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Once every century or so, a U.S. House Majority Leader will lose a re-election bid in the primary.
Slightly more often, a professional point guard will make a game- and series-winning shot with 0.7 seconds left.
But you can count on the stock and bond markets regularly defying expert predictions. Whatever the smart money thinks will happen at a given time is probably going to turn out wrong.
It's happened again so far this year, fortunately for most of us. Through Thursday, the Standard & Poorís 500 Stock Index was up 4.4 percent year-to-date, on top of its nearly 32 percent gain in 2013.
Perhaps more surprisingly, the Vanguard Total Bond Market Exchange Traded Fund was up 2.25 percent through Thursday. That ETF tries to track the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, which mimics the returns from a broad spectrum of domestic investment-grade bonds.
But increasingly, some of those same experts worry what this run-up might mean for those in their 30s and 40s saving for retirement and for those who are about to, or just have, retired.
Returns just aren't going to be what they used to be.
PIEtech Inc. produces MoneyGuidePro, one of the leading software programs used by advisers to create financial plans for individuals. This month, it dialed back the programís future return assumptions for stocks and bonds that many planners use to decide how much clients need in retirement.
PIEtech now expects large-company U.S. stocks to return 7 to 8 percent a year, but only 4.5 to 5.5 percent per year after inflation. We call inflation-adjusted returns "real returns."
That's still a real good return, if you're able to tolerate the ups and downs of stock markets. More concerning is the outlook for less volatile, "safer" bonds.
The consultant who created PIEtech's assumptions, financial planner Harold Evensky, now thinks bonds will generate a return after inflation of one percent per year. That's before taxes. Owners of long-term bonds will only just break even with inflation, Evensky figures.
That's a slightly more optimistic view than PIMCO, the bond-fund managing giant. In March, one of its economists, Saumel Parikh, figured the 10-year U.S. Treasury bond, PIMCO's proxy for the bond market, basically only keeping pace with inflation over the next 10 years.
A break-even return is not much reward for holding a bond for 10 years, much less 15 to 30 years. But thatís what the experts think will happen -- largely because of whatís in store for long-term bond values when interest rates rise.
As you've read here before, when interest rates rise, bond values fall. The further the bond is from maturity, the greater the drop. That drop in value can overwhelm the bondís biennial interest payment, which is what happened to most bonds last year when interest rates rose about one percentage point and the Barclays bond index fell 2 percent.
Doomsayers have been warning since 2009 about the risks of inflation, which can prompt the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates. But inflation has been tame.
So why are bond values increasing now?
"There's no one reason," said Paul Vermilya, owner of Compass Investment Advisers in Portland. "No one I know seems to have a clear read on the why."
There are, of course, theories. First, European leaders are finally following the lead of the Federal Reserve and stimulating their economies by deliberately driving down interest rates. In many cases, their bonds now yield less than U.S. bonds. Thatís led foreign investors to pile into U.S. bonds, increasing their value.
Vermilya also believes that a lot of institutions rebalanced their portfolios after last year's 30 percent stock price increase. That is, they sold some stocks and bought bonds to keep their mix of stocks and bonds on target. These institutions are large buyers and sellers, and that demand could have contributed to the price run-up, Vermilya said.
None of this means you shouldnít buy bonds. You also shouldnít run out and buy more stocks or even more volatile assets.
For many, the changed assumptions mean youíll have to save more or work longer.
Let's take a 40-year-old with $400,000 in her IRA and 401(k) who saves $500 a month for retirement through age 66. Let's also assume her diversified portfolio of stocks and bonds averages 7 percent a year until retirement. By age 66, that person will have $950,000 in her accounts by the day she leaves work. I calculated this using a free, online financial planning tool available at AnalyzeNow.com and developed by Washington resident Henry K. Hebeler.
With that kind of nest egg, she could draw $3,750 a month through age 96 before running out of money, assuming she gets a more conservative 6 percent return in retirement.
But what if her annual investment return before retirement drops to 6 percent? her accounts will peak at $765,000 at age 66, according to AnalyzeNow's retirement planner. She can now afford only to draw about $3,000 a month from it through age 96.
To afford withdrawing $3,750 a month in the lower-return environment, sheíd basically need to save an additional $350 a month during her working career. Thatís one fewer monthly car payment the rest of her life.
Of course, this is a general example. I make assumptions about inflation and other factors that might not pan out. (See above statement about smart money.)
And as we see in politics, basketball and investing, anything can happen. Experts get it wrong all the time.
But if you want to get retirement right going forward, it's best to be a saver than sorrier.
-- -- Brent Hunsberger is an Investment Adviser Representative in Portland. For important disclosures and information about Brent, visit ORne.ws/aboutbrent. Reach him by email or leave a message at 503-683-3098.


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The first time I tried to watch "Man v. Food," I couldn't finish the program. I couldn't keep watching. It was like looking in a mirror, seeing the way I used to eat. As much as I would like to blame genetics, I once weighed more than 400 pounds. Adam Richman definitely shows me how it happened.
The difference is, he gets paid--and he is famous--for eating mountains of grease, fat and sugar. No one hurls insults at him. People applaud him. They encourage him to eat more.
I still remember standing in a cafeteria line at Paul Smith's College, having food thrown at me while my peers chanted, "Here pig, have this too!" I watch the crowd cheering Adam, and I wonder if they are the descendants of the cruel crowds I endured. How did this change take place?
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"Man v. Food" helps explain why obesity continues to be such an epidemic in America. One of our heroes is a man who eats like a glutton and sets an example that many of us try to follow.
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After an emotional tribute that included a video retrospective of Paul Emenes' life, the Jefferson Parish School Board on Wednesday renamed its Special Services Building in Elmwood for the east bank regional superintendent who died last month.
The board renamed the building, where Emenes worked for the past decade, on the recommendation of School Board President Martin Marino, one of Emenes' closest friends.
"He will be sadly missed," Marino said. "There will only be one Paul Emenes. There's not day that goes by that I don't think about Paul."
Superintendent Diane Roussel said Emenes will be difficult, if not impossible, to replace. "He was totally loyal to me and to you at the same time," she told the board's nine members.
To his widow, Sylvia, who was in the audience along with other relatives, Roussel said the center feels eerily different without him.
Emenes, 77, died March 11 after collapsing at a political forum at Andrea's restaurant in Metairie. He worked for the school system for a half century, serving in such positions as teacher, assistant principal, principal and east bank regional superintendent.
At School Board meetings, Emenes typically led invocations, and on Wednesday the board began its meeting by playing a digital video disc of Emenes delivering the invocation at the board's February meeting.
Officials also showed a DVD retrospective highlighting various events that he staged, such as ballroom dancing competitions, variety shows and awards ceremonies. Roussel presented his wife with a plaque and reiterated how much Emenes will be missed.
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Newly elected board member Glenn Hayes said Emenes threw a brunch for him after he joined the board in February and arranged for speakers from every school in Hayes' 4th District, which includes Old Metairie, Jefferson and parts of Metairie, Elmwood and Bridge City.
"I walked in, and he had a banner, a jazz band and two or three different speakers from every school," Hayes said. "I knew how important he was going to be for me just starting out. I'm sorry I won't be able to have him around."
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The results for the last of the optical networking majors are in, and it's good news.
Finisar (Nasdaq: FNSR ) just released preliminary sales and earnings for the second quarter, and they're both stronger than expected. Sales will land at roughly $240 million, and earnings should come in at $0.42 per share, give or take a penny. The optical components maker thus underscores the message from industry peer JDS Uniphase (Nasdaq: JDSU ) last week: Optical networking is still a strong industry, and rival Oclaro's (Nasdaq: OCLR ) problems are unique to that company.
Finisar's good news is dragging Oclaro and Oplink Communications (Nasdaq: OPLK ) along on the ride for some nice intraday gains, deserved or not.
Looking beyond the second quarter, Finisar expects the growth story to continue into the third. However, if the second quarter ends up at the bottom end of the preliminary report and the third at the top end of guidance, the sequential revenue gain between the two would land just below the 10% mark and snap an impressive streak of six quarter-by-quarter improvements above that benchmark.
That would still be an impressive result, of course. It's just kind of sad to see long streaks of success coming to an end, however arbitrarily defined. Yeah, I'm a big softie.
So what's next for Finisar after pushing its share price 137% above the year-ago mark? The stock is trading at a forward P/E in the teens, though that might be subject to change as analysts adjust their expectations. That isn't terribly expensive for a company of Finisar's growth habits. Assuming that the growth trend in optical networking has legs, which I do, it's not hard to imagine further growth from this important cog in the sector's machinery.
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The Program
The Drexel in Italy Fall Sport Management program is offered in partnership with the American University of Rome (AUR). Through coursework, field trips and exploration of sport venues in Rome, students will learn about the Italian approach to sports while studying with European and American students in a university setting in Rome. This program is open to all majors with priority given to Sport Management students. Graduate students are also eligible to participate in this program. This is an amazing opportunity to add a strong understanding of European sports management to your credentials while studying in the historic and culturally rich city of Rome!
Drexel students participating in the program will take Principles of Coaching, Italian Sport and Culture, Italian language and can choose one or two elective courses from a wide variety of departments, such as Business, Art History, Communications, Italian Studies, and International Relations. Drexel Sport Management professor Dr. Amy Giddings will teach the two SMT courses. Graduate students must enroll in the two SMT courses and a beginning Italian course.
The Academics
Principles of Coaching will include setting performances goals in coaching, the various roles of the coach, ethical conduct in coaching, the psychology of coaching, coach-athlete compatibility, coaching burnout, personality of the coach and coachng yourh sports. An emphasis is placed on conducting practices and competitions to enhance the social-emotional growth of athletes.
Italian Sport and Culture will provide students with a solid understanding of the critical issues of sport anagement in Italy and will contrast European management practices with those of the United States. This course will involve visits to sports facilities, discussions with management of sports clubs and attendance at one or two sporting events.
All courses are taught in English except for courses in Italian Studies.While courses at AUR are taught in English, Drexel students participating in the Sport Management program must complete Italian 101 prior to the program in order to fulfill Drexel's language pre-requisite. For undergraduate students, AUR offers a range of subjects such as political science, art history, business, Italian, communications, and more. Drexel students will be taking courses with local European and American students.
Please review the full AUR Course Catalog to identify the additional courses you may want to take.
AUR now offers the option to take 1 course at the Italian university Libera Universita' Maria SS. Assunta (LUMSA). This is a great opportunity for students with strong Italian language skills to benefit from the best of two worlds: an American and an Italian education in the same city! This option has a pre-requisite of ITAL: 311 (or ITAL 203, if student takes ITAL 300 while at AUR)
How the LUMSA option works:
•Students select 1 LUMSA_courses_from the approved list and 3 - 4 AUR courses.
•Students attend the regularly scheduled LUMSA classes until the end of AUR's fall semester.
•Students fulfill the the required readings for the LUMSA course.
•Instead of the LUMSA final exam, students complete a research paper in Italian as well as writing a journal in Italian where they record their reflections upon their experience at LUMSA.
•An AUR faculty member will act as advisor for the research paper and grade the student's work.
•The research paper and journal must be completed during AUR's final exam period.
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AUR is a semester school. This program is only available during the fall. Students with fall/winter co-op will need a cycle change in order to participate. Due to the need for cycle and program changes, please begin planning at least 12 months in advance.
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The Sport Management Term in Rome runs every three years and is next scheduled to run in Fall,2017.
AUR is a semester school. This program is only available during the fall. Students with fall/winter co-op will need a cycle change in order to participate. Due to the need for cycle and program changes, please begin planning at least 12 months in advance.
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Fall end: mid DecemberAUR Calendar Fall 2013
**Drexel students will need to either leave their co-op job early OR arrange for early summer final exams.
AUR - Students will need to have AUR courses approved as Drexel equivalents by the appropriate department for each course they plan to take abroad. For example, if you want to take a History course at AUR, its equivalent must be pre-approved by Drexel's History Department. AUR - Course Equivalents.xlsx
Students are taught and graded by Dr. Giddings for the SMT courses and by AUR faculty for all other courses. The goal is to take the equivalent of a full-time load at Drexel. Depending on the courses, students can expect to take 4-6 courses per semester. The amount of class content time and work-load required is broadly similar to universities in the US. Grades earned at AUR will be factored into your Drexel GPA.
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The ExperienceRome constantly conjures up vivid reminders of its glorious past as the city that built the greatest Empire the world has ever known. With its sunny climate, stately umbrella pines, and an unparalleled wealth of history around every corner, Rome's beauty quickly overtakes all who enter its ancient walls. A walk or bus ride through even the most commonplace quarters of the city yields encounters with innumerable monuments, towering pillars, and major imperial buildings that still stand imposingly just as they have for 2,000 years!
Sports play an important role in Italian life with football (soccer) being the most popular. Watching sporting events with locals whether in a sports arena or in a local bar will provide students with a firsthand experience of what is important about sports as a form of competition, leisure and source of national pride. It will also provide students with a shared interest with locals and a great conversation starter to work on developing Italian skills.
Overlooking the historical center, AUR is located on top of the Janiculum, Rome's highest hill. With its own garden of Roman pines it offers a spectacular view of Rome and the surrounding hills. The campus is near two city parks, Villa Sciarra and Villa Pamphili and historical landmarks. The area also hosts diplomatic residences and several international academies.
AUR's student body consists of approximately 500 full time undergraduates from 40 countries. Thus Drexel students will be in class with a very international mix of classmates. AUR has an urban campus and the compound is composed of 5 nearby buildings, which include an auditorium, spacious garden, student services, computer lab, classrooms, laboratories and faculty offices. Evans' Hall, a liberty villa of 1920, is the site of the library, student lounges and a beautiful outside garden. Carini 23, a five story building of the '70s designed by a famous Italian Architect (Paolo Portoghesi) is the location of design studios, faculty offices, and the Batista Multimedia Laboratory, a state of the art lab for film production.
HousingStudents live in fully furnished apartments, two students per bedroom, with a TV, a computer, wireless internet and full furnished kitchens. There is no meal plan at AUR, thus students are responsible for their own meals, but Rome provides a huge variety of food options from your simple pizza to an involved six course meal. Students are encouraged to take advantage of local markets and the kitchens in the apartments to save money on meals.
VisaStudents are required to obtain a visa for entry into Italy. This process may take 6-8 weeks so students should act early. For specific visa instructions, please refer to the Italian Embassy website: http://www.ambwashingtondc.esteri.it/ambasciata_washington
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For a second straight year, the Iowa vs. Minnesota Battle of the Borders USSSA Baseball Tournament will be held at Rogers Sports Complex.
Forty teams from throughout the two states will compete here this weekend in the second annual event, which features five different Major/AAA age groups: 10U, 11U, 12U, 13U and 14U.
Each age division includes four teams from both Iowa and Minnesota. Every team will play two games today and two games Sunday in the round-robin format.
Pool play begins at 9 a.m. this morning.
Representing Fort Dodge in the field are the Fort Dodge Legends (10U), Legends (11U), Fort Dodge Sluggers (12U) and the Yellow Jackets (13U).
All age groups will have a state champion. The first state to win nine games wins the age group. A Traveling Battle of the Borders Trophy will be awarded to the state that wins the most age groups.
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Fort Dodge Legends vs. Rogers Royals, 10 a.m. today at Fenway.
Fort Dodge Legends vs. Urbandale J-Hawks, noon today at Fenway.
Fort Dodge Legends vs. STMA Knights, 9 a.m. Sunday at Dodger.
Fort Dodge Legends vs. Des Moines Cubs, 1 p.m. Sunday at Fenway.
Legends vs. STMA Knights, 9 a.m. today at Field 1.
Legends vs. White Bear Lake Bears, 1 p.m. today at Field 1.
Legends vs. Osseo/Maple Grove, 10 a.m. Sunday at Field 2.
Legends vs. Albert Lea, 2 p.m. Sunday at Field 2.
Fort Dodge Sluggers vs. Blaine Area Bengals, 9 a.m. today at Field 4.
Fort Dodge Sluggers vs. Sartell Sabres, 1 p.m. today at Field 4.
Fort Dodge Sluggers vs. STMA Knights, 10 a.m. Sunday at Field 5.
Fort Dodge Sluggers vs. Osseo/Maple Grove, 2 p.m. Sunday at Field 5.
Yellow Jackets vs. Hopkins/MTK, 9:30 a.m. today at Field 6.
Yellow Jackets vs. Eden Prairie Red, 1:30 p.m. today at Field 6.
Yellow Jackets vs. Osseo/Maple Grove, 10:30 a.m. Sunday at Yankee.
Yellow Jackets vs. East Ridge, 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Yankee.
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SYRACUSE, NY -- The economy will take a bite out of travel for the Fourth of July, according to AAA.
The auto club is projecting the number of Americans vacationing the holiday weekend will decrease 1.9 percent from 2008. Approximately 37.1 million travelers will travel 50 miles or more away from home this year. Last year, 37.8 million Americans traveled during the same period, AAA said.
The projection for 2009 represents a 12 percent decline from the 42.3 million travelers who vacationed over the holiday in 2007.
AAA said the decline in travel is mainly due to ongoing uncertainty about the strength of the economy, "especially rising joblessness and sagging personal incomes."
The recent rise in gasoline prices also may cause some travelers to limit or abbreviate their holiday plans, AAA said. The average price of a gallon of regular unleaded was $2.80 Wednesday, according to AAA. A year ago, it was $4.22 per gallon.
"Those who vacation this summer will find it to be a smart time to travel with the plethora of attractive discounts and special offers, resulting in outstanding vacation values," said Tom Chestnut, President/CEO of AAA Western and Central New York.
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Skip to comments.Mark Steyn: So much for the 'post-racial' candidate
Posted on 03/22/2008 4:22:37 AM PDT by Laverne
"I'm sure," said Barack Obama in that sonorous baritone that makes his drive-thru order for a Big Mac, fries and strawberry shake sound profound, "many of you have heard remarks from your pastors, priests or rabbis with which you strongly disagreed." Well, yes. But not many of us have heard remarks from our pastors, priests or rabbis that are stark, staring, out-of-his-tree, flown-the-coop nuts. ...snip...
It is Barack Obama's choice to entrust his daughters to the spiritual care of such a man for their entire lives, but in Philadelphia the senator attempted to universalize his peculiar judgment to claim that, given America's history, it would be unreasonable to expect black men of Jeremiah Wright's generation not to peddle hateful and damaging lunacies. Isn't that what's the word? racist? So much for the post-racial candidate.
(Excerpt) Read more at ocregister.com ...
Obama will have more delegates than Clinton but she will get the superdelegates and be the nominee.
He is toast.
Although I abhor his politics, I too was deeply disappointed to discover that, rather than being the post-racial candidate, Obama on this point was the same old crapola, even down to pulling out the list of handouts to be demanded and trumpeting that "everybody else" needs to do more in the face of one community's institutionalized lack of personal responsibility.
What the Rats have wrought with their gleeful facilitation of extreme identity politics over the years has come back to bite them on the butt.
They have no good way out of this mess now.
And, once again, they have harmed the nation as a whole and blacks in particular.
The way the media has circled its wagons around Obama/Wright is simply unbelievable. A year ago I would have said that the MSM would have been afraid to demonstate such open bias...but here it is.
There's not even a pretense of objectivity in the mainstream press anymore, the big networks, the NYTs, WaPo, and CNN are carrying water for the Obama campaign.
This is a new low.
"...in that sonorous baritone that makes his drive-thru order for a Big Mac, fries and strawberry shake sound profound..."
I love it! Obama: The Fast Food Mentality Candidate. :)
Obama is done. And I'd be willing to bet so is Hillary. I wonder how the party is going to boot these two and for whom? There is very little doubt in my mind that that is EXACTLY what will happen in the fullness of time.
I hope you are right. There will be civil war in the Democrat party and Hillary will destroy herself politically. I wouldn't be surprised if she not only loses the Presidential race, but eventually her Senate seat.
Thanks for posting this.
Ping for the Mark Steyn list?
Theres not even a pretense of objectivity in the mainstream press anymore, the big networks, the NYTs, WaPo, and CNN are carrying water for the Obama campaign.
This is a new low.
Sorry, kjo, but this is the same-old same-old... The MSM has been this way for YEARS -- just this year it's gotten a bit more complicated. Between Billery and Obama it's like Solomon's baby all over again: and it looks like they're going to slice this baby in half. Maybe this will mark the start of the media taking a good hard look at itself and recognizing how over-the-top they've become.
To quote a recent newsmaker: "Mainstream Media: your chickens have come home to roost!"
This is the payback for the hundreds of thousand killed in the Civil War, deaths of the Abolitionists (John Brown's body etc.), the martyrs of Civil Rights struggle both black and white, the many Americans who lost life opportunities to Affirmative Action in the name of social peace. Americans have paid in blood and gold, and don't deserve such a payback.
It is time now to rethink the 40 year old policies of LBJ's Great Society. Maybe cutting people loose will help them find the strength to stand on their own feet and take pride in their own efforts.
Yes, the MSM is definitely feeling a thrill run up its collective leg. This is a mass hallucination which may work in our favor. Their Obama-love is totally unconditional and totally blind, as evidenced by their treatment of Wright as no big deal (so what if our nominee's major influence is a deranged racist crackpot.) They are also totally out of touch with mainstream voters and if sanity ultimately prevails, they will be in deep shock upon hearing the election results in November.
So is Denver, Washington, DC, Chicago and Atlanta when he doesn't get the nomination.
What I heard in Obama's speech was that we should not judge his good reverand by the content of his character but by the color of his skin. He turned MLK's dream speech on its head; and yet, the media swoons over his delivery and ignores the content of his speeches.
The democrats have made this a race about race and are trying to blame the republicans on being racist. Steyn is absolutely correct — but then again, when is he not?
"... even down to pulling out the list of handouts to be demanded and trumpeting that everybody else needs to do more in the face of one communitys institutionalized lack of personal responsibility."
Very well said.
There's been a lot written on this subject, but Steyn hits the home run.
This article should be required reading in every high school, college and university in America.
Please read the whole thing, not just the excerpt.
I only wish you were right but from the looks of their collective balance sheets they are perfectly willing to go down the tubes rather than get fair and balanced. They are all in for the left, do or die.
Looks like Oblama could get away with yelling change, change, change for only so long before someone started looking at who the changeor really is. And when they do most people are disgusted with who they discover.
Nah, she'll be the new Teddy in the Senate. New Yorkers obviously don't care who they elect. Just look at their track record over the past 30 some odd years.....it's almost as bad as Massachusetts or California.....
Great column! Thanks for posting it.
Bingo. This is Larry Elder's thesis in "Stupid Black Men": those who believe the nonsense are only holding themselves back, while sensible people get jobs, get married, and succeed in life.
The downside is..? I am sorry to sound cold but just as cross-over voting in primaries became a issue only when the Rats started feeling the pinch so will violence against Campaigns become a issue when the Rats own headquarters are invaded and staffers are harassed, pushed around and shot at.
Well, not till he burns in Hell, along with the Clintons.
The entire essence of the Democrats is coming to boil in a pot of their own making.
They have spent the last 50 years pandering to blacks and women, and it was all baseless.
Now it is coming home to roost. Let them eat cake.
But there should be some reflection, and then consequences now that we have seen the hate spewing forth from the black churches. As one 60's Freedom Rider put it, "I didn't do it for this". And Obama makes clear that Rev. Wright is not untypical. This opens the issue of whether current policies are doing more harm than good.
Of course, Steyn is a treasure!
Stein is brilliant as always.a black candidate instead of a man for all seasons and races, he distanced himself from huge numbers of voters and ultimately sealed his fate.
You are absolutely correct.
Big media's failure to see any problem with the Obama life choices - to become a Chicago politician and work for "diversity" and against "discrimination" after his magna cum laude from Harvard law - has led to today's situation when he has "suddenly" been exposed.
DNC Media's chickens have come home to roost.
Steyn nails it ... again.
There is something profoundly wrong about a man that will twist the words of his own flesh and blood for political gain, will equate a racist pastor's 20 years worth of insanity with grandma's single incident all for the sake of some political gain.
It says much about B. Hussein Obama's character—but then he is a dhimmicrat and character doesn't count for them.
Age and treachery will overcome youth and skill....
I have posted and believed that statement in the past.
I am now unsure it applies to Hillary. The Richardson defection is huge and alters that perception. The super delegates smell a dead carcass and are bending in the Obama wind.
I feel bad that I'm watching the lead-in to the Denver convention with such glee.
The MSM can spin all it wants. You can put lipstick on a pig, but it is still a pig. The true verdict will be rendered on April 22 in PA and IN. If Obama suffers a sharp drop at the polls, panic will set in at the DNC and the MSM along with the Obama camp.
Steyn nails it!! Whatever actual beliefs about race and America exist in Obama's empty soul, the FACT is that he has entrusted this deranged racist hack of a "minister" with his family's spiritual care. To be the "post-racial" candidate Obama had to pretend to be the man to heal racial divides etc. Now the country can see that his background is steeped in the most one-sided kind of bitter hateful racism which he still can't renounce.
If Shrillary's minions don't pull off an upset with the Superdelegates then Obambi is toast in the fall. The 527 ads just make themselves with the rants of this nutty minister. Although the MSM will desperately try to inoculate Obama by calling for a moratorium on all references to race, there is no way a majority of Americans are going to vote for this charlatan.
Very dramatic.
"Obama will have more delegates than Clinton but she will get the superdelegates and be the nominee.
He is toast."
Sure hope you are correct. If you are indeed correct, this will virtually blow up the Democrat Party - yeaa. And, will virtually ensure MacCain's election to POTUS, yeaa again...
Well said Jag.
They entire Dem party backs one or the other. I think you are thinking of a Dem party of years gone by.
Re: Test scores.
I can tell you the exact reason why test scores are so low. Black students are afraid to look "too smart" because you're going to be accused of "acting white" so they dumb themselves down. It's amazing that some VERY smart blacks in this country have made it through despite that stupid self-defeating attitude that keeps many black people poor, ignorant and violent.
I've lived in black schools. I've faced the self-imposed stereotypes that were supposed to be placed on me. I do agree with you, it's time to start cutting back the money and try to encourage a majority of people to start educating themselves and get themselves out of their hellholes they've made for themselves with their self-imposed intellectual and behavioral crippling.
Well said my friend . I'm in agreement with you %100
if sanity ultimately prevails, ....
Don't count on it !
Exactly right.
Out of wedlock births at 68% and failing urban schools have something to do with lower test scores as well.
Classic Steyn. That's gonna leave a mark.
So my question to Obama is this: Is Jeremiah Wright a typical black person?
No black man who chooses to be a member of the UnAmerican Democrat Party could be anything but a racist poverty pimp.
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General Motors Buick division has equipped their new Buick LaCrosse with an IntelliLink system permitting drivers to communicate with their vehicle. This makes the vehicle appeal to a younger brand of buyers who can use their voice to get the vehicle to do what they want.
One thing that usually makes voice control systems redundant is external noise, and this is where the Buick IntelliLink steps in while the interiors of the LaCrosse are quieter to enable voice commands to be better understood. Buick has experimented with various processes to ensure reduction of noise. The car if fitted with laminated window glass, triple door seals and liquid applied sound so as to make its interiors noise free. Every 2013 Buick will be fitted with IntelliLink system wherein drivers can control navigation, audio functions and smartphone applications.
Buick has a microphone hidden in its headliner which picks up commands while the system is also trained to respond to different accents and dialects not only of one but multiple drivers. This system is the handiwork of General Motors speech recognition engineer Robert Sims who is also renowned for the development of the first in car hands free calling system


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I have the distinct pleasure today of attending the third annual Midwest Disasters 2.0 Social Media Workshop in Kansas City. Like many communities throughout the United States, Kansas City has slowly, but definitively been moving forward on when, where, and how to integrate social media into multi-disciplinary emergency management.
The Midwest Disasters 2.0 Social Media Workshop is a two day event that is divided into three sessions. Today will include a 4 hour social media introductory class taught by Kim Nakahodo (@kimnakahodo) and Almitra Buzan (@almitrab). This afternoon will be a series of social media exercises conducted by Hal Grieb (@hal_grieb) to teach users how to leverage social media monitor tools.
Tomorrow's seminar will include presentations on a variety of topics including the CDC's Zombie Preparedness campaign, gamification in preparedness, mobile apps, augmented reality, strategic partnerships, and crowdsourcing just to name a few. Great and knowledgeable speakers including Cheryl Bledsoe (@cherylble), Alicia Johnson (@urbanareaalicia), Yasamie August (@AlabamaEMA), and Holly Hart (@Toomers4Ttown) will be providing these wonderful topics.
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Antawn Jamison's contract with the Cavaliers runs out at the end of this season, and that will likely end Jamison's time here in Cleveland.
Jamison, 35, probably has two good years left (with a good team) before he hangs it up. Jason Lloyd of Ohio.com wrote over the weekend about Jamison in this feature story.
Jamison is a superior professional with just the right timing. He knows when to laugh and when to chastise teammates for not playing hard or taking losses too lightly and chuckling a bit too much after games. He knows when to stick up for his guys on those nights when Scott ruthlessly tears apart his players' performances.
He knows how to be competitive and still mentor, something he learned the hard way last season when he publicly groused about coming off the bench so the Cavs could figure out what they had in J.J. Hickson.
Maybe Jamison, writes Lloyd, will latch on with a contender for one more shot at a title. Maybe he'll go home to Charlotte. He has already flirted with the idea of signing with the hometown Bobcats and providing exactly the type of direction that shambled franchise desperately needs.
Wherever he goes, he will leave behind plenty of memories in Cleveland, although probably not many he'd like to remember.
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The Larkin boys basketball team looks to run a clean Upstate Eight slate when the Royals host Valley Division champion Neuqua Valley in a conference crossover between first-place finishers on Friday at 7:15 p.m.
River Division champion Larkin (23-3) swept its 12 division games and won 3 contests against Valley schools. In addition to a pair of nonconference wins against South Elgin, the Royals handled Neuqua Valley (19-8, 11-1) in Naperville on Jan. 10, 72-52.
Larkin, which last played on Feb. 15, understands the effort it took to defeat the Wildcats the first time.
"Honestly, that was one of the best games we've had all year," Larkin coach Deryn Carter said. "It all started on the defensive end. We hunkered down and guarded them and got them out of things."
The Royals were balanced offensively in that game as demonstrated by the scoring production of starters Drew Jones (17 points), Kendale McCullum (13), Derrick Streety (13), Brayden Royse (11) and Christian Negron (10).
The game is a rematch of last year's first-place crossover in which Neuqua Valley finished off a 2-game sweep of the season series against the Royals. Returning the favor is not the underlying factor motivating the Royals, however.
"They got us twice last year but it's not really about payback," Carter said. "It's more about who Neuqua Valley is. That name carries weight because that's one of the best programs in the suburbs.
"I think our guys will be motivated just because it's their last game before regionals and they understand the necessity of playing well when we get on the court.
Crossing over: Upstate Eight Conference crossover mania begins Thursday with matchups between the respective fourth through seventh-place finishers. West Chicago (15-10, 6-6) plays at St. Charles North (16-8, 8-4) in a battle of fourth-place teams. Other matchups include Bartlett (14-13, 4-8) at Elgin (9-16, 4-8), South Elgin (13-14, 4-8) at Batavia (7-16, 2-10), which tips at 6 p.m., and East Aurora (6-19, 2-10) at Streamwood (2-26, 0-12).
Second-place finishers Waubonsie Valley (18-18, 8-4) and Geneva (21-5, 8-4) meet Friday, as do third-place finishers Metea Valley (15-11, 7-5) and St. Charles East (15-11, 8-4).
Seeking a different result: Season-ending crossovers have been unkind to Huntley since the Fox Valley Conference adopted the system for the 2011-12 season.
Four-time FVC Valley champion Huntley (18-7, 10-2) is 0-2 in crossovers against Fox Division champions, a trend it aims to stop in Friday's battle of division winners at Grayslake Central (15-9, 11-1).
Last February, visiting Crystal Lake Central hammered Huntley 54-37 in the first-place crossover game (the FVC does not officially call it a championship game). The Red Raiders stumbled in their ensuing playoff opener, a 53-43 loss to Rockford East.
In 2012, Huntley lost the first-place crossover at Grayslake Central, 52-45, but went on to win a regional title. That Huntley team finally bowed out in a sectional semifinal against Fred Van Vleet and Rockford Auburn.
Coach Marty Manning said he learned a lesson from the inaugural crossover game at Grayslake two years ago.
"I didn't mentally prepare our guys because it wasn't really a championship game," Manning said Wednesday. "I should have maybe pumped it up more so the guys played a little harder because we didn't play with the intensity needed to beat them on their home floor. I've been impressing on our guys that we need to play at a high level."
Crossing over II: Fox Valley Conference crossover action begins tonight with a matchup between fifth-place teams as Crystal Lake South (15-11, 4-8) visits Johnsburg (7-19, 4-8).
In addition to the game between Huntley and Grayslake Central, Friday's six-game schedule includes a matchup between second-place finishers Jacobs (14-13, 8-4) and Hampshire (13-13, 9-3). Also on the docket: Cary-Grove (15-11, 7-5) at Woodstock (12-14, 7-5); Prairie Ridge (16-10, 7-5) at Grayslake North (8-15, 7-5); McHenry (10-15, 3-9) at Woodstock North (6-20, 2-10); and Dundee-Crown (7-17, 3-9) at Crystal Lake Central (3-23, 2-10).
Pushed to the brink: Burlington Central will play at Richmond-Burton Friday for a chance to win a share of its second straight title in the Big Northern East, an unlikely scenario a week ago.
Central (18-7, 8-3) fell 2 games behind league-leading Richmond-Burton (19-7, 9-2) with 2 games to play by virtue of last Saturday's 56-50 loss at Marengo (18-10, 8-3). However, Central got some help from those very same Indians two days later when Marengo prevailed 54-51 in Richmond.
Central triumphed a day later at North Boone to draw back within a game of the division lead, amplifying the importance of Friday's showdown at R-B. Marengo, which has won 4 straight and 7 of 8, can make it a three-way tie for the title with a win at Harvard (11-17, 4-7) coupled with a loss by R-B.
Central defeated Richmond-Burton 70-46 on Rocket Hill on Jan. 10. Senior guard Sean Fitzgerald led the way in the game by sinking 6 of Central's 9 baskets from 3-point range.
"We have to limit our turnovers against their 1-2-2 zone and make sure we're getting good shots out of it," Central coach Brett Porto said. "Our decision making plays a strong part in our game. We have to make good decisions and get set up defensively exactly where we want to be and keep them out of rhythm."
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That is the youngest I have ever heard anyone come out. It could young mistake and the boy might not be gay, but either way, it sounds like he has loving and supportive parents which is all that matters!
Even if he's not later in life, it's still not a mistake. All he's saying is that right now, he fancies boys. Just like some of the girls in his class, who might like some actor or pop star, and no one thinks anything of it.
It's not just gay kids that 'come out' surely? We're only shocked by this because it's a gay kid but there are loads of kids out there who develop crushes on TV characters and express it. Straight or gay, it's still sexuality. Some people just get pissy about it because it's not the 'normal' sexuality.
I'm not shocked, speak for yourself! ;-)
I came out quite early, to my friends atleast. I didn't realise what being gay was, I assume its probably the same for this boy.
I knew I was gay from as young as that. Always wanted to play "daddies and daddies" in the playground instead of "mummies and daddies". And indeed experienced sexual attraction to people of the same gender. Doesn't apply to everyone and we shouldn't pressure a child to express or suppress who they are. But if this child knows who he is at this age then so be it!
I knew at 7.
I also knew at 7, and that was in 1959.
I also knew at 7 and began having sex at 8 with my friend who was the same age!
I also knew when I was 7. I remember the TV stars I fancied back then.
Same here!
my lesbian friend came out when she was 8 saying she doesn't like boys but it seems like hes getting the idea that hes gay from glee so id just wait afew years to truly see if he is….
i knew i was different at like 8-9 but i didnt know the name of what i was…long story that goes along with me LOL…
Although I didn't know the term for it, I felt attracted to both men and women (well, boys and girls) at the age of 7. Some will know at that age, some will never be sure.
Quizzing children on their sexual identity doesn't sound like a good idea; we never asked people, "Do you like people of the opposite gender?" when they were kids, either.
I suppose I "knew" at 11, but before that I had no attraction to anyone in that way. My first attractions were to men. It is on this basis that I find the ECHR's suggestion quite reasonable. As the blogger says though, the idea of children having a sexual orientation makes people uncomfortable, and I'm quite understanding of that. It doesn't make it less true though that children do have sexual desires at a younger age than we as a society are prepared to allow them, and as the ECHR point out by the time they reach an age "we" deem acceptable, the damage has been done.
It's a no brainer to me that children be allowed to express themselves verbally, with parents/guardians or approved medical officials only of course, and be talked to in an approved (and healthy) fashion about these issues, rather than the current system we have which is to lie and preserve false innocence. It only leads to feelings of disappointment, suppression, embarrassment and so forth 5-7 years down the line.
Hindsight truly is 20-20. Looking back, I didn't know I was gay, just that I never grew out of hanging with the guys. By high school, girls were more of an alien race, something I had nothing in common. By 16, I could tune-up a car, change the brake shoes and pads, cook fairly well, and sew my own clothes (from patterns). Today I am still very well-rounded; Quantum theories, dog trainer, relationship councelor, Mac computer tech, instructor, website designer, retail manager. And poor. I never could find my niche in life. "Jack of all trades, master of none" I suppose… sigh! Apple was an awesome blend of my skills and interests until the "Family Values" store manager refused to move me to full-time, advancing many college kids without any Mac customer service skills and experience above me (all legal avenues resulted in silence). Now, I can't get an Apple job anywhere… blackballed? Welcome to my world. If you need someone intelligent, creative and diverse, I'm open to all offers.
"By 16, I could tune-up a car, change the brake shoes and pads…"
Sounds like you are str8 to me. Never mind. ;)
Sounds ike she's a lesbian girl to me. 0_o
Anyways, I don't think that personality and ability has anything to do with sexuality (although, many stereotypes eems to find so).
So glad that he has loving and supportive parents. I didn't know my sexual orientation as early as that, but I did know that I liked the Beano and not Twinkle, and I liked playing the sort of games that were supposed to be the preserve of boys.
I discovered my sexual orientation when I was 11 or 12.
When I cast my mind back to my last years at infant school and first year of primary school (age 6-7) I knew that I was more interested in the same sex than the opposite sex – even though at that age there wasn't really any hormones to drive behaviour. It might well be that in this case the boy just has a crush on a TV character. It might be that he has recognised that he is gay. Either way, it sounds like his family are supportive and love him for who he is – and that, really, is what matters to a child whether they are gay, straight, bi, trans, intersex, asexual, or any other I've missed off the list.
I remember a childhood friend and I walking up to my mum hand in hand asking her if two guys could get married, "because if so, we would"(!) This must have been in 1979-1980 when we were about 6 years old. She, quite liberally for the time, said we couldn't get married, but we could live together when we grew up.
I turned out gay (always known I was), he is married with children (to a woman) and, I am quite sure, is straight.
Cute story about her 7 year old son, but it doesn't have to mean anything more than society (the educated/informed at least) becoming more tolerant, depicting gay people/relationships more positively which young people and kids can consider whilst trying to find themselves.
What makes you think he is straight when he could just as easily be bi and happily married to a woman?
Well my mum said I was more of a girly tomboy than a manly boy when I was a kid so I do not doubt that someone so young can identify with a sexuality. Am so glad he has parents like mine who just accepts him for who he is and tells him that. Hope there is not too much fall out for them and blaming of media for forcing him to think this as I wish there was more positive gay role models on tv when I was a kid, would of made things more understandable for me
I knew I felt a bit different at a young age but I didn't understand or even think much about what that difference was. I didn't really know about gay people and children growing up today do know about gay people and see examples of gay couples around them so they will be more clued up and able to recognise those feelings in themselves. I think that most poeple aren't really sure of their sexuality until they go through puberty though as you don't have genuine adult sexual feelings until your body starts producing the hormones that drive those feelings. I think the important thing to do if a child says they are gay is to be supportive and not to tell them that they aren't. If that then changes be supportive of that decision again but don't tell a child to think what you think they should be thinking or that their feelings or opinions are invalid.
adults tend to forget how aware kids can be, they think them as these bundles of energy that have little to no awareness. They tend to be very aware and just do not have the udnerstanding of what it is they are aware of, like the way children can pick up on tension between parents who decide to stay to together for the childrens sake.
At least two 6-yr old boys on BBC children's TV series have claimed they have feelings for a girl or girls.
In this clip 6 yr old Little Howard visits an expert, who explains to him about girls:-
Well I didn't "Know" at 7. I probably didn't understand the concept of sexual orientation. What I did know though was that I wasn't interested in girls, only boys. I knew this was different to the norm but I just thought that it was no big deal – totally innocent. I didn't even stop to consider the situation. I just thought what I thought, and that was that. It only becomes a problem when you realise that you really are different, and become self-concious of it.
Well like a lot of others on here I knew I was different long before I had words to describe it, the play yard in 1st year secondary school did that…in a negative way. I heard 'queer' and 'fruit' and decided to get very very hidden about my desires. So I opened myself to abuse just to experience sex with older guys. I was a father to a wonderful son who is now 27yo, and I was 28yo before I faced the truth. I also involved his mumin a farce of a relationship just to hide my sexuality…SHE came out to ME just a few years after we split up….Ta Da!! Our son however is str8…very str8…lol! Go Figure!
Believe it or not, looking back, I have consistently had exclusively same sex attraction ever since I was 4.. and I know I wasn't the only one too……..
But I thought nothing of it until I first learnt the word 'gay' at 10.
At 12-13 I began to think 'hang on… these feelings mean that I'M gay!!!!'… (but at the time I decided I didn't need the grief of thinking about it at that time)
Peter S is quite hot! That is all.
If the blogger didn't have her son plonked in front of 'Glee' would he be as quick to identify as gay?
If a mother didn't have her son plonked in front of Baywatch would he be as quick to identify as straight?
I think it is great to have a nice normal positive gay rolemodel to balance the stereo typical ones and the highly sexualised straight ones
If you'd bothered to read any of the comments here, you'd have realised that most gay people knew they were gay from an early age. Ain't nobody gonna stop being gay cause you think they should be straight, womble.
No, he probably wouldn't have, so all thanks to a show that demonstrates people we can associate with. When I was a kid all we had was John Inman and Larry Grayson, and I thought "I'm not like them, so I can't be gay." and it was years before I figured it out.
That pair were the reason I stayed IN the closet until I was 24.
Dick Emery and all the other 70's cliched crap were not exactly positive role models.
Even now I cringe when I see them on old videos.
Christ, even Fawlty Towers has a lot of negative references to gay people.
I developed a non-sexual crush on Lynda Carter's Wonder Woman at the age of six. After that, I became obsessed with the "principal boy" (a woman) at a panto that my parents took me too. I have always been drawn to women, never to men. It is something that I never had a word for and could not have expressed to anyone. And I realised – in a world where heterosexuality is everywhere – that I was different. And I lived with that difference and came to terms with it alone. It might have been easier to have someone I could talk to (in fairness, I have no idea what my folks would have done if I had said anything). So many people get hung up with the sex act, that they cannot accept or recognise that many LGBT people knew from a VERY young age, and that what we felt wasn't about sex. It was about a connection.
I knew in Kindergarten that I liked boys. When we played house on the playground, I told the other kids that when I grew up I would be the mommy in my house. In first grade I had my first "crush"; ran home from school and told my Mom that "When I grow up I'm going to marry Greg!". Crushed on him all through grade school. I thought everyone was similar to me until fifth grade, when all of a sudden all the other boys stopped saying that girls had cooties. I knew they still did! I was pretty much out starting in Seventh Grade. There was some bullying; the usual sissy and fairy comments in Seventh and Eighth Grades. High school is where the real problems started. I was egged, teased, pushed around, urinated on, called names, etc. but I was able to see that other kids were getting harassed for their own issues also. So I claimed my favorite Bible Passage, Philippians 4:4-7 & 13 and carried on in peace! Once in college, everything was fine, and I have lived "My Life" ever since.
It's nice for him to feel comfortable. But I think he's to young to start putting himself in a box. He may like girls later, he may not, he might like both.
I wish him all the best and praise his parents.
I have 3 brothers and new from the age of 4 or 5 that I was different from them but it was much later when I able to put a name to that difference and identify as gay.
'knew' even!
Sorry to join in on the whole I was young when I knew I was gay, but I was way young when I knew I was gay (5ish). I didn't have the luxury of the g-word then though! So I'm not shocked or surprised at all by this article.
I'm more shocked at Amelia's definition of gay being "when boys want to marry boys and girls want to marry girls, we call that "gay" – phew, I'm not gay after all! Joking aside, I wish my parents were more like Amelia. But then you don't miss what you didn't have. Ho hum.
26! Oh well – better late than never…
Looking back I can remember things from when I was young – up to the age of about 7 actually – that pointed to my being gay.
Dressing up in Mum's clothes, noticing in the mirror the way I stood was different to other boys etc.
Unfortunately then the campaign started from my parents, and I was unable to identify who I was until my mid 20s…
Glad I'm not the only one who didn't figure it out until their mid-twenties!
Well I didn't work it out until I was 31. Takes all kinds I guess.
I knew was gay when I was 8. I had to wait 13 years more before I felt comfortable enough to tell my parents. Isn't this normal? It was for me. Well done Amelia for being such a great parent.
In my schooL at that age there would have been a commotion if a boy played with girls in the playground or vice versa. We were expected to be in gender seperated peer groups – with gender seperated games. What I thought about boys or girls wasn't an issue. Nobody asked. I never had any inclination to play in the Wendy House, so no alarm bells rang about me. Nobody worried that I might be 'different'.
Just adding to the general chorus here. I knew when I was seven that I was 'different', but I didn't know I was gay because I had no idea what gay was.
And just as boringly, I'm with everyone else here who's commending the parents on being open-minded and supportive.
Thinking about it, I have no idea why I've bothered commenting if I'm just going to agree with everyone and not call anyone a scumbag. Will my Pink News membership be revoked?
Adding your voice is important, I'm glad you did. Thank you.
"But here's the thing: straight children have nothing to announce. Straight is the assumption."
And this is something people who poo poo adults who come out need to remember! Not a truer word spoken.
As for the suprise…although I had no word or complete understanding I knew I was different from other kids from about 8 or 9. When I think back on my childhood, even at that tender age, if I'd known the word gay and understood it's meaning, I would have identified myself as gay.
I wonder if there's a bit of early puberty or transgender issues going on here… but I don't worry – the child in question seems to have really awesome parents :) Only time will tell what's happening, and they're doing things just right :)
This is proof that God makes gay to be born on earth everyday. Mothers and fathers know their children are gay and would be smart to let them be gay and not "try to change" them using the Christians pray the gay away mixed with psychiatry which has been proven to do more harm to a gay child if done.
It is not "proof".
I appreciate your comments on preventing religionists imposing their dogma on children, but equally you assume that some deity put us all here in the first place which is damaged thinking.
Exactly. Yet these people who believe in God sure go against God's creation. Thought questioning God was a sin… still what do I know? Well I know it's bigotted people that do all the harm and most of them do it in the name of religion.
I am skeptical that you can be fully aware of your sexual orientation at 7. Normally this can be felt during puberty, and I think 7 is a little early for that.
Having a crush at an early age and being able to express it is healthy, even if that changes as you reach puberty or later in life. You were obviously not a sexually aware 7 year old, that's fine. I on the other was not only extremely aware of my attraction to boys at 7, I was also VERY sexually active too. Oddly as I reach my late 40s I often find myself thinking it would be nice to find the right woman to settle down and retire with, go figure.
My kitten is 8 months old, she's just come into her first season. She rolls around and keeps presenting herself to us, it's perfectly natural…
Humans come into their first season usually around the age of 9, just because we don't allow children to 'mate' at that age doesn't mean it's un-natural… I see no reason why we should question a 7 year old about who they're attracted to… I knew at 8 myself when I fancied my primary school teacher!
I think I realized in the last year of junior school around 11. Although before that I did used to do wonder woman impersonations and charlies angels impersonations….. It just sort of dawned on me at 11 …..
I never who I was at 7. Kinda always did. It was only bigotted people who told me I was wrong and should change. Why though? What has my live got to do with them? Nothing thats what, just like everyones.
Correction that should have read I alway knew who I was…
In retrospect, I know that from a very early age, perhaps as early as 6, I knew that I was attracted to other boys in a way that was different from my friendships with girls. However, I did not have a word for those feelings. Either this child is unusually precocious or the national conversations we have had about equality has percolated through the culture in such a way that even the young are aware of such terms and their meanings. As John said, the important thing is that this child has supportive parents regardless of what his actual sexual orientation turns out to be.
Münchausen syndrome by proxy (MSbP or MBP) is a label for a pattern of behavior in which a caregiver deliberately exaggerates, fabricates, and/or induces physical, psychological, behavioral, and/or mental health problems in those who are in their care.[1] With deception at its core, this behavior is an elusive, potentially lethal, and frequently misunderstood form of child abuse[2] or medical neglect[3] that has been difficult to define, detect and confirm.
Well done for copying and pasting the characteristics of Münchausen syndrome by proxy. Since you clearly got it from another website I take it you're not a psychiatrist or have any expertise in that field. Also, what on earth does it have to with the article?
sweet fanny adams is what it has to do with it. probably some spambot copying stuff from wikipedia. jim the javascript.
I always knew that I was different, wanting to play doctor with the boys and not the girls. Didn't understand it back then, not until going to church and you hear that what you are and how you feel is wrong and your going to hell. Then you realize what it is and how society views you. You learn quickly how to hide it all to survive. I'm sure this boy if he is gay has just learned at an early age what the name for it is and he is comfortable enough to express that to his parents. I wish him and his family the best of happiness and live.
I too knew the score from as far back as I remember – before seven – btw – not sure if I like the "turn into" a gay adult. Do people "turn into" heterosexuals?
Münchausen syndrome by proxy is a label for a pattern of behavior in which a caregiver deliberately exaggerates, fabricates, and/or induces physical, psychological, behavioral, and/or mental health problems in those who are in their care.[1] With deception at its core, this behavior is an elusive, potentially lethal, and frequently misunderstood form of child abuse[2] or medical neglect[3] that has been difficult to define, detect and confirm.
The mom needs help as she is using her child to promote an agenda for huffington post,of which she blogs for, of which censors every legitimate counterpoint I have posted that displays the mom in a negative manner and promotes child abuse IMO.of a 7yo watching adult material that he mimics.
Children of that age are still years off puberty and therefore do not express sexual feelings. It is normal for boys to like boys things like climbing trees, playing football and dismiss girls and girlie things as 'sissy'. Anybody who read the Beano back in the 1970's and 1980's will remember Dennis The Menace not wanting to be around girls because he saw them as 'soppy' but that didn't necessarily make him gay. On the other hand Walter the softie played with dolls but he enjoyed the company of girls. I see children as assexual and that they are entitled to their childhood innocence end enjoy life with no strings attatched before entering puberty and discovering the delights of the opposite, or in our case the same sex and the hassles of adult life.
I wasn't asexual at that age and my feelings towards my same sex peers didn't feel like strings. There is certainly no conclusive evidence of your claims, and plenty of evidence against them; just read the comments above. I think it is understandably an awkward subject for some people, the idea that children may have sexual feelings. You're right, children shouldn't be forced in either direction but rather discover it on their own. But it seems by the why the mother described the situation, this child discovered it on their own.
Totally Agree James. GingerlyColors is an opinion and right so but one of those opinion who'd rather not think about the facts.
It's that attitude that causes problems coz clearly people don't want the ackwardness of talking about the fact that a lot of children do know but are slammed with silence.
Okay, children no doubt do have some sexual feelings before puberty but when those hormones start to run riot as they reach their teens then sexual interests will go into overdrive. As for my 'no strings attatched' comment I believe that children should enjoy their early years without having the world's problems on their shoulders. Children have a right to uncondtional love from their parents, education, healthcare and life without poverty. We should not be social engineering our children in order to conform with our lifestyles. Someone tried to do that with children in Germany back in the 1930's. Some children will grow up to be gay, most won't and it has been happening since life evolved on Earth and will continue to happen millions of years after we are gone.
It's good to know he has supportive parents who accept his feelings which are perfectly natural to him at this time. I first described myself as gay when I was 10, but I was attracted to a boy in my class when I was younger than 10. I hope people realise that there may be very young children who believe they are gay and at the same time may be exposed to anti gay remarks from their peers. It's good the mother told her son that those people are wrong. But the education system should tackle this issue as well…
All these cute stories of you guys already knowing you were gay or lesbian at such young ages and I get a little ashamed to admit that I am 24 years old now and discovered I am bisexual only last last year and transgender only last year having being mostly asexual my whole life. Well, better late than more late (since never is not an option, I would end up discovering these sometime).
I'm a Transfemale and I knew when I was 5 years old. So this really doesn't come as a surprise.
He has supportive parents and just needs unpressured space to decide what he feels and whom he is attracted to as he matures, and it looks like he'll get it. lucky boy. Most of us don't.
My son at 3 knew that he was transgender lesbian but never knew what to call himself until he was 13/14. I do believe that most kids know their sexuality at an early age but need to learn about the different sexualities so they can say what their real sexuality is.
Well to add my 2 pence when I was 12 I knew I was gay AND wanted to drive trains – now that's what I do.
I didn't personally know until I was about 14. I was bullied when I was younger so I didn't really hang out with anyone, kind of makes it hard to tell who you prefered being with!
I knew I was gay when I was 6 years old so I am not surprised by this at all.
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Looking back I see I had indicating behaviour and thoughts from this age but i wasnt able to identify it, maybe in this newer world it's better acknowledged so children that age can understand it, but then maybe she is right in saying he might think it now but realise he was wrong later? I mean we all felt close to same sex friends at that age. I'm just happy for him to have such a loving mother ! The way she ends with "and im so proud" is touching !
this is WRONG ! htf can a 7 yr old know his/her sexuality ???? NO WAY !
If you read the comments a lot of people knew there sexuality at that age, you wouldn't say it was wrong if he/she had said they had a crush on someone of the opposite sex so why is it a problem they have a crush on someone of the same sex?
Our 8 year old boy has told us he is straight. he has know since he was 6 when he got his first crush on a girl. And I can tell you his two mums are very proud of him! He has a healthy respect for everyone and even at his age knows that a relationship is about love and respect not just attraction. As his parents we talk about everything, at an age appropriate level, and most importantly listen to him as well. Its a great family when the child is comfortable enough to share that.
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The tournament resumes play today with Auburn facing Texas A&M at 4 p.m. and Florida meeting Missouri at 6:30 at the Orange Beach Sportsplex.
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Auburn, which won the tournament last year but is the sixth seed in this year's playoff, advanced by beating Tennessee on penalty kicks on Wednesday. The Tigers and Aggies were the top two teams in the SEC West, but Texas A&M has a 17-3-1 overall record while Auburn is 12-9-0. But the Aggies had to squeeze past 10th-seeded South Carolina 1-0 in overtime in their opening tournament game on Wednesday.
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