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I have been breastfeeding my LO since he was born (4 months) and now I am starting to notice my milk supply dwindling down. I didn't start him on a breastmilk bottle until about 2 weeks before I was supposed to go back to work and then two weeks later I was laid off and went back to primarily breastfeeding all day, every day (while at work he was bottle-fed breastmilk and breastfed when I was home). A few weeks later I started giving him a bottle at bedtime with a little rice in it (I know, I know...it poses a choking hazard, but my doctor didn't see any harm in adding a tsp or two to a 6 oz bottle)...then about two weeks later I started him with one for breakfast and one at bedtime. At that time, I noticed my milk supply dwindling down, so I stopped the morning bottle and continued with just the evening bottle. Obviously this measure deeply cut into my frozen stockpile of breastmilk.
I finally stopped with both bottles all together about 2 1/2 weeks ago and went back to fully breastfeeding, with 1-2 times a week giving my LO a few tsps of bananas after a full nursing session (my doctor advised he was ready for solids). Knowing this too would dwindle my milk supply I did not want to do this 3 times daily as he suggested. To date, my milk supply still hasn't gotten back up to where it was prior, even with a all day, every day breastfeeding schedule (my LO also eats 2-3 times at night, now that I'm not giving him the rice bottle in the evenings). In addition, I have used the last of my last frozen milk today, so I have nothing stored in case of emergencies or if I just want to get out alone for a few hours. I try to pump after my LO eats, however, he's starting to eat from both breasts at each feeding and still getting fussy when the flow isn't very quick or he's not gotten enough with just one breast. I've tried the mother's milk tea and that has helped a little, but I'm still only getting 2-3 oz per pumping session (at that rate, he would need to have 2-3 bags of milk to get his fill if he were to have a bottle).
Does anyone have any other suggestions of what I can do to get my supply back up and going full speed again and at the same time start my stockpile of frozen milk all over? I'm exhausted and can't seem to get myself up before my LO in the mornings to pump then, so I'm trying to fit it in after he eats or in between feedings. HELP!


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KENOZA LAKE, NY — There are 12 farms listed on the Farmstock Working Farms tour in Sullivan County this year. That's up from eight last year when the tour was initiated by the newly formed Sullivan County Farm Network.
The goal of the tour is to help support the local farming community while expanding agriculture and local food in the county. Along with that, according to the organization's website, the aim is "to strengthen communication between those who grow food with those who consume it."
In the case of the Rivendel Farm in Kenoza Lake on July 31, the communication not only concerned food but also wool. Lisa Rose, a wool spinner, gave a demonstration about felting. She said interest in such things as weaving, spinning and felting is growing along with the local food movement. A member of the Woodland Woodland Weavers and Spinners Guild, Rose said, "We've had quite an increase in our membership in the last couple of years because people are interested in getting back to things that are natural and doing more crafts kinds of things. We've got a lot of new members who are under age 25."
She said the event at the Rivendel Farm was successful in helping to open communications to the non-farming community. Rose said, "We've had people who had never been on a farm before, coming in and seeing what it was all about. From my perspective, if you are going to use the fleece from an animal, they were able to see all the steps that go into that. There were a lot of people who said they never realized all the work that goes into farming."
Linda Rajlevsky, who with her husband owns the farm, said that people had various reasons for going to the event. There were some that were thinking of getting into farming who had lots of questions. Rajlevsky added that one of the reasons she decided to have the event was to find out if they would enjoy adding an agritourism component to their sheep farming operation.
There are four more Farmstock events scheduled for this summer: on August 13, Rafters Farm in Roscoe will feature horse rides and free-range chickens; on August 20 the Oak Ridge Farm will demonstrate hands-on horse car, harnessing and driving; on August 27 at Channery Hill Farm in Callicoon Center, herbs and vegetable growing will be the topic along with canning and preservation; on September 3, at Bridle Hill Farm in Jeffersonville there will be a "western trail ride, and an English trotting lunge session."
Go to www.sullivancountyfarmnetwork.org for more information.

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New Schneiderman Rx Report Reveals Need For Real-time Database To Address Prescription Drug Crisis
With Painkiller Prescriptions Increasing By Six Million Statewide Since 2007, Schneiderman Report Details Need For "I-STOP" Legislation Targeting Rx Drug Addiction
Groundbreaking "I-STOP" Legislation Would Track Prescriptions, Crack Down On Abuses Like 'Doc-Shopping' And Rx Forgeries
Bipartisan Coalition Of Law Enforcement Officials, Lawmakers And Health Care Experts Call On Legislature To Enact Attorney General's Proposal
NEW YORK – Detailing the growing prescription drug abuse epidemic in New York State and nationwide, Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today issued a report that illustrates the need for legislation to create an online, real-time database to report and track both the prescribing and the dispensing of certain controlled substances. Today's report was praised by a broad, bipartisan coalition of law enforcement officials, lawmakers and health care experts who called on the state Legislature to pass the Attorney General's proposal in the coming weeks.
In 2011, Attorney General Schneiderman unveiled the "Internet System for Tracking Over-Prescribing Act," or "I-STOP" legislation to provide health care practitioners and pharmacists with centralized information to avoid over-prescribing, help shut down prescription drug trafficking, and identify and treat patients who seek to abuse prescription drugs. Attorney General Schneiderman's program bill expands on a proposal made by Assemblyman Michael Cusick (D–Staten Island), who is sponsoring the bill in the Assembly. In the Senate, the bill is sponsored by Andrew J. Lanza (R–Staten Island).
"The prescription drug abuse crisis in New York and across the country has reached epidemic proportions. Today's report illustrates how this growing problem demands a better solution for both our health care providers and law enforcement officials to track the flow of potentially dangerous substances. Inaction is not an option," Attorney General Schneiderman said. "I-STOP uses real-time, online technology to streamline communication between health care providers and pharmacists to better serve patients, stop prescription drug trafficking, and provide treatment to those who are addicted. The time to act is now."
The Attorney General's report details the growing prescription drug abuse crisis in every corner of New York State – from the North Country to Long Island. Statewide, the number of prescriptions for all narcotic painkillers has increased by six million, from 16.6 million in 2007 to nearly 22.5 million in 2010. Contributing to the problem are a lack of communication between practitioners, which significantly increases the likelihood of over-prescribing and dangerous drug interaction; and access to an ever-increasing supply of prescription narcotics, through legal or illegal means, which has grown four-fold in the past decade.
Prescription drug abuse is the country's second most prevalent illegal drug problem, and recent reports and studies have documented corresponding data in the state. For example:
- Statewide prescriptions for hydrocodone have increased 16.7 percent, while those for oxycodone have increased an astonishing 82 percent;
- In New York City, the rate of prescription pain medication misuse among those age 12 or older increased by 40 percent from 2002 to 2009, with nearly 900,000 oxycodone prescriptions and more than 825,000 hydrocodone prescriptions filled in 2009;
- In Buffalo, New York's largest methadone clinic outside of New York City, Catholic Health System, has begun to reorganize its service to accommodate an increase in care needed to treat the number of opiate-addicted expectant mothers and newborns;
- On Long Island, both crisis and non-crisis admissions to drug treatment that involve opiates other than heroin and have increased at alarming rates. Between 2004 and 2009, the number of deaths due to the toxic effects of prescription opioids more than tripled in Nassau County; and
- In the North Country, health care facilities have experienced a staggering increase in the percentage of non-crisis admissions for substance abuse involving prescription narcotics, eclipsing cocaine and heroin in Clinton and Franklin Counties, and surpassing even marijuana in St. Lawrence County.
New York's current prescription monitoring program requires pharmacists to report controlled substances they dispense at least once every 45 days. There is no tracking of prescriptions written and there is no mechanism whatsoever for pharmacists to ensure that a prescription presented is valid.
I-STOP will vastly enhance the effectiveness of the present system. Its goal is to enable doctors and pharmacists to provide prescription pain medications, and other controlled substances, to patients who truly need them. At the same time, it will arm them with the necessary data to detect potentially dangerous drug interactions, identify patterns of abuse by patients, doctors and pharmacists, help those who suffer from crippling addictions and prevent potential addiction before it starts.
Attorney General Schneiderman's I-STOP legislation:
- requires the Department of Health to establish and maintain an online, real-time controlled substance reporting system to track the prescription and dispensing of controlled substances;
- requires practitioners to review a patient's controlled substance prescription history on the system prior to prescribing;
- requires practitioners or their agents to report a prescription for such controlled substances to the system at the time of issuance;
- requires pharmacists to review the system to confirm the person presenting such a prescription possesses a legitimate prescription prior to dispensing such substance; and
- requires pharmacists or their agents to report dispensation of such prescriptions.
These enhancements of the state's prescription drug monitoring program are all necessary to assist in patient care by providing a doctor with a patient's accurate and up-to-date controlled substance prescription history; eliminate the problem of stolen and forged prescriptions being used to obtain controlled substances from pharmacies; crack down on illegal 'doc-shopping,' the practice of visiting several different doctors and pharmacies for prescription drugs; facilitate prosecutions of crooked doctors; and achieve significant savings for public and private health insurance programs.
Prescription drug monitoring programs operate in 43 states.
A broad coalition of law enforcement officials, lawmakers, advocates and health care experts hailed Attorney General Schneiderman's leadership in addressing the epidemic of prescription drug abuse.
Assemblyman Michael Cusick (D-Staten Island) said, "As this report makes clear, the information gap between doctors and pharmacists allows addicts and abusers to slip through our regulatory cracks. The Attorney General's legislation will better coordinate health care services so that patients receive the medication they need, while addicts and those who profit off of abuse receive the treatment they deserve."
Senator Andrew J. Lanza (R-Staten Island) said, "Attorney General Schneiderman's report proves exactly why we need legislation that allows our physicians and pharmacists to access real-time prescription histories to ensure that patients' prescription use is legitimate – not lethal. I am proud to sponsor the Attorney General's legislation to improve health care service, and help shut down prescription drug trafficking and abuse."
Assembly Member Richard N. Gottfried (D-Manhattan), chair of the Assembly Health Committee, said, "Attorney General Schneiderman has helped focus our attention on the crisis of prescription drug abuse. I am working closely with him on legislation to create a 'real-time,' secure, and confidential online database. This will enable prescribers and pharmacies to know whether prescriptions are legitimate and the state to track over-prescribing and ensure that people with addiction get the treatment they need."
Janet DiFiore, Westchester County District Attorney and President of the District Attorneys Association of the State of New York, said, "The Attorney General's report graphically illustrates the abuse of prescription drugs throughout our State. The District Attorneys Association of the State of New York supports Attorney General Schneiderman's proposed legislation to greatly enhance the State's Prescription Monitoring Programs enabling prescribers and pharmacists the ability to make controlled substance dispensing decisions on an immediate and real-time basis. In narrowing the information gap, fraud and abuse will be harder to perpetrate."
Dr. Andrew Kolodny, Chairperson of the Department of Psychiatry at Maimonides Medical Center, said, "Attorney General Schneiderman's plan is a big step in the right direction. I-STOP will provide health care practitioners and pharmacists with centralized information to avoid over-prescribing, while at the same time, identifying patients for treatment who seek to abuse prescription drugs. This kind of modernization is exactly what we need from those charged with protecting the public."
New York State Association of PBA's President Michael J. Palladino, said, "The Attorney General's I-STOP plan will help law enforcement and the medical community combat prescription drug abuse head on. In the name of public safety and on behalf of the communities we represent, we look forward to working with the Attorney General to address this epidemic together."
District Attorney Daniel M. Donovan Jr. (R-Richmond County) said, "A statewide database that tracks the disbursement of prescription narcotics in real-time – similar to the national database I have proposed with Rep. Michael Grimm - would be a tremendous tool to help those of us in law enforcement and the medical community combat the scourge of prescription drug abuse. I applaud the efforts of Attorney General Schneiderman, Sen. Lanza and Assemblyman Cusick for their efforts to tackle this problem with comprehensive legislation- and I only hope Congress follows their lead."
Dan Sisto, The Police Benevolent Association of the New York State Troopers, Inc, said, "Attorney General Schneiderman's legislation gives law enforcement the tools necessary to protect the public from the growing epidemic of prescription drug abuse. It's time to take action before another tragedy strikes - we can't afford to wait."
Avi Israel, of Buffalo, father of Michael Israel who took his own life as a result of a prescription drug addiction, said, "I have lost my son Michael to medically-sanctioned addiction. Attorney General Schneiderman is proposing a system to stop these types of unnecessary deaths and addictions. For our families and those who are vulnerable to addiction, we cannot afford to wait to take action. I urge the leaders of the Legislature in Albany to pass Attorney General Schneiderman's proposal that will save lives, and address the epidemic of prescription drug addiction now."
Frank Tramontano, NYPD Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, said, "In the fight to protect our streets and communities from prescription drug trafficking, this solution is exactly what we need. The Attorney General's report illustrates the seriousness of this crisis and why we need a modernized system like I-STOP to solve it. The NYC Patrolmen's Benevolent Association fully supports the Attorney General's plan.


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Dane County leaders call for action on DA staffing shortages
Officials say DA offices across the state need more prosecutors
Advocates for victims of domestic violence joined Dane County leaders call on the governor and state Legislature to address ongoing staffing shortages in the Dane County District Attorney's Office and DA offices across the state.
Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne said his office is staffed at 1985 levels, which is not nearly enough to handle the amount of cases in 2013.
As state funding for prosecutors has declined over the years, workload has increased, and more cases have been dismissed, with lesser charges being pursued in certain cases, according to Dane County officials.
Dane County Executive Joe Parisi said the money is there, with a $200 million state budget surplus, to invest in public safety.
"We're not saying we have to do it all today, or all in this budget, but if they could start making some progress to fill some of these positions to help protect the public, we would appreciate it very much," Parisi said.
Parisi cited a state report from the state prosecutor's office, saying the state is short more than 200 prosecutors. He said Dane County has 25 and needs 40 prosecutors.
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Dishonored's First DLC Pack, Dunwall City Trials, Is Out Now
Watch Larger Version | Watch HD Version Arkane Studios delivered one of the freshest video game experiences of 2012 in Dishonored, and now the game's first DLC pack is here. Dunwall City Trials adds 10 challenge maps to the game, with each one designed to test players' abilities to sneak, move, and kill. The Trials pack is the first of...
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"It's going to be their own individual skills, what they deem as reasonable at the incident, because nobody else was there, if they have backup and what behavior is in front of them. That's the key," said Loo.
Then there was customer Joey Keane, who was seen several times in surveillance video in a pink shirt.
Admittedly drunk, he said he was surprised when police refused his statement and entry back in to McDonald's to wash the blood off his hands.
But he said it was the shooting itself that angered him the most.
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The Queens Medical Center nurse Margaret Nakamura testified a groggy Adam Gutowski admitted he'd been drinking, while she said a seemingly sober Deedy told her he had not.
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The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional American football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team belongs to the North Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) of the National League. Founded in 1933, the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC. Pittsburgh has won more Super Bowl titles (six), won more AFC Championship Games (seven) and hosted more conference championship games (ten) than any other AFC or NFC team. They have played in more AFC conference championship games than any other team and are tied with the Dallas Cowboys with 14 championship game appearances in either the NFC or AFC contests. With the exception of the 1960s which featured only three Super Bowls, the Steelers have appeared in at least one Super Bowl in every decade of the contest. The Steelers won their most recent championship, Super Bowl XLIII, on February 1, 2009.
The fifth-oldest franchise in the League, the Steelers were founded as the Pittsburgh Pirates on July 8, 1933, by Art Rooney, taking its original name from the National League baseball team of the same name, as was common practice for teams to do at the time. The ownership of the Steelers has remained within the Rooney family since its founding. The team enjoys a large, widespread fan base nicknamed Steeler Nation and currently play their home games in Heinz Field on Pittsburgh's North Side, which also hosts the University of Pittsburgh Panthers.
The Pittsburgh Steelers History
The Pittsburgh Steelers played as the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1933, losing to the New York Giants. Through the 1930s, the Pirates never finished higher than second place in their division, or with a record better than .500 (1936). Prior to the 1940 season, the Pirates were renamed as the Steelers.
The Steelers made the playoffs for the first time in 1947, tying for first place in the division at 8–4 with the Philadelphia Eagles. That would be Pittsburgh's only playoff game for 25 years, though the Steelers did qualify for a "Playoff Bowl" in 1963 as the second-best team in their conference, though not considered an official playoff.
In 1970, the year they moved into Three Rivers Stadium and the year of the 2 league merger, the Pittsburgh Steelers were one of three old-guard teams to switch to the newly-formed American Football Conference in order to equalize the number of teams in the two conferences of the newly-merged league.
The The Pittsburgh Steelers Chuck Noll era
The Steelers' history of bad luck changed with the hiring of coach Chuck Noll in 1969. Noll's most remarkable talent was in his draft selections, with the 1974 draft their best ever, and no other team has ever drafted four future Hall of Famers in one year.
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In 1992, Chuck Noll was succeeded by Kansas City Chiefs defensive coordinator Bill Cowher, a native of Pittsburgh who led the Steelers to the playoffs in each of his first six seasons. Overall, Cowher led the Steelers to the playoffs in 10 of his 15 seasons, including an appearance in Super Bowl XXX. However, the Steelers lost to the Dallas Cowboys. Cowher produced the franchise's record-tying fifth Super Bowl win in Super Bowl XL over the National Football Conference champion Seattle Seahawks ten years later. With that victory, the Steelers became the third team to win five Super Bowls, and the first sixth-seeded playoff team to reach and win the Super Bowl since the League expanded to a 12-team post-season tournament in 1990.
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In January Mike Tomlin was announced as Cowher's successor as head coach who is the first African-American to be named head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers in its 75-year history. Tomlin became the third consecutive Steelers Head Coach to go to the Super Bowl. He was named the Motorola 2008 Coach of the Year. In 2009, Tomlin led the Steelers to their second Super Bowl of this decade, and went on to win against the Arizona Cardinals. At age 36, he was the youngest head coach to ever win the Super Bowl, and he is only the second African-American coach to ever win the Super Bowl.
Since the League merger in 1970, the Pittsburgh Steelers have compiled a regular season record of 363–235–2 (.607) and an overall record of 394–253–2 (.609) including the playoffs, reached the playoffs 24 times, won their division 19 times, played in 14 AFC championship games, and won six of seven Super Bowls.
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The Steelers have used black and gold as their colors since the club's inception, the lone exception being the 1943 season when they merged with the Philadelphia Eagles and formed the "Steagles"; the team's colors at that time were green and white as a result of wearing Eagles uniforms. Originally, the team wore solid gold-colored helmets and black jerseys. Unique to Pittsburgh the Steelers' black and gold colors are now shared by all major professional teams in the city, including the Pittsburgh Pirates in baseball and the Pittsburgh Penguins in hockey. However, the Penguins use "Vegas Gold", a color similar to metallic gold, and the Pirates' gold is a darker mustard yellow-gold, while the Steelers "gold" is more of a bright canary yellow. Black and gold are also the colors of the city's official flag.
The Steelers logo was introduced in 1962 and is based on the "Steelmark", originally designed by Pittsburgh's U.S. Steel. In fact, it was Cleveland-based Republic Steel that suggested the Steelers adopt the industry logo. It consists of the word "Steelers" surrounded by three astroids. The colors represent the ingredients used in the steel-making process: yellow for coal, red for iron ore, and blue for scrap steel. While the formal Steelmark logo contains only the word "Steel," the team was given permission to add "ers" in 1963 after a petition to AISI.
The Steelers are the only team that puts its logo on only one side of the helmet (the right side). A year after introducing the logo, they switched to black helmets to make it stand out more.
The current third uniform, consisting of a black jersey with gold lettering, white pants with black and gold stripes, and a gold helmet were first used during the Steelers' 75th anniversary season in 2007. They were meant to evoke the memory of the 1963–1964 era uniforms. The uniforms were so popular among fans that the Steeler organization decided to keep them and use them as a third option during home games only.
In 2008–2009, the Steelers became the first team in League history to defeat an opponent three times in a single season using three different uniforms. They defeated the Baltimore Ravens in Pittsburgh in Week 4 in their third jerseys, again Week 15 in Baltimore in their road whites, and a final time in the AFC Championship in Pittsburgh in their home black jerseys.
The Pittsburgh Steelers Mascot
Prior to the 2007 season, the Steelers introduced Steely McBeam as their official mascot. As part of the 75th anniversary celebrations of the team, his name was selected from a pool of 70,000 suggestions submitted by fans of the team.
The Pittsburgh Steelers Rivals
The Pittsburgh Steelers have three primary rivals, all within their division: (Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens, and Cincinnati Bengals). They also have rivalries with other teams that arose from post-season battles in the past, most notably the New England Patriots, Oakland Raiders, Tennessee Titans and Dallas Cowboys. They also have an intrastate rivalry with the Philadelphia Eagles, but under the current scheduling rules the teams only play each other once every four years.
The Pittsburgh Steelers Fanbase
The Steelers have a tradition of having a large fanbase, which has spread from Pittsburgh. In August 2008, ESPN.com ranked the Steelers' fans as the best in the League, citing their "unbelievable" sellout streak of 299 consecutive games. The team gained a large fan base nationally based on its success in the 1970s, but many consider the collapse of the city's steel industry at the end of the '70s dynasty into the 1980s (and the resulting diaspora) to be a large catalyst for the size of the fan base in other cities. The Steelers have sold out every home game since the 1972 season.
The Pittsburgh Steelers Stadiums
In 2001, the Steelers moved into Heinz Field as their football-only state-of-the-art stadium. But the franchise dating back to 1933 has had several homes. For thirty-one seasons, the Steelers shared Forbes Field with the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1933 to 1963. In 1958, though they started splitting their home games with the football only Pitt Stadium three blocks away at the University of Pittsburgh. From 1964 to 1969, the Steelers played exclusively at the on campus facility before moving with the Pirates to Three Rivers Stadium on the city's Northside. Three Rivers is remembered fondly by the Steeler Nation as where Chuck Noll and Dan Rooney turned the franchise into a powerhouse, winning four Super Bowls in just six seasons and making the playoffs 11 times in 13 seasons from 1972 to 1984, the AFC title game seven times. Since 2001 however a new generation of Steeler greats has made Heinz Field legendary with multiple AFC Championship Games being hosted and two Super Bowl championships.
The Pittsburgh Steelers Nicknames
The Steelers enjoy several endearing nicknames most notably "The Black and Gold" and the Pittsburghese dialect "Stillers" or "Stihllers". The founder Art Rooney was almost always referred to by the nickname "The Chief" and Three Rivers Stadium as the "Blast Furnace" during the championship years of the 1970s.
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Cook & Son's MLB Adventures (Vol. 1)
The offseason and January 1st are for remembering the past and looking forward to the future.
As far as remembering our baseball past goes, here's a video that I made in 2010 that I absolutely love:
I really need to put together Volume 2 soon.
That's all for now. Go Mariners!
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I LOVE this video! You always take such good pictures at the park. Happy New Year, Cooks!
EVERYONE- Thanks! I think Vol. 2 will be an offseason project for NEXT offseason. I have another offseason video project already in the works for this season.


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NEW YORK Sparse crowds at malls and 50 percent off signs at The Gap and other stores offer clues as to how this holiday season is shaping up so far: Its the most discount-driven one since the U.S. was in a deep recession. Its also the most disappointing for stores.
Sales are up 2 percent to $176.7 billion from Nov. 1 through Sunday, according to data provided to The Associated Press from store data tracker ShopperTrak. Thats a slower pace than expected with days left in the season. ShopperTrak predicts sales will rise 2.4 percent to $265 billion for the two-month stretch thats typically the busiest shopping period of the year.
The modest growth comes as the amount of discounts that stores are offering this season is up 13 percent from last year the highest level since 2008, according to financial services firm BMO Capital Markets, which tracks 20 clothing stores.
The holiday season has been marginal to just OK, said Joel Bines, managing director and co-head of the retail practice at AlixPartners. Retailers are doing anything they can to get rid of merchandise.
The data underscores how aggressive discounting has been both a blessing and a curse for retailers. Since the recession, the only way to get Americans into stores has been to flash huge discount signs in front of their faces.
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PPL Electric Utilitiesreports power outages caused by Hurricane Irene damage in nearly every county of its 29-county service territory and more than 200,000 customers affected across its system in central and eastern Pennsylvania. More than 9,600 are without power in Wayne County and more than 2,500 are without power in Pike County.
Estimated restoration times for specific areas have not yet been established, as PPL Electric Utilities continues to assess the full scope of storm damage. Rain and high winds may continue into the afternoon, which could cause additional outages.
Storm cleanup will take generally take up to four or five days to complete restoration, depending on the area. More specific restoration estimates will be provided as the assessment process is completed and individual jobs are dispatched.
Outages will be dispatched today based on the number of customers affected by the case, with priority given to any trouble affecting public health and safety facilities.
"We will work as quickly and safely as possible to restore power to our customers," said Gregory Dudkin, senior vice president, operations, PPL Electric Utilities. "We made arrangements for additional staffing and supplies prior to the hurricane. Now, we're putting our plans into action and responding to customers' needs. Due to the extent of damage that Irene has left, a considerable effort will be needed over a period of days to restore service to everyone."
PPL Electric Utilities urges customers to report any outages by calling 1-800-DIAL-PPL (1-800-342-5775). Do not assume the company is aware of the problem or that neighbors reported the outage. The utility relies on customers' outage reports to help assess the extent of damage and most effectively deploy crews.
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A trip through security at the La Crosse Airport usually takes no more than a few minutes. However, most of the airport's passengers will be connecting through a larger airport on their travels. And going over the fiscal cliff may mean they'll be facing longer waits.
"It could be a severe impact on the traveling public. Instead of one hour, you may be there two or three hours," said Mark Rosenker, CBS's aviation consultant
Paige Peterson and her family traveled from New Jersey to visit family in Iowa this holiday. She's concerned to hear that the fiscal cliff could impact operations at airports across the country.
"If you're already running late and you still have to wait in long lines to get through security anyway, then it makes it a lot more difficult to get to your plane on time," said Peterson.
A report put together by a ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee estimates just how much the fiscal cliff will impact airports. The report predicts the TSA will lose more than 7,200 security officers and the FAA will lose 2,000 air traffic controllers.
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Paris Hilton: Gay Guys On Grindr "Disgusting" And "Probably Have AIDS"
Not that we ever looked to Paris Hilton for wise counsel, but the empty-headed heiress sunk to a new low when she disparaged gay men as horny and "disgusting."
In an audio clip recorded by a cab driver shuttling her and a gay friend, Hilton opines that "gay guys are the horniest people in the world. They're disgusting. Dude, most of them probably have AIDS… I would be so scared if I were a gay guy. You'll like, die of AIDS."
In a statement to RadarOnline Paris' rep insists the comments were taken out of context and made out of genuine concern:
"Paris Hilton's comments were to express that it is dangerous for anyone to have unprotected sex that could lead to a life threatening disease. The conversation became heated, after a close gay friend told her in a cab ride, a story about a gay man who has AIDS and is knowingly having unprotected sex.
He also discussed a website that encourages random sex by gay men with strangers. As she was being shown the website her comments were in reference to those people promoting themselves on the site. The cab driver who recorded this, only provided a portion of the conversation. It was not her intent to make any derogatory comments about all gays. Paris Hilton is a huge supporter of the gay community and would never purposefully make any negative statements about anyone's sexual orientation."
Oh Paris, you could get away with the ditzy, racist homophobic schtick when you were 21 and right off the factory floor. Now you're in your 30s and its just, like, desperate.
ahh… remember when like it seemed like only yesterday..the LA GAY PRIDE COMMITTEE made this Shill the Grand Marshall of the 2005 PARADE? We all slapped our foreheads and asked WHY? Only cuz her Fame whore butt was on TV and had a hit reality show and every little queen was saying "THATS HOT"… yeap.. we gay folks don't vet well sometimes either
She has a point, that guys on Grindr are disgusting. And if you sleep around, you probably do have some STD, if not AIDS.
The only thing she is wrong for is lumping all gay men together. Not all gay men are on grindr and not all gay men sleep around. Gay guys are no more horny than straight guys! It just seems like that because it's two guys, instead of one guy and a girl.
Paris is a ditz, but didn't bash gay men. She bashed SLUTTY gay men who engage in anonymous sex with strangers using their phone to hunt for dick. I'm all for single people embracing their inner sluts… but boys, let's not kid ourselves: it's risky behavior.
Are we not considering the very real possibility that she was just hammered out of her mind and trying to be funny?
As a HIV+ New Yorker she has a point…….Upwards of 40% of Gay men in NYC are HIV+ and if your Neg you do run a risk…add being "young and dumb"/booze/Meth or other party drugs to a quick pickup site like Grinder or Manhunt you are at a much higher risk……I take what she said as she was trying to keep her friend safe……..Sometime we all have to hear the truth……
I don't know about the AIDS stuff, but gay men *are* kinda whorish.
For once, I actually believe the PR person that she was commenting only on the guys she was seeing on Grindr. I don't think she was speaking about all gay men. Good job, Queerty, for making a mountain out of a molehill. But you got me to click on the page, so advertisers will be happy.
I actually do NOT believe she's homophobic. She really wouldn't have a career if it wasn't for the gay men in her life that had padded her brain amongst her wallet, by pimping her name out for product endorsements.
The audioclip does make it seem like she's speaking of a "type" of gay man, and not so much the community as a whole. Alas, she's not the quickest train at the station and she was probably a little drunk, so she probably didn't think before she spoke. That happens to MOST people.
Plus, as soon as this clip was leaked, her PR people were ALL over it to put the kabosh to mediate the negative press. She knows her audience.
@Ester Goldberg: Too True,
Ester Goldberg,
I Hope you don't catch the same kind of flack I did[still ongoing]
when I made similar remarks about the outrage over the asshole
remarks Everett made & similar shock/outrage over the imperfections of
other "Gay Icons".
Blond… obviously!!!
She got fucked raw in her video so using her logic, she has AIDS too. And herpes for sure.
@Dez: "if you sleep around, you probably do have some STD, if not AIDS."
if you sleep around AND DON'T USE CONDOMS, you probably WILL contract an STD if not HIV
AIDS is syndrome caused by a virus, one does not catch "the AIDS"
I know plenty of men who are and remain HIV negative despite being big ol' sluts because they practice safer sex and selective partner choices.
This coming from a woman who's only claim to fame is a sex tape viewed by millions of people?
The remarks are disparaging because they stereotype people on a subjective basis. I'm on Grindr, but I am not promiscuous.
I've never made a sex tape, either!
Whatever bitch. Think of all the pearl clutching, vapor catching, and hundreds of negative comments if a black or hispanic chick would have said some chit like that….
@Eric Auerbach: AN ARGUMENT for
ATHEISM:You're sill hating on this site,Herr Auerbach.
@Guillermo3: Guillermo, do you write this stuff in Spanish and then run it through Google Translate? Whenever you post something, I feel like I'm talking to the Mexican maid from Family Guy.
Did she say it when she was still relevant?
Because otherwise she has long slipped into pop culture oblivion.
@Eric Auerbach: Nein,Herr Auerbach.
I'm not Spanish,or Latino,but I know what you mean:Whenever you write,
I feel like I'm reading something written by Josef Goebbels' retarded
great grandson.
Isn't there a rumor that she has herpes? It may not be true, but she did have unprotected sex on camera and she has been linked to numerous men. She's also been filmed using illegal drugs and of course she was in jail for drunk driving.
The most interesting thing about this is that she apparently thinks of her own risky behaviors as just things fun-loving rich girls do and other people's more or less similar behaviors as "horny" and "disgusting." I'd say that makes her homophobic.
I've always thought this, and honestly it sounds stupid, but it's probably true: So many gay men are slutty because if you think about it guys in general are more outwardly horny and looking to bone than the average girl. With gay men you have that TIMES TWO; two people looking for some action as opposed to the one horny straight dude looking for some random chick who is drunk and willing. Yes, there are women out there who are very sexually active, but for the most part (grown) women are very reserved when it comes to sleeping around and picking the right guy to do it with. I think Paris Hilton is an idiot, but it is very likely she was making those comments after looking at the sluts on Grindr about said sluts, not to mention she was being recorded without her knowledge and we all say exaggerated things we don't mean when we think we're in private.
Isn't that the pot calling the kettle beige?
@Bascha: Regrettably,Bascha,
I have to agree with you.Men in general,and gay men in particular,
are too often promiscuous,or wish that they were.
I help support the HIV/AIDS center in my home town. Regardless of the statistics for the USA, HIV/AIDS disgnosis have lept up from 418 20 years ago to well over 10,000 today. We run a home for those with end stage HIV, and an assissted living group home for those unable to work or with no familys. By far and away the majority of the HIV/AIDS community is gay men. And when they come into us, their 'gay' familys have gotten quite small. I make no assumptions why, but the fact that a patient or a member of our assisted living homes are lucky to receive more than one to two visits a week. Many have never had a visitor. In this case, the gay community is comprised of conservative gay's who support the hospice and assissted living home with money and donations, the paid social workers and RN's, and volunteers from several church groups, primarily catholic and the metropolitan church. We also recieve donations from the Pride Picnic, as well as several individual charities that are local. I would ask, once again, that if you are not supporting your local HIV/AIDS programs, why not? this has been our devastating plague, we have certainly paid a horrific price, and more and more continue to contract this vile disease. If you are gay, or have a gay family member, please try to give what you can. The cost of a hamburger and drink a week insures balanced meals for a day for one patient/occupant. Thanks for listening to my rant.
Here is more evidence of her racism and homophobia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQU4okaw5Xs
Which is tackier: a spoiled, inarticulate rich kid grown older, or a taxicab driver who releases recordings of passengers' conversations?
all the comments are pretty accurate and pretty mild. its true most gay guys on grindr or any dating site are just looking for some holes and pole. you do have some pg gay guys like me who is not. i just browse and chat. but its odd because you never could catch as many dates in a club as you do on a dating site…..im just saying. paris hilton was probaly drunk but yet speaking the truth, but she could have mention some gay guys like the sicko she was talking about
Ms Hilton should sweep her own dooryard first. As far as STD'd , I imagine she's had a few !
All gays on grindr are not disgusting! You use Grindr for whatever you want to use it for! I am single and I use it for dating! I've also met some decent mates on there! Grindr started off as a promiscuous app! Now it's used by 1000's on a social basis! I never use it for one night stands! DON'T TARNISH US ALL WITH THE SAME BRUSH!!!
Cmon Queerty! As much as I think the woman is a bleached blonde bimbo, she has a point. Grindr is a website for horny gay guys to hook up for anonymous sex, duh! Likewise I gave up on so called gay dating sites when all I ever saw were pics of dicks! Like I told someone, I'm looking to meet a whole person, not just a body part! I often think the gay community is it's own worst enemy. While we cry about AIDS and the toll it has taken, we have places like GRINDR that cater to casual and anonymous sex. Theres an old saying, " you can't have your cake and eat it too ". I'm an old fart now, but just a few years ago I still spent most of my waking day, looking for sex. So I'm no prude! But the reality is, most gay men are simply that GAY MEN. Men who like other men. Hetero men are no different, the only difference being most women are not as easy as most men. Now there's a generalization for you. But a true one!
That's rich coming from the town slut who is on video taking a huge dong without protection. She and that other female hetero hypocrite, Bristol Palin, should hang out.
She is an ignorant vacuous c–t who contributes NOTHING to society.
Make this ugliness go away, as well as all of her enabling gay "BFF's".
Paris Hilton is not running for office. I don't give a crap what she said to her gay friend in a taxicab. But I do think that the taxi driver should be fired for recording and publicizing his passengers' conversations.
Oh please, she wash dishing with a gray friend. Any one of you have said worse things about what gay men are like to your friends, especially those times someone you liked gave you the cold shoulder, was seen on MH or Grindr while supposedly dating you, cheated on you, or dumped you.
To say that all gay men are whores or all have AIDS is ignorant. Guys want to get laid or get a blowjob, gay or straight. Are we really going down this road?
This song is pretty accurate description of her: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_5mhO3PeA0
@Suburban: A slut is as a slut does. Gay men, on average, have MANY more partners than the average straight man. Let's not try to rewrite history here.
So, if Paris is so out of touch, why do gay men keep fawning over her??? Liz and Liza at least kept true to their support, not just looking for an audience with money to spend. And why does ANY gay site keep her in the news? Ignore her, and she'll have no power!
I'm with Paris. The truth hurts. Touché ;)
So many bitter queens.
…. I do not use Grindr, but I still consider myself slutty.
I am curious to know why any of the poster here do not use Grindr either.
I don't use it because I want to control who knows where I am.
I don't want random strangers locating me without my permission or knowledge.
Grindr seems very creepy to me.
I don't even use Facebook…
it is highly likely that she had explored the many facets of sex with numerous gay and bi-sexual men and didn't even know it and also highly likely that her first anal experience was with a gay man who fantasized somewhere in the midst of the experience that he was plowing an effeminate twink.
i think she's an idiot, i saw her lame sex tape, she did "raw dog," it, i would never spread rumors about std's about anyone, that being said, i think it was taken out of context, the cab driver is an ass, what he did was creepy, and i'm sure he got paid for it, and since she was with a gay guy who allegedly told her that story, and it was about Grindr hello!!?? "fuckbook for gays" i would say she wasnt being "homophobic." she is ignorant, and men in general are always looking to stick it pretty much in any hole it fits in, excuse the crude comment, but let's be real here, boys! biology is biology. and some women have higher sex drives than others, me included, but id rather hold out for someone im really into, than screw a bunch of randoms, even with protection. but that's me, no judgment. ;)
Christ, she gets a headline for this? Who cares?
No lies were told, all you Grindr users can really just shut the fuck up and stop trying to justify your sluttyness.
What did she take out of her mouth before she said this?
What a sad human being, ugly, inside and out.
And flashing her rancid axe-wound at people while frequetly not wearing panties is not disgusting?
Wait, who is it with the prison record and porn clip again?
This from a woman who got famous for making a sex tape. Hypocrite.
Whoa, is that her hand in that picture? Talk about man-hands.
Let us allow the torch to be passed to a younger Paris.
I suggest Honey Boo Boo.
Look at all the pathetic gay men coming to the rescue of Paris and her ugly fame-whoring mouth. Anyone who defends her remarks in the SLIGHTEST is a bigger cunt than she is.
@tidalpool: Thanks for reminding us how serious this issue really is still and thank you for the work you do.
@Ann Mason: That was my first thought as well. Isn't this illegal?
Paris who?
Paris Hiton – a vaccuous bimbo? Who knew? But I'm far more disgusted that a private conversation she has in the back of a cab with her boyfriend is being used agaisnt her like this. It's her total right to be a gay-hating bigot if she likes, so long as her believes never translate into actual action against gays, but what about HER right to privacy?
Are you serious? more disgusted that she was recorded? So being a "gay-hating bigot" if she never translates it "into actual action against gays"
You must work for her, I think some of these comments are from her PR,because that is the dumbest thing I think I have ever heard and then to go on and defend her, yup PR
the difference in the comments between the baseball player vs Paris more offensive comments is so crazy
In other news, isn't her "perscription" up for renewal?
She was the one that had a big rumor chasing her that she has herpes…who is she to judge?
@Red Meat: Evidently, you spend a great deal of time there and have become quite the expert.
@Eric Auerbach: Thank you for that , oh, pure and virtuous one.
Get some help with your self-loathing…evidently judging others is an attempt to feel better about yourself
@Eric Auerbach: "A slut is as a slut does. Gay men, on average, have MANY more partners than the average straight man. Let's not try to rewrite history here." That sounds like mythology. Got any sociological studies/evidence to back that up?
@Bascha: said "Yes, there are women out there who are very sexually active, but for the most part (grown) women are very reserved when it comes to sleeping around and picking the right guy to do it with".
I don't know if I can totally agree w/this statement. Hell, I think women are bigger pigs than men in many cases. They may not *talk* about it, but…
1.) C'mon. She's a ho. She doesn't contribute that much to society…however….
2.) in this case, I don't think she's totally inaccurate. If gay men are sluts, they do run that risk. That said…
3.) Yes, she made a generalization. Not the best thing, but…
4.) I have to agree w/the others out here who said either she was drinking and perhaps embellished a bit b/c that's what one does w/friends and when they're feeling loose and good.
People are making way too big a deal about this one…it's kind of like the Mittens comment where she wasn't "as elegant" as she could've been.
So I'm curious. I don't use Grindr. But it seems like some here are saying that if a guy uses Grindr to hook up, he's a slut or whore or wreckless. But if the same guy instead heads out to a club and meets a guy and hooks up, that's different. I don't see it. Neither is bad, per se. And meeting at a club or gym or cafe or party and hooking up is not in some way "morally superior" to any other way of meeting. IMHO.
just a troll, not give it a dame…
You all are as gross and stupid as she.The only difference is that she is a dumb rich B#%*h.And you are all just B#%*hes.Only an idiot would have unprotected sex.A whore gets paid. Sluts have sex.Sexual orientation has nothing to do with promiscuity.You all need to grow up and get a life!!! Holy mother of god!!! How old are you all,9, or 10 ???
@Eric Auerbach: Don't know which
Godwin you mean,Herr Auerbach.The only 2 who come readily my
mind are Mary Wollstonecraft's father and Mills Godwin,a mediocre
governor of Virginia when I was young.Not interested enough to
waste my time googling Godwins to find out.
Be that as it may,Herr Auerbach,while I plead guilty to not
having clearly stated my intentions,it was not mentally disabled
people in general to whom I was referring[not mocking,but insulting],
it was only you.In any case,I'm sure Hitler would have overlooked
your mental incapacity and embraced you for your many
gay-bashing comments and your implied willingness to pin the
the pink triangle on us "Marys"[to use your term].
@Ann Mason: Ann Mason,I think it's a draw.
@hornybeast: Translation,please,
hornybeast.What would a "troll" want with a "dame"?
@Dumdum: Dear Dumdum(my favorite cheap
sucker for trick-or-treaters),Does "You are all" mean everyone
commenting here[perhaps including yourself]?
I ask,because there seem to me a great variety of opinions
@Jimcracky: BRAVO!,Jimcracky.
She only said what our society thinks about gay men but is ashamed to voice it. For most people gays are pervs that desqualify themselves for being linked with lack of morals and promiscuity. The amount of bad behavior given by some gay men are so huge and the good examples so few that this image has solidified through the years without exceptions.
@Eric Auerbach: Herr Auerbach,for
one whose gay-bashing comments on this site are legion,it is
ironic both that you profess so much knowledge on all things gay
and that you spend so much time here.
@Aidan8: Hello Aiden8,my snarkily
witty friend.Glad to see you're keeping up the good work.
the non-Latino Gullermo3
@hf2hvit: Thank you,hf2hvit,
I've been saying the same things,both more and MUCH LESS
gently to Herr Auerbach for several days.His multiple
gay-bashing tirades & the amount of time he evidently
spends here Do seem to indicate that he's another homophobic,
self-hating closet case.
Gentlemen, Gentlemen! Let's not turn against each other because of an insignificant gold digger who's time has run out and is desperate to find a new source of income for her coke habit. Tell the truth and shame the devil!
I guess mommy never taught her that people in glass houses should never throw stones. I guess your having a blank moment when you forgot about the video you did, talk about the handle calling the kettle black. That's like an escort calling a street walker a whore! A brain fart moment due to drug and booze burn out, remember when you got busted with cocaine? and how many times were you in court and the tears you shed when they want to put your tired plastic self in jail? It's obvious your not fab anymore nor popular and your still trying to get attention because your cash flow came to a screeching halt. You've been replaced and most people just say; Whatever happened to Paris what's her face?
We all know how botched up society is when it comes to morals. If a man has many female lovers of which have had his children and yet he supports none of them, he's just being a typical male. If a professional man hires a $2,000 an hour escorts a couple of times a week, uses protection, pays for services rendered and walks away he's promiscuous? Who is irresponsible and who is a slut here? A lot of men just cut to the chase and leave out the wining and dining that lead to major disappointments 90% of the time. I didn't make the rules, but it's my privilege to have sex with as many consenting adult men that I want to and keep it to myself.
@JOHN 1957: " Who is irresponsible and who is a slut here? "
A father that doesn't love and take care of his kids is certanly vile. But " a professional man … " is not the best example because he pays for sex. Put a price in something that is supposed to be given for free turns a natural act as vile as a careless father is. Prostitution ( and porn too ) put a price on sex and make it vile, debased. A low act.
First to answer a couple of people's queeries. We figure that a horny gay guy has at least 8 to 10 times the number of sexual encounters of horny str8 guys. Hopefully most of us enjoy it and do not internalize the self-loathing and self hate and community putdowns so commonly expressed here by the prudes, religionists and whimpies among us. The golden advice in this day and age is to have lots of sex, enjoy it all and experience as much and as many people as you can and celebrate life, orgasm and men and their cocks –but do it safely as a matter of common sense, self preservation and respect for the other human beings around you. AIDS is a human disease, and the only place gay men appear to suffer more from it is here in the US where we simply have so much more wonderful gay sex so once it got here it spread like wildfire before it was even recognized or understood. Everywhere else in the world and throughout its history it is and has always been a PREDOMINANTLY HETEROSEXUAL disease –was in the beginning, has always been and will always be no matter how the ignorant sickies try to blame the gay community with their hate, bigotry, self righteousness and actual jealousy! Every time I have a mouthful of cum or a good, safe fuck, I know that cock is the greatest, most powerful and delicious thing on this planet, and I am blessed to worship and serve all I can. The assimilationists and self-haters may have blunted and tried to suppress the joy of gay sex, but it will always win out in the end. And the internet services are actually helping people to self realize at a much earlier age, to make sexual contact much more frequently and easily and to celebrate and share male eroticism more openly, blatantly and un-suppressably. Cock will eventually win out over everything despite the fears, taboos, hate and prudes because when you think of it and experience it what can compare to a beautiful, virile, aroused, sensitive and bountiful cock? Nothing I have ever seen has such magical, physical and pleasurable power in the universe!
@Burlington: My grandfather was the first man, who thought he was johnny apple seed and yes he was a vile womanizer and a pedophile to add salt to a wound. It is obvious that Hilton's parents never taught her self respect and of other human beings or she would have never exploited herself as she has done. The professional man may not be the best example but it's based on fact and our society's so called morals and how they judge. I was raised to give from the heart and never look back, now I find people give to receive in return. People have their reasons for doing what they do though we don't always agree or approve of them. Prostitution and porn have been around since the stone age which brings up the question has man really evolved since then? I myself am a hopeless romantic and could never have sex or sell sex for the sake of it, I guess I'm one of the worlds oddballs. Porn does have it's place in the privacy of one's domain, but it does have it's limits. I've learned not judge people for their life styles, Karma will do that for them soon enough to their dismay. Peace
Agreed. I loathe the creature, but she does have a point, albeit from a position of hypocrisy, though it does seem very much taken out of context and definitely intended as off the record.
Simply put – any group in a minority tends to participate in those activities more aggressively which define its minority status. If your are Jewish in a community of non-Jews, your religious participation becomes more intense, and your religion becomes a defining characteristic. If you are African American, or Asian American, your racial culture becomes your defining characteristic. The limitations imposed on breaking boundaries and educational limitations imposed by these boundaries has long been a thorny psychological, sociological and economic issue. Wars have been fought and lives lost because of this intolerance and the aggressiveness of those marginalized matched with the aggressiveness of the majority.
Defining oneself as "gay" – one's sexual preference – therefore immediately places sex much higher on the scale of importance than were the "minority oppression" issue not so predominant. This enhanced sexual focus is one of the major reasons why the gay community suffers from such high statistical incidence of so-called "sex addiction", as well high incidence relative to other communities in terms of other addictions associated with "getting some" (alcoholism, drug abuse, body dysmorphic disorder – the list goes on). The fact that gay community and counselling centers, as a rule, all offer counseling in regards to sex addiction, as well as other addictive disorders, as part of their general treatment menu is no accident. Guys past 40 are no longer sexually viable – and require counselling from these same centers in a high degree as a result. Seriously folks, the fact a sexaulity-focused center is required at all is indicative of the issue, well beyond the issue of personal acceptance. Having been involved in these centers and their programs for many years, I can tell you most discussion focuses not on accepting you are gay, but dealing with the sexual conseuqnces of it. It's all a bit sex mad.
This is not self-loathing to say this – it's a matter of self-awareness. It's not all of us, either. Being unashamed of being gay does not mean defining one's life in terms of sex. The sooner society accepts being gay as normal, the sooner this issue can be put in the background, the sooner there will be less pressure to defend our sexual preference by an tendency to overindulge in it.
Seriously, people, saying in general "gay men are no more promiscuous than straight men" is self-delusion. Our culture is heavily sexual. Sex and sexual images predominate. Disproportionately so. The sooner we encourage focus on the fact that sex is part of our lives, just like sexuality is part of who we are, not the entirety of it, the healthier we will be.
From personal experience, I can tell you that while condoms protect you quite well from AIDS, other diseases don't have quite the success rate. She is correct that promiscuity increases the chance of STDs (condoms or no), though she is inaccurate of course that all guys on Grindr have AIDS. Most of us who have had a promiscuous lifestyle of frequent partners, if we are honest, have had to go get a little prick once or twice to deal with the consequences.
Would you consider yourself a member of the overwhelming minority here? It's true any tool can be put to various uses, but isn't it the primary purpose which usually comes to define it? As Grindr was created as a "hook-up with guys near you" sexual expediency app, isnt implying the app is innocent and the users to blame a bit off? Seriously, you can use a dildo to drive in a nail, but I doubt it was bought for that purpose.
@Rockery: The right to private conversation and freedom of speech are as basic as it gets. Just because I disagree with what someone says when they exercise that right is not reason to steal away that right.
So much christian inspired pseudo morality here. All the arguing over derogatory terms for guys who have lots of sex. Why SHOULDN'T we have lots of sex? No risk of pregnancy, and so long as we wear protection, minimal risk of anything else either.
We only live once, and the chances of anything after are virtually zero, so I think those with the sense to be out enjoying it for what it's worth are the smart ones. Where's the problem with that?
Our community, the gay community is defined by nothing more then sex. Sex with men. Period. Its imposible to compare a group based on sex with another based on child rearing and the need for family groups to nuture and protect thise children. having said that, in the gay community, we come in every type, color, religion, atheist,democrat, republican, independant, libertarian, monogomous ,promiscious,celibate males. Our community, being based on sex, puts a much higher priority on men who meet what ever the standards of beauty are to the majority, and now we have subsets of men who do not meet that majority definition,however, the meet a different standard. We all know the assorted types. My point here is that the very defining point of our community exacerbates the tendancy for unprotected sex. And given the call for more sex, with no regrets, increases the chance we will contact an STD. Any one here ever had any sexually transmitted disease? I know I have been 'lucky'with only a case of crabs a few times. The more promiscious among us generally have a longer list. I am an advocate of full discloser. Men who are Positive MUST inform a prospective sexual partner. We owe our brothers that much. Each of us deserves an opportunity to say yea or nay. In the end, we must recognize, if you play, you must be willing to pay, sometimes with the truth, always with regular Dr's checkups and the ability to accept the consequences of our life style. Remember, Play Safe, and enjoy every man you get to spend time with!
Its pretty well impossible to tell what " percentage" of gay have aids because many will not tell you that they are gay. however this information may help its the listings from the CDC on who has it , their sexual orientation and how many cases there have been of each . as of 2007 the most recent documented studies.
Transmission Category Estimated # of AIDS Cases, in 2007
Adult and Adolescent Male Adult
Male-to-male sexual contact 16,749
Injection drug use 3,750
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use 1,664
High-risk heterosexual contact* 4,011
Other** 181
*Heterosexual contact with a person known to have, or to be at high risk for, HIV infection.
** Includes hemophilia, blood transfusion, perinatal exposure, and risk not reported or not identified.
Thats the 2007 stats, here are the stats for male and female since the plague began
Transmission Category Estimated # of AIDS Cases, Through 2007*
Adult and Adolescent Male Adult and Adolescent Female Total
Male-to-male sexual contact 487,695 – 487,695
Injection drug use 175,704 80,155 255,859
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use 71,242 – 71,242
High-risk heterosexual contact** 63,927 112,230 176,157
Other*** 12,108 6,158 18,266
*Includes persons with a diagnosis of AIDS from the beginning of the epidemic through 2007.
**Heterosexual contact with a person known to have, or to be at high risk for, HIV infection.
*** Includes hemophilia, blood transfusion, perinatal exposure, and risk not reported or not identified.
as you can see, homosexual males still have the highest incidence of HIV regardless of what drivel the activists have tried to put out. It still by a factor of 4.6 to 1 a gay problem in North America according to the CDC>
this was as of the end of 2007 from the begining..in the US, 61% of all new HIV cases were M2M related. 7% additionally were gay adolescents who were infected by M2M and intravenous drug useage. this totals 68% off all new aids cases which according to the CDC numbered approximately 47,000 new cases.
The sucker is still eating our lunch, and we, who pay more then most, need to do all WE can to wipe it out!
@tidalpool: tidalpool
(source of life?),You make many good points.However,
I would deny that the "gay community",such as/if it exists,
is based solely on sex,or on sexual orientation.To the degree
that a gay "community" exists,I believe there is a widely-shared,
but not universal,sensibility and very often an openness to
the unusual,the eccentric,and the socialy rejected norms.
My skepticism[criticism,anger,frustration,sadness]about
the gay community being a true community,in the sense of
community being a unified,supportive,and inclusive entity
is the extensive,pervasive existence of "cattiness'[to use a
sexist-sounding term],racism,ageism,and


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