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I am not a sporty person. Never have been and probably never will be. However, swimming has always been the one sporting activity that I have kept going over the years. Although I have not actually gone proper swimming by myself for about 5 years. However, both my boys love swimming and are like fishes in the water and they have such a confidence in the water which makes me both proud and happy.
When I set the Team Honk Great Bloggers Bake Off Challenge back in February, I knew all along that there was only one type of cake I could make (even though it has taken me soooo long to get around to making it!). A Swimming Pool cake of course ! It is just a plain sponge filled with jam and covered in buttercream and then decorated , hopefully, to look like a swimming pool. Here is how I made it.
- 200g unsalted butter
- 200g self raising flour
- 200g caster sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1 tsp elderflower cordial (or vanilla essence)
- ½ jar of jam - I used strawberry
- 100g cold unsalted butter
- 200g icing sugar
- 2 tbsp white chocolate spread
- ½ tube of Dr Oetekar blue liquid gel food colouring
- 4 bars of white chocolate (4 x 100g bars)
- 250g approx of white marzipan (white ready to roill icing would work aswell - i didnt have any hence the marzipan)
- blue edible glitter beads
- edible sweet necklaces
- white chocolate fingers
- playmobil figures (optional)
- pre heat the oven to 180oC / 160o C (fan)
- grease and line a rectangle baking tin - I used an 8 x 10inch
- Cream together the butter and sugar for a few minutes until pale and fluffy
- Add the eggs and the elderflower cordial and a spoonful of flour and beat for a couple more minutes
- Fold in the remaining flour
- Pour into the tin and cook in the oven for 20-25 minutes until cooked right through
- Once cooked, remove from the oven and allow to cool
- While cooling make your buttercream by beating the butter until soft. then carefully add the icing sugar bit by bit to make smooth paste. Beat in the white chocolate spread.
- Divide the buttercream into two portions, and in one lot stir in the blue food colouring
- Once the sponge has cooled completely, carefully slice in half with a sharp knife to make 2 sponges the same size as the baking tin
- Sandwich together with the jam
- Around the outer perimeter of the cake slather on some white buttercream. Divide the white chocolate bars in half length ways, and stick around the sides of the cake. You will have to break some of the chocolate up again to fit into the gaps.
- Add the blue buttercream to the top of the cake - no need ot smooth it completely, you want it to look a bit rippled
- Roll out the marzipan to about ½ cm thickness and cut out strips to fit along each top side of the cake. I then added the blue glitter to the top of the marzipan.
- The I added edible sweet necklaces to make swimming lanes and some white chocolate fingers to make a pool ladder
- To finish off the look, I added some Play Mobil figures which came with the Play Mobil swimming set!
So there you have it, my entry into the Team Honk Great Bloggers Bake Off – an epic Swimming Pool Cake.
Why dont you bake something for Sport Relief?
It really does not matter if you are a good or bad cook the main thing is to join in and have some fun and raise some money. It could be as simple as fairy cakes with glace cherry red noses on top, maybe cherry scones, or you could go all out and create a show stopper of a cake with a sporting theme.
The linky is open from today until Monday 28th April allowing you plenty of time to get baking.
After the closing date, there will be prizes for the funniest and most show stopping bakes (2 winners in total) and they will be chosen by
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wooooo hoooooo – so what are you waiting for???
The rules are very simple:
- bake something with a Sport Relief/Sporty/Team Honk Relay/ Red Nose theme – it can be as OTT as you wish or it can be very modest. It can be funny or serious and even if it all goes wrong, blog about it anyway because it could be chosen for being the funniest
- the bake must be made by you or your children, no bought cakes please
- please add the special Great Bloggers Team Honk Badge to your post
- please add a link to my blog so people know who is hosting it
- please add the blog hop code
- you must donate at least £2 to the Team Honk fundraising page which is here and you must leave your blog URL so we can check that you have donated
- you are allowed to link up more than one recipe but that will mean more than one donation please
- please try and comment on a few other fellow bakers posts even if it is the two either side of yours on the blog hop
- please tweet me your linked up bakes (@JennyPaulin) so I know you have linked up and I can RT for you
So what are you waiting for?
Get your aprons ready and on your marks, get set and baaaaaaaake!
Good luck 🙂


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i've worked in an emergency room for four years and never seen anyone become apneic from benzos or have inadequate resps...its always when mixed with alcohol and other meds...does clonazepam have minimal effects on respiratory compared to opiates?
so you mean like a couple hundred 2mg pills not what i did?
yes but one more question what do you know about flumazenil in the rapid detox from benzos it's used at a place called the coleman institute do get patients off benzos in 9 days. it's still controversial but it is a partial antagonist and agonist so it gives a little bit of relieve while tapering as well as some scientists believe it resets the gaba A receptor back to normal


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Im trying this again. I'm scheduled to have a bbl with Dr.J on 2/27. I'm so nervous because I have to gain 20lbs. I gained 13lbs but I'm only 3 1/2 weeks out. I'm super excited and nervous. I have not purchased anything. My pre-op is next week so after that I will get started. I'm drinking 4 ensures daily and trying to eat everything. I'm worried about post op. I'm no whimp but I'm no fool to pain either. As a nurse I know "pain is whatever the patient says it is.". The count down begins.
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So yesterday I had my clearance and pre-op. My pre-op was great. I loved the nurse even though I can't remember her name. She told me however that can not start the Arnica tabs until 24 hrs after my last Lovenox injections. She also said that she has no big preference to the board. That she has seen great results both with and without. I think I'll still take the advice of my bbl sistas. I meet a follow RS sister Ms. Princess85eteamjimerson. She's such a cutie and looking great after her surgery today. I still need to gain the last 5lbs or so. Dont think I'm going to worry about the hips though. Ps I keep clicking add photo and it's doing anything.!!!
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So I'm 2 weeks out today. Struggling with gaining these last 5-6lbs. I want to vomit I'm so sick of ensure. I have to stop my bcp today and the thought of that puts extreme fear in my mind. Can't be getting pregnant. Lol. I still can not add any pics.
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Ladies. Sorry I've Bren MIA but I've had a lot going on. I still can't post pics from my stupid phone. However I would like to share my experience. Ok I sat out to gain 20lbs. I made it up to 15lbs at that weight check DrJ thought that he could get 750-800cc per cheek. The week before my surgery I had a stomach virus and dropped down to only 131 putting my at a 12lb weight gain and for my little body those 3lbs made a big difference. Ok nothing I could do he wanted me to reschedule but I couldn't I already had the time off and arrangments had been made for a family member to come help. Long story short I came out with 700cc. Ok cool because the day I went home it was huge I'm talking way 2 big huge. However just as they say it went down . At first I was really happy because I only wanted natural but I'm now 8 days post op and it continues to go down daily. Now I'm smally but I was working with a little someting already . All my fat fell to the bottom of my butt before surgery. It has filled me out but if you didn't know me, you would even notice which is good I guess. Shhhh I don't know. We'll see in 6 weeks but I really can't afford to lose anymore!!!
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Ok yesterday I was week 3. I still haven't measured yet because I know it will drive me crazy. I'm getting lymphatic massages twice a week. I have some scar tissue in my stomach and my upper inner thighs. Working on breaking it up... I'm happy with my results because it is full and very natural looking however im so nervous because I continue to lose volume..... I'm wearing my garnment anywhere from 18-23hrs.. I'm using maderma once a day and coco butter. I really wish I could post pics but when I hit the upload pics button it does nothing. Oh well I'll update in a week
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On Monday, October 23, 1995 NOAA's Geoscience Laboratory and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) held a joint press conference to describe a new image of ocean floor structures made from recently available satellite data. The map was derived from satellite altimeter data collected by the European Space Agency and the US Navy. NOAA's National Oceanographic Data Center distributes the raw data from the US Navy's GEOSAT satellite. The data can be processed to reveal tiny changes in the pull of gravity. These changes are usually caused by mountains and valleys on the ocean floor, so gravity maps are useful in revealing the geology of the sea floor. However, gravity is not topography (depth). It is possible to predict depths by combining gravity data with ship surveys of depth. The authors are currently analyzing the available data to produce a database of inferred or "predicted" topography. Although the image displayed has been referred to by the press as a "Detailed map of ocean floor" it is actually a preliminary map of global seafloor gravity anomalies. Copies of this (approximately 3 x 5 foot) gravity map are available from SIO (see link above under Posters).
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I WAS given an informative leaflet from the National Union of Teachers entitled Stand Up For Education in Wales which made five important points regarding more funding, ending banding, etc. There was also a request to stop testing the very youngest pupils which, as a parent of a five year old, I wholeheartedly agree with. By all means, assess children's work, but don't put children off reading, writing and maths by making them sit formal tests. Indeed, very young children are being put under too much pressure. Education should be child centred, fun and not formalised by central government or the Welsh Assembly Government. Point 5: a good local school for every community: perhaps Torfaen Council's superschool proposal which actually closes local community schools against teachers' and children's wishes could be rethought? Although, given the council's grasp of democracy, I doubt this will happen unless we put pressure on them!
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I made pillows for my wingback chairs, my love seat and my sofa...9 in all.
These are the ones I made for my sofa.
Here's a little closer look. I hand-painted the "C" on the one and crossed-stitched hubby's and my initials on the other. The rest are just simple square pillows. Oh and all the pillows were made from fabrics I already had on hand.
These, with the exception of the "Queen Bee" one, which I found at TJ Max, are the two I made for the love seat.
The little one is made out of white burlap and again hand-painted by me.
And these are the ones that started it all...Also made out of white burlap. The flower, however, is made out of the same fabric I used to make the slipcovers.
I forgot to mention that all these are pillow coverings and I used pillow forms I already had. They were a lot of work, but I am very happy how they all turned out. So what do you think?
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Compliance And Safety Study In Children With Upper And Lower Respiratory Tract Infections (COMPAS)
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The objective of this study was to obtain data on the safety, tolerability and compliance with Zithromax in children with bacterial infections of the upper and lower respiratory tract.
|Respiratory Tract Infections
|Drug: Azithromycin
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|Compliance And Safety Study In Children With Upper And Lower Respiratory Tract Infections
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Number of Patients With Adverse Events (AEs) [ Time Frame: 3 to 7 days after receiving treatment ]All observed or volunteered AEs regardless of suspected causal relationship to the investigational product(s) were reported.
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Number of Subjects Who Withdrew From the Study [ Time Frame: 3 to 7 days after receiving treatment ]
- Compliance [ Time Frame: 3 to 7 days after receiving treatment ]Compliance was assessed by the following questions: Question 1: "Were the pediatrician's instructions during the treatment phase followed (i.e. dose, frequency and number of days)?"; Question 2: "Was it easy to understand your pediatrician's instructions regarding treatment?"; and Question 3: "Was the administration of this drug easier than any other previously used drug?" Patients could answer either "yes", "no", or "Not applicable (NA)".
- Time Reported for a Patient Being Consulted and Diagnosed From the Moment He/She Entered the Hospital [ Time Frame: Day 1 ]Time of exam completion minus the start time of the examination.
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Drug: Azithromycin
Zithromax was dispensed according to the Summary of Product Characteristics (SPC) as either a tablet or suspension. Zithromax was administered as a total dose of 30 mg/kg which was given as single daily doses of 10 mg/kg for 3 days, or as a 5 day dose starting with 10 mg/kg on Day 1, then 5 mg/kg on Days 2-5.
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Patients were recruited from the outpatient departments of the participating sites/hospitals/clinics.
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ZITHROMAX® administration will be considered in children / adolescents from the first year of life up to 14 years old with the following diagnoses: Acute otitis media, Sinusitis, Pharyngitis/tonsillitis, Pneumonia, Bronchitis.
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- Patients with respiratory tract infections that received azithromycin according to the approved SPC as this was a non-interventional study.
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- According to the approved Summary of Product Characteristics (SPC) for Azithromycin as this was a non interventional study.
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Compliance and Safety Study in Children with Upper and Lower Respiratory Tract Infections
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The following argument is based on an recent enunciation of Derrick Jensen, which says: "Economics is no more than the justification for people with power to continue with exploiting the poor and killing the planet."
(The exact English phrase is not known to me, this is a translation from a Dutch source.)
I do not believe that mankind is able to destroy the planet.
I do believe that most economists are sincere servants who try to understand the mechanics of Economy and who mean to do well for the poor.
But there's commercial ignorance and indifference as well as economic blindness. And there's also sheer political evil intent.
Therefore I like to formulate it in this way.
Economics is not a science.
Economics is a format, a set of rules, wrapped in a logical connection, enabling people who have got things well organized – the haves – to control those who are just fiddling around – the have-nots.
In various ways:
– it is a check for the effectiveness of proposed measures, conserving the state of affairs, in favor of the haves
– it offers a justification for the behavior of the haves towards the have-nots
– it guarantees moral pressure on the have-nots to accept the world as it is
This set of rules works very well in the trading between the rich man's world and the poor man's habitat. In the current juncture of restoration it serves well to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.


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IN mid-February the organisers of Bishop's Castle Arts Festival are holding a poetry competition called Provocations.
Competitors are invited to submit unpublished poems that relate to a favourite painting or sculpture together with a reproduction of the chosen work of art.
The first prize is £100, second prize £75 and third prize £50 and organisers intend the winning poems to be published.
The judges are local poets Chris Kinsey and Paul Francis, and entry is £3 for the first poem and £2 for any subsequent poems. Cheques should be made payable to Bishop's Castle Tourism CIC.
Prizes will be awarded and exhibits displayed at a banquet on February 18 at the Castle Hotel.
Entries must be submitted by January 31 to Bryan Podmore, Bryncyn Cottage, Church Stoke, Montgomery, SY15 6EN.
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During his monthly press conference yesterday, European Central Bank president Mario Draghi sarcastically thanked the IMF head Christine Lagarde for her advice that the bank should do more to try to stave off deflation. But the bank offered little yesterday other than the promise to act and to use unconventional measures to stimulate growth in the euro zone economy.
John Finn, managing director of Treasury Solutions, says that deflation is a big threat because so much in an economy is linked to prices, including wages. He says that compared to the US and UK, Europe has acted much slower to relation to the economic crisis. The US Federal Reserve pumped billions into the US economy at an early stage of the crisis and also reduced interest rates to record lows. The Bank of England also launched its QE programme and its interest rates have stayed at 0.5% for the past five years. In comparison, the ECB cut rates more slowly and when other central banks were cutting, actually increased rates at one stage during the crisis.
Mr Finn says that the money the ECB has managed pumped into the euro zone economy has not trickled down to the "real economy" and is staying within the financial sector. He predicts that the ECB will cut rates to 0.1% by June, adding that the results from the euro zone banks' stress tests will also be a key area of focus for the ECB in the coming months.
MORNING BRIEFS - Aer Lingus Regional proved the one bright spot in March for Aer Lingus. Both short haul and long haul passenger numbers fell compared to the same month last year as Easter fell in March 2013 but is in April this year. Aer Lingus regional, operated by Stobart Air, saw a 5.6% rise in passenger numbers, however. Overall Aer Lingus carried 797,000 passengers in March down from 844,000 the same month last year.
*** The number of people working in international financial services here has risen by 6,000 since 2009. A new report from Financial Services Ireland, a division of employers group Ibec, shows 35,700 are now working in the sector here. While the bulk of that is concentrated in Dublin's International Financial Services Centre 10,000 of those jobs are located outside Dublin. The average salary in the industry is estimated in the report as €67,000.
*** The European Parliament has voted to scrap mobile phone roaming charges from the end of next year. If approved by member states, the move would reduce the cost of calling, texting or using the internet on mobile phones in any EU country to the same level paid in a consumer's home country.
*** Shares in Just Eat, the online takeaway food service provider, rose 10% after it made its stock market debut in London yesterday. The company, which operates in 15 countries including Ireland, is now valued at £1.5 billion. That means Just Eat, which handles online orders placed by customers for 36,000 takeaway restaurants, has a market value 60% higher than Domino's Pizza.


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Implementation of many aspects of Colby 360 has already begun and will continue into the foreseeable future. Under the direction of the vice president for student affairs/dean of students, the student affairs managers group will oversee and manage the implementation process which will include developing and adhering to a clear timetable, designating individual staff members to serve as implementation supervisors for each of the component parts of the plan, establishing benchmarks to measure success, scheduling regular reviews of the plan, and working with the Office of Institutional Research to develop assessment tools designed to evaluate outcomes and overall effectiveness of the plan. The preliminary implementation plan is detailed below.
Implementation Strategy
Implementation of Colby 360 will follow a disciplined and systematic approach. Beginning in October of 2007 the following steps will be taken:
- Additional time will be added to the meeting schedule of the student affairs managers group/implementation team (hereafter I-team) to be designated specifically to monitor implementation of Colby 360.
- Members of the student affairs managers group will be assigned as implementation supervisors for each major component part of the plans.
- Detailed component implementation strategies will be developed and approved by the implementation team. Component implementation strategies will include: a list of key stakeholders, short- and long-term action steps for achieving component objectives, cost analysis and funding plan, timetables and benchmarks, and an assessment strategy.
- The I-team will develop a plan to regularly collect student feedback about residential and co-curricular education at Colby. The plan should include both qualitative (e.g., focus groups, personal interviews) and quantitative tools).
- The I-team will conduct comprehensive, semi-annual reviews of Colby 360 and progress on implementation. Where necessary and appropriate, elements of the plan will be altered or abandoned. Likewise, new component parts and objectives may be added as issues change and student life evolves.
- The vice president for student affairs/dean of students will provide regular reports on the implementation status of Colby 360 to the President, senior administrative staff, and the Student Affairs Committee of the Board of Trustees.


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Summer Was Fun
Hip-hop and summertime go together like jeans and Timbs. Having a smash on the airwaves during the sweaty months creates instant nostalgia, guaranteeing that your song will be forever tied to those sun-drenched memories. While one anthem normally dominates the sweaty months, 2006 was a year made up of more regional hits than national ones, making the decision especially difficult. Back in 2004, XXL dedicated our August issue to breaking down hip-hop's greatest "Summer Jams" from 1988 to 2003, but this time around we thought we'd let you decide. Take a listen to the major contenders, cast your vote (see bottom) and check back next week, on the official last day of summer (September 21), when we announce the winner.
"Shoulder Lean," Young Dro feat. T.I.
Having a fun, easy dance is always a good way to control the season, and the Grand Hustle newcomer had everyone leanin' in linen and salamander sandals. And with an around-the-way video featuring Tip's skinny ass bouncing around in a wife beater while eating breakfast, the deal was sealed. This track catapulted Dro from regional unknown to a #3 debut on the pop charts.
"We Fly High," Jim Jones
This late-summer banger brought some excitement to a slow NYC summer, with everyone screaming Jimmy's irresistible catchphrase, "Ballllllin!" While its commercial benefits remain to be seen, the Kufi Smacker locked down East Coast radio and reunited the three main DipSet members in the song's stellar video.
"I Ain't Gon Let Up," DG Yola
While Atlanta's local music scene was starting to become synonymous with "snap," this newcomer came along and proved that there was still a place in the club and on the radio for some gritty shit. This steel drum track may not have broken outside of the South, but it dominated Atlanta airwaves all summer and landed Yola a record deal with Grand Hustle.
"U & Dat," E-40 feat. T-Pain & Kandi
This was the year that 40 Water made a major comeback, and after striking gold with his springtime banger "Tell Me When to Go," he needed a follow-up that would propel his album past its opening weeks. His second single "U & Dat," featuring a randy T-Pain on the hook, took the R&B charts by storm and stayed at the top much longer than anyone expected. Who knew you weren't allowed to say "booty" on MTV?
"Holla at Me Baby," DJ Khaled feat. Lil Wayne, Paul Wall, Fat Joe, Rick Ross & Pitbull
It wouldn't be the summer without a hot posse cut, and Miami's hottest DJ came through big-time this year. This Cool & Dre–produced track made everyone forget about LL Cool J's "Control Myself" (which was built around the same sample) with a quickness. The summer arguably belonged to Miami, and no other track is more indicative of its dominance than this six-verse banger that invited the whole country to the party.
"Chicken Noodle Soup," DJ Webstar feat. Young B
Most New York MCs seem to prefer playing the wall, but this track was tailor made for Harlem's underground dance craze. When the phenomenon broke on the Internet in July, it soon went national, resulting in a major record deal and a video in heavy BET rotation. Hate it or love it, this track had the whole country moving like they were on 119th and Lex-ing-tin!
"Hustlin' (Remix)," Rick Ross feat. Jay-Z & Young Jeezy
While "Hustlin'" was undoubtedly the anthem of the spring, this remix, which dropped in May, propelled the monster single into the heat wave. Featuring a Jay-Z verse with subliminals rumored to be directed at Cam and an exceptional verse from Jeezy ("I know Big Meech/The real Big Meech"), this was a damn Dope Boy convention. Every rapper tried to copy its formula, enlisting The Runners or using chopped and screwed hooks, but there's nothing quite like the original. Except maybe the remix.
"Snap Ya Fingas," Lil Jon feat. E-40 & Sean Paul
With a music video so outrageous that it could cause seizures in small children, the King of Crunk dropped this track seemingly out of nowhere and took the pop charts and clubs by storm. Even though it was many months before he finished his album, it sounded like Jon was out to prove his new mantra: "Crunk Ain't Dead." Melding his screaming synth crunk sound with a snap beat, Jon made the perfect track for Sean Paul of the YoungBloodz and a rejuvenated 40 to do it all by themselves.
"Why U Wanna," T.I.
The spring was dominated by T.I.'s King album, even if its success was soured by the death of the Atlanta rapper's close friend Big Phil. With the tragedy behind him, Tip set his sights on the summer months with this breezy love song that channeled Q-Tip and swiped Crystal Waters' organs. Is you happy?
"Vans," The Pack
In the tradition of "My Adidas" and "Air Force Ones," these Bay Area youngin's took their obsession with the skateboarding shoe national on this minimalist anthem. Their kick game paid off, landing them a deal on Jive through Too $hort's Up All Nite Records and a music video, which was promptly banned from MTV.
"It's Goin' Down," Yung Joc
Diddy & Block's new Bad Boy had the whole country (including Tom Cruise) snapping and doing the motorcycle dance with this track. As the (hands down) most commercially successful of any of these nominations, Joc's first single shot to #1 on the pop charts in late spring and is still holding it down.
"It's Okay (One Blood)," The Game
Chuck Taylor came back strong in late summer with the first single from the follow-up to 2005's smash hit The Documentary. With veteran Jamaican singer Junior Reid sampled on the hook and a sunny L.A. video, this has all the makings of a summertime smash.
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Kentucky Historical Society
The Kentucky Historical Society was formed in 1836 by a group of prominent Kentuckians intent on preserving the history of the commonwealth. It was chartered as the state society in 1838 and began to collect books and printed materials. The Society became an agency of Kentucky state government in the early 1950s.
The Society, an agency of the Kentucky Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet, has more than 3,900 members and more than 1,300 junior members to whom it provides support and educational services. Outreach programs collaborate with more than 430 local historical organizations. The Society, administered by an Executive Committee, is also supported by the KHS Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization.
The Kentucky Historical Society collects, preserves, conserves, interprets, and shares information, memories, and materials from Kentucky's past to assist those interested in exploring and preserving that heritage. The museum collection houses 120,000 artifacts.
Martin F. Schmidt Research Library
Located on the second floor of the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History, the Martin F. Schmidt Research Library is a beautiful facility featuring more than 16,000 rolls of microfilm, 90,000 books and periodicals, and 30,000 vertical files focused primarily on Kentucky history and genealogy. The library is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. and is free and open to the public.
The card catalog for the library is available on-line, as is the Society's digital collections database, which includes images of manuscripts, maps, photographs and finding aids for the collections at Kentucky Historical Society. The Society also hosts an on-line database of cemetery records that contains over 150,000 names transcribed by volunteers from gravestones across Kentucky.
Special Collections Reading Room
The Society's Library and Special Collections of 1,900 cubic feed of manuscripts, 2,000 maps, 8,000 oral history tapes, 200,000 historic photographs, and 9,100 rare books provide clues to the past to genealogists and scholars. For more than a hundred years, the Society has been collecting research materials which help shed light on the lives of Kentuckians in earlier times. These collections are noncirculating, and researchers are encouraged to visit the facilities located in the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History.


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Clad in matching white shirts, Prince William and bride-to-be Kate Middleton beam for the camera in a beautiful, black-and-white portrait; Us Weekly is the very first U.S. website to sneak a peek at the the unforgettable shot on the eve of their historic April 29 wedding.
Taken by famed photographer Mario Testino -- the man behind the couple's memorable engagement photo as well as iconic shots of the late Princess Diana and countless celebs -- the lovely new pic appears in the Royal Wedding program, which became available for download on Thursday.
When Testino photographed the couple for their engagement portrait (released in early December), he was floored by the honor.
"I am very happy to have been asked to cover this historic moment that the whole world was waiting for. They are in their prime and brimming with happiness," Testino said. "I have never felt so much joy as when I see them together."


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Hi there,
Like Diver Dan said, it is good to support your local shop. We have a place here in Wasilla called Three Rivers Fly Shop, I stop in now and then to buy hooks or some other item and often buy a few flies if I see something that looks fishy.
I have been fishing for a long time and have collected more materials than I will ever use. The one thing that I enjoy today as much as I did when I was a kid is wandering slowly through a fish'en shop looking at
. The guys who run Three Rivers always give me a cheerful greeting and make some small talk when I stop in. I don't try to impress them with tales of my experience, I listen to what they have to tell me. It seems that since they feel I may need some pointers I get some useful information regarding how they are catching their fish.
They will like me more soon because I'm going to try a pair of the Simms G4 waders and a G4 jacket also. The conditions I faced out on the islands this fall drove home the point that "good' rain gear just wont do. I need the best, and the shop sells it. I could buy online or go to Anchorage where I would save a few bucks but the small shop needs the revenue.
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Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties said that with Thanksgiving less than a week away, it is still only half-way towards its goal of collecting 12,000 donated turkeys to distribute to needy families.
"Turkey is an important tradition for many local families," said spokeswoman Caitlin Kerk.
But collecting turkeys is only one of the food bank's holiday goals.
"Since thanksgiving is next week, turkeys are our immediate need...but our monetary goal is $12.4 million and 2 million pounds of non-perishable foods that will feed many needy families throughout the coming year."
According to Kerk, turkey donations to Second Harvest are slightly behind what they were at the same time last year. Kerk said she suspected the lag had been caused by national attention on the November elections.
Turkey donations can be dropped off at Second Harvest's San Jose center at 750 Curtner Ave. or its San Carlos center at 1051 Bing St.
Cash donations can be made online at www.SHFB.org. The website also has more information about the donation center's hours of operation.
—Bay City News Service


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Barbara Varon Volunteer Award
Oct. 19, 2010
County Honors John Mayer, the 2010 Barbara Varon Volunteer Award
For his contributions as a volunteer at the George Mason Regional Library John Mayer
was honored by the Fairfax County Board of
Supervisors with the 2010 Barbara Varon Volunteer Award during their
meeting Oct. 19. The award, named to honor the memory of Barbara Varon,
former chairman of the Fairfax County Electoral Board, was established to
recognize a Fairfax County resident's dedication to improving the
community through volunteer service.
Since 2007 Mayer has spent over 440 hours at the George Mason Regional
Library volunteering in different capacities. He has taught people
without technology skills to use the Internet during tutorial sessions
and led a weekly English Conversation Group for people who seek to
practice and improve their English. John Mayer works with students from
Asia, African, Latin and Central America each week. When he is unable to
conduct his classes, he arranges for his English Conversation students to
continue their practice.
The award nominees must reside in Fairfax County, demonstrate an
appreciation for the diversity of the community's population, exhibit
patriotism, show evidence of having a positive effect on the community
and be known for encouraging others to do the same.
According to the library branch manager, Kathryn Rzasa, "John Mayer's
passion for promoting communication both verbally and electronically,
builds, strengthens and enhances our community. He encourages people to
be involved in helping each other."
For more information regarding this award, contact Martha Villanigro-Santiago at 703-324-2207, TTY 703-222-5494, or visit the Office of Human Rights and Equity Programs.


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Brent Musburger's Holly Rowe Comments Prove He's Not Concerned About ApologiesJanuary 15, 2013
With one of the great announcing careers television has seen and 73 years of living under his belt, Brent Musburger is not into apologizing for his thoughts or words.
Musburger hasn't come out and said as much, but he might as well have. His close to ESPN's Monday night college basketball broadcast of Kansas-Baylor has it all between the lines.
Check out the video. Musburger either says Holly Rowe "was really smokin' tonight" or the game was. The room for interpretation revolves around if Musburger says "it" or "who."
ESPN's Josh Krulewitz will have us believe he said "it."
Simply stated: "Brent said the word 'it.' We are moving on."— Josh Krulewitz (@jksports) January 15, 2013
The problem with this is the 61-44 win by Kansas had virtually no elements where "smokin'" would be an accurate word of description. Seriously, check out the box score from this clunker.
Here's the thing, though: Whether it was "who" or "it" doesn't matter. Musburger's real intent is the same.
Remember, it was just a week ago when Musburger's comments on Katherine Webb during the BCS title game raised enough ire for ESPN to formally issue an apology via Twitter (per the Los Angeles Times).
You'll notice that ESPN apologized for Musburger—he didn't apologize himself, and it is now clear he didn't feel he should.
This was no slip of the tongue. Musburger didn't get as far as he has in his line of work by making slips of the tongue or even mumbling words. This was Musburger's way of telling all of us he is not sorry. And you know what? I respect him for it.
In a world that is flooded with insincere comments designed solely to manipulate the public perception of the person uttering the nonsense (see: Lance Armstrong for latest evidence), it is refreshing to see someone stand outside of that sordid game.
I have no more use for hollow apologies or bogus excuses. Musburger is not insulting our intelligence by offering up either.
Not to mention, it is ridiculous to hold Musburger in any contempt for his comments in the first place. We live in a society that values, celebrates and is fixated on looks.
It is why the cameras kept showing Webb during the BCS championship game and why beautiful people almost exclusively fill up our TV screens.
When it came to Webb, Musburger was simply giving his take on her looks. While he did this with gusto that was more than many wanted a 73-year-old to use, he was putting a voice to the reason Webb was becoming a story and grabbing new Twitter followers at breakneck speeds.
Isn't it his job to comment on the sights of the broadcast and get to the heart of the story?
When it comes to his comments on Rowe or on the game (whichever was really the case), that was Musburger letting us all know this is a mad world and it's just a little absurd that any apology for what he said was needed.
I'm ready for the societal fixation on looks to wane, but at least Musburger isn't trying to pretend it isn't a prevalent topic or thought.


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USC stuck in neutral after home loss to Washington State
We had a feeling that USC wasn't headed the right direction in 2012, when a preseason top-five team stumbled all the way to a 7-6 record. We watched those struggles continue in USC's opening game of 2013, when Hawaii briefly led the men of Troy 5-2 in the first quarter before the Trojans finally found their footing in an otherwise ugly contest. But it seemed most believed that, in the end, it would turn around. This is USC, after all.
But Saturday in Los Angeles might end up being the turning point in the ongoing drama of "As The Trojans Turn." No. 25 USC's lukewarm 10-7 loss to Washington State at the Coliseum was perhaps the best indicator thus far that this once-proud program is stuck in neutral.
The Trojans let a mediocre Cougars squad, at best, venture to L.A. and stifle their roster into an upset. Coach Lane Kiffin, the leader of a program once headlined by prolific passers such as Carson Palmer and Mark Sanchez and Matt Leinart and Matt Barkley, spearheaded an offensive attack that mustered only 51 passing yards between two new quarterbacks, Max Wittek and Cody Kessler. And this passing deficiency took place with last season's Biletnikoff Award winner, receiver Marqise Lee, on the edge; Lee would catch eight balls for only 29 yards against the Cougars.
Even the roster's bright spot on the night -- running back Dre Madden, who rushed for 147 yards on 31 carries -- felt like a fairly empty effort. Madden failed to reach the end zone against Washington State, as a four-yard touchdown run by Kessler in the second quarter marked the Trojans' only trip to the end zone.
Kiffin entered the season with a large target on his back. The pressure was on at Southern Cal, where Kiffin walked into an enviable situation on his first year on the job in 2010. Even with NCAA sanctions looming from former coach Pete Carroll's regime, the prestige put forth by the USC program served as its own recruiting tool, and its geographical location as the primary program in California aided those efforts in luring the West Coast's top talent.
But now we're witnessing a situation where, three years later, the Trojans' once daunting home-field advantage is being infiltrated by the likes of Washington State. The Cougars, you might recall, finished 3-9 last season in Mike Leach's first year on the job with one of the country's worst offenses. At USC, the position of quarterback doesn't seem to be the defining role it once was, especially as Kiffin continues to keep his quarterback preferences under wraps from the public and, sometimes, even his own team. Last season, the scapegoat for the Trojans' problems was their defense, and Kiffin's own father, defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin, left the program in the offseason. But now the offense seems just as much in flux, despite talents like Lee on the roster.
The question is how Kiffin and the Trojans can grow from here, because the Pac-12 is developing all around them. Jim Mora Jr. has UCLA riding on high expectations just across town from USC. Arizona State is considered by many to be a sleeper in the conference with its talent on defense. Then, of course, there's the established powers like Oregon and Stanford, who aren't going anywhere anytime soon, and USC still must face the Bruins, Cardinal and Sun Devils this season.Wolken posted


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But is it for everyone? From our days of following social media and sites like NeoGaf — we know you like your alternate cover options, too — because the other country usually has the better cover. So as to make sure everyone has a say, we're presenting three alternate cover options — one of which will be the reverse sleeve for the launch edition of The Evil Within.
Below are three options. Be sure to vote for your pick on the Bethesda Blog poll on the right-hand side, and if you email your choice to [email protected], you'll have a chance to win one of 10 signed copies of The Evil Within (when the game ships, of course). For contest rules, click here.
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I worked in retail for over four years and I got to learn a lot about warranties. I learned the ways warranties can help you, and I also learned the ways warranties limit their coverage. Keep in mind that there are different types of warranties; there are those that come with the product automatically from the manufacturer and there are warranties which are offered by the seller.
When one thinks of a warranty or insurance one believes it will help them when something goes wrong with their product or service. That isn't wrong, but there is more to it than that. Almost everything you can buy comes with a "limited one year warranty"; in order to have that warranty come in handy you must go thru the manufacturer.
For example, I owned an Apple iPhone 4 that went defective after about six months of having it. I didn't do something to the phone myself or let anything happen to it, the phone simply went defective. Because the phone was within the one year manufacturer's limited warranty I was able to go to an Apple store and have my phone replaced with a new iPhone 4, free of charge. Everything worked out great for me.
Let's say my phone went defective after one year of owning it; in that case I would not have been able to have my phone replaced free of charge. I would have had to pay for Apple to fix my phone or if my phone wasn't fixable then I would have had to purchase a new one at the retail price. Unless I had purchased an extended warranty through Apple or I had purchased an insurance plan through the seller. If I had either one of those coverages then they would have helped me by either replacing the phone or repairing it at a lesser price than if I wasn't covered by a warranty or insurance.
That's where things get tricky with warranties and insurances. If you pay for insurance on your cell phone, for example, you might have to pay a deductible so that your phone can be replaced. My niece once lost her phone, but she didn't throw a huge fit because she knew she had insurance. When we called it in and asked for the phone to be replaced we were told we would have to pay a $125 deductible for the phone. Even though we paid a monthly insurance fee for the phone there was no way around the deductible.
In that case it was not worth having the insurance because my niece originally only paid $80 for the phone. Instead she decided she would get a temporary phone and wait until she was eligible for an upgrade.
In some situations maybe it is worth having the warranty/insurance, my main point is that one should ask questions and do research as to what is and isn't covered and find out what the process is of having the warranty/insurance come into play. People should know that warranties and insurances have limitations, whether the coverage came with the product or whether you purchased the coverage.
When it comes to warranties and insurance there isn't a dumb question to be asked and you can't ask too many questions. You must be informed and convinced that the warranty/insurance is worth buying before you agree to purchase it.


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It's hard to overstate the importance of tomorrow's recall elections in Wisconsin. Phila wrote something which is deservedly making the rounds, about what we consider security and what we consider danger these days:
I hold this truth to be self-evident: Most of us will never find ourselves on the business end of an Islamic radical. Many of us, however, will struggle to stay housed and fed if we're too old to work, or we fall seriously ill. "National defense" that focuses on cartoon figures of ethnic menace, as opposed to the prosaic and preventable disasters that cause most of the actual suffering and death in this country, is a cruel joke, and I suspect its extremely dark humor is not entirely lost on heartless neo-feudalist chatterboxes like Lieberman and Coburn.
There were a lot of stories after 9/11, about how people who had previously thought they were safe now felt unsafe. I wanted to find everyone thus quoted and drag them down to where I worked, to where people needed no crash course in coping, to where people didn't suddenly feel unsafe because they had no feeling of safety to lose. We have built any feeling of safety we have on the backs of people like that, and presumed they shared our feelings of entitlement and security. Why should they, when we share none of their pain?
What happens in Wisconsin isn't just in Wisconsin. I have this tattooed on my arm now, no shit: Our fate is your fate. People are threatened, right now. People are scared, right now. What kind of world are we building? What kind of place are we living in? Before, in the Bush years, I felt like there was a genuine schism, between the kind of country Americans thought they had and the kind of country America was.
Now, watching Walker and Kasich and Scott, watching the Austerity Olympics, watching Obama running scared from every Teabagger he sees, getting the pointy end of smug Republican soliloquys about spending on programs most of them are in no danger of needing, I feel like most people know what kind of country we are. They know we're mean and paralyzed and small. They know we've talked ourselves into being unable to move, and either they can't see how we can get out of it, or they don't care if we ever do.
This is how it works: You start out just not doing one thing because it's too hard, and pretty soon you can't do anything. We are a country that cannot button our shirt in the morning because we actually cannot conceive of the process by which we would do that, no matter how many shots of brandy we take to steady our nerves. And into that steps a group of people that says, no more. That says yes, we know how things like this are supposed to work, and we're supposed to lie back and take it, and fuck that basically because no fuck no not today not while I'm alive this is just not how it's going to go and the way I know that is that I'm going to make it go otherwise and sit DOWN, asshole, I'm here now and your turn is over.
Into this national paralysis, into this world in which the one thing we cannot do is the only thing we really have to do, walked tens of thousands. On bikes and in cabs and on tractors and on foot, from sunrise to sunset, saying shove your war on America. Saying we are not going to be like this anymore.
They could have stayed home and written hectoring opinion pieces about how Americans and particularly kids today are just lazy and can't ever protest like the Egyptians or Greeks. There's quite the market for that these days. Instead of lecturing other people about how to stand up to power, they went out there and did it.
That needs to win right now. That needs to show, right now, to everybody who's threatened and scared by everyday, ordinary, animal greed that there is more than one way for things to go. That just because some knob in a suit on TV says we can't, we can't, we can't doesn't make it so. That inevitable's just a dare. That there's never too little time or energy to help others. That courage isn't a bowl of sugar with a bottom you can hit. That all actions are choices, and all choices are chances, and all you have to do is make them and the ground beneath your feet will shake.
That we don't back down. We don't back off. We don't back up.
Not. One. Inch.
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Is this an appropriate teacher/student relationship? More info added
Do you think it is appropriate for a teacher to take a student to the movies in another town, a restaurant, skating, and visit the student at home (not the parents) regularly? I can understand a teacher taking a student to a school event, like a football game, but should a teacher take a student places that have nothing to do with school?
The teacher is not related to the student or friends with the student's family. This is a small town school. Other students and parents are wondering why one student gets special treatment from the teacher. The student is a friend's child and she is concerned. I told my friend what I thought, but I was wondering what other mothers thought. I know sometimes kids have a teacher they really like and some teachers want to help kids with tutoring, or kids that have a bad home life. The student does well in school and home life is normal.
I have no problem with field trips to the movies, or to a pizza place as a reward to the students. With field trips there is a group or class of students and usually two or more teachers going and they usually go on a school bus. In this case, the movie and restaurant was in another town and had nothing to do with school.
No teacher should an any inappropriate relationship with a student regardless of age...
I think if you are a teacher, there should be ground rules set and as an authority figure, they should never ever cross a certain line.. I think, in this case, a line would be crossed..
I call going to the movies, a date..
It depends really on how well the teacher is known to you. In this case i am presuming you dont know them outside of school so no it would not be good. Some teachers like to be a big sister/big brother to their students outside of school but should only be done with the parents consent for a mentor like relationship.
I'm a teacher. The only way this would happen is if one of my neighbors' kids ended up in my class. I already take them places (although I don't tend to visit them at home when their parents aren't there - that's very strange) so I probably wouldn't stop just because they were in my class.
With so little information, it is not appropriate.
More info, please?
I need to know many more factors.
What's the student's home life? What are the ages we are talking about? Is the student the only one who is receiving this treatment?
Who, at the schoo, is aware of this? Could the teacher have spoken with the guidance counselor, etc?
Meh, I remember teachers taking us out to eat in elementary school. It was a treat and something we all loved. Not a touch of anything inappropriate.
Many teachers arrange meetings at movies for various books that are made into movies. Nothing wrong there.
I don't think you can blantantly call going to the movies a date when so little is known.
Quoting steffielou_who:
No teacher should an any inappropriate relationship with a student regardless of age...
I think if you are a teacher, there should be ground rules set and as an authority figure, they should never ever cross a certain line.. I think, in this case, a line would be crossed..
I call going to the movies, a date..
no, or should the be friends on their face book for the older kids unless there's a like thing for the school or something that everyone participates in...


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'Orientation' seems to be the politically correct term. I still hear people refer to homosexuality as a "sexual preference." Many of them don't say it in a negative way. Does it irritate you when someone uses 'preference' over 'orientation'?
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I never thought about it before but when someone on here complained about it the other day it makes sense.
Preference implies something you chose. Orientation is an exact scientific term, like that's how you are.
I don't think it necessarily means anything but the one that gets me is "alternative lifestyle". That clearly is disrespectful.
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Neither a lifestyle nor a preference. This discussion feel s 25 years out of date.
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It's "sexual identity."
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I think sexual identity says it best. It covers all the bases and it's not offensive at all.
|by Anonymous
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"Sexual identity" is NOT a good term. It sounds like you're talking about whether you think you're male or female, as in transgender. Sexual orientation is about what you're ATTRACTED to, i.e. heterosexual, homosexual, or bisexual.
|by Anonymous
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OP, get it right and then shut up about what "people" use:
My sexual orientation is gay.
My sexual preference is fucking hunky guys in the ass.
Got it?
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I think they're related concepts that often get muddled/confused.
A gay man might say:
My gender identity is male.
My sexual preference is sex with men.
My sexual orientation is gay.
So gender identity + sexual preference = sexual orientation.
|by Anonymous
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Well, you make a point on the trans issue.
What about a woman who occasionally has sex with a woman, but could do without it with no problem. Never mind. I know nobody gives a shit.
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I am irritated when anyone cares enough about my life that they have to label me or have an opinion about whom I choose to love and have an intimate personal relationship with.
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When non gay people say "sexual preference" its code for "I dont approve of what you are doing"
It's not an accident. This intentional use of the word "preference" has been a clever talking point from religious freaks and right wing nuts for the past 20 years.
It's a way of invalidating how you were born and putting it a category of choice. Once its a choice, you can tell people they are making bad choices. If on the other hand you were born that way, then god dose not make mistakes. Get it?
So yes, it pisses me off because it is not an accident. Even if I feel the person using it is truly ignorant about it, still shows who they are listening to.
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R10 nailed it.
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A bisexual person might have a preference for either male or female. There is no "preference" for a gay person.
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R8 It's called bisexual. Bisexuality doesn't mean exactly 50/50 attraction to men and women. You can be more attracted to one gender and less to another.
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"Sexual Preference" is homophobic.
Plain and simple. If I called your skin color your "Racial Preference".....
File this under the little ways the Jesus Freaks try and insert self hate into the gay community.
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Sexual Orientation = gay male (sex with other males)
Sexual preference = ginger guys.
|by Anonymous
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It was a common term when I was growing up. People also often compares being gay to preferring one kind of ice cream over another - no big deal, just what you like.
I used the term offhand on Datalounge once and got ripped to shreds. Some people just need something to get incensed about.
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R10 is correct. My sexual preference or preferences are none of your business. My status -- who I am -- can be if I choose to share it with you.
Funny that 20+ years ago, when you identified yourself as gay, many well-meaning straights would think it was an open door for them to ask all sorts of personal questions -- what do you do, how do you do it, why do you do it.
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What's the difference? I don't care if it's a preference or an orientation, people have a right to be treated equally and with respect. Period.
|by Anonymous
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'Sexual preference' is a right-wing code term. 'Sexual orientation' is at least neutral.
End of thread.
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Sexual preference is entirely correct when people fuck both genders willy nilly.
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Yes r17. They fixate on "who's the woman". I think they even use or are very aware of tops and bottoms as descrptors now, not exactly difficult to figure out.
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Apple pie is a preference.
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R21, true! And the weirdest thing is that people who ask those kind of questions do not realize how rude they're being.
R18, you are smart enough to participate in this thread.
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OP: yes, it pisses me off. Everyone here has nailed it: it is an orientation.
What pisses me off even more, though, is when sites like Towleroad and other gay blogs still use the term 'sexual preference'. Makes me see red. A great swash of fire engine red.
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I've stopped giving a shit what people say or think.
Legal equality is goal #1. After that, meh... idiots will still be idiots. Nothing you say or do will change that.
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People are not born religious, they have a religious preference.
I prefer the religious preference of Episcopalians to that of the religious preference of Evangelicals.
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Preference is preferring french fries to baked potatoes. When you get older the preference may change. Why not your preference for homosexuality?
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Fuck off, R27, you blithering idiot.
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It's the key to the whole bisexuality question. Bisexuality is unquestionably a scientifically observable orientation. It has never been observed as a "preference."
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R28 doesn't not get the illustration.
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Really, R27.... are you so idiotic that you do not know there is a yet undiscovered gene that determines if you are a "baked" or "Fried" person? It has nothing to do with learned behavior, cultural pressures, or PREFERENCE. It is out of our control. And since this is Datalounge, where being a French Fry eater, especially a FAST FOOD French Fry eater, is far worse than being gay would be for a member of Westboro Baptist Church, it is due to genetics and can not be helped.
Actually the genetic vs choice crap depresses me. It shows how profound the homophobia is in this board. So what if it is a choice? It should be considered a totally valid choice and equal to any other choice about sexual issues. I am from the 70's where we used the term preference.... because I attended LOTS of parties and saw fluidity in action kids. When you get intense on the "born this way" you are saying "What I am is wrong, but I was born this way." That saddens me. I think you are absorbing and giving out the wrong message. I am old and I am now thinking I will exit this life with the world almost as fucked up on the issue of sexuality as it was when I came into it...... the politically correct cul de sac moves to a different place in the road and keeps the world from making any real progress down the main highway.
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Sexual Orientation = gay guys
Sexual Preference = lesbians
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I wouldn't tell anyone that r23. Well except my fellow gays and strangers on the internet lol.
It's just so tacky, like that thread about nelly tops. TMI. We don't need to know. That is giving too much of yourself away if you broadcast it to the world, just nasty.
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Think of all the "gay" guys who dig pussy, though.
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My signature should have been "Sexuality is as individual as a fingerprint.... what you are is what is RIGHT". It got cut off. But I got more words in the signature line than I would have speaking to a group of 3 or more of you before getting cut off.....
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The correct term--not "politically correct" but rather simply correct--is sexual orientation--or how you are naturally wired.
Sexual preference is bigoted and homophobic. Vanilla ice cream over chocolate is a preference.
Sexual identity is being confused about your gender, or perhaps more aptly described as being born a male in a female body or vice versa.
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>>>>> "The correct term--not "politically correct" but rather simply correct--is sexual orientation--or how you are naturally wired"
No, it is politically correct, not necessarily correct. There remains no proof that any genetic cause exists. Saying it over and over is no substitute for scientific proof.
I am trained in human sexuality and feel homosexuality is a redundancy to heterosexuality, as sexual activity between humans is above all social with a reproductive side effect. Homosexuality exists within most people just like heterosexuality.... something causes it to be expressed as the dominant sexual attraction just as left handedness is expressed in a similar percentage of the population rather than the more common right-handedness. Being left handed was once actively discouraged, repressed and viewed as evil by the religious as well. Now we would see the act of a nun hitting the hand of a lefty and forcing them to use the right to be ignorant and barbaric. Just a generation ago, kids.....
Sex and sexual activity aids survival of those already born, it encourages cooperation and bonding in a tribe. It also leads to more humans, but even when the sexual activity is not of the type that leads to impregnation, it is still valuable to the species, it is intensely and intimately social.
|by Anonymous
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for gay guys it's orientation, for bi it's preference
|by Anonymous
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Right wing/religious winguts are also instructed to use the word "homosexual" rather than "gay" or "same-sex". The latter sound too harmless. The former paints a mental picture of two people of the same gender having sex
|by Anonymous
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Tomato, tomato, potato, potato....
|by Anonymous
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The currently acceptable term is "into dudes."
|by Anonymous
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[quote]When non gay people say "sexual preference" [bold]its code[/bold] for "I dont approve of what you are doing"
R10 is right on target.
|by Anonymous
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R37 is right, and I'm glad to see that after me being the only idiot repeating that over and over for years here, it has insinuated itself into somebody else's brain.
|by Anonymous
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[quote]I am trained in human sexuality
Translation: I'm a whore, darling.
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I understand some couples do this, however I'm not into kinky, especially when this is the most important thing in life to him. He wants me to find someone for us to have a three some. He wants to watch me have sex with other women. This is not something I want to do and he tells me because at one time I told him I would do this act and now I haven't found anyone to do this with he calls me a liar, screams and yells at me, doesn't want to have any kind of sex with me (unless it is kinky (his kind of kinky). I'm at my wits end. I cannot reason with him at all. Any suggestions?


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Mullin's Ceremony Dampened By Boo's
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(OAKLAND, Calif.) — It was an uncomfortable moment for a former Warriors star on Monday night.
Five-time All-Star and Hall of Famer, Chris Mullin, who was drafted by the Warriors as a first-round pick in 1985 had his No. 17 jersey retired on Tuesday. What was supposed to be a special night for Mullin and the Warriors organization, turned out to be dampered by boo's that poured through the Oracle Arena from Warriors fans directed at co-owner Joe Lacob.
During halftime, as Lacob prepared to unveil Mullin's No. 17 hanging in the rafters, he spoke about "embracing history and respect", but fans were still unhappy about the trade that went down last week when the team traded away it's star Monta Ellis to the Milwaukee Bucks.
Mullin came to Lacob's defense.
"As the greatest fans in the NBA … sometimes change is inevitable, and it's going to work out just fine," Mullin said. "With your support and patience, and use that passion in the right direction … this thing is going in the right way. I've got great confidence in Joe, [coach] Mark Jackson and everything will work out just fine. Just a little bit of patience."
After the ceremony, Lacob told the San Jose Mercury News he realized fans were upset and felt bad because it ruined the night for Mullin.
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When you think of "Les Miserables," do you wish the famed musical had a little Hoff in it? If so, you're not the only one.
The man himself, David Hasselhoff, also believes the iconic role of Jean Valjean could use a touch of Hoff magic.
"I would have loved to have been in 'Les Miserables,' I see that's coming out," he told Access Hollywood's Billy Bush, referencing Universal's upcoming big screen adaptation of the Victor Hugo novel, starring Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Russell Crowe and Hugh Jackman.
The actor also admitted he's got a bit of professional jealousy toward Hugh. (Is the Australian Tony-winner's stellar career hassling The Hoff?!?)
"Hugh Jackman is terrific actor, a terrific singer," he said. "He always gets the roles where I'm like, 'Oh man!'"
But never fear, Hoff fans, the former "Knight Rider" star said there's always a chance he'll get to fulfill the dream he dreamed – on the Great White Way.
"I love 'Les Mis.' It was a role that I always wanted to do on Broadway, but never got the chance to do," he said. "I did 'Chicago' and 'Jekyll & Hyde' on Broadway."
Also on David's role wish list is to play a police officer in Los Angeles, like Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena in "End of Watch."
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