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Obtaining precise numbers on the demographics of sexual orientation is difficult for a variety of reasons, including the nature of the research questions. Most of the studies on sexual orientation rely on self-reported data, which may pose challenges to researchers because of the subject matter's sensitivity. The studies tend to pose two sets of questions. One set examines self-report data of same-sex sexual experiences and attractions, while the other set examines self-report data of personal identification as homosexual or bisexual. Overall, fewer research subjects identify as homosexual or bisexual than report having had sexual experiences or attraction to a person of the same sex. Survey type, questions and survey setting may affect the respondents' answers.
Demographic studies of sexual orientation in different countries are presented. Tables comparing several cities' population numbers are also included.
A 2016 literature review stated that "in all cultures the vast majority of individuals are sexually predisposed exclusively to the other sex (i.e., heterosexual) and that only a minority of individuals are sexually predisposed (whether exclusively or non-exclusively) to the same sex." They state that there is no persuasive evidence that the demographics of sexual orientation have varied much across time or place. Bisexuality comes in varying degrees of relative attraction to the same or opposite sex. Men are more likely to be exclusively homosexual than to be equally attracted to both sexes, while the opposite is true for women.
Surveys in Western cultures find, on average, that about 93% of men and 87% of women identify as completely heterosexual, 4% of men and 10% of women as mostly heterosexual, 0.5% of men and 1% of women as evenly bisexual, 0.5% of men and 0.5% of women as mostly homosexual, and 2% of men and 0.5% of women as completely homosexual. An analysis of 67 studies found that the lifetime prevalence of sex between men (regardless of orientation) was 3–5% for East Asia, 6–12% for South and South East Asia, 6–15% for Eastern Europe, and 6–20% for Latin America. The International HIV/AIDS Alliance estimates a worldwide prevalence of men who have sex with men between 3 and 16 percent.
A small number of people do not feel sexual attraction and identify as asexual, which can be considered a sexual orientation in itself or a lack thereof.
|Country||LGBT population estimates|
In 2021, Ipsos interviewed people in 27 countries spanning all continents on their sexual orientation and gender identity. For some countries the samples were weighed for representativity, but in others with less internet access, they skewed more urban. In this survey, clarification needed]. Results indicated that significant differences in sexual identity have emerged between generations across the globe, with the youngest group, or Generation Z, being more likely to identify as bisexual (9%) than Millennials (4%), Generation X (3%) and Boomers (2%). Generation Z and Millennials were also more likely to identify as homosexual, with 4% and 3% doing so respectively, compared to 2% of Generation X and 1% of Boomers. In addition, the survey found that men are more likely than women to identify as homosexual (4% vs. 1%). The survey found that Sweden was the country with the highest rate of individuals identifying as transgender.[
The then largest and most thorough survey in Australia was conducted by telephone interview with 19,307 respondents between the ages of 16 and 59 in 2001/2002. The study found that 97.4% of men identified as heterosexual, 1.6% as homosexual and 0.9% as bisexual. For women 97.7% identified as heterosexual, 0.8% as lesbian and 1.4% as bisexual. Nevertheless, 8.6% of men and 15.1% of women reported either feelings of attraction to the same gender or some sexual experience with the same gender. Overall, 8.6% of women and 5.9% of men reported some homosexual experience in their lives; these figures fell to 5.7% and 5.0% respectively when non-genital sexual experience was excluded. Half the men and two thirds of the women who had same-sex sexual experience regarded themselves as heterosexual rather than homosexual.
An update on the above study; it employs the same methodology, has a larger sample (20,055 respondents), and a broader respondent age range (16–69). The study found that 96.5% of the entire sample (or 96.8% of the men and 96.3% of the women) identified as heterosexual, a drop from the 2003 findings (97.5%). Homosexuals accounted for 1.9% of the male population and 1.2% of the female population, a non-significant difference between the sexes. Bisexuals accounted for 1.3% of the male population and 2.2% of the female population. Women were significantly more likely than men to identify as bisexual, and less likely to report exclusively other-sex or same-sex attraction and experience. Similarly, more women reported same-sex experience and same-sex attraction. Nine percent of men and 19% of women had some history of same-sex attraction or experience. More women identified as lesbian or bisexual than in 2001–02. Homosexual/gay identity was more common among men with university education and living in cities, and much less common among men with blue-collar jobs. Both male and female bisexuality were more common among respondents under the age of 20. Male bisexuality was also overrepresented among men in their sixties.
In interviews with 180,000 Australians aged 14+, Roy Morgan Research reported in 2014 that 4.1% of men and 2.8% of women identified as homosexual. Men outnumbered women among homosexuals in all age groups. For both sexes, the share identifying as homosexual was highest in the 20–29 age group.
The 2014 General Social Survey, conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, estimated that over half a million people, or 3% of the adult population, identified as gay, lesbian, or 'other'.
A study conducted by BioMed Central estimated that 3.6% of males and 3.4% of females were gay, lesbian, bisexual, or another sexual minority.
A 2018 study reported that the percentage of people identifying as LGB in Austria was 6.2% (broken into 5.5% for males and 6.8% for females).
In a sample of 2,054 Brazilians aged 18 to 60 years of age, the Datafolha pollster found that 14% (or 15% of men and 13% of women) feel at least some same-sex attraction, while 70% did not feel any such attraction; the remaining 16% did not answer the question. Seventy-four percent of Brazilians said they never had a homosexual experience, 16% refused to answer the question, and 9% said they had some homosexual experience. The percentage with homosexual experience was higher among men (14%) than among women (5%), and higher also among those with more formal education (15%), singles (12%), and Northeasterners (11%). The non-religious (18%) and Pentecostal Protestants (11%) were more likely to have had homosexual experiences than Catholics (8%).
In an Ibope survey with a sample of 2,363 Brazilian Internet users weighted for national representativity, 83% declared themselves heterosexual, 7% homosexual, 5% bisexual, 1% other, and 4% refused to disclose their orientation. Twice as many male internet users as females identified as gay or bisexual (16% vs. 8%). People aged 18–29 were the most likely to identify as non-heterosexual (15%), followed by those aged 30–49 (10%). Only 5% of the population aged 50 or more consider themselves gay or bisexual. Among non-heterosexuals, 42% said they had no religion, compared to 13% of the heterosexual population. The Class B (middle class) had the highest percentage of non-heterosexuals (14%), followed by Class A (upper class, 11%). Classes C and D (lower–middle and low classes) had 10% gays and bisexuals. Among the Brazilian regions, Northern Brazil had the lowest percentage of non-heterosexuals (2%). All other regions had percentages at or above 10%, with the Center-West reporting the highest (14%).
A study of 5,514 college and university students under the age of 25 found 1% who were homosexual and 1% who were bisexual.
In an interactive voice response telephone survey of around 2,700 Canadians, 5.3% identified as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender. Canadians aged 18–34 were much more likely to identify as LGBT (11.1%) than those in older brackets (2.6–3.4%).
A female-only survey found that 8% of Canadian women identify as gay or bisexual.
In 2018, around 4% of the Canadian population identified as LGBT, according to Statistics Canada.
A random survey found that 2.7% of the 1,373 men who responded to their questionnaire had homosexual experience (intercourse).
A study of 20,055 people found that 4.1% of the men and 2.6% of the women had at least one occurrence of sexual relations with person of the same sex during their lifetime.
In a nationally representative online survey of 7,841 French adults carried out by IFOP in early 2011, 6.6% of respondents identified as homosexual (3.6%) or bisexual (3%), and 90.8% as heterosexual. Compared to the heterosexual population, the homosexual population was much more likely to be male, single, and younger than 65, as well as to be living alone. Homosexuals were more likely to be economically active and work in "superior intellectual professions" but on average had a smaller household income. They were also more likely to be residing in big cities, especially in the region of Paris. The bisexual population had fewer statistically significant deviations from the heterosexual population, resembling the heterosexuals on some measures, homosexuals on others, or being at a midpoint on still some others. However, they were more likely to be aged 18–24 than the other two groups. Like homosexuals, they were also more likely to be single.
In another IFOP survey of 9,515 French adults conducted later that same year, 6.5% of the sample identified as homosexual (3%) or bisexual (3.5%). Among LGBs, men outnumbered women by more than 2 to 1.
Based in a survey with about 10,000 respondents, IFOP estimated that 90% of French people are heterosexual, 3% identify as bisexual, and 4% consider themselves homosexual. Two percent say they have not embraced a definition for their sexuality, and 1% did not wish to respond. More women than men are heterosexual (93% versus 86%), whereas more men than women identify as homosexual (7% v. 1%) and to a lesser extent bisexual (4% v. 2%). A homosexual or bisexual identity was more common in people aged 18–49 (9%) than among those aged 50–64 (6%) or over 65 (4%). More singles than people in relationships identified as homo- or bisexual (11% v. 6%). An LGB identity is also more common among people who said they have had more than 10 sex partners or none at all compared to those who have had intermediary levels of sexual experience. Catholics are more likely to identify as heterosexual (91%) than people who said they had some other religion or no religion whatsoever (88% each).
A female-only survey found that 4% of French women identify as gay or bisexual. In the category of women aged less than 25, 9% identify as bisexual and 1% as lesbian.
In another IFOP survey of Paris residents, 79% of men and 90% of women identified as heterosexual, 13% of men and 1% of women as homosexual, and 6% of men and 4% of women as bisexual.
According to Yougov, the following is how German adults are distributed along the Kinsey scale (by age):
|Sexual orientation of Germans (N = 1,122)|
|Age category||Exclusive heterosexuality||Predominant heterosexuality with incidental homosexual attraction||Predominant heterosexuality with common homosexual attraction||Bisexuality||Predominant homosexuality with common heterosexual attraction||Predominant homosexuality with incidental heterosexual attraction||Exclusive homosexuality||Do not know|
|Adults aged 18–24||45%||20%||11%||5%||1%||2%||2%||13%|
In a nationally representative, face-to-face survey with over 2,500 Germans (55% female), it was found that 86% of men and 82% of women identify as exclusively heterosexual, 3% of men and 4% of women are mostly heterosexual, 1% of each sex declared themselves bisexual, and 1.5% as predominantly or exclusively homosexual. Other sexual orientations were reported by 3% of men and 4% of women. One percent of each sex was uncertain. Four percent of men and 7% of women gave no answer.
A female-only survey found that 5% of German women identify as gay or bisexual.
A 2018 study reported that the percentage of people identifying as LGBT in Hungary was 1.5 percent.
An estimation from 2005 gave around 6.9% as the proportion of the population that is homosexual in Iceland.
A study of the responses of 7,441 individuals, conducted by the ESRI, found that 2.7% of men and 1.2% of women self-identified as homosexual or bisexual. A question based on a variant of the Kinsey scale found that 5.3% of men and 5.8% of women reported some same-sex attraction. Of those surveyed, 7.1% of men and 4.7% of women reported a homosexual experience some time in their life so far. It also found that 4.4% of men and 1.4% of women reported a "genital same-sex experience" (oral or anal sex, or any other genital contact) in their life so far. The study was commissioned and published by the Crisis Pregnancy Agency in partnership with the Department of Health and Children.
In a sample representative of the Israeli Jewish population aged 18 to 44, it was found that 11.3% of men and 15.2% of women self-reported attraction to the same-gender, 10.2% and 8.7% reported lifetime same-gender encounters, while 8.2% and 4.8% self-identified as gay or bisexual men and lesbian or bisexual women, respectively. A non-heterosexual identity was more common in Tel Aviv than in other parts of the country and, among men, it was also correlated with younger age.
In a survey employing the Kinsey scale, 4.5% of non-religious Israelis placed themselves on points 5 or 6 on the scale, indicating a homosexual orientation with minor or non-existent opposite-sex attraction, and 91.5% placed themselves on points 0 or 1, which indicates a heterosexual orientation with minor or non-existent same-sex attraction. In the category of young adults, aged 18 to 24, 7.4% placed themselves on Kinsey points 5 or 6, and 80% on points 0 or 1. Compared to the larger population, more young adults also placed themselves on point 3 of the Kinsey scale, meaning that equal attraction to both sexes (4.2% versus 1%), and on point 2, meaning a mostly heterosexual orientation with major homosexual attraction (7.4% v. 2.3%). Point 4 of the Kinsey scale, indicating a mostly homosexual orientation with major heterosexual attraction, contained a similar share of young adults and all adults (1.1% v. 0.7%).
A random survey of 7,725 Italians (18–74 years old) conducted by the National Institute of Statistics between June and December 2011 with CAPI technique found that about 2.4% of the population declared to be homosexual or bisexual, 77% heterosexual, 0.1% transsexual, 4% reported to be "other", 15.6% did not answer. An extended survey including all the people that during their lives fell or are in love with a same-sex individual, or that had sexual intercourse with a same-sex individual, increases the percentage to 6.7% of the population. More men than women, more northerners than southerners, more younger than older people identified themselves as homosexuals. Members of 7725 families spread over 660 Italian municipalities took part in the survey.
A female-only survey found that 1% of Italian women identify as gay or bisexual.
A survey by the Dentsu group estimated that 5.2% of Japanese are LGBT.
Dentsu's new estimate for the LGBT population of Japan was 7.6% for people aged 20 to 59.
Dentsu's new estimate for the LGBT population of Japan was 8.9% for people aged 20 to 59.
According to a nationally representative study organized by Kantar TNS, 88% of Mexican men aged 18 to 30 years identify as heterosexual, 6% as homosexual, 5% as bisexual, and 1% as other.
In a face-to-face survey carried out by the Dutch National Survey of General Practice, of the 4,229 men with a valid answer to the sexual orientation question, 1.5% self-identified as gay, 0.6% as bisexual and 97.9% as heterosexual. Of the 5,282 women, 1.5% self-identified as lesbian, 1.2% as bisexual, and 97.3% as heterosexual.
A female-only survey found that 8% of Dutch women identify as gay or bisexual.
In an anonymous survey of 8,000 New Zealand secondary school students conducted by the University of Auckland, 0.9% of those surveyed reported exclusive attraction to the same sex, 3.3% to both sexes and 1.8% to neither.
The Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study is a prospective study that looked at changes in sexual behavior, attraction, and identity among around 1,000 New Zealanders born in 1972 or 1973. Samples were first interviewed in 1993, when they were 21, and again at ages 26, 32, and 38, in 2010/2011. The study found a strong decrease in the share of women who self-reported exclusive heterosexual attraction from age 21 (88.3%) to age 26 (82.5%), but a small increase at age 32 (84.2%) and again at 38 (87.6%). By contrast, among men, the share self-reporting exclusive heterosexual attraction remained largely stable between ages 21 (94.9%) and 32 (94.2%), with a small decrease at age 38 (92.9%). Sexual identity was only assessed at ages 32 and 38. At age 32, 0.9% of women and 1.3% of men self-identified as gay, and 2.9% of women and 1.7% of men as bisexual. Additionally, 1.5% of women and 2.2% of men identified as "other". At age 38, 1.1% of women and 1.7% of men self-identified as gay, and 2.6% of women and 3% of men as bisexual, with 1.1% of women and 0.2% of men identifying as "other". While sexual attraction changed more for women than for men, changes among men were more consistently to greater homosexuality, while changes among women past age 26 occurred equally in both directions (i.e., to both more and less heterosexual attraction). Researchers discussed several factors behind the changes, from age effects to cultural effects, with homosexuality, especially female homosexuality, becoming more socially acceptable in the West in the 1990s and 2000s.
According to results from the fifth wave of the New Zealand Attitudes and Values Study, which interviewed over 14,000 people about their sexual orientation, 94.3% of New Zealanders identify as heterosexual, 2.6% as gay or lesbian, 1.8% as bisexual, 0.6% as bicurious, 0.5% as pansexual, and 0.3% as asexual. No gender differences were found in the share of New Zealanders identifying as heterosexual (94.1% of men and 94.4% of women) or pansexual (0.5% of both men and women), but men were more likely to identify as gay (3.5%) than women (1.8%), and women were more likely than men to identify as bisexual (2.1% versus 1.5%), bicurious (0.7% v. 0.4%) and asexual (0.4% v. 0.1%). Women in all the non-heterosexual categories were significantly younger than women in the heterosexual category. Men in the gay, bisexual, and bicurious categories were also significantly younger than heterosexual men.
In a random survey of 6,300 Norwegians, 3.5% of the men and 3% of the women reported that they had a homosexual experience sometime in their life.
In an anonymous survey of 1,971 male high school students performed in 2003, 1% self-reported having had a boyfriend and 2% having fallen in love with a man.
Main article: LGBT culture in the Philippines
The Young Adult Fertility and Sexuality Survey conducted in 2013 by the University of the Philippines found that 96.2% of youth describe themselves as straight/heterosexual. 2.1% described themselves as gay or lesbian while 1.7% are bisexual. 2.4% of men described themselves as gay, while 1.8% of women described themselves as lesbian.
A volunteer-based research of adult Poles showed that different modes of survey produce significant differences in the share of people who admit homosexual attraction. In paper-based surveys, 6% of respondents self-reported same-sex attraction, compared to 12% of online respondents. There were no other significant differences in other aspects of sexual life, and the two sets of volunteers were similar in age, education, and geographical location.
Another study showed that 4.9% of Poles identified as LGBT (5.5% for males and 4.3% for females).
A national survey from 2005 by Eurosondagem for the weekly national newspaper Expresso, estimated that about 9.9% (1 million) of the Portuguese people are homosexual or bisexual. This study used anonymous and confidential surveys. For people more than 15 years old, 7% stated that they are homosexual, 2.9% that they are bisexual and 90.1% are heterosexual. Among those who indicate that they are homosexual or bisexual, there was no major difference between men (7.3% and 2.8%) and women (6.8% and 3%) respectively. Only about 50% of LGB people in Portugal are socially open about their sexual orientation.
Another survey from 2012 for the same weekly newspaper, with 1,220 respondents more than 18 years old, used a 100 question survey about sexuality. They found that 77.5% are exclusively heterosexual, 2.1% are predominantly heterosexual, 0.6% are bisexual, 0.4% are predominantly homosexual and 1.6% are exclusively homosexual. 17.8% preferred not to answer about their sexual orientation. Of those who identified as heterosexual, 5.7% claimed to have already kissed, 1.3% claimed to feel attraction, and 1% claimed to have already had sex with someone of the same sex.
In a 2016 report titled: 'Progressive Prudes: A Survey of Attitudes towards Homosexuality and Gender Non-Conformity in South Africa' produced by the Other Foundation and the Human Sciences Research Council, found that 530,000 men and women of all population groups, both rural and urban dwelling, and across age groups, self-identify as either homosexual, bisexual, or gender non-conforming.
In 2019, an OECD report noted that "Korea does not have any nationally representative survey that includes a survey question on self-identification as heterosexual, homosexual, or bisexual, nor does it collect information on the share of transgender people among the adult population."
A female-only survey found that 6% of Spanish women identify as gay or bisexual.
The sixth edition of the Barómetro Control sexual behavior survey, which was performed in 2017, and is representative of the Spanish population aged 18 to 35, found that 89% of young Spanish adults identify as heterosexual, 6% as male homosexual, 3% as female homosexual, and 2% as bisexual.
In an anonymous survey of 1,978 male high school students performed in 2003, respondents answered a question regarding same-sex attraction by choosing a number in a 5-point Likert scale (1 = no and 5 = strong). Those who marked the number 5 made up 4% of the sample and those who marked the numbers 3 or 4, presented by researchers as self-reporting "some" same-sex attraction, 7 percent.
According to 2018 estimates from LGBT Capital, there were about 4.2 million LGBT people in Thailand.
A study of 8,337 British men found that 6.1% have had a "homosexual experience" and 3.6% had "1+ homosexual partner ever."
HM Treasury and the Department of Trade and Industry completed a survey to help the government analyse the financial implications of the Civil Partnerships Act (such as pensions, inheritance and tax benefits). They concluded that there were 3.6 million gay people in Britain—around 6% of the total population or 1 in 16.66 people.
In a survey of around 1,000 Britons using a self-completed questionnaire, 2% of the total sample identified as bisexual, 4% as homosexual, and 92% as heterosexual.
In an online survey with over 75,000 YouGov panelists in Britain, 90.9% identified as heterosexual, 5.8% as gay, lesbian or bisexual, 1.3% opted not to give an answer, and 2.1% gave other reasons. The sample was recruited to closely match the overall British population on demographic variables such as age, gender, employment status and socio-economic classification. Among men, around 89% identified as heterosexual, 5.5% identified as gay, and 2.5% as bisexual. Straight women constituted around 93% of all women, lesbians were 1.4%, and bisexual women 2.3 percent. A little over two percent of each sex identified as "Other", and a little over 1% did not want to indicate a sexual orientation. Non-heterosexuals tended to be younger, and this was especially the case for bisexual women and gay men, whose average ages were 32 and 36 respectively, compared to an average of 47 among heterosexuals. Ethnic minorities were less likely to identify as gay or lesbian than Whites (1.4% vs. 3.5%) but were more likely to prefer not to disclose their sexual orientation (7.5% vs 0.9%). Sexual minorities tended to concentrate more in certain parts of the country—in London especially, where 27% of gay men and lesbians, as well as 19% of bisexuals, took residence, compared to only 14% of heterosexuals. Employment status also correlated with sexual orientation, as more gay than straight men worked full-time (three-quarters v. 57%), and the same was true among women (lesbians: 58%, straight women: 41%). Similarly, gay men (73%) and lesbians (66%) were overrepresented among the upper classes (classes ABC1), though the difference between heterosexuals and bisexuals (54% v. 58%) was not statistically significant. LGB people—especially lesbians—also had on average higher educational achievement.
The study argued for the need to provide strong anonymity to respondents in order to gauge the true size of the non-heterosexual population, as more LGB than heterosexual respondents indicated they would be less likely to disclose their true sexual orientation in a face-to-face interview than in a self-administered, online survey.
In an anonymous online sex survey carried out by The Observer on the sex lives of the British, 4% of the 1,052 samples surveyed identified as gay or lesbian, and another 4% as bisexual.
In a nationally representative Survation study of 1,003 British women, 92% identified as heterosexual, 1.6% as gay or lesbian, 3.5% as bisexual, 0.3% as other, and 2.6% refused to disclose their sexual orientation. Sexual orientation appeared to be linked with age. Millennial women, aged 18–34, were significantly more likely to identify as bisexual (6.6%) than women aged 35–54 (1.4%) or older women (0.7%). Age differences were smaller for lesbian identity, but the pattern was the same, with 1.9% younger women identifying as lesbian, compared with 1.6% of middle aged and 1.3% of older women. Heterosexual identity followed the opposite pattern, being highest among older women (95.3%) and lowest among Millennials (89.1%). Sexual identity was also strongly correlated with childlessness, with 9.6% of childless women identifying as gay or bisexual, compared with 3.6% of women with underage children, and 0.5% of women with adult children.
In a YouGov survey of 1,632 adults, 5.5% identified as gay, 2.1% as bisexual, and 88.7% as heterosexual. Asked to place themselves on the Kinsey scale, 72% of all adults, and 46% of adults aged 18–24 years, picked a score of zero, meaning that they identify as totally heterosexual. Four percent of the total sample, and 6% of young adults, picked a score of six, meaning a totally homosexual identity. Sex researcher Simon LeVay criticized this survey as unreliable because the respondents were not randomly sampled from the entire population.
|||Heterosexual||Gay/lesbian||Bisexual||Other||Don't know/Refuse/No response|
In all years, it was observed that an LGB identity is most common among London residents and those aged under 35. Homosexual identity in 2016 was more than twice as common among men (1.7%) than among women (0.7%), whereas bisexual identity was more common among women (0.9%) than men (0.6%).
A female-only survey found that 4% of British women identify as gay or bisexual.
The United Kingdom Office for National Statistics  Annual Population Survey reported over 1 million (2.0%) of the UK population aged 16 and over identified as Lesbian, Gay or Bisexual (LGB). This represented a statistically significant increase from 1.7% in 2015.
In a Survation poll on adults aged 40–70, 92.5% identified as heterosexual, 3.5% as gay, 2.4% as bisexual, 0.5% as Other and 1% did not want to reveal their sexual orientation. Those under 60 were less likely to identify as heterosexual than those aged 60–70. A gay identity was more common among men (6.1%) than women (1%), and the opposite was true of heterosexuality (men: 89.9%, women: 95%). No differences were found in the share identifying as bisexual (2.4% versus 2.5%). London had a higher share of middle aged or older people identifying as gay (8%) or bisexual (6%) than other parts of the country.
According to a nationally representative study organized by Kantar TNS, 87% of British men aged 18 to 30 years identify as heterosexual, 7% as homosexual, 5% as bisexual, and 2% as other.
An Ipsos MORI survey on behalf of BBC found that British people aged 16–22 (also called Generation Z) have lower odds to identify as exclusively straight (66%) than those who belong to the Millennial generation (71%), Generation X (85%), or Baby boomers (88%). Within Generation Z, there were several important gender differences in sexual identity: young men were more likely to identify as completely heterosexual than young women (73% v. 59%) whereas young women had higher chances to identify as non-exclusively straight (19%) and bisexual (14%) than young men (10% and 5%, respectively). There were no significant gender differences in the share identifying as predominantly or exclusively homosexual (5% for each sex), but Generation Z men were significantly more likely to refuse to disclose their sexual orientation (7%) than their female counterparts (3%). Significantly more white youth identified as exclusively homosexual (3%) than those of ethnic minority backgrounds (0%) but no other ethnic differences were found. Exclusively heterosexual youths were also less likely to describe themselves as fairly or very active in politics, but they were more likely to believe that they enjoy a better life than Millennials.
Among older adults, there were no differences in the share of men (82%) and women (80%) identifying as exclusively heterosexual. But more women than men identified as mostly heterosexual (11% v. 6%), while more men than women identified as exclusively homosexual (4% v. 2%) and mostly homosexual (2% v. 0.4%). Exclusive heterosexuals were more likely to have voted "Leave" on the 2016 UK referendum to leave the European Union, whereas mostly heterosexuals and exclusive homosexuals were overrepresented among "Remain" voters.
The Annual Population Survey reported that an estimated 2.7% of the population aged 16 or over identified as lesbian, gay, or bisexual.
Main article: LGBT demographics of the United States
The demographics of sexual orientation and gender identity in the United States have been studied in the social sciences in recent decades. A 2017 Gallup poll concluded that 4.5% of adult Americans identified as LGBT with 5.1% of women identifying as LGBT, compared with 3.9% of men. A different survey in 2016, from the Williams Institute, estimated that 0.6% of U.S. adults identify as transgender. According to the UNAIDS estimate, the United States was the country with the greatest number of men who have sex with other men. Their estimate did not include information on China.
Data scientist Seth Stephens-Davidowitz reported that the actual prevalence of gay men doesn't appear to vary between states in the U.S. because the percentage of Internet porn searches that are for gay male porn are nearly the same in all states, about 5 percent. Stephens-Davidowitz argues that in states where there is a social stigma against homosexuality that "many more gay men are in the closet than are out".
In 2009, in a survey conducted by University of São Paulo in 10 capitals of Brazil, of the men 7.8% were gay and 2.6% were bisexual, for a total of 10.4%, and of the women 4.9% were lesbian and 1.4% were bisexual, for a total of 6.3 percent.
Of the men of the city of Rio de Janeiro, 19.3% were gay or bisexual. Of the women of the city of Manaus, 10.2% were lesbian and bisexual.
|Rio de Janeiro||19.3%||9.3%|
The Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law, a sexual orientation law think tank, released a study in April 2011 estimating based on its research that 1.7 percent of American adults identify as gay or lesbian, while another 1.8 percent identify as bisexual. Drawing on information from four national and two state-level population-based surveys, the analyses suggest that there are more than 8 million adults in the US who are lesbian, gay, or bisexual, comprising 3.5% of the adult population. Of men, 2.2% identify as gay and an additional 1.4% as bisexual. Of women, 1.1% identify as lesbian and an additional 2.2% as bisexual.
These charts show lists of the cities and the metropolitan areas with the highest LGB population in terms of numbers of total gay, lesbian and bisexual residents, based on estimates published in 2006 by the Williams Institute of the UCLA School of Law.
Top ranked by percent:
Top ranked by total population:
|1||New York City||6%||272,493||1|
Major metropolitan areas by total population:
|1||New York City – Northern New Jersey – Long Island, NY||568,903||2.6%|
|2||Los Angeles – Long Beach, CA – Santa Ana, CA||442,211||2.7%|
|4||San Francisco – Oakland – San Jose, CA||256,313||3.6%|
|5||Boston – Cambridge, MA – Quincy, MA||201,344||3.4%|
|7||Dallas – Fort Worth – Arlington, TX||183,718||3.5%|
|8||Miami – Miami Beach – Fort Lauderdale||183,346||4.7%|
|9||Atlanta – Marietta, GA – Sandy Springs, GA||180,168||4.3%|
|10||Philadelphia – Camden, NJ – Wilmington, DE||179,459||2.8%|
A 2015 Gallup poll surveying the 50 largest metro areas in the US estimated that the San Francisco metropolitan area had the highest percentage of LGBT people, at 6.2 percent.
|1||San Francisco–Oakland–Hayward, California||6.2%|
|3||Austin–Round Rock, Texas||5.3%|
|4||New Orleans–Metairie, Louisiana||5.1%|
|7||Salt Lake City, Utah||4.7%|
|8||Los Angeles–Long Beach–Anaheim, California||4.6%|
|10||Atlanta – Marietta, GA – Sandy Springs, GA||4.6%|
A significant distinction can be made between what medical statisticians call incidence and prevalence. For example, even if two studies agree on a common criterion for defining a sexual orientation, one study might regard this as applying to any person who has ever met this criterion, whereas another might only regard that person as being so if they had done so during the year of the survey. According to the American Psychological Association, sexual orientation refers to an "enduring pattern of emotional, romantic, and/or sexual attractions to men, women, or both sexes", as well as to "a person's sense of identity based on those attractions, related behaviors, and membership in a community of others who share those attractions." Therefore, a person can be celibate and still identify as being bisexual or homosexual based on romantic proclivities.
According to many a source, from academic researchers to pollsters to market research groups, the population that identifies as LGBT and/or has had sexual relations with the same sex may be underestimated in surveys that employ live interviewers to collect data. Their argument is that methods stronger in anonymity and/or confidentiality, such as online questionnaires and IVR interviews, are better than more traditional survey modes at gauging the size of the non-heterosexual population.
British researchers with the third wave of the National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (NATSAL) addressed this matter in one of their studies. Interviewers collected data on sexual behavior from a sample of over 15,000 subjects at their home. However, a portion of respondents agreed to complete an online questionnaire asking many of the same questions asked live before. The questionnaire was to be taken one to two months after the original interview. The data below were extracted from the same group of 202 men and 325 women who gave out information about same-sex experiences live and then successfully completed the online questionnaire later. Numbers show how answers varied between survey modes and the information is given on whether the difference between methods was significant or not.
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|Face-to-face||Online||Statistically significant difference between methods?||Face-to-face||Online||Statistically significant difference between methods?|
Researchers from other countries have produced similar findings. In Poland, for example, it was found in an experiment that self-reporting same-sex attraction was twice as common using an online questionnaire as in a paper questionnaire, despite the fact that the group that answered the online questions and the one that filled out the paper form were similar on all demographic variables and on all other aspects of their sexuality. In the 90s, an experiment was made in the US where it was found that teen males were several times more likely to acknowledge same-sex experiences using a computer methodology compared to paper questionnaires.
In addition, shifts can occur in reports of the prevalence of homosexuality. For example, the Hamburg Institute for Sexual Research conducted a survey over the sexual behavior of young people in 1970 and repeated it in 1990. Whereas in 1970 18% of the boys ages 16 and 17 reported to have had at least one same-sex sexual experience, the number had dropped to 2% by 1990.
Data from the General Social Survey shows that the percentage of Americans reporting predominantly same-sex partners remained stable between 1989 and 2014. In contrast, the percentage who reported ever having a same-sex partner increased. By contrast, the National Survey of Family Growth has found an increase in the share of men and women who self-report a bisexual orientation in their 2011–2013 study compared to previous surveys. Likewise, in the Second Australian Study of Health and Relationships, whose data was collected in 2012 and 2013, researchers noticed significant growth in the share of women who report bisexual orientation and attraction, and the share of men who report exclusive homosexual attraction, compared to the results of the First Australian Study of Health and Relationships, executed in 2001.
The population that has come to be referred to as gay in the West is not a descriptive term that would be recognized by all men who have sex with men (MSM) as known in the rest of the world. While gay culture is increasingly open and discussed, the world of MSM consists of a diverse population that often may respond differently depending on how communications in clinical settings are framed. Gay is generally used to describe a homosexual sexual orientation, while MSM describes sexual behavior between men.
Some men who have sex with other men will not relate to the term gay or homosexual, and do not regard sexual activity with other men as actual sexual activity. Instead, they view sexual relations with women as valid. This is particularly true among individuals from non-Western cultures, but it is also common in the US. Terms such as MSM or same gender loving are often used in place of the word gay. Men in Africa and Latin America engage in sexual relationships with other men while still referring to themselves as heterosexual, which is known as being on the "down-low".
There is a relative lack of information on sexual behavior in most developing countries. The limited sources that are available indicate that although homosexual self-identification might occur relatively infrequently, the prevalence of homosexual behavior is higher. These men are not taken into consideration in some sexual identity surveys which may lead to under-reporting and inaccuracies.
Reliable data on the size of the gay and lesbian population would be valuable for informing public policy. For example, demographics would help calculate the costs and benefits of domestic partnership benefits, or the impact of legalizing gay adoption. Further, knowledge of the size of the "gay and lesbian population holds promise for helping social scientists understand a wide array of important questions—questions about the general nature of labor market choices, accumulation of human capital, specialization within households, discrimination, and decisions about geographic location." More data are also needed to understand the degree of underrepresentation of sexual minorities in certain fields such as STEM, as well as the academic performance of sexual minorities more broadly.
Main article: Kinsey Reports
Two of the most famous studies of the demographics of human sexual orientation were Alfred Kinsey's Sexual Behavior in the Human Male (1948) and Sexual Behavior in the Human Female (1953). These studies used a seven-point spectrum to define sexual behavior, from 0 for completely heterosexual to 6 for completely homosexual. Kinsey concluded that a small percentage of the population were to one degree or another bisexual (falling on the scale from 1 to 5). He also reported that 37% of men in the U.S. had achieved orgasm through contact with another male after adolescence and 13% of women had achieved orgasm through contact with another woman.
His results, however, have been disputed, especially in 1954 by a team consisting of John Tukey, Frederick Mosteller and William G. Cochran, who stated much of Kinsey's work was based on convenience samples rather than random samples, and thus would have been vulnerable to bias.
Paul Gebhard, Kinsey's former colleague and successor as director of the Kinsey Institute for Sex Research, reviewed the Kinsey data and removed what he thought were its purported contaminants. He again found that almost exactly 37% of men had engaged in homosexual activity. However, he also pointed out that Kinsey later concluded it was a mistake trying to generalize to the entire population.
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|Pregnant teen, boyfriend killed in possible gang-related shooting|
|An 18-year-old woman who was 3 months pregnant was killed Sunday in Los Angeles when someone opened fire on a car during what police said may have been a gang-related shooting.|
|First-In-The-Nation Primary Voting Underway in New Hampshire|
|Voting underway in New Hampshire. Polls show its Sanders and Trump as the favorites.|
|Texas couple accused of enslaving live-in maid|
|A Texas couple is charged with enslaving their live-in maid, an illegal alien whom they allegedly forced to work nearly 20 hours per day, use cold water to bathe and strain milk from cereal bowls to drink.|
|Texas paper backs off plan to publish police officers' names, addresses|
|A San Antonio newspaper that threatened to publish police officers’ names and addresses is backing off the controversial plan following backlash from the public and members of law enforcement.|
|Toddler, mother among the dead in New Mexico car crash|
|Authorities say four people are dead including a young mother and her toddler after their vehicle was involved in a roll-over crash in central New Mexico.|
|Man who served 20 years for murder he didn't commit gets $6M|
|A man who served more than 20 years in prison for a murder he did not commit has been awarded $6 million by the state of Connecticut.|
|Man accused of attacking stores with metal pole, samurai sword|
|A man in Florida is suspected in a pair of seemingly random assaults on Sunday morning, including one in which an elderly man was attacked with a samurai sword.|
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|Teen stabbed to death had been grounded from social media, dad says|
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Dogs and Water
Border Collies aren't especially noted for loving water, but 'our girls' love to play with water from a hose.
Let me dry off, then I'll be ready to play again!
Monday, July 7, 2008
Patterns and Graphics
I've been shooting so many pictures for my other photo blog, that I've neglected this one. So here are a few graphic and pattern studies. These are segments of some of the buildings I've photographed for the other blog.

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Litecoin was released in the year 2011. It is a cryptocurrency derived from the Bitcoin model. Charlie Lee, MIT graduate and former Google engineer, is the creator of this currency. Litecoin is fundamentally based on a global open source payment network that is not controlled by any central authority. Litecoin differs from Bitcoin in aspects such as block generation rate, which is faster and mainly due to the use of proof of work scrypt.
The launch of the currency had as its main objective to be an alternative to the BTC. It would be for "silver" while Bitcoin would be the "gold". It is a "peer-to-peer" digital currency. It is a totally decentralized global payment payment network. Litecoin was developed with the aim of improving Bitcoin's shortcomings and gaining industry support along with increased trading volume and good liquidity.
Another important differential is that the currency was designed to expand at volumes four times higher than Bitcoin, and at a faster rate (1/4 of Bitcoin's time). Overall, Litecoin is seen as the second currency derived from Bitcoin in value, but emphasizing that Litecoins are more easily obtained and transacted.

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Asahi Glass Co. Ltd. (Tokyo) will invest approximately $128
million to construct an additional glass furnace at its Takasago
plant in Hyogo Prefecture, to expand production capacity of glass
substrates for thin-film-transistor liquid crystal displays (LCDs).
According to the company, the new furnace will have an annual
production capacity of 4 million square meters of glass, bringing
Asahi's total glass production capacity to 22 million square meters.
Asahi will begin construction this October, with the furnace to
begin operating in October 2005.
The new furnace will handle AN100 grade glass substrates, suiting
it to producing Generation 5 (over 1 square meter) and larger
glass substrates for large LCD monitors and flat-panel TVs.
Asahi, along with rival glass maker Corning (Ithaca, N.Y.) and
others, continue to invest millions of dollars to help the LCD
industry meet ongoing shortages of critical display components
such as glass and filters.
Whether glass supplies continue to be strained, however, could
hinge on how quickly the industry absorbs a recent onslaught of
LCD fab capacity. The sudden capacity surplus has prompted suppliers
to lower LCD panel prices in recent months and reportedly scale
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Duke Nukem Forever
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Release Date: June 14, 2011
Duke Nukem Forever has had a wild ride. This game had been in development since 1996, herald at many an E3 convention as being the next “groundbreaking” game. The problem was, it never came out.
Developer 3D Realms would occasionally release some pictures or game play footage, but always staved off finishing the game by trying to put whatever was new and popular into it. Imagine someone you know is writing a book. For 14 years they would change it around adding whatever was hot at the moment: zombies, vampires, robots, the book would be a mess, right? This is the situation I imagine Gearbox Software was in when they inherited the unfinished game after 3D Realms was sued by its publisher. The very fact that this game was able to be pieced together into something releasable is a miracle. And that’s exactly what we got, something that feels 14 years old and pieced together. If you think about the game’s history, why would you expect anything less?
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Another Ground Master 400 radar base for France
ThalesRaytheonSystems (TRS) will supply the French Air Force with a third Ground Master 406 (GM 406) radar for the Lyon Mont-Verdun airbase. The order includes the supply and installation of a tower-mounted GM 406 radar, associated civil engineering, through-life support for three years, and information system security.
TRS was contracted in September 2012 to deliver a GM 406 to the Nice Mont-Agel base, in addition to the earlier acquisition of a GM 406 to protect the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana, and a GM 403 mobile radar.
As with the earlier orders, the new GM 406 will be integrated with the air defence network of the SCCOA air command and control system to provide airspace monitoring. The new radars will provide the armed forces with a guaranteed threat detection capability at low and high altitudes, high operational availability of 98% and simplified maintenance.
The radar base at Lyon Mont-Verdun will feature advanced security solutions to protect armed force missions from potential threats to information systems and data integrity, ensuring that air command and control systems can continue to provide effective air defence protection for an area, region or country under all circumstances.
Philippe Duhamel, CEO of TRS France, said: ‘This additional order for a new-generation radar confirms the trust that the DGA and the French armed forces continue to place in the radar systems developed by TRS and Thales. We are delighted that the GM 406 has been selected to equip the Lyon Mont-Verdun air force base, which is one of the cornerstones of France’s airspace surveillance capability.’
The GM 406 radar will be coupled with the NATO ACCS C2 centres, the SCCOA system and C3M system (the deployable component of the French SCCOA programme) centers as well as navy and army installations.
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Weighted blankets: Here's how the trendy bedding got so popular
Morgan Heitel-Grantham went to a local Target to buy weighted blankets after seeing Facebook testimonials about the product's purported sleep-altering benefits.
"Anxiety levels were already high with the holidays looming," said Heitel-Grantham. She and her husband had spent the last nine years engaging in nightly bedroom battles over the covers. "I thought, 'It sure would be nice to be able to get a good night's sleep without having to fight for it.'"
Like many others who joined the blossoming weighted blanket renaissance in the past year, the mother of a 2-year-old toddler said the blanket changed her life.
"The first night's sleep was indescribable. It does interesting things to the blood flow on your lower extremities. It was like someone was giving me a hug at just the right pressure points," Heitel-Grantham, who has diabetes, said of her November 2018 purchase. "The sleep was so deep that my toddler jumped on top of me, adding even more weight, and I didn't even notice."
The Grantham family is just one of many American households joining in on the weighted blanket craze, using the trendy tarps stuffed with beads or sand to help them with sleep problems associated with medical conditions such as anxiety and autism.
For years, many people did not know that weighted blankets existed, and those who did had to choose from a limited selection until last year, when underground whispers about the hefty bedding gave way to months of media coverage.
Celebrities raved about the product, retail stores nationwide began selling variations of the heavy sheets, and by the end of 2018, weighted blankets were on practically every gift guide on the internet.
And according to one of the weighted blanket industry's most celebrated companies, sales of the heavy wellness blankets are expected to increase in 2019.
For decades, weighted blankets were used by a small community to treat children with autism and adults with PTSD and other conditions. The blankets purportedly work by using deep-pressure therapy – similar to the comfort created by swaddling babies or getting deep-tissue massages – to create more restful sleep.
"The pressure a weighted blanket provides when someone is trying to relax into sleep can be comforting," said Dr. Lynelle Schneeberg, a behavioral sleep psychologist who is a Fellow of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. "People like the feeling of getting a hug or a massage. Sleeping under a weighted blanket provides a similar feeling."
Donna Chambers first heard about the rest-altering benefits of weighted blankets in 2008 after her grandson was diagnosed with autism. The 3-year-old was having trouble sleeping, a common experience for those on the autism spectrum. Her daughter mentioned that heavier covers help with sleep and showed Chambers a handmade flyer that advertised a local weighted blanket seamstress.
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"So, I went on the internet to look them up, and there were one or two places selling them, but they had really terrible websites," Chambers said. "I was shocked that no one with a really nice website was selling them online."
After checking the handmade goods website Etsy to find out how weighted blankets were constructed, Chambers commissioned the help of her pastor's wife to stitch one from scratch for her grandson. And the results were more than positive. "My grandson loved it. It did help him sleep better, and I thought, 'We could make these and sell them on a better website," Chambers said.
She started the Chattanooga, Tennessee, company SensaCalm in 2008, joining a niche of other anxiety-easing-sheet makers like Salt of the Earth Weighted Gear and Magic Weighted Blanket.
Constructed with weighted beads or plastic pellets cocooned in cotton or synthetic microfiber, weighted blankets are labor intensive when made by hand. SensaCalm's trendy threads are individually made to order.
As popularity grew over the past decade, SensaCalm gained momentum. Chambers' team swelled to 30 workers, and the company has doubled its number of sales each year until 2018. That year, SensaCalm, which sells blankets starting at about $80 and spends very little on marketing, began facing stiff competition.
Chambers said she always feared that once companies started outsourcing manufacturing for the heavier-than-average covers, "it may put us out of business," she said.
Gravity, the maker of a wildly popular weighted blanket, parlayed a successful Kickstarter campaign into a new spin of the product, marketing it to the public.
The weighted blanket craze took off on the promise that the cover could produce a calming effect, corresponding with the nation's increase in the number of reported anxiety sufferers.
According to the American Psychiatric Association’s annual poll, 40 percent of Americans said they felt more anxious in 2018 than they did in 2017 – which saw a 36 percent increase over 2016.
Manufactured in China and sold for $249 at a number of retailers including Bed Bath and Beyond and Target, Gravity Blankets made $26.5 million and sold over 128,000 units over the past two years.
Though it's too early in the year to project an exact figure, the company said in a statement to USA TODAY that it is "indeed forecasting growth" in 2019.
As a Kickstarter campaign, more than 23,000 backers pledged $4.7 million to bring the product to life. The blankets were engineered to be 10 percent of the user’s body weight.
Time magazine named the Gravity Blanket one of the best inventions of 2018.
The success that the Gravity Blanket maker saw was a bit of a surprise, according to Mike Grillo, the company's co-founder and president.
"We were making best-guess estimates on how much money we would raise, and I think the most ambitious was $100,000 dollars from backers," Grillo said. "We made that within about the first hour."
Since the Gravity Blanket took off, the company has manufactured a number of weighted spinoffs including a sleep mask, cooling blankets and duvet covers.
While more people may be bundling up beneath the heavy covers in 2019, experts warn that weighted blankets aren't a one-size-fits-all solution for issues related to sleep.
"Weighted blankets aren't usually a magic bullet if someone has sleep problems," said Schneeberg, who treats adults with insomnia at Yale University. "A person might become unable to fall asleep every night without the weighted blanket and then need to take the blanket along when they sleep elsewhere."
For some people, Schneeberg said, the weighted blankets can be too warm. She said that the best alternative is "having a good bedtime routine each night and simply reading a book until you become drowsy enough to fall asleep."
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NFL Week 1: Over and Under Best Bets
This NFL season, with sports betting expected to be a more common and accepted practice, we're making a point to look beyond point spreads and analyze often-neglected totals. As part of that approach, we'll offer up our favorite bet over and favorite under each week.
Over of the week: Seattle Seahawks at Denver Broncos
Neither defense is what it used to be, and I think this total has yet to account for that -- especially with Seattle. The Legion of Boom is no more, Michael Bennett and Cliff Avril are gone and star safety Earl Thomas is nowhere to be seen. Von Miller is still Von Miller on the other side of the ball, but the Broncos and Seahawks will be relying on a lot of unproven players, especially in the secondary. And it's not as though either unit fared great last season anyway.
Meanwhile, the Broncos offense should be much better with new quarterback/running back duo Case Keenum and Royce Freeman. The former was the league's seventh-rated passer last season, the latter looks like an offensive rookie of the year candidate. And while Seattle has fewer weapons on that side of the ball, that offense looks to be more balanced with Chris Carson crushing it in the backfield this summer.
I'm expecting Keenum, Freeman, Carson and Russell Wilson to put on an offensive exhibition in Colorado.
Predicted score: Broncos 27, Seahawks 24
Under of the week: Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New Orleans Saints
With Ryan Fitzpatrick as their primary passer, the Bucs scored just 10 points on their last trip to New Orleans. The Saints defense has since gotten better on paper, and Fitzpatrick will once again start for the suspended Jameis Winston in this tilt.
Watch for the Bucs defense to show some improvement too. New Orleans can light up the scoreboard, especially at home, but Tampa Bay has a newly-stacked defensive front that resembles Philadelphia's famous line. That unit could put together a respectable performance against a New Orleans offense that actually started rather slow last season (they scored more than 20 points just once in the first four weeks).
Throw in that the Saints won't be at full power without suspended running back Mark Ingram and 49.5 feels far too high.
Predicted score: Saints 24, Buccaneers 14
Good luck, we're all counting on you.


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The Calla Plate by Sena Gu is a beautiful plate inspired by the shape of a lily flower. The plate works wonderfully for serving delicate canapes, or as a jewellery tray, or on its own as a stunning dining table centrepiece. A perfect gift for someone who appreciates fine porcelain.
Sena Gu hails from South Korea, where she studied Ceramics and Glass. She received her MA on the same subject from the Royal College of Art in 2007. Since then she has become a well-respected design-maker (www.sena-gu.com), with hand-crafted porcelain works inspired by flowers, vegetables, birds and mineral crystal formations, all in her trademark style combining unexpected shapes, bright colours and a fair dose of whimsy.
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Cintia Chagas, widely recognized as "Teacher" in Brazil, has amassed an impressive net worth of $5 million by the year 2024. Known for her educational expertise and commitment to helping students succeed, Cintia has built a successful career through her role as a teacher. Her dedication and passion for education, combined with her innovative teaching methods, have catapulted her into financial success. With her wealth continuing to grow, Cintia remains a respected figure in the educational community, inspiring and impacting the lives of many students throughout Brazil.
Teacher who has gained fame for her unique lessons in the Portuguese language, including to her eponymous YouTube channel. She had her debut book Sou Péssimo em Português published in October 2018.
She earned her degree in letters from Federal University of Minas Gerais.
She has seen her YouTube audience grow to more than 20,000 subscribers. She has also earned verification to her Instagram account with more than 130,000 followers.
She was originally born and raised in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
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Virginie Colaiuta, partner of LMS Legal LLP will lecture on European procurement laws at the Summer School Seminar titled “Comparative European Construction Contract & Procurement Law” sponsored by the European Society of Construction Law, which will take place at The Hague on 1-6 July 2019. The information of the Seminar may be found here:
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September 29th, 2019
This week in Beijing, Bianca Andreescu will make her first appearance on a tennis court since her incredible US Open title. “Well, I’m feeling pretty confident,” Andreescu said. “I’ve been having some really good practices lately. I had a good training week in Toronto and in Montreal. Now here. “I got here four days ago, […]
September 22nd, 2019
The stars assemble in Wuhan.
August 27th, 2019
Serena Williams has now won 19 straight over Maria Sharapova.
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August 24th, 2019
It’s a crazy women’s draw at the US Open.
August 6th, 2019
Former champion Caroline Wozniacki cruised Monday at the Toronto Masters dismissing the dangerous Yulia Putintseva 6-4, 6-2. Wozniacki, who won in Montreal back in 2010, was down 4-2 early before rolling of 10 of the last 12 games. “I think I just started getting a hold of her serves better,” Wozniacki said. “And then I […]
August 4th, 2019
3-time champion Serena Williams returns to the Canadian Open for first time since 2015.
July 4th, 2019
Defending champion Angelique Kerber collapsed from a set up today at Wimbledon.
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July 2nd, 2019
Former champions Maria Sharapova and Garbine Muguruza both exited Wimbledon on Tuesday.
June 29th, 2019
In a battle of Wimbledon favorites, Karolina Pliskova came out on top.
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June 16th, 2019
Maria Sharapova hasn’t played since January.
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May 26th, 2019
The men’s tour isn’t the only one with breakout young stars.
May 25th, 2019
The wait is almost over.
May 7th, 2019
Two more Top 5 women’s seeds are out of the Madrid Open.
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May 6th, 2019
After a tough weekend, seeds were a perfect 5-0 Monday in Madrid.
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It was a mixed day for seeds Sunday in Madrid.
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With our last Summer before Milla starts school stretching in front of us we’re planning to make it a Summer of good times. We will be hitting a couple of festivals as our kids thrive on the outdoor lifestyle and diverse entertainment. The only trouble will be narrowing down the selection, with so many high quality festivals catering for young families we really are spoiled for choice. Whether you’re looking to rock out, camp out or have a day out there is a festival for you.
Imaginate Festival Edinburgh and on Tour, 9th – 15th May
Imaginate is a festival of performing arts for children of all ages. The programme of events boasts inspiring and exciting performances catering for children from babies to teens. As it starts next week there are many events already sold out but well worth popping in the diary for next year if you miss out.
Wood Braziers Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, 20th – 22nd May
Wood holds a special place in my heart as it was the very first festival we took Milla to. The vibe is very chilled and due to its size it has an intimate feel. There are children’s workshops running all day Saturday and Sunday in the children’s tent ranging from yoga to willow sculptures as well as adult’s workshops including five part harmony singing (lots of fun). The food is out of this world provided by a local organic cafe and we enjoyed daal and wood fired pizzas. While festival toilets may be the frequent subject of eye rolling at Wood their composting loos are legendary (and far more pleasant than most festivals). I’m gutted to be missing this year as I like the look of a few bands on the list not least Polly and the Billets Doux who are also headlining at Just So Festival.
Meadowlands Festival Glynde Place, Lewes, 27th – 29th May
Few festivals can list swimming among their attractions but at Meadowlands you can swim in a beautiful outdoor pool over 100 years old. Children’s workshops include pizza making and poetry. I’m liking the line up in the comedy and spoken word tent as much as the music acts.
The Spark Children’s Arts Festival Leicester and Leicestershire, 31st May – 12th June
This comes highly recommended by Eve who contributes to Bambino Goodies with children’s theatre reviews. The festival is spaced over two weeks and has a whole host of pre-schooler performances including BabyO a first experience of opera for 6 – 18 months and Five a laboratory for the senses. There are also interactive events and art shows making it a packed programme. All events are reasonably priced and well worth heading over to Leicester.
Hat Fair Winchester, Hampshire, 1st – 3rd July
Hat Fair is an institution bringing together the best street theatre from across the UK and Europe for a free three day festival. It is held the first weekend in July every year and sees acts performing in pitches all over the City. It is a fantastic event for children and a great way to introduce them to physical theatre and comedy. At the time of writing the programme has not been released but take a look at their website for last year’s acts which gives you a good idea of what to expect. If you want to find out more check out my mini guide.
Latitude Festival Southwold, Suffolk 14th – 17th July
Latitude offers a diverse range of arenas such as poetry, literary and children’s alongside it’s musical stages. There are activites, workshops and performances aimed at all ages as well as a dedicated toddler area with free sun cream. If you love They Might be Giants’ children’s music as much as I do you’ll be pleased to hear they will be playing a set on the Saturday.
Camp Bestival Lulworth Castle, Dorset 28th – 31st July
This is often billed as the most family friendly festival in the UK and with good reason. Every aspect of the festival caters for families and they even have a boutique babysitting service if you fancy heading for the music stages without the kids. I know Milla will be over the moon to discover the Royal Ballet workshops. Lucy went last year and had an amazing time, her write up sounded so good we booked early bird tickets then and there.
Glastonbury Children’s Festival Abbey Playground, Glastonbury 5th – 8th August
While it may not have a flashy website, Glastonbury Children’s Festival is tipped as a gem for children. For a ticket price of just Â£8 daily for children aged 3 – 11 you gain access to workshops, entertainment and rides. From what I’ve heard it regularly sells out so if you’re in the area snap yours up now.
Lollibop Regent’s Park, London 5th – 7th August
In the heart of London you’ll be able to enjoy a weekend of activities and performances just for children. The live acts read like the CBeebies schedule with Zing Zillas and (the notorious) Rastamouse amoungst others performing on stage. Other big names include The Science Museum, Baby Loves Disco, Roald Dahl Museum and Mr Motivator (when did he make a come back?). Natalie will be there in the heart of it all reporting back for Bambino Goodies.
Green Man Festival Brecon Beacons, Wales 19th – 21st August
Even before having children, Green Man was on my radar as supremely family friendly. While it may not be packed to bursting with children’s entertainment it is widely attended by families who come for the friendly community atmosphere and relaxed music.
Just So Festival Barnswood, Staffordshire 19th – 21st August
The Just So Festival made a name for itself when it launched last year, firmly setting out its stall as a festival for young children and their families. It has an enviable programme of events covering arts, literature, music, nature and physical activities. What strikes me as special about Just So is that it has many events which bring festival goers together from a lantern parade to traditional sports day races your children will be interacting with the community. Last year weekend tickets sold out quickly so if you’re tempted I’d click now rather than deliberate too long and miss out. Look out for more on Just So as Bambino Goodies will be heading up to check it out.
Harvest at Jimmy’s Suffolk and Alex James Presents Harvest Kingham, Oxfordshire 9th – 12th September
Mixing the traditional festival with a healthy dollop of foodie fun the Harvest festivals are right at the end of the season and the perfect way to celebrate the first week of school. Bambino Goodies will be rocking out at Alex’s where the kids can enjoy Charlie and Lola’s Bestest Play and Fantastic Mr Fox as well as wookshops, cookery lessons and nature activities. On the chef demo stage I’ll be looking forward to Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Rachel Allen, Yotam Ottolenghi, Jay Rayner and friend of Bambino Goodies, My Daddy Cooks.


Today on Pure Sports! Geoff breaks down all regions of March Madness for you with a little help from T-minus! Who do we think got snubbed? Who is looking at an early exit from the tournament? Who's the sleeping Cinderella this year? We'll give you our takes. We'll also take a look at The Clippers horrible loss to the Cavaliers this weekend and go through the NFL briefly before going into our short week.


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YARMOUTH — Details are sketchy, but it looks like a couple of new fees are on the horizon for Yarmouth residents.
The Town Council continued its discussions of potential sewer and recycling center fees at a workshop on Thursday.
The council is considering assessing user fees for the town’s transfer station. Councilors again floated the possibility of a $50 sticker fee, estimating they might sell 1,500 stickers and raise $75,000 annually.
The council set an informal goal of voting on the recycling question at its meeting on Nov. 21. That would give the public time to understand the initiative, councilors said.
Many of the particulars remained unclear, however, including the price of the sticker. No decision was made on whether fees would be assessed per household or per vehicle, or whether stickers could be swapped between cars. A question about security at the transfer station was also raised.
Town Manager Nat Tupper said the council needed to more clearly define the purpose of the fee, and whether it would simply offset the cost of waste deposition, or if there are additional goals, like encouraging recycling.
The council looked at its Dec. 19 meeting as a possible time for a vote on a sewer fee ordinance.
Councilors discussed a hybrid plan with three tiers and a variable rate for high-end users. It was suggested that residents using wells and septic tanks may not have to pay the fee; however, the town may no longer be obligated to empty septic systems, for which it currently budgets $25,000 annually.
The council asked Tupper to develop a potential schedule for voting and implementation.
Councilors considered that it might be unfair to residents to levy new fees in consecutive months, but determined it is more important to resolve these issues before the town budget begins to dominate council conversation in the new year.


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There are 33 municipal electric utilities in Florida. These communities believe that public power is the best choice for their communities and citizens. Here are a few of the reasons why:
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- 3 Cups diced parsnips
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For the parsnip purée, combine the diced parsnip, crushed garlic, and heavy cream in a medium saucepan over high heat and season with salt to taste. Bring to a boil and cook over moderately high heat until the parsnips are tender, about 15-20 minutes. Drain the parsnips and purée with the butter. Season with salt and pepper to taste and keep warm until ready to plate.
For the tempura batter, combine the rice flour and a pinch of salt in a bowl. Add the egg white and whisk to incorporate, then slowly whisk in the ice water until a wet yet nape consistency is reached. Set aside to rest.
Heat the olive oil in a medium sauté pan over high heat and season each scallop with a pinch of salt and pepper. Sear 4 scallops at a time in the pan until well browned on each side, about 1 minute per side. Do not try to sear more than 4 scallops at time, because overcrowding the pan will prevent them from browning well. Remove the scallops from the pan and set aside.
Pour the honey into the pan and stir. Let it caramelize for 1-2 minutes, and then stir in the lemon juice. Place the scallops back in the pan and turn to coat them with the honey glaze. Remove from heat and set aside.
While you are searing your scallops, heat the oil in a small saucepan until it reaches 340-360 degrees. To check if the oil is at the right temperature for frying, place a drop or 2 of the batter into it. If the batter bubbles to the surface right away, then the oil is hot enough. Place a handful at a time of Brussels sprouts leaves into the batter and stir well to coat, and then fry in the oil until light golden brown, about 10-15 seconds per handful. Drain on a paper towel and set aside.
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The FC Barcelona reserve team player has suffered a malleolus fracture in his right ankle
Barça B player Sergi Samper has suffered a malleolus fracture in his right ankle and will be out for the next eight weeks, in other words, the remainder of the season.
It’s bad news for the reserve team captain, and also for GerardLópez, as he has lost one of his most important players. Samper has played 28 games this season, only missing one game through suspension and three because he was on duty for the first team.
Samper spent the preseason working under the orders of Luis Enrique and has played seven first team games this term, three in the Copa del Rey, two in the Champions League and one in La Liga.


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AFTER careful consideration, Jessica Hanff has found the ideal spot for the art that her 4-year-old daughter, Elisabeth, brings home from preschool: the trash can.
“We’re getting two to four pieces of crayon drawing a day,” said Ms. Hanff, a 36-year-old operations manager for an academic research institute. On a recent Tuesday, Ms. Hanff began sorting through a few dozen of Elisabeth’s drawings, stacked in the mudroom of the family’s Washington home.
“These are printouts off the computer, colored in,” she said. “C is for Cat! And she’s scribbled some things on it. This is Dora the Explorer.” Ms. Hanff stopped to observe the purplish rings that Elisabeth had marked around Dora’s eyes. “It looks like someone slapped her in the face. She’s got these big shiners.”
Ms. Hanff is always on the lookout for “exceptional” drawings. But this entire batch would soon be archived in the rubbish bin. “I’m not sentimental about those at all,” she said. “It’s my job to avoid raising a hoarder, and I’m leading by example.”
But Elisabeth has been known to fish her drawings out of the trash and present them to her mother. “I’ll say, ‘Oh, thank you,’ ” Ms. Hanff said. “We’ll have a discussion. I’m not callous. But once she turns away, often I’ll toss it out again.”
Elisabeth’s creative work, it should be noted, can be found all over the house. (At this point, her 2-year-old sister, Charlotte, doesn’t claim as much wall space.) Elisabeth started embroidering last year. And her grandmother gave her a grown-up watercolor set. In a vaguely Dadaist spirit, Elisabeth used a floret of broccoli to paint the pointillist color study that hangs in her bedroom.
“I do think my kids are awesome,” Ms. Hanff said. “I tell them how great they are. But we’re not going to build an addition on the back for every piece of crayon art they’ve ever done.”
We all want our children to be creative. But do they have to be so prolific? Once children enter nursery school, every day produces another masterpiece. Presidents’ Day brings a cotton ball wig; Purim means a bean-box rattle.
Forget about organizing the pieces in a storage bin. This is a job for a shipping container.
All this art may or may not tell us something about the nature of the child. But it reveals plenty about the parents. Do they lavish praise on every piece or barely glance up from the iPhone? Do they frame art for the grandparents or turn it into wrapping paper? In the plainest sense, is the parent a keeper or a chucker?
No one has quantified just how much art children create at school, said David Burton, a professor of art education at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. But having worked in the field for more than 40 years, Dr. Burton refutes the notion that present-day parents have coddled and attaboy-ed their children into overproducing.
Art classrooms of the 1960s and ’70s followed “a philosophy of make and take,” Dr. Burton said. That is, at the end of every 40-minute class, an art project would be ready for Mom and Dad. Art educators today have been trained to encourage a deeper exploration of material, process and theory.
At the same time, Dr. Burton said, tots now start scribbling with ergonomic crayons by the age of 18 months: “Years and years ago, people — even art educators — believed that children would just waste materials when they were really toddlers.”
Art can be valuable to the development of even the youngest children, Dr. Burton said. Drawing, for instance, helps build cognitive and fine motor skills. And it teaches children to observe and discriminate when it comes to color, shape and form. Young children can sometimes draw emotions that go beyond their words, he added.
But how much does a 4-year-old boy really care about his 50th portrait of Thomas the Tank Engine? “Once they’re through with it, they may lose interest in it very quickly,” Dr. Burton said. “The process is more important than the product for the child.”
Still, the curator of the refrigerator door can’t be too ruthless. When Dad de-accessions a new finger painting overnight, Dr. Burton said, “the child quickly learns that this art that they’re making is very ephemeral.” In other words, worthless.
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