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NEW YORK - Raymond Harding, a former chairman of the New York Liberal Party, has been charged in connection with a multimillion-dollar kickback fraud involving the New York State Common Retirement Fund. Valued at $122 billion, it is the city's biggest pension fund. Harding denies the charges, brought by New York attorney-general Andrew Cuomo, of participating in a scheme to skew the process of selecting investment managers for the pension fund to favour political allies, friends and family. The case is the result of a two-year investigation into the management of the pension fund.
Cuomo accuses Harding of extracting more than $800,000 in bribes through sham placement fees arranged by Henry Morris and David Loglisci. Cuomo has also accused Morris and Loglisci, both of whom have pleaded not guilty, of conspiring to sell access to the fund in exchange for kickbacks and other payments, including $13 million in bribes from five investment deals involving the Carlyle Group, which says it is co-operating with the investigation.
The New York State Common Retirement Fund has only one trustee - the New York comptroller - and both Morris and Loglisti served under former state comptroller Alan Hevesi. Hevesi resigned in 2006 after pleading guilty to an unrelated felony. Cuomo's investigation has focused on decisions made during Hevesi's period in office.
Harding was allegedly paid the $800,000 for investment deals with money managers Paladin and Pequot. The two firms have not been accused of any wrongdoing. Former hedge fund manager Barrett Wissman, associated with Texas-based Hunt Financial Ventures, has already pleaded guilty to the corruption scheme. Wissman was accused of arranging some of the payments made to Morris and receiving around $12 million in fees. He has agreed to pay $12 million in penalties to the New York state and to make a partial settlement of the Securities and Exchange Commission's charges without admitting or denying the allegations. Cuomo is now using Wissman as a witness to the Harding case, and says he expects to bring further charges.
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3 BR, 2 BA, Sleeps 8. City And Mtn Views. Hiking And Bike Paths
2000 sq ft home on one acre provides privacy for your vacation getaway. One queen-sized bed (first bedroom), two twin beds (second bedroom), trundle bed which can be either two twins or made into a king-sized bed (third bedroom), one full sized bed (pull out sofa in living room). Full kitchen. Two baths, one with jet tub. Washer and dryer. Two flat screen TVs with many DVDs. Wireless Internet. Phone. Property is beautifully landscaped to attract the many varieties of hummingbirds for your enjoyment. Large walled outside patio with heated hot tub and barbeque grill. Convenient to restaurants, downtown, and local attractions. Abundance of native cacti and wildlife, as well as convenient to hiking and bike paths. Located right off Gates Pass Road on the West side of Tucson.
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About Lynne Bracker
My husband and I have lived in Tucson since 1976 when we came for graduate work at the University of Arizona and we plan to live here the rest of our lives. We love the casual lifestyle, the friendly Arizonans, and the weather where your picnics are never rained out. My husband and I are engineers, although I have recently entered the world of real estate as a salesperson. This is our only rental property and we plan to make it our eventual retirement home.
Lynne Bracker purchased this house in 2010
Why Lynne Bracker chose Tucson
We love the house; we love the neighborhood; we knew the previous owner and the builder. We love how you can sit outside in the u-shaped patio surrounded by incredible views of the city and surrounding mountains, or sit inside and feel like you're outside due to the large windows and glass doors. We love hearing the coyotes call to each other at night; we love watching the shooting stars; we love seeing the colorful hummingbirds sip nectar from flowers, watching the mule deer as they come down from the mountains in the afternoon to graze on the jojoba, and the javalina as they move in a herd through the desert. It's all right there at our doorstep. And finally, we love this property for its convenience. In minutes we can be downtown at the Convention Center, the University of Arizona, University Medical Center, some of the best restaurants in Tucson, museums, and attractions. We have the best of both worlds - desert tranquility and beauty while being within a 10 minute drive from Tucson and city life.
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Missing heritability: paternal age effect mutations and selfish spermatogonia.
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ABSTRACT: The transition between the interictal and ictal states may be characterised in terms of the dynamics of a complex system. Seizures may emerge because of a change in system parameters, but these parameters may be invisible to passive observation. Therefore, a number of investigators have developed methods to probe the system using stimulation; these probing stimuli may reveal important hidden parameters. Here we describe studies from two sets of investigators working independently, which have shown that motor responses to transcranial magnetic brain stimulation (TMS) differ between the interictal state remote from any seizure, and a period of hours immediately prior to a seizure. We place these studies in the context of the known physiology of motor responses to TMS and discuss how actively probing the state of brain excitability may open new windows on its dynamics.Epilepsy research 11/2011; 97(3):273-7. · 2.48 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2B (MEN2B) is a highly aggressive thyroid cancer syndrome. Since almost all sporadic cases are caused by the same nucleotide substitution in the RET proto-oncogene, the calculated disease incidence is 100-200 times greater than would be expected based on the genome average mutation frequency. In order to determine whether this increased incidence is due to an elevated mutation rate at this position (true mutation hot spot) or a selective advantage conferred on mutated spermatogonial stem cells, we studied the spatial distribution of the mutation in 14 human testes. In donors aged 36-68, mutations were clustered with small regions of each testis having mutation frequencies several orders of magnitude greater than the rest of the testis. In donors aged 19-23 mutations were almost non-existent, demonstrating that clusters in middle-aged donors grew during adulthood. Computational analysis showed that germline selection is the only plausible explanation. Testes of men aged 75-80 were heterogeneous with some like middle-aged and others like younger testes. Incorporating data on age-dependent death of spermatogonial stem cells explains the results from all age groups. Germline selection also explains MEN2B's male mutation bias and paternal age effect. Our discovery focuses attention on MEN2B as a model for understanding the genetic and biochemical basis of germline selection. Since RET function in mouse spermatogonial stem cells has been extensively studied, we are able to suggest that the MEN2B mutation provides a selective advantage by altering the PI3K/AKT and SFK signaling pathways. Mutations that are preferred in the germline but reduce the fitness of offspring increase the population's mutational load. Our approach is useful for studying other disease mutations with similar characteristics and could uncover additional germline selection pathways or identify true mutation hot spots.PLoS Genetics 02/2012; 8(2):e1002420. · 8.52 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Human spermatogonia (Spg) and their fetal precursors express fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 (FGFR3). To further elucidate the role of FGFR3 in the control of Spg self-renewal, proliferation, and/or differentiation, and to narrow down the FGFR3-positive cell type(s) in the normal adult human testis, tissue sections and whole mount preparations of seminiferous tubules were analyzed combining immunofluorescence and confocal fluorescence microscopy. FGFR3 protein was chiefly observed in cellular membranes and cytoplasmic vesicles of a subpopulation of type A Spg, which comprised the chromatin rarefaction zone-containing type A(dark). Cytoplasmic expression of FGFR3 and nuclear expression of proliferation-associated antigen KI-67 were mutually exclusive. Similarly, FGFR3-positive Spg were negative for Doublesex and Mab-3 related transcription factor 1 (DMRT1). By contrast, undifferentiated embryonic cell transcription factor 1 (UTF1) and survival time-associated PHD finger in ovarian cancer 1 protein (SPOC1) were co-expressed in the nuclei of FGFR3-positive Spg. Whole mounted seminiferous tubules illustrated the clonogenic arrangement of the FGFR3/UTF1 double-positive Spg, which mainly occurred as pairs or quadruplets and, different from the KIT-positive Spg, showed no overlap with KI-67 labeled clusters. Taken together, in the adult human testis, FGFR3 expression is a feature of small clones of rarely dividing type A Spg which resemble "undifferentiated" Spg, including the spermatogonial stem cells.Histochemie 07/2012; 138(5):759-72. · 2.61 Impact Factor
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Reporting to the Resources Supervisor, this demanding position at the hub of base operations involves the co-ordination of vessels and resources as part of a 24 hour operation.
The Senior Shipping Supervisor reporting to the Warehousing and Shipping Manager, is responsible for coordinating both the customer's Shipping Team and the Shared Services Shipping Team in the delivery of shipping services to ASCO Clients. This is conducted in accordance with ASCO policy, procedures, work instructions and agreed service level agreements. Duties of the role include but are not limited to –
Reporting to the Assistant Transport Manager you will be responsible for the co-ordination of vehicle movements, ensuring a high quality fast, reliable and cost effective service is provided to our clients.
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There's always a friendly face to welcome you to Smith Point County Park. That face just doesn't always belong to a human. Approaching the park on a sunny morning, I was greeted by a pack of deer grazing on grass and watching curiously as cars filled with eager beach-goers drove by.
Smith Point offers campgrounds with tent, trailer, and full hookup sights. Some campers enjoy bay views from their spots and even bring their own jet-skis to ride in the water. A small shack called The Wave Too sells ice, snacks, beverages, and camping needs. Off-roading is permitted down past the camp sites for those with a permit. The beach on the campgrounds is beautiful and quiet for sunbathing, playing in the sand, or just taking in the view, but no swimming is allowed since the area is not protected by lifeguards and rip-currents are strong.
On the other side of the traffic circle closer to the entrance is the main beach, where attentive lifeguards are on duty and swimmers can enjoy the clear, refreshing water and big waves. The conditions are great for fishing, surfing, and body boarding in designated areas. Sand volleyball courts near the entrance are open for play except when youth league matches are going on.
There's a spot with picnic tables, barbecues, and a playground in between the parking lot and the sand. The Beach Hut, a much upgraded version of the usual beach concession stand, offers lots of seating for customers only, a big menu with seafood, tropical drinks and more, and live music seven days a week from 5pm to sunset. Tuesdays and Thursdays are lobster fest, and every night is a seafood festival.
There's a lot going on at this beach, but somehow it maintains its relaxing atmosphere in spite of busloads of kids getting dropped off each day. "For a public place, it always feels private here," agreed Lisa and Brian O'Neill, who have been coming to Smith Point for 50 years. "You won't find us anywhere else."
--Nina Marie RuggieroBeachfront: 5-mile protected beach Lifeguards: 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. May 24-Sept. 1 Campsites: 222 campground sites, 75 outter beach. Tents, trailers, full hook-up.


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Michael Sam doesn't wish he had not come out publicly, like the media is claiming. Instead, he wishes we lived in a world in which celebrities like him could live life without looking over their shoulders. It's an important nuance.

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It has been confusing to see so many media outlets, including Outsports, run headlines saying that Michael Sam wishes he hadn't come out publicly, or that he regrets doing so. The headlines come from an interview with GQ magazine in which Sam said:

I would have done the same thing I did at Mizzou. Which was to tell my team and my coaches and leave it at that. But since I did tell my team, word got out.... People think the word didn't get out. It did. Or it did and it didn't. They kept it confined within our family. But the recruiters knew, and reporters knew, and they talked to each other, and it got out. If I didn't have the year I did, nobody would have cared. But I did have that year. And a lot of people knew. Someone was gonna ask me, "I heard you told your team a secret...." Well, I was comfortable with who I was, and I wouldn't have denied it. And then I wouldn't have been able to control the story. But I have no regrets.

It seemed pretty clear to me what he was saying: "In an ideal world I could have not felt I had to come out publicly or to anyone if I chose not to." Sam wishes he could have just gone about his business, coming out to his teammates. But he knows that's not the world we live in. He knows he has inspired many people. Sadly, he knows he got what he asked for: To be with a team that would accept him for everything he is (he's not currently with a team). But he knew that eventually the story would have gotten out (for the doubters, ask Kerry Rhodes and Aaron Rodgers if the media will write or speculate about an athlete's sexual orientation).

Instead of risking that, he decided to share his own story his own way.

What he regrets, if anything, is that we live in a gossip-fueled world where celebrities - gay and straight - have to "get ahead of" their own story. But that's our culture today. And within that world of reality, he has no regrets.

Could he have been more clear in the interview? Yes. He was speaking with nuance, which is rarely a good idea when you know your words are going in black-and-white.

Should headlines have jumped to the statement that he wishes he hadn't come out? No. It's clear there was more there. I understand the confusion - knowing Sam and watching how he operates certainly gives me a different perspective on him. In this case I can say with confidence that the headlines are simply incorrect.

Instead of the important nuance in Sam's very words, we got the media putting regretful words in Sam's mouth, as though he regrets coming out because he is not currently with an NFL team. PinkNews lead with the headline, "NFL star Michael Sam: I regret coming out publicly." The sports-deficient editors clearly didn't realize Sam isn't an "NFL star" and didn't read far enough to see what he said about regret. The Washington Times was just as bad with "Michael Sam: I regret coming out 'the way I did.'

All of that despite Sam saying, and I quote, "I HAVE NO REGRETS."

I remember the night before Sam came out publicly. We were all at Howard Bragman's house. There was nervous energy in the room, but none of it rested with Sam. He was relaxed, having a good time, excited for the big day when he finally "lived his truth," as he says.

He wasn't and isn't a man with regret about being himself. Instead, I have found Sam to be a man of grace, who has been far more respectful about the lot the 32 NFL teams have handed him than I could have been in his situation. He has carried himself with deep respect for himself and others. He has exhibited so many qualities NFL teams say they want in their athletes. Instead he is off a roster - again, in historic fashion. The whole time he has stayed quiet about what must be a deepening discontent with the nation's most powerful sports league.

Sadly these headlines will give even more ammunition to the LGBT professional athletes too scared to come out. That may be the saddest piece of this whole misunderstanding.

Because of our culture's obsession with the negative and with gossip (and, in truth, because of the holiday), the real story here will get a tiny fraction of the attention and "shares" received by the "Michael Sam regrets" pieces.

With all of this said, if Sam had regretted coming out or wish he hadn't, you could understand why he might feel a hint of it (which, again, he told the interviewer he doesn't). Sam is in unique territory, the only player in years in his position who was not with a team at this point in the season. He isn't on an NFL roster right now because he came out as gay and because NFL team front offices don't want him there. It's a disgusting commentary on the true state of the decision makers on NFL teams that none of them have signed Sam this late in the season.
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Jocks in the buff, inadvertently or not, have given us a lot of pleasure.

One of the fun parts of doing Outsports for the past 15 years have been the stories about naked athletes. They are always fun and popular since they reveal sides of athletes that are almost never meant to be seen. With the advent of blogs and social media, more nudity has been revealed than ever, some intentional and some not.

Here are some personal favorites from the past 15 years:

Austrian rugby team loses 48-0, decides to dance in town naked.
When you lose 48-0 in rugby, you can hide in your room or you can do what this Austrian rugby team did -- strip and perform "Singing in the Rain" in a Lithuanian town square. Video below sort-of NSFW:

Santonio Holmes naked in the shower.
We have no idea why the then-Steelers wide receiver decided to take a nude selfie, but it's clear why he wore #10. Follow this link to the original story, which then has a link to the picture (which is NSFW).

Chris Cooley shows us his playbook and his penis at the same time.
NFL Washington tight end Chris Cooley wanted to post a photo on his blog of how he studies his playbook. Unfortunately, he was nude in his room at the time and didn't notice his penis peeking out from under the playbook. The team was pissed that Cooley exposed his playbook, his mom that her son made a public spectacle of himself.

Fox Sports shows Viking's penis to world.
The same year that Cooley showed us his penis, Fox accidentally showed us Visanthe Shiancoe naked in the Minnesota Vikings locker room after a win. It was a good year for tight end penis shots.

Nude selfies of Aussie rugby player show up on Twitter.
George Burgess is one of four totally hot brothers who play pro rugby in Australia. He's the only one we know of to have nude selfies of himself wind up on Twitter. Suffice to say, Burgess is an impressive man all over.

Warwick rowers get naked to fight homophobia in sports.
The Warwick University rowing team in England has hit on a big money maker with their annual calendar and videos. They are also raising awareness of homophobia in sports, so they are good guys (and gals) doing a good thing while looking hot:

"Gods of Football" release charity calendar.
Aussie Rules Football and rugby players teamed up in 2009 for "God of Football" calendar as a fund-raiser for the McGrath Foundation, which provides funding for breast cancer nurses. I always loved this quote from rugger David "Wolfman" Williams: "It's for a good cause. Plus, I usually get nude for a lot less." Williams also won the 2009 King of the Hardwood contest, voted on by Outsports readers as the world's hottest jocks.

As a holiday treat, here are some photos by Pedro Virgil of the "Gods of Football":

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"If I had it my way, I never would have done it the way I did," he says in a GQ interview.

Michael Sam has been out of football since being dropped from the Dallas Cowboys practice squad and in an interview with GQ he expressed regret that he came out publicly as gay prior to the draft.

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Sam: If I had it my way, I never would have done it the way I did, never would have told it the way I did.

GQ: Really?

Sam: I would have done the same thing I did at Mizzou. Which was to tell my team and my coaches and leave it at that. But since I did tell my team, word got out.… People think the word didn't get out. It did. Or it did and it didn't. They kept it confined within our family. But the recruiters knew, and reporters knew, and they talked to each other, and it got out. If I didn't have the year I did, nobody would have cared. But I did have that year. And a lot of people knew. Someone was gonna ask me, "I heard you told your team a secret.…" Well, I was comfortable with who I was, and I wouldn't have denied it. And then I wouldn't have been able to control the story. But I have no regrets. Some people can argue that I had the potential to go higher in the draft. But I think everything happens for a reason. It looks good to see me in the position I'm in now, because I can show the world how good I am and rise up the ranks. I'm at the bottom now. I can rise up, show I'm a football player. Not anything else. Just a football player.

Sam is obviously conflicted here, saying he had no regrets but while sounding like he does. I am not sure whether a reporter ever would have asked him about gay rumors, since reporters shy away from that. But by coming out on his own terms, Sam controlled the process and that's a plus.

In the interview, Sam admitted that as the draft neared an end and he was still undrafted, he feared the worst.

Maybe I should never have come out. Maybe I made a mistake about everything. Maybe the NFL wasn't ready for a gay player, after all. One of those moments. I started to cry. And at that moment, [boyfriend] Vito came into the room. I didn't even hear him come in; I didn't know he was there. But then his hand was suddenly on my shoulder. He just put his hand on my shoulder. I looked at him, and he was teary-eyed, too. And in that moment I knew that I had made the right choice.

Sam will never know whether he would have been drafted higher had he not come out publicly and that has to gnaw at him, which is why he is having second thoughts. At the same time, it's important that he at least was in charge of his narrative. He said that he is certain other gay players will follow him, though he did not get specific.

The interview is a great read since he talks openly about his awful childhood. It also had an interesting nugget on how he felt more welcome in Dallas than he did in St. Louis when he with the Rams.

In St. Louis, they welcomed me, but I felt they were just putting smiles on their faces. It was because they didn't know my future. It was almost like the situation with a stray dog-you don't want to get too close. In Dallas, they were more welcoming.

It is unclear whether Sam is talking about the fans in St. Louis and Dallas or the players. Also, the interview was done before Sam was released by the Cowboys, so we don't know whether it strengthened the idea that he should not have come out publicly before the draft. If Sam gets a chance to show the world he is an NFL player, it won't come until next season.
 http://www.outsports.com/2014/11/25/7279455/michael-sam-gq-interview-gay-coming-out-nfl-draft Jim Buzinski 2014-11-24T23:46:09-08:00 2014-11-24T23:46:09-08:00 Robbie Rogers is charming and revealing in new memoir, 'Coming Out To Play'
Robbie Rogers opens up about his whole life in revealing new memoir, 'Coming Out To Play,' which focuses on the eventual marriage of Rogers the soccer player and Rogers the gay man.

Also: Read an excerpt from Coming Out To Play.

Not many guys in professional sports are comfortable enough in their own skin to admit they played with My Little Pony as a kid. OK, maybe not a lot of them did, but it's a subtle, powerful revelation Robbie Rogers makes in his new memoir, Coming Out To Play.

Rogers lays everything out in the book, sharing intimate details about his dating life (which included women long before he took the leap to dating men), growing up in a Catholic family, hearing slurs in British soccer, meeting his boyfriend, TV producer Greg Berlanti, and his journey in the months before coming out.

Yet it's that My Little Pony story that stuck out to me because of what it represented (you can read an excerpt of this story from the book here). Rogers was the perfect all-American kid. He had good looks, was exceptionally athletic, came from a good family, was loved by his parents and friends and seemed to have everything going for him. Yet there he was as a young boy asking for My Little Pony dolls for Christmas with his father complaining about the pink and powder blue horses potentially turning his son gay. It's an incredible social commentary on the sometimes-suffocating power of gender norms.

It resonated deeply with me. When I was a kid, I was obsessed with Wonder Woman. The TV show was syndicated so it was on TV daily. I watched every afternoon. I even took one of my sister's Barbie dolls and pretended she was Wonder Woman. Like Robbie, I found a refuge I sports despite teammates and even my coach making gay cracks. I could feel his pain.

There is also a lot of pain in the book. This kid who on the outside seemed to have it all was struggling deeply inside to the extent that almost no one but a closeted LGBT person growing up in a deeply religious environment could truly understand.

"Playing soccer actually helped me forget that underneath the surface I was this shameful and sinful person nobody would love," Rogers wrote. "On the field I could push all those bad feelings aside and still experience the joy that came from stepping onto the field with some of the best young athletes in the country who loved soccer a much as I did."

Of course, it was within soccer - and specifically his time at the IMG Academy in Florida - that he also experienced some of the most homophobia (not necessarily directed at him) of his life. It was a paradox not easily solved that led to his eventual departure from the sport all together.

The silver lining, of course, is that he is now openly gay, with a great partner and a loving family, is reconciling the church with his sexual orientation and is on top of the sports world.

The book was written before the 2014 season, so it doesn't hit on Rogers' transition to a new position with the Los Angeles Galaxy and the success that followed. I have to believe there's a sequel in the works for after retirement some time in 2024.
 http://www.outsports.com/2014/11/24/7271809/robbie-rogers-gay-book-coming-out-soccer Cyd Zeigler 2014-11-24T23:39:55-08:00 2014-11-24T23:39:55-08:00 Robbie Rogers on learning what made him different as a boy - book excerpt
In an exclusive excerpt from Robbie Rogers' memoir, 'Coming Out To Play,' the gay Major League Soccer player talks about learning as a child what made him different from the other boys - and the role of My Little Pony.

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From Coming Out To Play, by Robbie Rogers with Eric Marcus, from the chapter 'You've Got to be Carefully Taught':

You don't grow up hating yourself by accident. You don't learn to lie about your true nature on a whim. You don't pretend to be straight just for the fun of it. You have to learn and be taught these things and I was a good student.

There's a song from the 1949 Rodgers & Hammerstein musical South Pacific called "You've Got to Be Carefully Taught" that reminds me of my experience growing up. The first line of the song is, "You've got to be taught to hate and fear." The lyrics go on to talk about prejudice and describe how children are taught to hate people who are different from them and to hate all the people their relatives hate.

My family and church would never have tolerated the kind of prejudice described in the Rodgers & Hammerstein song. But gay people were another story, and growing up I heard and saw plenty that made me think that being gay was bad, defective, and sinful. I guess if you're straight and taught to hate gay people that's not as big a problem, because then you don't grow up hating yourself, although teaching children to hate anyone is wrong and I think deeply held prejudice of any kind is soul-destroying. But when you teach a child who is gay (or lesbian, bisexual, or transgender) that his fundamental nature is somehow bad, you create a situation where that child grows up hating himself and feels compelled to hide his true feelings, no matter what the cost is to him and those around him. And that's what happened to me beginning in early childhood.

Just a quick disclaimer before I say anything more: My parents did not set out to knowingly hurt me. They were taught by their parents and church to believe certain things about homosexuality and gay people that were widely held beliefs at the time. My goal in sharing my experiences with you is not to trash them (or other family members, or teammates, or friends), but to give you insight into my experience growing up as a gay kid in a world that was filled with hate and prejudice. It was a world in which I learned to hide anything about myself that might have given anyone any idea that I wasn't the All-American Straight Golden Boy they wanted to believe I was-and that I desperately wanted to be.

It all started with My Little Pony, a cartoon TV program I liked to watch when I was a very young boy. The show was built around a cast of characters based on the colorful and highly decorated plastic pony toys manufactured by Hasbro. I can't tell you why I loved My Little Pony, but I did. (Ironically, my favorite pony was the blue one with wings and a rainbow-colored mane and tail-for those who don't know, the rainbow flag is a symbol of gay pride.) The fact that I loved My Little Pony in the first place was the problem, because the My Little Pony TV show and the My Little Pony dolls that I collected and played with were designed for and marketed to girls.

I have to give my mom some credit because when I asked for My Little Pony dolls for Christmas and birthday gifts (and we each got to pick out a new toy when another sibling was born), she let me choose whatever I wanted. And what I always wanted was a My Little Pony doll and another less-than-masculine toy, this stuffed dog that had a flap on its belly with little puppies inside.

But I don't want to give my mother-or my sisters-too much credit, because they liked to tease me about the fact that I liked to play with toys that most boys had no interest in. They used to sing a song meant to torment me about "My Little Pony and baloney," and they'd sing it back and forth until I started crying. I was very sensitive when I was a child (I still am), so it didn't take a lot to get me to cry. Still, I don't remember the teasing bothering me all that much. Though apparently it's not that way for every boy who loves My Little Pony. I recently read about an eleven-year-old boy who was a fan of the My Little Pony cartoon show and was teased so relentlessly that he tried to take his own life, which is beyond heartbreaking.

Other than the occasional teasing, my sisters were happy to play dolls with me. And my mother was content to let us enjoy ourselves. My father was another story, and on a few occasions when I was very young he made it clear that he didn't like his namesake playing with "girlie things." I remember one time overhearing him say to my mother in a really angry voice, "I don't ever want to see him playing with dolls again! I don't want a fairy for a son!"

It would be years before I understood that the word "fairy" was a stand-in for "fag" or "homosexual" and that my father was afraid that by playing with dolls I'd grow up to be gay. What was clear from my father's tone of voice was that whatever kind of fairy he didn't want me to be, I figured it had to be pretty bad. After that my mother deftly shifted me away from My Little Pony dolls and over to more standard toy horses, which she would buy for me at the general store. Happily for everyone, as I got older and my brother Tim and I spent more time playing together, we only wanted toys that would shoot stuff. We'd set up little soldiers and go at it the way boys were supposed to play. That must have come as a huge relief to my father.

From COMING OUT TO PLAY by Robbie Rogers with Eric Marcus. Reprinted by arrangement with Penguin Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, A Penguin Random House Company. Copyright © Robert H. Rogers, 2014.
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For years high school basketball coach Anthony Nicodemo felt he had to keep his basketball life and his gay life separate. He's now thankful they are becoming one.

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For the past four Novembers I have made a pilgrimage to Mohegan Sun in Connecticut to catch the Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off Classic tournament. It's always nice to get away before my season goes into full swing. The weekend tends to be filled with gambling, dinner with coaching buddies, and great hoops.

This year was a little different. Since coming out 18 months ago I have developed a new network of friends. I naturally asked some of them to come hang out for the weekend and partake in the fun. It happened to work out that UMASS would be part of the event and Derrick Gordon, the first active openly gay Div. I men's player, would play two games in the tournament. It would give us all an opportunity to catch up.

A few days before the trip, while I began planning dinner reservations, it dawned on me. For the first time my past and present would meet. My new gay friends would be socializing with my longtime straight friends.

In no way did I think this would be a problem. Instead, I saw it as an important moment for me. I have become comfortable enough to want these two aspects of my life to assimilate. I want my players to know my friends. I recently invited former Hillsdale College player Derek Schell to a practice. It was great watching him interact with my players and provide feedback on the team. My players are like my sons and it felt great to have them meet one of my best friends.

On Saturday, I had Schell, his boyfriend Kevin, and current Drew University assistant baseball coach (and former player) Matt Kaplon at the dinner. Next to them were Edgemont High School Coach Joe Galgano, his son Stephen, AAU coach Joe Leone and Charlie O'Rourke, an old friend and New York City basketball fan.

Jokes were told (most involving me as the punchline), wine was drunk and many stories were shared. The generation gap didn't matter. The sexual orientation didn't matter. All eight of us had a great time. The next day we sat together at the games, watched Derrick break barriers and again had a blast.

As I reflected on the weekend's events during my drive home, I came to realize how thankful I needed to be. For years, I was living two separate lives. I did everything in my power to make sure they stayed separate. Fear did not allow them to intersect.

In many ways I now feel cheated. For so long a whole part of my life was only shared with my boyfriend of the time, and even that was a secret. This weekend I allowed my friends to meet. Next it needs to be my family: they still have not met so many important people in my life. That's coming this week: I have invited several friends over to my family's Thanksgiving dinner. My hope is that this will fulfill something that is missing from my life, and different people will finally interact, and not by just commenting on pictures of each other on Facebook.

The cliche that is often said around this time of year is about people sharing things they are thankful for. Well, here it goes: I am thankful for being able to live an authentic life. I am thankful for the support from friends, family and players. I am thankful that all aspects of my life are becoming intertwined. Soon, I will be able to live one complete life.

You can follow Anthony Nicodemo on Twitter @SaundersHoops.
 http://www.outsports.com/2014/11/24/7275595/gay-coach-anthony-nicodemo-thankful Anthony Nicodemo 2014-11-23T23:59:14-08:00 2014-11-23T23:59:14-08:00 'Not 1 NFL player wears a cup. Not 1'
Being kicked in the groin in an occupational hazard, but players never go for cups as we found out Sunday.

On the first play of the Denver Broncos-Miami Dolphins game, Broncos linebacker got hit in the groin. In medical terms, he got "drilled in the balls." It was so painful that Miller took himself out of the game and missed the series.

This led a writer for Mile High Report to tweet: "Von will be fine, took a hard hit to the "groin area" that's--why you should always wear a cup folks." Former NFL linebacker Chad Brown had a retort:

"@MileHighReport: Von will be fine, took a hard hit to groin area that's why U should wear a cup folks." -Not 1 NFL player wears a cup.Not 1
 — Chad Brown (@chadbrown94) November 23, 2014

  Brown knows of what he speaks. NFL players used to wear cups years ago, as ESPN.com reported, but no longer. I asked Brown via Twitter why the practice stopped:

"@JimBuzinski: @chadbrown94 why no cup? bulky? fear of the plastic breaking off & doing damage?" -Never stayed where should. Bulky for sure.
 — Chad Brown (@chadbrown94) November 24, 2014

Cups are bulky and players say they feel they don't run fast enough with them on. Then there's the problem of malfunction, as Giants quarterback Eli Manning told the New York Times:

"You know, it's supposed to be centered, obviously," Manning said. "So, if it goes to the side and then you get hit and it presses into. ... " He trailed off.
"Well, that's not good," he said.

Not good at all. I have never worn a cup ever playing sports. Would love hearing from readers as to whether they have and why and what sport.

Here is some visual evidence from Sunday that players indeed don't wear cups:

Von Miller's teammate Emmanuel Sanders (Photo by AAaron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

Absolutely not Dez Bryant, hanging left. (Photo by Al Bello / Getty Images Sport)

J.J. Watt of the Texans ( (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images)

 http://www.outsports.com/2014/11/23/7274359/nfl-players-protective-cup-genitals-groin-penis Jim Buzinski 2014-11-23T13:58:18-08:00 2014-11-23T13:58:18-08:00 Gay West Virginia Univ. diver Alex Obendorf back after car accident
Alex Obendorf talks about being gay for the first time in discussing Tom Daley and Matthew Mitcham.

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One of the most powerful pieces of the LGBT sports movement has been seeing athletes come out in unexpected areas: Alan Gendreau at Middle Tennessee State, two volleyball players in rural South Carolina, Jallen Messersmith at a religious school in Kansas.

Now Alex Obendorf adds his name to the growing list. The freshman diver for West Virginia University publicly talked about being gay for the first time in an interview with Columbia Missourian reporter Erik Hall. When talk turned to the Olympics, Obendorf was effusive about Tom Daley and Matthew Mitcham because he ha a similar style to theirs, and because he is also gay. From Hall:

"I like their form and everything," Obendorf said. "I'm pretty proud of them because I know that it's a hard thing to open up about, especially to the public as an Olympian. I am openly gay. I know where they come from."

Obendorf won All-American honors twice in high school, according to the Daily Athaneaum.

You can see Obendorf win a state championship in 2012 and talk about his big win:

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just read the update starts today, Tried to do it manually its not working so I will try latter hopefully it will work.Got the Email about it A little while a go about it
The previous info was this patch was resuming on the 9th. Todays info regarding it starting today was probably just wrong, or it got postponed AGAIN, if that's the case we will hear about it sometime tomorrow. For the record you are not the only one unable to manually recive the update.
Just down loaded the new update manually I'll see later how it works I know the Themes are back. seems pretty good,
So Rocky did you follow the instuctions for Download that is posted here: http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-3045
I've been waiting and Really would like to get it overwith!
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I will not take a single update seriously until we get ice cream sandwich
With end of life for this device next month I would say the chances of an offical ICS update is pretty much slim to none.
I would just point out that HTC has published a list of devices they are working to update to ICS here: http://blog.htc.com/2012/03/ics/
The myTouch 4G Slide does not appear on that list.
Since the update, I've had problems with my power/wake up button. I can press the button 2-3 times and all that happens is the hardkeys light up briefly and then fade down again. It takes usually 2/3 times of pressing it to wake up. This is a new issue that happened directly after the software update.
I have had the exact same problem since the update. I have found that if you push the track pad button (bottom in the center) it will wake the phone up. I thought I was the only one having this problem.
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Easily Could have been 5 Stars except color I received the ladder today and was very excited. Unfortunately, like the reviewer before me (which I am only reading now), I am disappointed with the color. I opened the box with great expectations and the ladder does seem heavy as advertised which I totally expected. It is after all wood and nice and sturdy. Love that feature of it and the operation. The only disappointment is I expected a deep warm brown like the picture, instead it looks like lacquer black. Just not what I was expecting and not my style. Still debating about sending back. This so easily could have been 5 stars had the color been what it looked like in the picture. Happy Internet Shopping! August 28, 2014
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Very well made step stool We ordered this stool for our new custom built closets as the top shelves were hard to reach. It turned out perfect! It is very well made and sturdy and looks like it cost a lot more than it did. August 25, 2014
not quite perfect The step stool is a bit heavier than I expected, but it would be perfect if the color were closer to the one in the picture on line. I expected it to be a lighter brown and instead it is a dark brown, almost black so it does not fit my kitchen decor as well as I had hoped. Did not return, but disappointed. August 19, 2014
BEAUTIFUL STEPSTOOL GREAT PRODUCT AND MATCHES MY NEW KITCHEN BEAUTIFULLY. SO GLAD I DECIDED TO MAKE THE PURCHASE! August 20, 2014
Perfection in Three Steps This stool is very sturdy and folds so it practically disappears when tucked into a four-inch space next to a bookcase. It works perfectly to reach top closet and kitchen shelves. This stool was beyond my expectations! May 22, 2014
Wooden Step Stool As others have pointed out, it's incredibly heavy -- hard to understand why it would be so heavy. For something that should be useful in different parts of the house on a daily basis, this is a serious problem. I'm not sure such a thing could be very light, but there are certainly wooden ladders that weigh half. I hesitate to mention its color/appearance. The very dark stain looks pretentious and inappropriate for a utility item like a step ladder. It's a trivial detail, but I do wish it were a more natural wood color. That said, it appears to be superbly made and, when set up, a wonderfully secure way of reaching the top layers of our storage. I'm very glad to have it. I would recommend it highly to people who can leave it open in one location most of the time. Those who want to move it about a lot will probably become impatient with its heft. February 4, 2013
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What is the total weight of stool?
Some reviews state that it is heavy. As a small woman, I am concerned about the weight and ease of moving it.
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I just received this. I opened it in a snap, but I can't seem to fold it. It has a sticker on it that says PUSH TO FOLD. I did push it, but not too hard because it seems to be bending and I'm afraid if I force it, it will snap off.
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Answer:Thank you for your interest in Grandin Road. To close the Wooden Step Stool, press down on the lever (toward the floor) rather than trying to press the lever back (away from you). This should help to close the stool.
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Such a bizarre reaction to one man's career move that I could not resist commenting on the story. LeBron is 25 years old. Mature for an NBA player with 7 years of wear and tear on his knees. Cleveland would not have given him a chance for the ring. Miami does.It is like working for Motel 6 for years and getting an offer from the Ritz Carlton. Forget leaving the light on. It is evident LeBron is a great player and one who is constantly being compared to MJ and Kobe. He is a different player who has earned the right to grab for the ring. Loyalty to Cleveland? Get serious. Cleveland would deal him in a heartbeat for the next Lebron. MJ, Kobe, Magic, Larry all had very good players around them to win championships and could not have won any alone. Staying in Cleveland for loyalty reasons when your playing career is half over is crazy. This is high income entertainment and not about loyalty. It is about winning. Sad but true. I will tune in to watch the Heat because those 3 players give them a chance to be special.
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In British English, the term the thinking man's/woman's crumpet is a way of describing a man or a woman who is popular with the opposite sex primarily because of their intelligence but also due to their physical attractiveness.[1]
It derives from the slang use of the term "crumpet" to refer to a woman who is regarded as an object of sexual desire.[2]
The first person to be called "the thinking man's crumpet" was Joan Bakewell, by humorist Frank Muir, following her appearances in high-brow television discussion programmes such as BBC2's Late Night Line-Up.[3] Bakewell is still synonymous with the phrase, but it has subsequently been applied to other high-profile women such as Anne Gregg,[4] Joanna Lumley,[4] and Felicity Kendal,[4] and, more recently, Helen Mirren[5] Jennifer Saunders and Gillian Anderson.[6] In a poll in the Radio Times in 2003, Nigella Lawson received the most votes to be the readers' "thinking man's crumpet",[7] with Carol Vorderman in second place.[citation needed]
Actors Benedict Cumberbatch and Colin Firth have been repeatedly called by the press "the thinking woman's crumpet."[8][9][10]
After the release of the 1997 film Titanic, Kate Winslet was dubbed by one newspaper as "the sinking man's crumpet",[11][12] but this moniker was repeated by only one other British newspaper.
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- ^ Helen Mirren: A real drama queen, The Independent, 3 September 2006.
- ^ The X Files Uncovered, Fox Home Entertainment.
- ^ Press Release, BBC Worldwide, 22 September 2003.
- ^ "Colin Firth: The Thinking Ladies' Leading Man - Photo Essays - TIME". Time. 22 February 2011.
- ^ Shinan Govani: Tapping Idris Elba and Benedict Cumberbatch, the Titans of TIFF | National Post
- ^ Jarvis, Alice-Azania (29 January 2011). "Benedict Cumberbatch: Success? It's elementary". The Independent (London).
- ^ Sweet, Matthew (2001-02-14). "Kate Winslet: the sinking man's crumpet". The Independent (London). Retrieved 2010-02-12.
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Statistics do not indicate that the US has a problem with sex-selective abortions, nor do they indicate an increasing gender discrepancy in the American birth rate. In fact, according to the Centers for Disease Control, the sex ratio � the number of baby boys born per 1,000 baby girls � has actually been decreasing slightly but steadily over the last 30 years. In 1983, 1,052 boys were born for every 1,000 girls born in the US; in 2009, 1,048 boys were born for every 1,000 girls. This is only indicative of a �growing problem� if by �growing problem" it's growing anti-abortion rights talking points...blah,blah,blah...
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A Northfleet man has denied committing sexual offences against a child in Erith 10 years ago.
Raymond Barham, 65, of Huntley Avenue, is charged with two counts of assaulting a girl under 13 in October 2004 or before.
He appeared at Woolwich Crown Court on May 27 (Tuesday) and previously on March 11.
The 65-year-old now faces a trial at Woolwich Crown Court on September 1.
His bail conditions mean he cannot contact the alleged victim or have any unsupervised contact with anyone aged under 16.
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Condemning the attack on a house surgeon at Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital (TVMCH) on Sunday night, the interns struck work and staged a demonstration on the TVMCH premises on Monday. After his father, who had been admitted to the hospital, breathed his last on Sunday night, G.Abhimanyu (24) of Kallaththi under Moolaikkaraipatti police station limits allegedly assaulted house surgeon Suresh Babu. Mr.Babu filed a complaint and the police arrested Abhimanyu. Condemning the incident, the house surgeons went on strike and held a demonstration demanding police protection to the doctors and the interns throughout the day.
The protestors also said surveillance cameras should be fitted in all wards to ensure the safety of the doctors, nurses, interns and patients.
By introducing proper 'token system', the number of attendants visiting the patients should be restricted to two, they said.
"Though stringent legal provisions are there to deter people from attacking the doctors or interns on duty, a case was registered under ordinary sections after this incident. Only after the interns registered their protest, the sections were altered," said R.Ragul, vice-chairman of Interns' Association.