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IPCC May 2014 Advanced Accounting Amendments – Paper 1 & 5
IPCC May 2014 Accounting Amendments
ICAI has not made IPCC May 2014 accounting amendments available online yet.
Stay tuned with CAcracker to get CA IPCC Accounting amendments for May 2014 exam.
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You should check these amendments of Nov 2013 also as it will be also applicable for May 2014 exam.
CA IPCC Nov 2013 Advanced Accounting Amendments
Paper 1: Accounting amendments and notifications for IPCC Nov 2013:-
A. Pronouncements
Accounting Standards 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13 and 14 are covered in the syllabus.
(Text of all applicable Accounting Standards are available in the Appendix I of Volume I of 'Accounting' Study Material revised in November, 2012.)
B. Announcement relevant for November, 2013 examination
Criteria for Classification of Entities and Applicability of Accounting Standards
Due to recent changes in the enhancement of tax audit limit, the Council of the ICAI has recently decided to change the 1st criteria i.e. determination of SME on turnover basis for Level II entities from Rs. 40 lakhs to Rs. 1 Crore with effect from the accounting year commencing on or after April 01, 2012.
Paper 5: Advanced Accounting amendments & notification for IPCC Nov 2013:-
A. Pronouncements
Accounting Standards 4, 5, 11, 12, 16, 19, 20, 26 and 29 are covered in the syllabus.
(Text of all applicable Accounting Standards are available in the Appendix II of Volume I of 'Advanced Accounting' Study Material revised in November, 2012.)
B. Notification/Announcement relevant for November, 2013 examination
1. Presentation of Foreign Currency Monetary Item Translation Difference Account (FCMITDA)
In the Revised Schedule VI format, no line item has been specified for the presentation of "Foreign Currency Monetary Item Translation Difference Account (FCMITDA)". Therefore, the Council of the Institute at its 324th meeting held on March 24-26, 2013 at New Delhi, decided that debit or credit balance in FCMITDA should be shown on the "Equity and Liabilities" side of the balance sheet under the head 'Reserves and Surplus' as a separate line item.
2. Criteria for Classification of Entities and Applicability of Accounting Standards
Due to recent changes in the enhancement of tax audit limit, the Council of the ICAI has recently decided to change the 1st criteria i.e. determination of SME on turnover basis for Level II entities from Rs. 40 lakhs to Rs. 1 Crore with effect from the accounting year commencing on or after April 01, 2012.
3. Clarification on Debenture Redemption Reserve (DRR)
Ministry of Corporate Affairs vide Circular no. 04/2013 dated 11 February, 2013 has clarified the adequacy of DRR for various institutions/companies as follows:
table will be updated soon
Every company required to create/maintain DRR shall before the 30th day of April of each year, deposit or invest, as the case may be, a sum which shall not be less than fifteen percent of the amount of its debentures maturing during the year ending on the 31st day of March next following year.
4. Maintenance of Cash Reserve Ratio at 4.00 per cent for all banks vide circular DBOD. No. Ret. BC. 76/12.01.001/2012-13 dated January 29, 2013.
5. Statutory Liquidity Ratio for Local Area Banks be reduced from 25 per cent to 23 per cent of their Net Demand and Time Liabilities (NDTL) with effect from the fortnight beginning August 11, 2012.
6. Review of the Prudential Guidelines on Restructuring of Advances by Banks/Financial Institutions
Reserve Bank of India has reviewed the prudential guidelines on restructuring of advances by banks/ financial institutions vide circular no. DBOD.No.BP.BC.63/21.04.048/2012-13 applicable for all scheduled commercial banks excluding RRBs dated November 26, 2012 and has decided:
i) To enhance the provisioning requirement for restructured accounts classified as standard advances from the existing 2.00 per cent to 2.75 per cent in the first two years from the date of restructuring. In cases of moratorium on payment of interest/principal after restructuring, such advances will attract a provision of 2.75 per cent for the period covering moratorium and two years thereafter; and that
ii) Restructured accounts classified as non-performing advances, when upgraded to standard category will attract a provision of 2.75 per cent in the first year from the date of upgradation instead of the existing 2.00 per cent.
In accordance with the above, loans to projects under implementation, when restructured due to change in the date of commencement of commercial operations (DCCO) beyond
the original DCCO as envisaged at the time of financial closure and classified as standard advances would attract higher provisioning at 2.75 per cent as against the present requirement of 2.00 per cent as per the details given below:
Infrastructure projects
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Rates of Provisioning for Non-Performing Assets for Banking Companies
For Banking companies, revised rate of NPA are given.
|Category of Advances
|Rate (%)
|Sub- standard Advances
|Secured Exposures
|Unsecured Exposures
|Unsecured Exposures in respect of Infrastructure loan accounts where certain safeguards such as escrow accounts are available.
|Doubtful Advances – Unsecured Portion
|Doubtful Advances – Secured Portion
|For Doubtful upto 1 year
|For Doubtful > 1 year and upto 3 years
|For Doubtful > 3 years
|Loss Advances
All other extant guidelines on Income Recognition, Asset Classification and Provisioning pertaining to advances will remain unchanged.
Note: (Common for Intermediate (IPC) Paper 1 and Paper 5)
Non-Applicability of Ind ASs for November, 2013 Examination
The MCA has hosted on its website 35 converged Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) without announcing the applicability date. These are the standards which are being converged by eliminating the differences of the Indian Accounting Standards vis-à-vis IFRS.
(Students may note that Ind ASs are not applicable in November, 2013 Examination. However, Accounting Standards as specified in the syllabus are applicable for them in November, 2013 examination.)
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mr. noor.. please give me some question with solution for advanced accounting from each chapter where revised schedule vi is applicable on my mail address firstname.lastname@example.com.
Download latest revised study material from icai website for sum practice. And when n where company's sum are asked then we must have to use revised sch 6.
mr. noor.. please give me some question with solution for advanced accounting from each chapter where revised schedule vi is applicable on my mail firstname.lastname@example.com
some question with solution for advanced accounting with revised schedule vi….
Sorry bro. I can not help in giving sums of revised schedule vi cauz m busy in my CA exam preparation. You should refer practice manual or study material for the same.
sir i want details about revised scheduled 6
mr. noor..can you please tell me – is cash flow statement applicable for advanced accounting?
can u plz tell me first 100 pages of information technology of study material is applicable for may ipcc exam?
Not applicable
Please tell me about i.t.what chapters are eliminated from i.t syllabus and not applicable for 2013may exams.
could u plz tell me whats r the amendments in AS OF CA FINALS? WHETHERifrs is coming india in place of AS.. and what will be applicable for nov2014 ca final exam
is there any amendment in electricity also?? for may 2013
pls mention rate under banking chapter of advance accounting for standared & sub standared assets..
is there any changes in electricity company
Please inform me,IS there any changes will be made for IPCC may2014 attempt? and new amendments in any subject of my IPCC syllbus
new bank rate applicable for november 2013 ipcc group2 banking chapter
Is dere NY Chang in d study mtrls provided by icai org for exams to be held on nov 2013 nd may 2014?
i would like to receive updates to my email.
Hello sir,
Is there are any changes or amendments for ipcc nov 2013.. can i refer the same books which i brought for nov 2012 attempt?? pls reply soon..
Thank You
Sorry please say only group2..
Thank you
pls send me the changes in electricity chapters changes in advanced accounting for nov 2013
I heard that debtors method and stock and debtors method has been removed for nov 2013 exam
is it correct
plz some question with sollution related each chapter where schedule vi is applicable in group-1 account send me my email id -email@example.com
plz send me accounting standard group 2 notes to my email-id.
mr. noor.. please give me some question with solution for advanced accounting from each chapter where revised schedule vi is applicable on my mail address #########
please tell me amedements in advance a/c and audit


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This shows Maria was never going to be a rival to Michelle. Skating a clean program and getting a 5.1, and only two technical marks above 5.4. Imagine that ever happening to Kwan or Slutskaya, never!
Then skating cleanly at the early 97 grand prix final and losing to Michelle and Irina who both skated horribly:
Losing her world title in 2000 due to missing the triple salchow twice. The salchow the easiest jump in skating. She only had to do two of them to win the title in style by winning the long program, and do one of the two to win the title by being 2nd in the LP, and she couldnt even do a simple salchow to make either happen:
Losing what should have been an easy Olympic bronze in 1998 by making 5 mistakes and skating without any of her usual artistry, flair, and speed either:
So overall she was a failure who the judges didnt respect or like either due to her stiff and boring skating and inconsistency, not a real champion like her teammate the great Irina.

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28 days until Finlandia.
waiting for the masterpiece(s)!
28 days until Finlandia.
waiting for the masterpiece(s)!
I'm posting the article with the pics from the old thread. I mean can we all just take a sec and just talk about how amazing they look! (And yes I know I sound like a crazy fangirl right now, but I don't care)
Thanks for the new thread marty!
hehe.. they make our lives so glamorous.. ..
Wow, just Wow. I am thinking this will be spectacular
Addicted to FSU
When they performed Valse Triste at Worlds, the B. Eurosport men mentioned two things that you see exquisitely portrayed in those series of stills: the fluidity of movement and the fact that every frame makes a worthy picture. We don't even see them moving (duh), but the ease and beauty of the pictures gives the feeling of such smoothness. Remarkable.
They really just catapulted my expectations.
I was just looking at those pictures again. All of them, just incredible...
Also, no one else out there right now has better, cleaner lines and extension.
Thanks Marty for the new thread. Didn't realize it existed until Shayii mentioned it in her last post in "new beginnings.." The pics make them look amazing. Can't wait to be impressed and in love with new programmes. They never disappoint.
Great thread title! Those lyrics are so charming in French (some things just don't translate well, lol).
Best of luck to Tessa and Scott for the new season!
With the start of the new season getting closer, I'm going to do a better job of keeping up with this thread. And I'm going to have to stop reading the thread from the most current page backwards. Before the other thread was closed and V&M's music was confirmed I saw "them" and "Memoirs of a Geisha" and thought that was Scott and Tessa's FD.
Like others, when I first heard the rumours about Carmen I was feeling a bit "meh" but after reading about the direction the program will take and that V&M are working with an outside choreographer, I think that Carmen has the potential to be as fantastic as the new SD. I love it when the dancers are able to come up with a complete package so to speak; when both programs are excellent rather than one being amazing and the other not so much.
It also seems as if this is the second year in a row that V&M have been able to train full out without dealing with any major leg issues from Tessa.
So far both V&M and P&B's dances sound fantastic. I can't wait to see both teams in competition.
J just watched BBC commentary on Olys FD and Robin Cousins was blown away by their complexity, technical skills, timing and musical interpretation. Coming from a skater who was so good in his day, made me feel so glad for T/S. I certainly hope they heard some of these comments.
girlscouse62, I agree about hoping Tessa and Scott got to hear Robin's comments about them. While I love that that V&M are self deprecating (Tessa even more so) and can properly critique themselves when it comes to strengths, weaknesses and what needs to be fixed, I admit that looking back at last season the thing that bothered me the most was that they (Tessa especially) seemed to sell themselves short. It never sat well with me that a team as good all around as V&M are should be plagued with self doubt and made to feel that their success was undeserved.
It's a new season and a new start and hopefully V&M can go out and really get people talking. I don't want to see another season where V&M end up looking as if they are struggling to keep up. It does sound as if they have covered all the bases this time around and are determined to make a huge impression from the word go.
I'm starting to feel really positive and hopeful for them.
Thank you! What a beautifull positions and body lines. Now i want to know, what music they choose - ballet or opera.Yummy !..This must be Carmen , then...Some of those positions definitely have the feel of the Roland Petit ballet choreography ( I don't mean copy , I mean on the same wavelength )
ETA: http://www.google.ca/imgres?num=10&h...tit/&docid=IiM
Like i sad last season - the key is not to use some unknown music, but to show innovarive choreo even on oversued music. So will see could they made this or no.
For me its interesting to know - what music they choose first for FD this season? Look like Scott joke after WCh were truth - he really wish to do something, like there PF FD.
And i cant wait to know, what polka did they choose.
For now my favorite music in SD is B-S, because it from old Soviet movie and i loved this two movies in my childrehood
And now cant wait to see C-L FD. I think Vlasova choose Roland Pettit vesrsion too. So it could be two very simipar FDs. But will see
glad to see you here, Carmen!
pani, we don't know for sure if the choreo is based on Roland Petit ballet...it would be great, because Tessa is an exquisite ballerina!
PjKwong will be interviewing T&S tomorrow.
Last edited by martyross; 09-08-2012 at 12:54 PM.
pani, we need those links over here, but they don't work anymore because fsu abbreviated the full link where the dots are... the abbreviated version of the links were copied, not the full links. someone is going to have to cut and paste the full links again.
eta... copied full links from goldenskate. may not be the same.
Last edited by iggie; 09-08-2012 at 01:15 PM.
After a summer away from the forums, officially allowing myself to get excited now! They're looking great!
Roland Petit's Carmen
ballet videos tagged with carmen and roland petit
Last edited by iggie; 09-08-2012 at 08:25 PM.
Great lifts they look similar to B/A lift in Ava Maria but with Tanith standing on Bens foot.P/B lift in Mummy FD .


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Columbia University is a private institution that was founded in 1754. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 6,068, its setting is urban, and the campus size is 36 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. Columbia University's ranking in the 2014 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities, 4. Its tuition and fees are $49,138 (2013-14).
Columbia University, located in Manhattan's Morningside Heights neighborhood in New York City, offers a wide range of student activities. The Columbia Lions field more than 25 NCAA Division I teams in the Ivy League. More than 90 percent of students live in on-campus housing, ranging from traditional residence halls to university-owned brownstones. Many of the brownstones are populated by the more than 25 Greek fraternity and sorority chapters on campus, whose membership includes about 10 percent of the student body. Organizations such as Urban New York, which gives out free tickets to city events, foster student interaction with life in the Big Apple.
Columbia is comprised of three undergraduate schools—Columbia College, The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and the School of General Studies—as well as a number of graduate and professional schools. Columbia's graduate programs include the highly ranked Business School, Teachers College, SEAS, Law School, College of Physicians and Surgeons, School of International and Public Affairs, School of the Arts and Mailman School of Public Health. The university also has a well-regarded College of Dental Medicine and Graduate School of Journalism. Columbia is affiliated with Barnard College for women, the Union Theological Seminary and the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Distinguished alumni include John Jay, founding father and first Supreme Court Justice; President Barack Obama; songwriting team Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II; and actress Maggie Gyllenhaal. Columbia also administers the Pulitzer Prizes.
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Founded in 1754, Columbia University in the City of New York encompasses more than a dozen graduate and professional schools and the over 6,000 undergraduates studying in Columbia College and The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science. The renowned Core Curriculum unites all Columbia undergraduates by providing a common foundation in literature, philosophy, science, art, history and music, and caps classes at 22 students to afford close interaction with Columbia's renowned faculty. Columbia Engineering is one of the oldest engineering schools in the U.S., and unique in its educational approach which includes a guaranteed first-year hands-on design course; close student-to-faculty interaction with extensive undergraduate research opportunities; a broad-based core curriculum, liberal arts minors and interdisciplinary courses; and innovative internship and civic engagement programs in New York City and around the world. Students choose among over 100 majors and concentrations and thousands of research, internship and job opportunities.
Located in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, Columbia not only offers access to all of New York City, the ultimate classroom, but also guaranteed four-year housing within a traditional campus surrounded by a residential neighborhood lined with bookstores, cafes and parks. Called "the quintessential great urban university," Columbia is diverse in every way: students come from 50 states and over 90 foreign countries; over half of undergraduates are students of color, and over 500 student organizations are offered, including 31 Division I Ivy League athletic teams and dozens of community service organizations, performance groups, political clubs and publications.
As the birthplace of FM radio, the fields of genetics and anthropology, the nation's oldest literary magazine and first Black student advocacy group on a multi-racial campus, Columbia has carried on a tradition of both social and scientific innovation for over 250 years. Notable Columbians include Barack Obama, Isaac Asimov, Madeline Albright, Langston Hughes, Jack Kerouac, Julia Stiles, and many more spanning every professional field.
Columbia offers extensive need-based financial aid and meets the full need of every student admitted as a first-year with grants instead of loans. Parents with calculated incomes below $60,000 and with typical assets are not expected to contribute any income or assets to tuition, room, board and mandatory fees and families with calculated incomes between $60,000 and $100,000 and with typical assets have a significantly reduced contribution. To support students pursuing study abroad, research, internships and community service opportunities, Columbia offers the opportunity to apply for additional funding and exemptions from academic year and summer work expectations. A commitment to diversity of every kind is a longstanding Columbia hallmark. We believe cost should not be a barrier to pursuing your educational dreams.
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|Year founded
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|Academic calendar
|2012 Endowment
When applying to Columbia University, it's important to note the application deadline is January 1, and the early decision deadline is November 1. The application fee at Columbia University is $80. It is most selective, with an acceptance rate of 7.4 percent.
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The student-faculty ratio at Columbia University is 6:1, and the school has 79.9 percent of its classes with fewer than 20 students. The average freshman retention rate, an indicator of student satisfaction, is 99 percent.
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Columbia University has a total undergraduate enrollment of 6,068, with a gender distribution of 52.8 percent male students and 47.2 percent female students. At this school, 94 percent of the students live in college-owned, -operated, or -affiliated housing and 6 percent of students live off campus. Columbia University is part of the NCAA I athletic conference.
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Columbia University offers a number of student services including nonremedial tutoring, placement service, health service, and health insurance. Columbia University also offers campus safety and security services like 24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, and controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc). Alcohol is permitted for students of legal age at Columbia University.
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At Columbia University, 52.1 percent of full-time undergraduates receive some kind of need-based financial aid and the average need-based scholarship or grant award is $41,207.
Paying for college doesn't have to be difficult or devastating. Go to the Paying for College knowledge center to get advice on raising cash and reducing costs.
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• Big Baby Boomer with Louie Anderson: The gap-toothed comedian is back by popular demand.
"Big Baby Boomer, came from the love of food, the hatred towards exercising, the results of Father Time but mostly my joy of stand-up comedy, which I think should have been called sit down comedy. It's a show that's big on laughs and has zero calories, it will be the best ab work you've done in a long time!" Louie Anderson stated in a press release.
Anderson will perform two shows back-to-back at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center on NYE. The first show begins at 7:30 p.m. followed by an encore at 10. Prices range from $31.95 to $71.95 per ticket. Reserved VIP tickets are also available for $101.95.
• A Wicked-Cool NYE at Buck Hill: So much to do, so little time before the clock runs out. Partiers at Buck Hill will be able to ski, ride, or tube until midnight, enjoy Kevin Hall's Amazing Magic Show (as seen on America's Got Talent!), listen to music from the Rythym Junkies with Dean Weisser & Leslee Mckee, and feast in the Whittier Room. The event will be capped off by a fireworks display at midnight. Free "Glitter Glam Hair-Dos" and tarot card readings will also be available.
Regular prices apply to many of the activities (lift tickets, rentals, food, beverages and the Big Air Competition). There are no additional charges for the extra perks on NYE. to reserve seating for dinner in the Whittier Room, contact Diane at 952-432-6566 x3 or email email@example.com.
• All-night Skate: On New Year's Eve, Skateville will be hosting an epic skating party that will last into the wee hours of Jan. 1, 2013. Tickets include hot dog, soda, and New Year's noise makers. The cost is $20 before Dec. 30, $25 at the door. For those who are a little leery of pulling an all-nighter on wheels the price of admission is $7.
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Schneider Electric offers three general ways to help industrial customers manage energy more efficiently and specific technologies and systems to help them do so.
Schneider Electric offers three general ways to help industrial customers manage energy more efficiently:
1. Improve how applications are controlled. Adding intelligence to applications helps better match how and when they're running while meeting the needs of associated processes;
2. Recover and reuse waste heat; and
3. Improve maintenance programs to ensure critical equipment is functioning efficiently.
Most common industrial applications to begin looking for energy savings are compressed air, furnace control, injection press control, and chillers.
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-Pipeline management system that uses One SCADA for Process, Energy & Security at the control room - including interface with pipeline applications;
-Chiller compressor control optimization uses Twido and Altivar 61 technologies;
-Advanced furnace regulation for energy savings uses Modicon Quantum PLC, Sensors, and dedicated software;
- Injection press optimization through hydraulic clear mode solution use Altivar 61, pressure sensors, Zelio Logic; and
- EcoStruxure solution architecture is an approach which unites Schneider Electric's expertise in power, datacenters, process and machines, building control, and physical security to enable intelligent energy management. EcoStruxure provides a new energy management architecture integrated and optimized for a maximum efficiency, and an intelligent integration that ties together five key domains of expertise thus reducing training, operating, maintenance and energy cost.
Also read: Schneider Electric PlantStruxure process management system optimizes energy use.
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text: After a long wait, INDRA has chosen to release the live concert from Costinesti (summer of 2008), which had a grandiose presentation. Conceived in a remarkable way, the show lasted almost two hours. However, the album version of THUNDERBOLT – Live at the Black Sea includes only 5 tracks, a synthesis of the power and depth of the whole concert. The other three tracks that were performed by INDRA on stage will be included in a future series of albums.


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Billionaire Warren Buffett says the economy remains in a recession, by his definition, because most people and businesses still aren't doing as well as they were before the financial crisis.
Buffett talked about the economy and his Berkshire Hathaway Inc. businesses in an interview that aired Thursday on CNBC.
Buffett's assessment of the economy contradicts the view of experts who announced this week that the recession officially ended in June 2009. But Buffett says he uses a commonsense standard to evaluate the economy.
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There's nothing more satisfying to this historian than solving a mystery of local interest. Some are pretty easy, but then there are those that can go on for years. I mentally tuck some cases away now and then, and when I least expect it, a clue surfaces.
Jo Ann Kaufman of Delhi wrote to me in 2007, asking if I had ever heard of the Arabian Knights acrobatic team that originated in Oneonta. Her father, Richard E. Cole, was on that team and she even sent a photo. I told Jo Ann I hadn't, but said I'd keep an eye out as I do my research for these columns. I spend many hours each year looking through old newspapers on microfilm, and I never know what I might come across at anytime.
Finally in 2011, I came across a first clue. It came from The Oneonta Star of Wednesday, April 15, 1936. At first they were called "Knights of Arabia," and they performed in a minstrel show for the Oneonta post of the American Legion the night before.
"Diving, pyramid building and tumbling made up the acrobatic exhibition, which was directed by Harry Denmark of the local Y.M.C.A. staff," the paper reported.
Several more clues came quickly. About a week later, the Arabian Knights performed for a father-son banquet held in the social hall of the United Presbyterian Church of Oneonta.
As I continued to look through 1936, I found more and more performances, and they were being booked in places outside of Oneonta.
By 1937 the Arabian Knights were competing in contests and performing before large audiences. The Knights won $10 at an amateur contest at the former Capitol Theatre in Binghamton on Monday, March 8. There were 10 acts and there were about 2,500 in the audience.
This continued well into 1938, and the prize money accumulated to the point where they could celebrate their successes.


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The Indianapolis Colts scored 21 points in its first game, a 21-17 win over Oakland this past Sunday.
Indianapolis' new offensive coordinator Pep Hamilton had introduced a different style of attack than what fans grew accustomed to seeing a year ago when Bruce Arians was in charge.
Arians' system wasn't better. Just different from what Hamilton wants to get accomplished.
Now, heading into the team's home game with Miami on Sunday, the Colts would like to see continued improvement in the offense, specifically, and in the overall play of the team overall.
"As long as we move the chains and you can put points on the board, I really don't care about it to be honest with you. I think you've got to be able to — I'll say it until they run me out of here — you've got to be able to run the football," Colts coach Chuck Pagano said this week.
"We took a few shots down the field last week. We missed them. We've got to hit those. We got to hit our chunk plays. I think balance is important and that's one thing we thought we needed to do regardless was have better balance. Certainly when you can run the ball, it takes a little heat off of your quarterback."
He has no issues with the job done by Hamilton in the Raiders game.
"If you look at it, Pep's been at both levels," the Colts' coach said. "He's been in the NFL for a long period of time and been around NFL football, so to speak. So I don't think it's that.
"I think it's more just getting a system and play calls and getting everybody on the same page. We knew it wasn't going to happen overnight, particularly with the way the offseason is anymore, the way training camp is and preseason."
"We all go into preseason and guys get a certain amount of reps. We know which guys get more and which guys get less. So now it's like, OK, your first offense, your first defense, the guys on special teams, your core players on teams, they're all playing together for the first time a significant amount of reps. So I think it's more just time and getting everybody on the same page. And we'll get better with each and every week."
Protecting the football is another issue. The Colts have improved at cutting down on fumbles and giving up the ball on interceptions.
"Every week we go in on Wednesday morning when they come back in. We start with a special-teams meeting, then we have a team meeting. We go through the keys to victory and that's first and foremost every time," Pagano mentioned.
"They get tired of hearing it, but if you protect the football and you take it away. … Again, we saw last week, tight ballgames, it doesn't matter. It's the No. 1 indicator, other than score, for wins and losses in the National Football League. So we're going to emphasize it daily."
With the Dolphins game coming up, he knows that Indianapolis will be tested on both sides of the ball. The two teams butted heads for four quarters last season at Lucas Oil Stadium with the Colts pulling out a 23-20 victory.
"[They haven't changed] that much. Just missing [running back] Reggie Bush. I think anybody would love to have Reggie Bush in their backfield. First- and second-down run game. I mean he rushed for almost 1,000 yards last year for them. They got more than capable backs back there in [Lamar] Miller and the other guys. I think the tight end, losing [Dustin] Keller, hurt a little bit. They've got guys that are capable," Pagano said.
"Those are two pretty good weapons from an offensive standpoint that defensively you've got to make sure you tend to. Not that we don't have to tend to the other guys, but there are key components that aren't there right now."
One big component on defense for the Dolphins is defensive end Cameron Wake.
"Yeah, we're going to know where he's at. It's really no secret. Pretty much 99.9 percent of the time, he'll be lined up to our offense's right, defensive left. That's one thing — know where he is. It's a different thing getting him blocked. The guy is very, very athletic, very powerful. He's got a nice tool box full of rushes," the Colts' coach explained.
"He's good vs. the run. Obviously, 15 sacks a year ago, 2 1/2 sacks in the opener vs. Cleveland. He's a great player. Great, great player. So we got to make sure we tend to him."
• Irsay strikes again — Colts owner Jim Irsay issued a Twitter challenge to his team's offensive line Wednesday.
"Raiders/Colts/1) we gotta protect #12 [Andrew Luck] better…and that includes more than just OL [offensive line]…it's backs, TEs [tight ends], coaches on blitz pick ups…I DEMAND better," Irsay tweeted.
"Dolphins/Colts-Make no mistake about it/The Fish CAN and WILL bring the HEAT…We gotta MAN-UP and confront HEAT with a NASA-like Heat-Shield."
After spending heavily on the veteran free-agent market during the offseason, which included the signing of offensive guard Donald Thomas and offensive tackle Gosder Cherilus, Indianapolis allowed four sacks of quarterback Luck in the win over Oakland.
Improving the Colts' pass protection was a major point of emphasis in the offseason after Luck was sacked 41 times as a rookie.
Pagano understands the concern. He reiterates how important it is to keep the quarterback on his feet.
"It's every week. That's all of our offices, every single office up and down the hallways. A big circle with 'Protect 12 [Luck].' As long as 12 is upright and on his feet, we've got a much better chance of winning than losing," the Colts' coach said.
"We're fully aware of that and we will do everything, exhaust everything, to make sure we take care of him and keep him clean."
• Injury list — It looks as if inside linebacker Pat Angerer and wide receiver/kick returner David Reed may be able to play against the Dolphins.
Angerer missed the Oakland game with a concussion. He fully practiced Wednesday. Reed, meanwhile, had concussion issues and a quad injury which sidelined him against the Raiders. He was held out of the workout.
Inside linebacker Kavell Conner (ankle) and tight end Dwayne Allen (hip) are listed as day-to-day. They did not practice Wednesday. Inside linebacker Jerrell Freeman (quad) saw limited work.
• Roster move — Outside linebacker Quinton Spears was waived from injured reserve Tuesday. Spears was hurt during the preseason.
Six players remain on the Colts' injured-reserve list: cornerback Daxton Swanson, fullback Dan Moore, outside linebacker Justin Hickman, inside linebacker Scott Lutrus, outside linebacker Lawrence Sidbury and offensive guard Justin Anderson.


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Published 12/15/2012By BRETT MARSHALL
Garden City High School wrestling coach Carlos Prieto made a pledge that his Buffaloes' squad would not finish dead last in the 2012 Kansas City Classic, one of the toughest prep tournaments in the United States.
On Friday, his team made good on that promise as the Buffs scored 104 points and found themselves right in the middle of the 36-team field in 17th place heading into today's final action.
Three of the Buffs swept their four matches in pool bracketing and advanced to the 16-wrestler final bracket for today.
That group included freshman Michael Prieto at 106 pounds; sophomore Tevin Briscoe at 132 pounds' and junior Chris Adler at 152 pounds.
"It was an exciting day and the boys just wrestled their hearts out," coach Prieto said. "They never gave up. We had several matches where we were behind, and they came back to win. There's no cupcakes here. They just had to strap it on and tough it through."
Prieto and Briscoe both had to go into overtime to claim their final bouts of the day to stay unbeaten. Prieto defeated Matthew Schmidt of Platte, Mo., in a match that went four overtimes. Briscoe was down 3-2 in his final match before tying it up, and then won 7-3 in his extra period match.
In addition to those three, five others advanced to the Gold bracket still with an opportunity to win the tournament.
That group included AJ Hurtado at 138 pounds, Trevor Kennedy at 145, Zac Finch at 160, Juan Carlos Rodriguez at 182 and Sam Reyes at 195. Rodriguez was 2-1 during the day while the others posted 3-1 records.
The remainder of the Buffs will compete in the Silver bracket. That group includes Efrain Sanchez at 113 (2-2), Alec Castillo at 126 (1-3), Anthony Gardner at 170 (0-3), Samson Aldaco (0-3) at 220 pounds and Aaron Lozano (1-2) at 285 pounds.
Bettendorf, Iowa, the defending champion, leads with 136 points.
"We've made some big strides in how we've wrestled," Prieto said. "Couldn't be more proud of the way the kids just never gave up in their matches."
The tournament was to get under way at 9 a.m. today.
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Wiz calls in to 96.1 KISS The Morning Freak Show in Pittsburgh to discuss the release of Rolling Papers, his chart success, being from Pittsburgh, what he misses most about the city and more! You can listen to the full interview below. - 961KISS
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A Dude Trying To Ban Abortions Is Asked A Question He Never Considered. It's So Obvious It Hurts.
This is reality. This is what people trying to restrict a woman's right to choose actually think and say.
So, Rep. Buchy, here's some realtalk: You don't need to be a woman to know why women seek abortions. And even if you did, maybe you shouldn't use the power of public office to legislate against things you admit you don't understand.
Rachel Maddow: Al Jazeera English just made a really good documentary in which they interviewed a state legislator from Ohio. This guy is a co-sponsor of a bill in Ohio to dramatically roll back the time in which a woman is allowed to have an abortion in that state. So he gets interviewed by Al Jazeera and he tells Al Jazeera in the interview that what he really wants is for there to be no legal abortion at all in Ohio except to save a woman's life. Then, this is the important part, watch what happens next. Watch what happens after he says that with the follow-up question here from the reporter. This is kind of amazing, watch:
Reporter: What do you think makes a woman want to have an abortion?
State Rep. Jim Buchy: Well, there's probably a lot of... I'm not a woman, so I... I'm thinking, if I'm a woman, why would I want to get a... Some of it has to do with economics. A lot of it has to do with economics. I don't know, it's a question I've never even thought about.
Rachel Maddow: Why would a woman want an abortion? "I've never thought about it" says the man who is doing his best to ban abortion in Ohio. Amazing moment from that new Al Jazeera documentary. It's called "The Abortion War", you can watch it on their website. We've posted a link to that at MaddowBlog if you want to see it. I highly recommend it.


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Auditions for the College of the Siskiyous Theatre Department's Fall Drama, The Crucible are set for August 27th and 28th from 3:30 PM until 6:00 PM. Winner of the 1953 Tony Award for Best Play, The Crucible is Arthur Miller's exciting drama about the Puritan purge of witchcraft in old Salem. It is both a gripping historical play and a timely parable of our contemporary society. The story begins with a young farmer, and his wife going to court to defend themselves from accusations of witchcraft from a young servant-girl. The Crucible is mounted and taught throughout the world because as the New York Times describes, "it speaks to universal fears of social isolation and the unknown – fears especially present in a rapidly changing world, not to mention in the topsy-turvy social order of school." The play's theme resonates today as fears about terrorism have created a modern-day witch hunt.
John Proctor - A local farmer who lives just outside town; Elizabeth Proctor's husband. A stern, harsh-tongued man, John hates hypocrisy. Nevertheless, he has a hidden sin—his affair with Abigail Williams—that proves his downfall. When the hysteria begins, he hesitates to expose Abigail as a fraud because he worries that his secret will be revealed and his good name ruined.
Abigail Williams - Reverend Parris's niece. Abigail was once the servant for the Proctor household, but Elizabeth Proctor fired her after she discovered that Abigail was having an affair with her husband, John Proctor. Abigail is smart, wily, a good liar, and vindictive when crossed.
Reverend John Hale - A young minister reputed to be an expert on witchcraft. Reverend Hale is called in to Salem to examine Parris's daughter Betty. Hale is a committed Christian and hater of witchcraft. His critical mind and intelligence save him from falling into blind fervor. His arrival sets the hysteria in motion, although he later regrets his actions and attempts to save the lives of those accused.
Elizabeth Proctor - John Proctor's wife. Elizabeth fired Abigail when she discovered that her husband was having an affair with Abigail. Elizabeth is supremely virtuous, but often cold.
Reverend Parris - The minister of Salem's church. Reverend Parris is a paranoid, power-hungry, yet oddly self-pitying figure. Many of the townsfolk, especially John Proctor, dislike him, and Parris is very concerned with building his position in the community.
Rebecca Nurse - Francis Nurse's wife. Rebecca is a wise, sensible, and upright woman, held in tremendous regard by most of the Salem community. However, she falls victim to the hysteria when the Putnams accuse her of witchcraft and she refuses to confess.
Francis Nurse - A wealthy, influential man in Salem. Nurse is well respected by most people in Salem, but is an enemy of Thomas Putnam and his wife.
Judge Danforth - The deputy governor of Massachusetts and the presiding judge at the witch trials. Honest and scrupu-lous, at least in his own mind, Danforth is convinced that he is doing right in rooting out witchcraft.
Giles Corey - An elderly but feisty farmer in Salem, famous for his tendency to file lawsuits. Giles's wife, Martha, is accused of witchcraft, and he himself is eventually held in contempt of court and pressed to death with large stones.
Thomas Putnam - A wealthy, influential citizen of Salem, Putnam holds a grudge against Francis Nurse for preventing Putnam's brother-in-law from being elected to the office of minister. He uses the witch trials to increase his own wealth by accusing people of witchcraft and then buying up their land.
Ann Putnam - Thomas Putnam's wife. Ann Putnam has given birth to eight children, but only Ruth Putnam survived. The other seven died before they were a day old, and Ann is convinced that they were murdered by supernatural means.
Ruth Putnam - The Putnams' lone surviving child out of eight. Like Betty Parris, Ruth falls into a strange stupor after Reverend Parris catches her and the other girls dancing in the woods at night.
Tituba - Reverend Parris's black slave from Barbados. Tituba agrees to perform voodoo at Abigail's request.
Mary Warren - The servant in the Proctor household and a member of Abigail's group of girls. She is a timid girl, easily influenced by those around her, who tried unsuccessfully to expose the hoax and ultimately recanted her confession.
Betty Parris - Reverend Parris's ten-year-old daughter. Betty falls into a strange stupor after Parris catches her and the other girls dancing in the forest with Tituba. Her illness and that of Ruth Putnam fuel the first rumors of witchcraft.
Martha Corey - Giles Corey's third wife. Martha's reading habits lead to her arrest and conviction for witchcraft.
Ezekiel Cheever - A man from Salem who acts as clerk of the court during the witch trials. He is upright and determined to do his duty for justice.
Judge Hathorne - A judge who presides, along with Danforth, over the witch trials.
Herrick - The marshal of Salem.
Mercy Lewis - One of the girls in Abigail's group.
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1. The will travel to Connecticut today to compete in the New England Championships. The Framingham Flyers will battle the Monroe Lions, the Connecticut State Champions, at Waterbury Municipal Stadium, 1200 Watertown Ave. in Waterbury, CT at 1 p.m.
2. First Parish in Framingham is holding its Holiday Boutique from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
3. Check out A Sense of Place art exhibit at Fountain Street Fine Art gallery from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. In this exhibit, 13 artists of of the gallery explore ways the concept of place impacts their work in a group exhibition.
4. There is a Messiah performance by Heritage Chorale at 4 p.m. at St. Mark's School of Performing Arts in Southborough. The Heritage Chorale is opening its 76th season with highlights from George Frideric Handel's great oratorio, Messiah. Today's concert will feature many of the most beloved choruses in Handel's Messiah, such as For Unto Us a Child is Born, Glory to God in the Highest, All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray, Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates, and Hallelujah!
5. The Framingham State University football team rallied from 13 points down late in the third quarter but fell short suffering a heartbreaking 20-19 loss to Cortland State in an opening round game of the 2012 NCAA Division III Football Championship in New York.
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NB Charity
Anyone ever hear of the "All the Right Reasons" NB charity? Are they legit (In other words, are they really a NB charity?).
Any info would be appreciated....(I can't even find a website).
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I found another band by the name All The Right Reasons but was unable to locate a charity by that name. I do know of Obakki Foundation; you probably know of that. That's Ryan's wife Treana's project. I know they've helped with that.
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Thanks!....I ran across this foundation but couldn't find anything else on them.
The Obakki Foundation supports clean water in Sudan....


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Donna James, 81, of Kirkville, died Feb. 4, 2013, at her residence in Kirkville.
Arrangements are pending with the Shrine of Memories funeral Home.
Donna James, 81, Kirkville
Donna James, 81, of Kirkville, died Feb. 4, 2013, at her residence in Kirkville.
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Heather: [QB] I wasn't suggesting you were using him in any way or looking to do that, no worries. I think I hear where you're comiong from here. Maybe we could talk about what you haven't told him about this then, that is something you'd want to share? In other words, it sounds to me like so far you have told him about this for the most part, to the degree you two tend to be comfortable sharing this stuff with each other details-wise. What additional information would you be wanting to disclose? Might it also make sense to think /talk here a little about perhaps an additional conversation just about generally feeling guilty about previous sexual partners, why you feel that way, and how to make some peace with those feelings? [/QB][/QUOTE]
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Hi, I haven't posted on here in years but I read a lot of stuff on the message boards and was hoping I could get some opinions/perspective on my current situation.
I am in a relationship with a man that I really love. It's different to all my past relationships, I have never felt this strongly about anyone and I admire and respect my boyfriend so much. I would never want to hurt him, but I also feel it's so important for me to be honest with him because he deserves honesty, and because I want him to know me.
I have never cheated on him in any way, but I have been with a lot of people before I was with him. I'm ashamed of some parts of my sexual past. This is not because I think there is something objectively wrong about any of the things that I did, just because they weren't a good fit for me, and I seem to have changed a lot since then and it's just not me anymore. I can deal with these things, but I know that my boyfriend is a bit insecure or it just makes him sad to think of (this is because I have told him a little bit of it - he has never been judgemental and has always been accepting, but it's understandable he wouldn't want to think of his girlfriend with other people).
Anyway, I can deal with that aspect, because it's just a part of my life that is over now. However, I was sexually with three guys in the months leading up to my relationship beginning with my current boyfriend. The thing that I feel so terrible about is that while my boyfriend and I were talking and getting to know each other and starting to really like each other, I had sexual contact with three other people, which I think might really hurt him if he knew. At the time, my boyfriend and I had not said we were exclusive, this only came afterwards, and I have been completely faithful to him since any talk of that kind of thing.
I'm wondering whether I should tell him about this? I don't want to keep things from him but I'm worried it will upset him and potentially ruin things between us. I feel so guilty about it because it feels like I've tarnished the beginning of our relationship or something. I just wish I had never been with those other people because I didn't even really care about them, but I love and care for my boyfriend so much.
I'm sorry this is long, thanks very much to anyone who replies. I'm just looking for some advice and opinion really. I know I 'technically' haven't done anything wrong, but I also know it would hurt him and it's making me feel so guilty.
I just want to add that it is not a case of me needing to inform my partner about these other partners for reasons relating to his health - I do not have any STIs, I have been tested and so has my boyfriend.
Thanks for reading.
Member # 3
Hello again.
Maybe the best place to start with this is to talk about a) what you WANT to do in terms of disclosure or nondisclosure with the dating at the start of your relationship, and b) what you think HE would want?
Member # 27052
Hi, thanks for your reply
(a) I'm not really sure. I wouldn't mind my boyfriend actually knowing the information. He knows who the people I have been with are, he just doesn't know that it was right before he and I started officially going out together. So I suppose what I want to do in terms of disclosure or non-disclosure depends on what he would want. But I can't really directly ask him that without disclosing, haha.
(b) I'm not sure whether he would want me to disclose it or not. I know he really appreciates honesty and I am honest with him, about everything but this, which is why this is making me feel so guilty, I think. When I've spoken about past partners before he hasn't wanted me to go into a huge amount of detail or anything like that, because it just makes him a bit sad or something. Not in a judgemental way. I would be sad to think of him with other girls also, it's just not pleasant to imagine like.
I guess I kind of already told him. Like for ages he had been under the impression that I hadn't been with someone since the summer (we started going out officially in February). In reality, I was with the three guys between September and January. A few times I told my boyfriend that I had feelings of guilt about my past sexual life and he always comforted me and told me that I didn't have to feel guilty because the only thing he cares about is that I have been faithful to him since we've been together and I assured him that I always have been. During one of those conversations I said "and I was with people after the summer...." and he just said "oh really?" in a kind of surprised tone. But then he kept on comforting me and saying it was ok. I mean, by 'together', he could mean all the time we've been officially together but also a bit before that - like when we were spending almost all our time together, and had told each other we liked each other and were just generally involved in ways like that.
I don't know whether to take his acceptance of my past, and his "oh really?" and lack of further questioning to be a sign of him not wanting to know anymore details, or whether he's just afraid to ask in case he doesn't like the answer.
In sum, what I want depends on what he wants. But, I really don't know what he wants. I just really don't want to hurt or upset him or make him think that I value our relationship less than he currently thinks.
I'm really sorry about the length of this post, just it's been bothering me for a while and I usually talk to my boyfriend about stuff that bothers me but I can't really do that this time.
Member # 3
No need to be sorry.
The impression I'm getting then, reading this post, is that you really have already told him, but what you're struggling with here are your own feelings of guilt or shame you want to find a way to resolve.
In other words, that talking to him about this again really wouldn't be for him or about giving him information he doesn't already have, but that it'd be about trying to help yourself feel better. Does that sound right?
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Well that is definitely a reason I want to tell him - to try and relieve my guilt. Because it has been bothering me for a while.
But it's not the only reason. It's not like I'm just using him as a means to the end of me feeling better. Rather, the reason I have guilt I want to relieve in the first place is because I know how much he values honesty, and we have always spoken about just how important it is in our relationship.
I have been in relationships before where there hasn't been so much emphasis on honesty and in those cases I didn't feel guilty about not telling them every detail of my sexual past. It didn't bother me at all. It's just that my current boyfriend is so special to me and I honestly would just hate to keep something from him that he could potentially want to know.
Of course, I'm not saying that I think I would have to tell him every detail of my past for us to have an honest relationship or anything. The information I have shared has been completely up to me, it has been me bringing it up (also, we were friends for a long time before we started going out so he kind of knew who I had been with from that anyway). He never pressures me to reveal anything I don't want to, and lets me know that I don't have to share everything with him and that it's ok for me to have my own personal information that I don't share.
And I know that myself too, and I've known the same in all my past relationships but it's just different with him because I just love him so much. I don't exactly know why I feel so differently about disclosure with him than I did in my other relationships.
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I wasn't suggesting you were using him in any way or looking to do that, no worries.
I think I hear where you're comiong from here. Maybe we could talk about what you haven't told him about this then, that is something you'd want to share?
In other words, it sounds to me like so far you have told him about this for the most part, to the degree you two tend to be comfortable sharing this stuff with each other details-wise. What additional information would you be wanting to disclose?
Might it also make sense to think /talk here a little about perhaps an additional conversation just about generally feeling guilty about previous sexual partners, why you feel that way, and how to make some peace with those feelings?
Member # 27052
Well if I were to tell him 'the whole truth', it would be something along the lines of "you and I got together in February officially, but I was still sexually involved with other people up until January, even though you and I were very close then".
Like, he even knows what sexual activity it actually was. Well, he knows that I've only had sex with one woman and one man (using my own conception of sex here - I know it varies from person to person). He knows who those people are. Then he knows that I've engaged in other kinds of sexual activity with the rest of the people I've been with.
It's like I've told him everything except the actual dates in question. Which I feel could be important to him. Although, what if it makes him think that he didn't mean anything to me at the beginning of our relationship? Because that's not true at all. And that perception could really upset him, so telling him seems pointless. But then again, I don't want to keep things from him just because I think they might upset him - if it was something he'd actually want to know, that is.
I'd like to make peace with some feelings of guilt in relation to these. I don't know why I feel them. It's strange for me because I haven't felt this before. I've always been comfortable with my sexuality and have never had any religious belief that sex was bad or negative in any way. I have had both long term relationships, and casual sexual activity with people before. And throughout all of this, I haven't felt guilt. And now I do. I can't work out why. Any ideas? I know that you can't speak for me personally, but could you give possible triggers for sexual guilt or something? Thanks.
Member # 3
Well, you can certainly tell him that the fact that you were seeing those people doesn't say anything about the import of your relationship to you then or at the time. You could say that flat-out, or, you could say that if he suggests it did.
I almost wonder, though, if opening a conversation with what strikes me as the bigger issue here -- which is YOU feeling guilt about all of this, and YOU feeling like the fact you were engaging in sex with others might make it appear this relationship didn't mean as much to you -- might make the most sense. After all, it really sounds like these are the big issues here and what's motivating you to want to talk more about things he effectively already knows.
Is it possible that *you* think -- it sure sounds like it to me -- that having sexual relationships with others at the time you start6 dating someone else means that someone else is less meaningful or important?
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Well I didn't think that I did feel that way. I have done this before and honestly have not felt that it changed how meaningful or important any relationship is. I've even been in a polyamorous relationship and firmly disputed (and still do!) that being in a relationship with more than one person at once does not lessen or invalidate any others.
Clearly I haven't felt this way before, but it does feel that because my current boyfriend has become so important to me now, that I just wish I hadn't so that it was just him and I. Or that while he and I were getting to know each other and becoming really close that I should have been with just him. It's like I want that to be the case, looking back at the beginning of my relationship. I don't know, it's really confusing.
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Might it help, do you think, to talk about the realities of dating versus ideals?
In other words, it's fairly common -- especially when we talk about decades, not just now - for people to be dating, in earnest, which can mean casually seeing more than one person at a time in order to seek out more serious partnership, when one falls upon a person they want to become exclusive with and get involved with seriously, ending dating others.
And when people are adults or starting to become adults, it's common for that dating to include sexual activity.
However, a lot of people, I'd say, especially younger people, have this idea that with a "perfect" romantic relationship, what happens is that it starts as the whole world being only about that one person and stays that way. While I certainly have my own opinions about the sense that things going that way versus the other doesn't make something any less "perfect," or romantic or meaningful, that doesn't mean that plenty of folks don't struggle with the idea of that ideal.
And sometimes, that is how it happens for people, but when it does, it's usually less about perfect romance and more about the luck that is timing and/or about what opportunities people have with sex and dating.
You say you wish you hadn't been with others when you started dating: maybe it'd he;p to talk about why. What do you think that took away from this that it wouldn't have had you not been engaging in sex with others? What do you think would be different, because these feelings of guilt?
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I understand that people do hold certain views about ideals of relationships. I have always been willing to accept 'imperfect' stuff like this before. I just didn't think I was the type of person who got caught up in relationship ideals. I'm a realist, I suppose. Or at least I used to be.... I know my relationship with my boyfriend now isn't perfect. We have fights and we have issues, like in any relationship. We are far from walking on eggshells around each other or anything like that. I am comfortable in being myself around him and I believe he is too. And I'm happy with our relationship. It's not perfect, and I know that, but I'm ok with it. I prefer it better this way anyway.... I'm not even sure what a 'perfect relationship' would look like.
Anyway, just wanted to say that because I don't think it's me being a relationship perfectionist or idealist or anything like that.
I really don't know if much at all would be different if I hadn't been engaging with sexual activity with other people. I dunno if my boyfriend would have gotten involved with me. Because I know he doesn't like to get involved with people who are already involved in some way with other people. I don't know.
I read over some old texts from that time, and from the way we spoke to each other it was actually explicitly clear that we weren't exclusive. Like he said things along the lines of 'I wouldn't be particularly happy if you were with other people right now, but I wouldn't be angry or anything, I know it would be none of my business', etc. Like as a hypothetical situation.
Member # 3
It sounds to me like this is something that -- for whatever reason -- is so big for you that you need to get it off your chest. And who knows: maybe what you need to really resolve it is to do just that, and also to have whatever conversations with him about both of your feelings around this?
Member # 27052
Yeah, you might be right. I'll have to keep thinking about it and see if a suitable opportunity comes up for me to talk about it with him. Or I may still decide to not say anything more than I already have, this talk has kind of made me reconsider the situation seeing as you got me to lay out the information I actually have told him (which does seem like a lot).
From the information I've given you here, do you think I'm being deceptive to him in some way? Or do you think I'm withholding information that he deserves to know? I know that different people would have different perspectives on those questions, but I was just wondering what your opinion was, if you are able to give me that. I really take note of a lot of what is said by you and others on these boards and the main website and I view the contributors as reasonable, fair and well-informed in matters like this, so that's why I'm asking.
Member # 3
It certainly doesn't sound to me like you are being nor have been deceptive. It sounds like you've been very straightforward, honestly, only m=omitting details you've gotten clear messages or cues he isn't interested in.
I still feel unclear about what he doesn't actually know here: I hear you saying there are some things, but then I also hear you saying you've already told him you were not exclusive when you started dating, and that he knows the people who were your sexual partners have been your sexual partners. So, it sounds to me like you have already disclosed the information to him, but like what you have not disclosed are your feelings of conflict around all of this.
But it's possible I may be missing something here.
Member # 27052
Basically the only information I haven't disclosed is when exactly I was with the other people - and how close it was to the beginning of our relationship it actually was. I have alluded to it once, but I don't know if he really took up on it. He may have and, as you said, may just not want to know anything further.
That's a relief that you don't feel I've been deceptive. I'm probably just freaking out about this for no reason. And everything with him is going great so I really don't know where this is coming from.
Member # 3
Well, I don't know about you, but sometimes, it's exactly when things seem to be going great that we can suffer some of the biggest anxiety. It can be like we're waiting for the other shoe to drop.
Member # 27052
Ok, so I told my boyfriend. He was so understanding and lovely and told me that it was all fine and that nothing has changed between us and that I haven't done anything wrong. I'm so glad he feels that way about it. I'm very relieved, but still feeling a bit of anxiety, which leads me to believe that it is just my own guilt issue that has come from somewhere that I'll have to get over somehow. Thanks for your help.
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Oh, yay.
I'm so glad you were able to talk about this with him and verify that.
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Teaching students and watching their successes continue the dream for Graham.
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