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Today's word is trumpery, from French tromper (to deceive). Earliest documented use: 1481.
Learn more at: wordsmith.org/words/trumpery.html
This One Is From My Recent Trip To Bharatpur , Cormorants Have To Come Up On Open Perches To Dry Their Wings & Sunrise OR Sunsets Are The Best Time To Get Such Image. Hope You All Will Enjoy The Same :)
Rod Singler and Cindy Stewart in their dorm at Oberlin
photos by Bill Ray www.billray.com
Students talking in a co-ed dorm
A story about the cover story
www.oberlin.edu/175/didyouknow-coed.html
Update: The issue is now online
Cover
books.google.com/books?id=2FMEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&pg...
Article
books.google.com/books?id=2FMEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&pg...
More photos for that story - not sure if all of them were in the magazine (it should be easy on the Life website to find and link to all of them as well as find all the photos by any photographer as well as a bio - they should have gone with flickr rather than google)
A view of a room in a co-ed dorm
Students talking in a co-ed dorm
Students having dinner in a co-ed dorm
Students playing music in a co-ed dorm
Students talking in a co-ed dorm
A family touring Oberlin College with their daughter who is a prospective student
Students fixing a bike in a co-ed dorm
Students sharing laundry centers in a co-ed dorm
A student announcer during a college radio program
African American students singing in a student lounge
A banana pie being made by students in a co-ed dorm
Rose Montague, Dean of students at Oberlin College
Robert Fuller who became president of Oberlin College when he was 33. He now
lives in Berkeley
www.breakingranks.net/weblog/biography
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_W._Fuller
Psychologist on the faculty staff at Oberlin College, Dr. Martha Verda, who approves of the co-ed dorms
Assoc. Admissions Director of Oberlin College, Bill McIlrath, who approved the co-ed dorms
This story mentions this cover at Potbelly's:
"Framed on the wall at Potbelly Sandwich Works is a Life Magazine cover depicting a college-aged couple holding hands in a loveseat, looking endearingly into each other's eyes with an alluring caption that reads, "Co-Ed Dorms: an intimate revolution on campus." The faded cover ran November 20, 1970, when college students were protesting an unpopular war and Simon and Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water" was the top song on the airwaves. Now, nearly 40 years later, when college students are again protesting an unpopular war (though with less vigor) and Akon's "Don't Matter" dominates radio play, another intimate revolution may be hitting the campus.
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Although Raptors Have Quite A Large Circle Of Fear But I Guess They Care Less When They are Busy While Feeding. Carcass Dumps Often Attract Almost Every Predator In Its Proximity As No One Wants To Miss On Easy Food. Hope You All Will Enjoy This Handheld Ground Shot Of " STEPPE EAGLE " & Yes I Really Don't Fancy Changing Backgrounds :)
Visitors travelling on Highway 38 stop to ask BLM staff about the controlled burn.
Megan Harper, BLM
#DidYouKnow that controlled fire can actually improve habitat for some #Oregon wildlife? 🔥
Once a year, our fire teams perform a prescribed burn at the Dean Creek Elk Viewing Area. This helps improve forage for the herd of 100 Roosevelt Elk who call the area home.
This year, firefighters from BLM and Diamond Fire successfully burned over 100 acres of pastureland. Afterwards, a small crew remained onsite to ensure the fire was completely out.
Around 150 visitors stopped by the Elk Viewing Area over the two day burn to learn about the operation and ask after the elk.
It usually takes about a week for the green grass to sprout through the blackened hay, creating a new, delectable buffet for the elk!
This purple vegetable has names. In American English it goes as an eggplant, in South African and South Asian Englishes as a brinjal, in British English as an aubergine, and in the language of emojis, well, we’ll talk about that some other time.
In all the names for this bulbous vegetable, there is one that truly sticks out. Many words have traveled, but when it comes to linguistic miles covered, it would be hard to beat the aubergine. It rises above all.
The aubergine spread its seed far and wide before reaching the English language. It came to English from Sanskrit via Persian, Arabic, Catalan, and French. That’s some serious wanderlust.
This week we’ll look at some other words that have earned the well-traveled designation, words that have bounced around before planting their flag in the English language.
On a different note, this Saturday I drove all the way to Lumen Field, a football stadium here in Seattle, and it turned out no game was taking place. So disappointing! Not!
Some 8,000 people were getting vaccinated that day. I too had an appointment. Got my first Pfizer shot. Here's to science! And to adults being in charge of running the country again!
Today's word is zen, after Zen, a school of Mahayana Buddhism. From Japanese zen (meditation), from Chinese chan (meditation), from Pali jhanam (jhanam), from Sanskrit dhyana (meditation). Earliest documented use: 1727. Also see satori.
Learn more about today's word at: wordsmith.org/words/zen.html
This sign is very rare and unusual as the entire swing actually moves. Most "moving" neon signs use a series of lights to create the illusion of movement but this one actually swings.
Apple Headquarter’s employees earn an average of US $125,000 a year.
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That damn walrus stole my orb! I am looking at it with contempt because I want the damn sun back ;n;
Fire crews with the Bureau of Land Management and Diamond Fire complete a pre-briefing before starting the controlled burn at Dean Creek Elk Viewing Area.
Megan Harper, BLM
#DidYouKnow that controlled fire can actually improve habitat for some #Oregon wildlife? 🔥
Once a year, our fire teams perform a prescribed burn at the Dean Creek Elk Viewing Area. This helps improve forage for the herd of 100 Roosevelt Elk who call the area home.
This year, firefighters from BLM and Diamond Fire successfully burned over 100 acres of pastureland. Afterwards, a small crew remained onsite to ensure the fire was completely out.
Around 150 visitors stopped by the Elk Viewing Area over the two day burn to learn about the operation and ask after the elk.
It usually takes about a week for the green grass to sprout through the blackened hay, creating a new, delectable buffet for the elk!
New research puts us one step closer to unlocking the secret. Researchers from Dalian University of Technology in China used computer tomography (CT) scans of a real-life woodpecker to construct a detailed, digital model of its body. Then they used software to simulate the bird's pecking--a process that can force the woodpecker's head to endure up to 1500 g-force units. For comparison's sake, a passenger on a typical roller coaster will only experience about 5 g's.
Science China Press
A schematic of the woodpecker's pecking process.
The study, published this month in Science China: Technological Sciences, shows that the key to the woodpecker's survival lies in how it converts the energy it absorbs. When a woodpecker strikes a tree, the impact energy--energy that is released during a collision--is converted to strain energy in the body. Too much strain in the head can be catastrophic, but the woodpecker's incredible anatomy--including a specialized beak and skull--redirects most of the strain into the rest of the body, instead of the head.
In fact, 99.7 percent of the strain energy is converted in the woodpecker's body, and only 0.3 percent is converted in the head. This small amount of strain is quickly dissipated from the head in the form of heat. This process protects the brain from damage, but causes temperatures inside the skull to rise quickly, meaning woodpeckers have to take frequent breaks while they're pecking. In this way, the woodpecker's whole body is involved in the fight to protect its brain from damage.
Source ( Audubon Magazine )
Sabia Usted que en 1907 La Habana fue la primera ciudad del mundo en tener telefonica con discado directo (sin necesidad de operadoras)
Sabia Usted que en 1958 Cuba posee el tercer canal de television a colores de todo el mundo.
Sabia Usted que en 1958 Cuba ocupaba el Segundo lugar en el mundo en difundir la television a colores.
1) ¿Sabía usted que Cuba, por sus reservas de oro, dólares y valores convertibles en oro, era el tercer país de Latinoamérica con mayor solidez monetaria, detrás de Venezuela y Brasil?
2) ¿Sabía usted que Cuba tenía la inflación más baja de Latinoamérica, con 1.4 por ciento? La media la tenía México, con 7.8 por ciento, y la más alta era la de Bolivia, con el 63 por ciento.
3) ¿Sabía usted que por recibir los obreros y empleados cubanos el mayor porcentaje de la remuneración en relación con el ingreso nacional, Cuba ocupaba el cuarto lugar a nivel mundial?
1.- Gran Bretaña: 74 por ciento.
2.- Estados Unidos: 71 por ciento.
3.- Canadá: 68.5 por ciento.
4.- Cuba: 66 por ciento.
5.- Suiza: 64.4 por ciento.
4) ¿Sabía usted que en la distribución de las tierras, por el tamaño de las fincas, Cuba ocupaba el primer lugar en el continente americano?
1.- Cuba: 56.7 hectáreas.
2.- Estados Unidos: 78.5 hectáreas.
3.- México: 82 hectáreas.
4.- Venezuela: 335 hectáreas.
5) ¿Sabía usted que Cuba, con 0.86 cabezas de ganado vacuno por habitante, ocupaba el octavo lugar en Latinoamérica?
6) ¿Sabía usted que en producción de carnes (vacuna, porcina y caprina) por libras por habitante, Cuba ocupaba el tercer lugar en el continente, con 95 libras, superada solamente por la Argentina con 304 y Uruguay con 245?
7) ¿Sabía usted las posiciones que ocupaba Cuba en la producción de minerales en 1958?
En el mundo – En el continente americano
Cobalto: primera – primera
Níquel: segunda – segunda
Cromo: octava – segunda
Manganeso: octava – segunda
Cobre: undécima – sexta
8) ¿Sabía usted que en el consumo de pescado fresco en el continente, Cuba ocupaba el primer lugar, con 5.6 libras, seguida de los Estados Unidos con 5.4? (no lo aclaran, se supone que la cantidad es mensual y per cápita).
9) ¿Sabía usted que en el consumo de calorías por persona en Latinoamérica, Cuba ocupaba el tercer lugar, con 2.682 calorías, superada solamente por Argentina con 3.106 y Uruguay con 2.991?
10) ¿Sabía usted que en el número de habitantes por teléfono, Cuba ocupaba el tercer lugar con 28, superada sólo por Argentina con 27 y Uruguay con 25? Brasil ocupaba el séptimo lugar, con 63 y México el noveno, con 75.
11) ¿Sabía usted que en el número de habitantes por automóvil, Cuba ocupaba el tercer lugar con 27.3, superada por Venezuela con 17.4 y Uruguay con 23.2? México se situaba en el octavo puesto, con 52.4 y Brasil en el 19, con 62.4.
12) ¿Sabía usted que en número de habitantes por radio-receptor, Cuba era el segundo país con 5.0, superada sólo por Uruguay, con 4.6?
13) ¿Sabía usted que en número de habitantes por televisor, Cuba ocupaba el primer lugar con 18, seguida de Venezuela con 32, Argentina con 60 y México con 70?
14) ¿Sabía usted que en número de radioemisoras, Cuba ocupaba el tercer lugar con 160, superada por Brasil con 593 y México con 417?
15) ¿Sabía usted que en número de estaciones transmisoras de televisión, Cuba ocupaba en 1958 el tercer lugar con 23? Brasil tenía 26 y México 23.
16) ¿Sabía usted la relación entre el número de salas de cine y el número de habitantes en los países de Latinoamérica?
1.- Argentina: 2.531-14.
2.- Cuba: 600-16
3.- Venezuela: 575-16
4.- México: 2.437-2 2
17) ¿Sabía usted la relación entre el número de periódicos y la relación de habitantes por ejemplar en Latinoamérica?
1.- Uruguay: 32-6.0
2.- Cuba: 58-8.0
5.- Argentina: 140-11.5
13.-México: 162-27
18) ¿Sabía usted que en materia de asistencia social en Cuba en 1958 habían 97 hospitales con 21.141 camas al servicio de la población?
19) ¿Sabía usted que ese año en Cuba habían 64.231 médicos ejerciendo su profesión y que en número de habitantes por médico, con 980, Cuba ocupaba el segundo lugar, superada solamente por Argentina con 840? México era el sexto con 2.200, y Brasil el séptimo, con 2.500.
20) ¿Sabía usted que en habitantes por dentista, en Cuba ocupaba el tercer lugar, con 2.978 superada solamente por Uruguay con 1.940 y Argentina con 2.000? Chile ocupaba el sexto puesto, con 4.650.
21) ¿Sabía usted que el índice de mortalidad infantil por millar de nacidos vivos en Latinoamérica Cuba ocupaba el primer lugar?
1.- Cuba: 37.6
4.- Argentina: 61.1
10.- México: 80.0
14.- Venezuela: 91.2
22) ¿Sabía usted que en el coeficiente de mortalidad por millar en el continente americano, en 1958, Cuba también ocupaba el primer lugar?
1.- Cuba: 5.8
5.- Argentina: 8.1
6.- Canadá: 8.1
11.- Estados Unidos: 9.4
15.- México:11.6
23) ¿Sabía usted que en coeficiente de mortalidad por millar en el mundo, Cuba ocupaba el tercer lugar con 5.8, junto con Israel, con la misma cifra?
24) ¿Sabía usted que en 1958 Cuba contaba con 13 universidades; 21 institutos de segunda enseñaza; 19 escuelas normales de maestros; 14 escuelas del hogar; 19 escuelas de comercio; 7 escuelas de artes plásticas; 22 escuelas técncas e industriales entre otras y 6 escuelas de periodismo y publicidad?
25) ¿Sabía usted con el 25 por ciento, Cuba ocupaba el cuarto lugar en porcentaje de analfabetos por habitante en la América Latina? Solamente superada por Argentina, 8 por ciento; Costa Rica, 21 por ciento y Chile, 24 por ciento. México ocupaba el noveno lugar, con el 38 por ciento y Venezuela el 17, con el 60 por ciento.
26) ¿Sabía usted que Cuba era el país que dedicaba mayor porcentaje del gasto público para la educación, con el 23 por ciento? Argentina ocupaba el tercer lugar, 19.6 por ciento; México el séptimo, con 14.7 por ciento.
27) ¿Sabía usted que, de acuerdo al número de habitantes por estudiante universitario, en 1958 Cuba ocupaba el quinto lugar en el continente americano?
1.- Estados Unidos: 61
2.- Argentina: 135
3.- Uruguay: 199
4.- Canadá: 210
5.- Cuba: 273
6.- México: 334
28) ¿Sabía usted que en el porcentaje de estudiantes del sexo femenino de acuerdo al número de matriculados, Cuba ocupaba el primer lugar con el 45 por ciento? Panamá el segundo, con el 43.5 por ciento; Estados Unidos el tercero, con el 32.8 por ciento, y Argentina el cuarto, con el 30.3 por ciento.
29) ¿Sabía usted que en Cuba en 1958 había un kilómetro de vía férrea por cada 8.08 kilómetros cuadrados?
30) ¿Sabía usted que el salario promedio diario en el sector agrícola en 1958, calculado en dólares, a nivel mundial era el siguiente:
1.- Canadá: $7.18
2.- Estados Unidos: $6.80
3.- Nueva Zelanda: $6.72
4.- Australia: $6.61
5.- Suecia: $5.47
6.- Noruega: $4.38
7.- Cuba $3.00
8.- Alemania Federal: $2.57
31) ¿Sabía usted que el salario diario promedio en el sector industrial en 1958, calculado en dólares, era el siguiente:
1.- Estados Unidos: $16.80
2.- Canadá: $11.73
3.- Suecia: $ 8.10
4.- Suiza: $ 8.00
5.- Nueva Zelanda: $ 6.72
6.- Dinamarca: $ 6.46
7.- Noruega: $6.10
8.- Cuba: $6.00
32) ¿Sabía usted que el obrero cubano desde 1933 gozaba de una jornada máxima de trabajo de 8 horas al día con 44 horas a la semana y le pagaban por 48 horas? Todos los trabajadores tenían un mes de descanso retribuido por cada once meses de trabajo. Además, por la Ley No. 5, de 1955, a los trabajadores de transporte público se les concedió una jornada de 6 horas de trabajo y pago por 8 horas.
33) ¿Sabía usted que durante los tres meses de verano (junio, julio y agosto) por ley, el comercio al por menor y al por mayor, cerraban sus puertas a la 1 de la tarde los martes y jueves, con el fin de que los trabajadores pudieran disfrutar de las playas, que entonces estaban a disposición de todo el pueblo?
34) ¿Sabía usted que Cuba tenía la ley de maternidad obrera más avanzada del mundo? Las trabajadoras cubanas tenían derecho a 6 meses de descanso en total, antes y después del parto; cobraban el cien por ciento de su salario, y podían solicitar 6 meses más, cobrando el 50 por ciento de su salario. Esto no lo pagaban los empresarios ni las grandes compañías. Era subvencionado por el 0.09 por ciento, impuesto que se le cobraba mensualmente a todos los trabajadores.
An estimated 50% of all gold ever mined on Earth came from a single plateau in South Africa: Witwatersrand.
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Today's word is brownshirt, after Nazi storm troopers, from the color of their shirts. Earliest documented use: 1932.
Learn more at: wordsmith.org/words/brownshirt.html
The sons of torture victims make good terrorists.
- Andre Malraux, novelist, adventurer, art historian, and statesman (1901-1976)
June 26 is the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.
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Even when ya don't feel like it.
Did you know?
That Darwin was never actually a scientist? The most scientific training he got was 2 years of medical training, and then he dropped out. Even then most of his time was spent in bars, so he didn't learn very much. After taking a voyage over-seas and participating in witch-craft there, he came home different, changed. Not only was he totally against God, but he also got very ill , frail, and weakened. He then spent the rest of his life forming a new "possibility" of a creation with out God. He himself said that even though his theory had flaws, it was still accomplishing his goal. To make people doubt God. Most of his ideas were taken from stories his grandpa told him.
~ The Evolution Handbook
Preetty much SOOC except for crop...
Knowlex is your one-stop destination for sexual health, wellness and awareness. Enhance your sex life with our Daily Blogs, Sex Position Cards, Ask the Expert columns and numerous other tips & tricks.
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Our columnists provide articles about the latest sexual trends, erotic tales and tricks for a better sexual life. Our blogs will make sure you know the latest sexual trends, how to practice safe sex, and provide an exciting answer for all your varied sexual needs and desires as well. We also carry informative articles about feminism, the importance of consent, how to deal with patriarchy and how to stay strong in a world constantly trying to break you.
We’ve taken a leaf out of Vatsyayana’s book of Kamasutra and created the Sexual Positions Cards. These have illustrations and explanations about the best sex positions for you to practice with your lover. Feeling adventurous? Give these a shot.
With our Ask the Expert column, you can directly ask your sex-related queries to our experts. From the smallest of inquiries to the biggest of worries, they will answer it all. We have an ever-growing list of doctors and medical practitioners who are here for you, both online and offline. You can schedule appointments with them too. Learn about intimacy, hygiene, sexual education with us. Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning, come join us at Knowlex, and keep that fire burning. Let the light of knowledge burn the darkness of ignorance and misunderstanding away. Knowlex, it’s more than just sex. It is a revolution.. #KnowlexApp #StayAware #SpreadAwareness #BeKnowlex
Knowlex is your one-stop destination for sexual health, wellness and awareness. Enhance your sex life with our Daily Blogs, Sex Position Cards, Ask the Expert columns and numerous other tips & tricks.
Our daily blogs are geared towards increasing sexual awareness. We want to educate the people about sexually transmitted diseases (commonly known as STIs and STDs), societal taboos around sex, teach them about the importance of consent, sexuality and gender.
Our columnists provide articles about the latest sexual trends, erotic tales and tricks for a better sexual life. Our blogs will make sure you know the latest sexual trends, how to practice safe sex, and provide an exciting answer for all your varied sexual needs and desires as well. We also carry informative articles about feminism, the importance of consent, how to deal with patriarchy and how to stay strong in a world constantly trying to break you.
We’ve taken a leaf out of Vatsyayana’s book of Kamasutra and created the Sexual Positions Cards. These have illustrations and explanations about the best sex positions for you to practice with your lover. Feeling adventurous? Give these a shot.
With our Ask the Expert column, you can directly ask your sex-related queries to our experts. From the smallest of inquiries to the biggest of worries, they will answer it all. We have an ever-growing list of doctors and medical practitioners who are here for you, both online and offline. You can schedule appointments with them too. Learn about intimacy, hygiene, sexual education with us. Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning, come join us at Knowlex, and keep that fire burning. Let the light of knowledge burn the darkness of ignorance and misunderstanding away. Knowlex, it’s more than just sex. It is a revolution.. #KnowlexApp #StayAware #SpreadAwareness #BeKnowlex
Lionel Messi international debut for Argentina lasted just 47 seconds when he received a Red Card after coming as a Substitute
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Fire crews light the mowed grass at Dean Creek Elk Viewing Area to burn off the old, less palatable grasses to allow new forage to grow for the herd of 100 Roosevelt Elk that all Dean Creek home.
Megan Harper, BLM
#DidYouKnow that controlled fire can actually improve habitat for some #Oregon wildlife? 🔥
Once a year, our fire teams perform a prescribed burn at the Dean Creek Elk Viewing Area. This helps improve forage for the herd of 100 Roosevelt Elk who call the area home.
This year, firefighters from BLM and Diamond Fire successfully burned over 100 acres of pastureland. Afterwards, a small crew remained onsite to ensure the fire was completely out.
Around 150 visitors stopped by the Elk Viewing Area over the two day burn to learn about the operation and ask after the elk.
It usually takes about a week for the green grass to sprout through the blackened hay, creating a new, delectable buffet for the elk!
Did You Know:
The "Starship Troopers" movie wasn't based on the Heinlein Novel.
It was based on a B movie script called "Bug Hunt at Outpost Nine".
But someone pointed out to the Heinlein-hating schlock director, Paul Verhoeven, that the Starship Troopers novel had "bugs" in it.
He then wrangled the book rights from Robert Heinlein's widow, renaming some characters and altering some details to fit.
But when he tried to read the book for the film, he gave up after a couple of chapters, because he felt "bored and depressed".
He then went out of his way to make the movie a passive-aggressive attack on the book and Heinlein's philosophy of community service.
In fact, the film's visuals ended up being based more on Verhoeven's experiences living among the Nazis as a child, which he says in interviews he found exciting.
This is why there were no mechs (though they had enough CGI budget to animate millions of "bugs"), but just guys running around firing machine guns no more advanced than the mid 20th century.
Even the propaganda segments were directly based on Nazi newsreels.
This week's final word is vaccinate, which comes from Latin vacca (cow), because in the beginning the cowpox virus was used against smallpox. Earliest documented use: 1803.
Don’t vacillate when it’s time to vaccinate. But until a COVID-19 vaccine appears, the next best thing is to wear a mask. Some are resistant to the idea, so we see billboards with encouraging messages: “Real Heros Wear Masks”
No, wearing a mask does not make you a hero. Neither is having to wear a mask some sort of tyranny any more than having to wear a seat belt is. But if you need a medal, we can nominate you for a Presidential Medal of Freedom. They are going cheap these days.*
Learn more at: wordsmith.org/words/vaccinate.html
* www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-giving-rush-limbaugh-...
Roman tragedian Seneca (4 BC–AD 65) is said to have read "all the books in Rome" by peering through a glass globe of water. A thousand years later, presbyopic monks used segments of glass spheres that could be laid against reading material to magnify the letters, basically a magnifying glass, called a "reading stone." They based their invention on the theories of the Arabic mathematician Alhazen (roughly 1000 AD). Yet, Greek philosopher Aristophanes (c. 448 BC-380 BC) knew that glass could be used as a magnifying glass. Nevertheless it was not until roughly 150 AD that Ptolemy discovered the basic rules of light diffraction and wrote extensively on the subject.
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Today's word is stridor, which comes from Latin stridere (to make a harsh sound). Earliest documented use: 1632.
NOTES: The word is often used for the harsh vibrating sound produced when breathing with an airway obstruction.
Learn more at: wordsmith.org/words/stridor.html
The largest cave in the world is Son Doong in Vietnam. It's over 5.5 miles long, has a jungle and river, and could fit a 40-story skyscraper within its walls.
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Knowlex is your one-stop destination for sexual health, wellness and awareness. Enhance your sex life with our Daily Blogs, Sex Position Cards, Ask the Expert columns and numerous other tips & tricks.
Our daily blogs are geared towards increasing sexual awareness. We want to educate the people about sexually transmitted diseases (commonly known as STIs and STDs), societal taboos around sex, teach them about the importance of consent, sexuality and gender.
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We’ve taken a leaf out of Vatsyayana’s book of Kamasutra and created the Sexual Positions Cards. These have illustrations and explanations about the best sex positions for you to practice with your lover. Feeling adventurous? Give these a shot.
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Sun 4 July 2010 - McDonalds Open Football Day, Hartsdown Sports and Leisure Centre, Playing Fields, Hartsdown Park, Margate. - The Event was organized by McDonald's Thanet Franchisee Paul Crocker and Thanet Colts FC Youth Team. In 2009 Paul's Westwood Restaurant was twinned with Thanet Colts in order to improve Grassroots football in and around thanet. Former Spurs and Arsnenal star and World Cup goalkeeping legend Pat Jennings who played in the 1982 and 1986 tournaments for Northern Ireland was the guest of honour. Eric Harrison, McDonald's Head Coach and Manchester United's legendary former youth week was also present. - Did You Know? - Notice Board.
DID YOU KNOW?
Goddard has a
Primetime Emmy Award for the first live television broadcast from the moon in 1969.
Photo of part of a fun fact wall in the museum.
Today's word is yahoo. For noun: After Yahoos, a race of brutish creatures in Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels". Earliest documented use: 1751. For interjection: Apparently of echoic origin. Earliest documented use: 1976.
Learn more at: wordsmith.org/words/yahoo.html
When you call someone a “Pussy” you aren’t calling them a vagina, you are calling them a shortened word for “Pusillanimous” which means are timid or lack courage.
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#DidYouKnow that USAID’s Small and Medium Enterprise Activity (#SMEA) partnered with Facebook to provide #SheMeansBusiness trainings to women entrepreneurs in Pakistan? Here’s the first of a series of three Fireside Chat videos developed by Facebook to highlight the impact of these trainings. Meet Nida Jaffrey from Nashtay Walay in today’s episode!
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Twins Ernakulam (ERS) WDM-3A(R) #14055 + #16293 hauled 02619 Mumbai LTT - Mangalore Central Matsyagandha Express Festival Special speeding past through Dativali.(CR)
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#DidYouKnow - Both the locos old class was WDM-2 & both the loco was rebuilt at DLMW, Patiala & (14055) was Ex-Baldie and earlier it belongs to the Erode (ED) loco shed !