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Though I'm proud to call you "chocolate bear"
The crowd will always talk and stare.
I feel exactly those feelings too
And that's why I keep them inside
'cause this bear, can't bare the world disdain
And sometimes is easier to hide.
Than explain our guy love, that's all it is
Guy love he's mine I'm his
There's nothing gay about it in our eyes.
You ask me 'bout this thing we share…
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It's guy love…
…between two guys.
We're closer than the average man and wife.
That's why our matching bracelets say Turk and J.D.
You know I'll stick by you for the rest of my life…
You're the only man who's ever been inside of me!
Whoa whoa! I just took out his appendix.
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Oh no?
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But in a totally manly way!
Let's go!
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Holding up your heart into the sky.
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I'll be there to share the highs.
It's guy love, between two guys.
And when I say, "I love you, Turk,",
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I have questions regarding toxoplasmosis. I am 26 weeks pregnant. First, my husband grilled lamb medallions during my first trimester and there was a bit of pink in the centre. Would that be considered undercooked and does it pose a risk? Second, I purchased "Cook's" Cured, Smoked PARTIALLY cooked ham steak (sealed package) last night and I assumed it was FULLY cooked. So I heated it in the microwave for 2 min. Unfortunately, my husband noticed it wasn't fully cooked. The instructions said to microwave for 4-5 min. Neither of us feel ill or have a temperature but I know that toxoplasmosis can take weeks to show up. Should I be concerned with the baby's health? I have been raised with cats from a young age as well. Is there a high chance I could already be immune to toxoplasmosis? Thank you so much for your response. I am so worried!!!
Usually anyone who's had cats is already immune to toxoplasmosis. A simple blood test can tell you not only whether you're immune, but whether you've recently been exposed if you're not immune. Ask your doctor about getting this blood work if you're worried. But anyone who has had cats as a child is more at risk from e. coli or other worries from undercooked meat.


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Gift For My Grandson
Diane G.
(Bayonne, NJ) - December 26, 2009 (
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I was a little bit disappointed when my grandson opened his gift up on Christmas Day. There was no battery in the watch! I could not believe it. He has to wait now until he buys one, depending of course if it is even a battery that can be purchased over the counter. I can't even say that it works perfectly.
Good deal since it's priced right.
Melenda M.
(Cincinnati, OH) - December 17, 2009 (
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Nice watch for the price. The engraving looks nice. The metal feels a little cheap and the chain is weak, but as I said...nice for the price. Quick shipping was a nice bonus.
Great quality and value!
Jennifer K.
(West Islip, NY) - December 10, 2009 (
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The watch really is beautiful and of good quality for the price. It's not 'perfect' as the engrave-able portions are mirrors set in to the watch. The edges of these could have been finished a little better - even with a slight bevel or something.
... but it really is a nice watch and well worth the price.
This was my first purchase from this store and I will happily come here again when the need arises.
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Amanda R.
(West Bend, WI) - December 1, 2009 (
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The pocket watch is a heavy, seemingly durable material. I really like the quality of the engraving. It turned out better than I expected and it's a great value for being free. I searched numerous other sites for engraved pocket watches and I believe this was the best value for the price. I am very excited to present this as a gift for the holidays. The only thing I would change about the watch is the style of the face. It seems a little cheap for the whole picture, but it is large enough to read. All in all I feel I got my money's worth with this purchase.
VERY Pleased
Callie E.
(Parker, CO) - November 20, 2009 (
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I am not expecting my son-in-law to wear this often but I loved having a place to tell him how much he is loved and appreciated! I would gladly purchase it again and reccommend it to others.
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Kimberly C.
(Hampton, GA) - November 19, 2009 (
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My co-workers and I purchased this pocket watch for a retirement gift and we could not be more pleased. The engraving font was perfect for the size watch and the quality of the watch looked more expensive than it was. We will be giving the gift tomorrow and hopefully he will be as pleased with his gift as we are. Thanks so much.
joseph H.
(apo, AE) - October 23, 2009 (
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Bought this for my son for Xmas, hoping he enjoys it. The product arrived as described. Thank you
nice job
Maureen P.
(New haven, CT) - October 21, 2009 (
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Nice job-fast delivery-good quality-very satified customer. will shop agagin
Very Happy
Erin S.
(Studio City, CA) - October 15, 2009 (
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Item was received very promptly and looks great, although there are a few smudges that I am sure will come off with cleaner... (that's the reason I gave it 4 stars and not 5)
Pocket watch
Karen H.
(Lahaska, PA) - September 19, 2014 (
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I was disappointed with the engraving. I had expected it to be etched. I had also expected a larger center initial and possibly a fancier font.
The watch is quality. The personalization disappointing.
Nice but difficult to read engraving
(Saint Paul, NE) - July 24, 2014
For the most part the watch that I purchased is very nice. However it is a little difficult to read the engraving on it, because the metal on the watch is not smooth. There is kind of a scuff pattern on it perpendicular to the writing. You can only read the engraving if you look at it from certain angles. Other than that it is a nice watch.
Bad engraving
Deborah S.
(Booneville, KY) - December 22, 2013 (
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I love the watch itself, but the engraving I had was not very good. You have to keep moving it around to see what it says, it is barely noticeable!
Nice, but???
(Auburn, NY) - December 12, 2013
The watch was a good value for the price, but the engaving is hard to see if not in the correct angle to the light. If the engraving was deeper/ heavier I think that might solve the problem. I hope the engraving department reads this review.
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(Hoover, AL) - June 17, 2013
I am Not very satisfied. It is hard to read the written peom inside the pocket watch because of the silver color used to write on silver pocket watch.
david F.
(ELMIRA, NY) - May 14, 2013 (
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iT SEEMS LIKE A FINE WATCH BUT VERY MODERN LOOKING PICTURE NOT ACCURATE
It was okay.
(Wagoner, OK) - February 16, 2013
Not at all what i was expecting. It wasn't even real silver. It was plastic and silver colored. The quality was okay, but he loved it so I guess I'm happy. Sometimes when you open it on top it stops the whole watch.
A Bit Cheap Looking
(Milford, CT) - January 25, 2013
While the shipping was decent and the company followed all of my instructions, I found that the product itself was a bit cheap looking.
nice but not as nice
Bianca C.
(Ronkonkoma, NY) - December 10, 2012 (
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I had purchased a clip-on watch from this site earlier this year. Unfortunately, my husband left it on his jeans and it went thru the wash. Not offered anymore, I bought this one but the quality is not as good. It's just OK. Perhaps I'd feel differently had I not seen or bought the other.
Cheap look
Catherine X.
(Westfield, NJ) - November 23, 2012 (
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I was disappointed in this watch. It felt tinnie and cheap. The chain was bulky and cheap, too. The engraving was nice, but the watch was not!
Fast isn't always best
(Plainwell, MI) - June 25, 2012
The watch works pretty good and the engraving is beautiful. The only complaint I have is that it was put together so fast that the outside plate wasn't put on correctly and was already partially falling off when I received it 2 days after ordering.
Pocket Watch for Fathers Day
(Brentwood, TN) - June 21, 2012
After comparing prices for engraved pocket watches, I thought I had found a fantastic deal! It looks really good in the picture however, the quality is not that good- it is made of a very light weight, soft metal that scratches easily. The engraving is really the best feature here as the watch itself is more of a token than a quality product. If your looking for more of a thoughful personal gesture than an actual useful watch, then this probably is your best bet for the money but if you are looking for a sturdy, watch you may be dissapointed.
(El Paso , TX) - March 5, 2012
this watch is nice and very touching however the quality isn't as well as I thought and the engraving want on the watch gave its on the inside cover instead.
Engraving needs some work
Kristin N.
(Glen Burnie, MD) - January 27, 2012 (
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The pocket watch itself was pretty nice, but the engraving was off center and not as thick as I would have hoped for. You really have to look closely to see what it says.
Good value for the price
(Glendale Heights, IL) - January 11, 2012
I was rather disappointed with the engraving on this item. I felt the monogram on the outside of the watch was too large, stretching the letters out and making them difficult to read. I would have liked to be able to choose the size of the font. The four lines of engraving on the inside cover was impressive and looked attractive, but the entire thing was off-center. Since it was a last-minute idea for Christmas, I didn't have time to return it to have it redone. I would still purchase items from this site, but I'd allow more time when ordering around the holidays so that more care is taken. Since I ordered it in the evening and the watch was out the door and on its way to me by the next morning so that I could get it by Christmas, I'm sure the engraving was rushed a bit!
Everything was great except...
Rosie A.
(Union City, NJ) - December 23, 2011 (
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They did not center the engraving inside the watch. That was REALLY irritating to me. As you can see, it's beautiful and centered in the preview, but it was off to one side in the real one. I still get upset when I think about it. But of course my boyfriend saw past that and adored the gift; the whole Life (without parole) thing made him chuckle just as I had hoped. I had gotten it for our one year anniversary.
Very lovely at first glance
(Long Beach, CA) - November 28, 2011
Looking at the pocket watch, it is very shiny and beautiful. I just wish that it were a little less traditional in the number font. The chain is also too long. But it is going to make a nice gift.
Don't buy the "gift box"!!!!
Emily F.
(Winston-Salem, NC) - November 20, 2011 (
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The watch itself was great and the engraving was just as I ordered it. What bugged me, however, was the fact that I paid $5 for a gift box that had personalizationmall.com's logo all over it!!!!! They actually had the nerve to have ME PAY to advertise for THEM! Absolutely not! I threw it out and bought a plain box. Had it not been a week before my wedding (which of course meant chaos and zero time to do anything else) I would have called to complain and to get my $5 back. Every piece of packaging they sent had their logo on it. Not a small, inconspicuous logo, either, it was big and in your face. Not something I was ok wrapping a sentimental groomsman gift in. Ugh!
Inscription too fine
Nariman P.
(Seaford, NY) - September 24, 2011 (
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The watch was beautiful but the inscription was so fine you could barely see it. In the future please make the inscription a little deeper.
Father's day gift
Tara K.
(Blackwood, NJ) - June 28, 2011 (
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loved the engraving...however a little disappointed in the quality of the watch. Expected it to be much more "substantial" .
(Pueblo, CO) - April 13, 2011
I ordered this as a keepsake present and am not very happy with the product. It is "clunky" and seems inexpensive. The engraving is small so a bit hard to read. the watch feels heavy, but definitely not high quality. you are better off finding something from one of those kiosks in the mall.
Tabetha R.
(Brook Park, OH) - January 2, 2011 (
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It looks really nice but it scratches really easily.
nice but disappointed
Jaime I.
(Belleville , NJ) - December 13, 2010 (
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christmas is around the corner and i was looking forward to this gift for my father and when i got it it doest even work wow i order from this place for a long time and i ran into this not happy about it
Ok watch......
Courtney N.
(Le Roy, KS) - April 28, 2010 (
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this watch is okay, however, the same day i gave it to my boyfriend, the front of the the watch got all scratched and it was in his pocket the whole time. Other than that the watch seemed to be okay.
Looks great
Rachael R.
(Columbia, SC) - January 28, 2010 (
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Giving it three stars because I'm not sure of its mechanical capabilities yet (bought it as a gift and haven't set the time yet). Looks fine. Wish there were more options for the font engraving - would have preferred filled in block letters for the initials.
Myka K.
(Leitchfield, KY) - December 26, 2009 (
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It is cute but not very well made.
Wife in New Mexico
Dali F.
(Roswell, NM) - December 25, 2009 (
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Ordered this for husbands Xmas gift. He really liked it but I was disappointed in the fact that the engraving is hard to read set against the mirrored backing and for the price it is kinda of cheap looking. Don't think I will order this type of jewelry in the future on the internet. Better to see in person this sort of purchase.
Roberta L P.
(Clearwater, FL) - December 14, 2009 (
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This was a great idea for Christmas but the product is not as nice as I thought it would be. The watch is cheap looking.
Engraved pocket watch
Cindy K. O.
(Clearwater, FL) - December 6, 2009 (
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I ordered several personalized items at the same time for Christmas gifts. Everything was perfect, however, the engraving on the pocket watch for my son is so "faint" that it's difficult to read. You must hold it at an angle in just the perfect light to be able to tell that there's any engraving at all.
Slightly disappointed.
(Austin, TX) - September 27, 2013
The engraving was nice, and the face, but the back panel makes it look cheaper than what it really was. I was a bit let down by the apperence.
Engraving Very Light - Can't see it too well
(Philadelphia, PA) - June 20, 2013
Overall the product is very good. I am a bit disappointed with the engraving. The initials on the outside weren't truly engraved. It appears to be some sort of gray application. Also, the inside engraving you can't even see because it is so light.
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Washington — Reflecting the nation's deep cultural divide over same-sex marriage, the Supreme Court on Wednesday delivered mixed rulings that will extend many federal benefits to gay and lesbian couples married in states where it's legal but leave the broader issue of same-sex marriage rights nationwide for another day.
The court said the federal Defense of Marriage Act wrongly "instructs all federal officials, and indeed all persons with whom same-sex couples interact, including their own children, that their marriage is less worthy than the marriages of others."
But the court declined to make a sweeping statement on same-sex marriage rights nationwide by declining to rule on California's Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriages.
The court ruled that same-sex couples married in the 10 states where it is legal -- as well as states that legalize it in the future -- should be treated equally under federal law when it comes to things like retirement benefits and taxes. In a separate ruling, justices appeared to allow same-sex marriages to resume in California, but let stand laws in 35 other states banning such unions.


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Yesterday Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy (or as Stephen Colbert dubbed them, ""Filliam H. Muffman"") received neighboring stars on Hollywood's Walk of Fame in a rare joint ceremony. If their ukulele song didn't convince you that they're the most adorable celebrity couple ever, the pair's ceremony hijinks definitely will.
Huffman did a glamourous pose next to her award:
But Macy's was even sexier:
Then he got a little too affectionate with his new star:
Thankfully, he quickly remembered that his wife was watching:
And graciously offered her a seat:
The couple's daughters, Sofia, 11, and Georgia, 9, weren't embarrassed at all by their parents. But just wait until they break into song in front of their prom dates in a few years.
Photos by David Edwards- © 2012- DailyCeleb.com- All Rights Reserved


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The pressure is mounting on the U.S. Congress to act to keep down interest rates on federal Stafford loans, which are helping 225,000 Georgia students attend college. A critical vote will be held Tuesday on the interest rate on those loans, which will double if Congress does not intervene.
In a conference call today, Georgia PIRG said the doubling of the interest rate from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent on new student loans — students have to reapply every year for the loans — will push up the college loan debt load, which already exceeds credit card debt in the United States.
The average Georgia student could see an additional $913 in repayment costs if the federal loans carry an interest of 6.8 percent. The average Georgia student graduates with nearly $19,000 in debt now. (That is less than the national average, which is $25,000.)
"We see students every day with financial need who keep struggling over how they are meeting college expenses," said Philip E. Hawkins , associate director of financial aid at Kennesaw State University. "They struggle with not only how they are doing meeting the costs, but, fast forward to when they graduate, how they are going to pay those loans."
According to Georgia PIRG:
Higher education advocates released new data today showing that an anticipated increase in the student loan interest rate would cost Georgia students $200 million per year. The increase would affect federally subsidized Stafford loans, which are provided to almost 7.5 million low and moderate-income students nationwide each year. If Congress does nothing, then beginning on July 1st, the interest rate will double from 3.4% to 6.8% on new student loans.
"In today's economy, students need a college education to get ahead," said Rich Williams Higher Education Advocate for Georgia PIRG. "Doubling the interest rate for student loans would make this goal harder to achieve for thousands of Georgians."
The average student borrower already graduates with over $25,000 in student loans. On average, the doubling of the interest rate would add approximately $1,000 for every year a student takes out a loan, adding up to more than $4,000 over a four-year education. To stave off the rate hike, Congress needs to act by July 1st to maintain the existing interest rate. Without action, interest rates on these loans will double, resulting in significant new debt for future graduates. A vote on the issue is schedule in the United States Senate for Tuesday.
"With college costs increasing and available financial resources decreasing, student loans are becoming an inevitable option for students to pay for college," said Ron Day, Financial Aid Director at Kennesaw State University.
In comments today on the student loan crisis, President Obama told high schools students in Virginia:
Now, I want to give you guys some relief from that debt. I don't want you to start off life saddled with debt. And I don't want your parents to be taking on so much debt as well. Because when you start off already owing a lot of money graduating from school it means making a lot of really tough choices, like maybe waiting longer to buy a house, or to start a family, or to chase that career that you really want.
Now, Congress also has to do its part. Right now, that means preventing the interest rates on federal student loans from doubling, which would make it harder for you to pay for college next year. The three classmates of yours that I met, they're all getting Stafford loans to help pay for college. And these Stafford loans, right now, have a very low interest rate, because five years ago Congress cut the rate for these student loans in half. That was a good idea. It made college more affordable.
But here's the bad news — on July 1st — less than two months from now — that rate cut expires, and interest rates on those loans will double overnight. That's not good. For each year that Congress doesn't act, the average student with these Stafford loans will rack up an additional $1,000 in debt. That's like a $1,000 tax hike for more than 7 million students across America.
You guys shouldn't have to pay an extra $1,000 just because Congress can't get its act together. This should be a no-brainer. This is something that we need to get done.
–From Maureen Downey, for the AJC Get Schooled blog
May 4th, 2012
3:37 pm
I think obama is picking a topic that can divert away from the decay of America. Whats the point in encouraging college when there are no jobs? Job creation has been disasterous despite record spending by govt so he choses to create a "safe" platform.
I think its a safe bet that everyone on both sides agrees we want student loans to be manageable. Its how we make them manageable, but the REAL issue is the lack of private sector job growth for students who take the loans and giving them the ability to pay them off.
May 4th, 2012
3:41 pm
You ever notice that the pres only gives these "no brainer" everyone agrees…no controversy speeches in swing states?
Guy has done more fundraisers then the past 5 pres combined….sad.
May 4th, 2012
3:48 pm
Wasn't Obama threatening to veto a bill just like week that would keep interest from doubling?
May 4th, 2012
4:01 pm
If Obama wanted to help graduating kids with debt he would get out of the way of the private sectors who want ot hire.
Jobs report today was pathetic and if based on overall population instead of those who are "actively seeking" work it would be even worse.
May 4th, 2012
4:27 pm
The question is why student loan interest is anywhere near their current or about to double amounts. The government borrows money at a close to zero interest rate. Why not enable the student loans to be at or close to these same rates. This is a public policy issue. Education is good for society and it needs to be affordable so it can be purchased. The government printing presses are printing money as if it has no value 24/7/365 right now, so why not do some public good by helping students afford a college education and the ability to pay back their student loans at their cost and not based on a much higher interest rate.
May 4th, 2012
4:44 pm
@Ron – I like your last point The former point is, well, political.
Anything Obama would say right now could be construed one way or another. I like the fact that he is interested in student loans as this is a cancer that is growing out of control (the amount of it). Furthmnore you say,.. "the REAL issue is the lack of private sector job growth". Without educated employees how will we fill those positions? So, in a way, Obama IS dealing with your issue.
May 4th, 2012
4:46 pm
However this turns out, I'll be amazed if Republicans in Congress fund this program by taxing the rich, as Obama wants. Republican lawmakers have a deep, abiding and fundamental commitment to the rich, and I'm guessing that under NO circumstances will they add on penny to the taxes the rich pay.
May 4th, 2012
4:51 pm
NBCT – you like the fact that Obama doesnt want graduates to toil in debt? Wow…me too. I just don't need Obama to go to a swing state and talk to students baout it….its kind of a given that he should be doing this. What I would like to see Obama do is address why despite speding trillions the unemployment is gotten MUCH worse since he took office.
I would like to understand why our govt report unemployment based on people looking for jobs and not people as an eligible population. Also, I would like for Obama to answer why disability claims are rising and thus take people off the count of population counting towards unemployment. I would like for the president to answer why states like north Dakota have record EMPLYMENT due to energy harvesting and he allows the fewst oil leases in decades.
I would like for obama to address the 4 dollar gas….you know the difficult situations instead of stumping on the obvious.
May 4th, 2012
4:54 pm
carlosgvv…why not spend less instead of taxing the rich? Why do the rich ned to pay even more then they do now? Why is Obamas answer to everything taxing the wealthy? Why can govt not operaqte in the black on current tax revenues? Is govt already efficient and the only option is increasing revenues?
May 4th, 2012
4:58 pm
Ncrt the point is Obama stumps in a swing state on a no brained stance. He doest want grads to toil in debt? Wow. How about the pres talk about why the unemployment reports show terrible growth despite all his "stimus". Or maybe talk about why we are paying 4 dollar has meanwhile north Dakota is havi g great times due to energy.
As for taxing the rich why? Is the govt already so efficient tha the only alternative is to generate more revenues?
May 4th, 2012
5:00 pm
Sorry for spelling
May 4th, 2012
5:02 pm
Why does Obama vilify gas companies but talks little about rising tuition cost. Why not vilify the evit deans and professors of the world.
May 4th, 2012
5:03 pm
Gonna be tough paying off a 19K loan while flipping burgers because you have a degree in "International Conflict" instead of a degree in Science, Engineering, or Technology.
May 4th, 2012
5:06 pm
The democrats wrote the bill so it would expire this summer, forcing the GOP to vote for something that never had to be an issue if the original bill had not had a sunset on it. Total campaign gamesmanship with an issue that is scaring the students and parents to death. We need policies that will stimulate the economy NOW! The sad thing is we're in an election year so everything is on hold until after the election.
May 4th, 2012
5:29 pm
Both Obama and his wife Michelle lied in Election 2008 as they never did have ANY student loan debts; (2:32) into this video Obama At LinkedIn Town Hall, September 26th, 201[1], Obama engages with us " I went to school on scholarships and Michelle's father paid for her education – http://www.therightscoop.com/question-at-obama-town-hall-would-you-please-raise-my-taxes/ (00:39:07) into this, Full length video: of Obama's reply to "Would you please raise my taxes?", – Live from Mountain View: LinkedIn Town Hall with President Obama http://blog.linkedin.com/2011/09/26/obama-town-hall-live/ – Election 2008, Michelle Obama claims her and Barack have empathy, her and Barack took out student loans and just paid them off 3 years ago – Michelle Obama speech Delaware part3 http://youtu.be/QT8pdbJB8bk – Barack Hussein Obama II, answer to the first question to Sway at MTV – Obama, "Look, this I can relate to. I went to college having to take out student loans, went to law school having to take out student loans. Michelle took out student loans." – Barack Obama Answers Your Questions — Check Out The Full Interview Here! – Music, Celebrity, Artist… http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1598409/barack-obama-answers-your-questions.jhtml
May 4th, 2012
10:54 pm
What you said is exactly right. I couldn't have said it better.
So glad YOU get it.
So sad others don't.
But keep on preaching, brother. Maybe you'll bang some sense into someone someday.
May 5th, 2012
12:48 am
When will the people taking the loans out have the responsibility. One of the things that I looked for in a major when I went to college was the kind of job that I'd be qualified to do vs. the cost. We have kids graduating with degrees such as poetry, fiction writing, and woman's studies, with a huge debt to earning ratio. Whose fault is this? Is it the American taxpayer's problem, or the person who chose that major with the limited earning potential?
College is not a right. If you want to go to college, than work and pay for it. I don't want to work, so that you can go to college for free because you're too lazy to work and go to school like I did. As I've already told my young son, I only pay for college degrees with job potential. If you want a degree in something frivolous, than you can work to pay for it.
Our young people want the government to provide everything for them, the education, car, McMansion, job, medical, and retirement. Who is going to pay for this? The "rich" could turn all of their assets over tomorrow and our debt still wouldn't be paid off.
What happened to working hard for what you have and only spending less than you make? Our kids are being brain washed by their professors and don't have the critical thinking skills to decide if what they are being taught makes any kind of sense. Also our kids aren't being taught about communist countries and what it was like to really live in them, as our history curriculum only teaches what progressives want our kids to know.
May 5th, 2012
1:51 am
Of course, high school graduates could go out and get a full-time job and go to night school just as I and thousands of other college students did. And if you choose wisely, you could hire on with a company that has a tuition reimbursement program. Between the two, you could graduate with your degree(s) with zero debt.
I just don't have much patience with those who want to sit back and let Uncle Sammy take care of them. Want to go to college but don't want the debt, get a job already…
May 5th, 2012
3:17 am
Full-time workers who are attending school are being encouraged to borrow the maximum amounts to which they are qualified and to use them to pay mortgages, rents and other household expenses. Student loans is not a tuition-and-books-only emterprise. Many student loan counselors are the new mortgage-originators. Like their unscrupulous, mortgage-originating predecessors, these "counselors" need to be incarcerated
May 5th, 2012
8:13 am
@Lorraine Conley "Both Obama and his wife Michelle lied in Election 2008 as they never did have ANY student loan debts; (2:32) into this video Obama At LinkedIn Town Hall, September 26th, 201[1], Obama engages with us " I went to school on scholarships and Michelle's father paid for her education –
Actually he said her father was able to SEND her to Harvard, which may or may not mean he paid her full way. He also said he went on "scholarship." Well, so did I. A scholarship that gave me a few thousand towards my education – the rest I paid for with…. student loans! You can do both. Many scholarships do not pay the full cost of college, so people may also take out loans as well.
May 5th, 2012
8:18 am
I see no problem whatsoever in lowering the interest rate on student loans. After all, we're the richest country on earth…….what's another trillion or two? I'm gonna tell you, did anyone watch Hannity a couple of nights ago when he had the "Occupy Wall Street" organizer on? He presents the best reason I know of to eliminate student loans entirely. The bloodsucker is using the funds for living expenses, and not going to school. This idiot should be locked up……why isn't he? you there, ERIC HOLDER? Naw, I didn't think so……you're too busy lying about F&F.
May 5th, 2012
8:42 am
As others have noted, student loans are no longer just paying for college tuition, they are being used for all living expenses-rent, gas, car payments, food, medical, etc. as well as tuition. I know a person who is attending an on-line school who is well over $50,0000, not a U.S. Citizen (only here on a green card and is now back in Europe) and still getting the U.S. Government to give her money for student loans. She is over 50 years old and going to school to be an English teacher. There is little possibility that she will ever pay this money back, and tax payers will be footing this bill. I know of others like her.
I have no problem for student loans paying for college tuition, it's the living expenses, and such that I have a problem with. Allowing students to graduate with liberal arts degrees $50,000 + in debt is ridiculous. Also the kids taking the loans should be able to do the math for themselves and decide if what they are about to do is a good value-something my 4 year old is able to discern quite well.
May 5th, 2012
9:32 am
I think a study on irresponsible student loans should be done before asking the rich to pay more. Wait…we should do that with other govt issues too!
May 5th, 2012
9:33 am
Hilarious how I am moderated cause I am not a liberal view
May 5th, 2012
10:17 am
It's funny to read all the talk radio lies posted here by blithering idiots who lack the ability to think. The irony of this being an education blog on which they post their stupidity only adds to my amusement.
There is a HUGE collection of Republican bumper sticker slogans here and not one original thought, typical of Republicans.
GOP: The party of sheeple who can't think for themselves, but CAN be trained to repeat slogans………. just as the Soviets or Germans could………
May 5th, 2012
10:31 am
I'm not a Republican, but I find it funny that you're slamming people for being sheep then throwing out the same old Democratic standard of "I don't agree with you so I'm comparing you to the Nazis/Fascist/Soviets/whoever else I don't like." That doesn't require much thought either.
May 5th, 2012
10:34 am
Ron Burgandy, GSU Alum
Obama wants the rich to pay the same tax rate as the middle class. Why do you have a problem with that?
May 5th, 2012
1:56 pm
Let the rates go up until it's not longer financially worth it in the long run to get a college degree. Then demand for college becomes so stifled that colleges can't get qualified students, and they have to trim down on costs and reduce tuition or go out of business.
The problem is with the colleges who have thrown away billions on state-of-the art athletic facilities and dorm rooms that are more like a Club Med suite than a college dorm room. All of this luxury in college is ridiculous. Hold costs down and give the kids a square room with two twin bunks and a shared bathroom down the hall. If they want to work out, they can put on their sneakers and go for a run. Running is free. Or… they can buy themselves a $10 frisbee or soccer ball and head down to the open field… not the athletic complex with an indoor Olympic pool and a climbing wall… the field… the one in the back … behind the dorms. The college of course, would provide the mowing… or pay some students to do it.
If we all got back to what college is supposed to be about (learning) and stop trying to make it a four year drunken stint at a five star resort, we might not have this problem.
May 5th, 2012
2:06 pm
GA could keep the cost down somewhat by not paying out so much money to MichaelAdams…UGA…. President. Ridiculous!
May 5th, 2012
2:21 pm
Teacher Reader…AMEN!!
Don't tell me the democrats don't like the rich….Hollywood? GE? GM? Unions? Obama has been a huge failure as a leader. College students do not live poor like I did… In a dorm, lunchroom food, bike, no tv, etc…..but everyone was poor. It was fun. My neighbor's daughter has a two year old BMW….an apartment, a dog……and has never worked. When she graduates, with a degree in social work/psychology she will never be able to pay her $50,0000. In loans…..
May 5th, 2012
4:59 pm
"What I would like to see Obama do is address why despite speeding trillions the unemployment is gotten MUCH worse since he took office.
Unemployment follows recession, and the beginning of the recession was December, 2007 (slowdown in the economy eventually produces unemployment).
By the time Obama became president, the effects of the recession were in full swing, including unemployment increases.
We technically left the recession in June, 2009 according to economists although this was an especially deep and lengthy recession, the worse since the Great Depression because of many factors (the proliferation of sub prime mortgages derivatives, budget deficits caused by huge tax cuts, unfunded wars, and an unfunded trillion dollar prescription program – all under President Bush).
Employment follows the end of recessions (until the recession has ended, employers don't hire workers). That is exactly what is happening now. Unemployment is trending down.
Economics is a great class to take. Economics and finance should be requirements in high school and college BEFORE calculus classes. Few people will ever use calculus, but everybody needs to understand economics and finance. Sadly, academics do not see it this way. Most of them are not proficient in economics and finance either.
May 5th, 2012
5:33 pm
I think the point of a stimulus is to get us out in a recovery. Pretty lame recover.
I like the comment saying the rich pay a lower rate the poor. Hilarious. This left blog is funny.
May 5th, 2012
5:51 pm
May 5th, 2012
10:31 am
I'm not a Republican, but I find it funny that you're slamming people for being sheep then throwing out the same old Democratic standard of "I don't agree with you so I'm comparing you to the Nazis/Fascist/Soviets/whoever else I don't like." That doesn't require much thought either.
Liar. You are too a Republican. If oyu weren't you wouldn't use the erroneous right wing talk radio "argument" and verbiage, the same old Democratic standard of "I don't agree with you so I'm comparing you to the Nazis/Fascist/Soviets/whoever else I don't like."
HOWEVER, were you to study history a little, you would see that what I said was exactly correct. Dr. Josef Goebbels was the master of propaganda and if you were familiar with his works you would see how the right wing media uses them. you could also study Soviet Russia and see how they employed "secret police" to squash any dissent. Watch how the right wants to squash any dissent, loves to employ torture to get what they want, and strips us of our civil rights (Patriot Act.)
Your lies about me do not suppress the truth of my post.
May 5th, 2012
5:51 pm
Ron…too true ….someone does not understand earned income and capital gains…simple economics
May 5th, 2012
5:57 pm
@Ron "Hilarious how I am moderated cause I am not a liberal view"
Ron, I frequently end up in the great void of moderation as well… it seems very inconsistent, but I do not think it has anything to do with political affiliation since I am fairly left of center.
May 5th, 2012
6:23 pm
Republicans are holding the college loan program hostage.
Obama wants to use taxes from the most wealthy (no one that reads this blog!) to help pay for this. Of course, the republicans would NEVER stand for this.
The republicans want to use healthcare money to pay for the college loan program. In other words, the republicans want the middle class to chose between health care and student loans for college.
When will the voters wake up and stop voting for republicans?
May 5th, 2012
7:58 pm
Colledge graduate = Librul
Only the dumbest come away from colledge as Conservatives. That is, teachers and such.
So I don't want my tax money going to pay for turning out little Karl Marxes. Sock the interest to these people. If grade school was good enough for my Daddy and Mama, it's good enough for everybody else.
That's my opinion and it's very true.
May 5th, 2012
7:59 pm
@ Public HS Teacher: "The republicans want to use healthcare money to pay for the college loan program. In other words, the republicans want the middle class to chose between health care and student loans for college.
When will the voters wake up and stop voting for republicans?"
When greed becomes unpopular.
May 5th, 2012
8:38 pm
"Obama wants to use taxes from the most wealthy (no one that reads this blog!) to help pay for this."
So you're telling me all the conservatives who post barely intelligible comments here aren't the multi-millionaires they claim to be? Surely there aren't people so pathetic that they'd vote against their own interests just to appear to be part of a club that wouldn't so much as hire them as landscapers. Or are there?
May 5th, 2012
8:48 pm
Isn't the student loan situation just like the mortgage loan situation? In both cases people borrow too much money for upscale, name brand things and then expect those of us who chose less prestigious colleges and homes BECAUSE WE KNEW IT WAS FOOLISH TO TAKE ON SO MUCH DEBT to subsidize those who made those foolish decisions.
My son couldn't afford to attend some of the colleges which offered him admission so we chose something that we could manage. And I think he will turn out just fine!
May 5th, 2012
10:15 pm
@Public HS Teacher
Since the Republicans have already passed the bill and Obama is threatening to veto it, doesn't common sense tell you that Obama is the one holding it hostage?
May 6th, 2012
7:18 am
I wish pressure would mount on colleges and universities to control tuition and provide more value. The run away cost structure of the university system as more and more cheap federal money flowed to students is the real issue here. We should demand better from our regents.
May 6th, 2012
7:21 am
Its always about subsidizing someone in Obmanomics. Government' job is to subsidize some and punish others. Of course the decision for who is worhy of a subsidy and who should pay is a political decision.
The ideas behind Obamanomics have been tried for a couple of centuries and they do not work.
May 6th, 2012
8:17 am
College has become an entitlement to kids. They have no idea what it takes to truly get there or the work to stay, but just want the experience. The HOPE, while a good idea, in theory, has done a lot to hurt education in the state and has raised prices that have created more need for loans. Loans should not be necessary for the majority of people desiring to go to college, but they have become because of peoples' lack of planning. Kids are given extravagant birthday parties from the moment they are an embryo to the time they get the nice car. There are no limits placed on what people will give their kids and then there is no money to pay for college. Hey, just get a loan. This is how our society has gotten into so much financial ruin. We just want, want, want and have no limits on how we should really use our money.
This issue has become politicized because the president et al have made it this way, to garner votes from this lost generation of non-thinkers, who just want more stuff like this ugly old school loan they were forced into.
May 6th, 2012
9:29 am
Amazing how anytime Obama say anything remotely along the lines of "This should be a no-brainer" it translates into "punish success and reward failure"!!
Regarding the plan to extend a freeze on student loan interest rates for another year — how the extension is paid for? Likely, yet again the plan from the Dems is — it will be paid for by taking aim at certain taxpayers who make more than $250,000 per year for a married couple and $200,000 for an individual….
May 6th, 2012
10:55 am
I want to mention that at 11:00 am, in about 10 minutes, on Booknotes, on C-Span 2, the Harvard professor of economics and philosphy, Michael Sandel, author of "What Money Can't Buy: The Moral LImits of Markets," will be interviewed for an hour regarding the takeover of the market place in every phase of American life. His contention is that this is unhealthy because the market does not belong in every area of our lives – including in education. C-Span 2 is on channel 104 (Comcast) in my area of Atlanta
May 6th, 2012
11:08 am
"I love teaching" and "Ron"
ditto to ending up in the great void of moderation as well… guess I'll stick with Bookman's blog…
May 6th, 2012
11:58 am
if congress really gives a damn – knowing full well they don't – they'd stop mucking with it.
nearly every major problem in education these days stems from political meddling / social engineering
May 6th, 2012
1:04 pm
YOu wrote "College has become an entitlement to kids. They have no idea what it takes to truly get there or the work to stay, but just want the experience."
All of us were once kids. No one can hunaly know "what it takes to get there or the work to stay."
We are mostly adults on this blog. it is very easy for adults to think of ourselves as mature as we are now and project that level of maturity on ourselves as teenagers. We weren't.
I wish you would stop criticizing children so harshly.
You and I had it mus easier. College was much less expensive then and we didn't have to compete in a global marketplace for a spot in college. In my day, I went to school in my home state and we have several kids from up North to come to my Southern school. We didn't have to compete with the influx of highly-motivated, highly-intelligent imports from India and China for a spot in a local state university.
Until anyone lives through an experience, they cannot possibly know what it takes to get in or know what it takes to stay in.
Hindsight is 20/20.
Kids have no hindsight because they haven't Been there. We have.
Please remember that.
May 6th, 2012
1:07 pm
I am a redneck too but I have an education.
Education is not just for the liberal elitists and the conversative greedy. An education is for everyone who needs to work to earn a living.
The days of earning a living with ahihg school diploma-only are OVER.


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SEOUL, South Korea – The way North Korea sees it, only bigger weapons and more threatening provocations will force Washington to come to the table to discuss what Pyongyang says it really wants: peace.
It's no coincidence that North Korea's third underground nuclear test – and by all indications so far its most powerful yet – took place Tuesday on the eve of President Obama's State of the Union address.
As perplexing as the tactic may seem to the outside world, it serves as an attention-getting reminder to the world that North Korea may be poor but has the power to upset regional security and stability.
And the response to its latest provocation was immediate.
The danger posed by North Korea's threatening activities warrants further swift and credible action by the international community, Obama said in a statement hours after the test. The United States will also continue to take steps necessary to defend ourselves and our allies.
The United Nations, Japan and South Korea also responded with predictable anger.
Even China, North Korea's staunchest ally, summoned the North Korean ambassador to the Foreign Ministry for a rare dressing down.
All this puts young North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his circle of advisers right where they want to be: at the center of controversy and the focus of foreign policy.
A year into his nascent leadership, he is referring to his father's playbook to try forcing a change on North Korea policy in capital cities across the region – mostly notably in the U.S.
The intent in Pyongyang is to get Washington to treat North Korea like an equal, a fellow nuclear power.
The aim of the nuclear and missile tests is not to go to war with the United States – notwithstanding its often belligerent statements – but to force Washington to respect its sovereignty and military clout.
During his 17-year rule, late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il poured scarce resources into Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programs to use as bargaining chips in negotiations with Washington, Seoul and Tokyo. At the same time, he sought to build unity at home by pitching North Korea's defiance as a matter of national pride as well as military defense.
North Korea has long cited the U.S. military presence on the Korean Peninsula, and what it considers a nuclear umbrella in the region, as the main reason behind its need for nuclear weapons.
North Korea and the U.S. fought on opposite sides of the bitter, three-year Korean War. That conflict ended in a truce in 1953 and left the peninsula divided by a heavily fortified buffer zone manned by the U.S.-led U.N. Command.
Sixty years later, North Korea has pushed for a peace treaty with the U.S. But when talks fail, as they have for nearly two decades, the North Koreans turn to speaking with their weapons.
In 2008, after years of negotiations led by China, North Korea agreed to stop producing plutonium and blew up its main reactor northwest of the capital.
But in 2009, just months after Obama took office for his first term, Pyongyang fired a long-range rocket carrying a satellite, earning U.N. condemnation and sanctions that North Korea accused Washington of initiating. In protest, Pyongyang conducted its second nuclear test and revealed it had a second way to make atomic bombs: by enriching uranium.
With nuclear negotiations stalled, North Korea forged ahead making missiles designed to reach U.S. shores and worked toward building a bomb small enough to mount on it – less with an actual attack in mind than for use in brandishing as a warning to the wartime foe.


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Baltimore Tattoo Convention: On the Road in Maryland
Baltimore single-handedly wiped me out… Well, actually, one night with Hunter Spanks wiped me out! And how about those Orioles, huh? Anybody? No… okay.
I love the Baltimore Tattoo Convention because I get to spend three days with Hunter. Except, that particular weekend we crammed three days into one night! So off we go…
Hunter picked me up at the airport and for the first time that I can remember arriving early enough in a city to sit down and eat breakfast before the show started. This would prove to be important, considering I have already been up for seven hours, and I would come real close to pushing the, "I've-been-awake-for-24-straight-hours" barrier by the end of the night.
Before the show started I had to meet up with our new TAM representative in the Northwest, Nicki Kasper. I trained her all weekend how to sit at the TAM booth and not go completely crazy…
We got our booth assignment and I started going over the finer points of the tat con pageantry and frivolity that we would encounter over the weekend… -I think she's got it?
The Baltimore convention always has a great balance of new and old talent, including Krooked Ken, Dave Wah, Tom Painter, Philadelphia Eddie, Hunter, (of course) Uncle Pauly, Kike Castillo, Bill from Waverly and Chris Quidgeon… just to name a few.
Friday night came to a close, and as per usual a majority of people working the convention pack-up early and hit the bar. At this point I've been awake for nearly 20 hours and I'm about a six-pack deep… Closing time.
Hunter comes over and starts to ask me what I want to do… "This is your town, man… I'm just along for the ride…" I said… To which he replied, "Strip club?"
Strip club it is…
The last time I was at a strip club, was exactly the last time I hung out with Hunter in Baltimore! In fact, we hadn't seen each in so long that we actually sat with our backs to the stage and talked to each other for hours completely ignoring naked and half-naked women walking by. One of the strippers even said something to the effect of, "Are you guys just going to sit there and talk all night?" Answer: "Yes. Yes we are." And for the most part we did, occasionally and halfheartedly throwing a couple singles on the stage for each new girl…
This time around was slightly different.
We cab it over the Ritz, I flash my Illinois ID to the bouncer and he informs me that once I'm inside I should show my ID to a "weird looking, skinny guy with glasses named, Parker." I asked the door-guy why, and he said Parker would be more than happy to buy me a drink. Cool. The best drinks I've ever had have been free ones… I find Parker, and he is exactly as described; a wiry, thin, slightly nervous dude with glasses.
"Are you Parker?" I asked.
"I don't know, depends on what you want… if you wanna kick my ass or something, then no, I'm not Parker," he said half joking and half serious.
I explained to him that I was supposed to show him this, and presented my ID. Parker lost his shit! "I'm from Illinois too!" he exalted. Then he five-high-hugged me and told the bartender to get my friends and I "whatever we want" to drink. Awesome!
We started talking about the Midwest and he showed me his ear-of-corn tattoo on his forearm that said, "The Midwest is the Best…" I also have an ear-of-corn tattoo on my leg (I know, us Midwesterns is weird) and then we discovered that we both grew up in the same small city in Central Illinois! Crazy! What are the odds?
From that point on I don't remember much. Free drinks, shots, strippers, VIP access, the works… I think I actually walked out the club with more money than when I went in… All I remember is that I really wanted to "make it rain" but for some reason I couldn't pull the trigger. Oh well, there's always next year… By the time I went to sleep I had been up for 25 hours, 13 minutes and 47 seconds… Fade to black…
The next day Hunter and I got the idea in our heads that we would try to catch the second game of a Baltimore Orioles double-header. They got rained out the day before and it was perfect timing, because we could go watch the game and be back before the convention was even over.
After all, Camden Yards wasn't too far from the convention. So the plan was hatched and I was all ready to go. I walked over to Hunter's booth around 8 p.m. He was gone?
I never saw Hunter again the whole weekend… He was MIA. Ha-ha. I also didn't see the Orioles play either… Damn. Hunter, you owe me a ballgame!
So after that plan bombed and the show ended I decided to quickly run to a liquor store because Maryland has weird laws about buying beer… I pull on the handle… Locked! Shit! I looked at the sign on the door and the owners inside and I knew this was going to be a tough sell to get them to open the door.
Baltimore is one of those cities (one of the last) that still retains somewhat of an urbanized ghetto in the downtown area. I'm not saying it's a rough place… but downtown Baltimore has a way different feel to it at night than downtown Chicago, that's for sure…
So I wasn't excepting these liquor store-owners to open their doors to me, a raving idiot dressed in black and wearing a hoodie! But when they did, I thought it was nothing short of a Charm City miracle…
Yuengling and cinnamon whiskey… goodnight…
Thanks to Hunter Spanks, (I hope someone finds you…ha-ha) Nicki Kasper (look for her in the TAM booth in Eugene, OR) and Troy Timpel for grabbing our boxes and keeping them safe… Cheers! See y'all in Fresno!
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Can you kindly complete this? If you love me then you will never...
experiences, evaluations and expectations run with time...our references is a mix of our past experiences and they affect our present emotional and mental states which in turn influences our present evaluations thus, finally predicts to a large extent our future expectations...
This question would help you recall those values you have for love and would help in shaping your 3 'Es'
if you love me then you will never lie to me.
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Dec 30 2011: Well the cliche would be " leave me". But we know thats a lie. If you love me you will never " hurt me?" Sorry promises, promises. Though I'd hope i wouldnt. Perhaps the answer would be and indeed another cliche' "I will never say never."
With regard toyour line " if you love me then you will never lie to me" doesnt sit easily with me. Perhaps it is because i love you that i will lie to you.
More to the point would i ever betray you?
Jan 2 2012: Hiwe, I guess i've been in what you call love. Perhaps a couple of times. But love can be broken down into many parts. I'm all for honesty in relatiionships and that is not easy when many are formed with deceit. Not intentional, nonetheless deceit. Even self deceit. We know that love wears of over time and then other influences may keep together or drive apart "lovers".
I am well versed in the romantic notions put to us in Hollywood movies and the idealiseDnarratives we hold in our minds. I also know how quickly the tide can turn if evolutionary drives are not met or compromised.
I guess really i am a bit skeptical of the question and the answers that might follow.
Jan 5 2012: Honesty is not ambiguous. Honestly. Its just one person's view. Now if we want to get into self deception and deception of others then i hardly think honesty is the right word. We dont honestly tell lies. But we might make things up to maintain some dignity. Those honest lies if looked at closely were not honest. There was motivation. How the hell does one pronounce your name? Is it Hugh?
Sorry Hiwe i have problems staying on topic sometimes.
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Rupert Murdoch's next game-changing gamble
Now that News Corp. has formally split in two, it's put-up or shut-up time for the new old company.
The pressure is on 21st Century Fox.
For years, Rupert Murdoch's shareholders lamented that the company's stock would perform much better if it wasn't dragged down by a print-media component. Now that the old News Corp. has formally split in two, with that print publishing division keeping the old name and the movie and TV group renamed Twenty-First Century Fox Inc. (FOXA), it's put-up or shut-up time for Murdoch's new old company.
Or, as Murdoch and Co. apparently see it, the perfect time to make an audacious new move by challenging the cable world's Goliath: ESPN.
The new "Fox," as Wall Street refers to it, consists of the 20th Century Fox movie and television studio, the Fox Broadcasting Network, Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network, Fox Sports and FX. The publishing operations, including the Wall Street Journal, the New York Post, the Times of London and book company HarperCollins, will now be under the aegis of News Corp. (NWS), the former name of Murdoch's company.
With a new structure and name come fresh opportunities, as well as some potential pitfalls. Wall Street is certainly high on the company. A slew of analysts -- including those at Bank of America, Credit Suisse, Evercore Partners, Lazard Capital Markets, Morgan Stanley, Needham & Co., Sterne Agee and Wells Fargo -- kicked off their coverage of the new company by rating the stock a "buy," "overweight" or some equivalent. "By divesting its less attractive legacy business, Fox has become a pure-play entertainment company with fantastic assets in its cable channels," Gabelli & Co analyst Brett Harriss told Reuters.
That rampant bullishness doesn't mean that Fox is clear of questions, though. Can "American Idol," Fox's signature primetime television show, which has shown signs of age in the much-followed ratings, regain its momentum? Can its film studio continue to churn out hit after hit? "Titanic," the 1997 Oscar winner for Best Picture, amassed a staggering $944 million worldwide at the box office ($1,446.12 million in today's dollars), which helped the parent pay the bills for then-neophyte Fox News Channel. Two decades later, "Avatar," another James Cameron-helmed Fox film, accumulated a mind-bending $2.3 billion globally, which helped underwrite the fledgling Fox Business Network (as well as those nettlesome print properties). But movie audiences can be fickle and unpredictable. What if Fox's deep well suddenly dries up for a spell?
Analysts have other questions, too. "Are they going to be good stewards of capital?" asks one buy-side analyst who asked not to be identified by name because of her company's restrictions on speaking to the media. "It remains to be seen right now. I want to know if this new company is going to invest in ventures with strong ROIs (return on investment). We don't know if Fox will be acquisitive, either, or what its buyback strategy is going to look like. There are a lot of things for shareholders to consider with this company."
For Barclays Capital analyst Anthony DiClemente, one key consideration right now is whether Fox shares are truly a bargain at this point. "While we believe in the long-term growth story at Fox, there may be less room for upside near-term," he recently wrote in a report to investors. DiClemente has an "equal weight" rating on the stock, equivalent to a "hold."
21st Century Fox already owns one of the highest valuations in the media sector based on projected 2013 earnings. At nearly 21 times those profits, it is more richly valued than Walt Disney (DIS), Viacom (VIAC) and Time Warner (TWX) , and comes in second only to Discovery (DISCA), according to tallies made by UBS analyst John Janedis. The company now boasts a market capitalization of more than $71 billion. (News Corp., by contrast, has a current market value of about $9.2 billion.)
Perhaps the promise -- or, to some observers, the uncertainty -- of the new entity is epitomized by Fox Sports 1, which will be introduced on Aug. 17 in more than 90 million homes as a challenger to ESPN's global dominance in TV sports programming. The new channel will feature over 5,000 hours of programming that includes college football games, college basketball, NASCAR, soccer and the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). It was probably inevitable that Murdoch would create a sports channel on this scale, challenging Disney's ESPN juggernaut.
Murdoch has a good reason to believe in the power of sports broadcasting. Remember, it was his far-sighted decision to obtain the rights to the National Football League that jump-started his nascent Fox channel in the 1990s. Murdoch understands that sports broadcasts attract large numbers of the 18- to 34-year-old male audience that Madison Avenue drools over.
Is it a risk to launch a sports network? Of course, but don't forget that Murdoch has rolled the dice before, with varying degrees of success. In 1996, when CNN seemed to be at the height of its powers, he unleashed the Fox News Channel. In its first few years on the air, FNC went about finding an audience. Eventually, its head, Roger Ailes, brilliantly tapped the market of conservative voters during the Bill Clinton years, viewers who thought that CNN was too liberal and didn't speak directly to them.
Before too long, Fox News was the most-watched cable news broadcaster, leaving CNN (and later, liberal-oriented MSNBC) in the dust, from a television ratings perspective. But the six-year-old Fox Business Network has yet to put a scare into well-entrenched CNBC, a Comcast division. Fox Business has gamely tried many formats but hasn't been able to find a winning formula that will woo viewers away from the channel of Maria Bartiromo and Jim Cramer.
In launching a sports network, Fox is taking aim at an even bigger foe. Fox Sports 1 executives have acknowledged that it will take some time to topple ESPN. They aren't predicting a first-round knockout. ESPN has invested heavily to lock up valuable sports franchises. It's even bringing back commentator Keith Olbermann, who had bolted ESPN's "SportsCenter" broadcast years ago and has reportedly hired numbers guru Nate Silver.
Like any hard-nosed underdog, Fox is not backing down from the challenge. (In gearing up for launch, it has hired Regis Philbin, soon to be 82, to host a show called "Crowd Goes Wild.") Shrewdly, Fox is using its weapons in this battle, such as its ability to maximize its Super Bowl XLVIII broadcast next Feb. 2, 2014 from MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.
"To get one of the valuable ad slots available during the network's broadcast of the game, sponsors have been told that they must buy time in other Fox Sports content, according to ad buyers -- with (an) emphasis on Fox Sports 1," Variety pointed out.
When it comes to the new 21st Century Fox, analysts like what they see so far. Ultimately, Wall Street believes that Fox has plenty to offer. Sports viewers will find out what it has in store for them next month. For Fox Sports 1 and ESPN, or 21st Century Fox and Disney, it's game on.
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Name: Rhodes College Binary Orbit Team (RhoBOT)
Hobbies: Working with NASA, Defying Gravity
Favorite Vessel of Transportation: The Vomit Comet
There's a rumor on campus that your group will be defying gravity this summer. Fact or fiction?
Fact. NASA has a program called Microgravity University (MU), which offers undergraduates from across the country the opportunity to propose, fly, and evaluate their own experiment performed in microgravity. Last August, Physics professor Dr. Brent Hoffmeiser asked us if we wanted to write a proposal to MU. Our answer was simple: yes. When NASA accepted the proposal in December, we were overjoyed. We were one of 40 teams from across the country whose proposals were accepted. We are not the first group of Rhodes students to be accepted to MU, however. In 2006, five Rhodes science majors attended and performed an experiment in microgravity.
What's your experiment?
Our experiment will attempt a stable orbit between two electrically charged spheres that are about the size of ping-pong balls. The microgravity environment will minimize the effects of frictional and gravitational forces, which will allow the spheres to move freely in three dimensions. When we arrive at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, we will be working directly with NASA scientists and engineers. They will be testing the structure and safety of our apparatus to insure that it is capable of flying and taking us through basic astronaut training before we board the Vomit Comet.
What's "The Vomit Comet?"
We will attempt our experiment in a modified C-9B airplane that has been fondly nicknamed "The Vomit Comet." NASA prefers it to be called "The Weightless Wonder." The airplane is flown by NASA pilots over the Gulf of Mexico. It ascends from 24,000 to 33,000 feet, and then drops back to 24,000 feet all in 90 seconds. During this maneuver, 25 crucial seconds of weightlessness are created, during which our team will conduct our experiment.
Certainly your team can't do this all by yourselves.
No aspect of this opportunity would have become a reality if it were not for the Rhodes' Physics Department. Our professors Dr. Deseree Meyer Brittingham and Dr. Hoffmeiser, the supervisors for the experiment, are incredibly knowledgeable and supportive. Glen Davis, the technical associate in the shop, is brilliant with tools and is helping us build the apparatus and fabricate other parts needed for the experiment. It is truly a collaborative effort.
How are you sharing your experiences with others?
Experiencing weightlessness is a unique opportunity. As such, we hope to share not only our project, but also our passion for the sciences with the Memphis community. Students from Central High School, for example, are directly involved in our project. They are designing their own mini-experiments, which we will take to Microgravity University to perform and videotape them in weightlessness. In the fall, we will return to Central to share the results of the mini-experiments with the students. Just like us, the students at Central High School are very enthusiastic about weightlessness on Earth. Hopefully sharing our project with them will inspire them to think about the myriad of great opportunities available in the sciences.
In our outreach programs, we hope to pass along the lessons that we learned in submitting our proposal to NASA: with enough hard work and energy, nothing is impossible.
The members of the Rhodes Binary Orbit Team are Brad Atkins '10, Gavin Franks '09, Joshua Fuchs '11, Lulu Li '11, Ben Rice '09, Chase Sliger '10, and Jennifer Thompson '08.
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The bipartisan legislation would require the FCC and NTIA to complete a long-overdue inventory of spectrum licenses, paving the way for reallocations needed for mobile broadband users.
NTIA issues a report suggesting freeing up the first 115MHz in an overall plan calling for opening up 500MHz of spectrum for commercial use over the next decade.
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TORONTO - The Blue Jays lost 5-4 to the Angels on Wednesday, snapping a streak of four consecutive series victories.
R.A. Dickey pitched 5 1/3 innings, allowing four runs. His streak of 15-straight starts working at least six innings came to an end.
Prior to the game, Toronto Star baseball columnist Richard Griffin, MLB.com's Gregor Chisholm and I convened for the latest edition of the Baseball Podcast. Topics we cover include the handling, and the future, of Ricky Romero; the performance of the Blue Jays' young call ups; manager John Gibbons and the two-game exhibition set the Jays will play in Montreal next March.
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Meantime, in other news:
Edwin Encarnacion, bothered by a sore left wrist, still isn't ready to return to the Blue Jays' lineup.
His status begs the question; could Encarnacion's season be over?
"There's always that chance but we don't think so," said manager John Gibbons. "There's not a whole lot of season left either, though."
Encarnacion, who's been the Blue Jays' best all-around hitter for the last two seasons, has a slash line of .276/.375/.542. With 36 home runs, if Encarnacion returns soon he'll have a shot at back to back 40 home run seasons.
"He feels better," said Gibbons. "He's not good enough to play today."
Anthony Gose isn't shy about the reason why he's trying to eliminate a leg kick from his swing.
"Because I suck with it," said Gose.
Gose, hitting .244 with a .661 OPS in 90 major league plate appearances this season, met with manager John Gibbons and hitting coach Chad Mottola about his struggles.
The agreed upon solution: Less leg kick.
"It's a process," said Gose. "It looks good in the cage without it but obviously, still in the game, on video and everything there's still a little kick there. Just trying to slowly eliminate it."
Colby Rasmus is expected to return this weekend from a month-long stint on the disabled list.
Manager John Gibbons has difficult decisions to make when it comes to doling out playing time amongst Rasmus, Anthony Gose, Rajai Davis, Moises Sierra and Kevin Pillar.
"Yeah we're still going to let the kids play some but he'll get back in there," said Gibbons. "We might give him a day off or two. He'll play. We might give him a day off here or there. We want to keep those guys working too. I mean, heck, how many games we got left? If he gets in this weekend what do we have left, 14 games?"
Rasmus, who is arbitration eligible and will be due a raise over the $4.68-million he made this season, is two home runs shy of hitting 20 for a third time in his career.
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Cafeteria Debit Cards Linked to Less-Healthy School Lunches
Study found kids consume more calories when cash isn't a lunch-line option
FRIDAY, Oct. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Students eat more junk food and eat more overall when they pay electronically at school cafeterias, a new study finds.
In an effort to keep lunch lines moving and make accounting easier, about 80 percent of U.S. school cafeterias use debit cards or accounts that parents can put money into, the Cornell University researchers said.
"There may be a reason for concern about the popularity of cashless systems," they wrote. "Debit cards have been shown to induce more frivolous purchases or greater overall spending."
The researchers compared purchases made by students in first through 12th grades at school cafeterias that use debit-only systems and those that accept debit or cash, according to a university news release.
The students at debit-only cafeterias consumed an average of 752 calories per lunch, compared with 721 calories for those at debit/cash cafeterias.
Unhealthy foods such as cheeseburgers, french fries, desserts and candy accounted for 441 of the lunch calories consumed by students at debit-only cafeterias, compared with 378 of the calories consumed by students at debit/cash cafeterias, according to the study, which was published recently in the journal Obesity.
The findings have important implications for schools and childhood obesity, said researchers David Just and Brian Wansink, co-directors of the Cornell Center for Behavioral Economics in Child Nutrition Programs.
If the use of cash instead of debit cards can motivate students to make slightly healthier food choices, then maybe something like a "cash-for-cookies" policy in school cafeterias would "encourage students to think twice before making their selection," the researchers suggested.
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