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Our guy Kevin Seifert had a blog post after the NFL Scouting Combine suggesting that Florida quarterback Tim Tebow could well wind up in the NFC North, and ESPN.com said the Packers were among the five or six most likely suitors for the former Heisman winner.
And I've got to say, I think Tebow could be worth a look.
Here's what you'd be getting: A big, physical quarterback with mechanics issues, but one whose work ethic and character has never been questioned for a second and who won sooner, more and bigger than just about any player in college football history. Oh, and he jumped 38 1/2 inches and ran a 4.72 40-yard dash.
No one is suggesting Tebow is a perfect NFL prospect — his ball carriage needs some serious work, and Florida has never produced a successful NFL quarterback. But many executives will say they'd rather start with what Tebow does have — a thirst to be the best, a rock-solid foundation and a knack for leadership — than what he doesn't have.
And look at what the Packers got in Aaron Rodgers in 2005: A quarterback with surprising foot speed and an impressive arm, but one whose mechanics scared off plenty of teams. Mike McCarthy and quarterbacks coach Tom Clements made the necessary tweaks, and as Seifert points out, Rodgers now has one of the best deliveries in the game.
Then there were these comments from McCarthy at the Scouting Combine:
"I think the guy's a winner, just the way he plays the game. I know a lot's being said about his mechanics. Just the way he approaches the game of football, I think he'll do everything he needs to do to improve. But you look for football players. And his record in college, I think, speaks for itself. But I'd love the opportunity to work with a Tim Tebow."
General manager Ted Thompson also had a glowing review of Tebow, saying, "Based on his history, I think that would be a little bit premature to start criticizing him and doubting his ability to play. He's been playing at a pretty high level for quite some time. Has to go down as one of the great college football players of all time, so let's don't sell him short just yet."
Those could be nothing more than a pair of highly complementary smoke screens. But if Tebow is available in, say, the third or fourth round, isn't it worth a look? The Packers' backup situation is less than settled, but Matt Flynn has been in their program for two years now. They'd have time to work with Tebow, iron out the flaws in his game and turn him into a capable backup, or possibly a trade chip. Or maybe they'd harness his other skills in some kind of wacky spread offense, though that seems less likely with this administration.
If all that's at stake, though, is a mid-round pick, Tebow should get a look. The upside is well worth the risk.
Plus, you know how the Packers love those guys with matching initials.
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I'm not saying that Nelson is or isn't the ideal person to have with you (I'd prefer a smart and sensible friend who would keep me out of trouble vs the one who might be able to help if trouble happens) but to base what he is capable of in the real world upon his mma fights is silly.
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I still remember the lecture my dad gave me when I first got my provisional driving licence: When I get behind the wheel, I'm responsible for a few tons of metal that can be as lethal as any weapon. So whenever I drive, I need to always give the road my utmost care and attention.
It's bad enough to see people driving a few tons of metal around whilst talking on their mobiles, but driving 10 tons whilst watching DVDs :
I struggle to understand the mentality of these drivers. Is it complacency and they've forgotten how lethal the vehicle they're driving is? Or do they just have no regard for the lives of other human beings?
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Kinda cool little PSA: http://digg.com/video/what-does-it-mean-to-do-something-like-a-girl
What about phrases like "get some balls" when you're suggesting someone be more assertive?Is that saying women aren't assertive?Does using that phrase tend to make women less assertive?
Someone else sent me that link. We have a long way to go but it was nice to see the younger girls not fall into that trap as easily as the older ones.
Edited by Kat_P on 06/28/2014 17:59:35 MDT.
I was thinking that too, but then I thought maybe was that girls get screwed up sometime after puberty.
I would like to watch the video, but a recent thunder storm/power outage, completely fried both my modem and wi fi router, so i've been running off my phones mobile hotspot option recently and i have to watch data usage. Too broke to buy new ones right now. Thankfully i pay a little extra each month to the electrical company for this very protection purpose... so theoretically should get some money in a couple of weeks or so. Can anyone briefly describe the overall gist of said video? Sometimes i catch myself saying, "you guys", even to a group that has some or many women in it. I think that is perhaps kind of sexist of me. Originally being from the north east but living in VA now, i try not to say y'all, as my little rebellion against the south.. but i'm re-thinking that.
interviewed males and females of various ages. asked to "throw like a girl". they did it awkwardly. and "fighting like a girl". girls less than puberty did not behave like this. the point being, that societal sexism affects girls in puberty to start throwing awkwardly and other sterotypical behaviors. and when this was brought to people's attention they had "ah ha moment"cute videogood "left brain" treatment of issue
Interesting... Thank you for the break down Jerry. While i do think there are some innate, average differences between the genders, like the video suggests, i've long suspected a lot of it is societal indoctrination, culture influence, etc. I've always been kind of more attracted to "tom boyish" type women, and long have felt rather "feminine" in a lot of ways, though i'm not outwardly effeminate at all and haven't ever had any sexual/lust type attraction to other men. The feminine part is hard to explain in words. I've always related very well to women, often get along better with them then men, and "feel/think" i think sometimes more like a woman than a guy, in touch and aware of my subtle feelings (though i'm rarely strongly emotional in the usual, or outwardly sense), listen well as a trend, more empathic, tend to perceive/process a bit more in more holistic or intuitive ways than just logically and linearly (though that's definitely strongly mixed in), for some examples that are easier to describe/explain. Gender is an interesting subject from a lot of viewpoints. I have some "weird" consciousness oriented theories about same (big surprise huh? ;) but BPL is no place for those! I'm thought crazy/imbalanced enough as is. I will just say that i found Bob Monroe's experience of meeting "He/She" as related in his 3rd and last book, "Ultimate Journey" to be very interesting and very true in a lot of respects, though i suspect many here would find it very unbelievable and out there. And i figured out who "He/She" really is. Actually a very well known person from history, still sticking around and helping people out, just as some old writings describe. Just to briefly say, when Bob met this person, he first referred to them as "He/She", because the person felt perfectly balanced and integrated between masculine and feminine, and in Bob's more nonphysical OBE state, he at first couldn't even perceive if it was a man or woman though the person was in physical form. Since i've had some OBE's as well, i'm open minded to Bob's experiences--that and i know he was a credible, service oriented, and all around pretty good guy who helped a lot of people when he was around--though he was no saint as they say. I've been friends and met people who knew or were friends with him. These all had a lot of respect for him. Though like any charismatic leader/facilitator type, some put him on a pedestal over much, but he was pretty good at being the anti-guru helper--unusually so, which is why i have a lot of respect for him.
Edited by ArcturusBear1 on 06/29/2014 07:53:52 MDT.
Hard to say without actually seeing the video yet, but an alternative explanation besides cultural/societal indoctrination is that when boys and girls are younger, before puberty, their bodies are less flooded with the hormones that tend to be predominant in their respective genders. Perhaps some of the more overt "differences" besides bodily come in when their bodies are flooded by those different hormones. Yes, i do realize that women/girls do have some testosterone and androgen hormones, and men/boys have some estrogen and similar hormones, but i'm speaking average ratio predominance. Certainly, if you pump a woman full of testosterone, she does become more "masculine" like in various ways physically and personality wise some, and vice versa with men and estrogen. I suspect though, that it's a combo of indoctrination/subconscious influencing and hormone increase post puberty. I've once heard testosterone described as the "f*#! it or kill it" hormone, and to some extent i agree. I have a hypothesis btw that in a guy, if you increased both testosterone, androgen, and growth hormone in the body in general, as well as applying both more specifically to a specific organ at the same time via skin (in DMSO?), along with some mild electrical stimulus of specific frequency to same organ, that one might get the much sought after and holy grail enhancement effect that millions or billions of men look for. I thought of this after watching the both hilarious at times and painful at others, documentary, "Unhung Hero".
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hormones would explain why men are better at athletics that require muscle mass like footballI think "throwing like a girl" is a metaphor for something like science or engineering that requires math and science. Few women. 10 year old girls are good at math and science. Maybe hormones are a tiny bit responsible for why girls quit being so good at math and science but I think it's mostly cultural.
I like it. Thought provoking. The phrase was also used in an ad featuring the now deceased Flo Jo many years ago. Really turned the phrase on its head because the accompanying photo showed her impressively muscled body running at full speed. I'd give a lot if I could run like that girl.
But I don't mind it. I guess because I'm a guy. I think of throwing like a girl a certain strange throwing motion. And in the video, it would be most kids...then the boys just gets better at it. So if you still throw awkwardly later in life, then it is "like a girl".Males and females are different. I don't think it benefits us to pretend we are the same. If you tell somebody to not be a D!ck, then is that sexist too?
Thanks for that. It reminds me a bit of this:"I can remember speaking to a 12-year-old boy, a football player, and I asked him, I said, "How would you feel if, in front of all the players, your coach told you you were playing like a girl?" Now I expected him to say something like, I'd be sad; I'd be mad; I'd be angry, or something like that. No, the boy said to me -- the boy said to me, "It would destroy me." And I said to myself, "God, if it would destroy him to be called a girl, what are we then teaching him about girls?" " -Tony Porter - A Call to Men
I think throwing like a girl is a metaphor. Doesn't really matter that much how good you throw unless you're an athlete. But the same thing applies to other things like math and science - 10 year old girls just as good, after puberty not so good, this makes them unable to get as good jobs. If we didn't consider girls dumb, or you can't get a man unless you pretend to be dumb, then this wouldn't happen.
Who considers girls dumb? I know that men are more likely to go into math and science fields, but that is a preference (maybe skill). But how is that dumb? And who tells women they need to be dumb to get a guy? I like smart women. They make more money....
I'm sure it's not just you... :-)What the video points out is that too much of the 'does things like a girl' - with a negative connotation - happens at a critical time for the social development of young girls. And we shouldn't be using language that makes them feel somewhat incapable during such a difficult time, we should be using language that's positive and promotes growth, not stagnation."And in the video, it would be most kids...then the boys just gets better at it. So if you still throw awkwardly later in life, then it is "like a girl"."As a generalization that might be somewhat true, but it's nowhere near true on an individual basis. There are many young girls who can 'outdo' boys of the same age in many sports. And while boys may generally get stronger, running naturally and throwing naturally are not based on strength at all. And those girls - and the number is increasing, thank goodness - who refuse to accept the old manner of thought that 'sports are for boys' develop motor skills just as well boys. They can run and throw just as well, if not as fast or far. The only reason far too many girls run or throw 'awkwardly' is because they've been made to feel that's just how it is, thanks to negative language used."Males and females are different. I don't think it benefits us to pretend we are the same."Yup, we're different, but not in the ways that 'throws like a girl' promotes. We're not really different in that aspect - the ability to run, throw, kick, catch, etc. naturally and well."If you tell somebody to not be a D!ck, then is that sexist too?"It's not the same thing at all. And, again, I don't think the point of the video is sexism, I think it's trying to promote not singling out girls at a very delicate point in their lives to make them feel somehow less than boys in any part of life. I think it's a worthy goal.
Doug,Then I suggest you show the video to all the girls you know. It appeared to me that when I was growing up the boys weren't putting down the girls at that all so critical age. It was girls doing it to each other.
Michael, yes, it goes beyond what little boys say. If a girl is taught at home that she is helpless but being pretty will help her get what she needs....then she will tell other girls the same. A lot of the media continues to portray women pretty poorly. It all adds up and empowering girls does not mean negating the differences between boys and girls. I also believe that many of the stereotypes are hurting boys and men and the awareness should go both ways.
"Who considers girls dumb? I know that men are more likely to go into math and science fields, but that is a preference (maybe skill). But how is that dumb? And who tells women they need to be dumb to get a guy?"When I say dumb, I mean in math and science. Or you could call it skill if you wanted. And if it was preference, it's because the person does better or worse so prefers to go into that field.And it's just because people in those fields tend to get paid more and it's easier finding a job. And people enjoy it as much as other fields. Not that there's anything wrong with being a social worker or an historian or whatever.And for some reason, there aren't many women in math and science fields. Yet when I was 10, the girls were just as good. Something happened, and I assume it's cultural.When I was growing up there were discussions about how a women has to be dumb, like losing at a game or it will intimidate the man. And discussions about how B.S. that was and women shouldn't do that.
"It was girls doing it to each other."and to themselvesone of the points of that video
Kat,I didn't see much of that. Growing up all of the girls in school played sports and were in honors classes too. Actually we probably had a few more girls than guys in the honors classes. It wasn't cool for the guys to be smart. There were only a few of us that played sports and were in the honors classes on the guys side. I was the only one that did both well. ;) I guess I got lucky. The girls in my class would rather run track and take physics. The "in" group actually weren't the cheerleaders. Then I married a woman who is better at math/science then me. Maybe it's just me!
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A simple soul is more fully enlightened by a grain of pure faith than Lucifer by all his intelligence.
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The knowledge possessed by a soul faithful to its obligations, quietly submissive to the intimate orders of grace, gentle and humble towards all, is worth more than the most profound penetration of mysteries ...
What is there among creatures that can resist the force of a faithful, gentle and humble soul? If we would infallibly conquer our enemies we must oppose them with no other arms than fidelity, gentleness and humility. Jesus Christ has put these in our hands for our defense; there is nothing to fear when we know how to use them. We should not be cowardly but generous, for this is the only disposition in which we can use these divine instruments. All that God does is sublime and marvelous and never can individual action at war with God resist one who is united to the divine action by gentleness and humility.
What is Lucifer? He is a brilliant intelligence, the most enlightened of all, but an intelligence discontented with God and his order. The mystery of iniquity is nothing but the result of this discontent manifested in as many ways as possible. Lucifer, as far as lies in his power, wishes to leave nothing in the state in which God has ordained and placed it. Wherever he penetrates, you will always find the work of God disfigured. The more lights, knowledge and general capacity a person has the more he is to be feared, if he has not the foundation of piety which consists in contentment with God and his will. It is the regulation of the heart that places us in union with the divine will; without that union, everything is but pure nature and, usually, pure opposition to the divine order; God has not, properly speaking, any instruments but humble souls.
Father Jean Pierre de Caussade, S.J. "The force of the faithful." excerpt from The Joy of Full Surrender (Brewster, MA: Paraclete Press, 2008).
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Father Jean Pierre de Caussade, S.J. (1675-1751) was a French Jesuit priest and writer known for his work Abandonment to Divine Providence (also translated as The Joy of Full Surrender) and his posthumously-published letters of instruction to the Nuns of the Visitation at Nancy, Spiritual Letters of Jean-Pierre De Caussade, where he was spiritual director from 1733-1740. He also spent years as preacher in southern and central France, as a college rector (at Perpignan and at Albi), and as the director of theological students at the Jesuit house in Toulouse.Copyright © 2008 Paraclete Press
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Daniels, a former four-star recruit from Arizona, was one of four defensive backs who redshirted with the Ducks in 2012. Those four face another season spent largely on the sidelines in 2013, based on all the talent returning in the UO secondary, but Daniels' experience a year ago illustrates the importance of staying ready to play at a moment's notice.
At the end of fall camp last August, Daniels was told he'd be redshirting. But first John Boyett and then Avery Patterson was lost for the season with a knee injury. Daniels was on the travel squad for the game at Cal in which Patterson was injured, and stood next to position coach John Neal late in the game, ready to burn his redshirt that November night had there been another injury.
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Something unusual is happening in Congress. Democrats and Republicans appear headed toward the same goal.
The problem is, that goal is just more of the same – more business as usual in Washington. They want to pass yet another continuing resolution instead of a real budget solution.
I can almost hear the good people of West Virginia and all over this country saying – there they go again!
Now, I can argue this both ways. A continuing resolution will let the government limp along. That way, we can go home now, then come back after the election to fix the budget.
But I haven't had anybody in West Virginia tell me we should hurry home to campaign. I have had plenty of them tell me we need to stay here and do the job they hired us to do.
And that means fixing the budget, because our debt is piling up every day and it's choking our economy.
These continuing resolutions are supposed to be temporary, but it looks to me like they've become a permanent way of doing business here in Congress.
And let me tell you, it's a really bad way of doing business. It ignores the dire circumstances of a record $16 trillion dollars national debt that will increase close to $1 trillion a year if we don't balance our annual budget.
It makes me think of the goofy kid on the cover of MAD Magazine, Alfred E. Neuman: "What? Me worry?"
I came to the Senate not quite two years ago, and in the time I've been here, there have been 12 of these continuing resolutions. TWELVE. There were three in December of 2010. In 2011, there were two in March, two in April, two in September, one in November, and three in December.
And now, we're being asked to pass yet another measure to keep things going another six months so we can all go home for the election and worry later about this country's growing debt.
Well, a "baker's dozen" is just one too many for me. Enough is enough. I can't vote for this measure to simply kick the can further down the road another six months. This can't go on.
The people of West Virginia did not send me here to go along just to get along. They sent me here to help fix our budget problems with bipartisan commonsense solutions, the way we did when I was their governor. We didn't pull these kinds of stunts in West Virginia. We wouldn't leave if it was all through the night, or another week. We stayed on the job until the work was done. We came together and made decisions that moved our state forward.
It's time we do the same thing in Washington and stop putting off what we need to do to get our fiscal house in order. It's time we cancel our flights home, roll up our sleeves and get down to the people's business, because we've reached a dangerous point in our history – a point at which our debt is threatening not just our economic standing in the world, but also our national security.
I know everybody expects we'll come back after the election in a lame-duck session and rush to fix all our fiscal problems at the last minute. But if Congress's past performance is any indication of what to expect after the election, I wouldn't expect too much.
A lame-duck session of Congress is cutting it pretty close because we've gotten ourselves in a real bind. It's the "fiscal cliff" – more than $5 trillion of an economic hit by the end of the year.
One part of that is the sequestration, and it starts January 2nd. It's kind of like a penalty we put on ourselves more than a year ago if we didn't act by the end of 2012. But what it really means is that everyone will have to take a painful cut if Congress can't get its act together.
But some of the very Congressional leaders who put together the sequester in order to force us to act are now complaining the loudest. When you think about what would happen to the confidence of the people of this country if we don't keep our word, that's no way to do business.
Sequestration is certainly not a smart way to cut the defense budget. We need to make sure that we have the strongest, toughest, best-equipped military in the world. But we've ended one war and we're winding down another one. Those wars doubled our defense budget in the last decade. Surely we can use some of that money to start rebuilding America. Because even if the automatic cuts go into effect January 2, our national security budget will still total over $600 billion dollars in 2013, more than it did in 2006, at the height of the Iraq war.
In fact, even after the automatic cuts, the United States will still account for 40 percent of all military spending in the world.
I promise you - we're going to make sure that America keeps the strongest defense in the world. But as the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, has said, the biggest threat to our national security is our out-of-control debt and deficit.
That was perhaps the most sobering moment for me since coming to the Senate – the highest-ranking officer in the world's powerful military force saying our lack of discipline in spending is a greater threat to our country than terrorists or nuclear weapons.
That alone should give everyone in Congress a sense of urgency in doing something about our out-of-whack spending.
If anybody is betting we can fix our finances in a lame-duck session of Congress, I'll remind them that some people made that same bet on the Super Committee last year. And they lost.
In fact, we're about to leave town with a lot of unfinished work – and not just our finances. The 112thCongress – I'm ashamed to say – is one of the least productive Congresses in the history of this country, in terms of passing new laws. This Congress had passed 173 public laws as of last month – well below the 906 passed by the 80th Congress, which Harry Truman called the "Do-Nothing Congress."
So it's clear to me that betting on Congress getting religion after an election is also a risky gamble – a gamble with America's future, a gamble with the next generation.
We tried that with the Super Committee last year, but they failed. And that's the reason we are here today facing the fiscal cliff – the sunsetting of the Bush tax cuts, tax extenders, the end of emergency unemployment benefits and sequestration.
The Congressional Budget Office says the fiscal cliff could cut GDP by four percentage points next year and send the economy back right back into a recession.
Look at the time we've wasted – the Super Committee fell apart almost a year ago. And yet here we are – instead of voting on a real and permanent solution to our financial problems, we're getting ready to vote on yet another temporary measure that will allow us to leave before we've addressed a single one of these most critical issues.
And what's happened since the Super Committee shut down with no agreement? Well one thing that's happened is our long-term national debt topped $16 trillion dollars a couple of weeks ago. That's a figure that's almost impossible to wrap your mind around. But it works out to a debt of $50,700 for every man, woman and child in the United States.
$16 trillion dollars is roughly the same as our country's entire economic output this year. The last time our debt was 100 percent of GDP was right after World War II – when we were fighting to save our way of life. Economists tell us that we can't grow when our debt exceeds the size of our economy.
We just can't keep going this way.
We have reached what the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform called "the moment of truth" in the report it prepared for the President almost two years ago. In fact, that was the title of its report, "The Moment of Truth."
And while the Commission faced the moment of truth with a comprehensive bipartisan plan for reducing our debt, Congress has yet to do so. Now's the time.
We know how to fix things. Congress has done it before. In the early 1990s, our economy was faltering because deficits and debt were freezing capital. But Congress sent a signal to the market that it was capable of being fiscally responsible. And the result was the longest economic expansion in history, the creation of over 22 million jobs and unprecedented wealth in America, with every income bracket rising.
The budget framework put together by Congress and the White House led to the first balanced budgets in a generation and put our country on track to be debt free by 2012 for the first time since Andrew Jackson's administration.
Let me repeat that - by 2012 – this year – we could have been debt free.
We got totally off track, with tax cuts, two wars and the expansion of prescription drug benefits for Medicare recipients – none of which were paid for. And the 10-year $5.6 trillion dollars surplus forecast in 2001 has become a debt of more than $16 trillion dollars. That's a swing of almost $22 trillion dollars in one decade. It's simply mind-boggling.
But we can get back on track if we follow a simple formula, roughly the same one that the Bowles-Simpson Debt Commission recommended: curtailing spending, creating a more fair tax system and cutting the fat.
Add to that an overhaul of our tax system so that it is not only more equitable for everyone but also encourages the kind of entrepreneurship that makes our country the bedrock of the global economy.
In America, we need a tax system where everybody pays their fair share and where American businesses are freed to do what they do best, out-produce and out-innovate competitors all around the world.
And to keep a bright future, we have to reform our entitlement programs so that we can preserve benefits. There's serious trouble ahead if we don't act. In 2016, Security's disability program will run out of cash. In 2024, Medicare will become insolvent. And in 2033, the Social Security retirement program will have only enough money to deliver 75 cents on the dollar. So we've got no choice – we've got to do something.
The American people are hungry for plain talk on our debt. That's why hundreds of West Virginians showed up for a fiscal summit I hosted last week in Charleston, with the co-chairs of the Debt Commission, former Republican Senator Alan Simpson of Wyoming and former Clinton White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles.
Just give the American people the facts and show them the options – the way we did at our fiscal summit – and they will do their part to get this country back on the right path. They always have. That's what makes this country great. So don't sell them short just because this is an election year. They can tell when you're dealing straight with them – or when you're playing politics. And right now is not the time to play politics.
In fact, I got a letter just yesterday from a West Virginian, James from Clarksburg, about the summit. James wrote – and I quote – "It is time for responsible members of the Senate like you to take the floor of the Senate and tell your fellow Senators, 'it is past time for us to take responsible action to address the fiscal crisis which is our responsibility to the people who sent us here – because it is just that!' There is no excuse for delaying action until after the election."
James got it exactly right.
Look, I'm not naïve. I understand that some of the choices we face are going to be hard for some of us to make. I know Republicans don't want to talk about new revenue. I know Democrats don't want to talk about entitlement reform.
But we need to start thinking more about the next generation than the next election, or the next news cycle, or the next flight out of Washington.
Millions of Americans are struggling in this tough economy, working overtime to pay the bills, find a job, and find a way forward for their families. They're looking to us for leadership. They're looking to us for solutions. They're looking to us to come together and do what's best for the country, in a balanced and practical way.
They're simply looking to us to do our job. And I intend to do that to the best of my abilities.
Winston Churchill once said you can always count on the Americans to do the right thing – after they've tried everything else. Well, I think we've tried everything else, including kicking the can down the road 12 times. Now it's time for us to do the right thing.
This temporary step is the wrong thing at the wrong time. We have work left to do, and we need to stay and do it. The people of America expect us to do better, to stand up for them and to put politics aside. The people of West Virginia can be assured: I will always stand up and continue to try to do the right thing for them and for this country.
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The kids swimming season ended in light of winter coming. We were able to watch the last lesson which was also evaluation time. It was really cool to see how they progressed. Emma Grace came in halfway through the season and Joshua the last month of the season. They definitely got over their fear of the water and are doing well learning to swim. I look forward to them starting the new season in September.
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Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Mother's Day at the Botanical Gardens
We had a lovely Mother's Day at the Botanical Gardens. The weather was perfect so we went and had a picnic, let the kids play, and read books. Joshua thought it should be Mother's Day every Sunday. I agree! Hope all of you also had a wonderful Mother's Day!
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Monday, May 5, 2008
Riding For Orphans
Ten Thousand Homes was started as a response to seeing firsthand the AIDS pandemic in southern Africa and how it has created an orphan crisis. We asked the question, "What can we do? What is our part?" Thus, the birthing of a ministry. As teams have come to Africa, our heart and desire is that they would also ask themselves that same question. What is their part and how should they respond? As the body of Christ, we believe we must all care for the orphan and widow in some way (James 1:27).
In 2006 we brought a small team over to S. Africa. Stuart Quigley was on that team. Like all short-termers, he plugged into all aspects of the ministry. At times he was angry that he had been exposed to the crisis, knowing that he had a responsibility to ask God, "What is my part?" Now, 2 1/2 years later, Stuart is responding and doing his part. In addition to working a full-time job, he is in nursing school, hoping to return to Africa one day to use his nursing skills to care for the sick and the dying. But he is not just waiting for school to finish to make a difference. May 5th he started riding his bike to work (30 miles a day!) to raise money to build a care center. He will do this for 3 months. The money he is saving on fuel ($600 a month) he is donating toward a care center. He has also challenged many of his friends to donate toward his efforts by giving up a coffee every week and donating that money to the care center. One brick is about $3 (about the price of a Starbuck's coffee). It sounds small but can go a long way. Stuart's goal is to raise $30,000 which is enough to build a care center that will affect about 100 kids.
I think what excites us the most is that Stuart is doing his part to show God's love to the orphan. Some of you have been here before. Some haven't. But would you take a moment to ask God what your part is in helping the orphan? Maybe it's donating toward a care center. Maybe it's coming on a short-term trip. Maybe it's praying and interceding for the orphan. Whatever it might be, know that God is pleased with your contribution.
(If you would like to make a donation toward Stuart's bike riding for a care center, please make your check payable to Ten Thousand Homes and send to:
Ten Thousand Homes
P.O. Box 118
Wylie, TX 75098
Please include a note designating it for care centers. You can also donate online by visiting www.TenThousandHomes.org and clicking the Donate button.)
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is it weird for a straight guy to want to give another guy a blowjob?
i'm a straight guy who has a secret desire to try giving a guy a blowjob. i'd have to have him blindfolded before i'd consider trying this
- Asked by shipman7, An Intellectual Guy, Male, 36-45, Philadelphia, Self-Employed
Clearly you're not straight.
- Response by mantis, A Creative, Male, 18-21
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Ya, um, you're about as straight as an epileptic attempting to walk a tightrope there buddy. Maybe if you tell yourself this enough times you'll actually believe it.
- Response by mmaguy, A Jock, Male, 29-35, New York, Civil Service
It's okay to come out of the closet, we will still like you.
- Response by shanegalang, A Rebel, Male, 46-55, Transportation
I do not think u are going to be straight very long
- Response by bigcurt, A Mr. Nice Guy, Male, 56-65, Pittsburgh, Self-Employed
There's nothing wrong with being bi-curious.
- Response by desota18, A Creative, Male, 22-25, Student
Not at all. I've had this discussion before, and I think the majority of men "wonder what it would be like" to give oral sex to another guy. It does not make you gay to wonder this. Most me are so damn homophobic though, but glad to see you admit to what I have been saying all along, and that is I believe most people wonder what a same sex experience would be like.
- Response by rhonda35, A Thinker, Female, 46-55, Who Cares?
Trust me on this one: there are more men like you out there than you can IMAGINE. Not gay, but interested in exploring.
- Response by buffalothighs88, A Hippie Chick, Female, 56-65, Other Profession
I dont think its weird and i dont think your gay. Sometimes i have a desire to go down on a girl. Im not a lesbian or bi. Im happily engaged and pregnant. I think everyone becomes curious at least once in there life. If you want to try it i say go for it. There is nothing wrong with exploring. And exploring doesnt make you gay.
- Response by jensenhottie10, A Hip Hop Girl, Female, 22-25, Who Cares?
Are you unclear on the concept?
- Response by greenwind, An Intellectual Guy, Male, 56-65, Construction
Sexuality is not always so clearly defined. Sure there are those that are highly polarized, like you and I, but it would be impossible in these times especially to not have that consideration pass through the brain.
- Response by anothergentleman, A Father Figure, Male, 29-35, Los Angeles, Technical
I don't think it's weird because women who wonder what it's like to be with another woman don't get called 'lesbian' but 'curious' and I think that's what you're going through...the ONLY way you would be gay or weird is if you were to continue doing it and only wanted to 'do' men and not women...you are opening your mind and sexuality to a place where not many people go so it will seem weird but it's more curiosity than anything as long as it's just a one time thing...:)
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Judging by all of the harsh ratings that you gave, you do not want to be told that you are gay or bi. So,one can then surmise that you have a problem with the idea that being gay is quite okay. Oh yes, most straight guys would abhor the idea of giving another guy a bj.
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I'm a totally straight guy and I've sort of done that.
- Response by A Mr. Married Guy, Male, 36-45, Self-Employed
I don't think sucking another guy's dick is having to give up your preference in sex. I'm gay, I enjoy men, especially giving them blow jobs...but I have also been with women, had several girl friends. It helped me make my mind up as to what I wanted....as a good friend of mine says...to each his own....by the way....I have straight friends that all they want is for me to suck them off...doesn't make them gay...they just need a wet warm mouth that can suck their and swallow their cum.
- Response by sureofhimself, A Mr. Nice Guy, Male, 56-65, Financial / Banking
I had this desire too...BELIEVE me I am not gay...men are just gross...but dicks are cool, I love my dick, and wanted to suck on one. No anal sex, no kissing a guy (uucck) and no touchy-feely cuddling (uucckk) but a dick to suck...sure!! SO....I tried it...yup - I did it. It was ok...not as exciting as I expected, but at least I did it. May do it again. gotta live, and live out your fantasies.
- Response by A Career Man, Male, 36-45, Managerial
Well, I have had blow jobs from dozens of women. Some love it, some hate it. Some go deep throat, some don't. Some swallow, some don't. Some lay on their back, head off the edge of the bed and get throated, some don't. I just want to see what the difference is and what it feels like to I can relate to my next gf bj.
- Response by A Thinker, Female, 46-55
no its not weard to want to sleep with a nother male I want to
- Response by christineann407, A Mr. Nice Guy, Male, 46-55, San Jose, Technical
go ahead. have fun.
- Response by girlpower08, A Sportif, Female, 36-45
In order to want to do this, you have to be sexually attracted to a man. Therefore, you are bisexual. But there's no need to label...people have preferences all along the spectrum of hetero to homosexual.
- Response by myndseye711, A Cool Mom, Female, 29-35, Managerial
About a year ago someone in A/O said one has not been sexually fullfilled until one has experienced a relationship with same sex.
- Response by duggers, A Guy Critical, Male, 66 or older
Well, that means you have bi-curiosity. That doesn't change the fact that you've chosen not to fulfill that curiosity and are still straight.
- Response by doom2ruler, A Guy Critical, Male, 29-35, Technical
no, not weird at all...all straight guys think this way...
- Response by kramer, An Intellectual Guy, Male, 46-55, Who Cares?
Feelings like that sort of cums and goes.
- Response by william45, A Career Man, Male, 46-55, Chicago, Teaching
Dude, just blow bubbles....
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- Response by boxer1, A Guy Critical, Male, 46-55, Self-Employed
your an idiot, if you were really straight you would not have even the slightest urge to blow a guy. Your GAY! And it isn't weird but unnatural and WRONG!
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My friend and I, both unattached met weekly at each others homes,He loved to get about nude and to please him I undressed too, This went on for quite a while till one day he said Lets lay on the bed. He had a luxurious home. We went to his large bed and in no time he had 8 inches . I thought a lot about him in fact I loved him as a man.Looking at it I could not resist and went down on him. It was magnificent,wonderful.H e iS dead now and I do miss him as I am unwed.
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For a preview of the computer that's headed your way, sneak into your teenager's bedroom. Ignore the dusty Dell, Mac and even the iPhone--marvel instead at Microsoft's Xbox, Sony's PlayStation or Nintendo's Wii. For a preview of what you'll be doing on such a machine, don't waste time trying to type a letter--where's the keyboard, anyway?--or run a spreadsheet, or Google a search, or crawl through Ebay or Amazon. Go kill someone in Halo 3. And if you can work out which tech company is building the very best graphics chips, processors and joysticklike gadgets to wire the box to your kid's brain, buy its stock.
This story begins somewhere quite different: Fiber-optic glass is the next tsunami in the digital revolution. Glass has been the backbone of telecommunications for decades, of course--but now the glass is coming to the desktop, and in due course it will wash away all the hardware, software and Web content created for the metal-wire world. About 6.5 million Verizon (nyse: VZ - news - people ) customers can already run glass right to their desks, and at 50 megabits per second, it's at least ten times as fast as whatever you've got now--fast enough to put two high-definition tv signals on your computer screen simultaneously and let you broadcast at least one normal tv channel of yourself onto the Web at the same time. Many more phone and cable companies now have fiber within a few hundred yards of most of their customers. But skeptics are asking: Who needs it? You do.
Let's not forget how rotten today's Web really is. Amazon is useless if you love picking your way through books stacked high on tables, flipping pages and skimming dust jackets. Normal people don't shop for groceries by clicking boxes on a meticulously prepared list; they make choices as they stroll down aisles packed with merchandise. Or, for an expert opinion on your so-called digital life, drag your teenager away from his Xbox to help you shop for a new minivan. Show him the neat video feature that takes you inside the car through the lens of a camera that you can pan, tilt and turn with your mouse. Tell him you think it's "way cool." He won't know whether to laugh or to cry.
The graphics on his Xbox are cool. And while his fancy joystick can't type, it can move him through virtual space a whole lot better than a mouse can. The Wii remote incorporates motion sensors, and, primitive as they still are, they let you stand in your living room really swinging a "Wiimote" bat or club at the virtual ball. If you could plug a strand of glass into the far side of the box, you could race the dealer's virtual minivan on a Nascar track against Richard Petty.
Back in the here and now, digital life's two woeful deficiencies are both centered on the last yard of the network, where the bit meets the brain. Our eyes can process images far faster than the wire plugged into the back of the box can deliver them. And our brains can crank out signals--through vocal cords or fingers--with far greater speed, dexterity and sensitivity than today's man-machine interfaces can match. This one area of computing is still stunningly primitive. Touch typing is a century old. A mouse is only a modest advance over a telegraph key.
But laser light channeled through glass fiber can move pictures faster than the eye can see. And with micromechanical and semiconductor sensors, it's now possible to build gloves as digitally sensitive as human hands, or systems that move the image on the screen in response to how you move your head and eyes. The digital revolution is now waiting for these technologies to converge and proliferate. Then the revolution starts all over again.
Like the prior rounds, this one will offer plenty of opportunity for upstarts to dethrone the old guard. Google (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people ) rules text-centered searching today, but searching images and videos is so much more difficult that it will require completely different technology--probably highly specialized chips to mimic the incredible processing power embedded in our own visual cortex. Maybe Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) will get there before Google. Apple (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) has been surging on beautiful designs and has led the way in a lot of graphical applications--but it has been quite a laggard on the input/output side of things, taking weird pride in clinging to its one-button mouse. Entertainment leaps into a whole new realm when technology can fuse the game box's power to place you in the middle of the action with action supplied by nfl helmet-cams or Hollywood stuntmen.
Who will dominate this new space is still anybody's guess. But if you're going to invest in this industry at all, never fall into the trap of believing that things are slowing down and dominant companies are settling in. In the digital world nothing is permanent, except change.
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The Secretary shall, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, the Marine Mammal Commission, and individuals with knowledge and experience in marine science, marine mammal science, marine mammal veterinary and husbandry practices, and marine conservation, including stranding network participants, establish a program to be known as the "Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program".
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(2) correlate the health of marine mammals and marine mammal populations, in the wild, with available data on physical, chemical, and biological environmental parameters; and
(3) coordinate effective responses to unusual mortality events by establishing a process in the Department of Commerce in accordance with section 1421c of this title.
Source(Pub. L. 92–522, title IV, § 401, formerly title III, § 301, as added Pub. L. 102–587, title III, § 3003(a),Nov. 4, 1992, 106 Stat. 5060; renumbered title IV, § 401, and amended Pub. L. 103–238, § 24(b), (c)(1),Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 565, 566.)
1994—Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 103–238, § 24(c)(1), made technical amendment to reference to section 1421c of this title to reflect renumbering of corresponding section of original act.
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"(1) Current stranding network participants have performed an undeniably valuable and ceaseless job of responding to marine mammal strandings over the last 15 years.
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Social Media Success Stories in Clearwater Beach FL Real Estate
You may hear a lot about "social media" and wonder what it has to do with buying or selling a Clearwater Beach condo or home in today's real estate market. We believe social media for Realtors is not optional because today social media for real estate agents has become an extension of what we've always done locally, it's just as likely our first connection will occur online. Those that know us, know we're very pragmatic, so this is not just a "feel good" series. So what is Social Media?
I like Wikipedia's definition:
"Social Media refers to the use of web-based and mobile technologies to turn communication into an interactive dialogue " …and that really is the point isn't it?
Ideally when we connect online, we will start an interactive dialogue and conversation. It may start with sharing information, activities, photos and more with our friends, family & community but isn't it all just noise if we're not moving towards two way communication? We've found since we started them in 2006 our blogs continue to be the hub of our social media activities. They allow us to educate, connect and help Clearwater Beach rela estate buyers and sellers, many of whom then happily share their real estate experiences with others.
This article kicks off our new series where weekly we will discuss some of our socially savvy real estate experiences and success stories. We'll also share our insights on how using these "web based and mobile technology tools" are currently helping our clients.
The bottom line is social media is here to stay and when you work with a Socially Savvy Realtor(R), we believe you will have a much better real estate experience.
We're constantly raising the bar as new opportunities become available. An example is the fact that we've recently purchased a new state-of-the-art Canon video camcorder like news media professionals use because we are in the process of increasing our use of video on our blogs. Are you surprised to learn that we're in the minority? A recent Mashable infographic sited that:
- 73% of homeowners are more likely to list with a Realtor(R) that is willing to do video, but only 12% of the real estate industry current even have a YouTube account and I've heard that less than 1% are actually utilizing video in any way today. In case you're wondering we've had our Youtube channel since 2007 and our we pioneered video testimonials and the first one we did has now been viewed over 9450 times by people just like you.
Here is is..
How Social Media Will Make Your Real Estate Experience Better
We are looking forward to sharing on a variety of practical ways we're using Social Media including:
- How Social Media allows us to be more accessible and transparent to everyone so you know what you see is what you're getting
- How Social Media has allowed us to offer you social proof so you can make more informed decisions
- How we're helping our clients after the sale using our social media & real estate knowledge and skills
- How we are able to more effectively and quantifiably market your properties to find the right buyer anywhere in the world
- How we can offer our community local knowledge and expertise via our blogs, facebook fan page, youtube channel, twitter stream & more
Connecting Socially Online with your Beach Real Estate Agent
Do you realize how empowered you are today? You have the opportunity to learn a lot about all the best real estate agents, like us, before you choose to hire them. We'd encourage you to take advantage of it. Especially since your investment in real estate is often some of your largest and knowledge is power. We would love to connect with you here or wherever you're most comfortable, here's where you can find us today
So today's quick tip is to check out this new tool, XeeSM.com, that allows us to put all our social media connections in one place and as they say "moving from reactive participation to proactive engagement".
Of course no sooner than I update it we all know there will be changes. That's why this tool is so helpful because now all my information is in one place so it's much easier to keep it updated. For example I can add to it as new opportunities arise like last month when Google launched it's new Google Plus application.
- What's your favorite Social Media tip or tool?
We'd love to have you share it in the comments below and as always if you've got any questions about the Clearwater Beach real estate market – we're happy to help. We love living the Florida Lifestyle and helping others do it to!
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Cyndee Haydon, along with her husband Jack Haydon 727-710-8036 are full-time Realtors® and owners of the Sandbars To Sunsets Inc and Lead the Sandbars To Sunsets team at Future Home Realty - They are consistently in the Top 1% of Realtors in Pinellas County because they get results and are known for their outrageously happy clients with over 85+ video testimonials from raving fans. Providing the Local Expertise, Proven Results, Communication at the highest level, and a Client Experience that makes others comfortable referring them to those they care about. When looking for a proven professional you can trust - they believe you deserve: Experienced Resort & Second Home Specialist; Accomplished Certified International Property Specialist; Proven Certified Home Luxury Marketing Specialist; Qualified Military Relocation Professional; (727) 710-8036 - Jack Cell (727) 710-8035 - Cyndee Cell Cyndee's Google Profile
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Wellington Florida Short Sales said at August 16th, 2011 at 10:48 pm
Excellent post as an expert Clearwater Beach Short Sale Agents Cyndee! Your experience and expertise in your area is what every homebuyer in your area needs as they find the perfect homes for their family.
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Phoenix Short Sale Agents said at August 16th, 2011 at 11:55 pm
Cyndee, Thanks for sharing this information and your expert advices as one of the top Clearwater Beach Short Sale Agents!
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Meetu said at August 31st, 2011 at 6:00 pm
Cyndee and Jack rock!
I love the way to are branding and marketing your business. Great testimonial and keep up the awesome work!
Laurie Clark said at September 17th, 2011 at 12:26 pm
This is awesome information – thanks so much for posting. I liked it so much I tweeted and Linkedin the info for others to benefit as much as I have.
You will be my referral go-to Clearwater Beach Short Sales Agents to send clients to. I know how important it is to trust in the expert advice that only an experienced agent can give – just makes everything easier. The home search is terrific on this site also – I will be back!
Ray said at September 20th, 2011 at 5:55 pm
Well great content and video as usual. You can be assured that I will continue to stop by and gather your great information!! AWESOME JOB!
Lakeland FL Short Sale Agents said at September 28th, 2011 at 8:51 am
This is a very beneficial post, Cyndee, especially to people like us who do a lot of selling. I guess not all short sale agents realize how valuable the social network is, in the real estate field. Nice work, Clearwater Beach Short Sale Agents!


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BARCELONA, Dec.18 -- The Papua New Guinea LNG (PNG LNG) partners will make a final investment decision by yearend 2009 about proceeding with the ambitious LNG project on the Gulf of Papua near Port Moresby. Five trains might eventually be possible.
A senior government official said the first cargo is expected to be exported in 2013-14.
Paul Tiensten, Papua New Guinea's minister for national planning and district development, said at the ninth annual CWC LNG summit in Barcelona that, at the end of November, the government secured its $1.618 billion (Aus.) share of finance from the Abu Dhabi government-owned International Petroleum Investment Corp. in the UAE (OGJ Online, Nov. 5, 2008).
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Tiensten said the consortium also is looking at proving up resources for a third train. Further exploration is being carried out at Hides field, one of those dedicated to the plant, to provide gas for Train 3. For possible fourth and fifth trains, gas would come from other fields in the country, Tiensten told OGJ.
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