish the job and make a unique attraction out of it. Any other REAL ideas out there?
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#17 Apr 8, 2011
just give it to Yoplait at a good price so they can use the space and create some more jobs, thats what we really need isn't it. Why hold back the one company that is willing to stay and is thriving. Making a park would just be an excuse to suck even more mohey out of the locals. I mean common you don't really think they spent as much money as they claim on that depot do you. Michigan has been bled dry but there are just as many politicians as before, but no cookies left in the jar. Time's are hard even for them but give them a good idea to get money out of us and they will jump at it. And in this day and age almost any idea will do. I dare say things are about to get crazy around here. Type the words michigan is screwed in youtube or yahoo search or whatever, you should be led right to the new bill passed by are dear governor. thats all i have to say about that
#18 Apr 8, 2011
She started as an innocent girl from Idlewild.
She banged out 2, maybe 3, kids from one of the biggest scumbags of all time (no, not Ted Ptz)...
She ran a day-care, where she scammed the State of Michigan and then she saw the money in even bigger scams.
Christy got into an accident after a night of drinking with an underage boy, and although she was not hurt (a couple of scratches here and there) she claimed that she was incapacitated and going out of her mind and in so much pain...
I've heard that she went to the RC Hospital and flopped around like a fish...
Anything for money.
Christy then befriended a rich older man, who she believed was dying...much to her chagrin, he lived..but she still sucked $140,000 out of him.
He was too afraid to fight her in court, as he had just survived a heart attack and he was afraid that he would die if he fought her.
I'll post a mp3 file, of Christy threatening to slit my throat. She left it on my answering machine.
If you know Christy, or her "Seven Sluts", you'll recognize the voice..
I also have a videotape of her hauling bag after bag after bag of 50# carrots for her criminal boyfriend WHILE she is on disability and collecting about $2800 per month from RC State Farm Insurance.
#19 Apr 8, 2011
FYI: Just in case you non-believers think that Christy isn't one of the worst pieces of crap of all time ant that she DIDN'T commit insurance fraud--FELONY INSURANCE FRAUD... there is a NCIB case against her ... filed around 2005 ... which was all covered up by LIBERTY MUTUAL and STATE FARM insurance once they settle the claim with Christy.
That's what insurance companies do... they settle and move on. It's cheaper than fighting a claim.
But, Christy can still be prosecuted, as she should be, for mail fraud; insurance fraud; elder abuse; etc.
But, it probably won't happen as Judge RON NICHOLS (corrupt) is friends with her father in-law lawyer.
I've heard that they were "best friends" in high school.
#20 Apr 16, 2011
yes i heard the place has a history of being haunted you may want to check on this
#21 Apr 27, 2011
I'm not really sure who this Chisty girl is or her resterant but after reading the posts about how she did insurance fraud and ripped off a senior citizen and all of that I can't believe that she or her lawyer dad or this judge Nickles didn't respond with some post about this guy being a huge lier. Sounds like it was the truth. How do you go from poor in Idlewild to rich with a restertant in Reed City without stealling from old guys and insurnance companies.
#22 May 4, 2011
Was the Osceola Inn mostly a attraction for it's bar and restaurant when it was open or is the hotel part something that is needed in the area? I believe it would take a lot of work from a group to get it up and running, but, it could provide a nice teen hang out, as well as jobs, and it's really a beautiful old building. It's a shame to see it sitting empty and sad. I heard Yoplait isn't interested anymore.
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She's 16 (born 5 March 1987) of Georgian origin, born in Moscow
she's around 5'7/8 tall.
suprised me a little too by making it all the way to the final but she did play some great stuff when i was there.
Hits big and flat on both sides, has a pretty good 1st serve.
i left on Thursday about 7pm and she was 1-4 down to Krajicek in 1st so was suprised to see her win when i got home.
She's really improved since i last saw her, bigger and more power.
for pics goto ***************** and under Players section
From the wimby site
She's pretty!! :D
Depending on if she's playing Juniors tourneys or Pro tourneys. If Anna plays, the Pro tourney, she will have a good chance to be top 500 ranked at the end of this year like Chemarda, Vesnina, Kirianova Shvedova and some others.
Never thought she'd reach the Wimbly Juniors final. Wow Anna
After having such a great week, I'm expecting Anna T. to win the girls final. :D
I was very surprised by her great win over Michaela Krajicek who is alot stronger than Anna is even though she is 2 years younger than Anna. But Anna must have an inner toughness that champions need. And I hope she becomes the 2003 Wimbledon girls champion tomorrow.
Udachi Anna! :bounce:
P.S. - Thanks for the picture LH! :wavey: I hope Anna can grow a couple more inches in height and add some weight and muscle to her frame and skinny arms.
In any Grand Slam semi-final, be it the Open event or the Juniors, it is often will power that makes the difference between players. The eleventh seed Emma Laine was reminded of that fact today when she was beaten by the Russian Anna Tchakvetadze, 6-4, 6-2.
The left-handed Finn led the match until 3-1 in the first set, but she suddenly didnt seem to cope with the way the Russian started to fire herself up loudly after every point. From that point, Emma Laine was not the only one coming to the net and hitting passing shots.
The 17-year-old Russian broke Laines service game and, by forcing the Finn to try audacious points along the lines, she eventually managed to lead 5-4. After Laine missed two break points, the Russian claimed the set 6-4 in 44 minutes.
Although the Russian still looked and sounded more like she was loosing than winning the match, she started the second set with a more confident game and broke Laines first service attempt. She was leading 2-0 when Laine came back 2-1. But the Russian was clearly leading the game, forcing the Finn to run after every point. Although Laine later broke back to 4-2, she never managed to play the good tennis she dispalyed at the very start.
The 16-year-old Russian, ranked 71st in the world, will play the Belgian Kristen Flipkens in her first Grand Slam final tomorrow.
Written by Gabrielle Chatelain
IMO Anna isn't ruled out of receiving a WC-Qual in the Kremlin Cup. Really difficult choice to make who to give a WC-Qual. How many upcoming players are from Moscow, alot!
The writer of the article Eggy posted refers to Anna T. as being 17, then 16. :confused: :rolleyes:
Da KV. Alot of up and coming girls are from Moscow! :)
the writer mention her age as 17 at 1st then 16 :o
Moscow WC's are gonna be a premium this yr and in future.
I'm sure she'll come into qualies with one.
Anna is 16.
more Anna pics from Rowland Goodman
Okay i changed the name of the thread, cos I think she deserves it! I may tune in to see her play, if the mens final is dire.
I hope Anna gets a couple of sponsors out of playing so well at Wimbledon. :) I see she's been wearing both Nike and Adidas clothing since Roehampton. That needs to change. I think a clothing sponsor is in her future! :D
Yeah I think if she wins, it'll be the 'new anna'.
how the fuck do you say her name
I am dissapointed that the ITF Juniors website has totally ignored Anna this week! :mad: There haven't been any quotes of hers while they have featured Flipkens to the point of overkill! :fiery:
Does Anna speak English? If she doesn't, then there should be a translator there to help her talk to the international press.
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Peter Witte Named Dean of UMKC's Conservatory of Music and DanceProvost Gail Hackett, the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC), has named Peter Witte as Dean of the Conservatory of Music and Dance. Witte will begin his duties on Aug. 18.
Witte has served as Chair of the Department of Music and Director of Instrumental Studies at Kennesaw State University (KSU) in suburban Atlanta since 1999. During a tenure at KSU, in which music major enrollment grew 60 percent and participation in performing ensembles grew 200 percent, Witte was instrumental in the planning and design of $12 million in new music facilities at KSU, including the Bailey Performance Center. The Center is regarded as one of the leading concert halls in metropolitan Atlanta.
As a conductor, Witte has led performances in Carnegie Hall with the National Wind Ensemble; served as co-founder and co-conductor of the Metropolitan Atlanta Youth Wind Ensemble; and music director of the Atlanta Wind Symphony. Prior to his conducting and administrative careers, he performed as an orchestral horn player with ensembles – including the Atlanta Opera, the Toledo Symphony, the Windsor Symphony – and in summer festivals in Grand Teton, and in Graz, Austria.
"The pool of candidates for this dean search was outstanding, and illustrates the strong national reputation of UMKC's Conservatory of Music and Dance," said Ann Dickinson, chairman and owner of Dickinson Financial Corporation and member of the dean search committee. "I am confident that Peter has the vision and energy to take the school to the next level."
Russell Reynolds Associates, a national search firm, assisted UMKC in the search for the new dean.
Master of Music, Conducting, University of Michigan
Master of Music, Horn, University of Michigan
Bachelor of Music, Horn, University of Michigan
For a copy of the photo and the CV, please go to: http://www.umkc.edu/news/pdf/UMKC-CV-WITTE-5-08.pdf.
The University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC), one of four University of Missouri campuses, is a public university serving more than 14,400 undergraduate, graduate and professional students. Celebrating 75 years, UMKC engages with the community and economy based on a three-part mission: visual and performing arts, health sciences, and urban engagement.


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Students' achievements were honoured at the Valedictory
THE EXCELLENT achievements of students from the University of Chester have been celebrated at this year's Valedictory.
Held at St Thomas of Canterbury Church, the annual university service and prize-giving saw several students recognised for their outstanding achievements academically, while others were recognised for their voluntary work, sporting success, and contributions to the community and university life.
The preacher at this year's event was the Rev Canon Dr Peter Jenner, Dean of Chapel.
Anthony Parker, the university's deputy bursar, said: "At Valedictory we celebrate and recognise the contributions our students make to every aspect of life, from academic achievements through to sporting prowess and community involvement."
Among the award winners was Hannah Jones, 18, from Chester, who is studying general primary creative communication.
She was handed The Ede and Ravenscroft Award for Excellence which is given to a student who has performed outstandingly outside of their academic subject.
Hannah has been battling a cancerous brain tumour since the age of 15 and has raised more than £150,000 for the Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust.
She was recently awarded the Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland Young Citizen Award and was also selected to carry the Olympic Torch in Hawarden.
Hannah was nominated by her tutor Jon Clough for her outstanding fundraising and profile-raising activities, and for being a powerful advocate for the charity while succeeding in her intensive professional programme of study.
Outstanding Contribution to Community
This year five students have been selected for the Outstanding Contribution to Community Award.
They will share the money awarded by the University of Chester Community Project Fund to donate to a charity related to their volunteering.
Andrew Bell, 25, is an MSc nutrition student from Delamere. He has been recognised for the significant amount of time he has spent volunteering with the Delamere Forestry Commission, as a supportive and accomplished International mentor, and most recently for raising more than £4,000 for the Help for Heroes charity.
Hannah Parcell, 22, is an English and creative writing student from Shrewsbury. Hannah has been dedicated to an extremely wide variety of volunteering projects, ranging from being a supportive school mentor at the University Academy in Ellesmere Port, to helping new university students become settled and feel supported as a 'Red T-Shirt' volunteer.
Jenni Moss, 27, is a human nutrition student from Pontyclun. She has been recognised as being an outstandingly committed volunteer over her three years of study, having spearheaded the People and Planet Society, co-ordinated the 'Veg Out' scheme at the university and for her passion for volunteering regularly at the University's Summer Schools.
Jenni also received The Yakult Award for Achievement in Nutrition Professions Programmes and The Environmental Task Force Prize.
Rebecca Queren, 26, is a psychology with German student from Fleetwood.
Her engagement with international students through international mentoring and her hard work with the University Spring School were recognised alongside her devotion to diversity and helping to engage young people with higher education.
Daniel Bowman, 20, is an events and marketing student from Mold.
He has demonstrated his commitment to volunteering and the arts through giving up his time for the Llangollen Eisteddfod music festival and as musical director of Mold Community Choir, One A Chord.
He also received The Kirsty Craig Associates Award for Excellence having impressed the judges with his commitment to his event management volunteer role and the entrepreneurial drive that has seen him develop his own events company.
Prizewinners 2012
Faculty of Applied Sciences
FW Hooper Prize - Jason Chandler (Level 6)
The Yakult Award for Achievement in Nutrition Professions Programmes - Jennifer Moss (Level 6)
Kellogg's Prize - Eleanor Gratton (Level 6)
IBMS Presidents Prize - Jim Bannister (Level 6)
Environmental Task Force Prize - For her outstanding contribution to the People and Planet Society and for co-ordinating the 'Veg Out' scheme throughout her time at the University - Jennifer Moss (Level 6)
F.S. Evans (St Peter's, Saltley) Prize- Laura Wade (Level 6)
University Prize for Sport & Exercise Sciences - Matthew Page (Level 6)
Computer Science & Information Systems -James Flower (Level 6)
The British Computer Society Prize - Awarded on behalf of the Chester and North Wales branch to a graduate who has demonstrated the most consistent breadth of academic ability in any computing programme within the institution - Grzegorz Bankosz (Level 5)
Institute of Mathematics - The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications awards two prizes each year to graduates of the University. This has happened since our BSc courses were recognised by the Institution for Graduate Membership status in 1994. These prizes are awarded directly by the Institute but the University wish to congratulate them on their success. This year, the prize winners are - Emma Faulkner (Level 6) and Anna Baker (Level 6)
Thomas Prize - Simone John (Level 6)
Faculty of Arts and Media
Bradbury Prize for Drama & Theatre Studies - Hayley Riley (Level 6)
University Prize for Graphic Design - Simon Farmer (Level 6)
University Prize for Critical Theory - Jordan Stachini (Level 6)
The Warrington Guardian Award - For the most consistent journalism student on the Warrington Campus - Ainsley Cannon (Level 6)
University Prize for Audio - Stefan Carter (Level 6)
The Malcolm Crossland Award for Excellence - David Powell (Level 6)
University Prize for Fine Art - Nigel Morris (Level 6)
University Prize for Photography - Sophia Keenan (Level 6)
The Alex Roberts Prize - Louise White (Level 6)
Illford/Harman Technology Prize for Photography - Awarded to a student who has produced excellent black and white work - Natalie Meer (Level 6)
Faculty of Business, Enterprise and Lifelong Learning
J. Andrew Wood Prize for Work Related Studies - For thorough professionalism and outstanding performance in the workplace - Mark Kenny (Level 6)
Chester Business School Prize - Stefanie Gugat (Level 6)
The de Winter Prize - For academic excellence in Public Relations - Freya Vinten (Level 6)
Faculty of Education and Children's Services
Ellan Vannin Prize - For Academic Work in Education Studies - Frederick Nu'u (Level 6)
Susan M. Chance (St Peter's, Saltley) Prize - For innovation in Education - Michelle Quansah (Level 6)
Morrell Prize - For Excellent Teaching Skills - Kate Darby (Level 6)
The Kathryn (Kate) Wilkinson Prize - For outstanding dedication to children's development in the early years - Jessica Barrow (Level 6)
Faculty of Health and Social Care
Tom Mason Award - Awarded to a student who has made a difference in academic or practice endeavours - Samantha Roberts (Level 6)
Emma Egerton Memorial Prize - Awarded to a student who has furthered the understanding of care of individuals with eating disorders as demonstrated through academic or clinical work - Lisa Bartley (Level 5)
For excellence in Clinical Practice - Michelle McKay (Level 6)
For a student who has made a particular impact in Practice Development - Clare Mather (Level 7)
For best Academic Practice - Denise Shone (Level 6)
Faculty of Humanities
F.S. Evans (St Peter's, Saltley) Prize - Olivia Lyon (Level 6)
The English Departmental Staff Prize - Awarded to students who have most notably contributed to the cultural life of the Department - Carol Edwards (Level 6) Abel Guerrero (Level 6)
Burrows (St Peter's, Saltley) Prize - Patricia Barlow (Level 6)
University Prize for Archaeology and Heritage - Andrew Radford (Level 6)
The Graeme White Prize for History - Awarded to a student whose academic performance has been commendable and who has shown outstanding commitment to the discipline - James Radhi (Level 6)
The Rhys Williams Prize for Study in Archaeology - Awarded to a student who has produced work of exceptional merit - Joseph Tong (Level 6)
The David and Betty Evans Memorial Prize - Awarded to a student for academic achievement and additional contribution to archaeology- Heidi Archer (Level 6)
University Prize for History - Diane Harris (Level 6)
Christian Youth Work Prize - Callum Hogg (Level 6)
Hollybank Prize - Joseph Couves (Level 6)
Astbury Prize - Thomas Merriman (Level 6)
The Bible Society Prize - For best postgraduate paper in Biblical Studies - Peter Whittington (Level 7)
The Bible Society Prize - For best undergraduate essay in Biblical Studies - Helen Thomas (Level 6)
University Prize for French - Awarded to a student for outstanding personal achievement - Jonathan Humphreys (Level 6)
University Prize for Spanish - Awarded to a student for outstanding personal achievement - Natalie Cartwright (Level 6)
University Prize for German - Awarded to a student for outstanding personal achievement - Dale Turnbull (Level 6)
Faculty of Social Science
Department of Social Studies & Counselling Prize - Lindsay Wooffitt (Level 6)
The David Ford Memorial Prize for Sociology - Sonny Osman (Level 6)
University Prize for Criminology - Kathleen Evans (Level 6)
The University Prize for Counselling Skills - Lucy Burthem (Level 6)
The Keith Hilton Prize for Geography - Rebecca Thraves (Level 6)
University Prize for International Development Studies - Kay Henderson (Level 6)
University Prize for Natural Hazard Management - Emma Rowbotham (Level 6)
University Prize for Psychology - Anthony Whalley (Level 6)
Student support and guidance
The University of Chester Outstanding Contribution to Community Award - Awarded to students who have shown an outstanding contribution in voluntary work - Andrew Bell (Level 7), Daniel Bowman (Level 6), Jennifer Moss (Level 6), Hannah Parcell (Level 6) and Rebecca Queren (Level 6)
The Kirsty Craig Associates Award for Enterprise - Awarded to a student who has demonstrated through their voluntary work, outstanding skills and abilities of an enterprising nature - Daniel Bowman (Level 6)
Ede & Ravenscroft Prize for Excellence - Awarded each year to a student who has performed outstandingly outside their academic subject - Hannah Jones (Level 4)
Prizes for societies and clubs
Music Society Prize - For reliability and commitment to the University Music Society Choir - Catherine Butler (Level 6)
Rob Wotton Award for Sport Club of the Year - The Equestrian Club - Emma Rowbotham (Level 6)
Students' Union Award for Society of the Year - Push It (Dance) Society - Lauren Storey (Level 6)
Prizes for creative work
The Freeman and Guilds of the City of Chester Prize - For a short story entitled 'Sink or Swim' - Caroline Jones (Level 7)
Harold Oakley Prize - For a selection of poems - Avaughan Watkins (Level 6)
The University of Chester Prize - For a short documentary entitled 'Beautiful things can happen' - Isabel Arbonés (Level 5)
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What's Really at Stake in the Legal Assault on NCAA Inc.Paul M. Barrett
As we now wait a month or two for U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken to rule on a closely watched antitrust lawsuit against the National Collegiate Athletic Association, it's an apt moment to rethink what's going on with the $16 billion-a-year college sports industry.
NCAA Inc. is under legal assault. Its moneymaking participants—universities, sports conferences, television networks, corporate sponsors, merchandise manufacturers, and countless individuals ranging from highly-paid coaches to anonymous staff tutors charged with keeping athletes academically eligible—face a courtroom challenge from Division 1 football and basketball players. The challenge boils down to this: All of you make a living—in some cases, a very lucrative living—from the sports-and-entertainment extravaganzas that big-time college football and basketball have become. We, the athletes, without whom the show cannot go on, want a share of the proceeds, or at least better treatment.
The NCAA's response, as expressed in the O'Bannon case pending before Judge Wilken in federal court in Oakland, Calif., has two main elements. First, college athletes do receive something of value in exchange for their services: the scholarships that cover tuition, room, and board, as well as the intangible experience of being Big Men on Campus. (This fight concerns male athletes in the two sports that generate those billions of dollars in revenue, football and basketball). Second, the NCAA contends that if college sports surrendered the ideal that student athletes are "amateurs," the whole enterprise would collapse, if for no other reason than alumni and other fans don't want to watch greedy professionals fight, fight, fight for alma mater.
In O'Bannon, named for lead plaintiff Ed O'Bannon, a former stand-out basketball player for UCLA, the immediate target is the NCAA's ban on athlete compensation for the broadcast use of their names and likenesses. In other suits lined up like a series of planes waiting to take off at LaGuardia Airport, heavyweight attorneys seek to get their athlete clients even bigger shares of the money. Separately, a player-unionization drive of uncertain dimension has gotten aloft, prompting NCAA protests that athletes aren't employees and that organized labor would poison amateur competition.
It's tempting to view this as a widening all-out war in which one side—the players or the NCAA and its business partners—will win and the other will lose. It's also tempting to get caught up in the fine points of antitrust and labor law.
Another, more illuminating perspective would emphasize that one way or another big changes are coming to the college sports business. In this sense, the legal hostilities aren't so much a fight over justice and "amateurism," whatever the latter concept means in the thoroughly commercialized world of Division 1 sports, as they are a cumbersome, expensive form of negotiation over the nature and extent of changes that are definitely coming.
What seems like massive legal warfare often is best understood as bruising negotiation: a process of poking, prodding, and kidney-punching that allows the combatants time to sort out the terms of a compromise. Consider, for purposes of a very rough analogy, the seemingly interminable patent fights over mobile phones and tablet devices under way among tech giants Apple, Samsung, Google, et al. Once the companies have spent hundreds of millions of dollars in dozens of cases around the world, they will eventually resolve their differences out of court by means of cross-license agreements while their lawyers shop for vacation homes.
Back in college sports, it's obvious to anyone with eyes and a brain that if amateurism ever meant something—and perhaps back through the mist of history it did, and perhaps over on the soccer and lacrosse fields it still does—things have changed in football and basketball. Top coaches receive multimillion-dollar annual salaries; schools spend hundreds of millions on luxurious stadiums; television contracts are tallied in the billions. Meanwhile, troubling questions persist about whether scholarship athletes really receive the serious college education they're promised. And now, at least with football, there's the added issue of whether head injuries set players up for premature dementia and other chronic ailments.
Having moved slowly to grapple with these challenges, the NCAA invited trouble. Since this is America, that trouble took the form of litigation. Since the NCAA has deep pockets, it can afford to fight back, and it will. Whoever wins at trial, the appeals could go on for years.
While the attorneys spit and fume, however, those inevitable changes and the outlines of an out-of-court resolution are already taking shape. In recent weeks, two of the largest college athletic conferences, the Pacific-12 and the Big Ten, which taken together represent 26 universities, have issued public letters urging reform. The presidents of these schools are advocating that the NCAA require all participating universities to provide lifetime guarantees that athletes who don't finish their degrees in four years can come back and do so later. The Pac-12 and Big Ten also recommend guaranteed four-year scholarships so that college players who falter on the field don't lose the ability to attend class and graduate. Improved and extended medical coverage is another proposal.
All of these are fine ideas, and it's a little dismaying that they're not already in place. All could be implemented without opening the door to lavish player salaries. And all could become elements of a master settlement agreement that resolves the lawsuits against the NCAA. Maybe there would be other elements as well. Judge Wilken is considering the possibility of trust funds that could collect a share of revenue from use of player images and make payments over time after graduation. There's room, in other words, to negotiate.
The timing of reform proposals bubbling up within the NCAA is not coincidental. The lawsuits exerted pressure that has concentrated the thinking at NCAA headquarters in Indianapolis and in university administration buildings around the country. Litigation isn't the best or most efficient way to change major institutions. But it doesn't preclude compromise.