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JPMorgan SmartRetirement ® 2035 Fund - C (SRJCX)

JPMorgan SmartRetirement ® 2035 Fund - C (SRJCX)
Overview Performance and Ratings Holdings and Details Management Dividends and Capital Gains Fees and Expenses Sales Resources
Portfolio holdings (as of 7/31/2015)
Disciplined Equity Fund, Class R6 19.1
Core Bond Fund, Class R6 11.8
Growth Advantage Fund, Class R6 7.1
Intrepid America Fund, Class R5 6.6
U.S. Equity Fund, Class R6 6.4
Value Advantage Fund, Class Institutional 6.3
Intrepid International Fund 6.0
International Equity Fund, Class R6 5.9
Realty Income Fund, Class R5 5.6
International Opportunities Fund, Class R6 5.0
Mid Cap Equity Fund, Class R6 3.7
High Yield Fund, Class R6 3.2
Corporate Bond Fund, Class R6 2.6
Prime Money Market Fund 2.5
Emerging Markets Equity Fund, Class R6 2.0
Emerging Economies Fund, Class R5 1.3
Emerging Markets Debt Fund, Class R6 1.1
Small Cap Value Fund, Class R6 1.0
Small Cap Growth Fund, Class R6 0.9
Small Cap Equity Fund, Class R5 0.8
U.S. Treasury Notes 0.8
Emerging Markets Local Currency Debt Fund, Class R6 0.2

*Due to rounding, values may not total 100%. The Fund's actual allocation may differ from the strategic allocation due to periodic tactical changes in the Fund.

Strategic allocation (%)
U.S. Large Cap Equity 40.7
International Equity 17.1
U.S. Fixed Income 14.7
U.S. Small/Mid Cap Equity 9.4
Emerging Markets Equity 7.7
REITs 5.6
High Yield 3.2
Emerging Markets Debt 1.7
Portfolio stats (as of 7/31/2015)
Fund Assets $4.17
(in billions)
Turnover Ratio 8.00%
(Trailing 12 month) (6/30/2014)
Portfolio allocation* (as of 7/31/2015)
Equity 66.2%
Fixed Income 19.7%
Mutuals 6.0%
Specialty 5.6%
Money Market 2.5%

* Due to rounding, values may not total 100%.

Risk measures* (as of 7/31/2015)
Sharpe Ratio 1.84

*All risk measures are based on a 3 year time period.

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The Fund is not a complete retirement program and there is no guarantee that the Fund will provide sufficient retirement income to an investor.

The JPMorgan SmartRetirement Funds are target date funds with the target date being the approximate date when investors plan to start withdrawing their money. Generally, the asset allocation of each Fund will change on an annual basis with the asset allocation becoming more conservative as the Fund nears the target retirement date. The principal value of the Fund(s) is not guaranteed at any time, including at the target date.

To achieve its strategy, the Fund may invest in other underlying collective trust funds and exchange-traded funds, so the Fund's investment performance is directly related to the performance of the underlying funds. The investment objective of an underlying funds may differ from, and an underlying funds may have different risks than, the Fund. There is no assurance that the underlying funds will achieve their investment objectives. International investing involves increased risk and volatility due to possibilities of currency exchange rate volatility, political, social or economic instability, foreign taxation and differences in auditing and other financial standards. The Fund may invest a portion of its securities in small-cap stocks. Small-capitalization funds typically carry more risk than stock funds investing in well-established "blue-chip" companies since smaller companies generally have a higher risk of failure. Historically, smaller companies' stock has experienced a greater degree of market volatility than the average stock. The Fund may invest in securities that are below investment grade (i.e., "high yield" or "junk bonds") that are generally rated in the fifth or lower rating categories of Standard & Poor's and Moody's Investors Service. Although these securities tend to provide higher yields than higher-rated securities, there is a greater risk that the Fund's share price will decline.

There may be additional fees or expenses associated with investing in a Fund of Funds strategy.

Real estate investing may be subject to a higher degree of market risk because of concentration in a specific industry, sector or geographical sector. Real estate investing may be subject to risks including, but not limited to, declines in the value of real estate, risks related to general and economic conditions, changes in the value of the underlying property owned by the trust and defaults by borrower.

The underlying funds may use derivatives, which are instruments that have a value based on another instrument, exchange rate or index. In addition, the Fund may invest directly in derivatives. Derivatives may be riskier than other types of investments because they may be more sensitive to changes in economic and market conditions and could result in losses that significantly exceed the Fund's or the underlying Funds' original investments. Many derivatives will give rise to a form of leverage. As a result, the Fund or an underlying fund may be more volatile than if the Fund or the underlying Fund had not been leveraged because the leverage tends to exaggerate the effect of any increase or decrease in the value of the Fund's or the underlying Fund's portfolio securities. Derivatives are also subject to the risk that changes in the value of a derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying asset, rate or index. The use of derivatives for hedging or risk management purposes or to increase income or gain may not be successful, resulting in losses, and the cost of such strategies may reduce the Fund's or the underlying funds' returns. Derivatives also expose the Fund or the underlying funds to the credit risk of the derivative counterparty.

Asset allocation/diversification does not guarantee investment returns and does not eliminate the risk of loss.

Total return assumes reinvestment of income.

Sharpe ratio: A risk-adjusted measure that determines the reward per unit of risk. The numerator is the difference between the Fund's annualized return and the annualized return of the risk-free instrument and the denominator is the Fund's standard deviation. The Sharpe ratio is calculated over a 36-month period based on the Fund's returns. The greater the Fund's Sharpe ratio, the better its risk-adjusted performance has been. A negative Sharpe ratio indicates that a risk-free instrument would perform better than the Fund. The Sharpe ratio shown is based on the Fund's Class A Shares or the oldest share class, where Class A Shares are not available.

The strategic asset allocation depicts the Fund's targeted weights based on JPMorgan's internal analysis. Strategic allocations are reviewed on at least an annual basis. The strategic asset allocation of most Target Date Funds changes annually to become more conservative.

Standard deviation/Volatility: A statistical measure of the degree to which the Fund's returns have varied from its historical average. The higher the standard deviation, the wider the range of returns from its average and the greater the historical volatility. The standard deviation is calculated over a 36-month period based on Fund's monthly returns. The standard deviation shown is based on the Fund's Class A Shares or the oldest share class, where Class A Shares are not available.

Risk measures are calculated based upon the Funds' broad-based index as stated in the prospectus.


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Vollrath 47723 27-qt Stock Pot - Induction Compatible, Stainless/Aluminum

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Well suited for demonstration cooking, this 27 qt stock pot is great for preparing soups, cooking pasta, and even boiling lobster. Because of the 27-8 stainless steel construction and the 1/4" thick stainless steel clad aluminum base, this Vollrath Intrigue stock pot heats evenly and can stand up to consistent heavy duty use. The combination of satin and mirror finished surfaces makes this 27 qt stock pot perfect for any commercial kitchen. This stock pot's tall, narrow profile also helps preserve liquids longer forces them to bubble up through the ingredients in the pot which maximizes flavor transform. This 27 qt Intrigue stock pot is oven and dishwasher safe for versatility and convenience.

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Keeping cool

May 6, 2004

A Kettering professor's research into more efficient cold air curtains could add up to big energy savings world wide.

Ten percent doesn't seem like a lot of anything, but when it represents the reduction of warm air infiltrating refrigerated grocery store display cases, it can add up to big energy and monetary savings.

Dr. Homayun Navaz, associate professor of Mechanical Engineering at Kettering University, has been researching ways to improve the efficiency of refrigerated display cases for four years. He and other researchers at Kettering have been exploring new designs to minimize the mixing of warm air into the cold air curtain.

The Kettering researchers are part of a national energy improvement effort that includes research teams at the University of Illinois-Champagne Urbana and Oakridge National Laboratory with funding from Southern California Edison through the California Department of Energy and the California Energy Commission. Support also came from Dr. Joel Berry, department head, and the Kettering Mechanical Engineering Department.

"Energy savings is a big thing in California," Navaz said, "they are ahead of other states in relation to environmental issues. Initially, the project was to perform Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations, then later on they wanted some measurement and flow visualization to see the flow of the cold air curtain," he said.

Former Kettering faculty member Brenda Henderson was involved in the initial studies utilizing Digital Particle Image Velocimetry (DPIV). DPIV technology uses digital photography and lasers to compile data on the velocity field of air flow. The researchers used DPIV to track the infiltration of warm air into open-front refrigerated display cases commonly used for meat and diary products in grocery stores.

Navaz explained the refrigerated display cases function using a "cold air curtain" withaduct in the top that discharges cold air, and another duct at the bottom to suck the cold air down, creating a curtain of cold air. The air is then re-circulated through the system to be recycled after it is re-cooled.

The job of the air curtain is to create a barrier between the outside warm air and the cold air inside the case to maintain food temperature at Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-prescribed specifications.

"As the air moves downward toward the air return grill it gets mixed with warm air, what we call entrained," said Navaz, "and some of the warm air becomes infiltrated. It is because some of the air that is recycled is warmer than the discharge air that it has to be cooled down again."

How much of the warm air has infiltrated through the return air grill into the display case defines the cooling load. The more warm that has infiltrated into the display case the harder the compressors have to work to make the warm air cool again. "Ideally you don't want any mixing," Navaz said. "You want whatever temperature you have at the top, around 27 to 28 degrees farenheit, to be what comes in at the bottom. However, the air going in at the bottom is closer to 45 degrees." Approximately 70 percent of the cooling load comes from the cold air curtain.

"Our job was to work on minimizing this mixing of warm air into to the cold air curtain. At first we tried to understand the problem. Kettering bought DPIV equipment and Dr. Henderson initially worked on the project. DPIV at that time was very new," said Navaz, "and we are still probably one of a handful of schools in the country that have the equipment."

In using DPIV technology the air is seeded with smoke containing very small particles and then lasers are shot through the air and a digital camera records the data by tracking the particles of smoke in the airflow. That data is put into a computer, which compiles statistical analyses andidentifiesthe velocity field. The velocityfieldindicates which direction the airflow is moving.

The images taken of the laser are the "streamlines" showing where the outside air is being entrained into the air curtain. "By looking at this data we can measure how much air is being entrained - based on actual measurements - so we don't have to rely on computational modeling or guesswork," said Navaz. "this is actually what is happening. So, we can calculate the amount of warm air - or entrained air - and find out how much of this has infiltrated the cold air curtain.

"It took us about three years to understand the problem and one year to get all the terminology right and get the message out to the research community," Navaz said. "Now, the terminology we established are widely used and people in the industry and researchers distinguish between entrained and infiltrated air," he said.

Prior to the Kettering research, there was no methodology for calculating the infiltration rate. "There was a misconception throughout the whole industry," said Navaz, "everybody thought that the amount of entrained air meant also infiltration, but that is not true. You could have 10 pounds of air coming in and 10 pounds of air going out and if you run it into a solid wall it bounces back you haven't infiltrated anything."

"Entrainment means how much air is being pulled in, but how much of it goes in the return grill is infiltration," Navaz said. Entrainment means the air can be pulled in but some of it bounces out. Infiltration is how much actually enters into the cold air curtain. Reducing entrainment does not necessarily mean a reduction in infiltration.

"We needed to get our jargon right so everybody would be talking about the same thing," he said. "Now that we have identified the difference and published our findings we have established that terminology."

After calculatingand analyzing the rate of entrainment and infiltration,theKettering research team projected that a 10 percent energy savings from each display case, multiplied by the number of display cases in the world, would translate into a lot of energy saved.

"Ten percent is do-able because these display cases are not built 100 percent efficient," said Navaz. "So now we need to come up with a design and play with different parameters to examine the way we can minimize the infiltration of warm air."

Putting doors on refrigerated cases is not a viable option. "Doors cause sales to go down," explained Navaz, "one of the big chains in California tried using cases with doors and sales went down. The manufacturers of the cases and the stores that use them have been very cooperative. They have provided us with invaluable field data related to cooling loads, electric bills and information about sales relating to doors and display cases."

Navaz is currently in the process of setting up a permanent DPIV lab on campus, complete with lasers, that will enable further research efforts and expand undergraduate lab opportunities. "We are including these experiments as part of our energy systems lab for undergraduates," he said. "We are gradually bringing this into our curriculum. We had a display case donated by Hill-Phoenix to use for experiments in the energy systems lab."

Mazyar Amin, a Ph.D. student from the University of Washington-Seattle, is at Kettering as part of his degree program, to help set up the lab. The lasers will be set up in the old energy systems lab in the Academic Building and will include a closed circuit television and safety shields. The targeted time frame for completion is September 2004.

The Energy Systems Lab at Kettering encompasses a wind tunnel, super sonic nozzle experiments, a mini jet engine and fuel cells. The addition of DPIV will enhance the lab offerings and will set Kettering apart among its peers. "We'll probably be oneof very few undergraduate schools to offer DPIV to students,"said Navaz.

It's a great opportunity for our students," Navaz said, "they can get exposure to latest technology, and when they go to work and someone says DPIV they know something about it."

In addition to incorporating the DPIV technology and cold air curtain research into the curriculum, Navaz is currently putting together a 15-member world wide advisory committee of fluid dynamics experts from England, Sweden and the U.S. to critique the research and make suggestions. "We want our work to go through a lot of analysis and critique, our data has to be flawless," he said.

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The Khronos™ Group announced today the formation of a new Compute Working Group to create royalty-free, open standards for programming heterogeneous data and task parallel computing across GPUs and CPUs. The creation of this open standard is intended to enable and encourage diverse applications to leverage all available platform compute resources on a wide range of platforms.


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EXIT FROM GRACE by Gregory Scott Kase

Onward Through the Fog Murder Series

by Gregory Scott Kase

Pub Date: March 14th, 2012
ISBN: 978-1466477308
Publisher: CreateSpace

In Kase’s debut novel, a man’s brutal attack may be related to the murder of six young girls.

A home invasion leaves music producer Marty Riecer near death. The press is quick to associate the assault with a recent string of murders, and Detective Ally Watters finds evidence that connects the incident to a known drug trafficker, Botahva. Several leads start to fit together, and Riecer’s vicious beating is further linked to the murdered girls, as is an attack on Watters. But when the corpses of the suspects start stacking up, police have no choice but to return to square one. Are Grace and Davis, the victim’s children, keeping secrets? The best mysteries offer a slew of murder suspects, and Kase dishes them out in style. There are several possibilities for the Riecer attack alone, and most are listed in a deliberately subtle way: a person’s height mentioned in passing, an intruder’s presumed lankiness. Much of Grace and Davis’ covert behavior—they clearly have it out for Botahva—is presented only to readers, but not everything is revealed; even they remain viable suspects until the end. Secondary characters add flair to the story: Officer McCleary’s daughter is one of Botahva’s victims; Davis’ pregnant wife happens to be the assistant district attorney; and two crime scene techs’ flirty banter adds levity to the narrative. Some of the relationships expound the story as the bonds between people prove to be either a clarification or a catalyst. The novel’s most memorable character is undoubtedly Officer Reparton, the long-suffering rookie cop whose woes provide much comic relief: Over the span of the story, he’s drugged, ridiculed and easily manipulated. The book concludes with a slight twist that, while not an eye-opening turn of events, is quite clever and results in a noteworthy ending.

A steady narrative drive from an author who knows when to stay the course and when to turn.


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Levon Helm and the Story of the The Band

by Levon Helm, Stephen Davis

Pub Date: Oct. 20th, 1993
ISBN: 0-688-10906-3
Publisher: Morrow/HarperCollins

Enjoyable history of a seminal late-60's rock group, told by the group's drummer with the help of Davis (co-author, Fleetwood, 1990, etc.).

The Band were an anomaly among groups of the era: Neither psychedelic nor commercial, their music harked back to the folk and blues roots of rock 'n' roll--and band members even looked like they'd just stepped out of a tintype. Working in seclusion in Woodstock, New York, with their sometime employer Bob Dylan, the group crafted a music that eerily captured the spirit of America's past. Here, Helm draws on his own memories of this heady time, along with interviews with surviving Band-men (other than Robbie Robertson, with whom he's had a nasty falling out), to give a fairly honest appraisal of the music and the times. Unlike some other celebrity rock-star memoirists, Helm doesn't concentrate on the sex and drugs that seem to be an integral part of any legitimate rock memoir, but describes as well the making of each album and the genesis of the songs. He also gives a scathing portrait of the making of The Last Waltz, the film of the group's last megaconcert, given in 1976--a film in which, Helm says, director Martin Scorsese glorified Robertson to the detriment of the group's other members.

Helm's folksy manner can grate ("Memory lane can be a pretty painful address at times''); overall, though, a readable and evenhanded account that will appeal to Band fans and 60s nostalgists (though Barney Hoskyns's Across the Great Divide, covers much of the same ground).


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THE IMMORTALS by Michael Korda

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 Sweeping love story of Marilyn Monroe's long-standing affairs with Senator, then President, Kennedy and brother Bobby. That Marilyn and JFK might someday be worthy of the high treatment given by Wild Bill Shakespeare to Antony and Cleopatra remains a teaser for playwrights and novelists. But in his latest (already slated for filming as well as heavy marketing), Korda- -Queenie, Curtain, etc.--sets his sights much lower than great tragedy and gives us a work of strong intelligence and ravishing vulgarity. Almost no event in it is unfamiliar, though its great garden of sex-play springs largely from imagination. Many readers will be dismayed by Korda's pillow talk among the gods, sex chat given a saltiness that may fit the actual MM & JFK but that looks cheap on paper. The story: MM, married to DiMaggio, meets Senator Kennedy at a Beverly Hills party; he gives her his card; they rendezvous. Marilyn is bored by her husbands and treats adultery like a midnight plum duff. She loves Jack, Jack loves MM. He has an arrangement with Jackie that his satyriasis need not be contained but must remain discreet; MM's being the most famous woman in the world, however, crimps JFK's ties with jealous Jackie, who finds out about the ongoing affair. Meanwhile, RFK attacks the Teamsters hierarchy, Dave Beck and Jimmy Hoffa, and Jimmy in turn bugs Peter Lawford's love-tryst bungalow, various hotel rooms, and MM's phone and bedroom, all of which are already bugged by J.Edgar Hoover's FBI team. Once JFK is president, he withdraws from MM. RFK becomes her lover, gets her with child. MM's meds take their toll, she becomes ever more erratic, puts unbearable strain on the Brothers K when she announces a tell-all press conference.... About midway, when the freshness of the lovers wanes and a certain sourness overtakes them, the story darkens and the mechanics of the many- leveled plot deflates the reader's gusto, though not Korda's. Many brilliant scenes, but not as artful or haunting as Sam Toperoff's 1991 MM novel, Queen of Desire. (Literary Guild Dual Selection for November)

Pub Date: Sept. 1st, 1992
ISBN: 0-671-74526-3
Page count: 560pp
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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DINOSAUR DINNERS by Shaaron Cosner

Age Range: 8 - 10
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 What did dinosaurs eat? Most dinosaur fanciers know that some ate plants, others animals. This ``First Book'' provides photos of dinosaur and plant fossils as well as artists' renditions of various dinosaurs dining. The brief text is frequently sidetracked by irrelevant trivia: ``The plates on stegosaurus's back really gave it one of the first solar-powered heating systems!'' Or, ``Brachiosaurus didn't have a strong tail to help it stand, but if you weigh 70 tons...that might not help anyway.'' With so many outstanding books available on the subject, this seems unnecessary. Further reading; glossary; index.~(Nonfiction. 8-10)

Pub Date: March 1st, 1991
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HIGHER EDUCATION by Charles Sheffield
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"Fans of the authors' previous works will be glad to know of this first entry in the Jupiter series, but those readers searching for a more expansive role for female space cadets will have to enroll elsewhere. (Fiction. 13+)"
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Galectin-3 is member of the protein family known as galectins. Galectins bind to certain carbohydrates via specific carbohydrate recognition domains (CRDs). Galectin-3 is a 29 to 35 kDa chimera-type galectin − the only member of the galectin family with an extended N-terminal domain constituted of tandem repeats of short amino acid segments (a total of 110-130 amino acids) linked to a single C-terminal CRD of about 130 amino acids.

Galectin-3 interacts with carbohydrates, such as N-acetyllactosamine (LacNac), certain cell surface receptors (such as macrophage CD11b/CD18) and extracellular receptors (such as collagen). Galectins play an important and complex role in intracellular pathways and disease mechanisms. Under certain circumstances, galectin-3 is secreted in the extracellular matrix and galectin-3 can be measured in plasma or serum of healthy individuals. Galectin-3 has been implicated in a variety of biological processes important in heart failure including myofibroblast proliferation, fibrogenesis, tissue repair, cardiac remodeling and inflammation. Experimental data implicate galectin-3 in heart failure development and progression and administration of galectin-3 can induce cardiac fibrosis and reduced ejection fraction in animals. Blockade of galectin-3 prevents organ fibrosis following inflammation and organ damage.

The experimental data are corroborated by several independent clinical studies that indicated that elevated levels of galectin-3 (>17.8 ng/mL) are associated with an increased near-term or long-term risk for hospitalization or death (p<0.05 after adjusting for pertinent covariates). Galectin-3 levels reflect the presence of specific underlying disease processes and are not affected by the degree of decompensation. Hence galectin-3 levels, once elevated, remain generally constant and do not fluctuate with signs and symptoms of heart failure. Although certain medical and device treatments appear to be effective in patients with elevated galectin-3, galectin-3 plasma levels are generally not affected by these treatments.

Galectin-3 and natriuretic peptides are measures of separate and distinct biological processes. Each marker provides independent and complementary information on the status and prognosis of patients with chronic heart failure.

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Santiago Peñailillo was one of the main artists of the publishing house Zig Zag, best known for his contributions to the horror comic 'Dr. Mortis'. Born in Cauquenes, Pañailillo studied briefly at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Santiago in 1969. After working for newspaper for while, he joined Editorial Zig Zag in mid-1969. In August of that year, he did his first 'Dr Mortis' story, and continued working on the series for many years.

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When Zig Zag became Quimantú in 1972, Peñailillo went to work for the magazines Infinito ('Eos Errante') and Dimensión Cero ('Aventura Espacial', 'Extraña Aventura'), while he also worked on new 'Dr. Mortis' stories with Juan Marino. In addition, he made 'Martin y Diana', with his own scripts, and 'Kouma, La Reina Blanca', with José Zamorano, in Mampato. He also did the puzzle comic 'Blackwel', and an adaptation of the medieval tale 'Amadís de Gaula'. For publisher Gabriela Mistral, he contributed to the magazines Intocable, Far West, Jungla and El Manque from 1974.

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Since 1975, Peñailillo had also worked for La Tercera on supplements like Icarito, for which he did covers and a series about the history of Chile. He continued to draw for other supplements throughout the 1980's, and made historical comics through the Artecrom agency. He cooperated with artists like Mario Igor, Manuel Cárdenas, Julio Berrios and Themo Lobos. He eventually returned to La Tercera in 1983, and remained there until 2002, working on supplements like Icarito, De Mujer a Mujer, Agro, and En Su Casa. In the 1990's, he was present in Pimpín with new adventures of 'Martín y Diana'. In 2004, he launched his own horror magazine, Makabro.

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Following Jeffrey Brown's debut hit, Clumsy, Unlikely continues to explore the nature of relationships in this story of how Jeffrey Brown lost his virginity. A full-length graphic novel of excruciating detail and intimacy, drawn in an awkward style that both disarms the reader and heightens the emotional impact of the work. -- 256 pages

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Bill de BlasioOn September 10, New York City voters may do something they have not done in over fifty years: elect a truly progressive mayor. Two recent polls show progressive Bill de Blasio surging into a commanding lead (32%-18% in the NYTimes/Siena College poll, 36%-21% in the Quinnipiac survey), putting him close to the 40% needed to avoid a Democratic Party runoff. After twelve years of Michael Bloomberg and the preceding eight under Rudy Giuliani, voters now favor the candidate who has been the most outspoken against the elite-driven policies of both.

Bill de Blasio’s “tale of two cities” campaign message has resonated with voters upset by the city’s steadily growing wealth inequality and staggeringly high cost of living. Real estate and financial interests will not give up City Hall without a fight, but it appears that their candidate—City Council Speaker Christine Quinn—cannot defeat de Blasio.

When the year began, Christine Quinn’s huge money edge and establishment support was supposed to carry her problematic candidacy to victory over the far more progressive and visionary Bill de Blasio. But a number of factors have catapulted de Blasio into a commanding lead, and Quinn’s unfavorability numbers are so high (she’s 39/45 favorable/unfavorable while de Blasio is 57/17) that her ability to win a runoff against de Blasio (assuming he does not reach 40%) is highly doubtful.

Bill de Blasio would be the first New York City mayor backed by a coalition including labor and racial minorities since Robert Wagner, who served from 1954-65. A city with a national reputation for progressive politics has been politically controlled by elite interests for decades, and it now appears that long suffering middle and working class voters will move New York City in a more progressive direction.

The Bloomberg Backlash

Bill de Blasio’s rise and Quinn’s fall are both a product of growing voter anger at the Bloomberg mayoralty. Bloomberg has done many good things for New York City, but most voters believe he bought a third term (breaking his word to abide by term limits) and his arrogance on a range of issues, from education to stop and frisk, has left people wanting a mayor who puts the interests of the 99% first.

Voters do not see Quinn as this candidate. To the contrary, her backing of Bloomberg’s third term in 2009 (after vowing to oppose it in 2007) and close association with his policies leaves Quinn as essentially offering the city Bloomberg’s fourth term i.e. another mayor whose policies are driven by what’s best for the rich.

Like George H. W. Bush in the 1988 presidential race, Quinn is offering a kinder, gentler version of the now unpopular policies of her predecessor. But Quinn does not have the advantage of running against Mike Dukakis. Bill de Blasio is a fighter for justice who voters believe will promote economic and social fairness as mayor.

Racial Dynamics Favor de Blasio

Bloomberg won the 2001 mayor’s race for many reasons (particularly by spending the most money per voter in city history) but a key factor was Democrat Mark Green’s alienation of African-American and Latino voters during a hotly contested primary. In 2013, these voters are split between de Blasio and William Thompson, who lost to Bloomberg in 2009.

Bill de Blasio is white, but his wife is African-American. She and their kids have proved incredibly popular on the campaign trail, and the de Blasio’s interracial marriage speaks to the life situation of many NYC voters.

While Thompson is African-American and backed by the city’s powerful teachers union, its not clear that many of his potential supporters believe he can win. These voters are likely to cast ballots to get de Blasio to reach the 40%, which effectively means victory this year.

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New York City seems an unlikely locale for twenty straight years of Republican mayors, and even though Bloomberg was a lifelong Democrat, he was elected without having any roots in the city’s progressive or even liberal community.

Bill de BlasioPrior to Giuliani, NYC elected David Dinkins, the city’s first African-American mayor who also lacked a progressive base. Before Dinkins it was Ed Koch, enemy of ACT UP and great friend to real estate speculators and other forces pushing to gentrify Manhattan.

Activists explain the city’s pattern of mayors as reflecting its enormous size, which rewards candidates with the funding to dominate television advertising (Bloomberg purchased virtually every political advertising spot available in his 2001 race). The local media also backs the choice of real estate interests, running ongoing stories leading up to elections promoting their candidates and attacking progressives.

That’s why the New York Times is writing story after story favorable to Quinn and critical of de Blasio (for the most recent example, see its September 2 story “Quinn Reversal, Meant to Help Her, Now Hurts” redefining Quinn’s term-limits flip-flop as showing her ability to make “tough but unpopular decisions” while portraying de Blasio’s criticism of Quinn’s reversal as “hypocrisy.” Times columnist Maureen Dowd was so eager to help Quinn and hurt de Blasio that she recently ran a column falsely attributing anti-gay words to de Blasio’s wife that Dowd later admitted were never said; she blamed a “noisy coffee shop” for obscuring her recording.

randy shawIn my new book, The Activist’s Handbook, Second Edition, I describe how the Times urged voters to reject progressive Elizabeth Holtzman in the 1992 Democratic U.S. Senate primary because she opposed a proposed waste incinerator at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Accusing Holtzman of “sacrificing principle” and “playing to exaggerated fears,” the Times ensured Holtzman’s defeat — and to this day has not acknowledged that the Navy Yard’s revival as an incubator for small business shows that Holtzman and her allies were right and the Times was wrong.

It’s hard for a progressive New York City mayoral candidate to overcome the multi-newspaper opposition drumbeat, but de Blasio’s grassroots campaign is on track to do so. After a Bloomberg mayoralty that prioritized the desires of the 1%, New York City voters could finally elect a mayor that puts the 99% first.

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§ 3.52 Definitions.
As used in this subpart the following definitions shall apply:
Disposable pay means that part of the debtor's compensation (including, but not limited to, salary, bonuses, commissions, and vacation pay) from an employer remaining after the deduction of health insurance premiums and any amounts required by law to be withheld. For purposes of this section, “amounts required by law to be withheld” include amounts for deductions such as social security taxes and withholding taxes, but do not include any amount withheld pursuant to a court order.
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Sec. 1421. Short title. 1422. Definitions. 1422a, 1422b. Repealed. 1423. Federal Home Loan Bank districts; number and boundaries; establishment of Federal Home Loan Banks; names. 1424. Eligibility for membership. 1425 to 1425b. Repealed. 1426. Capital structure of Federal home loan banks. 1426a. Exclusion from certain requirements. 1427. Directors. 1428. Examination of State laws, regulations, and procedures; studies of values, etc. 1428a. Repealed. 1429. Eligibility to secure advances. 1430. Advances to members. 1430a. Omitted. 1430b. Advances to nonmember mortgagee; terms and conditions. 1430c. Housing goals. 1431. Powers and duties of banks. 1432. Incorporation of banks; corporate powers; housing project loans. 1433. Exemption from taxation; obligations acceptable as credit on debt of home owner. 1434. Depositaries of public money; financial agents. 1435. Obligations as lawful investments; liability of United States for debentures, etc., issued by banks. 1436. Reserves and dividends; emergency suspensions of requirements. 1437. Repealed. 1438. Omitted. 1438a. Nonadministrative expenses; expenses of studies and investigations. 1439, 1439–1. Repealed. 1439a. Deposits in special fund; availability for all purposes of Federal Home Loan Bank Board and Federal Home Loan Bank Administration. 1440. Examinations and audits. 1440a. Sharing of information among Federal Home Loan Banks. 1441. Financing Corporation. 1441a. Repealed. 1441a–1. Definitions. 1441a–2. Authorization for State housing finance agencies and nonprofit entities to purchase mortgage-related assets. 1441a–3. RTC and FDIC properties. 1441b. Resolution Funding Corporation established. 1442. Member financial information. 1442a. Repealed. 1443. Forms of bank stock and obligations. 1444. Eligibility to membership in banks. 1445. Succession of Federal Home Loan Banks. 1446. Liquidation or reorganization; acquisition of assets by other banks; assumption of liabilities. 1447. Repealed. 1448. Effect of partial invalidity of chapter. 1449. Reservation of right to amend or repeal chapter.

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(a) Whoever, in any matter involving a health care benefit program, knowingly and willfully—
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(b) As used in this section, the term “health care benefit program” has the meaning given such term in section 24 (b) of this title.

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an alleged offender is a national of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence (as those terms are defined in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101)); or
an alleged offender is present in the United States, irrespective of the nationality of the alleged offender.
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Hello! My name is Erin. I’m 9 years old, and I’m from Canada.

Did you know that there are islands around Canada? It’s true. I live on an island called Prince Edward Island. It’s off of Canada’s eastern coast.

Prince Edward Island is famous because an author named Lucy Maud Montgomery lived here. She wrote lots of books about fictional children on the island. Her most popular book is Anne of Green Gables. Here I am with my sister, Allison, at the Green Gables historic farmhouse. We walked along some of the same trails that Lucy wrote about in her books.

Besides living on the same island as Lucy Maud Montgomery, I have something else in common with her: I like to write too! Some of the stories I have written are “The Scavenger Hunt” and “Adventures in Ice-Cream Land.” I also like playing soccer and taking care of my grandmother’s ponies.

One thing that happens in Anne of Green Gables is that the main character has to cut off her hair after trying to dye it. I recently cut my hair short too, but for a different reason. My mom and I read in the newspaper that you can donate hair for wigs for people who are sick or don’t have hair. A couple of women in our branch had cancer and lost their hair, and I have an uncle and a cousin with a medical condition that makes their hair fall out. Thinking of them made me want to help. So I grew my hair out for more than a year and cut off nine inches to donate. Now some of my friends are donating their hair too!


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Lesson 44: Preparing Now for Temple Marriage

Aaronic Priesthood Manual 2, (1993), 168–71

Each young man will understand that being worthy and prepared for the blessings of temple marriage takes thoughtful planning throughout youth.

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      Scriptures for each young man.

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    Obtain a copy of the questions asked during the temple recommend interview from your bishop or branch president.

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    Review the counsel about dating on page 7 of For the Strength of Youth.

Suggested Lesson Development

Temple Marriage Is a Blessing

Ask the young men to think silently about what the greatest blessings of their life have been to this point as you tell the following story by Elder Bruce R. McConkie:

“My wife and I were having a serious discussion … in which we were counting our many blessings. We named a host of things that have come to us, because of the Church, because of our family, because of the glorious restoration of eternal truth that has taken place in this day; and then she climaxed the discussion by asking this question: ‘What’s the greatest blessing that has ever come into your life?’

“Without a moment’s hesitation I said, ‘The greatest blessing that has ever come to me was on the thirteenth day of October in 1937 at 11:20 A.M. when I … ’”

Stop the story at this point, and ask the following question:

  • What do you think Elder McConkie’s greatest blessing was?

Allow the young men to respond; then finish the story as follows.

“‘… when I was privileged to kneel in the Salt Lake Temple at the Lord’s altar and receive you as an eternal companion.’

“She said, ‘Well, you passed that test.’

“I believe that the most important single thing that any Latter-day Saint ever does in this world is to marry the right person, in the right place, by the right authority; and that … the most important remaining thing that any Latter-day Saint can ever do is so to live that the terms and conditions of the covenant … will be binding … now and forever” (Bruce R. McConkie, “Agency or Inspiration?” New Era, Jan. 1975, p. 38).

Chalkboard, scripture, and discussion

  • Why does Heavenly Father want his sons and daughters to be married in the temple?

List the young men’s responses on the chalkboard.

To help answer this question, ask the young men to read and mark Doctrine and Covenants 131:1–4. Point out that temple marriage is necessary to enter into the highest kingdom of heaven. Thus, temple marriage is a choice blessing from our Heavenly Father.

President Spencer W. Kimball said:

“The Lord brought together Adam and Eve … and performed a holy marriage ceremony to make them husband and wife. …

“It is normal to marry and normal and proper to bear children. …

“Every person should want to be married and every person should plan to be married. …

“Marriage is perhaps the most vital of all the decisions and has the most far-reaching effects, for it has to do not only with the immediate happiness, but eternal joys” (address given at Salt Lake Institute of Religion, 22 Oct. 1976).

We Must Be Worthy to Receive the Blessings of Temple Marriage

Adviser presentation

Explain that in order to partake of the immediate happiness and eternal joys of temple marriage, we must be worthy to enter the temple and receive these blessings.

When members of the Church desire to go to the temple, they must have an interview with the bishop or branch president and a member of the stake or mission presidency. Each year thereafter, members desiring to continue attending the temple have interviews with these priesthood leaders to determine personal worthiness. If these brethren find the member worthy, he or she is given a temple recommend.

  • What questions are asked during the temple recommend interview?

Allow the young men to respond, and then tell the young men that you are going to read all of the basic questions that are asked during the temple recommend interview. Each young man should honestly answer the questions to himself. Make it clear that these questions are not to be answered aloud. At the conclusion of the questions, the young men should know the things they need to continue doing or those areas that need improvement.

Read the temple recommend questions to the young men.

Remind the young men that these are the standards the Lord has set for us to enter his house. Meeting these requirements will bring us joy and happiness.

  • When should you start preparing for temple marriage?

To help answer this question, share the following statement by Elder Harold B. Lee:

“Youth should begin today to so order their lives that they will be found worthy at the proper time to go to the House of the Lord and be uplifted and sanctified by the temple ceremony” (“Enter a Holy Temple,” Improvement Era, June 1967, p. 144).

Emphasize that now is the time to prepare to be worthy to enter the temple. We know what the Lord requires of us, and we must do it.

Preparation for Celestial Marriage Requires Personal Effort

Point out that Satan tries very hard to get us to sin so we cannot meet the Lord’s requirements for entering the temple. Because of this, preparation for celestial marriage takes personal effort.

  • What are some things you can do now to prepare for celestial marriage?

Answers may include the following: love God and our neighbor as the Lord commanded, be honest, be chaste, pray regularly, respect and support the priesthood, pay a full tithing, practice the law of the fast, obey the Word of Wisdom, set a good example, maintain clean speech, honor our parents.

Reassure the young men that the Lord will help them keep their commitment to be married in the temple if they will obey his commandments.

Depending on the ages and circumstances of the young men, you may want to discuss the counsel about dating given on page 7 of For the Strength of Youth.

Chalkboard, quotation, and discussion

Draw the following diagram on the chalkboard, and point out that President Spencer W. Kimball offered the following advice as a help in personal preparation for temple marriage. Draw the diagram as illustrated, and have the young men label each part as you read the quotation.

eternal marriage

“I use the blackboard as I go into the stakes of Zion to dramatize some of the things that seem to me to be very, very important. … I draw on the blackboard a series of circles, and in the top one I write ‘Eternal Life or Exaltation.’ …

“As we follow down the line—the strait and narrow way which leads to life eternal which few find—the second circle has in it ‘Eternal Marriage.’ That is the gateway to exaltation. …

“Then I generally draw a third circle on the blackboard and ask … which of all the agencies in the Church [will] make the most immediate and important contribution to eternal marriage as an intermediate goal to eternal life—our final goal—[and] best fill this third circle. … They suggest almost everything you can think of. … Finally, we settle on the one agency that brings us to what they all agree has the most important impact upon eternal marriage. That, of course, is a mission. …

“Anywhere from 80 percent to 90 percent of all the young men and women who fill honorable missions and return in honor are eventually married in the temple. …

“We make another circle down this strait and narrow way that leads to life eternal. The question then arises, What would you put in the next circle? …

“Well, there is only one thing to put there … and that is the seminary and institute program” (“Circles of Exaltation,” summer school devotional address, Department of Seminaries and Institutes of Religion, Brigham Young University, 28 June 1968).

  • How can serving a mission help you prepare for marriage?

  • What do you expect to learn on a mission that will help you in your marriage?

  • How can seminary and institute help you prepare for temple marriage?

  • How has attending seminary helped you?

Point out that each young man has the ability to walk the strait and narrow way and that he has loving parents and Church leaders to help him along this path.

In conclusion, share the following thought from President Spencer W. Kimball:

“This is the theme of Mormonism. … Marriage, family, home, children, grandchildren, and all that is beautiful and glorious. … It is natural for a girl to look toward the boys and for the boys to look toward the girls and to ask for marriage at the right time—being married and sealed for eternity. That is natural. That is the way the Lord has done it” (address at Young Women Seminar Banquet, Salt Lake City, 28 Apr. 1977).

Remind the young men that they should be grateful for the great blessing of temple marriage. The Lord has established his standards for worthiness to enter his house, and now is the time to start diligently preparing for celestial marriage and the joy and happiness it can bring.

Ask the young men to think of one thing they can do during the coming week to prepare themselves for temple marriage, and challenge them to make temple preparation a part of their daily lives.


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Dad and I seemed rarely to see each other. How would I let him know how much I cared?

It was 11 p.m. when I heard my father’s car door close outside. He was home a little early tonight. Dad was a college professor with a full load of night classes to teach, so his normal arrival time wavered somewhere between 11:30 p.m. and midnight. And since I left for my early-morning seminary class before sunup, I usually only saw him for a few flurried minutes each night. That is, if I saw him at all.

Tonight I was brushing my teeth when he popped his head through the bathroom doorway. “How are you?” he asked. Through a mouthful of toothpaste I mumbled a response, then asked how his day had been.

“Great,” he said boisterously. “The plane got in a few hours ago, and the bus dropped us off at the school. After that I came right home.”

Plane? Bus? Was I missing something? He must have noticed my vacant stare, because he quickly added, “I was at a conference in Indianapolis all week.”

He was? Why didn’t I know about this? I realized with a pang of shame that my father had just spent five days on the other side of the country, and I hadn’t even noticed he was gone.

As my sister and I got older, it seemed like the whole family got busier until we were, as Mom liked to say, “like ships passing in the night.” We barely had time to blurt out “good morning” before we rushed in separate directions. But even with our classes and after-school activities, my sister and I couldn’t compete with Dad at being busy. His workday was longer than anyone else’s. Even when he was home, he spent hours at the computer, writing textbooks and revising lecture outlines.

Because Dad wasn’t a member of the Church, we only saw him on Sunday mornings over our bowls of breakfast cereal. By the time the rest of the family came home after our Church meetings, he had usually disappeared to his office at the college to get more work done.

I had always thought my family was a regular busy family, and I figured that feeling out of touch with my dad was just a part of such a high-speed life. Until that night over the bathroom sink, I never really considered the idea that we might be too busy.

A few weeks later, the missionaries from our ward came to my house for dinner. Dad, of course, was missing in action, but after we had eaten, the missionaries began to ask us some questions about Dad’s feelings toward the Church. Had he ever taken the discussions? Had he read the Book of Mormon? Did he ever come to Church with us? My mother and I answered the questions as best we could. Then the elders said that they’d really like the chance to teach my father the gospel, and they wanted to enlist our help.

Although I was usually enthusiastic about thinking up ways to help share the gospel with my father, I leaned back into my chair and frowned. “What can we do?” I asked skeptically. “We hardly ever see him.” I explained to the missionaries about Dad’s overly hectic schedule, and they nodded understandingly.

Finally one of the missionaries, who also had a nonmember father, said, “My dad was the same way when I was in high school. He was such a workaholic that I felt like I never saw him, and we just drifted farther and farther apart. I got even busier after I joined the Church.

“I just decided,” he went on, “that it was important for my dad to know that I loved him, that my joining the Church didn’t make me love him less. Since I didn’t see him very often, I started leaving him notes. Nothing special. I just wrote a quick note telling him that I loved and appreciated him, and I made sure I put it where he’d find it.”

“Did it work?” I asked skeptically.

He smiled and shrugged. “Why don’t you find out for yourself?”

It was a challenge I couldn’t refuse. That night, after I was in my pajamas and Dad still hadn’t gotten home from work, I pulled out a pad of sticky notes and wrote a quick message: “Dear Dad: I hope you had a good day. I love you.” I signed my name at the bottom and stuck the note to his computer screen, knowing Dad almost always made a stop at his computer before he finally got to bed.

The next morning when I plodded into the bathroom still half asleep, I noticed a piece of yellow paper clinging to the mirror. “Dear Melody,” it read. “Thanks for the note. I love you too. Love, Dad.”

I smiled, something I rarely did at 5:30 in the morning.

For the rest of that year before I went away to college, I left notes for my father a few times a week. Nothing elaborate, just a few lines to tell him what was going on in my life, to wish him a good day, to tell him I loved him. He almost always responded with another note attached to my bathroom mirror or my bedroom door.

As the weeks went on and our note exchange became a regular thing, it became easier to put into words how I really felt about my dad. I realized that even though I didn’t spend as much time with him as I wanted to, I really did love him. And I realized that even though he worked a lot, he really loved me too. Having a true friendship made us more eager to do things with each other, too, like trips to museums or into the city on Saturday afternoons.

Over the years I kept a few of the sticky notes from Dad. I even taped one to the mirror in my dorm room at college just to make it feel like home. When I finally went back home for Christmas, I noticed that Dad had done the same. A piece of yellow paper with the words “Dad, I love you. Melody” was firmly attached to the top of his computer desk.

My father never joined the Church. But when he died suddenly several years ago, the yellow sticky note was still on his computer desk, right where it had been for five years. In the weeks after his death, I felt grateful that I had found a way to communicate with Dad even when we were both at our busiest. I didn’t have to wonder whether he knew that I loved him. I knew that he looked at my words every day.

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Okay ladies,

Why is monogamy so underrated in the lesbian world? Saddly, I've been cheated on several times before and I couldn't help but wonder why 1 isn't good enough for some people. If u have an answer let me know; I'll be glad 2 talk.
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Hey I agree that one is enough, hell it's hard managing one relationship with all the other shit on my plate so why would I want to add another. I think poly relationships are for people who have more time on their hands than people like me. I'm also the kind of person who believes that if you're in a relationship then the person you're with should be your primary focus because if they're not what the hell are you doing together? I wonder about this a lot as I too have come to realize that more and more women are into poly relationships. I hear women screaming all the time about how they want someone who will love them and them only, I'm in the same boat with them as I would not want to share my mate...maybe I'm listening to the wrong group of women :roll:
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More power to those who can love many, but I can only juggle one at a time when feelings are involved.

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This is a very interesting subject to me. I have been in many relationships. There were some where I was cheated on, some where I did the cheating, and some that where monogamous. I think alot of it has to do with trust. It's the idea of trusting one enough to give her that much control over your emotions. In alot of situtations I've been in I felt very uncertain about my emotional security (wether it be her being unfaithful, her being uncertain about be with a woman for the rest of her life, or something else). That has been the reason I was unfaithful. I haven't done that everytime. I really want a fulfilling monogamous relationship, but they seem hard to find.

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Finding a woman who is interested in a long term monogamous relationship is like finging a needle in a haystack. Sometimes I think they don't exist except for the two long term monogamous relatioships I was in. It's clear that this quest is going o be a long and hard one, but I urge you not to compromise your standards just for the sake of having someone by your side. It may feel good at first but will hurt like hell in the end.
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Well, not only do I agree with monogamy I am TOTALLY ready for a lifetime monogamus commitment. But that seems to be too frightening to so many people. And yes, I have been cheated on more times than I care to admit and unfortunately this last time has hurt the worse. Now mind you, my GF adored me but was limited in her capacity for love and apparently has intimacy issues which prevented her from remaining commited to me. Now someone else is involved with her and I am sure that eventually she will be the one being cheated on. You see my ex is a shhhhhh... dont say it too loud... serial monogamus. She delights in having woman fall for her, whisper her name in her ears. What they may not realize (because she looks soo sweet and does have many sweet ways) is that she does not truly love them in the way they think.
I know I sound somewhat bitter... trust me I am working through it. It stung thats all. Really hurt...
Anyway I (when I am ready) am so very capable of commitment, honesty, sincerity, and monogamy. I think the cheating stuff is a commentary on the cheater VS the one being cheated on.
So I am off my soap box... thanks for the forum to be able to verbalize this.
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I know for myself I have always expected to be loved a certain way. I bought into all the romantic notions that once I found my 'true love' I would live happily everafter. It would all be smooth sailing from there. I have learned that this is not the case....

I have learned that people will love me only the way they KNOW how to love. ie I am big time touchy-feely, I express my caring that way. I have been with people who only touched for a purpose: demonstrate possesion, desire, interest, etc. I felt unloved by the fact that they weren't caresing me just because. I could ask for it, and it would be given. But my thinking went: If you loved me, you would know what I feel/need, I wouldn't have to ask. Well since when does loving make one a mind reader?

Where am I going with this? I've gotten into a relatioship and ignored the signals I get, the flashes of intuition, the feelings of "I can't deal with this long term" because I've wanted to be in a relationship. I've rationalized things "She's like this now because... but it will change" instead of accepting the person as is and saying "Hell with that, I deserve better." I know intuitively, not by mind reading, but in my spirit that someone will not work out and I've abandoned myself to be with them.

This has been true for myself and I know I ain't THAT special to have been the only one having experienced this in life....LOL!

By the same token, we have compromised our own desires, values and truths to accomodate another's feelings/thoughts/ideas. There is a measure of compromise in a relationship, especially one that is expected to be long term and monogamous, but when one's own truths are mostly the ones being compromised there's something not right there. I think one definitely should discuss one's ideas and definitions before becoming so deeply involved...

Thanks for the opportunity to share my opinion.

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I think that trust is paramount in a relationship.

But also- I agree that people give what they want to recieve, or give how they know how to love. I found the key to really loving someone, is to find out what they need. What *actions* make *them* feel loved. I think in loving someone as they need, you are loving the person themselves, not your image of them. And they in turn feel more loved.

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Wow, you folks really seem down on polyamory. Are any of you currently in relationships? I am, several. I have several partners who all have other partners. While they are all "secondary" relationships, because they all already have primary partners, I am very happy with the way we all communicate and how we all get along and like each other.

My partners live across two states, and so they don't see each other often. However, they do get together periodically over brunch and talk and get caught up with each other. I believe good communication and a great deal of love and affection for each other makes all the difference. I wouldn't ever choose monogamy, because I'd be lying. I don't want to lie.

I am currently seeking a polyamorous partner who is single or has only secondary partners because I'd like a relationship that shares a home and daily life, not just those who share love and occasional time. I know it's possible, because I'm involved in a community of folks who have various poly relationships and they're wonderful, caring, loving, communicative people.

So please, you don't have to be poly, but don't insult the concept. It just isn't for you.

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To begin: I don't think monogamy is under rated in the lesbian community, I think it's under rated in all types of relationships, and here's why I think so:

I believe that some humans truly aren't wired for monogamy. Some people just can't shut down their feelings for others, simply because they are in a relationship.

Does this make cheating right? Hell no. Going behind your partner's back and being with someone else in a romantic/sexual/anything-beyond-friendly manner is wrong.

The problem is, many people assume that polyamory is equivalent to that and that anyone who's not monogamous is just "cheating"....I think that's why when polyamory comes up in any circle, from lesbian, to bi, to straight, to gay, to monkeys....people freak out because they don't understand that the word cheating means to decieve....

In my relationship, my partner is completely aware of literally everything I do. While he is currently monogamous because he just hasn't found someone that he's interested in, he's very aware that I am poly and understands it completely. For example, when my mom found out I was poly and started trashing on me at every turn, I started to get really upset and wondered if maybe I should break things off with my secondary and was panicking thinking that maybe I was in the wrong and was somehow hurting my partner.

Quite the contrary. I told him my worries, and he immediately buckled down and explained to me that from the day he met me, he's known who I am. He explained that my "big heart" and ability to love so many people unconditionally, whether as friends, or more, has always amazed him and is part of why he loves me. He insisted that he's always supported me and loved me for who I am and that for me to go and change myself would break his heart because it would be basically smacking him in the face and telling him he's wrong for loving me for being the way I am.

In my opinion...polyamory is not wrong, but that doesn't make it the only way to be. It just is.

I also see a lot of people equating polyamory with cheating....and as I said before, cheating means to decieve. Every poly person I have ever met who claims polyamory has been open and honest with all their partner's, their partner's know eachother and are sometimes even friends, and everyone is fully accepting. That's not deception. That's just another type of relationship.

There are all kinds of relationships, from gay, lesbian, straight, poly, monogamous....they are all between people who are consenting adults who know what choices they are making and are informed of all the circumstances. (And if they aren't informed, there's a serious problem).

I also see a lot of people saying that poly people are just too afraid of settling down....in my opinion, that's the most bass-ackwards thing I've ever heard, because to me, it would seem a lot more committed and grounded to be in a relationship with two people or more than just one. (Yes, some poly people are only in temporary partnerships, but most that I know are in it for the long haul. Some have even had committment ceremonies between three or more partner's)...

I've been polyamorous for going on two years, and from personal experience, being polyamorous has it's perks but it can also be an extremely difficult challenge. Catering to the needs of not just yourself plus one person, but yourself plus two or three people, is very difficult. Yes, it has it's rewards, but it truly is difficult and I can't even stress how important it is for people to get an idea of what they're getting into before they become poly.

Anyways...I don't know if I'm making sense, but it seems to me that a lot of ya'll are really upset that you've been cheated on and for that reason are insisting that monogamy is the one and only way to be.....

I think ya'll have just been screwed by people who couldn't figure out what they wanted and decided to go play with another ball.

That, in my opinion, is the farthest thing from polyamory there is because the #1 key in a polyamorous relationship is honesty.

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In January 1778 Thomas Lowndes, a bookseller in the Strand, published an anonymous three-volume novel entitled Evelina, or, a Young Lady's Entrance into the World. Praised by London's literary and social leaders, the novel proved a popular success and one lady reputedly complained to its publisher, “Do Mr. Lowndes give me Evelina Im treated as unfashionable for not having read it”. Speculation was rife about the work's author and by the end of the year it became known that Frances Burney, daughter of the musician and musical historian Dr Charles Burney, had written the novel.

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