STILL GAY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS

U.U. WORLD (2007) SPRING

MUDER, 56-58

An anthropologist followed the lives of at least 15 gays who went into a conversion program to change these folks into straights. It didn't work. Two dropped out of the program. One may have committed suicide, and the rest turned to celibacy. One got married but still had gay thoughts and destinies. He wrote the anthropologist and said he was going to do his best and give it a try.

In the eyes of themselves and the evangelical church, they however became ex-gays. That means that Jesus now loved them and if they fell from grace, they could get back in good graces with the church. However, all resented having to go in front of various congregations and tell members that they have become strictly heterosexual and have been saved. What happened is they became celibates and that was counted as heterosexual.

The report ends there, but past research has indicated that about 3 out of 10 "convert." That means that they refrain from homosexuality, but still are gay in their preferences and orientations .Numerous strategies have been used from psychoanalysis to hormone therapy to aversion therapy. In the latter, electrodes are attached to the scrotum or for females that vaginal lips and a shock is given when they see a nude form from the same sex. Electroshock has been used. Antidepressants and numerous other strategies have also been used without success. There are roughly 250

different types of therapy.

Incidentally, those most likely to live in a heterosexual relationship are bi-sexual.

BUSINESS WEEK (2007) 2/26

CONLIN (58-64)

In some businesses, you shape up or you are out. That means that you lose weight, quit smoking,

or eat bad foods. Some will even come out to your house to see if you are exercising or smoking at home.those that continue to smoke are fired. Drinking alcohol was not discussed in the article.

CROCKET (72-78)

Videoconferencing was going to someday save us the travel and money to see other colleagues or clients. Ma Bell offered television/ telephone back in 1964. It was a flop. Most folks are casual and don't want others to see them . However, new large flat panels, with excellent sound and clarity of picture is now being used. Generally a business will set off one room for video conferencing. What is so important here is that non-verbal communication makes up the largest part of communication. Thus,  the panel are very large and very clear. The audio can pick up nervousness and

both positive and negative emotions. There should be more videoconferencing in the future.

GREENE (115-116)

Where were P.C.s born? Paul Allen and Bill Gates invented it in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1975.

NEW REPUBLIC 92007) 2/26

COHEN (27)

This is the 50th anniversary of pornography.  Are we better off with it? Isn't it prostitution with a camera? Does first amendment include images?

NEWSWEEK (2007) 2/26

_____________(12) Underwear for men is now available in many colors and in shapes to heighten and lengthen the genital. They are called "speeders" and are the next thing to thongs.It is what

Victoria's Secret did to women's under apparel, this is now being done to men.

SCELFO (46-49)

Males have depression too and have it about the same amount as women. At one time, depression was thought of as a women's disease. What men did back then was kept their distance, hid their

travails, suffered psychosomatic problems, and drank their way through life. So now we know that you can get therapy and med to help.Even a pet scan can locate where depression occurs.

So get help. By the way, DREW CAREY, KURT COBAIN, WILLIAM STYRON, MIKE WALLACE, TERRY BRADSHAW, DICK CAVETT, THOMAS EAGLETON, BUZZ ALDRIN, ERNEST HEMINGWAY, and ABRAHAM LINCOLN had it.

GORDON (52-57)

Television is getting better than the movies. TV can tell a story over a longer period of time and technology has allowed those with less budgets to do what the big budget movies are doing. Further, TV can take a chance on an idea for less money and if it works it can be replicated or improved. TV because it has less money is willing to experiment with new ideas that may not be available to Hollywood. If you want to see a good movie try a low budget indy. They can  afford to take chances. Further, your favorite movie if you missed it will end up on television and you may be able to rent or buy a DVD. In the meantime, Hollywood is still betting on the opening week end. If it goes than it makes money and even more money overseas. And, yes there is still

trash television.

ISIKOFF (31)

There is another group in Washington that is secret and rarely discussed. They meet weekly and most of the folks you don't know by name. They came to the capitol as assistants to Senators or Representatives and will spend most of their lives in anonymity. Their jobs is to tell the press and the politicians about each other. They live for the dollar on secrets that are mostly true.Such is the case with Liddy, Rove, and Cheney. A secret source touted them to the press.

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT (2007) 2/26

Conservative U.S. News alludes and suggests that George W. Bush might make it to the

bottom. Or, in case there is an incredible turn around in Iraq perhaps he will be the Harry Truman of our time. Truman is now considered one of the greats although he was held in low op ion at the time. HERE ARE THE TEN WORST PRESIDENTS. Recall that there have been 43 presidents. The first person listed is 10th from the bottom. From there we descend downwards.

U.S. NEWS used 5 scholarly reporting polls to get the 10 worst.

They are: BUCHANAN, HARDING,JOHNSON, PIERCE, FILLMORE, TYLER, GRANT, HARRISON, HOOVER- NIXON, TAYLOR.

THE ECONOMIST (2007) 2/17

LEXINGTON (38)

Who is Dick Cheney? The Kiddy trial has given us a shaft of light about the man. He is the most

powerful vice-president in recent history. He has a very large staff of over 14 and numerous others throughout the government. He works in secret. He started as a Representative in house. Rumsfeld gave him a ride to the top. A failed PhD candidate, he became CEO of a powerful Defense related company. He is obsessive, conspiring, and manipulative. He distrust most of the agencies in government including the CIA. He helped get rid of Rockefeller and Kissinger. He is the ultimate insider.

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

The first practical quantum computer is revealed on page 81. The Orion belter does unbelievable tricks for those most knowledgeable about the field./ Siestas are good for you and your heart 82/ A computer program now helps measure one's own biological clock.