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Big Rapids, Mich. - The Ferris State University men's and women's outdoor track and field teams had a busy weekend as the Bulldogs sent student-athletes to a pair of meets on Friday and Saturday (April 22-23).
Selected student-athletes took part in Friday's Eastern Michigan Twilight Invitational in Ypsilanti with other team members competing on Saturday at the Aquinas Open held at Houseman Field in Grand Rapids.
A variety of schools from across the state and region at various levels competed in both non-scoring meets.
FSU's Zoey Hohmann won both the 200 meters (25.32) and 400 meters (56.54) at the Aquinas Open while freshman Jessica Pilling claimed the hammer throw (176-11) and Christa Cwiek was victorious in the javelin (112-0).
Freshman Brittany Anderson was second in the 1,500 meters (4:50.41) on Saturday with teammate Anna Rudd claiming third place (4:53.28) in the same event. Shelby Janutol also placed among the top five in the 1,500 meters as she came in fifth overall (4:58.28).
Senior Megan Josey was fifth in the 5,000 meters (19:09.06) while Amy Joostberns finished fifth in the discus (128-11).
In the men's competition, FSU's Ryan Chute took runner-up honors in the 1,500 meters (3:57.96) and Alex Best finished third in the 5,000 meters (15:34.97).
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I am in my first poly relationship, and though I am wired fairly mono, Im finding that I really like a lot of aspects of polyamory. I love the openness and am really enjoying getting to know my boyfriends other girlfriend and her boyfriend, and even sharing about other people we are interested in or dating. Ive had very little jealousy in that area at all, despite what I expected going in.
However, I am struggling with a strong discomfort (not sure jealousy is the right word here) over some casual sex/nsa type encounters my boyfriend has had since weve been dating, and more generally the number of people he is involved with. It just doesnt feel good, and on some level I feel like it devalues our relationship.
Im trying really hard to just sit with it, stay open, and look at this intellectually, identify my insecurities, etc. Ive read Ethical Slut. Ive read through the articles at xeromag. Ive read through posts here. Ive talked to my boyfriend about it and shared how I feel (hes been very supportive , opted out of an opportunity recently, and essentially given me veto power though Im not comfortable using it at this point). But for now at least the discomfort is there and fairly strong.
Im wondering if anyone can share their perspective on casual sex, or how It has played into your relationships, or anything else that might help me sort through my feelings and find some peace around this issue.
That's easy..casual sex is not a part of my relationship. It has no place in "my approach " to multi partner relationships.
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What sort of casual sex/nsa encounters are you talking about? Are these more like one night stands with people he doesn't really know or is it more like having a some friends or other people he knows that he plays with from time to time?
Hi SweetMama,
Outlooks on sex are a very personal thing. In time you will find your own. It's good that you're exploring as many aspects as possible - you'll understand better what feels 'right' to you and not have to theorize.
My opinion - 'casual' sex is no different than casual dining
At least in terms of where it fits in a relationship. The only discomfort I would have is making clear everyone is on the same page with health concerns. That's a given.
But what matters most is that you and your SO are talking and sharing your feelings & experiences about how it evolves. Because it IS likely to evolve over time. Both your attitudes about sex will change as your life changes - with stress, possible children, social/professional circles - lots of reasons.
I'm one who happens to believe that sex is 'just sex' and as long as it's kept in that perspective it's a lot easier to talk about where it fits in. It disconnects a lot of emotional reactions that cloud good judgment.
Where a lot of people get into trouble is when they can't disconnect sex & love - then the waters get very murky.
It's a perfectly natural biological desire and to me should be treated the same as where we'll eat tonight & what's on the menu !
And not to imply for one second that sex can't be MORE between certain people. But that's another subject altogether.
I know, for me, it's absolutely certain that my relationship, whatever it is, with one person, does not devalue my relationship with another. They have nothing to do with each other at all. For me, that's one of the essential elemental truths about being poly. I have found in talking to new polyfolk that once they have experienced that reality for themselves they are more comfortable with the poly relationships of their partners. (In other words, if you get a chance to feel attraction/love/whatever to someone else and can feel that it does not diminish your feeling for your boyfriend, you might feel more comfortable with his relationships.)
This is not to say, of course, that one relationship can't diminish another, but that's a different dynamic and a different discussion.
Can you explain a little more about your own reasons for making the choice you have?
I have found in talking to new polyfolk that once they have experienced that reality for themselves they are more comfortable with the poly relationships of their partners. (In other words, if you get a chance to feel attraction/love/whatever to someone else and can feel that it does not diminish your feeling for your boyfriend, you might feel more comfortable with his relationships.)
I have not quite made the step towards getting involved with someone other than my boyfriend, although Im open to the possibility. I do, however, fully accept that its possible to be attracted to and/or love someone without it changing how I feel about my partner. I am totally comfortable with his emotional relationships and the sex they include. Its the negative gut level reaction to casual sex that is causing the trouble for me. I know logically that the same principle should apply what he does with one person has no bearing on how he feels about me. But as I think about the list of people he is involved with, and the element of casual sex included in it, I still feel like somehow it makes what we have less meaningful. Im still not totally clear on those feelings or where they come from. . .the heart of my problem, I guess.
Thanks to everyone for all the great replies!
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Here's a link to the sharing of my discovery.
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It really kind of bugs that anyone would try and convince others out of their comfort zones in regards to sex... as if they have the monopoly on what is best for others... I see this kind of thing often right now in my life and it might not have anything to do with yours.
Just be rest assured that there is no need for you to change and put yourself in danger if you feel that you would be compromising your values. What is the most important thing is that you feel undamaged and mentally healthy. If you don't feel like that with your boyfriend then it may be time to take a good long look on whether or not he is worth spending great amounts of time with anymore. Perhaps he is best as a FWB, and intimate friend, secondary, tersiary... who knows maybe there is someone out there that has the same values as you do who would be pleased to devote his time to you in a way that you understand. I see nothing wrong with that.
I personally feel physically ill when it comes to some kinds of casual sex. I think that far too often the precious nature of being close to someone is destroyed by casual fucking. To me, and in my experience, the line between appreciating women, their bodies and their personality and nature and giving them a good fuck because it would be fun to get off in some chics hot body, is far too close. The line is blurry to me and I fear it sometimes.
As we have gone over in other threads, and as I have said before I think that women forget that they need to check into their bodies, their minds, their values of themselves and their loves. How they feel about the person that is pursuing them (are they charming me because they want to get laid? or are they actually caring about me) and whether or not it is all around a good idea to have sex with this person in terms of their other relationships.
It sounds like you are soul searching. Good luck with that... I wish for you to stay true to yourself first. Then it will be the right thing, always.
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It sounds like you need sit down and decide what you want. When it comes to things like this you have to have definitive and solid ground to stand on. This will make it easier for you and your partners to see those lines and decide if they can deal or not. nothing sucks more is gettin to know someone under a one premise of one thing then having to decide then if they can deal. Some things are bound to happen like this but the is one of those things that you should be clear on with yourself first.
I agree, defining boundaries is key here. As this is my first poly relationship, and still a fairly new one, it is a work in progress for me. It just isn't something I've had to think about until very recently. But I can certainly see how it complicates a relationship to start out on fuzzy terms boundary wise. The last thing I want to do is put my boyfriend in a position where he feels pressure to change or accept boundaries that don't fit with his needs because of an attachment that has already formed. But like most of life, this adventure into polyamory wasn't exactly expected, so for now I'll have to work with where I am.
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Review – Angel's Envy Bourbon
Opening my sample package of Angel's Envy Bourbon brought a question to mind. What do angels envy? I'm not talking Hell's Angels, Charlie's Angels or even Archangels, I'm talking the angel's share angels. Every barrel of spirits loses volume over its years of aging. That loss is called the angel's share. So, here's where the question gets harder. If the angels get a share of EVERY bourbon aging what would be left for them to envy at all? The answer, I decided, was much easier than I expected. The angels envy what's left in the barrels.
In the case of Angel's Envy Bourbon they have a lot to be envious about. Lincoln Henderson, Master Distiller for Louisville Distilling Company and former Master Distiller for Brown-Forman, starts with Kentucky straight bourbon aged 4-6 years in American white oak barrels. From there the spirit is transferred to port casks for a final 3-6 month aging. Lincoln then personally samples each batch prior to bottling to make sure each one meets the Angel's Envy standard.
The result of all this hard work is a tremendous bourbon. The color is darker amber with a slight rosiness, no doubt a result of the port cask aging. The aroma is clean with vanilla and hints of the port coming through very lightly. There is a tantalizing complexity in the aroma that makes you want to start sipping right away. The flavor definitely lives up to the aroma. Flavors of vanilla, Christmas spices (you know the ones), and a deep fruitiness run throughout. There is a lot of depth of flavor here and you get to enjoy it for a while. The finish is nice and long with the vanilla wrapping up the experience.
My explanation of what angels envy may be a load of bull but I can tell you one thing for sure. I envy the man who has the full bottle of Angel's Envy. I miss mine already.
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Commodities slid from the highest level in almost six months on speculation that the threat to energy and agricultural supplies from escalating tension in Ukraine's Crimea region may be exaggerated.
The Standard & Poor's GSCI Index of 24 raw materials declined as much as 1.2 percent to 652.05, after surging 1.6 percent yesterday to the highest level since Sept. 6. The gauge was at 653.58 as of 12:23 p.m. in London. Brent crude lost 1.5 percent, wheat slid 1.1 percent in Chicago, and gold futures fell 1.3 percent in New York. Corn also dropped.
Commodity prices slid today after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered soldiers in western Russia to return to their bases by the end of the week after military exercises ended on schedule. Global stocks fell the most in a month yesterday and haven assets soared after Russia, the world's largest energy exporter, seized control of the Black Sea region of Crimea in Ukraine.
"The selloff is expected given the recent price spikes, as no one really believes that there's going to be an all-out war in Europe," said Gordon Kwan, the head of regional oil and gas research at Nomura Holdings Inc. in Hong Kong. "Oil prices should ease back."
The GSCI's 14-day Relative Strength Index rose to almost 73 yesterday as prices surged. Readings above 70 signal to some investors that gains may have been excessive. It was at 63.5 today. The index advanced 3.4 percent this year, rebounding from a 2.2 percent drop in 2013.
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Wheat surged the most since 2012 yesterday on speculation the crisis may cut exports from Ukraine, which is set to be the world's sixth-largest exporter this year. Oil jumped on concern Russian shipments may be disrupted.
"What's happening in Russia was hyped up, a bit overblown," said Soeren Bo Duvier Nielsen, a senior energy sales manager at Nordea Markets in Singapore.
Brent fell as much as $2.09, or 1.9 percent, to $109.11 a barrel on the ICE Futures Europe Exchange in London. West Texas Intermediate crude slid $1.44 to $103.48 a barrel in New York.
About 313,000 barrels of crude a day traveled through Ukraine in 2013, according to the country's Energy Ministry. The southern branch of the Druzhba pipeline, which transports about 1.2 million barrels of Russian oil to Europe, passes through Ukraine on its way to refineries in Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic.
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"Oil markets' concerns are misplaced," Michael Wittner, the head of oil-market research at Societe Generale SA in New York, said in an e-mailed report. "If Russia were to cut off crude oil exports through Ukraine, they would be hurting themselves more than they would hurt Ukraine."
Wheat for May delivery lost as much as 1.6 percent to $6.215 a bushel on the Chicago Board of Trade after jumping 4.9 percent yesterday. Corn slid as much as 1.1 percent to $4.6525 a bushel after yesterday reaching $4.8275, the highest price since Sept. 3.
Loading of Ukrainian grain for exports may remain unaffected by the threat of military conflict with Russia, Agritel SA said yesterday. Archer-Daniels-Midland Co., a grain trader, hasn't seen a significant effect on its business in the country, it said in a statement.
Ukraine is forecast to ship 18.3 million metric tons of corn in the 2013-2014 season through June from 13.6 million tons a year earlier to become the top exporter after Brazil and the U.S., according to the International Grains Council. The nation may boost wheat exports this season to 9.5 million tons from 7.1 million a year earlier, making it the sixth-biggest supplier, according to the IGC.
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Putin attended the final day of the drills in the Leningrad region yesterday, according to a statement on the Kremlin's website. The Defense Ministry held the drills, involving about 150,000 troops, across several regions near the border with Ukraine from Feb. 26 to March 3.
"First he comes out with the army, then he apparently pulls back, but who knows for sure?" said Dominic Schnider, the head of commodities research at UBS AG's wealth-management unit in Singapore.
The Kremlin continues to have 16,000 troops deployed in Ukraine's Crimea region, after ousted president and Putin ally Viktor Yanukovych fled to Russia. Russian forces ordered Ukrainian warships in Crimea to surrender, Ukraine's acting President Oleksandr Turchynov said yesterday.
Putin said today he's not considering adding Crimea to Russia and that Russia would send troops into Ukraine only in an extreme case.
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Gold slid from the highest level in four months. Futures for April delivery declined as much as 1.4 percent to $1,331.60 an ounce on the Comex in New York. Prices climbed to $1,355 yesterday, the highest for a most-active contract since Oct. 30, as the crisis boosted demand for a haven.
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The View From 1776
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Thursday, July 01, 2010
The 17th Amendment Revisited
Original provisions of the Constitution intended to prevent Congress from enacting "dumb" laws were vitiated by ratification of the 17th Amendment.
Before ratification of the 17th Amendment it's unlikely that a Senate committee would have needed to raise the sort of question posed by Senator Coburn during confirmation hearings on Elena Kagan's nomination to the Supreme Court. A Wall Street Journal editorial reports:
If Congress passed a law saying Americans were required to eat three fruits and three vegetables a day, Mr. Coburn asked, would that be legitimate under the Commerce Clause? It sounds like a "dumb law," Ms. Kagan wisecracked, which is true enough, but then she added that "courts would be wrong to strike down laws that they think are senseless just because they're senseless." In other words: Congress could do it.
The real question here is whether Ms. Kagan recognizes any limits on the Commerce Clause, which legislators have used as justification to regulate or mandate just about anything, and which the Obama Administration is eyeing as its golden ticket to defend ObamaCare. Some 20 states are challenging the law on the grounds that forcing people to buy health insurance shreds the Constitution.
... Ms. Kagan maintained that in recent years the Commerce Clause has been read broadly, to suggest "that deference should be provided to Congress with respect to matters that affect interstate commerce" and that "the principal protector against bad laws is the political branches themselves.
That one would have made James Madison howl.
I must disagree, however, with the Journal's understanding. Abundant evidence from James Madison's notes on the 1787 Constitutional Convention debates, as well as from the Federalist Papers and correspondence and speeches by prominent political leaders of the founding era, make clear that the Senate's role was to prevent Congress from passing laws that infringed upon powers traditionally reserved to state governments.
Delegates to the Constitutional Convention explicitly recognized that the broad language of a constitution cannot prescribe limits upon Congressional legislative power for every one of the myriad occasions in which regulatory questions can arise. Such questions, the delegates noted, are political in nature, not judicial issues. Ms. Kagan is correct that the courts have no constitutional authority to reject Congressional enactments solely because judges regard them as "dumb." Deference to Congress in such matters is a position of proper judicial restraint.
The Senate was intended to be the bulwark against unwise political actions that infringed upon the rights and powers reserved to the states and to the people by the 9th and 10th Amendments of the Bill of Rights. Because Senators were originally elected by their state legislatures, they had to be attendant to the wishes of the individual states and could not, as now under the 17th Amendment, respond primarily to pressure from national political parties to conform to the dictates of special interest groups such as public employees labor unions or "green" fanatics.
Ratification of the 17th Amendment thrust upon the Supreme Court the burden of attempting to play the role originally intended for the Senate, a role that the courts simply cannot fulfill. Since 1913 the Supreme Court has twisted and turned, seeking constitutional justifications, however indirect, to impose restraints upon egregiously damaging and unwise legislative action. It should not have to assume that role. Without the 17th Amendment, Federal courts would not be the centers of bitter political fights, litmus tests, and poisonous confirmation hearings that destroy reputations and careers.
The 17th Amendment, ratified in 1913, was one of many initiatives championed by liberal-progressives to facilitate transformation of the Federal government from one limited by constitutional constraints into one with almost unlimited powers to impose new sociological standards. It was a key piece in the push to neuter states' rights and to collectivize power at the Federal level.
The commerce clause of the Constitution has been stretched since 1913 to confer upon Congress the power to regulate any action or event anywhere in the universe on the grounds that it might, however indirectly, affect interstate commerce. The birth of every new baby, for example, indirectly affects interstate commerce, because the parents will need to buy food, clothing, and other items. Some of such items will surely have been manufactured, warehoused, or shipped from states other than that of the baby's residence, bringing the birth of a child within the purview of the commerce clause. There is thus theoretically no constitutional limitation upon Federal power to regulate the number of children a family is permitted to have.
It is noteworthy that very few issues of judicial activism arose prior to ratification of the 17th Amendment, because the Senate generally did its job, which was preventing passage of power-grabbing legislation. It is also noteworthy that growth of the Federal bureaucracy accelerated only after the 17th Amendment.
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If Wincy Ong's San Lazaro were a student in a classroom full of recent films from the Philippines, which necessarily includes important works from Lav Diaz, Raya Martin and Brillante Mendoza, it would probably be sitting in the back, an unnoticeable weirdo among the overachievers and underachievers that fill the room. It is a film that does not seem to belong to the room, given that it is inherently oblivious to anything and everything that is supposed to be pertinent to the so-called new wave in Philippine cinema, except to the irreverence and humor that persists in the cinema even amidst its usual heft and seriousness.
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