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The Nuggets have inquired about acquiring Los Angeles Clippers guard Sam Cassell, though trade talks have not intensified, a team source said.
The Nuggets have a sturdy starting backcourt in all-star Allen Iverson and Anthony Carter, who is playing the best basketball of his career. But with reserve Chucky Atkins (sports hernia surgery) out until at least mid-March, and reserve J.R. Smith playing inconsistently, Denver would like to have insurance down the stretch.
Carter, at 32, is playing the most minutes of his career.
Cassell, who played for coach George Karl in Milwaukee, averages 13.3 points per game in 26.2 minutes for the struggling Clippers.
Cassell's agent, David Falk, cited the reported ultimatum by Clippers owner Donald Sterling, who said he wants his team to make vast improvement this season or else the coach and general manager could lose their jobs.
"Obviously, Denver needs a point guard," Falk said. "But for right now (with Cassell in Los Angeles), everything is status quo."
Anthony to play. Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony is determined to play Saturday against Charlotte. The all-star has been sidelined for five games with a left ankle injury.
On Friday, Anthony participated in a press event with George Vlosich, whose rare talent is creating art work on an Etch-A-Sketch. Vlosich spent a combined 25 hours on an Anthony portrait, presenting a framed photo of the artwork to the forward.
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As a result of state aid shortfalls, the Vandalia Board of Education on Tuesday voted unanimously to honorably dismiss three first-year teachers who had been placed on Reduction In Force (RIF) status.
Those teachers – Bethany Nave (Pre-K), Annette McClintock (fourth grade) and Robyn DeMoulin (second grade) – were released because funding from the state is delinquent, causing the district to make preparations to drop the Pre-K program in the 2010/11 school year.
After the Vandalia City Council approved Vandalia Main Street's request for a one-day liquor license, it chose not to act on a request for a permanent license submitted by an individual planning to open a sandwich shop.
The council voted 5-3 to OK Main Street's request for a license that will allow the organization to operate a beer garden during its new SummerFest in July.
The Vandalia City Council decided on Monday to consider its legal options against a Michigan-based firm that says it wants to build a $300-million sports and entertainement complex.
Alderman Mike Hobler suggested the city consider legal action against Motown Technology because it has failed to make good on a $17,500 bad check, and has also failed to respond to phone calls and e-mails.
Alderman Larry Bennett agreed, saying the city has been "more than fair" in its dealings with Motown.
In a 5-3 vote, the Vandalia City Council approved on Monday the issuance of a one-day liquor license for a beer garden that Vandalia Main Street plans to operate during its new summer festival.
Also on Monday, a request for a temporary liquor license was denied when none of the aldermen made a motion to vote on that request. Dennis Gates made the request for a sandwich shop he plans to open in the former Quiznos building on Fourth Street between Orchard Street and Fletcher Street.
For the full story, see this week's issue of The Leader-Union.
The Fayette County Board learned on Tuesday night that school districts are not the only entities not getting money owed to them by the state and having to consider cost-cutting measures.
Board Chairman Steve Knebel said the board's finance committee learned just recently from County Treasurer Rose Hoover that the state has not paid state income tax monies to the county since last August.
What that means is that the county has had to use more of its local tax funds to pay operating expenses, including salaries.
When Ken Thomason filed a lawsuit alleging that Larry Tish slandered him, Thomason did not make any mention of Tish committing those actions as St. Elmo's mayor. But, in answering allegations, Tish mentions his role of supervising the city's police chief.
Tish filed on Monday in Fayette County Circuit Court a motion seeking dismissal of the suit that Thomason, who was fired as St. Elmo's police chief, filed in February. He also filed a five-page memorandum supporting that motion.
Recycling is not a passing fad in Fayette County.
Area residents quickly latched onto the idea of turning in recyclable materials when the Fayette County Recycling Committee offered its first collection last fall, and participation in the monthly collections has continued to grow.
"It is really going over strong," said Karen Sanders of the Fayette County Soil and Water Conservation District, one of the people who got the recycling efforts off the ground.
The Fayette County Health Department is moving ahead with plans to renovate the building that will serve as its new home.
FCHD Administrator Rhonda Andrews told the Fayette County Board on Tuesday night that the department has hired a law firm and architect as it proceeds toward the renovation of the former home of Leo Brown Lumber in Vandalia.
The health department purchased the building in the 400 block of West Edwards Street in the fall of 2008, and the county approved a 10-year, $400,000 loan to the department for the renovation project.
Vandalia Mayor Rick Gottman received confirmation on Thursday that work on the downtown enhancement project is scheduled to resume on Monday.
Gottman said that Hank's Excavating and Landscaping of Belleville, the general contractor for the work, told him that workers will be back on the job at the beginning of next week, weather permitting.
As the investigation into last week's downtown fire winds down, and as businesses dislocated by that fire settle into temporary quarters, Vandalia officials have begun efforts to assist those businesses and clean up the charred remains.
The Vandalia Main Street Program also has announced that it wants to provide information to owners of downtown buildings on preventing both the start and spread of fires.
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3 Stocks Boosting The Services Sector Higher
Dow Jones Industrial Average ( ^DJI) trading up 115 points (0.7%) at 16,388 as of Friday, Feb. 28, 2014, 11:55 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,987 issues advancing vs. 938 declining with 158 unchanged. The Services sector currently sits up 0.5% versus the S&P 500, which is up 0.6%. Top gainers within the sector include Central European Media ( CETV), up 65.1%, Mercadolibre ( MELI), up 14.2%, Kroger ( KR), up 3.0%, LKQ Corporation ( LKQ), up 2.9% and Target ( TGT), up 2.8%. On the negative front, top decliners within the sector include American Public Education ( APEI), down 21.5%, KBR ( KBR), down 14.8%, Wendy's ( WEN), down 4.2%, Ctrip.com International ( CTRP), down 3.1% and Starbucks Corporation ( SBUX), down 2.2%. TheStreet would like to highlight 3 stocks pushing the sector higher today: 3. CVS Caremark ( CVS) is one of the companies pushing the Services sector higher today. As of noon trading, CVS Caremark is up $0.92 (1.3%) to $73.08 on light volume. Thus far, 1.9 million shares of CVS Caremark exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 5.8 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $72.14-$73.25 after having opened the day at $72.25 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $72.16. CVS Caremark Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides integrated pharmacy health care services in the United States. The company operates through Pharmacy Services and Retail Pharmacy segments. CVS Caremark has a market cap of $85.4 billion and is part of the retail industry. Shares are up 0.8% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are 15 analysts who rate CVS Caremark a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 4 rate it a hold. TheStreet Ratings rates CVS Caremark as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, solid stock price performance, impressive record of earnings per share growth, increase in net income and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow. Get the full CVS Caremark Ratings Report now. 3x UPSIDE POTENTIAL: TheStreet Quant Ratings has identified a handful of stocks that can potentially TRIPLE in the next 12 months. Learn more.Editor's Note: Any reference to TheStreet Ratings and its underlying recommendation does not reflect the opinion of TheStreet, Inc. or any of its contributors including Jim Cramer or Stephanie Link. All three major indices are trading up today with the
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News of the Surrey Flydressers Guild 'beginners' and 'intermediate' fly tying sessions for the 2013/14 season.
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GAIA instructors Chris Reeves and Trevor Coxon, and Branch instructor David Taylor, all members of the Surrey Flydressers Guild, will be leading a series of fly-tying evenings aimed at beginners and intermediate fly-tiers. In addition, Chris will also be running a series of sessions for fly-tyers who wish to pursue the Guild Awards Scheme.
The dates for the pre-Christmas sessions are as follows (further dates will be organised for the second half of the season):
Absolute Beginners: First Monday of the month (with one exception)
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• 7th October
• 5th November (Tuesday)
• 2nd December
Improvers: Third Monday of the month
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• 21st October
• 18th November
• 16th December
Guild Awards: (suitable for all levels): Fourth Monday of each month (with one exception)
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• 28th October
• 26th November (Tuesday)
Sessions run from 7.30 pm to 9.30 pm at Ripley Village Hall, High Street, Ripley, GU23 6AF with the cost each night £5 for Surrey FDG members and £7 for non-members. This covers the hire cost of the hall and materials. All tools and vices can be provided for the beginners; intermediate tiers will be expected to bring their own vice and basic tools.
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Patrons dine on the sidewalk outside DePalma's Italian Cafe on Broad Street in downtown Athens Tuesday. Under a proposed revision, Athens-Clarke commissioners are considering raising the fee to operate an outdoor cafe from $25 to $200 a year.
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China Looks to Control Separatists in Tibet through Buddhist Lamas A Small Underground Keeps Hopes for Independence Alive despite Decades of Communist Pressure to Subdue Tibetans and Their Beliefs
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SENGCHEN BLOBZANG-RGYALMTSHAN is a living Buddha and a cog in the wheel of Chinese control in Tibet.
As a living Buddha, he was plucked from his home as a young boy a half-century ago to join the monastery and take up the mantle as a reincarnation of a revered Buddhist teacher.
But that does not stop him from serving as an official of the Communist-run Tibetan and Chinese legislatures, although he says he is not a communist. Nor does it stop him from condemning young monks or lamas who form the nucleus of an independence rebellion in the one-time Himalayan kingdom.
"There is no contradiction or conflict. I believe in Buddhism. In terms of isms, Buddhism is idealism, while Marxism is materialism. However, I am not opposed to Marxism," Mr. Sengchen said in an interview in front of government officials, while in Beijing to attend the annual session of China's nominal legislature.
Contending that only a few young monks urge independence, Sengchen says that "the majority of that tiny number of lamas do this out of ignorance or deception. Most of the lamas detest their activities."
In an uneasy but potent mix of religion and politics, China exerts a tightening grip on Buddhism and the political future of Tibet.
In Tibet's 1,400 temples and among its nearly 40,000 lamas, Beijing is steadily expanding its influence, Western diplomats and Tibetan human rights activists say. The religion is central to Tibetan cultural identity.
The number of monks in many monasteries has been reduced and lamas placed on the state payroll. Chinese officials manipulate monastic administrative councils and hold sway over the choice of a growing number of living Buddhas, Western observers say. The government is sponsoring and claims final say in the search for the 11th Panchen Lama, who ranks second in the religious hierarchy only to the exiled Dalai Lama, Tibet's former temporal and spiritual leader regarded as the reincarnation of the culture's Protector God.
"Through the institution of the living Buddhas, the Chinese are shrewdly extending their control and co-opting Tibetan Buddhism," says a Western diplomat who has visited Tibet.
Moves to pervade Buddhist institutions run parallel to an often brutal security clampdown on pro-independence Tibetans aligned with the Dalai Lama, who fled to India with 100,000 refugees in 1959 after a failed uprising. Scores of monks, nuns, and other activists have been jailed and tortured, Western human rights groups say, and hundreds of dissidents remain in prison.
Earlier this month, foreign travelers in the region reported that about 30 people, most believed to be monks, were arrested in small protests coinciding with Tibet's spring prayer festival and anniversary of the abortive 1959 uprising against the Chinese. The outbursts signal the continuing influence of a small underground that perpetuates independence sentiment and claims a widespread following despite a generation of Communist pressure to subdue a people with few cultural and political ties to China. China first invaded Tibet in 1949.
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Cooperstown no-hitter leaves HOF's integrity questionedPublished 10:09am Friday, January 11, 2013
By Ed Bailey
So it turns out that pitchers aren't the only people in baseball that can hurl a no-hitter.
For you baseball fans out there, I'm sure you know I'm referring to the 2013 Baseball Hall of Fame voting that took place earlier this week.
For those who don't know the lore of Cooperstown, I'll sum up the situation.
Despite having a who's who of nominees to choose from, the Baseball Writers Association of America (henceforth referred to as BBWAA) decided that no one deserved enshrinement amongst the greatest to ever play the game.
But yeah, that's quite a gem by the BBWAA, don't you think?
Here's some of the names that were denied entry into Cooperstown.
Barry Bonds, the all-time home run leader with seven National League MVP awards and numerous memberships in exclusive offensive clubs was not voted in.
Roger Clemens amassed 4,672 strikeouts and 354 wins on his way to seven Cy Young awards. He's generally regarded as one of the greatest to ever step on the mound but he's apparently not Hall-of-Fame material yet.
Slammin' Sammy Sosa, an integral part in the rebirth of baseball's popularity (read: the 1998 home run chase between he and Mark McGwire) and hitter of 600 home runs, couldn't hop his way out of the batter's box into Cooperstown.
Curt Schilling, a three-time World Series champion who, based on wins and losses, is the greatest postseason pitcher of all time and one of the better pitchers of the later 90s-early 00s? No dice.
Mike Piazza, perhaps the most offensively proficient catcher we've seen? Denied.
Jeff Bagwell and Craig Biggio were probably the two biggest reasons why the Astros remained any sort of relevant since Nolan Ryan.
Biggio is a member of the 3,000 hit club and Bagwell was one of the most feared hitters in the 90s.
Neither warranted enshrinement this year according to the BBWAA, although Biggio came closest of all those names.
I will never claim to be some bonafide expert on the game of baseball, but when I look at those numbers, and I look at those players and see them not get in, I wonder who will?
Landmark milestones? We had a guy in this class with 3,000 hits.
One of these guys holds the record for most home runs in a season and most hit all-time and is the ONLY player to hit 500 homers and steal 500 bases. Check.
Are you looking for dominance in key moments? Well, one of this year's nominees retired with three world championships and the highest winning percentage among starting pitchers with at least 10 decisions. We've got that too.
Whatever this mythical criterion is, this class had it in spades.
Granted, my personal criteria for a hall-of-famer is not as complex as others. It's quite simple actually.
I look at the player and ask myself whether or not I can make an argument that at some point during his playing career, he was the best at his position for a period of time.
If the answer is yes and his numbers back that up, then he deserves to go in.
But considering that most of these people played in the steroid era, there's a dark cloud hanging over a lot of the potential hall-of-famers.
Resultant of that, not enough of the 75 percent of voters needed for induction felt right with possibly voting for a cheater.
But there's no real instance of proof that these players did anything illegal, outside of Sosa using a corked bat and Bonds saying he unknowingly did so.
Heck, the cleanest name on this list, in the eyes of many, is Biggio and you don't see a plaque being made for him yet.
This is just another in a long line of shocking omissions from the shrine of baseball immortality.
Yes, Pete Rose deserves to be in the hall-of-fame and I defy anyone who tells me different.
The point is that something needs to be done about the voting process or the hall-of-fame itself.
You can't keep perceived cheaters out when chances are that amongst the hallowed halls of Cooperstown reside scoundrels.
Ty Cobb is easily one of the greatest players to ever put on the cleats but depending on whom you believe, he was far from a saint off the field.
Gaylord Perry is immortalized but this is the same guy who gained infamy for doctoring baseballs into spitballs, a known illegal tactic.
So they're keeping the believed cheaters out, but leaving the proven ones in?
What kind of sense would that double standard would that make?
Amphetamines may not be looked at as steroids, but they obviously enhanced performance somehow if some members of the hall took them.
Hank Aaron and Mike Schmidt admitted taking them during their careers, but no one would dare question their place in the hall.
It's time for baseball to make a choice. If they allow the steroid era to question every single class up for induction from this point on, then logically they should have to look at who's in the hall right now that probably cheated the game in some way and decide if they should stay.
If the steroid era has nothing to do with their omissions (yeah, right), then I have to question whether or not the BBWAA know and understand what they've been looking at for decades.
Either way, a choice needs to be made and soon as the list only gets more star-studded next year with carryover from this year and Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, Frank Thomas and the like entering their first year of eligibility.
I don't know if Bonds, Clemens, Sosa or anyone on this list cheated.
I don't know if they didn't either.
But I do know this. Regardless of the era they played in, most of them deserve to go into Cooperstown.
And the longer they're held out, the more luster Cooperstown loses.
In America, it's "Innocent until proven guilty" so why isn't that applying to the National Pastime?
Bailey is sports editor for The Outlook


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Heading to West PointPublished 10:56am Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Hartselle senior Matt Watson is appointed to U.S. Military Academy
Hartselle senior Matt Watson is hoping to join the ranks of Gen. Douglas Macarthur and former President Ulysses S. Grant as graduates of West Point.
In late February, Watson took the first step toward that goal, as he received his appointment to the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y.
"It was a dream come true when I got the letter," Watson said. "It's something that I've always wanted to do."
Watson became interested in attending West Point because of the husband of his dad's oldest sister, who is a 1971 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy. While no one else has gone to West Point, several in Watson's family have enlisted in the U.S. Army.
That dream didn't come without a lot of hard work.
Watson had to complete physical training to meet the demands of the academy, along with obtaining recommendations from U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) and U.S. Sens. Jeff Sessions (R-Mobile) and Richard Shelby (R-Tuscaloosa).
"It's been a lot of work, but I'm really excited now," Watson said.
Watson, a member of Troop 336 in Hartselle, completed his Eagle Scout Project on March 9. The project consisted of moving and placing 440 landscaping bricks and moving, hand mixing and placing nearly eight cubic yards of soil mix to make three raised vegetable beds for the F.E. Burleson outdoor classroom.
Watson has been a member of Troop 336 since 2006 and has held the following positions within the troop: senior patrol leader, assistant patrol leader, patrol leader, troop scribe. He attended four summer camps, Philmont Scout Ranch and National Youth Leadership Training.
Watson will be graduating from Hartselle High School in May and will likely be reporting around July 1 for the U.S. Military Academy. He thanked his family for his help in achieving this goal.
"They've always been there and supportive of me," Watson said. "They're excited for me."


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It's not enough to fizz with carbonation and taste sweet.
For years, drinks have been infused with promises of electrolytes, caffeine and instant energy. But now, some sodas and other concoctions are offering the opposite of Red Bulls and Four Lokos - they slow things down.
As more sedating sodas enter the market, some beverage makers have taken relaxation to another level by producing sodas laced with marijuana or ingredients to mimic that drug.
"Everyone is looking for some effect somewhere," said Dr. Matthew Seamon, assistant professor in the College of Pharmacy at Nova Southeastern University.
Beverages such as Malava Novocaine, Drank, Unwind, Mary Jane's Relaxing Soda and Slow Cow (sold in Canada) are marketed as helping people unwind.
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Local sheriffs strongly support Second Amendment
By ROD GUAJARDO & VERSHAL HOGAN
NATCHEZ — Lawmakers in Mississippi and Louisiana are launching counteroffensive measures against federal gun control efforts, but two local sheriffs said they aren't jumping on any bandwagons just yet.
Following President Obama's recent gun control proposals, Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant said he opposes anything that would jeopardize the Second Amendment.
Bryant said he and other lawmakers would, "immediately pass legislation that would make any unconstitutional order by the president illegal to enforce in Mississippi by state or local law enforcement."
The effort is aimed at Obama's push to ban military-style assault weapons, require background checks on all firearms purchases and limit ammunition magazines to 10 rounds.
Adams County Sheriff Chuck Mayfield said he's not afraid to admit that he's a strong supporter of the Second Amendment.
"My philosophy is that the Second Amendment is exactly what it states, that the right of the people to bear arms shall not be infringed — shall not unless you are a felon or are in extenuating circumstances where you are not responsible to have one."
While some might interpret the amendment other ways, Mayfield said he believes it is fundamentally about self-defense.
"I don't believe it has anything to do with hunting, I believe it has to do with basic self-defense — the people have the right to defend themselves," he said. "If you feel your life is in danger you have the right to use whatever force necessary."
The sheriff said he's not worried about having to enforce any potential new federal gun laws.
"The federal people would have to support the federal laws," he said. "If they are federal laws, I would think the enforcement would be under the federal statutes, and I don't think we are going to enact any state laws that are going to go against the Second Amendment."
In Louisiana, Republican state lawmakers have announced an effort called "Defend Louisiana" that is designed to defend gun ownership rights in Louisiana.
"If we don't stand strong to defend our Second Amendment rights, they're going to be eroded away slowly, sort of like a tide that creeps in," said Rep. Jeff Thompson, R-Bossier City, who is leading the effort. "We don't need to whittle away at law-abiding citizens' rights."
Concordia Parish Sheriff Kenneth Hedrick said he is a strong supporter of the Second Amendment, but also cares about the safety of residents in the area.
"My personal belief is that every citizen of Concordia Parish who has a legal right to possess a firearm should have the right to do so," Hedrick said. "I don't take gun control lightly, but my main goal is to ensure the safety of the people of Concordia Parish."
Hedrick said he believes the gun control reforms being pushed on the federal level should focus on keeping guns out of the hands of potentially dangerous people.
"I believe there should be better background checks as far as checking for a history of mental health in whoever is purchasing a gun," Hedrick said. "But bad guys aren't usually the ones who buy guns at a store."
The efforts taken by lawmakers, Hedrick said, won't be of great concern to his department unless other law enforcement agencies, like the Louisiana Sheriff's Association, back the efforts.
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We are both very sex-positive and want to teach our son that sex is not a sin or something to be ashamed of but it is a huge responsibility.
We want to allow him to create his own boundaries and respect that of others. We want him to know the difference between exploring sexuality and inappropriately sexualizing other people or situations.
We wonder what kind of cultural interference could screw with our message. Or if our message could be perceived as "corruption", rather than education. (I have argued with parents that the words "penis" and "vagina" are not dirty words and that sexual knowledge does not imply sexual abuse.)
(Also, a friend sent me this: thesexpositiveparent.com. I haven't checked it out yet.)
Sex Ed and parenting
How are you going to introduce and educate your kids about sex?
Your son is a couple weeks old. I don't think you need to worry about this.
Why don't you try getting him on solids before you teach him the birds and bees.
^jk. I need to bookmark this post though because I don't really have time to give my real opnion but I'm interested myself.
We want him to know the difference between exploring sexuality and inappropriately sexualizing other people or situations.
We wonder what kind of cultural interference could screw with our message.
The american consumer culture will screw with your message. Women's sexuality in our country is a commodity. I have a son and I try very hard and he's only 7. It's ahrd when misguided women embrace the message that they are a collection of body parts to be attractively displayed for other's enjoyment. And when the answer becomes, "well let's objectify men just the same" then we are all fucked. I fear this will only lead to a world where my son has the same chance of developing an eating disorder as my daughters do.
But with my daughters, I don't want them to be prudes. I don't want them to mistrust or man-hate. I don't want them to be ashamed of their bodies.
I'm going through some crap right now with a friend of mine and it's really weighing on my mind. She's a "turbo whore" to put it delicately and while it's never bothered me before, "to each his own" i find myself now having a lot of trouble justifying my friendship with her when she embodies to me all that is wrong with the sex culture in this country. And isn't it awful to look at a kid and say, do as I say not as I do.
anyway, now I"m super late.
I am the same way, I was asking my husband about dating and our kiddos the other day and he looks at me and said, "They are seven, 3 and (points to my stomach) not even born, I think we have some time." But I don't think it's ever too early to get a good game plan down!
I am 100% in agreement about proper names my son knows the terms penis, testicels, scrotum, breasts and vulva. As for the rest, I had a link from an episode of Oprah that someone gave me and it was really great, it basically said to start as we did, with labeling parts correctly and then answer questions as they come up with no more info than they ask for. Sort of like start here,
Where do babies come from?
From a special place inside a woman's body called her uterus.
don't jump to:
When a man and a woman (insert values here, such as love each other, only want
to be with each other, are married), the man puts his penis inside the woman's
vagina (anatomy lesson has happened already) and the sperm comes out of his
penis in a fluid called semen, and it goes into her vagina. The sperm goes up into
her uterus to her fallopian tube, where it meets the egg.
I remember the first time my son asked about the lights in the house and I thought, god I have no idea how to explain electricity to a 2 year old and then to a breath and said, "the lights go on when we flip the switch." to which he replied, "oh, neat." Phew!
But society will certianly have an impact. Since Connor could reach his penis in the bath tub as a baby I have used the word penis and the other day he came home from school and said his "privates hurt" I thought What the Hell?!?!? and that some kid made a joke about "balls" Slang doesn't totally bother me, I mean how many grown men would say testicles, most would probably say balls. But it does shock me anytime he comes home with something we didn't teach him. I just reminded him what his "balls" were and we had more of a discussion about the whole "privates" He has been touching himself since his diaper came off so we have had talks about where and when you can touch yourself and so he was telling me that they are private b/c nobody else should touch them. I was ok with that. B/c honestly right now, at 7 he's right, he really should be the only person touching his penis unless his father and I are helping him clean or if there is an issue, he said it hurt one night and we both had to touch him to try to see what he was talking about. But I never want him to feel shame or guilt or that any part of him is wrong, bad, dirty etc. I personally think that most of what they learn they learn from just watching us and seeing how we behave. I don't share with my son every time I masturbate but I have told him that it's ok and normal, just something you need to do in your own room. He told me one time that "he's the only one who does it" I told him that wasn't true and that many people touch themselves b/c it feels good but b/c it's something people do in private that nobody really sees it. We are still trying to find the balance of providing the info that he needs but also allowing him to request it at his pace. I don't feel the need to give him more info than he is ready for but I want to be prepared the day he starts asking and know what I am going to say and make myself as prepared as I can be so I don't mess it up when he asks and it takes me by suprise. I want him to be able to feel comfortable asking anything and that i will give him truthful honest answers.
ok, that seemed like a huge ramble ;) I guess I am still trying to figure the whole thing out too:) Plus we are Catholic and honestly I would love it if my children waited until marriage to have sex but I sure as heck didn't and honestly don't know if they will and so I have been struggling with that too. I don't want to set the expectation for waiting until marriage and then them feeling ashamed or not coming to me if they start having sex sooner but I don't want to have them think that it's fun, it feels good, go try it at 13!!! So I haven't really figured that out yet either.......sigh. I remember when the hardest part of parenting was deciding which outfit to put them in and trying to remember which breast they nursed off of first........ ;)
Hopefully there is a parent on here that has older children and has "all" the answers for us ;)
My girls are ages 7, 6, and 2. My 7 and 6 year old have already asked questions about where babies come from. My husband is really into hunting, and is always watching hunting shows on tv and the kids were watching it also. A buck came upon a doe and mounted her (doggie style ) and was breeding with her. My 7 year old asked where babies came from and my husband said , remember what the buck did to the doe? She remembered what she seen. SHe then asked my mom and my mother said when you fall in love and get married, babies come after marriage. My daugter then replied,"Thats a lie, mommy and daddy already had us before they got married". My husband and i feel if they ask the questions, then its time to hear the truth for an answer.
Now my 6 year old is already developing breasts and so she is having to wear a bra when i can make her wear one. It was reported a 13 year old girl got pregnant in another town, near us. In my opiion, it's never to early to have a sex talk. I also tie in inapporate touching by other people. Those we know and those we don't.
I gree w/ the pp's that basic honesty and answering questions as they come up is key. Our son knows the proper names for body parts, which I think is great for MANY reasons. We're using my current pregnancy as a learning opportunity for him. He knew I had a baby growing inside me, and said something about the baby climbing up my skeleton. lol So I explained the concept of a uterus with him. While he was at my anatomy scan with me and we were waiting for the perinatalogist, we looked at a plastic model in the room and he got to see how a placenta and umbilical cord worked.
I think it's critical that it be an ongoing discussion from the start. We might not want to think about or acknowledge it, but children are in a sexual society and things are happening VERY early. At that same anatomy scan, the doctor complimented us on teaching DS about biological facts and mentioned that earlier that week he'd seen a patient who was born in 2012. Scary. At least where I live, kids are having oral sex (mostly girls giving) in 3rd grade. That's 9-year-olds! I need my son to have the basics down by the time he starts 1st grade.
Most important to me, though, is that the parents model healthy sexual behavior. DH and I are openly affectionate with each other, and while we haven't discussed intercourse with DS, we have discussed things when DS was around, and a lot of the times our discussions circle around what we think is healthy vs unhealthy sexual behavior and why. Kids learn a ton through osmosis.
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My kids are 7 and 8. I started sex talks early this year, and just covered the facts and answered any questions they had. They come to me when they have any other questions, and it spurs another conversation.
I haven't gone into anything about sexuality (although they know the difference between gay and heterosexual), or the emotions and responsibility behind it yet. I have stressed the importance that it's something they only discuss with their parents, and not with other children (a friend's big mouth son is what prompted the initial line of questioning).
I just figured that being matter of fact, answering their questions, and leaving it open for them to ask more at any given time was the best option for us. It's certainly worked well for us, and has helped them understand my pregnancy right from the start..
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Ugh, I wish my son would ask questions but he doesn't. I don't want to just start telling him more than he is ready to know BUT I also don't want other children to start telling him things and have him not understand or get the wrong information. He's 7, missed our states cut off date for starting Kindergarten so he is only in first grade right now, so hopefully that is helping, him being the oldest and not the youngest in the class. But there is already one kiddo that he is good friends with who has passed on the whole "ball" term and a few other things that I wish would not have been passed on to Connor. I just know that this kiddo will one day come to school with a whole lot to share and I really want to beat him to the punch!
Both DH and I are medical professionals, so we just try to talk about it with our 12 y/o DS as a normal, biological function. It's a positive, wonderful thing we'd like him to wait to experience until he's older. However, we respect his judgment and want to know/help him be safe when he decides to become sexually active. We've made this clear to him. The more parents talk to their kids about sex, the longer those kids tend to wait before having sex.
We try very hard to never act embarrassed about it and to answer all questions honestly and like it's no big deal. Sometimes it's very challenging. The other day, DS very hesitantly asked what the inside of a vagina feels like. Cripes, I about died. I answered, "like the inside of your cheek. It's all the same type of tissue- it's called a mucous membrane." The conversation ended up about different kinds of tissues and cell functions, but he had his question answered without being made to feel bad about asking. I'd rather he ask than try to find out with some poor little girl! Luckily, he asks his sex-God (hehe) dad a lot of questions and I'm spared some of the awkwardness.
Sexual shame is a curse I'd never wish upon my children. Good luck and happy teaching :)
I have actually been wondering about this, I have a dd who is 11 (young to have sex.) Yet her school does not give the option of sex ed class. When I was this young we had a class in 4th grade for girls only then the actual sex ed class in 5th grade.
I am worried since she will be in 6th grade and I have actually seen some of the girls already pg in middle school. I am also very open and willing to talk with her, I want her to feel okay with her choice. If she chooses I want her to understand the whole picture. I will explore options of birth control with her. (I do not what a grand child right now.) I make her watch 16 and pregnant on MTV so she understands what it could be like to have a child that young.
I am more worried about my youngest, she is very outgoing and does not understand what peer pressure is. She easily gives in.
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this is mr steve jobs it is sad because he died just there recently and it is a sad day when anyone dies because apple is just a fruit without mr steve jobs. mr steve jobs was a good man with good ideas i can tell because he made money from them so they must of been good. when i was a little child i use to want to be mr steve jobs because he added i's onto the start of all the words and i was my favorite letter mr steve jobs will never be forgotten because an impact like that does not fade away but hopefully all the people who are making not that nice comments about him will fade rip mr steve jobs
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I wanted to capture the essence of that year, so bright, vivid colours seem to do the trick.
Don't know why but I love these arts of Homer and Marge as teenager lovers!
Reminds me of That 70's Show and The Brady Bunch.
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I've actually been considering signing up to a few of the forums out there. I know people post work that I wont see at dA.
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This looks like a Rowan and Martin Laugh-in stage.
This looks like a Rowan and Martin Laugh-in stage.
I hadn't heard of that before so I had to look it up. I'm amazed at how great a culture there seems to have been back then.
I'll have to try and do more like this again some time.
I'll have to try and do more like this again some time.
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Having lived in that year I can tell you that you did an excellent job of capturing the colors and look of '74.
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I'm glad it shows. A lot of the culture during that era seems so colourful and upbeat in a way.
It was the "acid" years so color was very much in demand. The more eyepopping the colors were, the better you "tripped". So everything was overdone in colors. Concerts always had colorful lights flashing all around. You captured that decade quite well. I got a real feel of the 70s from it. Well done.


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Mosaic: Recovering Mesopotamia
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IN THE MIDST OF EMPTIED SMASHED DISPLAY CASES, with glass strewn everywhere, sat a crying woman dressed in black, repeatedly saying in Arabic: "It's all gone ... they have taken everything."
After looters ran wild in the Iraq National Museum and ransacked archaeological sites in 2003,10 years later heart-warming efforts are being made to carry out new excavations, and discover or buy back artefacts now on the open market, as well as to repair the Museum.
An exhibition in Ontario titled Mesopotamia: Inventing Our World aims to show what civilisation today owes to ancient Sumer, Assyria and Babylon, whose treasures were looted from the Iraqi Museum. More than 3,000 years ago, Mesopotamia was home to the world's first great cities. Its name is derived from the Greek "land between the rivers" of the Tigris and Euphrates, and was the birthplace of the first truly urban conurbations with complex forms of social organisation and economic activity, as well as writing, codified laws, long-distance trade and communications, and not least--the first empires.
In collaboration with The British Museum, which has lent a splendid collection of over 170 artefacts, the Royal Ontario Museum is exploring this legacy, with additional treasures from several American museums.
The Curator for the Ancient Near East for the Royal Ontario Museum, Dr. Clemens Reichel, is also a field archaeologist experienced in the Mesopotamian sites of Iraq. He makes a thought-provoking comment on the duality of this society--highly advanced and yet ruthlessly cruel. "Mesopotamia was a true forerunner, with great cities of sizes not achieved by Paris or London until the Industrial Revolution; empires that controlled most of the known world of that time; technological achievements still shaping our lives. However, Mesopotamia was also ruled by kings who were as brutal as they were brilliant, whose rise to power was as stellar as their demise was cataclysmic." It seems that little has changed.
The main focus of the exhibition is the city-states of Sumer (4,000-2,000 BCE), Assyria (1,000-600 BCE), and Babylon (600-540 BCE). Southern Mesopotamia consisted of two main regions--Sumer in the south and Akkad to the north. One of the most significant advancements at this time was the emergence of the city, with a huge change in scale from existing towns and agricultural settlements. In Sumer, (now southwest Iran), the most massive was Uruk, which contained temples with high terraces, streets, canals, administrative buildings and residential areas. The earliest written script on cuneiform clay tablets, dating to around 3,300 BCE, has been excavated in Uruk and Susa. Their inscriptions reveal sophisticated systems of notation, including quantities of oxen, barley and malt.
An even earlier capital, Ur, was an important political, religious and economic centre, whose Royal Tombs predated that of Tutankhamen by more than 1,000 years. These tombs contained numerous bodies of soldiers, servants and also women, who either willingly or perhaps not, accompanied the royal deceased into their afterlives. By the elaborate and precious jewellery they wore, one can suppose that these women were an intimate part of royal retinue. Among the show's highlights is an ornate headdress trembling with gold leaves, necklaces and bracelets of gold, lapis lazul: and carnelian.
Other magnificent objects from the Royal Tombs include a highly elaborate 'Ram in the Thicket' of gold foil, silver, lapis lazuli and shell; and a massive 'Great Lyre' featuring a gold-plated bull's head with inlays of precious materials.
Assyria was located in northern Mesopotamia on the Tigris River, and at its height, around 660 BCE, became the dominating military and political power, controlling an area covering Iraq, Syria, Israel, Egypt and parts of Iran and Turkey. New capitals were built at Nineveh, Nimrud and Khorsabad, dominated by large palaces decorated with elaborately carved stone reliefs. …