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WASHINGTON, Oct. 31
At 8:01:30 AM this morning President Bush took to the Cross Hall in the White House to nominate Judge Samuel Alito of the Third Circuit US Court of Appeals to be the next Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
President Bush called for an up or down vote to be held on Alito's nomination before the end of this calendar year.
So: Alito considered in the shortest of hand:
Republicans/conservatives: delighted; all is forgiven; they (HEART) Alito; by sundown, nearly every conservative group, talk show host, pundit, blogger, and law professor will be fully/madly/intensely on board; barring something totally odd, he will eventually draw at least 52 Republican votes; the White House and RNC have their research ducks in a row (no rushing back to Dallas to fetch papers); great talking points galore on credentials; the kids -- in their own way -- are as cute as the Roberts kids; when the Administration said they "got" why Miers went down, they were telling the truth; if (and we emphasize "if") the White House needs tens of millions of dollars spent by "private" groups to get him confirmed, the money will be there.
Democrats/liberals: will be divided, with some saying "wait and see" for real, some saying "wait and see" as a strategy, some saying "we have reservations," some saying "oppose," and some saying "filibuster"; by the time the liberal groups are done with their research (yes, amazingly, even regarding someone who should be totally oppo vetted, we predict they have work to do on Alito), the right will be completely united and geared up; only a minority of the minority "learned" the lesson from the Roberts experience that if you don't oppose immediately, you get overwhelmed; if there is an up-or-down vote, we predict at least one "Nelson" will vote "yes" and maybe more.
Timing/process: A Senate aide tells ABC News that, although the White House would like to have the confirmation "finish[ed] by Christmas. . . . , We've told them 'we'll try but don't get your hopes up'"; which means this fight takes place right around State of the Union, which means the White House will have to juggle SOTU message of unity with what MIGHT be a fight; Democrats won't make a filibuster decision for a long time (a "herding cats" matter); if they decide to filibuster and can get the votes to do it, Republicans will take the steps necessary to end the filibuster; the mountains of polling data both sides have had for months notwithstanding, no one can know for sure who would win the "up-or-down" versus "Senate tradition" fight, but based on his sweet/vintage performance this morning, Alito would seem to be a good actor for the Republicans to put at the center of the drama.
Pending/TBD: FLOTUS and O'Connor SCOTUS reax; will any pro-choice Republican Senators have issues with this pick; the identities of Alito's best Democratic friends; whether the Vice President was informed by Secretary Card of the pick, or actually was involved in the selection; ditto Karl C. Rove; and why President Bush didn't choose one of the female short-listers (apparently, America is not a populace enough nation to find a second qualified woman to be on the Court).


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Brownsville: A would-be thief shoved seven large salamis under his clothes at Western Beef. But the police found his salami. The police found his salami. [Gothamist]
Bushwick: These 'shwickers aren't reacting very compassionately to a former New York editor's account in this week's issue of getting assaulted there. Except for this one: "Being a lamer doesn't mean he deserved to get his jaw broken." Wow, uh, thanks. [BushwickBK]
Central Village: After a $123 million sale fell through last year, the grand old Emery Roth–designed Devonshire House on East 10th and University has been bought by Mets owner Fred Wilpon for $110 mil. It'll go condo. [NYP]
Ferry Point: Will the cityever build that long-promised public Bronx golf course on that big piece of landfill between the Whitestone and Throgs Neck Bridges? And, uh, if they do, they will plug up those methane leaks first, right? [NYDN]
Williamsburg: Everything will soon be illuminated in McCarren Park when they install those giant nighttime soccer-field lights and the swells in the new Karl Fisher Row condos will look down upon them ... and smile quietly contented smiles. [Curbed]
Windsor Terrace: This unpretentious, quasi-gentrified hood gasps and gags for breath in the suffocating shadow of its overgroomed evil stepsister, Park Slope. But Farrell's Bar endures. [The Real Deal]
Zerega Avenue: Meanwhile, in this part of the Boogie Down, folks are worried that a planned medical facility will eat into their parking spaces. God forbid. [Bronx Times]


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"HENEGLWYS, a parish in the hundred of Malltraeth, county Anglesey, 3 miles W. of Llangefni, and 6 from Aberfraw. It is situated in a vale, at a short distance from the bridge over the river Cefni. The living is a rectory with the curacy of Trêwalchmai annexed, in the diocese of Bangor, value £383, in the patronage of the Bishop of Bangor. The church is dedicated to St. Llwydian. The parochial charities produce about £60 per annum." [From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
Roberts, John. Plans of properties in the parishes of Llanidan, Llanfihangel Esceifiog, Llanddaniel, Llaniestyn, Heneglwys and Llangefni in the couty of Anglesey. c 1756. 17 maps
Church and chapel data from The Religious census of 1851 : A Calendar of the returns relating to Wales, Vol 11, North Wales. Ed. by Ieuan Gwynedd Jones, UWP, 1981. The names given towards the end of each entry are those of the informants.
Heneglwys Parish; Statistics; Area 2062 acres; Population 270 males, 277 females, total 547
Rees, Thomas & John Thomas. Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru (History of the Welsh Independent Churches), 4 volumes (published 1871+). Here is the entry from this book for Sardis, Bodffordd chapel (in Welsh) - with translation
Joyce Hinde has supplied a list of Parish Registers held at Anglesey Record Office
Capel y Gad Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Bodffordd, records - details of extant records on Archives Network Wales
"Records of Y Gad Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Bodffordd, 1893-1996, including notebook of the Committee of the new chapel, 1893-1894; account book, 1893-1902; committee minute books, 1921-1937; account book of the new vestry, 1934-1953; Sunday School records, 1931-1948; minutes of youth meetings, 1947-1964; annual reports, 1931-1936; and minutes of the officials committee of care and the pastoral care committee of Horeb, Bethel, Y Gad, Bryntwrog, Llangwyllog chapels, 1971-1996"
Bodffordd Village - on the Anglesey.info site
Heneglwys - on wicipedia (Welsh)
HENEGLWYS (HEN-EGLWYS), a parish in the hundred of MALLTRAETH, county of ANGLESEY, NORTH WALES, 3 miles (W.) from Llangevni, on the Holyhead road, containing 335 inhabitants. This parish, the name of which signifies the old church, is of considerably, extent, and is situated in a marshy district surrounded by rugged and rocky elevations. The scenery of the neighbourhood is wild and dreary : the lands are principally enclosed and under cultivation, but the soil is cold and unproductive. Its situation, about half-way between Bangor and Holyhead, on the new line of road, has rendered it a place of some traffIc ; and the Mona Inn, a spacious and commodious hotel and posting-house, has been erected here for the accommodation of travellers ; but the situation is bleak and exposed, and the immediate neighbourhood uninviting, consisting chiefly of swampy flats and rocky promontories. The living is a discharged rectory, with the perpetual curacy of Trevwalchmai annexed, in the archdeaconry of Anglesey, and diocese of Bangor, rated in the king's books at £9. 3. 4., and in the patronage of the Bishop of Bangor. The church, dedicated to St. Llwydian, is an ancient edifice, distinguished by no architectural feature claiming especial notice. There are places of worship for Independents and Calvinistic and Wesleyan Methodists. The Rev. Hugh Hughes bequeathed land for apprenticing a poor boy of this parish, and for other uses ; and William Bold, in 1688, gave land for the poor : there are also some smaller charitable donations, the produce of which is distributed among the poor. The average annual expenditure for the. support of the poor is £ 185. 16. ( A Topographical Dictionary of Wales by Samuel Lewis, 1833)
Held at Anglesey Record Office (NRA);
Gwynedd Family History Society have a diagram of the ecclesiastical parishes of Anglesey (under Publications)
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James Joyce Estate Pays $240,000 In Attorneys' Fees To Stanford Scholar And Her Counsel In Connection With Copyright Dispute
STANFORD, Calif., September 28, 2009—Stanford Law School's Fair Use Project announced today that the Estate of James Joyce agreed to pay $240,000 in attorneys' fees to Stanford University Consulting Professor Carol Shloss and her counsel in connection with her lawsuit against the Estate to establish her right to use copyrighted material in her scholarship on the literary work of James Joyce.
This payment marks the resolution of the final chapter in the case, which sought to establish Shloss's right to use copyrighted materials in her biography of Joyce's daughter Lucia, titled Lucia Joyce: To Dance in the Wake. A substantial amount of source material was excised from that book in response to threats from the Joyce Estate. Following publication of the book, Shloss sued the Estate to establish her right to publish the excised material. The parties reached a settlement regarding that issue in 2007, which permits the publication of that material in the United States. Following that settlement, Shloss asked the Court to order the Estate to pay attorneys' fees of more than $400,000. The Court ordered the Estate to pay approximately $326,000 in fees, but the Estate appealed that decision to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. In order to avoid further litigation, Shloss and her counsel agreed to accept an immediate payment of $240,000 in return for the dismissal of the Estate's appeal.
"I'm really proud of what we accomplished here," explained Shloss. "We vindicated my rights as a scholar, and we also demonstrated that authors and literary estates need to be careful. If they don't pay attention to the rights of scholars, authors and researchers, they may end up paying just as the Joyce Estate did."
Shloss was represented by Stanford Law School's Fair Use Project along with attorneys from the law firms of Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin, and Keker & Van Nest. The case was originally filed in June 2006. Under the settlement, Shloss's lawyers will split the fees and Shloss will be allowed to keep a portion for a research fund.
"This case shows there are solutions to the problem Carol Shloss faced other than simple capitulation," explained Fair Use Project Executive Director Anthony Falzone, who led the litigation team. "The playing field can be leveled and the tables can be turned. I hope this fact is impressed not only on other scholars, but also on the institutions that need to support them when they are faced with threats like these, as well as lawyers who are in a position to donate their time to help."
"This is a breakthrough for all scholars, said Shloss. "In the past we haven't had easy access to the legal system, or the means to vindicate our rights in the face of legal threats. Now it turns out maybe we do."
About Carol Loeb Shloss
Carol Loeb Shloss is a Consulting Professor of English at Stanford University. She spent the 2007-08 academic year as the Ellen Andrews Wright Senior Fellow at the Stanford Center for the Humanities. The author of five books, numerous essays on literary modernism, the current recipient of a Collaborative Research Grant to do further work on the unpublished work of James Joyce, she is currently writing the second volume of a trilogy, Modernism's Daughters, about Lucia Joyce, Mary de Rachewiltz, Anna Freud and the issues of inheritance that modernism poses to succeeding generations. Along with Paul St. Amour, Robert Spoo, and Michael Groden, she served on the International James Joyce Foundation's Commission to examine James Joyce and Copyright; their work is published in the summer 2007 (Volume 44, Number 4) issue of the James Joyce Quarterly.
About the Fair Use Project
The Fair Use Project (the "FUP") was founded in 2006 as part of the Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society. Its purpose is to provide legal support to a range of projects designed to clarify, and extend, the boundaries of "fair use" in order to enhance creative freedom. The Project's homepage is at: http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/taxonomy/term/374
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Masturbating stats: Are there gender differences and why?
Dear Wants to learn more,
Many women masturbate, but they haven't beaten the men when it comes to solo sex frequency... at least not yet. Statistically speaking, various studies of the sexual behavior of men and women detailed connections between gender and self-stimulation. The authors of The Social Organization of Sexuality (Edward O. Laumann, John H. Gagnon, Robert T. Michael, and Stuart Michaels; University of Chicago Press, 1994) gathered information about masturbatory practices from face-to-face interviews and self-administered questionnaires of 2,969 men and women ranging in age from 18 to 59 years. The researchers found that 41.7 percent of women and 63.3 percent of men masturbated during the year studied. According to The Janus Report on Sexual Behavior (Samuel S. Janus and Cynthia L. Janus; John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1993), based on a large-scale, nationwide survey of adult Americans ages 18 and up conducted between 1983 and 1992, 10 percent of women reported masturbating frequently (several times weekly or daily) vs. 25 percent of men. Similarly, 38 percent of women reported masturbating on a regular basis (monthly to daily) in comparison to 55 percent of men. The Kinsey Institute also published statistics about gender differences in masturbation. They were compiled from renowned sex researcher Alfred Kinsey's studies on the sexual behavior of men and women. According to Dr. Kinsey's 1948 and 1953 studies, based on detailed interviews with white American adults, 92 percent of men and 62 percent of women reported that they had masturbated.
Several reasons have been suggested to account for the lower percentage of women (vs. men) who have ever masturbated. Women are considered "good" when they adhere to their traditional sex role: to be sexually passive, naive, and dependent -- basically, to be nonsexual. Sexually experienced and independent women are frequently seen as threatening and "loose."
In addition, in many cultures, women are raised to believe that their genitals are repulsive and inferior to those of men. They're also encouraged to repress their sexual feelings until marriage, when sex is for the purposes of procreation and pleasing their husband. A woman learns that she is to receive sexual pleasure only from sexual intercourse (not from touching or oral sex, and especially not from masturbation) with her husband (not with anyone else or by herself). If a woman with a partner masturbates, it is often seen as though there's something wrong with her relationship. Likewise, if a woman is without a partner, masturbating is seen as an act of loneliness.
Not only is there a taboo for women to masturbate, but there's also a greater taboo against talking about it. No doubt, for some women (and some men), talking about sex can also be awkward, so shyness, as you mentioned in your question, may be another, though lesser, factor. It doesn't have to be this way. Masturbation is a healthy and natural part of sexuality. It enables people to learn about their own bodies and genitals as well as to recognize and develop their sexual responses or orgasms. It also helps to foster communication in intimate relationships by making it easier for partners to identify and express what feels good physically and sexually for them and to each other. Candid discussions about sexuality and sexual pleasure can help free women (and men) from the historically negative influences that have bound and prevented some women (and some men) from discovering, exploring, and enjoying their sexual selves. These conversations can make it easier to break the taboos and myths about masturbation and can encourage women (and men) to reach their healthy, sex-positive goals.
Here are some resources for more information:
- Sex for One: The Joy of Self-Loving, by Betty Dodson
- For Yourself: The Fulfillment of Female Sexuality, by Lonnie G. Barbach
- Yellow Silk: Erotic Arts and Letters, by Lily Pond and Richard Russo (editors)
- Alice's Sexuality archive (with a section about masturbation)
- For Yourself: The Fulfillment of Female Sexuality, by Lonnie G. Barbach
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I am a female and I masturbate quite regularly, sometimes twice a day. I believe that women pleasure themselves often but just do not talk about because it has been percieved by society as "dirty" for women whereas for men it's a given because society feel men are more sex focused then women.
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I had such a rocky time when I discovered masturbation at the age of thirteen — I thought it was something dirty, and I was terrified that someone would walk in on me. I also was convinced...
I had such a rocky time when I discovered masturbation at the age of thirteen — I thought it was something dirty, and I was terrified that someone would walk in on me. I also was convinced that I was the ONLY girl in the world who did masturbate and that made me even more ashamed of it. I don't even think I had a word for it the first year or so I was doing it.
In sophomore year, about four close friends of mine were sleeping over at my house, and as these things usually go, we didn't really sleep. Instead, we talked the entire night in my basement. That night, I discovered, to my great surprise, that every single one of my friends masturbated regularly. One of them had been doing it since she was a little kid and was amazed when she heard that I thought it was strange. Another was actively looking for new ways to find orgasms, and another had just recently started and was quite shy about it.
That was several years ago. I don't feel ashamed about masturbation anymore — why should I? There is absolutely nothing wrong with wanting to feel good — I often find that it relaxes my body and my muscles. It just feels wonderful.
I think that the ignorance and taboo that surrounds female sexuality is a definite problem. It pains me to think of other girls going through all that crap I put myself through because no one ever talks about women masturbating.
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To the 72-year old gentleman, I hope that me and whatever woman I am with when I am 72 have as great of a sex life as you and your wife!! I'm already jealous of you. In regards to masturbation though, us guys usually don't talk about that sort of thing, we all know we do it, but we will generally deny it because it's always a topic of joking/fun-poking/insults, etc. All of the girls that I've dated denied that they masturbate, so I think females are very unlikely to admit it in social settings, or even to a partner. To all the women out there, if you like to flick your bean, don't lie about it to your man! Tell him, he won't be disappointed. I personally think a woman who is comfortable enough with her body to masturbate and admit it is very sexy.
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Your assessment is correct in regards to the female's perceived historical roles. But, things are changing! I am 72-years-old and have masturbated all my life. My wife is open-minded...
Your assessment is correct in regards to the female's perceived historical roles. But, things are changing! I am 72-years-old and have masturbated all my life. My wife is open-minded, but from a sheltered upbringing, had never masturbated. We have an open and healthy sex life. I started by teaching her how to have an orgasm with my hand, then suggesting she try it. Very reluctant at first, but she did it and enjoyed later. Now she has a vibrator! Every time we have sex is a combination of intromission, masturbation, and sex toys. She is having the best sex of her life with multiple orgasms and free of HANG UPS!
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Masturbation: It's still okay
Dear Reader,
Assuming that by, "relieving oneself," you mean answering sexual urges then masturbation is a great way to experience self-pleasure. There are a lot of myths out there about the harm that masturbation can cause – excess hair growth on your hands, it will ruin "real" sex, or cause insanity – but these are just not true. There are no harmful side-effects to masturbation.
In fact, masturbation has health benefits. Masturbation may:
- Reduce stress and tension
- Be a safer sex option to help prevent against pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (just make sure to clean any toys or objects between uses)
- Allow you to learn more about your body and what feels good to you
- Reduce pre-menstrual and menstrual pain and tension in women (if using a tampon, you will want to remove it if you are going to insert an object or toy so it does not get pushed too far into the vagina)
- Help you fall asleep
- Be an option for those who don't want to have vaginal, anal, or oral sex
As long as masturbating is not getting in the way of activities like going to school or work, spending time with friends or family, or eating and sleeping, then there is no harm in masturbating.
Hope this helps,
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Can I get an STI from masturbating?
Dear Reader,
You cannot get a sexually transmitted infection (STI) from masturbating on your own. This is true regardless of your gender and how you masturbate. It is useful to know how you masturbate, on the outside rubbing your clitoris, with penetration, or both. If you use penetration, then the swelling can be caused by vigorous stimulation of your vulva while masturbating. It might help to think about whether or not your solo sex style has changed at all recently. For example, are you masturbating in a new way? More frequently? With more intensity?
It is also possible that your vaginal opening is swollen from being aroused. Blood flows into the genital area when someone is aroused, and this causes the genitals to swell. (Think of an erect penis… Not very different if you consider the swelling!)
You said that you have never had sex. By this, do you mean sexual intercourse, penetration, no sexual contact at all, or something in between? One thing to keep in mind is that there are some STIs that can be transmitted through close intimate contact, even if there's been no penetration. Some, like crabs and scabies, can also travel on sheets and towels.
In some states, when minors (people younger than eighteen years) receive medical services, their parents are contacted for permission beforehand. Since you are eighteen, parental notification is probably not an issue. It's still understandable that you're concerned or scared to see a health care provider for fear of your mom finding out that you are masturbating. First, this is a private thing that your mom does not need to know about. Second, if residing in the United States, people your age as well as minors have rights to confidential reproductive health care. What this means is that unless you consent or give permission to your health care provider, s/he cannot disclose your medical records to anyone, including your parents (except for minors in the case of abortion services, which depends on your particular state's law). It might bea good idea to get things checked out with a health care provider (more on how to do this in a minute) if the swelling doesn't go away in a few days, or if you've noticed other changes in your genital area. If you experience itching, burning when you urinate, or a change in your vaginal discharge, let your provider know. S/he can check for signs of a yeast infection, STI, or other infection.
If you are worried about cost, insurance coverage, or your mom finding out by accident, you can make an appointment at Planned Parenthood or at another low-cost clinic in your area. Read the Related Q&As listed below for more information about finding services near you.
Maybe you're worried about simply explaining your need to see a gynecologist or other health care provider to your mom. If so, remember that you have a right to privacy, and you don't have to talk about the details of this situation if you don't want to. In reality, your mom has probably wondered at some time or another about her own reproductive health, and whether her "private parts" were normal. She may even masturbate, too! In other words, she might turn out to be a great resource for you. If you go this route, here are a few options of things to say:
- "Mom, did you know that it's recommended that women start having yearly GYN exams at the age of eighteen? I think I'd like to go soon. Is there someone you'd recommend so that I can make an appointment?"
- "I'd like to make an appointment to see a doctor. I just want to check in and make sure everything is okay with my personal health (or genitals, privates, vulva, 'down there,' reproductive parts, women's parts)."
- "I've been reading a lot about women's health lately. I've decided that I want to learn some more by talking with an expert about my health."
Check Alice's Sexual and Reproductive Health archives for more info about masturbation, STIs, and gynecological exams.
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Masturbation fantasies?
Dear Wanna understand,
The following sentiments are possibly among those silently spoken by men (and women) pornography viewers everywhere -- and let's start off with your entry:
"Oooh, I'd love to do it with her/him."
"Look at those (fill in the blank)!"
"Those breasts can't be real."
"I wish they'd show more of him/her."
"Where's the damn rewind button!"
"That's not a bad idea... maybe we could try that this weekend."
"Why aren't these people using condoms?"
"If only I could come eight times in ten minutes."
"I didn't know toe-sucking could be a turn-on."
"Do you think they're paid well?"
"My grandmother could write a better script than this."
If your man likes to peruse the pages of adult magazines, or occasionally
pop in a copy of "Forrest Hump," you could ask him your question
directly. Who knows -- his answer might pique your own interests.
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Masturbation inhibits growth?
Dear Reader,
Nope, masturbation does not stunt growth. Neither your penis or vulva, nor any other part of your body, including your height, is affected. Masturbation also does not cause blindness, hairy palms, or insanity, as some people have heard.
In fact, masturbation is normal and even healthy! While masturbation can be many different things to many different people, typically, it causes pleasurable, soothing, exciting, orgasmic, and, ultimately, relaxing sensations.
For more information on masturbation, check out the Go Ask Alice! masturbation archives.
Masturbating friends
Dear Masturbating friends,
It's terrific that you have a friend with whom you may be yourself and explore your personal needs. Your question's a great example of individuals being comfortable with their own sexuality. So, yes, simultaneous self-stimulation, also known as mutual masturbation, is "normal," natural, healthy, and safe whatever your sexual orientation, gender, or age.
It's very common for someone in her or his late teens and early twenties to explore and define her or his sexual identity. This may include experimenting, either by yourself or with someone else, to discover what feels good and what doesn't. As long as your sofa squirting doesn't surf from an occasional sideline sport to a full-time hobby that preempts work, school, exercise, dating, or any other activities from which you might benefit, playing with your remotes will likely bring you continued high ratings.
It may often seem like some moral, social, or ethical rules prohibit or shun masturbation (including the idea of touching yourself in the presence of others), but it isn't considered abnormal, harmful or illegal as long as it's consensual and done in a private space (i.e., someone's home, and not a shopping mall, school, or any other public place). If those rules are followed, you may rest assured that it's still okay to play with your friends!
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Optimizing solo-sex
Dear Minute Waltz Boy,
You are not a Minute Boy — you are a Five Minute Man. What's wrong with that? Rather than quantifying your solo-sex as a set number of seconds, try to think about how great it makes you feel. This way, instead of worrying about a five minute countdown, you can enjoy every second of tantilizing sensation. What pleasure you'll get!
Second, it seems that those five minutes of heaven are pre-filled with anticipation and excitement. How could you expect to last any longer than that, given these parameters? Perhaps you'd like to stay in the ring for a couple of rounds. You can designate the first time to just getting your rocks off, in the best and quickest five minutes possible. Then, you can go for it again! Time number two is the time to change hands, try it with lube, change your fantasy, change your stroke, and/or change your touch points, not touching the good spots as often or as hard. Or, you can tell yourself to try to come as fast as you can and see what happens. The main point is that the more times you do it "in one sitting," the longer it usually takes to orgasm the second and third times. This goes for partner sex, too.
Last, but not least, you can try the shower, where there is more privacy. Try using soap as a lube to go to town as much as you want... minus any evidence.
Interval training for multiple orgasms
Dear Jerky Boy,
Each of us is the only expert on ourselves. Interval training, such as described above, seemed to make sense for your friend and provide him with the results he wanted. Only YOU can tell whether this regimen will also work for you. Try it and see, and let others know your results!
Multiple orgasms for men can also be had by teaching your body to extend the period of high arousal BEFORE you ejaculate. Also called karezza, men can learn to experience peaks of pleasure without ejaculating. The way to do this is to masturbate to high arousal and then before you ejaculate, change the stimulation — switch hands, change the rhythm, the fantasy, the position, or exhale and inhale more slowly to release some muscle tension. Then when you feel the immediate pressure to ejaculate subside, bring yourself to the brink again, and then backtrack, as described.
As for your other question, force and amount of ejaculate are determined by a number of factors, including age and the length of time since the last ejaculation. So, to increase your ejaculate, you would have to wait until you got a bit older, or wait for long periods between ejaculations. However, as you probably know, if you do not ejaculate through masturbation or sex with a partner, you may have wet dreams (nocturnal emissions), since the body tends to seek its own form of release.
Have fun as you explore!
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Masturbation healthy?
Dear Hand boy,
Yes. Stroking the one-eyed snake, polishing your pearl, southern comfort… whatever you call it, masturbation is a healthy (and normal) sexual activity that people of any gender may enjoy. In fact, masturbation can be healthy in a number of different ways: physically, mentally, and emotionally. Masturbation can also be a healthy addition to solo, partnered, or group sexual encounters. Read on to find out why.
Masturbation is one way for you to enjoy your own body, and to give yourself sexual pleasure. It can also tune you in to your own sexual likes and dislikes. You then have the choice of sharing that information with a sexual partner(s) to enhance a sexual relationship. Mutual masturbation, when two people masturbate in front of each other, can also be arousing, and is a great alternative to intercourse without the risk of transmission of sexually transmitted diseases or risk of pregnancy.
Believe it or not, quite a lot of research has been conducted on this subject. And the overall conclusion is that masturbation is universal across nearly all cultures, and that it can have a number of healthy outcomes, such as:
- Relieving stress and releasing tension (including the obvious, sexual tension)
- Providing a sexual outlet for people who are not having sex with a partner (whether by choice or by circumstance)
- Alleviating pre-menstrual symptoms in some women
- Helping to induce sleep, or conversely, helping to start the day with an energized calm
- Strengthening muscle tone in the genital region
- Promoting a couples' level of sexual satisfaction in their relationship
- Providing treatment for some types of sexual dysfunction
One study even found a correlation showing that ejaculating more often (whether through partnered sex or masturbation) led to a lower risk of prostate cancer in adult men.
In case you're curious, there is also a great deal of information about who masturbates. The short answer is people of all kinds. But to flesh it out a little more (excuse the pun):
- Infants — while not necessarily erotic, many infants touch their genitals once they learn that the stimulation feels good.
- Children — again, not necessarily erotic, but many children also find self-stimulation pleasurable.
- Adolescents — perhaps the classic group associated with masturbation. Many males and females masturbate regularly in their pre-teens and teens.
- Adults — married, partnered, or single, adults ages 18-59 are actually more likely to masturbate than adolescents. What's more, people with regular sexual partners are more likely to masturbate than singles.
- And then there are many people, from all age groups, who rarely or never masturbate.
While masturbation itself is normal and healthy, there are times when a person might have a negative relationship with solo sex. Certain cultures or religions place such a stigma on masturbation that some people feel guilt or shame after pleasuring themselves. On a different note, a few people feel the compulsion to masturbate so often that it begins to interfere with other life events and duties, such as working or going to school. For people who are concerned about masturbation, it may be helpful to discuss any quandaries with a counselor, health care provider, religious leader, or trusted friend.
To maximize your pleasure and safety, here are some tips to consider when getting a grip on yourself:
- If you're using any objects to help get the job done (sex toys, cucumbers, what have you), throw a condom on first — especially if that object will be shared with someone else or enter more than one orifice (use a new condom for each "destination").
- Plenty of lube = maximum comfort (and less chafing) — water-based lube is a universally good choice. Some men prefer using lotion on their penis, however women should avoid inserting lotion, oil, petroleum jelly, and anytying oil-based, into the vagina to avoid risk of vaginitis (irritation and/or infection in the vagina).
- Masturbate when it's enjoyable to you. If you don't feel like it, don't worry about it. If you want to do it again, go ahead.
- Try different techniques, positions, times of day, mood music, etc. to learn more about what feels best.
People sometimes wonder if a person can masturbate "too much." To this concern, the answer is: not likely. As long as you are still able to participate in your normal daily activities, you can feel free to masturbate none, one, or multiple times per day.
Mutual masturbation
Dear Handy,
Many a person's first sexual activity, masturbation isn't only for solo play — it may be even more fun with company! Masturbation with more than one person together is often referred to as mutual masturbation. Whether solo or social, this activity is one of the safest forms of sex play. Yet there are a few precautions helpful in prevention of pregnancy and STIs.
For pregnancy prevention, try to avoid ejaculating on or near the vulva. Watch out for precum, too. Although the risk of pregnancy is significantly reduced if semen comes into contact with only the external parts of the vulva, there remains still a potential risk of pregnancy. Contact with mucous membranes (such as the inner labia, clitoris, vagina walls, or anus) allows for risk of transmission of STIs. Drying your hands before touching your partner's genitals with tissues is likely to be effective. Fresh sperm carry the risk of still impregnating your partner. Washing and drying your hands thoroughly may be better, but if this isn't practical, keep a towel by the bed (instead of tissues) and dry your hands thoroughly. It may be beneficial, as you mentioned, to wait an additional few minutes, which you may creatively spend exciting your partner without your hands.
Mutual masturbation has many loyal fans, yet many others haven't discovered its magic. So what's so great about it?
- STI and pregnancy prevention. So you and your partner want to get it on, but have no condoms or dental dams? This is a great option.
- Orgasmic precision. Mouths, tongues, and other body parts may be a lot of fun. But hands have skills and dexterity unmatched by many other body parts. For many, manual stimulation produces the strongest orgasms, mainly because hands are best able to apply the right pressure, speed, and timing. They often have excellent stamina, as well.
- Main course or side dish. This activity is quite versatile: it may be served as foreplay or it may finish things off. It may be the primary activity you build up to, or it may be one of many adventures you have during your tryst.
- Sick of the same old thing. Because of all the shame and secrecy surrounding masturbation, this activity is a well-kept secret. Many couples have never tried it. If you're in need of new fun activities, this is a good one to try. You may learn a thing or two of how to please your partner, too.
- What's in a name? Hand job, JO (jerk off), rubbing, massage, stroking, shaking hands with Ms. or Mr. Happy, firing the Surgeon General...the list is endless. Perhaps it has so many names because it has spread so much joy.
Its versatility doesn't stop there. Don't forget, it may involve more than two people, role-play, fantasy, and/or toys. So try to get out your lube, turn down the lights, warm up your hands, and grab your towels. It's likely to be a fun and safe time.
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The fruit of many years of creative research, the handmade prototype V was shown to prospective distributors at the American and German shows in 1984, but it took a long time to get into production. Components were continually tried from prospective suppliers until the quality was right. When first shown , the price was targeted at what was then a very high level. Some expressed doubts concerning its credibility at that price, indeed of any similarly-priced tonearm.
The available competition included the Sumiko and the Breuer, but these were seen as high-end exotics. SME had traditionally operated in what had become the middle ground, the Series II arms, of which the non-detachable headshell version became the most popular, being very competitively priced. They were joined by the Series III tonearms, these again also competitively-priced, low-mass, designs. However, when the original SME Series I arm was introduced in 1959, it was simultaneously the best and the most costly arm available.
SME have suffered some criticism for failing to recognise that the hi-fi market has changed, particularly in the US and the UK. The moving coil cartridge has become dominant in the quality end of that market. While a few high trackability, high-compliance moving-coils are produced, notably from Audio-Technica (the AT100) and Denon (the DL1000), most have followed the example set by Ortofon and Supex in producing models of moderate compliance.
With one compliance unit (lcu) equivalent to l x l0-6 cm.dyne, a low-to-moderate compliance design has a relatively stiff stylus cantilever suspension in the 8-15cu range. The medium compliance range runs approximately from 15 to 25cu, while very softly suspended cantilevers fit in the high compliance range, from 25 to 50cu. In the bad old days when low frequency trackability was just about the only well-regarded performance parameter, cartridge compliances over 60cu were achieved, the Empire ZX1000, for example.
In an ideal world, tonearms would be well-matched to specific ranges of pickup compliance, assuring the customer of optimum performance from both. SME chased the high trackability dragon with their ultra low mass Series III, which employed nitrogen hardened titanium and carbon fibre technology. While it was expensive to tool up, the arm sold in large numbers, due to its affordable pricing.
Depending on the precise set up, the Series III offered an effective mass in the 5-7g range, optimum for cartridges in the 25-50cu region. When cartridges offering a better subjective performance emerged, cartridges with a lower compliance, SME offered a ballast weight to increase the arm's effective mass, but this was tantamount to shutting the stable door after the horse had bolted. An arm must be totally engineered for the target effective mass, if the performance is to be maximised. Lower compliance cartridges feed more vibrational energy into the arm, and this can only be dealt with using a structure of superior rigidity and resonance control. Simply adding mass to the headshell of a lightweight arm could make things worse. If a higher mass is required, the designer must exploit this engineering resource to give the best possible structure.
Some readers may be wondering why the arm mass needs to be matched to the cartridge compliance. It's a long story, but was thoroughly researched by Shure. Briefly, the total moving mass, made up of the cartridge and that of the arm seen by the cartridge - the effective mass' or moment of inertia - in combination with the spring of the cartridge cantilever suspension results in a mechanical resonance, capable of oscillating or vibrating as the groove is dragged past the stylus. Such a resonance will result in an undesirable, non-musical low frequency output from the cartridge, and worse still, it can impair the stability and the tracking behaviour of the pickup. The worst effects can be ameliorated by some form of arm damping, perhaps by means of a viscous fluid filled dashpot, which reduces the amplitude of the rise in output at resonance, but the alternative, of applying damping to the cartridge suspension, results in even worse tracking on difficult recorded passages.
If the arm/cartridge resonance is on the high side, above 15Hz, say, it will begin to affect sound quality in the bass. Conversely, the tracking is secure and recovers quickly from vibration or shock. If this resonance is too low, lower than 8Hz, the cartridge wobbles alarmingly and is unduly excited by minor warps - Shure's work showed that this has a maximum content around 6Hz. Close examination at such a condition will show the pickup perpetually vibrating at its resonance frequency. A further problem arises with the best-sounding turntables, which generally employ a floating, spring-suspended subchassis. These chassis systems have their own resonances in the 2.5Hz to 5Hz region. For arm/cartridge resonances below 8Hz, the proximity is too great and unwanted energy coupling often occurs, worsening stability and increasing the overall turntable flutter, an unpleasant rapid variation in musical pitch.
Thus 10-12Hz is the ideal region in which to place the arm/cartridge resonance, requiring matching of the arm mass with the cartridge compliance; arm damping will help to extend the range of compatibility, but only so far. Arm damping should be used at a sensibly low level, just enough to take the edge off the resonance magnification factor or 'Q', reducing it from 15 to 4-8, say. Excessive damping adds additional loading to the stylus tip, unbalancing the left and right groove contact forces and disturbing the channel balance as the damping attempts to prevent the cartridge from following minor warps and related disc eccentricities
So we come to the SME Series V - better late than never - potentially a statement of the arm designer's art and a tonearm designed for the finest modern cartridges, virtually hand-built, moderate-compliance, moving-coils. The selling price has risen above the initial target, the 'V' sells for more than £1200 - without any doubt a fantastic price for a tonearm. However, its stake on SME's traditional claim, 'The best tonearm in the world', is supported by an exceptional standard of design - technology, engineering and aesthetics directed towards versatility, compatibility, but above all, sheer performance.
A medium-to-high mass arm, with a 10-11g effective mass, its use of materials has been optimised to provide maximum structural resonance control and rigidity. The latter is essential to hold the cartridge firmly so that as much musical groove information as possible is transformed to its electrical equivalent and fed to the preamplifier. Satisfying this requirement for rigidity and simultaneously allowing for the cartridge to move freely in two axes is a major problem which all arm designers have to solve. Their in finding a solution which remains consistent in production, largely determines how well the arm will perform subjectively in the real world.
To quote SME in their excellent instruction manual for the 'V': 'in theoretical terms an ideal pickup arm is supposed to be perfectly unyielding in four out of six possible degrees of freedom. That is, all except the two linear dimensions in which the music signal is generated by groove modulation. In those two linear dimensions, an ideal arm is supposed to act as a pure mass'.
SME do not claim to have achieved this; rather, they believe that they have approached closer to this paradigm than before. 'Pure Mass' implies that no compliance or potential for flexure exists. If realised, such an arm would be totally non-resonant, except at subsonic frequencies, and would be devoid of frequency imbalance or coloration.
Arms typically exhibit flexure in several parts of the structure, sometimes at surprisingly low frequencies. Detachable headshell models generally 'sing' between 200Hz and 300Hz, due to the headshell/arm joint. Arms with decoupled counterweights can run into trouble at frequencies as low as 50Hz. Poorly designed main beams, or for that matter bearing assemblies, can introduce a series of resonances from a few hundred Hertz upwards. The Linn Ittok LVII is an early classic design which has stood the test of time. It avoids most pitfalls, and has been the model for later designs. The Swiss Breuer predated the Ittok, but was always regarded as too costly - little would we have guessed that the ultimate SME would cost very much more!
The new SME arm aims to solve a major headache in one bold stroke, one already partially addressed by Roy Gandy in his Rega RB300. This is to remove all the usual bonds between headshell and armtube, tube and pivot assembly, assembly and counterweight. By doing this, a number of potential weaknesses are eliminated. The SME designer chose to make the main beam a massive-looking affair of heavily-tapered, relatively thin-wall, magnesium alloy, cast in one piece with the substantial cartridge mounting platform, bearing assembly and the rear gantry and track for the counterweight. The large diameter of the cast beam maximises the torsional stiffness, while the strong taper to the headshell exerts a firm grip on any possible bending vibration modes.
Following various reports obtained during prototype testing, it was decided that the counterweight be clamped tightly in position after alignment, eschewing the rubber coupling often employed to try to lower the amplitude of midband resonances. In the event, such compromised damping was not required. Ideally, the counterweight material should be of high density, allowing its mass to be concentrated physically to allow placement close to the pivot/bearing position. This minimises self resonance and lowers its contribution to the effective mass, allowing more mass to be used to reinforce the main arm beam. To help realise this goal, SME chose to employ a tungsten block, optimally dimensioned. (Rega also use tungsten for their RB300 counterweight.)
In their previous designs, SME aimed at providing very low bearing friction in the two required planes of motion, employing a small precision ballrace for the horizontal motion and a gravity loaded knife-edge bearing for the vertical. Recognising that lower compliance cartridges impart significant acceleration to the arm, SME resolved to use ballrace bearings for both planes. In the case of inexpensive designs, these are generally left on the slack side to ensure low friction. Any trace of play, however, can have dire subjective consequences, the general effect being a grainy imprecision in the treble, an additional degree of sibilance on vocals, and in some cases a brittle brightness at high frequencies.
The new SME, as with other great tonearms, had to be devoid of any play. However, strong bearings require a degree of pre-load tension to take up any slackness and stiffen the operating assembly.
To sustain these forces without any brinelling, or indentation, of the bearing surfaces, high-load, large-size, stainless steel ballrace assemblies are used.
In harmony with these strong bearings, the whole pivot assembly, yoke and pillar, are substantial in size so as not to prejudice the overall rigidity. An ingenious lathe-like double-jaw clamp locks the pillar into a pair of guides which run between the main mounting bars of the bedplate. Once the arm has been positioned after lateral stylus overhang and height alignment, the whole assembly is locked together with a ball-head socket wrench. A rack and pinion drive allows precise overhang adjustment.
This rigid construction, as with the lttok, Breuer, Sumiko, Zeta and a few other models, means that a substantial degree of audio range energy from the cartridge is communicated to the arm baseplate and hence to the turntable chassis, an important point which will be considered later. As we shall see, it may strongly affect the ideal choice of turntable.
Nominally compatible with the earlier SME arm baseplates, the fixing centres for the four screws and the familiar oval armboard cutout are the same. Thereafter, some differences emerge. Unlike its predecessors, which used a compliant rubber grommet mounting, the 'V' is rigidly bolted to the turntable, and the through bolts need clearance below the chassis. Care must be taken with the Linn, for example. Another minor difficulty concerns the current LP12's corner plinth reinforcements: that nearest the arm fouls the 'V's leadout assembly and needs careful paring away.
This can be done once the clamps are slackened, either by hand or with a threaded bar. With this aid, the arm may be raised precisely during play to determine the optimum combination of height and vertical alignment. With care, lateral adjustment can also be done during play. The arm is then locked in the correct position.
While the majority of top-class arms suffer from the inconvenience of uncalibrated dials, the 'V', as befits a precision instrument, uses resonance-controlled internal springs to set downforce and bias. Balancing of the arm is attained by means of a fine motion thumbscrew on the counterweight guide; once balanced, the counterweight is locked with a lever.
All subsidiary attached parts, the support gantry, and the lift/lower assembly have been designed to minimise resonances. Such attention to detail has resulted in giving the user the choice whether or not to fit the fingerlift on the headshell. In theory, its omission will give the lowest level of coloration.
The final feature is the optional damping facility. This is a built in well of silicone fluid, capped when the arm is at rest to prevent the ingress of dust. It applies overall damping by controlling motion in the horizontal arc. Once the well is charged, the degree of damping may be adjusted via a scale or disengaged altogether.
The electrical details are also worthy of mention. The headshell wires are replaceable in case of damage, or to give the user a choice. The clips are gold-plated, and the wiring is silver Litz. Silver is also used for the internal wiring, this a flexible grade to avoid unwanted torque fracture. SME have designed their own low-profile version of the semi-standardised 5-pin arm connector, and this is fitted with a special high performance van den Hul stereo cable of selected audio quality. Gold-plated, SME-manufactured, phone plugs terminate the cable. The arm is properly grounded for a high signal/noise ratio, and uses the 5-wire, triple earth system. Alternative arm cables may be fitted if required.
Taken overall, the SME Series V is an example of superb precision craftsmanship, excellent finish, and eminently intelligent, well balanced engineering design. As a result, it is a joy to set up and use, should remain adequately aligned for long periods, and will endure for years to come - and so it should at the price!
Lab results
In earlier tonearm reviews, I employed a swept-lone test record to assess the arm resonant behaviour. A micro-accelerometer, placed on the side of the cartridge, was used to sense the complex pattern of resonances in the arm and cartridge as it was excited by the mechanical energy from the stylus tracing a 20Hz-2OkHz swept signal. This method was complicated by difficulties of calibration, by the variation in mechanical impedance of the stylus, the second differential of displacement recorded, itself modified by the doubleslope equalisation of the test record.
A conventional logarithmic frequency scaling has been adopted for fig.2 to show up the low frequency behaviour more clearly. The arm was tested on an Oracle Delphi, and it must be noted that some of the measured effects are due to the Oracle's chassis and armboard resonances. That at 1 kHz, for example is suspected to be due to the Oracle. The lowest frequency mode is probably due to the counterweight and is quite moderate. The main arm modes occur at approximately 1.3kHz and 1,6kHz, indicating a very rigid, well damped structure. (The best arms tested so far have shown torsional modes below 1kHz, sometimes as low as less than 500Hz.)
The effective mass was estimated at around 10.5gm, somewhat dependent on the mass of the cartridge counterbalanced and the choice of mounting hardware. Stainless steel socket-head bolts are preferred for mounting the cartridge, but add 1-I.5g of mass. The geometric alignment was rated highly, while the arm's dynamic stability and lack of structural resonance resulted in superior pickup tracking. With the signal excellently screened, hum levels were low with test cartridge (a van den Hul MC1 0).
Bearing friction was moderate, at 40mg lateral. This was not the lowest I have measured but accorded with the alignment required for zero play. In the vertical plane it was 10mg or less. Given a sensible playing downforce of 1.25g or more, these friction values are negligible. Set to 1.5g, bias compensation at the innermost grooves was appropriate for an elliptical or similar stylus (the range allowed covers 180-225mg). At the rim the force was marginally low, but should not result in any noticeable ill effects.
The downforce dial proved to be correctly calibrated, while the cue operated well with negligible lateral drift and sensible descent and ascent rates. A generous range of subsonic damping was available; on audition its use at the first calibration was thought sufficient.
Sound quality
We had the opportunity to sample the 'V' in three great turntables, a current Linn LP12, the latest, and in my view, much-refined Oracle Delphi, and the massive West German Audiolabor Konstant. Cartridges used included the vdH MC1 B and MC10 and the Koetsu Red. A wide range of amplification was available during the test period, including the Audio Research SP-11/M-100 and the conrad-johnson Premier 3/4. Earlier listening had taken place with the Cyrus Two; while on the face of things this modest amplifier seems an inappropriate companion, the superior quality of the 'V' was more than obvious.
Perhaps I should admit straight away that the SME Series V was very much my kind of tonearm. I have used and respected the lttok for years, dabbled with Alphasons and Zetas, but have felt the need for something capable of truly great performance. Yet another model with a differently shaded view of the truth was not enough.
The 'V' redefines the art of pivoted tonearm sonic performance. It is possible to extemporise on various specific aspects of quality relative to other models, but one simple test will readily reveal its greatest strength. A well-recorded, wide-range singing voice will suffice: one experiences an almost revelatory exposition of articulation and clarity, notable for its uniform texture over the vocal range, freedom from 'edge', sibilance or unnatural emphasis, and superb placement in the central stereo stage. This fine vocal neutrality is its key attribute, and only later do the fine details of its overall performance make their presence known. Slowly the listener has a dawning awareness of the coherent musical control exerted by this arm.. This control was contiguous over the entire frequency range, from low bass to high treble, All areas seem to be given fair weight and balance, which was held both in terms of tonal quality and in the stability and coherence of the stereo image.
Images were reproduced with exceptional width and depth, with fine perspective layering and little spatial distortion, ambience and space lying around and beyond the frontal stage. Coloration was as low as expected, an aspect which supports the recognition of its relaxed transparency, again this well maintained over the entire frequency range.
While the above comments represent a distillation of its 'absolute' performance, it is affected by the choice of motor unit. Of those tried, each showed specific effects. On the Oracle, the bass was very fine and the clamp/mat system exploited the arm's transparency and low coloration to the full. Some clouding of information was apparent in the midrange, perhaps due to the outrigger type arm mounting platform. On the Audiolabor, the low bass was excellent, strong but dry, while the upper bass was not differentiated to the same standard. In the upper mid and lower treble. the arm sound hinted at excess brightness with a loss of stereo depth. This turntable uses a massive, heavy metal subchassis, and energy reflections at the mounting were felt to be responsible. Nevertheless, the standard was very good.
Perhaps it was logical that the Linn should have turned out to be the best all rounder. In a sense optimised for the lttok, the LP12 handled the SME, which is relatively similar mechanically, very well. On the Linn, the 'V' appeared optimally terminated with the standard, composite fibre, mounting board, While the upper bass was marginally bumpy, low frequencies were tuneful and well extended. The midrange was at its most even, and balanced well with the treble. Ultimately, this was the most satisfying combination. Other players need to be tried and hopefully the industry will build up some experience here.
Upon first hearing, the arm's accurate control may appear to impose too much restraint on the reproduction of the music. However, once properly experienced, the SME Series V has the ability to make many other tonearms sound forced, ragged and untidy, both in terms of coloration and of stereo imaging. Many arms are brilliant in specific areas, but in my opinion, none so far have comprised a superb midband with such excellent control and uniformity over the rest of the audible range.
It is a tonearm which is unlikely to be replaced.
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Poor service and poor food, but has veg optionsPosted on 03 / 24 / 2013
Milkboy used to be just a coffeeshop and turned into both a coffeeshop and very informal sit-down restaurant. The service is horrible. It sometimes takes 5 min for a waiter to come to your table. The food sometimes takes forever to come. Two times I went, they were out of a veg item on menu. Food is just okay; nothing special. I go up and get water from pitcher b/c wait staff never come and check in on me. I would never go to this restaurant unless I need a more express breakfast out because it is the only restaurant open for breakfast on the main line that has enough veg options to feed me (I live in Merion on main line which is 5 min from MilkBoy and 30 minutes from Center City). I would travel farther if I wanted a nice veg breakfast like Philly or South Jersey and only go to Milk Boy if I needed to stay local and couldn't make breakfast from home.
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Why is Professional Development Important for Teachers?Posted on July 07, 2011
Have you ever heard anyone say, "Why do teachers need continuing education… didn't they go to college?" While it is true that teachers attend college and earn degrees, it is also true that nourishing the ongoing professional growth of teachers is critical to ensure that the best and brightest reach our most precious commodity—our youth.
Teachers are challenged to teach all students, regardless of their ability levels. They are asked to differentiate their teaching approaches to accommodate each student's learning style. As a parent, accommodating my two children each day to ensure that their needs were met was consuming. Why do we expect teachers to design effective lesson plans aligned to state standards, ready their students for statewide assessments, manage elementary and adolescent behavior, understand and use data to make informed decisions, keep the lines of communication open with parents, and deliver instruction that engages students and improves achievement from the first day on the job and without sustained support?
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Costarring Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Kate Winslet and Jude Law, the thriller is currently scheduled for release September 9 of this year. Of course, it's not fair to place all the blame on a diseased Paltrow. As Jude puts it in the trailer, "No one has to weaponize the bird flu. The birds are doing that." So really the film seems more like The Happening, but with pigeons instead of tress. We warned you: whatever you do, do not let your eyes start rolling. There's not telling if they can ever be stopped!


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Contrary to the notion that I only post about things so that I can have an excuse to quote Yeats, the next book up for review is Keith Donahue's The Stolen Child, both because it's a new and beautiful example of bridging the gap between children and adult literature (albeit not precisely in the way I previously discussed) and also I've been looking to inaugurate our new Science Fiction and Fantasy category.
That being said, however, I confess the novel drew my eye because it takes its title from one of Yeats's most famous lyrics (also called "The Stolen Child"), in which a child is abducted by a band of faeries. In the poem, Yeats mingles joy with sadness, for although the child will "hear no more" the familiar sounds of his life, the description of the faeries' lives sparkles with beauty and delight. Furthermore, the faeries' choice to take the child and make him a changeling is one of compassion: "Come away, o human child," they refrain, "For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand."
But Donohue's debut novel is striking because it turns most notions of faeries on their pointy little ears. To wit, the opening line: "Don't call me a fairy." The band of changelings are called hobgoblins, but neither do they conform to the popular depictions of faeries or hobgoblins, which are traditionally naughty fairies (like Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream), or faeries who have been twisted to the Dark Side. They are, instead, battling against an age in which folk legends have lost hold on the mainstream consciousness, and are forced to live secret, desparate lives on the invisible peripheries.
The story begins in the late 1940s, when the seven-year-old Henry Day ran away from home and hid himself in the hollow of a tree. He is discovered by the hobgoblin band, who are also, in this novel's universe, by definition changeling children once abducted from their homes. They retain the appearance of a child for hundreds of years, growing wiser and more bitter beneath their youthful skin, and can only return to the normal aging process by taking the place of another stolen child. The eldest of the hobgoblins is transformed by appearance into Henry Day, while the former Henry Day is renamed Aniday and takes his place amongst the changelings.
The tragedies of these two chief characters unfold in alternating, parallel chapters that span three decades. Aniday's existence is both marked by wistfulness at being separated from the world he knew before and held back from the self-actualisation of growing to adulthood, and the hardship of the hobgoblin's gritty subsistence. They must steal their clothes, live on plants, frogs, and insects, but above all remain hidden from humans. "If they catch you, they will think you a devil and lock you away," a leader named Igel warns the group's newest member. "Or worse, they will test to see if they are right by throwing you in a fire." Meanwhile, Henry wrestles with clouded memories of his life several centuries ago, barely recalling a German piano teacher and the prodigy he had before the latter was abducted. Henry must assimilate himself into modern society, or become the object of suspicion; when he cannot hide his affinity and extraordinary talent for playing the piano, one the previous Henry never displayed, his father becomes suspicious indeed.
The novel is remarkable, however, because the changelings operate as a synecdoche for the story: the book itself is adult literature swaddled inside the husk of children's myth. Though the topic is that of sprites, the themes are those of lost innocence and search for identity, of modern society's subjugation of the magic of childhood itself. Comparisons to giants of children's literature, such as J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan, and adult-children's literature, such as J.R.R. Tolkein's Lord of the Rings, are well deserved; however, the book lacks the closure (I think I smell a sequel) that often makes these cross-genre adult/children's books so satisfying, and is not appropriate for children so much as children stuck inside adults.
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With The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part One hitting theaters November 18th, Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson have been doing many interviews and shoots, including a wet and wild photoshoot for Entertainment Weekly.
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Energy leaders turning blind eye to worker fatigue
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By Dan Cook
The folks in the corporate offices aren't worrying about whether the troops in the energy business the field are getting burned out. But those in charge of managing the troops are concerned, and they believe that fatigue reduces overall workforce productivity and is at the root of production glitches.
This disconnect between the C-Suite and front-line managers around the issue of fatigue was a major finding in a survey commissioned by Kronos Inc. and conducted by the publication and research group PennEnergy.
Depending upon a company's size and whether it has programs in place to manage worker fatigue, employee burnout in the energy biz could cost large players as much as $2.4 million annually, the survey estimated. Additionally, when the survey compared the effects of regular night shifts on worker fatique vs. long days (20 hours) or consecutively worked days (up to 14 without a day off), the outcome was in favor of night shifts. (The energy industry, like the medical profession, is known for such work schedules.)
"The Effects of Employee Fatigue and its Management in the Energy Industry" surveyed frontline managers, directors, and C-level executives working for oil and gas, oil services, and power sectors. Companies that participated in the survey represented approximately 350,000 employees.
The top four influences of employee fatigue were:
1. The number of hours worked per day;
2. number of consecutive days worked without more than 24 hours off;
3. total hours worked in a week;
4. working mostly nights.
But the C-Suite/frontline manager disconnect began to show itself when each group was how much they assign fatigue as the cause of productivity and quality issues. "Frontline managers attribute 40 percent more to productivity and quality issues to fatigue than C-level respondents," the report found.
The survey also found that less than half of companies surveyed appear to have "effective internal fatigue guidelines," perhaps because, as the survey also found, C-Suite residents "consider internal fatigue-related guidelines to be less important, compared to frontline managers." And less than 10 percent of those companies has any system that enables worker fatigue to be monitored in real time.
"The survey shows a major disconnect concerning employee fatigue in the energy industry. Employee fatigue isn't being thoroughly addressed by many energy companies but it can have a major impact on business, even affecting the bottom line. Managing employee fatigue is an area in need of urgent attention if employers want to ensure and improve productivity," said Hilton Price, petroleum content editor, PennEnergy.
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A day after details emerged about an elaborate sting operation in which an FBI agent posing as a movie producer allegedly paid bribes to state Sen. Ron Calderon of Montebello, the lawmaker was abruptly removed from his post on the California Film Commission.
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WASHINGTON, April 30, 1997 He is the king of comedy, and for more than 50 years he took his show on the road entertaining American troops around the world. April 22, the Air Force named its newest C-17 Globemaster III in honor of Bob Hope.
"During the Air Force's 50th anniversary year, I can't think of a better tribute than to name one of our newest C-17 cargo jets for Bob Hope," said Secretary of the Air Force Sheila Widnall. "After all, both span the globe in the best interests of America and its military. Bob Hope has been a very dear friend of every person in uniform -- he's got his own special brand of patriotism and has always been sincerely dedicated to the well-being of America's troops."
Hope and his wife, Dolores, along with a host of Hollywood dignitaries, attended the dedication ceremony at the McDonnell Douglas facility in Long Beach, Calif., Air Force officials said. The aircraft is the 32nd C-17 to enter the Air Force inventory. It will be assigned to the 437th Airlift Wing, Charleston Air Force Base, S.C. (AFNS)


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Simulation gives students chance to try out health professions
HUNTINGTON — Students from the across the state finished up the hands-on St. Mary's Health Professions Academy on Thursday with an emergency simulation at St. Mary's Center for Education.
The fourth year of the academy gave high school students from the Tri-State and from as far as Wheeling and Musselman, West Virginia, an opportunity to see behind the scenes of the health professional world for free.
Mindy Combs, assistant professor of medical imaging at St. Mary's, said students were CPR and first-aid certified and shadowed medical professionals.
The final emergency simulation gave students a chance to see firsthand how firefighters and EMS workers extract a victim from a car and be loaded onto a medical helicopter.
The simulation was then carried inside to the high-fidelity mannequin. The mannequin acted as the patient — talking and having his vital signs drop. A team from St. Mary's Hospital and St. Mary's students played the role of saving the crash "victim's" life.
"(Students) are really excited to see the multi-faceted dynamic that we provide them every year," Combs said.
Students said the best parts of the academy were being able to explore all the different career potentials available and learn real-world skills.
Hannah Short, a senior at Nicholas County High School, said she came to the academy to get a taste of everything and see what she would like.
"I just know my calling is to help people," Short said. "I found out I like a little bit of everything."
Scarlett Scarberry, a junior at Cabell Midland High School, said the academy was the chance she was looking for to explore different health professions without spending a lot of money — or any money at all.
"It's a really good opportunity, especially for those who don't know what they want to go into," Scarberry said. "They give you a big overview. And if you are really good with people, and that's something you know you want to get into, but you don't know how, this is a really good place to start."
Other students, like Riad Abul-Khoudoud, a sophomore at Russell High School, came to the academy with a profession already in mind. Abul-Khoudoud wants to be a family physician.
"My dad is a family physician, and I like how he works with children," Abul-Khoudoud said. "I think I'm also good with kids."
Abul-Khoudoud said his favorite part of the week was all the hands-on opportunities, such as learning how to give a shot, put in an IV and get CPR certified.
The academy is funded through grants, which make the week free for all students. The academy began Tuesday and finished Thursday with an ice cream social.
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Julian Guyer
London. England manager Martin Johnson urged his side to use the "horrible feeling" stored inside it following a 20-16 loss at home to Ireland when it resumes its Six Nations campaign away to Scotland.
England rallied on Saturday from 13-6 behind to go 16-13 in front with eight minutes left after a converted try from Dan Cole was supplemented by a Jonny Wilkinson drop goal.
However, Ireland hit back as Tommy Bowe scored the second of his two tries when he ran onto a well-timed pass and beat Wilkinson before rounding Ugo Monye for an expertly taken score to end England's hopes of a grand slam.
"It is a tough, tough loss," Johnson said. "I thought the guys played very well. They got themselves back into the game and got themselves ahead. It was a tough game, either team could have won it.
"Have we lots to get better at? Yes, we have. It is frustrating for us all because there were chances. But we only took one in the second half and they scored two. That was probably the difference.
"I said to the players they have to keep that horrible feeling inside of them for two weeks and release it at Murrayfield. We come back to play Scotland, who will be playing that game to save its championship [after Saturday's 16-12 loss at Italy]."
Bowe put England on the backfoot as early as the fourth minute with a try that owed much to Ireland fly-half Jonathan Sexton's superb grubber kick behind the home defense.
Sexton missed four of his five goal kicks, but Wilkinson had a below standard return of three from six for the second match in a row after England struggled to see off Italy 17-12.
Neither Wilkinson nor centers Riki Flutey and Mathew Tait were able to give England the tactical direction that was provided for Ireland by Leinster playmaker Sexton.
In Rome, Italy coach Nick Mallett denied Scottish attempts to block Italian teams' entry into the Celtic League made his side's victory over Scotland any sweeter.
Italy beat the Scots at Rome's Stadio Flaminio to end a two-year wait for a Six Nations victory and boost its hopes of avoiding the wooden spoon for a third year in a row.
For many fans, it will have had an extra significance since Scotland's two Celtic League teams have presented the most obstacles toward the inclusion of two Italian outfits. Italy and Mallett believe they need Celtic League rugby to help improve the domestic standard.
"We've got a lot of respect for Scottish rugby and what they've done over the last 10 years," he said. "Obviously Italy would love to get into the Celtic League, but the team has a lot of respect, and we wanted to win the game badly enough not to need issues off the pitch that have nothing to do with the game."
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Victoria's foodies are buzzing about this Chinatown restaurant that's serving up some of the city's most innovative fare. From the frequently changing, locally sourced menu, you could choose starters like garlic and celery root ravioli in a basil emulsion or the albacore tuna carpaccio, then continue your meal with chicken (a poached breast and crispy leg paired with tortellini and a trio of carrots and peas), shortrib steak (with Swiss-style potatoes, spring onions, and oyster mushrooms), or halibut (with a lemon and black olive dressing). Vegetarians might opt for a plate of kale shoots, fiddlehead ferns, asparagus, and other delectable plant matter. The high arched windows, solid fir tables, and art-filled walls make the room feel both airy and relaxed.
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