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A lot has gone into the manufacture of your Porsche, including advanced engineering, rigid quality control and demanding inspections. These engineering and safety features will be enhanced by you...
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Every car nut has that one special vehicle: the one that has fueled the fire for many years and still continues to cruise through many a daydream. Richard Mitchell of Mechanicsburg, Ohio, has long known what his dream car is, and he says "The '58 Impala has been my favorite big Chevy ever since the day they first appeared at the dealership."
But it wasn't until almost 20 years after his admiration of the Impala began that Richard found his low-mileage dream car with some light damage to the right side sheetmetal. He spent the next seven years hunting and buying every N.O.S. piece he could find for an eventual total rebuild. Once all the parts were collected, Richard wasted no time and spent all of his spare hours and minutes for three months transforming the originally black Impala into his mild custom dream car. Before he laid down a slick coat of turquoise paint, he shaved the door handles, hood and deck lid. Once the paint was dry, and he had dropped the '58 3 inches on both ends, Richard added a homemade tube grille and bolted on a set of American wheels. The original 60K-mile 283 small-block ran perfectly, so Richard decided to just dress it up with a "three-deuce" intake and a dual exhaust system. The time warp was complete with a fresh set of white rolls and pleats for the interior.
Richard's '58 was first finished in 1983, and then it was driven extensively for 12 years with absolutely no problems. By 1995, after all those years of enjoyment, Richard decided it was time for a color change and also a good time to "freshen up a few things." Before you knew it, the Impala was again completely disassembled, this time with the body off the frame.
After the bare chassis was given a good scrub and shine, Richard dropped in a self-built 350/350 combo that consists of a '79 block with 2.02 heads, a Summit cam, and an Offenhauser manifold with three Holly two-barrels on top, backed up by a low-mileage Turbo 350 transmission.
On the exterior Richard left all of his previous customizing intact, but jumped to the completely opposite side of the color wheel from the previous cool blue-turquoise to a self-squirted coating of eye-popping Orange to give his Impala a whole new personality. The timeless good looks of American five-spokes were again used, this time with a set of fully polished Torq Thrust IIs that have been wrapped in "big 'n' little" Kelley rubber.
The interior has remained familiar with white Naugahyde rolls and pleats by Seat Cover King in Springfield, Ohio, covering the factory seats and door panels. The cabin has been brought up-to-date with a Naiser "Trilite" steering wheel and a trio of Auto Meter gauges to keep an eye on the vitals.
After so many years together, Richard still enjoys tinkering on his Impala and driving it as often as possible. Plans for the future include a four-deuce-equipped 348 mill backed by a manual four-speed transmission. We are always happy to see a guy who has found his dream car, and it's even better when he continues to find inspiration in his familiar friend.
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The cyclists streamed by the scoring tent on Rim Drive in a rainbow-colored blur.
Then, a few minutes later, more collegiate cyclists zoomed past.
Gary Hunter watched the riders pedal almost in unison past Berndt Hall and on around the Fort Lewis College campus.
There were cyclists from the University of Colorado and Colorado State University. From Fort Lewis, Colorado Mesa University and the University of Denver. From UC-Colorado Springs. Even riders from the Air Force Academy. Not to mention the brown-and-yellow-plaid-clad University of Wyoming road bikers.
Hunter, the FLC athletic director, turned back and watched more aspiring cyclists climb the steep front hill to the campus.
A huge smile broke out under his salt-and-pepper beard, shaded from the brilliant sunshine by an FLC baseball cap.
This is so exciting ... and what a day to have this race, Hunter said as he watched the cyclists compete in the Rocky Mountain Collegiate Cycling Championships at FLC on a warm Sunday morning. Were here fighting it out with CU, and were having a ball.
And the fun is only beginning.
In barely four months, he said, the top professional cyclists in the world will be pedaling around the campus on the same streets the college racers used last weekend.
Stage 1 of the seven-stage USA Pro Cycling Challenge for 2012 will start from the FLC campus Aug. 20.
This (USA Pro Cycling Challenge) is a classic example of working hand-in-glove town and gown, if you will, Hunter said of the cooperative effort of Durango and FLC in securing a stage of the pro race that will circumnavigate Colorado.
With that being said, theres a tremendous amount of work to be done. And its going to take every entity in this county to pull this off, he said. But itll all be worth it in the end. Money couldnt buy the promotion were going to get.
He said the community economic impact will be significant, based on data from the inaugural USA Pro Cycling Challenge last summer. But the impact will be much greater than just dollars, he said.
This is going to have tremendous reach, Hunter said, and not only regionally and nationally, but internationally, as well.
Thats where cycling will come full circle for FLC.
There are hundreds of TV stations in Europe and Asia that will carry this race, he said.
Not to mention South America and the hotbed of cycling in Colombia.
And they all will see Durango and the Campus in the Sky, Hunter said.
This will help put Fort Lewis on the international map, he said. We, obviously, have been at the forefront of collegiate cycling for a number of years. (The USA Pro Cycling Challenge) will be one more element of exposure for the cycling program.
A couple of FLC alumni racing in the Challenge will help, too.
Tom Danielson, an FLC graduate and longtime pro cyclist, finished fourth and just missed the podium in the inaugural USA Pro Cycling Challenge. Fellow FLC alumnus Alex Hagman also raced in the first big Colorado pro stage race in 20 years. He finished in the top 40.
Both are former collegiate mountain biking national champions. And both are expected this year when the race will start where they both attended college classes.
This is going to be fantastic, Hunter said, adding that theres a bit of family pressure to produce a top-notch start to the 2012 USA Pro Cycling Challenge.
Hunter, ironically, has to live up to his sons expectations.
Shawn Hunter, Garys son, is the CEO and mastermind of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge.
Shawn Hunter and his Classic Bicycle Racing Team, who also produce the Tour of California, are credited with the overwhelming success of the first USA Pro Cycling Challenge in Colorado.
Its been fun for me to converse with Shawn regularly about how things are being organized. Itll be fun to watch him work here with the race, said the proud father. I think everyone will be proud when this is over.


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Tribe leaning on experience for return trip to playoffs
GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- When it comes to sports woes, perhaps no city has it worse than Cleveland.
The last time the Browns won a championship (1964), Lyndon Johnson led the country.
GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- When it comes to sports woes, perhaps no city has it worse than Cleveland.
The last time the Browns won a championship (1964), Lyndon Johnson led the country.
The mere mention of the name LeBron brings a pang of sadness and anger to Cavaliers fans.
Then there's the Indians, an organization that showed so much promise in the late-90's but could never get over the hump and capture its first World Series title since 1948. In the past decade, the Tribe has posted only three winning seasons and has been looking for the formula to get back to consistently making the playoffs.
After their first taste of the playoffs in six years, the Indians are hungry to get back. Guys in the clubhouse donned shirts with the phrase "unfinished business" sprawled across the front, undoubtedly motivation to better their Wild Card Game appearance in 2013.
Now once again, the hope of Cleveland fans rests on the Indians.
"I know the fans are excited," said veteran designated hitter Jason Giambi. "There's a good nucleus of players that are coming back after the great year last year. I always say when a team stays together for a couple of years, they always get better and better because of the camaraderie and tightness which works to your advantage."
Giambi, 43, is entering his 19th season in the big leagues, and knows a bit about playing meaningful baseball in September and October. The important thing for the Indians, according to Giambi, is the fact that they hurdled past the "rebuilding mode" stigma last season.
As much as a veteran such as Giambi can try to convey what a playoff team is like, there's no better teacher than first-hand experience.
"I've been a lot of places and had chances to win in a lot of organizations," said Giambi, who's played in nine postseasons with four different teams. "You can't just tell [young guys] about what the experience is like -- they have to go through it. They responded tremendously last year for never being there before.
"When you get that taste of what it's like to play in the playoffs and be in it in September baseball, it's exciting and it's where you want to be."
To go along with the core group of returning players from 2013, the Indians signed a handful of guys over the offseason who have postseason pedigrees, including closer John Axford.
The 6-foot-5 right-hander has pitched in two postseasons in his career -- 2011 with the Brewers and 2013 with the Cardinals -- and addresses a need in the back of the bullpen for Cleveland.
The addition of Axford and David Murphy, who played in three postseasons with the Rangers, shows the Indians are building upon an already solid foundation. Winning and experience bring confidence, something Axford noticed when he first walked into the Tribe locker room.
"There's a certain air among these guys with how they feel about this team," Axford said. "You can just tell those certain things when you come in here, but at the same time it's nothing too over the top or crazy. It could just be that guys love spending time with each other in here. They love being a part of this team,and that could be the confidence in itself."
Both Axford and Giambi have been on the other side of the spectrum, where wins aren't easy to come by. It's where baseball, a game at its core level, starts to feel more and more like a job, according to Giambi.
"In September, when you're not playing for a pennant drive, you're worried about getting a job next year, and you have to finish well because you have to get good numbers," Giambi said. "It becomes impacted with pressure and that's tough to play in especially because it's a game full of failure. It's exhausting.
"But when you're playing in a pennant chase, it takes a lot of pressure off of you as an individual because then it's about winning. I just have to come to the park and try to win a baseball game, who cares how I do or what I do. I could lay down a bunt or take a walk, as long as it helps the team win. It's fun to play because there's no individual statistics that matter anymore -- it's about getting to the playoffs."
The Indians haven't been to the playoffs in back-to-back years since 1999. While there's still a whole season to play, the playoff experience on the roster now could be exactly what the team needs to push even deeper into the postseason.
"Guys are hungry now, and Cleveland wants to get back to winning again," Giambi said. "When I first broke into the league [in 1995], Cleveland was the place to be. It's time to get back to that."
Ross Dunham is a junior majoring in journalism at Arizona State University. This story is part of a Cactus League partnership between MLB.com and Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.


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Today is the first Sunday of Advent for us, which means it's the beginning of the liturgical year. And that means it's time to switch back to the lectionary for our sermon texts. At Upper Room, we usually preach lectio continua (straight through a book or portion of scripture) during the ordinary Sundays of the year. But in Advent, Lent, and the weeks following Easter, we follow the Revised Common Lectionary, which provides particular readings from the Old Testament, Psalms, the Epistles, and the Gospels for each Sunday. It runs on a three-year cycle (A, B, and C), of which this will be year B. I was a stranger to the lectionary until going to seminary, but now I really appreciate it.
Aside from the fact that it provides seasonably appropriate readings for each Sunday, I have two reasons why I use the lectionary. First, it takes control out of our hands. For four years now, I've been reading the daily lectionary, a similarly structured set of readings for every day of the week which goes through most of the Bible in a two-year cycle (1 and 2, of which this will be year 2). When I started doing this I noticed that it relieved the anxiety I had previously taken in to my devotional times. What should I read? How do I know where to begin? Giving up that control meant that it was much easier to sit down and read the Bible. All I had to do was open the book and turn to the appointed readings. Then I found that I was reading parts of scripture I would never have read on my own and over time it gave me a much deeper knowledge of the Old Testament. Soon I began to hear God speaking in new ways through parts of scripture which had previously seemed dry to me. Yielding control over my reading of scripture led to a much deeper and richer reading experience. Which leads to the question, Can we really hear God's word to us if we choose where we encounter it? Altogether, the daily lectionary has been a tremendous blessing to my personal devotional life. (If you're interested, it's easy to access online and the PCUSA has printable monthly reading lists available.)
Second it's an exercise in ecumenism. The Revised Common Lectionary (RCL) is used by Roman Catholics and a number of mainline Protestant denominations. It's far from perfect, and omits a number of passages which pastors should still address (hence Year D). But to read the same scriptures as other Christians of different stripes, especially at the high points of the Christian year, shows that we seek to find our unity in the Word of God. The daily lectionary likewise is used by Roman Catholics, Anglicans, and other Protestants and I'm grateful to know that other Christians around the world are reading the same texts I read each day. Not only are these the same texts that our brothers and sisters in different denominations or communions are reading, they're the same texts that our brothers and sisters in China, in Uganda, in Italy, and in the United States are reading. That's a beautiful picture of Christian unity.


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GE's advanced transducer technology provides exceptional image quality, and is available in a broad range of transducers designed to meet the needs of your specialty.
GE ultrasound transducers are designed for reliability and durability. By following the proper care and handling procedures, you can help maximize your transducers performance and product life.
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Handling GE Transducers:
Transducers with evidence of improper care and handling, abuse or tampering are not covered under your product warranty or service contract. All transducers are subject to evaluation by GE Ultrasound Service.
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Before use, inspect the following areas of the transducer:
Warning: Cross-contamination and electrical leakage
Cross-contamination risk: Transducers with cracks, abrasions or tears may harbor dangerous contaminants or tear protective sheaths used with the ultrasound transducers. Do not use transducers with any signs of damage. Electrical leakage risk: Non-hazardous voltage is present during normal transducer use. GE recommends regular electrical safety leakage testing to ensure operator and equipment safety.
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Cleaning and disinfection of transducers should be done before use and between patient exams. Always refer to the transducer care card provided with your GE transducer or you may refer to your ultrasound system user manual. In the event that you are using an ultrasound system that is no longer listed, you may find your systems user manual at:
For additional information about cleaning and disinfection refer to the recommendations of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control (APIC), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
These generalized cleaning instructions are indicated for use with all GE transducers. Cleaning is the removal of all visible soil or contaminants from the transducer. All transducers must be cleaned after every use and is an essential step before disinfection or sterilization is attempted.
1. After every exam, ensure the acoustic coupling gel is completely wiped off the transducer. Transducers should not be left soaking in gel
2. Remove any transducer cover, biopsy guides, or protective devices from the transducer.
3. Use a moistened soft cloth or wipe to remove any remaining contaminants that remain on the transducer or cable. Do not re-use cloths or wipes. Soap, detergents or enzymatic cleaners should be used in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions. GE is not responsible for damage incurred during the cleaning process for products which no material compatibility evaluation has been conducted.
4. If rinsing is required, use caution not to expose the system connector to moisture or liquids.
5. Use a lint-free soft and clean dry cloth or wipe to thoroughly dry the probe and cable.
Notes: Cleaning products should be as close to neutral PH as possible. Any gel, cleaning or disinfectant products containing concentrations surfactants, methanol, ethanol, benzyl or methyl alcohol, bleach, methyl or ethyl paraben, polyethylene glycol, mineral oil, lubricant oil, oil based lotions, acetone, ammonia, anhydrous ammonia, iodine, iodine compounds, acids with 5PH or greater may damage or discolor your transducer. The use of any type of brush is not recommended as bristles may damage lens materials. Ultrasonic cleaning is not approved for GE transducers.
When choosing a disinfectant, determine the required level of disinfection based on device classification. (See table 1 below). If the possibility of cross-contamination or exposure to unhealthy or non-intact skin exists, then high level disinfection should be performed. Good hand-hygiene practice is highly recommended to further reduce the risk of cross-contamination.
Warning: Disinfectant wipes and topical spray products are not FDA cleared high level disinfectants and do not provide adequate protection should the transducer become cross-contaminated or in contact with unhealthy or non-intact skin.
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A validated high-level disinfection process combined with the use of a sterile gel and a transducer cover is an accepted method of infection control for ultrasound transducers. Adequate records or a logbook detailing the time, date, disinfection method, and verification of disinfectant effectiveness or test results is recommended. For more information about establishing an evidenced based disinfection protocol for your practice refer to the FDA, CDC, HICPAC, APIC or the Joint Commission websites.
Note: Always consult your GE transducer care card or ultrasound system user manual for a list of compatible disinfectants. Prior to disinfection, transducers should be clean and dry. If a manual disinfection process is utilized, ensure that all staff is properly trained and disinfectant instructions for use are followed precisely.
Where possible, GE recommends the use of an automated system for disinfection of ultrasound transducers that is FDA cleared and provides a more consistent disinfection process and minimizes the risk of exposure to disinfectants. Visit GE Accessories & Supplies for transducer disinfection solutions.
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Often tiff/wave files do note have a one to one match with transcript files or vice-versa.
Below are three scenarios and the naming rules devised on 6/19/09 to allow the file names themselves to denote a correlation between different file types that point to the same information (i.e. an audio interview and a transcript of that interview).
Situation 1: One to Many (One media file to many text files)
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Situation 2: Many to One (Many media files to one text file)
ex: 3 .wav files and 1 .txt transcript file
Situation 3: One to One (One media file to one text file)
ex: 1 .wav file and 1 .txt transcript file
- What if you have 2 .wav files and 3 pages of transcripts? That is, what happens when a transcript page contains the transcription for part of each of the 2 .wav files?
In that case you might have a scenario like this: _0001.wav goes with _0001_001.txt and _0001_002.txt while _0002.wav goes with _0002_001.txt and _0001_002.txt. In this case, _0001_002.txt and _0002_001.txt are the SAME document, simply existing twice with different file names. This still allows people to know what transcripts correspond to what media items based simply on the file name.
We understand that this calls for more storage space to be used (given that an analog item exists as two distinct files), but the greater concern is the removal of confusion regarding relation of items to one another.
Important: It was discussed on 070209 that in the case of .txt file transcripts (OCR), we can simply edit the .txt files so that there is a 1 to 1 match between the transcript and the media file _wav, tiff, etc.). That is to say that if the transcripts have no value in themselves (i.e. tiffs of historically important original transcripts WOULD have value in and of themselves) we can then use the OCR-ed .txt files and divide them up as needed to get a 1 to 1 match with the media file.
- What about a scenario in which there are 2 tiffs (of original analog materials) and 1 transcript file (in tiff format) which contains the transcription for both original tiffs? How will someone know what part of the transcription tiff matches with the respective portion of the scans of the analog materials?
They won't know exactly, but they'll be in the right "ballpark" and will only have to peruse one transcript page to find the information that corresponds to each scan of the analog materials. Perhaps, in the future we can incorporate X/Y axes of the transcription files in the metadata.


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LUNDER BUILDING ED: The Lunder Building ED will feature eight screening bays.
Each year, more than 90,000 patients come to the MGH for care through the Emergency Department (ED). These patients are some of the most critical cases, requiring immediate expert care and attention. To better accommodate emergency patients and their family members, the ED will expand to the new Lunder Building in July, and existing ED spaces will undergo renovations. Among the emergency services transitioning to the new building are the screening, triage and acute areas; a hazardous materials decontamination area; and a new expanded front-end patient registration area. The existing urgent and fast track areas, acute psychiatry service, emergency pediatrics and ED imaging units in the White and Ellison buildings will undergo major renovations.
THE CHANGES AT THE ED will include not only the Lunder, White and Ellison buildings, but also the White Ramp, as the outdoor ambulance bays will move inside the Lunder Building. Once designated emergency areas have moved to the new building, the vacated space in the White and Ellison buildings – approximately 31,140 square feet – will close and undergo phased renovations.
"While the ED treatment areas in the White and Ellison buildings are being renovated, the triage, screening and acute areas of the ED will operate in the Lunder Building," says David Brown, MD, vice chair of Emergency Medicine. "The phased renovation project will be carefully staged and staggered over two and a half years. During this time we will continue to provide emergency care to a high volume of patients."
Upon moving to the Lunder Building and once interior updates are complete, the ED will expand by an additional 17,500 square feet and include a larger, covered ambulance bay, where patients will have privacy and shelter from the elements. There also will be a climate- and temperature-controlled hazardous materials decontamination area. Most important, according to Brown, is the additional and enhanced space for those who are critically ill and injured and for emergency pediatric and psychiatric patients, who are among the most vulnerable ED populations.
Brown explains that the acute area will be larger, expanding by approximately 40 percent, from an 11-bed unit to a 17-bed unit, and the number of triage and screening rooms will increase from four to eight. There also will be dedicated space for critical care – such as cardiac resuscitation, major trauma and respiratory failure. "This will help to relieve existing capacity constraints," says Brown.
Robert F. Seger, executive director of Emergency Services and Emergency Preparedness, says the enhancements to the ED are part of a larger patient flow redesign first piloted in 2007 to improve efficiency and decrease wait times. "Among the changes in the new system was the implementation of a clinical greeter, who makes an initial assessment and guides the patient directly to the treatment, waiting or screening rooms," says Seger. "The system has been a tremendous success, effectively decreasing wait times for patients, speeding up the time to diagnostic testing and decreasing the length of stay. Patients often will see a caregiver within minutes of entering the ED."
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Maryfran Hughes, RN, nursing director of the ED, adds, "With the enhanced patient flow system in place and the move into the new building, we expect to expedite the time it takes for patients to be seen. We also will have a much better environment for patients, who will have more personal space than they do now. ED nurses are excited about the changes, as they represent additional support for patients and their families."
The Lunder Building and renovated spaces also will include areas for emergency radiology, an electrocardiogram room, a support staff lounge, lab kiosk and large post-screening multidisciplinary patient care area that will combine existing treatment pods into a less segmented clinical space for more efficient and enhanced patient care.
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Cable Industry Lies Through Its Teeth: Falsely Claims Greater Broadband Investment & Support For Net Neutrality
from the lying-liars deptSo we already had the story about AT&T's FUD claiming that all sorts of horrible things would happen if the FCC went with Title II reclassification, and now Comcast and the other cable companies are ramping up the FUD efforts. They have a "friendly" Congress person, Rep. Gene Green, passing around a letter to his colleagues, which claims that:
In the years that broadband service has been subjected to relatively little regulation, investment and deployment have flourished and broadband competition has increased, all to the benefit of consumers and the American economy.And it hints that such investment would somehow go away with reclassification. Of course, this is all a lie. In part, because Wall Street hates capital expenditure and gets angry any time broadband providers actually invest in broadband, these companies have actually been doing everything possible to decrease how much they spend on infrastructure investment over the past five years. Even worse, they're playing stupid statistical tricks to try to hide it. Thankfully, Matthew Yglesias, over at Vox.com calls them out on this. The big cable lobbying organization, NCTA, pulls two tricks with the following chart that it uses to falsely pretend that broadband investment is increasing:
Update: NCTA has responded to Yglesias's article, claiming that "the [original] chart had a few simple errors" which it claims to have now fixed. It also posted a new chart with yearly data, which still appear to show a decline from peak investment, though NCTA tries to spin at as continued growth in investment. It does appear that there are cycles, but investment has clearly declined. In fact, this new chart appears to confirm Yglesias' point, that capital expenditure hasn't grown massively as NCTA suggested (and that's because... it hasn't).
Oh, and Comcast's now even got the gall to argue that allowing it to merge with Time Warner Cable will mean more net neutrality protection and a "faster internet." It's putting those claims in big newspaper advertisements
I'm not exactly sure what the cable companies think they accomplish with these kinds of easily debunked claims, but it really makes them look excessively desperate.
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Do you feel you can be open & honest about sex with the older adults in your life?
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I mostly just want to be able to talk about sex openly with my peers and especially people I'm romantically interested in. I mean, I know that adults have lots of wisdom to share but...the only relationships I have with adults besides my parents are professional relationships. And my parents NEVER talked to me about sex, so its pretty uncomfortable. They had like 18 years, I feel like at this point, it's pretty clear they don't want to talk about that stuff.
yeahh i'd say talking to
yeahh i'd say talking to adult doctors and stuff along that line is ok... i was wondering if u understood that a lot of times with me it depends on the subject AND the adult thats talkin to me.
My vote was for "no, I can't
My vote was for "no, I can't be open and honest". Even with the very few adults with whom I feel comfortable talking about sex, I get the feeling, or even proof, that they just don't want to listen.
I guess most people have trouble when they want to talk about actual or wanted sexual activity. My problem is, when talking about myself honestly, I talk about the absence of sex, which too many adults don't understand.
My mother bugs me constantly about taking contraceptive pills because she is "dead sure" I am having sex with some male friend of mine, and doesn't listen when I tell her she is wrong. She even insists on telling this story of her friend who "got pregnant being a virgin" -no way! she wasn't virgin at all, she had intercourse but didin't get her hymen broken. And she doesn't understand that when I say "I am not having sex with this person" I really mean I am not having any sex other than kissing -or even any sex at all, since she loves to fantasize about any male friend of mine being my romantic and sexual partner.
With my psychologist, other adults and many peers of mine, it happens that, no matter how clear I try to make that not wanting partnered sex and not wanting a romantic relationship are very important parts of who I am, are harmonious with my whole self and life and will most certainly not change, at least in a very, very long time, they keep making comments on "the day I will have sex" or "the time I'll find someone who'll be good for me as a partner" and telling me to give a chance to a relationship with people they guess I might be atracted to.
They just won't listen.
I feel that I can't be honest
I feel that I can't be honest with my doctor. I always get such negative reactions from doctors, I learn about reproductive health at home and ask them for what I want when I'm there. I don't like doctors reactions to my reproductive health choices (doctors refusing to refill my birth control prescription because I was prone to migraines as a young teen, doctors not wanting to give me more than three months worth of birth control pills at at a time, despite the fact that I was going on a yearlong stay in a country that doesn't prescribe birth control pills, etc. I just say what I have to to get them to give me my birth control pills. I'm not about to get pregnant because some asshole doctor feels he has the right to limit my access to birth control because of some bullshit reason.
Not at all.
My parents raised me spouting that "no sex till marraige" religious jargon for my entire childhood, and after coming out to them as biexual they've woken up to the fact that it's probably not gonna be that way for me, as a good portion of the time the people I'm interested in are ones I can't legally marry. My mother claims I can talk to her about sex, but after listening to all that crap for the first decade and a half of my life I can't believe her. Up until recently she was incredibly judgemental about those who are sexually active.
Now that I've finally become sexually active, I'm not even sure if I'll be comfortable telling that to my doctor at my next checkup. First off, I'm pretty sure she'll assume it's straight sex, which it isn't, and I'm not sure how to tell her that I'm having sex with another woman. It would also mean finding an excuse to visit my doctor on my own, without either of my parents being with me, because I don't want them to know and I think they don't REALLY want to know.
I don't know how I would do it
I don't have a conflict with my parents or particular reason for it, but I don't want to talk to them about sex. I would never want to feel like I was hiding having sex from my parents, but the idea of discussing it with them is embarrassing and discouraging to me. I wonder what I would do if I had to introduce the topic to them.
Kind of Complicated...
While I feel that I can be open and honest, I feel rather uncomfortable at times openly talking about my sexual encounters, even with a healthcare professional. I was raised in a family where sexual topics (such as masturbation) weren't addressed at all, I got abstinence talks. My family was just somewhat subversive on the issue (I assume that they assumed I was learning everything I needed to know at school, and they always said that I could come to them with questions.) I never came to either parent with questions or opinions about sex.
However, I experienced some abnormalities (which turned out to be nothing) at the gynecologist about a year ago, and I was visibly distressed after. I confessed to my mom about my sexual activity, and she was completely fine with it. I had expected to be punished in some way, but it was quite the opposite. My mom asked me if I was being safe (which I was, BC and condoms or nothing ;) ) and that was the end of it.
We don't talk about sex with one another now, but I know if I contracted an STI or had another issue which I may need moral support with, I could go to her.


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The Oxypathor was a 'quack' device designed by E. L. Moses of Buffalo United States. It allowed the body to absorb extra oxygen via a cord attached to the wrist and ankle. Attached to this cord and placed in a bowl of water was a sealed metal cylinder containing sand or carbon, or sometimes nothing. The all-curing device supposedly helped conditions such as diphtheria, blood disorders, catarrh, kidney trouble, heart trouble, gallstones, blood poisoning, pneumonia, typhoid fever and 'most forms of paralysis.' The American Post Office Department won a criminal fraud case against Moses in 1915. He was sentenced to 18 months in jail for promoting quack devices.
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President Barack Obama on Friday said the United States will stop collecting and storing telephone metadata but delivered a stern defense of the nation's intelligence gathering practices.
Obama announced the changes in the National Security Agency's telephone metadata program during a speech at the Justice Department, calling for an end to the government's practice of storing a huge trove of information on Americans' telephone calls.
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"I believe we need a new approach," Obama said. "I am therefore ordering a transition that will end the Section 215 bulk metadata program as it currently exists, and establish a mechanism that preserves the capabilities we need without the government holding this bulk metadata."
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The reforms are the most substantial public response by the White House to criticism at home and abroad over the scope of U.S. surveillance activities revealed in documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.
Obama made the case that U.S. intelligence officials have not broken the law or spied on the calls or e-mails of "ordinary people."
"In an extraordinarily difficult job, one in which actions are second-guessed, success is unreported, and failure can be catastrophic, the men and women of the intelligence community, including the NSA, consistently follow protocols designed to protect the privacy of ordinary people," Obama said. "They are not abusing authorities in order to listen to your private phone calls, or read your emails."
And yet Obama said the United States will not halt intelligence-gathering activities while the global threats remain. He said foreign governments — without naming any — continue trying to hack into U.S. government data. For this reason, Obama said, mobile phones are not allowed inside the White House Situation Room.
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"We cannot unilaterally disarm our intelligence agencies," Obama said. "We know that the intelligence services of other countries — including some who feign surprise over the Snowden disclosures — are constantly probing our government and private sector networks, and accelerating programs to listen to our conversations, intercept our emails, or compromise our systems."
Obama's proposal pushes in the direction of keeping the call data in the private sector: either with phone companies themselves or a third-party which would pool data from all companies. He also raised the possibility that other intelligence agency capabilities might be able to replace the program.
Obama asked Attorney General Eric Holder and intelligence officials to come up with a detailed plan by March 28 for how to maintain the government's ability to tap into the calling data.
In the meantime, Obama said every government search of telecommunications data will require review by the FISA court. Until now, NSA personnel have been able to request the data based on a "reasonable, articulable suspicion" that phone numbers are tied to terrorist activity. However, no judge routinely reviewed those queries either before or after they were made.
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The president declared that the government will no longer access phone records more than two people removed from an individual officials are monitoring, down from three people removed under existing court orders.
Obama is also asking Congress to create a panel of public advocates that will monitor the FISA court process.
Obama has gone to significant lengths to calm overseas anger about the U.S. monitoring of foreign citizens, particularly foreign leaders whose private cell phones had been monitored by the NSA, according to documents leaked by Snowden.
Though Obama acknowledged Snowden by name, he said he is "not going to dwell on Mr. Snowden's actions or motivations."
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"If any individual who objects to government policy can take it in their own hands to publicly disclose classified information, then we will never be able to keep our people safe, or conduct foreign policy," Obama said. "Moreover, the sensational way in which these disclosures have come out has often shed more heat than light, while revealing methods to our adversaries that could impact our operations in ways that we may not fully understand for years to come."
And yet Obama criticized foreign governments that have criticized the United States after the Snowden leaks while privately acknowledging the U.S. has a responsibility to keep the world safe.
"A number of countries, including some who have loudly criticized the NSA, privately acknowledge that America has special responsibilities as the world's only superpower," Obama said, adding that some of those countries "themselves have relied on the information we obtain to protect their own people."
Included in the directive Obama is issuing is language that makes clear the United States "does not use signals intelligence to indiscriminately collect" foreigners' email and phone data, a senior administration official told reporters earlier Friday. Snowden's documents showed the NSA had access to personal cell phone calls of a host of foreign leaders, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Obama didn't mention Merkel during the speech, but did make reference to "totalitarian states like East Germany," where Merkel was raised.
"People around the world – regardless of their nationality – should know that the United States is not spying on ordinary people who don't threaten our national security, and that we take their privacy concerns into account," Obama said. "This applies to foreign leaders as well."


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I let out a loud YES! this morning while checking my email. I had just received a New York Time News Alert announcing Obama's pick for Supreme Court Justice. The nominee - Sonia Sotomayor - could be the first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice. This is another historic day.
I announced the news to my 4th graders and asked them to come up with questions about Ms. Sotomayor. We'll do some researching and reporting this week. Personally, I am inspired by what I have learned so far.
I had heard Ms. Sotomayor's name mentioned several times in the past few weeks; each time, it was pronounced differently. A colleague of mine suggested we brace ourselves for even more name-butchering in the days ahead. It's inevitable.
But I plan to help. Please repeat:
Sew - toe - mah - your
So - toe - ma - yore
Again. Otra vez.
Sotomayor. Another door opens...
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Sotomayor: We'll get it right
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I first heard about it on NPR so I felt like I had the pronunciation down (because I've been saying it the way you phoneticized it) well before I had any idea how to spell it. But now I think I have both! And I'm super excited about her.
- May 27, 2009 at 8:24 PM
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I also heard about it early in the day on NPR. When I explained it to my students, they were ecstatic. First, there was a hope that maybe she'll defend the cause of the immigrants. Second, there was the notion of another woman and a Latina, which gave students hope that maybe we'll have a Latina president some day. Third, it gave many of my students hope, because so much of her story resonated with their own.
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This Sunday is National Haiku Poetry Day, so I thought I'd share a few of my illustrated favorites:
Soft blue and brown swirls
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Soft evening breezes
Radioactive tampons
Lighting my undies
Just clowning around
What a way to be headed
She drives me crazy
Like no one else (ooh. ooh.)
Someone check the oil.
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Okay, it's possible that I've been behind the times when it comes to this artist, but man she rocks! She's franco pop sure, but language has never been one to prevent me from listening to good music; especially because I semi-understand French anyways. Anyways, I heard this one song by her last month and I really liked it, and over the last week or so I decided to see if I could find some more songs, and turns out that she had quite a few songs, all of which have more or less grown on me. Not to mention her music videos are about as cool as she is hot [but not quite], and I'm not usually one to like music videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN5Dx5WiKa0 - 50-60
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bODVCl4Fme4 - Mademoiselle Juliette
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=240S04eCCC0 - Jen ai marre
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFFOFC_vteM - Contre-Courant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WLepyBDiyw - Parler Tout Bas
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Thirty-three year old Mohd Sabki Bin Arifin was 20 when he lost his hand in a motorbike accident. In the end he lost much more than just the hand—doctors had to ultimately amputate his upper arm, leaving the young man frustrated and depressed with no hope for a normal future.
Fast-forward 13 years and today Sabki is married and one of the most recognized athletes in Malaysia. This is not solely because of his disability, but more for the talent and inspiration he spreads throughout the local triathlon and running community in Kuala Lumpur.
IRONMAN 70.3 Putrajaya is Sabki's first long-distance race—he's competed over the Olympic distance. His chance to take on the inaugural event in Putrajaya came by way of MyCEB, a division of Malaysia Convention & Exhibition Bureau under the Ministry of Tourism and Culture.
What is more, Sabki has his sight set on representing his country in triathlon at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, Brazil.
"We are proud to encourage an athlete who epitomizes the IRONMAN philosophy that 'Anything is Possible' and look forward to seeing Mohd Sabki complete his first IRONMAN 70.3 here in Putrajaya," says Zulkefli Sharif, CEO of Malaysia Major Events.
The swim poses the greatest challenge to Malaysians, with many having to overcome their fear of swimming in open water. The swim is also Sabki's greatest challenge since, with only the use of one arm, it is a test to keep his body under control and navigation is not easy.
"Because of my disability I have to put a lot more effort into the swim. It really is not as easy as it seems. But that does not stop me and I will not give up. I've been training every day," says Sabki.
Sabki finds the bike relaxing after his trials in the swim, while running is a discipline he has enjoyed all his life.
Sabki is not new to triathlon and has been taking part locally and overseas since 2010. He fell in love with the mixture of swimming, biking and running and wanted to make a point to himself that he can do it.
"Whether you are disabled or able bodied you still have to believe in yourself. That doesn't change. Understand your strength and remember it is not all about winning."
In Malaysia para-athletes are far from a common sight, and those with a disability struggle for inclusion. Sabki is helping to change that mindset by spreading the message that anyone and everyone is capable.
"Even if you are disabled like me, you need to believe in yourself. Everyone has his or her own strength in something. You just need to know what it is. I would like to take this opportunity to thank MyCEB for sponsoring my entry to IRONMAN 70.3 Putrajaya. I will take this as a stepping stone, proving to Malaysia that even for a guy like me, anything is possible."


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