![]() Oshima’s 1976 masterpiece – the crown jewel of a career hell-bent on upsetting the establishment – recounts the true story of the all-consuming sexual obsession that blossomed between a hotel owner and his new employee in 1936 Tokyo. □ The 100 best feminist films of all-time □ The 50 most controversial movies ever made ❤ The 100 best romantic films of all-time □️ The 35 steamiest erotic thrillers ever made ![]() Written by Dave Calhoun, Joshua Rothkopf, Cath Clarke, David Ehrlich, Phil de Semlyen, Daniel Walber, Trevor Johnston, Andy Kryza, Daniel Walber and Matthew Singer So slip into something more comfortable – these are the 101 best sex scenes of all time. In other words, sex communicates many emotions beyond sheer carnal desire. It can be a joke, or a source of fear, anxiety and frustration. It tells us something about the characters. But in the best examples, sex is storytelling. No doubt, sometimes, arousal is the whole point – and there’s nothing wrong with that. This list should put to bed (ahem) the idea that sex on film is always about mere titillation. It’s a shame, because lust is an important part of life – and thus should be an important part of movies. Whether it’s because of a general puritanical shift in pop culture or the recent debates over the merits of cinematic sex scenes, it’s been a while since we’ve seen a sweaty, steamy, on-screen romp between the sheets in a major mainstream film. At the moment, Hollywood appears to be a bit sexually frustrated.
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![]() ![]() The Consumer Product Safety Commission has cautioned that babies should be placed in a bare crib without any additional bedding, pillows, or blankets. Q: Can I use my Dockatot in a crib bassinet or play yard?Ī: No, the Dockatot should not be used in a crib, bassinet, or play yard. However, once a baby is capable of rolling over from back to stomach and from the stomach to back, the infant can be allowed to remain in the sleep position he or she assumes. As the best evidence suggests, babies should be placed on their backs until one year of age. It should only be used while babies are on their back. This is straight from their website: Q: Can you use the Dockatot with a baby on their tummy?Ī: The Dockatot Deluxe Plus is meant for babies zero to six months. The biggest issue with the Dockatot is how they portray their product online and how it is used on social media platforms like Instagram. ![]() But let’s make a game plan to ditch this! Now, if you are using the Dockatot currently, you do not have to go out and burn it right away! Yes, I believe it’s best to get rid of it. So my guess is that it’s going to be banned in America really, really soon. In fact, if you didn’t know, it’s already been banned in certain countries. I have super strong feelings about this product. And there, on the shelf, was a $175 pillow otherwise known as the Dockatot. The other day, I went to Target to go find a baby shower gift. Is the Dockatot Safe to use with infants? And you might be using the Dockatot as a bandaid to help your child sleep better, but in this blog post and YouTube video, I’m going to share why I loathe the Dockatot. Next, understand that the DockATot is not to be used in the crib or bassinet.My mission is to solve your child’s exhausting sleep habits, safely. You don't need a DockATot to have a great sleeper!!! In fact, this class specifically aims to teach parents other methods to recreate that womb-like experience using only safe sleep guidelines. Taking Cara Babies believes in supporting parents, not shaming them so let me try to offer some help in educating you and using safe sleep practices.įirst, many parents who take the newborn sleep class “Will I Ever Sleep Again?” have babies who are sleeping 6-12 hours by 6-12 weeks without a DockATot. You are not “failing.” The last thing you need is someone judging you or scaring you. But.let’s say you ARE using the DockATot for sleep: # anchor This means nothing but the baby is to be inside the crib or bassinet. This means the DockATot is not to be used for sleeping.Īccording to, your baby should be “Placed in a bare crib,” specifically, “The baby should be placed in a crib with no loose bedding, pillows, bumper pads or positioning devices.” The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission agrees that, “bare is best” inside the crib or bassinet. This means that anything labeled as a lounger, napper, infant seat, or sleeper is NOT approved for safe baby sleep. “The DockATot is used by many for supervised lounging, chilling and playtime,” she says.Īccording to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, only products labeled with the words "crib," "bassinet," or "play yard" meet the standards for safe baby sleep. No! I know you are probably seeing it for this purpose (and I do understand that some parents do use it in this manner), but Elina Furman, director of marketing at DockATot, explains that her company’s product isn’t intended to be used for baby sleep. Parents love it because it’s easy to transport from room to room. The DockATot has gained popularity, in my opinion, because it provides the womb-like, snug feeling that so many newborns desire in those first few months after birth. ![]() According to DockATot’s website, it is “a multi-functional lounging, playing, chilling, resting and snuggling dock you can take anywhere.” Why has it become so popular? # anchor ![]() In Diana we have a powerful witch learning to come to grips with her power. While the setting, supporting cast, mystery and plot all have their own attractions, I have to say it is the pairing of Diana and Matthew that really makes this book shine for me. ![]() Each one richly drawn and magnetic in their own ways. Matthew’s home in France (with his incomparable mother and her aide-de-camp) And second, the collection of demons, witches and vampires that the pair call friends. There is the time spent in old libraries and reading rooms. And this balance of prophecy and agency works so well for me as a reader.Īside from the main characters, there is a lot I love about this book. ![]() The past hurts and fears (it’s one helluva rusty chain) are not powerful enough to stop Diana from making this permanent connection to Matthew. Even here, where the chain seems to be operating independently of Diana, Diana is allowing the chain to unfurl (which I admit isn’t super clear in this extract, but trust me on this one). In the story more broadly, there is a fine balance of fated mates (it all starts with a prophecy, after all) and the two main characters maintaining their agency throughout. Despite the manuscript, despite the fact that my hands contained enough voltage to run a microwave, and despite the photograph, as long as I was connected to him, I was safe. At last, it snapped to its full length, anchoring me to a vampire. The chain continued to drop, to an unfathomable depth where there was nothing but darkness and Matthew. My hands, which had been balled up and pressed against his chest, unfurled with it. It freed itself, link by link from where it had rested unobserved, waiting for him. Somewhere in the center of my soul, a rusty chain began to unwind. Matthew is comforting Diana because of something nasty that happens, and while she is angry and hurt and wrapped in his arms, this happens… There is one scene in particular that makes me WEAK at the knees. The two quickly pair up and while their romance is relatively slow-burn it is so richly rewarding. He is interested in the manuscript, just as so many others are, but by golly is he even more interested in Diana. Matthew Clairmont is a truly ancient vampire with more degrees than you can shake a stick at. The vampires differ in some interesting ways from our cultural norm of the vampire, but I’ll leave the details for you to discover.Įvery great heroine (and Diana is certainly that) needs someone worthy of them. They are the creative types we sometimes malign and/or worship in society. How a non-practising witch could manage something that no one else could… well, it’s a mystery, and this mystery has EVERYONE very interested.ĭiana’s actions attract the attention not only of her fellow witches, but also the demons and vampires. So when she manages to break a spell by calling up an enchanted manuscript at the Bodleian Library at Oxford University, she is as shocked as everyone else. While the former brings her tremendous fulfillment, the latter leaves her cold. This book has been a source of joy and comfort for nigh on eight years, and I know it will remain so for many years to come.ĭiana Bishop, our heroine, is an academic by training but a witch by birth. Oh, Bitchery, how glad I am that I ignored the opinions of others. When it became clear to me that the heroine would be gifted with a vampire hero, I launched myself at this book like it was a sushi buffet (which is to say, vigorously and with great enthusiasm). It didn’t hurt that my love for vampires was (and still is) so tremendously strong that any qualms I had were quickly squashed. But I’m a romance reader and so I care not a fig fancy for others’ opinions of my reading preferences. The first thing I heard about this book was that it wasn’t very good. ![]() After you season your veggies, skewer your shrimp, and brush with some of the curry sauce, it’s time to GRILL! Once all is cooked up, simply chop the veggies and add to the couscous with the remaining marinade then dinner will be served in no time. Next, you’ll cook your couscous and toss it with some salt, pepper, and cilantro. Place the frozen shrimp in a colander and rinse under cool running water for about 1 minute you want to remove any ice crystals and separate any shrimp that are frozen together. Add the garlic, lime zest and chipotle hot sauce and toss until well combined and. Cook until the shrimp are just opaque and the wine has reduced by half, about 2 minutes. Add the shrimp in a single layer and cook until just cooked through, 3 to 4 minutes, tossing halfway through. Flip the shrimp and add the wine, garlic, and red pepper flakes. Melt ghee in a large skillet over medium high heat. You’ll start by making a flavorful curry sauce that will be used for both the couscous salad, which is inspired by Mendocino Farms Spicy Curried Couscous, and to flavor your shrimp. Season with the salt and pepper and toss to coat. But here, the shrimp is anything but simple. Drizzle mahi mahi with olive oil and sprinkle with Homemade Seasoned Salt and cook in the air fryer. Season with some Cajun Spice Blend and grill. The grill brings out a delicious flavor of even the most simply-seasoned shrimp. Sprinkle with kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper and wrap in foil for an easy baked fish recipe. I don’t know about y’all, but there is just something about grilled shrimp. I cannot wait for y’all to get grilling this impressive, flavorful meal - Spicy Curried Shrimp Skewers with Grilled Veggie Couscous! Jackson’s disclosure and the odd circumstances under which it occurred-months after the fact, when her brother was being questioned about Wise by the police-is examined in the district attorney’s motion to vacate the convictions. These claims aren’t nearly as compelling as they may first appear. They claim that at least some of the boys made incriminating statements that clearly weren’t coerced-including an alleged statement by Wise to Melody Jackson, a friend’s sister, that he had not raped the jogger but merely held and fondled her legs during the assault. The “guilters” believe that Reyes either acted in concert with the five defendants-despite his overall pattern of lone-wolf crimes-or raped and beat the jogger after she was assaulted by the boys. It should be noted that their ranks include not only professional racial demagogues like Ann Coulter (and the current president of the United States ) but the now-retired lead detective on the case, Eric Reynolds, who is black. There are still those still believe the Central Park Five are definitely or probably guilty. The following year, they filed a lawsuit against the city for malicious prosecution, racial discrimination, and emotional distress that suit was eventually settled for $41 million, with an additional $3.9 million from New York state. After reviewing the evidence, the office of New York County District Attorney Robert Morgenthau filed a brief agreeing with a defense motion to void the convictions a Manhattan court granted the motion in December, and all the charges against the five men were dismissed. His DNA matched the semen found on the victim the way in which she was tied up matched the pattern of his sexual attacks he also provided key details only the perpetrator would know. A man named Matias Reyes, already serving a life sentence for murder and for a series of violent rapes, confessed to the attack on the jogger and said he acted alone. In January 2002, when four of the five had already completed their sentences, there was a shocking twist. (The police described the laboratory tests as “inconclusive.”) In 1990, five defendants-Yusuf Salaam, Antron McCray, Korey (Kharey) Wise, Kevin Richardson, and Raymond Santana-were convicted in two separate trials, and the convictions were upheld on appeal. ![]() In this charged atmosphere, the news that several 15- and 16-year-old boys had confessed to the assault on the jogger and to several other attacks did not leave room for too many questions-even though no physical evidence tied the boys to any of the crimes. Newspaper headlines shouted about a “wolfpack” of teens gone “wilding” in the park (a word that may have come from a misunderstanding of a detainee’s reference to “wilin’,” slang for “hanging out”). The horrific assault shocked the crime-weary city, and the jogger became a symbol of fears of rampant urban violence-fears that were often racially tinged but were also shared by many blacks and Hispanics. (The jogger, who publicly identified herself as Trisha Meili years later, regained consciousness after 12 days.) An examination showed that the victim, a 28-year-old Wall Street executive and avid jogger, had been raped and savagely beaten, with multiple skull fractures the initial prognosis was that she would die or remain permanently comatose. A few hours later, a young woman was found unconscious and naked in a wooded area of the park. On April 19, 1989, more than 30 teenagers from East Harlem roamed through Manhattan’s Central Park late at night, many of them engaging in various kinds of mayhem such as assaulting and robbing joggers and bicyclists the police soon entered the park in response to calls from victims and began making arrests. The basic facts of the case are well-known. But When They See Us, and the response to it, raises many other questions about perceptions of race and crime, attitudes toward sexual violence, and the way cultural attitudes have and haven’t changed over the last three decades. There are real questions about the film’s accuracy. ![]() ![]() The 72-year-old Fairstein, dropped by her publisher and pressured into resigning from several boards, has hit back in an interview and a Wall Street Journal op-ed, calling the film a “basket of lies.” The repercussions from the series, created by prominent African-American filmmaker Ava DuVernay, have included possibly fatal damage to the career and reputation of former sex crimes prosecutor Linda Fairstein, a onetime feminist hero recast as a racist villain. The Netflix four-part miniseries When They See Us, a dramatization of the story of the Central Park Five-the black and Hispanic teenagers convicted in the 1989 rape of a white jogger in New York and later exonerated by a confession and DNA evidence-has revived intense interest in the 30-year-old case, which taps into the current political mood with its heightened sensitivity to racial issues.
![]() To be able to keep building, instead of working on something and trying to work through ‘can I make this adjustment because of a physical thing?’ – once that gets behind you, you can make the adjustments you need to.” I’ve been able to get to a good spot with my health the last few years. ![]() “I was still finding my way back into pitching. “When I was there, I was coming back from a pretty big knee surgery,” Anderson said. He routinely exited starts after the fifth inning or earlier. The numbers suggest he was a different pitcher then Anderson put up a 4.37 ERA in 13 games (11 starts) during the pandemic-shortened season. Muncy has hit more home runs against San Francisco – 20 in 68 career games – than he has against all but one team, the Colorado Rockies.Īnderson was a member of the Giants’ rotation for the 2020 season. Muncy and Anderson are especially familiar foes to the Giants. Related Articlesĭodgers squander lead as Reds win with 9th-inning rally Chris Martin threw a scoreless eighth inning in relief of Anderson, and Craig Kimbrel recorded his 22nd save with a 1-2-3 ninth inning. Trea Turner went 2 for 4 with a stolen base. “When he’s covering the entire strike zone, he’s hitting to all fields,” Roberts said of Muncy, “and it makes him so hard to pitch to.” Muncy capped the scoring with a solo home run in the sixth inning, an opposite-field shot, off right-hander Dominic Leone in the sixth inning. In the third inning, Muncy scorched the first pitch he saw – another Garcia fastball – over the fence in right field for a two-run homer. ![]() Gallo’s fourth home run as a Dodger, in his 24th game since a deadline-day trade, came on a center-cut 3-and-1 fastball from lefty Jarlin Garcia in the second inning. Instead, the game got out of hand quickly. With former Dodger Alex Wood on the injured list, the Giants turned to a bullpen game to try to steal back-to-back wins at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers improved baseball’s best record to 93-42, and mathematically eliminated the Giants (65-69) from repeating as NL West champions. The win reduced the Dodgers’ magic number to clinch the National League West to seven games. The Dodgers never trailed after the second inning. Only one other ball left the yard, when Brandon Crawford turned on a changeup for a two-run homer in the sixth inning that stayed inside the right field foul pole. He threw just 26 fastballs out of 87 pitches total. The remainder of the night, Anderson allowed his changeup to lead the way. The Giants’ aggressive approach forced the left-hander to adjust his. That was enough to support starting pitcher Tyler Anderson (14-3), who allowed three runs in seven innings.Īnderson allowed a home run to the first batter of the game, Lewis Brinson, who had also homered the previous night off a fastball too. Since becoming an everyday player with the Dodgers in 2018, Muncy hasn’t finished a full season with fewer than 35 homers.īetween Muncy’s two home runs and a three-run shot by Joey Gallo in the second inning, the Dodgers collected all of their runs by virtue of the home run. His home runs in the second and sixth innings were his 17th and 18th this season, respectively. Muncy has never been a high-average hitter, but his slow recovery from a torn UCL in his left elbow late last season seemed to sap his power stroke too. For the most part, they haven’t paid off. Muncy has been trying to make adjustments all season. I’d been swinging underneath a lot again. “I was able to spot something on film that was able to keep me quieter in the box. “I made a couple mechanical adjustments right before the game,” Muncy said. It was Muncy’s first multi-homer game of 2022. Muncy went 3 for 4 with two home runs, and the Dodgers beat the Giants, 6-3, before an announced crowd of 39,752 at Dodger Stadium. Regardless of how it ends, he’ll always have Tuesday night. ![]() LOS ANGELES ― This hasn’t been Max Muncy’s year. The last player with cups on the board wins. Even if you have no cups left, you are still in the game, because you will get one back when someone makes a black cup shot. If the black cup has an odd numbers of balls, each player who placed a ball in the cup lose one of their cups, and the other players gain a cup. The goal is to bounce your shots into the opponent’s cups, while avoiding the black cup in the middle. In each round players shoot twice, then score the round empty cups stay on the board, cups with an Odd number of balls come off and cups with an Even number of balls stay on. With the board setup diagonally, players shoot over their color, to hit the other player’s cups. Play is played on any table you can bounce a ping pong ball on. Play this fun retro style flash arcade game online for free The classic pong game is back with a web. Each player get a color (or two (2) colors if playing with two (2) players). The classic pong game is back with a web. The game comes with four (4) interlocking trays to create a single game board, which holds a black cup in the middle and four (4) sets of six (6) colored cups on each tray. If at any point in the game you accidentally bounce the ball into one of the drinking cups in the middle, you must drink the cup the ball landed in, stack that cup into your current cup (embarrassing), and shoot into your new stack of cups.PlingPong is a dexterity game. If you miss, you must continue shooting until you make it again to move the cup in the normal direction. If you make it, the cup begins to move around the table in the other direction until someone else can switch it back. ![]() Once you make the ball in the cup, you may choose to shoot it one more time. If you bounce the ball into your cup on your very first try, you can move the cup and ball to any person anywhere on the table, you do not have to move to the person directly to your right. Then fill up all the cups and start over! The loser at the very end of the game will have to chug the death cup. Once they make the ball into their new cup, the cup and ball continue to move around the table like normal until someone else is able to "catch up" and stack someone's cup.Īt any time should be one single solo cup with a ball trying to be bounced in and a large stack of cups with a ball trying to be bounced in.Ĭontinue stacking cups and drinking until the only cup left in the middle is the death cup. The person whose cup just got stacked must grab a cup from the middle it, drink it, and continue trying to bounce the ball into the now empty cup. The stack of cups and ping pong ball then get moved to the player immediately right of the player who just lost. If you "catch up" and the player directly to your right has the other cup and is trying to bounce their ball in, and you bounce your ball in before them, stack your cup by placing it into their cup. The purpose of the game is to "catch up" to the other player. Once you have bounced the ping pong ball into your cup, you pass the empty cup and ball to the player to your right. Stack cup follows similar rules to slap cup, but instead of slapping cups after beating another player, you stack the cup onto their current cup.Īt the same time, the first players must first drink what's in their cup, then try to bounce the ping pong ball into the cup. Typically these players are on opposite sides of the table, because the point of the game is to slap someone's cup when two players next to each other are competing at the same time. Players spread out evenly around a round table.Ģ players start with a cup in front of them, filled with some of their drink, and a ping pong ball in their hands. Fill these cups with a small amount of your drink of choice, like a beer pong game. The pattern of the cups doesn't matter, they just need to be touching and placed around the death cup (typically a large amount, like 20 cups). Place as many other cups around the death cup as you would like, forming a large cluster of cups around the center. ![]() A shot can be added to make it even worse. Everyone pours a little of their drink into the death cup, which the loser will have to chug. Place one cup in the center of the table. Players take turn trying to bounce a ping pong ball into their cup to make their opponents drink. Overview: A fun drinking game for a large group of players. ![]() If they're not, try again until you get three numbers that are similar. The numbers should all be very close together if you're doing it right each time. Repeat steps 1 to 7 two more times as soon as you can after you've taken a few normal breaths.If not, write down the number on the meter at which the marker now rests (spring system) or that shows on your the screen (digital), if not logged electronically. If you coughed, your tongue got in the way, or you didn't get a good seal, repeat these steps and discard that reading.Blow air out as hard and as fast as you can in one breath for no more than one second.While holding your breath, put the meter's mouthpiece in your mouth, making sure that your tongue is underneath the mouthpiece and your lips are closed tightly to create a seal around it.Inhale deeply, filling up your lungs as much as you can.Attach the mouthpiece if it's not already connected.If you're using a digital meter, turn it on. If you're using a meter with a spring system (not digital), make sure the marker on your meter is at 0 or the lowest number.Yellow zone: 50 to 80 percent of your usual flow rate. It means your condition is under control. This is the ideal zone and considered to be a normal peak flow reading. It helps by measuring lung function and how air flows from your lungs. If you measure your peak flow regularly, you should always do that at the same time of the day, as PEFR changes throughout the day. Using a peak flow meter for COPD is a critical part of your treatment. Normal peak flow variability shouldn't exceed 20%. ![]() If needed, the peak flow calculator can also count the diurnal variability for you (hit the advanced mode button).You can now compare it to the average, standardized value, or your personal best in our peak flow calculator, to see in which zone you are in. The highest result is the one you should consider as your result.If the tests were done correctly, the results should not differ from one another too much. The air coming from your lungs will force the marker to move along the scale and point to your result.Blow out as hard and as fast as you can.Take care of your tongue - it shouldn't block the airway. Put the mouthpiece of the peak flow meter into your mouth and close your lips around it tightly.Take a deep breath - as deep as you can!.You shouldn't be sitting, as it may interfere with the measurements. Before attempting the breath, check if the marker (e.g., an arrow) is set in the lowest possible position - zero.Reading the following instructions can help you: Diurnal variation is a valuable parameter for controlling asthma. In these fields, input the greatest and smallest peak flow reading from one day. Hit the Advanced mode button to show the fields for diurnal variability.This is why referring to your own values will give you a better perspective. The thing is that estimation is always based on statistics, and not your personal condition. This is a better assessment option if you're monitoring your disease with PERF regularly. You can note it down in the calculator and count the zones based on this reading. Also, if you have been using a peak flow meter for a while, you may be familiar with your personal best.They are marked with colors, so it's easy to understand, even if you are a kid! If you do, it will calculate the zone that you're in. If you have performed an examination with a peak flow meter, you can input that reading into the calculator.The result seen below is the estimated peak expiratory flow for the data you provided.Fill in all the fields that describe you or your patient.Using the peak flow calculator is very simple, you only need to provide it with your data! Follow the steps below: □ If you find that interesting, you might want to check the vital capacity calculator and lung capacity calculator as well! The lung function may also be estimated using spirometry - this similar test allows us to find, e.g., FEV1/FVC ratio and asses the level of bronchoconstriction. A particular case is occupational asthma, where measurements should be done on workdays as well as during weekends and holidays - using a peak flow meter allows the physician to compare the measurements, and helps to state the right diagnosis. Doctors can have few aims when it comes to peak flow measurements - sometimes they want to check the diurnal variability, sometimes the response to new medications. ![]() Your peak flow should be checked in accordance with the plan you agree with your leading physician.
![]() Reflect on Personal PreferencesĮvery individual and family has unique preferences and styles. Are you looking for something to display year-round or a seasonal ornament for special occasions? Understanding the purpose will help you select an ornament that aligns with your needs and preferences. When choosing a memorial ornament, consider its intended purpose. How to Choose a Memorial Ornament Consider the Purpose They create a physical space to store and safeguard precious memories. These ornaments often have a compartment or a small container where items like a lock of hair, a handwritten note, or a piece of jewelry can be placed. Keepsake memorial ornaments are designed to hold small mementos or tokens that remind us of our loved ones. It adds a personal touch and further strengthens the emotional connection. These ornaments allow us to visually remember our loved ones and see their smiling faces during the holiday season or whenever we choose to commemorate them. ![]() Photo memorial ornaments feature a space where a photograph of the departed can be displayed. They provide an opportunity to capture the essence of the person being honored and create a truly one-of-a-kind keepsake. These ornaments can be engraved with their name, a meaningful quote, or a special message. Different Types of Memorial Ornaments Customized Memorial OrnamentsĬustomized memorial ornaments offer a unique way to personalize the remembrance of a loved one. They can bring solace and serve as a source of support during the mourning process. Memorial ornaments act as emotional anchors, allowing us to feel connected to our loved ones even after they have passed away. Read more: Discover Exquisite Ornaments at - Elevate Your Style Today Providing Comfortĭuring times of grief, having a physical object to hold onto can provide a great deal of comfort. |
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