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A total of 30 contestants who have been undergoing drills for at least a month inside Vodacom House stroll at the podium to display their heroics before fans and other dignitaries.
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Today's winner would represent Tanzania at the Miss World to be staged in London later in November.
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At least, the losing finalists would earn 700,000/- as a consolation prize for competing at this level.
Fans outside Dar es Salaam and those who would not be able to attend the event are expected to stay close to their television to watch the proceedings, save for availability of power at their respective areas.
Music artistes from Kenya, Uganda and domestic based ones will be on show to entertain guests and fans as well.
The 30 contestants lined up for tonight's premier beauty pageantry include Alexia William, Maua Kimambo, Asha Saleh, Chiaru Masonobo, Christine Mwenegoha Jennifer Kakolaki, Salha Esrael, Christine William, Leila Juma, Atu Zerulia Manoko and Dalila Gharib.
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A duty cycle of 20% @ 80A means this welder will weld continuously for 2 minutes when cranked up to the maximum amperage before needing to cool down. Weld carbon steel, stainless steel, aluminum, magnesium, copper, nickel, silicon bronze and other alloys. Welds mild steel up to 18 gauge to 3/16" in a single pass. It's easy to get started since practically everything you will need to MIG weld is in the box.
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A star chart is any mapping of three-dimensional space, usually undertaken by the stellar cartography department of a starship, retrieved and edited there or in astrometrics laboratories for navigation purposes.
During the early voyages of Enterprise NX-01, the crew often consulted the Vulcan star charts for reference. (ENT: "Broken Bow", "Fight or Flight" et al)
In 2367, Doctor Beverly Crusher became trapped in a static warp bubble. With "her" universe shrinking, the USS Enterprise-D computer stated it had no record of Tau Alpha C on any current star map. (TNG: "Remember Me")
In 2368, Captain Jean-Luc Picard began to live the life of Kamin on the planet Kataan after the Enterprise encountered a spaceborne probe. During this time, he created several star charts of the stellar region surrounding Kataan with the help of a telescope he had constructed. (TNG: "The Inner Light")
In 2369, Major Kira Nerys asked Deep Space 9's Cardassian computer for the star charts of the Argosian sector. The computer instead showed her the star charts of the Glessene sector. (DS9: "Babel")
In 2372, after Tom Paris' transwarp flight, his shuttle, the Cochrane collected over five billion gigaquads of information. Captain Kathryn Janeway told Lieutenant B'Elanna Torres to transfer the data to stellar cartography, so a star chart could be created. (VOY: "Threshold")
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Advanced Copies of The Advanced Style Book Are In
36 comments:
- Fen said...
looks amazing - what a wonderful cover! I can't wait to get my hands on a copy :)
- March 15, 2012 at 5:07 PM
- This Sydney Life said...
Ari - I think your blog is gorgeous. Such a great celebration. Thank you!
I have a wee list of people I intend to give the book to. Can't wait.
Congrats from down-under!
- March 15, 2012 at 5:18 PM
- Lydia said...
- March 15, 2012 at 5:36 PM
- Irene said...
I love it!!!
I hope you like my first post!!! :)
- March 15, 2012 at 5:41 PM
- jag said...
A smile like that is ALWAYS in style! Must be so very exciting!!
I've already pre-ordered my copy and I can't wait... Congrats!
jag in ottawa
- March 15, 2012 at 5:41 PM
- Beth said...
I'm so happy for you! Your blog is among my favorites and I have pre-ordered my copy. Best of luck to you!
- March 15, 2012 at 5:52 PM
- Zoé said...
I really can not wait to get a copy of these! Advanced Style is so inspiring and wonderful, with such an eclectic mix of beautiful and colourful characters.
Avidly waiting - these look amazing!
- March 15, 2012 at 5:52 PM
- Theanne said...
- March 15, 2012 at 6:11 PM
- esmeralda said...
congrats!!! lovely cover!! xx
- March 15, 2012 at 6:43 PM
- ahestebeste said...
Congrats with my pleasure!I'm going to have one as soon as possible.
- March 15, 2012 at 6:44 PM
- Beke Beau said...
Can't wait to get my copy!
- March 15, 2012 at 6:57 PM
- TA said...
Congrats! Your own book is quite an accomplishment. I hope it sells well!
- March 15, 2012 at 7:26 PM
- Lauren@Styleseer said...
Congrats, Ari! You must be thrilled!
- March 15, 2012 at 7:46 PM
- Mo'a said...
Congratulations!!! I will be waiting to hear where your book signings will be, so that I can have you sign one for me.
- March 15, 2012 at 8:49 PM
- Gloria said...
I will definitely be ordering a copy and wish it would come out earlier so that I can give one to my mom whose birthday is on the
14th. of May. Either way I will be ordering two. I wanted you to visit this blog who has a very short post with nice pictures of this lady that I know you would be interested in. Here's a link to her blog and you'll love the pictures of this beautiful lady she has posted pictures of.
Happy for you and your release of books. Take care.
- March 15, 2012 at 9:10 PM
Can't wait to see my copy! By the way, I stopped by Off Broadway Boutique tonight on my way to dinner and was thrilled to see Lynn Dell in all her glory there. She looks great and her assistant Pat was also there looking terrific. I recommend her boutique highly to those visiting the Big Apple.
- March 15, 2012 at 9:44 PM
- Terri said...
I pre-ordered months ago. Only thing that could make it better would be your autograph!
- March 15, 2012 at 10:01 PM
- aurea @ pricewise events said...
I think I would like to have one of this! :D
- March 15, 2012 at 11:12 PM
- slj said...
After I get my book, would it be possible to send it to you so that you can autograph it?
- March 16, 2012 at 12:25 AM
- snow me white said...
How fantastic!! Well deserved; your website is one of my favorites.
- March 16, 2012 at 12:33 AM
- Sofiko said...
It amazing!This book will appear in Russia?
- March 16, 2012 at 6:53 AM
How exciting and you look so happy. Can't wait to get it! Great pics of books too...really conveyed the moment.
All the best.
- March 16, 2012 at 7:21 AM
oops Ari, I'm sorry...addressed you as Seth...not enough java this morn. Anyway, great job!!!! So enjoy you and your blog.
- March 16, 2012 at 7:25 AM
I can not wait
- March 16, 2012 at 8:14 AM
- Krista said...
I'm so happy for you! CONGRATS! Wishing you sell a hundred billion copies!
- March 16, 2012 at 10:11 AM
- Forest City Fashionista said...
Ari, I'm so happy for you; I can't imagine how exciting it was for you to see the first copy (I know if it was me, I'd be jumping around like an idiot). Will definitely be ordering my copy.
- March 16, 2012 at 10:37 AM
- FairyFiligree said...
Hurray! It must be extra special seeing it all started out as a 'fun?' blog eh? Good for you - can't wait to see it too.
- March 16, 2012 at 11:00 AM
- Cosmee said...
Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Erscheinen Deines Buches, dear Ari. Ich liebe die Fotos sehr. Voraus geht natürlich ein geschärftes Auge für Menschen und die Liebe zu ihnen. Viele Grüße von Cosmee
- March 16, 2012 at 12:25 PM
- I Art Fashion said...
Congrats, so happy for both of you
- March 16, 2012 at 12:43 PM
- Judi D. said...
You must be absolutely thrilled! What a tremendous accomplishment and joy. Congratulations; can't wait to see it.
- March 16, 2012 at 5:33 PM
- His Way or Her Way said...
Congrats on your new book!! The cover is gorgeous!
Lori S.
- March 18, 2012 at 1:19 AM
YEAY!!! congratulations!!
- March 18, 2012 at 1:16 PM
Hey Hey Hey..congrats...
- March 18, 2012 at 5:47 PM
- The Magical Christmas Wreath Company said...
So looking forward to getting my hands on a copy of this. I see the lady on the front cover of the book very often in London and she is exquisite in her style and poise.
- March 19, 2012 at 1:49 PM
- SevenDollarPants said...
Your blog is amazing, I didn't know about it until today and it MADE MY DAY. I love elegantly dressed older men and women who take pride in their style. It's so inspiring and clearly positivity has a lot to do with it. LOVE LOVE LOVE IT! Congrats on your book, can't wait to get a copy. Cheers, JD
- April 5, 2012 at 7:53 PM
- La Rimule said...
Congratulations !!!
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While email rules the corporate world it likely has surpassed it's peak usage and could very well be losing it's importance concerning the role it plays in online communications and collaboration. The next generation of employees grew up communicating using social sites such as Facebook and also text messaging and rarely use email.
While its role is being diminished email certainly is still a vital communication tool and will be for the foreseeable future. Next week it is expected that Facebook will announce and provide a much better email experience complete with Microsoft Office online in order to keep visitors on their site and to steal additional traffic from popular email services such as GMail, Yahoo, AOL and Hotmail. Expect Facebook and other social sites to continue to enhance their sites to become more of a one stop shop for online services. The larger traffic volume generated by these new services of course means additional advertising revenue for Facebook.
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Home List of Titles The metallicity of pregalactic globular clusters: the observational consequences of the first stars
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- The metallicity of pregalactic globular clusters: the observational consequences of the first stars
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- Beasley, Michael A.; Kawata, Daisuke; Pearce, Frazer R.; Forbes, Duncan A.; Gibson, Brad K.
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- We explore a scenario in which metal-poor globular clusters (GCs) are enriched by the first supernovae in the universe. If the first stars in a 107 Msolar dark halo were very massive (>180 Msolar), then a pair-instability supernova from a single massive star could produce sufficient iron to enrich 106 Msolar of pristine, primordial gas to [Fe/H]~-2. In such a scenario, in which a single massive star acts as a seed for halo GCs, an accurate abundance analysis of GC stars would allow us to directly measure the Population III initial mass. Using the latest theoretical yields for zero-metallicity stars in the mass range of 140-260 Msolar, we find that the metals expelled from an ~230 Msolar star are consistent with [Si/Fe] and [Ca/Fe] observed in GC stars. However, no single star in this mass range can simultaneously explain all halo GC heavy-element abundance ratios, such as [V/Fe], [Ti/Fe], and [Ni/Fe]. These require a combination of masses for the Population III stellar progenitors. The various observational consequences of this scenario are discussed.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing
- Source
- Astrophysical Journal Letters, Vol. 596, no. 2 (Oct 2003), pp. L187-L190
- Publication year
- 2004
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- Abundances; Early universe; Globular clusters; Star formation
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- University of Chicago Press
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You may have received your first glimpse of a nipple shield during Janet Jackson flash-o-rama during the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show. In addition, if you go out into the world or even watch television you have probably noticed all kinds of body piercing including nipple rings. Many people just turn their heads and wonder how long this fad will last. Now, comes the real question - Is nipple jewelry just a fad that will pass away with time?. The answer - Nipple Jewelry has been around for to many centuries dating back as far as the middle of the 14th century to be called a passing fad..
During the 14th century, women began wearing very low necklines, which would reveal half of their breasts, including Queen Isabella of Bavaria that introduced the Garments of the grand neckline?. This dress was open all the way to the navel exposing not only half of the breast but the nipple as well. Nipple jewelry in the way of nipple rings with diamonds studs and other jewels or caps were often seen. Many of these women did not only cover their nipples with nipple caps but did in fact pierce the nipples and passed unique gold chain through the piercings. Many of the chains were decorated with diamonds or other precious gems.
The next time you hear about nipple jewelry was in the 1890s. It was in this year that The Bosom Ring came into style . The Bosom Ring was a very expensive nipple ring and was sold at Parisian jewelry shops. The Anneux De Sein? was pierced through the nipple and many women wore a small delicate chain on either sides of the nipple ring. These rings made the nipples larger and the nipples stayed in an excited and erect state as long as the women were wearing the Bosom nipple ring.
New age nipple jewelry
There are various nipple jewelry pieces that can be worn today including nipple clamps, nipple rings and nipple shields. Before going into the different styles, lets first look at why people wear nipple jewelry.
The medical reason for wearing nipple rings is that it aids in pulling out inverted nipples. Nipple rings are also known to increase the size of the nipple which can make breastfeeding a bit easier.
Apart from having some medical benefits, nipple jewelry has many personal reasons for being famous. All kinds of nipple jewelry pieces make the nipples larger, which creates more sensitivity. Jewelry pieces like Nipple rings and nipple clamps make the breasts more sexually appealing and the nipples are always in a heightened state of arousal. Men and women both derive pleasure when their nipple ring, nipple shield and even a nipple clamp is fondled with by their partner. Nipple jewelry heightens the sexual experience as stimulation is already there and just a slight touch brings on more excitement.
Different nipple jewelry pieces
Nipple Shields
Nipple Shields are decorative and create an even more attractive look than just a simple nipple ring. The nipple shield encircles the nipple covering a small portion of the areola, and is held in place by the nipple ring.
Nipple Rings
A nipple ring is of course similar to the pierced earrings that are worn on the earlobes. Nipple rings are just larger in gauge and also come in a variety of styles and designs.
Nipple Clamps
Nipple clamps come in three different styles - the Tweezer Clamp, the Clover Clamp and the Kitty Clamp. The nipple clamp is designed to stimulate the nipples by applying varying degrees of pressure.
Tweezer nipple clamps are the most popular because they are comfortable and very attractive. The tweezer nipple clamp is slender and graceful and instead of clamping, clasps onto the nipple. Adjustable tension with plastic covered curved wire ends are used in Tweezer nipple clamps that gently close around the base of the nipple. In a Tweezer nipple clamp, the nipples are left uncovered so they can be stimulated by other means.
Clover nipple clamps are large and durable. A clover nipple clamp has four open sections between the arms. With the clover clamps, the pressure can not be adjusted without tugging on the clamps. The gripper pads of clover nipple clamps are created from small rubber discs that have bumps on them for added pleasure. These will not come off until you are ready to remove them.
Kitty nipple clamps look similar to the alligator clamps.These nipple clamps have an adjustable screw so you can get the tightness you desire. They have a control dial that vibrates more as you rotate the dial bringing on even more pleasure.
Nipple jewelry is not just a fad that will pass with time. Nipple jewelry pieces have been around for centuries and are here to stay not only for their beauty but also for the erotic and pleasurable adventure they give the wearer.
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-Joachim(https://alteil-login.apocoplay.com/cardDB/detail.php?id=804) - Grimmune, tanks, also can engage itself if you're expecting an assassin SS.
-Vanilla Zalzagul(https://alteil-login.apocoplay.com/cardDB/detail.php?id=523) - Grimmune, SS-mune
In addition, you want to time your Game Over to put yourself in a better position than your opponent. Consider these signals to look out for if your considering a Game Over:
-Your opponent has no closed units
-You have no open units and some closed units
-You have some grimmune units or some recovery-on-close units and some closed units
-You have a few excess SP you can put into sphere levels for future units.
-Your opponent has units you don't like
What are some good grims?
-Game Over(https://alteil-login.apocoplay.com/cardDB/detail.php?id=1665) - Namesake card
-Recovery Powder(https://alteil-login.apocoplay.com/cardDB/detail.php?id=203) - Gains SP, saves units from Salamander
-Soul Pact(https://alteil-login.apocoplay.com/cardDB/detail.php?id=228) - Gains SP, provides an occasionally significant ATK boost
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-Merciless Death(https://alteil-login.apocoplay.com/cardDB/detail.php?id=32) - Good post Game Over and for problem units
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Some mids/bigs with Game Over. Opening is 4 Ref > Emerald Buncle, Limier, Mediator, then depending on the matchup you go from there. Shadow Spirit gives some much-needed ranged attack, Fortune shuts down some key opposing units (Dio, EFrog, Undeads, Dilate, etc.), and Garfath gives some non-grim healing. Zangadylan is an optional finisher, mostly for in case of heavy grim bane.
Originally I had a 50-DMG SS in the second slot, but I switched to a 15xLVL SS for BK Rivera matchups.
I've made it up to 1700 RP with this file.
Bad Matchups:
Solar Kingdom - Main problem cards are Aliria and Etoile, and to a lesser extent Safiria.
Bk Rivera - Ultimately it comes down to if you're able to take down BK early enough. It can be problems if your units are hitting stuff like Dilate or EX Merc Girl.
Heavy Grim Bane - Sometimes that Game Over's needed and without it you just get swarmed.
Fierte SS - Just since this file has high Sphere level requirements.
Other Versions:
I want to try a strictly Solar Kingdom version.
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Learn how to tame the mind through the Hare Krishna mantra.
One of my favorite passages in the Bhagavad-gītā is where Krishna, the personification of the Divine, tells his stricken warrior friend Arjuna that:
For him who has conquered the mind, the mind is the best of friends; but for one who has failed to do so, his mind will remain the greatest enemy. (Chapter 6, Verse 6)
Of all the pearls of wisdom we try to teach our students at our Gita Circle student club at New York University, this is one passage that really seems to stick out in a very visceral, practical way. The Gita is a book of everyday reasoning, a treatise of spiritual technology designed to help us take a step back from the world in order to engage with it further, as the great sages from the Himalayas to Walden Pond did for many ages before we tread upon this world.
Nowhere is this reasoning more intensely felt when we stop our everyday scheming and dreaming to ask some pertinent questions: What is my mind? How does it work? How does it exist? Why does it seem unable to focus when I need it to? Who is the "I" that is observing the mind? Our mind is more powerful, and with a much deeper memory than any visionary device from the labs at Apple or Google. It is considered the "sixth sense", intimately linked to how the rest of our senses interact and respond, for better or for worse, to the physical reality that surrounds us.
As our students at NYU also experience, when we meditate together, we are instantly confronted with the fact that the mind prefers to be in an adversarial position. Even to just focus simply our breath for a few moments at a time in a tremendous endeavor.
Arjuna, in the Gita, agrees when he says:
The mind is restless, turbulent, obstinate and very strong, O Krsna, and to subdue it, I think, is more difficult than controlling the wind.
Krishna, while trying to present the true reality of our bodily and mental nature as clearly as possible in the Gita, is also trying to show us that we can transcend this nature into the actuality of our being as spirit, so he responds to Arjuna's plea by saying:
O mighty-armed son of Kuntī, it is undoubtedly very difficult to curb the restless mind, but it is possible by suitable practice and by detachment.
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Wiener Dog Nationals is a cute children movie. We have a family with a mother who has died recently but not that recent, like 2 years ago. So we have a father raising 3 children; one is 18 and the other 2 are like boy age 8 and girl age 6. The boy discovers a picture of his mother as a child with a wiener dog (dachshund) and she used to race the dog and win trophies. Nowhere in this movie do we hear anyone say dachshund it is always Wiener dog, just like the title of the movie. For his birthday he wishes for a wiener dog. He names it Shelly because he got it from a shelter. He and his sister are in a fast food place and there is a girl signing up people for the Wiener dog races, what are the odds. Morgan Fairchild is a rich lady who plays dirty tricks to try and eliminate Shelly from competing in the race. She has won for the past 2 years. The movie is your typical child movie, Morgan Fairchild is shown doing nasty things and being rude so you hate her. The boy with the dog is nice and friendly with the other contestants especially a dog called handshake who can do one trick, bet you can't guess what it is, yep Shake Hands. His owner is a girl of about 8 same age as the boy. The dad meets and falls in love with the girl (Alicia Witt) who was signing up people for the race. Shelly wins Nationals. Happiness reigns for all in the end. Two things that did bug me about this movie, when cleaning up from the birthday, the dad tosses the left over cake into a garbage bag. Who does that, you keep the cake and have more of it later. The second was more of a continuity issue. Shelly hurts her paw. They show her raising her right front paw as if it is hurt but they bandage the right rear paw. I even rewound to make sure I saw the correct paw. But hey, I wasn't watching this for accuracy just for a good time. It's cute, if you have children or just like these movies Check it out at KPL.
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OLD SCHOOL REGION (Bracket 1)
(1) Joe Montana vs. (16) Jake Delhomme
What, Steve Beuerlein or Jay Schroeder too busy? Two facts: Sixteen seeds never win, and Joe Montana is the greatest quarterback to ever play the game. I'm offended I even have to pick between these two.
Winner: (1) Joe Montana
(8) Curtis Martin vs. (9) Jerome Bettis
Martin already beat "The Bus" to the Hall of Fame. If Martin was so special though, why doesn't he have a cool nickname? Exactly.
W: (9) Jerome Bettis
(5) Marshall Faulk vs. (12) Clinton Portis
If this were against Southeast Jerome, Coach Janky Spanky or Sheriff Gonnagetcha, it would have been closer.
W: (5) Marshall Faulk
(4) Dan Marino vs. (13) Reggie Wayne
Are ESPN and EA Sports trying to tell Wayne something? He's the only player on this side of the bracket who is still active.
W: (4) Dan Marino
(6) Marcus Allen vs. (11) Tedy Bruschi
From what I hear around the office, judging by how Allen played safety at Lincoln High, he could have been a Hall of Famer on defense if coach John Robinson wouldn't have switched him to tailback at USC.
W: (6) Marcus Allen
(3) Barry Sanders vs. (14) Ron Rivera
Losing to Sanders will be a lot easier for Rivera, than trying to tackle him.
W: (3) Barry Sanders
(7) Randall Cunningham vs. (10) LaDainian Tomlinson
How is the fantasy football G.O.A.T. a No. 10 seed? Are you going to take that Chargers fans?
W: (10) LaDainian Tomlinson
(2) Ray Lewis vs. (15) Derrick Brooks
Maybe if Brooks had a dance I mimicked every time I got out of the shower, I'd vote for him.
W: (2) Ray Lewis
OLD SCHOOL REGION (Bracket 2)
(1) Jerry Rice vs. (16) Fred Taylor
Taylor got carpal tunnel while trying to vote for himself.
W: (1) Jerry Rice
(8) John Randle vs. (9) Eddie George
George actually had his best season the year he was featured on the Madden cover. Although, I am a big fan of Randle's Ultimate Warrior-style face paint.
W: (9) Eddie George
(5) Michael Strahan vs. (12) Sterling Sharpe
The power of Live! with Kelly and Michael is too much to overcome for Sharpe.
W: (5) Michael Strahan
(4) Kurt Warner vs. (13) Ozzie Newsome
Anyone who votes here will be confused by the inclusion of the Raven's GM, unaware of Newsome's playing days.
W: (4) Kurt Warner
(6) Tim Brown vs. (11) Chad Johnson
Brown has 27,350 followers on Twitter. Johnson? 5,023,664. Um, yeah.
W: (11) Chad Johnson
(3) Troy Aikman vs. (14) Deuce McCallister
From the people who brought you Joe Montana vs. Jake Delhomme ...
W: (3) Troy Aikman
(7) Jim Kelly vs. (10) Terrell Davis
Even though this isn't a Super Bowl, Kelly can't win this either.
W: (10) Terrell Davis
(2) Deion Sanders vs. (15) Cortez Kennedy
This would be more interesting if it were "Primetime" versus Leon Sandcastle.
W: (2) Deion Sanders
NEW SCHOOL REGION (Bracket 1)
(1) Colin Kaepernick vs. (16) Antonio Gates
Expect a replay of Super Bowl XXIX. Too soon?
W: (1) Colin Kaepernick
(8) A.J. Green vs. (9) Matt Forte
No way either one of these guys makes it past the second round.
W: (8) A.J. Green
(5) Julio Jones vs. (12) Jimmy Graham
Fantasy football owners never forget, Jimmy.
W: (5) Julio Jones
(4) Arian Foster vs. (13) Danny Amendola
Foster recently tweeted: I've had that thought in the middle of a game. "All these people are really watching us beat each other up. Weird."
W: (4) Arian Foster
(6) Von Miller vs. (11) Victor Cruz
Everyone knows Cruz will be on "Dancing with the Stars" someday. Why hasn't this happened?
W: (11) Victor Cruz
(3) Russell Wilson vs. (14) Justin Blackmon
Wilson is an inspiration to short people everywhere.
W: (3) Russell Wilson
(7) Trent Richardson vs. (10) Clay Matthews
I've yet to see Richardson in a commercial.
W: (10) Clay Matthews
(2) Andrew Luck vs. (15) Jake Locker
Locker better get used to losing to Luck.
W: (2) Andrew Luck
NEW SCHOOL REGION (Bracket 2)
(1) Robert Griffin III vs. (16) Ryan Tannehill
Ryan Tannehill's wife might have a shot here, but he doesn't.
W: (1) Robert Griffin III
(8) Doug Martin vs. (9) Matthew Stafford
Like I said, fantasy football owners never forget.
W: (8) Doug Martin
(5) Ray Rice vs. (12) Luke Kuechly
Joe Flacco gets $120 million, and Rice gets this.
W: (5) Ray Rice
(4) Dez Bryant vs. (13) C.J. Spiller
What else is there to do in Buffalo?
W: (13) C.J. Spiller
(6) Jamaal Charles vs. (11) Darrelle Revis
Can a running back survive "Revis Island?" Nope.
W: (11) Darrelle Revis
(3) Rob Gronkowski vs. (14) Antonio Brown
Odds are if Gronkowski wins the whole thing, he'll be shirtless on the cover.
W: (3) Rob Gronkowski
(7) Patrick Peterson vs. (10) LeSean McCoy
McCoy goes from scoring 20 touchdowns one season to being an underdog to Peterson in the first round of a fake tournament the next.
W: (10) LeSean McCoy
(2) Adrian Peterson vs. (15) Carson Palmer
It's not too late for Joss Whedon to add Peterson to the lineup of the next "Avengers" movie.
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Single-family home prices rose in November, building on a string of gains that point to a housing market that is on the mend, data from a closely watched survey showed on Tuesday.
The S&P/Case Shiller composite index of 20 metropolitan areas gained 0.6 percent in November on a seasonally adjusted basis, in line with economists' forecasts.
Prices in the 20 cities rose 5.5 percent year over year. It was the strongest year-over-year price increase since August 2006.
It was the 10th month in a row that prices have increased, the longest string of gains since before the market started to turn down in 2006. Last year's rise in prices beat a nine-month consecutive run in 2009 and 2010, when the market was boosted by the homeowner tax credit.
"Housing is clearly recovering," David Blitzer, chairman of the index committee at S&P Dow Jones Indexes, said in a statement.
Prices on a non-adjusted basis slipped 0.1 percent. The non-adjusted numbers showed prices fell in about half of the cities covered by the survey, with the winter months typically a weak period for housing, the survey said.
"This is continuing a trend in place for the better part of a year," said Omair Sharif, U.S. economist at RBS Securities in New York. "This is another indication that the housing rebound is fairly entrenched at this point."
Phoenix, which saw its housing market rebound sharply last year, led with the biggest yearly gain at 22.8 percent. New York was the only city to fall, down 1.2 percent from the previous year.
Financial markets saw little reaction to the data with Wall Street focused on the latest corporate earnings.
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The canvas works really well – gives the throw pillow stability and shape. I used the cheap flannel this time. Usually I prefer wool, but the cheap stuff works really well for this project. (And, knowing these pillows will probably end up serving as a path over 'hot lava' or elements of various couch forts, I'll panic less knowing that these pillows weren't that costly.) I would also suggest HeatNBond on the heavier side. I used a light-weight one and it took some effort to get it to work with the heavier felt and canvas.
So cute Amy, I think I need to make one or two for me. It may not happen until January… but it looks so fun and easy, I can't wait to make a pillow.
Love those pillows. I just wish I had time to make them. Merry Christmas to you and your family!
way cute, I love them
Darling pillows !! But I am going to have to add them to my list for next year, which I probably will start working on Dec. 26th !! Thanks for sharing
Cute pillow and great tutorial! :o)
props on the airplane engineering!

oh and the pillow tutorial is great as well 🙂
I'm filing this away for next year. Thanks for sharing, you ubertalented lady, you!
Lovely pillows!
Thank you for sharing
So cute…all of them! Oh, and love the airplane sculpture too!
I love the snowflake pillow. What kind of felt did you use?
Awesome Duplo airplane! And I love those pillows, too. The red and white are such a striking combo.
Working with felt is fun and forgiving; it makes all sorts of crafts seem possible, even to someone who breaks a needle in my sewing machine pretty much every time I sew something.

Love the tutorials, keep 'em coming!
For the record, I love the airplane sculpture, nice work.

The pillows are AWESOME, the look like something straight out of a West Elm catalog.
Lovely work – makes me want to make a pillow or two – just don't tell my husband 😉 I was also wondering what type of felt you use.
Congratulations to the young constructor – well done sweetheart!
Have a joyful and cosy Christmas!
Cute pillows, Amy.
Oh I so understand the 3 year old wanting to be part of things. Sweet. The pillows are all lovely. I especially like them grouped together with the vintage kids pillow.
YAY!! So cute, I can't wait to make one for my sister for X-mas, thanks for re-posting it.
And as we speak my son and his 2 BFF's are hanging out in the living room with LEGOs everywhere. What boy doesn't love them?
lovely pillows. I would love to invite you for the christmas pillow linky party in my blog. Please do come and join the party with your lovely pillow
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The Central Intelligence Agency or CIA is a government agency that appears in the Grand Theft Auto series. They appear in Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Grand Theft Auto IV (and its Episodes), and Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars.
Grand Theft Auto III
In GTA III, their first appearance is in the mission Evidence Dash, where a CIA agent drives a Bulletproof Bobcat. The CIA also monitors the Shoreside Lift Bridge when Ray Machowski tries to flee the city by flight. They are also said to have an interest in the Cartel manufactured drug SPANK. Weapons include M-16s, and Micro-Uzis. They are portrayed as men with light skin, and dark clothes. These also appear as random pedestrians.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
In 1992 they make another appearance when CJ attempts to obtain a package for Mike Toreno, and when he has to bomb a plane containing a consignment of land mines. While on board the Andromada plane they utter strange phrases that is speculated evidence of UFOs and aliens in the game.
In GTA: San Andreas they appear with two different agents. One with light skin, black suit and tie, gray hair, and dark sunglasses. The other agent has dark skin, a black suit with a black tie, black hair and mustache, and black sunglasses, also this agent never talks to Carl unlike the other one. These two could be a reference to the film "Men In Black", or Rockstar Games placed them there to go along with the alien theme out in the desert. They have AK-47s along with the Micro Uzis. Their vehicles for are special black Mavericks and a special black Bobcats.
Grand Theft Auto IV
The Contact is rumoured to be affiliated with the CIA, due to numerous reasons. Aleks Thornton also appears in Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony as a minor character.
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
Unlike other games, in GTA: CW the agency was renamed to Agency of Centered Intelligence. Players receive the "Platinum Syringe" trophy for services rendered in powders (Cocaine and Heroin) distribution.
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The defense is about to take center stage in Jerry Sandusky's child sexual abuse trial, and that could include the defendant himself taking the stand.
Prosecutors could rest their case sometime today, and Sandusky's lawyers have signaled they will put on a case of their own.
Sandusky's lawyer suggested to jurors that he may testify, but that's a risk that defense lawyers are normally reluctant to take.
Another potential witness is Sandusky's wife Dottie, who's been sequestered since the trial began a week ago.
The 68-year-old former Penn State assistant coach is charged with the sexual abuse of 10 boys over 15 years, allegations he denies. He faces 52 counts.
Jurors have already heard from 20 prosecution witnesses, including eight young men who say he sexually abused them as children.
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Vaginal intercourse, anal intercourse, placing fingers inside a vagina or anus, fellatio (blowjobs), in plenty of ways with cunnilingus (oral sex for women), and even kissing with your tongue are all some ways we might enter someone else's body or have someone else enter our own.
Some people boil these and other activities down to requiring just a no or a yes. Others might take a few more sound steps past that point and talk about how we need to be sure not to be too rough or aggressive, or be cautious of someone else's comfort. Plenty of people are concerned with the "right" way to do any of these activities when it comes to their pleasure or that of a partner, or hung up on how to do what to bring about orgasm. We'd agree with all of those things as important -- both consent as well as a mindfulness of a partner's desires, likes, preferences, and limits -- but would also say there's even more to it than that. Way more to it.
It's entirely possible that what we say here is going to sound really crunchy granola, but sometimes that's how it is.
From both our personal experiences of our own varied sex lives, and in our work in sexuality with many other people, it seems pretty clear that really letting someone into an internal space in your body, or going into someone else's insides -- which we know might sound a little gross, but that is what's going on with this stuff -- is a fairly big deal for many people. Heck, there's a reason that we usually kiss people in our families or platonic friends differently than we kiss sexual or romantic partners. There's a reason why so many people get so freaked out about seeing the gynecologist, but not about seeing the eye doctor. It seems obvious when you put it out there like that, but it's one of those things that people don't often think that consciously about.
We seem to be taught little about how we extend ourselves physically to other people and respond to others. We will often hear a lot about the actual mechanics of sex, and some basic emotional aspects, but very rarely are even invited to consider the metaphysics of sex -- literally meaning, what is above or beyond the physical.
The basics we get as children about touching other people are usually a whole lot of don'ts: don't push, don't shove, don't hit, don't bite, don't touch without asking first. The positives we get are often really vague: be nice, be gentle, or even the Golden Rule: do unto others as you would have them do unto you. But, really, there's a whole lot missing in all of that, particularly in what it doesn't tell us about how to inter-react and interconnect. The basics we are getting are very much about the surface, rather than about our insides and other people's insides.
If you've done any study of martial arts, particularly arts like Aikido, based in blending your own motions with those of another and using someone's momentum by turning with it, not pushing through it, what we're talking about probably is something you understand well. When we willingly interlock parts of our bodies sexually -- even when someone isn't going inside someone else, but all the more so when that is happening -- we've moved past constructing sexual interaction as an individual experience or something we view as merely about parts and mechanics; it becomes an intricate play between energies, motion, and responding within an environment of shared space and experience.
You probably already know that lots of folks class vaginal intercourse as the only "real" sex, or as the kind of sex which is the most intimate. But we know that not everyone agrees on exactly what constitutes "sex," and that there are many ways people are intimate and sexual, and we can't say, unilaterally, that any one kind of sex is more real, or more intimate, for everyone. While we certainly know that there is nothing any more or less real about vaginal intercourse (or any kind of sex that involves someone's something going into someone else's somewhere), we can still recognize that, for some, there can be differences between sex where we are entering someone else's body or allowing someone else in, and sex where we are literally just on the surface of someone's body or someone is on the surface of ours.
Plenty of people do experience something like intercourse or fingering or fellatio differently than they experience other activities in at least one way which we think makes a lot of sense. What makes intercourse different from someone massaging someone's breasts? How about what makes having someone's fingers in your vagina or anus -- or putting your fingers in those spaces in someone -- different than rubbing a penis or a clitoris? For that matter, what can make fellatio different from cunnilingus, despite the fact than they're both oral sex and so similar in so many ways?
We'd posit that what all those activities have in common is that the people involved are interlocking their bodies in a way where one person is, quite literally, entering another person's body.
But why could that difference be important? Why deconstruct that or spend any time bothering to think about it? Heck, can't we just do it instead of obsessively considering what it all could possibly mean? Well, we could, but we want to recognize that sex is inherently a pretty complicated thing; it involves so many body systems, interactions, communication, and messages that discussion is warranted. Knowing ourselves, and being able to communicate about our own and our partners' bodies and desires, is a big part of healthy, beneficial sex.
Let's bear in mind that:
All or all of these are some possible reasons why entry into someone else's body, or having someone else enter our body, may carry a lot of emotional weight and can be a pretty big deal for one partner or everyone involved. But if we think about it even further, and bring it back to the most essential of concepts, our bodies are an integral part of what we have ownership of as human beings. In life we cannot always control everything, influence the outside world in the ways we'd like to, or control other people. We have our values. We have our beliefs and morals. We have our brains and decision-making abilities. And, of course, we have our bodies.
What we do with our bodies can often be a point of contention between families and kids and young adults. Developmentally it's appropriate that we want to assert some independence and control over our lives and bodies as we move through adolescence. We know that sexuality gets very tied up in this process. If you look at the raging political and social debates of our times, so often they can be traced back to sexuality, bodies, and control. We debate about abortion and the right to choose, about the age at which someone can consent to sex or medical care, about school dress codes and the age at which it's okay to get a tattoo or get pierced.
But regardless of laws or cultural or religious values, it is hoped -- and ideal -- that we still have autonomy, a sovereign, inarguable ownership in and with our bodies. One of the many reasons that sexual assaults are so violating is that they often leave the survivor feeling very disconnected from her or his own body, in part because someone else took it from them, or took it over without it having been willingly and freely shared. There are also other experiences in life that can result in any of us feeling disconnected from our bodies, including negative body image, bullying, eating disorders, or low self-esteem. Even puberty can create feelings of disconnection because the bodies we have known for so long get pretty different pretty fast, and are viewed by other people differently than they used to be when we were kids. No matter how you look at it, or what the cause is, disconnection from the body can have a huge impact on one's whole functioning, not only sexual functioning and sexuality.
When we have ownership over our bodies, we can choose how we express ourselves and have more agency over pleasure, how we relate with others, and who we want to let in. When we do have real ownership of our bodies, choosing to invite and allow someone inside of us, or entering inside someone else who has freely made that choice, is powerful. Small stuff this ain't.
Letting someone enter us physically requires that we trust them to accept us for who we are, with all our imperfections. Letting someone enter into our bodies requires that we both know and believe that this person will not hurt us. It means that we are allowing someone to literally be taken inside of us and, for that time, be a part of our physical makeup. This might sound a little hokey, but entrance into another body — whether you are inviting it for yourself or someone else is inviting you inside of them — is often a profound moment of connection. While all sexual activity, regardless of whether or not there is entry present, is an opportunity for this sort of connection, physically crossing into and entering into another body can be highly emotional for a lot of people. But it's easy to forget or overlook that when you're busy thinking about everything else, like how to physically go about it or how you're performing or whether or not you're "doing it right".
That also means that when someone else is letting us into their body that we are being trusted to be respectful and aware that the person we are entering is in a position of some vulnerability, probably greater than ours as the enter-er. It means when we are entering someone's body, if we're really considering that other person, we are going to want to have an awareness about the fact that someone is letting us be, very literally, a part of their body for a while, connected to them in a number of ways, some or all of which may feel very deep to them.
With any bodily orifice, we're not talking about something that is passive or just lying around. Body parts exist within relationship to other body parts, within relationship to complex bodily systems, reactions, and interactions. The mouth is active and full of muscles. The vagina is a muscle. The anal sphincters, anus, and rectum are muscles. And with any of those parts, if we're really paying attention rather than going into our own heads or focusing only on our own bodies, we can feel when they are really are opening up to us and when they are not.
For instance, we can feel, with our genitals, when a mouth is sucking us in: most people have an easy-enough time knowing and feeling that. But the same goes with vaginas or anuses: be it with fingers, a penis, a mouth or tongue, or a sex toy, those muscles can create resistance (a pushing out) or an acceptance (a pulling in). Sometimes those sensations are more subtle or tougher to discern than others, but those body messages are there and most of the time, with some focus and awareness, we really can feel them. Sometimes those sensations aren't subtle at all, and we can feel a very strong gripping or pulling by someone's vagina or anus.
When you're being invited inside someone else's body, here are some basics to keep in mind:
Often enough -- and probably just because so few people are reared with any discussion of this -- we might experience, or hear others talk about, pretty clear dismissal of these body signals. For instance, we can probably agree that way too many women have first intercourse stories where their vaginas were resisting entry, and their partners just kept pushing at the opening without conscious regard to the fact that perhaps the moment was not right, or perhaps something was going on emotionally that was keeping the mechanics from going as desired. When both partners don't realize that these signals exist -- or think entry is supposed to hurt -- it can be really easy to wind up in that kind of situation.
This also isn't always just about a partner being aggressive, unaware, or disrespectful; plenty of women expect first intercourse to happen just like that. When it comes to vaginal entry, even when partners are noticing the resistance and the discomfort a female partner is feeling and ask if they should stop, their partner may say no if she thinks this is just how things go. So many people of all genders have internalized this script of how first intercourse should go and see it as something that you just need to "get through" because it's going to result in pain, bleeding, discomfort, or any number of other less-than-desirable outcomes. Some folks even believe that if they don't experience those seemingly negative outcomes then they must not really have had sex, or something is somehow wrong with them or their partner.
We also get questions from men and women about this regarding anal sex. Sometimes they want to know about creams or products that will supposedly numb them to make anal entry not hurt at all. Products such as those are actually quite dangerous, as they prevent us from listening to our bodies and being able to respond accordingly. With any kind of entry, your body will send you messages and guide you in how it needs to go. Numbing out — whether physically or emotionally — means that you can't receive and respond to those messages. We don't need creams or other products to numb ourselves; instead we need to find ways to feel comfortable with ourselves, communicate with our partners, and get to the place where our bodies and minds are both relaxed and in a good place to move forward with any sort of sexual activity.
When we really are connecting with someone else, letting them be really inside us, or being really inside them we can't be checked out. We're not talking about "checking out" in terms of scoping out how attractive someone is, but rather "checking out" as a state in which we are not fully emotionally and physically present. In other words, we are unlikely to be tuned into the messages our bodies, and our partners' bodies, are sending if – for whatever reason — we cannot fully be engaged and mindful in the moment. To be that interconnected you are probably going to need to feel pretty close to someone, and have them feel pretty close to you.
Some people -- or some people, sometimes -- can feel like sexual activity which involves entry into their bodies feels limiting or objectifying when that's the only part of their bodies being paid any attention. Remember that sex and sexuality is way bigger than any one small part of your body or someone else's, and try and keep your focus pretty holistic: on someone's whole self, not just one orifice or body part. By all means, if in your sexual communication a partner asks to just have one part focused on, it's all good, but I'd say it's better to err on the side of all-of-you than some-of-you.
Bearing some of this in mind can also explain why sometimes these kinds of sex don't "work" or feel good even when it seems like everything else is in place: we like or love each other a lot, we're all aroused, we're all relaxed, no one has an infection or other medical issue, there's plenty of lubricant, we've engaged in other sexual activities first that were not about entry and feel really good.
When all of that is on the table, but entry is painful or uncomfortable, or just doesn't feel emotionally or physically right, that likely has something to do with just not being in the kind of space to have someone inside our body at that time, or to enter into someone else's. That could be for of a whole host of reasons. Maybe a person isn't feeling a real equality in it when it comes to them letting someone in and not being let in the other in the same way. Maybe a person is feeling a bit too vulnerable at a time for that extra vulnerability, perhaps due to a relationship conflict, a self-esteem issue, or just feeling very emotionally delicate at a given time. Perhaps there are worries about the physical setting, and whether it is safe or private enough. There may be worries about or conflicts with one's values, and an uncertainty about whether your desires are in alignment with your beliefs about sex, or certain types of sex. That might be because you or your partners haven't yet really wanted, or been totally open to, entry into the body. It may be because things are so new and everyone is so keyed up and nervous that you either just haven't been able to really hone in on anything more than very general sensation, or your partners haven't been able to relax enough and take enough time to really listen to their bodies or inquire about yours. All of these issues can play a part in our readiness or enthusiasm in the moment, even when it feels like we really WANT to go ahead and engage in a particular activity or kind of sex.
Just like we always suggest deferring to the partner who doesn't want to do something when it comes to sex -- in other words, that a no always trumps a yes -- we'd suggest keeping the same kind of dynamic at heart with entering someone's body. If someone you are entering voices something feeling painful or uncomfortable -- physically or emotionally – then whatever you are doing needs to stop and partners need to check in. The comfort of all partners matter, though, and it's important for each person to voice what they need or want. All of this isn't just about the enter-ee. A partner who is giving fellatio can absolutely bite or be sucking too hard, or for anal or vaginal intercourse be moving too quickly, deeply, or roughly (or too slow or not hard enough, for that matter). The partner who is inserting his or her fingers in manual sex be moving in a way that cramps the heck out of his or her hand.
Our partners will not automatically know what we are thinking or feeling. We talk here about being open to bodily signals, to be focusing on the whole person and open to receiving messages about pleasure or physical comfort—even if these messages are not the ones we want to be hearing. But, again, any time we are sharing our bodies with another person, entering or being entered, allowing ourselves to be vulnerable, then communication needs to happen on multiple levels if we expect to really know what's going on with each other.
There are debates within different feminist perspectives about how we construct the ideas of entry and intercourse, and whether these actions can ever truly be based in equality. Some feminists argue that patriarchy has institutionalized both intercourse and sex as a whole, making it not about merging or sharing of pleasure, but about dominating someone and expressing power over someone, particularly when you look at intercourse between individuals that could possibly result in pregnancy.
Plenty of men have been reared with these kinds of ideas about sex so intensely and unilaterally that they either don't know that it's not about conquering or forcing their way into someone or something, or, if they do realize that this is not an accurate portrayal of sex, it can still take some time for them to relearn sexuality outside of that limited and dangerous construction. Women, too, have received these messages, and some will still hold closely to the idea that they should play a certain role in relationships or sexuality, or that they are obligated to "do one's duty" as a romantic or sexual partner.
But is mindfully entering into a woman's body, or anyone's body, who WANTS you there, with respect, a violation? If so, how? There seem to be some profound flaws in some theories which critique these kinds of sex and suggest it is violating, flaws which include heterosexism (as men can be entered, too), dismissal of the fact that a woman's body is not passive (again, our mouths or vulvas and vaginas or anuses don't "just lay there" when we are excited and wanting a given kind of sex), and, at times, an assumptions that relationships between genders can never come from true respect and equality.
Too, heterocentrisim (the way that we default our concept and construction of the world to assume heterosexuality in everyone and every interaction) and gender normativity (the common but limited belief that there are two and only two genders, and that each gender has specific roles that they "should" play or perform in life) have played a part in how we understand intercourse, entering another body, or being entered. Many men avoid or do not know what it's like to have someone enter their bodies due to homophobia or what they have learned about masculinity. If we have been taught that only women should receive or be entered, then what does that mean if we identify as male and we are entered? This can create complicated feelings that are not always easily resolved or even identified; we must ask ourselves what it means to do a certain kind of sexual activity, or how that activity impacts our identities.
Heterocentrism also makes it really easy to skew this conversation to only be about heterosexually-identified people who were assigned male at birth (and who still identify as male) with people who were assigned female at birth (and who still identify as female). Heterocentrism can mean that we often default to viewing penis-in-vagina sex as "real" sex, and anything else as somehow less or not valid even though they really are mighty similar and have some very important things in common.
All of that said, we know that some people feel conflicted about being entered or entering people sexually, be it with fellatio or intercourse or with hands because they worry those activities are, in and of themselves, about rape or domination. What we posit about that is that most kinds of physical actions don't have a quality all by themselves; they are attached to emotions, to thoughts, to intentions, to relationships, and to communication. So, if in doing these things, no one is LOOKING to violate someone, to force their way into someone else's body and emotional space – and, importantly, that a given activity has been communicated about and consented to with all involved parties — then we believe that there is no inherent violation present. As good and healthy sexual partners, we need to be clear and honest in both intention and action, meaning well and also doing well by our partners.
So where does this leave us? When we move beyond the mechanics and how-to of all of this, what meaning do we give to this idea of entering a body (our own or a partner's), or sharing our amazing insides with another person? Why can this particular brand of sharing ourselves sometimes feel like a way huger deal than other kinds of sexual acts? How do we become better sexual partners, able to recognize messages that our partners' bodies may be sending, how our own bodies are acting and reacting, and what all of the means in terms of what the heck to do with someone?
If nothing else, we need to acknowledge and respect the simple fact that no kind of sex is simple or merely physical or surface. Whether with more casual partners or big loves of our lives, "sex" can be as much an emotional process, a spiritual state of being, an intense vulnerability and place of connection as it can be about getting off or releasing tension. Learning to attune and attend to these different levels takes practice, and often takes our own individual work to figure out whether we personally have barriers to being fully present in our sex lives, and with our own bodies.
The whole of our sexuality can never be summed into one particular activity, or genre of sexual behavior. This is to say that intercourse, entry, or however you choose to label that variety of interaction, is one piece of a whole, one part of our sexual scripts and behaviors. This type of interaction can often be held up as the pinnacle of what sex truly "is", or somehow the most important aspect of it, but we would like to challenge that notion. If, in our partnerships and sexual pairings, we are so focused on getting to one particular activity or type of activity, or trying to make our sex lives all about that particular activity, we are missing out on experiencing the broader aspects of sexuality and the diversity of ways in which we can interact with our partner or partners. So, sure, entry can be a really big deal, and be different from other kinds of sex, and we might feel differently with it than other kinds of sex.
But sex is not always linear, and each person will have a comfort level and personal view of what sexual activities feel more intense than others. As much as sometimes it feels like it'd be nice to have an outline, a bullet pointed list of steps that tell us what to do, at what speed and with what intensity, to result in the perfect sexual experience, this just does not exist. As we challenge ourselves to learn and respond to the body of another, to truly listen to ourselves, we will likely find that having a specific sexual goal in mind, such as intercourse or entry, takes a back seat to staying in the moment and responding to the particular cues and communication present from our partner in that particular moment.
Lest we unintentionally send an inaccurate message, this is not to say that if the bodily signals are there (erection, lubrication, a flushed face or chest, increased swelling around the genitals, increased heart rate—all of which can be signals of arousal) then all systems are a go and you have complete liberty to do as you may with your partner. Nope. All of the signals need to be in alignment, and indicators of bodily readiness can only take on meaning in the presence of verbal consent. Consent is not simply the absence of NO; it's an active statement of yes, and a freely given and enthusiastic YES at that.
In many ways, our bodies are hard wired to respond in certain ways. It is possible that even if you do not want to be participating in a given activity that you will lubricate, or you'll get an erection, or your body will otherwise show some signs of arousal. This can be a challenge to understand and accept; many survivors of sexual assault are told that they "must have wanted it" because they showed signs of arousal, or because they had an orgasm as a result of assault or abuse. For guys in particular, there is a huge cultural belief that if you had an erection that you invariably "wanted" and consented to whatever happens next. Particularly in these sorts of situations that some folks have experienced, where our bodies react one way and our minds another, it's important to note that body signals and indicators of arousal must be accompanied by verbal consent. When we talk about reading your partner's signals and listening to what your body is telling you, all of this is one piece of a much larger system and interaction. It takes a lot of presence of mind and heart to be able to put it all together, but it is possible...and, we believe, well worth it.
If you want one Golden Rule on this, whether we're talking about someone's mouth, vagina or anus, remember that an orifice itself is part of a whole person, a person who is also just as actively engaged in sex as the person putting any given body part into that orifice. In other words, people's openings (or the rest of their bodies) aren't just there for us to be using to get off on or with, nor are they "just holes." Really connecting in these ways, any two people earnestly being this open to each other, doesn't tend to often instantly happen in a relationship, and are not things that can be rushed, faked, or acknowledged and then instantly obtained.
Really, all this stuff takes time. And practice. And patience.
As we move beyond the physical, beyond the mechanics, and beyond the hype, we're left with ourselves and our beliefs and values. We, at Scarleteen, believe that you are capable of making good decisions, and that the best decisions are made when you have good information at hand, and all of the means to explore your own belief and value sets. So, then, you might consider some important questions for yourself:
It is very unlikely for any of us to want just anyone to enter our bodies all willy-nilly. It is also unlikely for any of us to always be in the headspace where we are letting someone into our bodies, or are feeling as if we are comfortable and confident enough to enter into someone else's. But as we move through these considerations, within ourselves and within the context of sexual relationships with others, we will invariably start to learn to be mindful and more compassionate towards ourselves and our partners. As we focus on our whole bodies and how we can truly be present -- and to what degree -- and at one with our sexuality, we can experience both more pleasure and also more satisfaction from the encounters we choose, embrace, to which we enthusiastically say YES.
We're not all that keen on the term "penetration" to describe activities like vaginal or anal intercourse or manual sex (fingering) in part because of what that word suggests. It does tend to present a dynamic of someone just doing something to someone else rather than people doing something together. It can present the person being entered as a passive recipient, not someone who has equal agency, desire or participation within a sexual experience. At Scarleteen we believe that all positive sexual experiences happen within a context of mutuality, where all involved parties are on the same page, and one partner is not holding power over another.
The wording and construct of "penetration" can imply that one person is pushing through or into another, often by overcoming resistance. In some contexts, that word can deny or make invisible the fact that while, indeed, sometimes that can be how an encounter goes – particularly when we're talking about rape rather than consensual partnered sex – that's not actually what is going on when sex is wanted by all partners, and everyone is emotionally present and bodies are fully engaged.
That said, here are some thoughts about other words or phrases to try on that may be more descriptive of what we want out of sexual entry.
For instance, instead of saying penetration, we might say merging, togethering, interlocking, clasping, holding, joining. Intercourse is actually a pretty great term (and isn't limited to use with penis-in-vagina intercourse, either), and very nicely describes the kind of interweaving--physically and metaphysically--that happens when we enter someone else's body or welcome them into ours.
Instead of saying "receptive," when we talk about the partner who is being entered, we might say that a partner and their body are welcoming, yielding, inviting, taking in, enfolding, embracing. Heck, even "entry" is a bit limited. We're short of language for so much of what we're talking about here in large part because for such a long time the ways that we've talked about sex were (and in many ways still are) all caught up in the politics of separateness, inequality, of conquering, and of power-over rather than power shared. When we look at who, historically, has had the power to make decisions about their own sexuality, and who has shouldered the burden of responsibility and consequence when it comes to sex, we see that the language we've used has largely come from a place and politic that does not represent equality between sexes or within sexual roles, nor one that respects the diversity of sex, gender identity, orientation, or experiences that we've had.
When we start to think about sexual entry (and sex in general) differently, with more nuance, and on deeper levels than we're often presented with in much of what we hear about sex, we might discover that the language we used to use doesn't fit so well anymore, but feels limiting or inaccurate. Sometimes, shifting our language can help shift our brains which can help shift our experiences.
Whatever your experiences of sexual entry have been so far, whether you see or experience entry as something sacred or casual, uplifting or just something that you felt like doing, it's pretty safe to say that when most people choose to have any kind of sex they are often hoping for an experience which has something profound about it, on any number of (or all) levels. Time and time again we hear from Scarleteeners that there was so much build-up around having sex for the first time, and they were disappointed at the "So what? Is this it?" feeling they had afterwards.
We're not suggesting that every act of sexual entry will be the single-most mind-blowing, spiritually earth-shattering moment you've ever experienced; that's not realistic. But we would like to suggest that there is limitless possibility when you combine bodies, energies, intents, and emotions. This is something that does not tend to fade with time -- but instead, tends to grow -- nor will it necessarily be immediately apparent, or apparent with all partners at all times. We believe that our bodies hold a great deal of wisdom, if only we could pause to listen. When we get beyond mechanics, beyond logistics and beyond preconceptions, we can open up the potential to greet some of the richer aspects of entry. So, have a think on this one, and see if you can't start to attune yourself to the subtler messages of your own body and those of others, and, when you or someone else are knocking on the doors to enter, meet yourself and your partners with compassion, patience, and open hearts and minds.
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26 U.S. Code § 45P - Employer wage credit for employees who are active duty members of the uniformed services
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(a) General rule
For purposes of section 38, in the case of an eligible small business employer, the differential wage payment credit for any taxable year is an amount equal to 20 percent of the sum of the eligible differential wage payments for each of the qualified employees of the taxpayer during such taxable year.
(b) Definitions
For purposes of this section—
(1) Eligible differential wage payments
(2) Qualified employee
The term "qualified employee" means a person who has been an employee of the taxpayer for the 91-day period immediately preceding the period for which any differential wage payment is made.
(3) Eligible small business employer
(A) In general
The term "eligible small business employer" means, with respect to any taxable year, any employer which—
(B) Controlled groups
For purposes of subparagraph (A), all persons treated as a single employer under subsection (b), (c), (m), or (o) ofsection 414 shall be treated as a single employer.
(c) Coordination with other credits
The amount of credit otherwise allowable under this chapter with respect to compensation paid to any employee shall be reduced by the credit determined under this section with respect to such employee.
(d) Disallowance for failure to comply with employment or reemployment rights of members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces of the United States
No credit shall be allowed under subsection (a) to a taxpayer for—
(1)any taxable year, beginning after the date of the enactment of this section, in which the taxpayer is under a final order, judgment, or other process issued or required by a district court of the United States under section 4323 of title 38 of the United States Code with respect to a violation of chapter 43 of such title, and
(e) Certain rules to apply
For purposes of this section, rules similar to the rules of subsections (c), (d), and (e) ofsection 52 shall apply.
Source(Added Pub. L. 110–245, title I, § 111(a),June 17, 2008, 122 Stat. 1634; amended Pub. L. 111–312, title VII, § 736(a),Dec. 17, 2010, 124 Stat. 3318; Pub. L. 112–240, title III, § 308(a),Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2329.)
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The date of the enactment of this section, referred to in subsec. (d)(1), is the date of the enactment of Pub. L. 110–245, which was approved June 17, 2008.
2013—Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 112–240substituted "December 31, 2013" for "December 31, 2011".
2010—Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 111–312substituted "December 31, 2011" for "December 31, 2009".
Effective Date of 2013 Amendment
Pub. L. 112–240, title III, § 308(b),Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2329, provided that: "The amendment made by this section [amending this section] shall apply to payments made after December 31, 2011."
Effective Date of 2010 Amendment
Pub. L. 111–312, title VII, § 736(b),Dec. 17, 2010, 124 Stat. 3318, provided that: "The amendment made by this section [amending this section] shall apply to payments made after December 31, 2009."
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