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WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — Senators have come to an agreement on the stimulus package to aid the American economy and people. But some lawmakers believe this should've been finished last weekend.
Senate Democrat and Republican leaders say they now agree on a $2 trillion emergency stimulus package.
"Now, what we need to make sure is that the dollars that are appropriated and authorized actually get out to the communities in need as quickly as possible," Virginia Sen. Mark Warner said.
Warner and West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin say the bill will help keep Americans afloat due to the coronavirus.
"It was hard getting there and sometimes the partisanship would fight for whatever they believed in, but what it ended up is we have a good bill right now," Manchin said.
The stimulus package provides direct payments to many Americans and emergency loans to small businesses and companies. But Senate Republicans believe this should've been passed days ago.
"There's really not vast differences here. The tweaking that was done I think was a political exercise, unfortunately," West Virginia Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said.
Capito and Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey are frustrated by the process.
"Is it perfect? Absolutely not. Are there things in there I don't like? Absolutely. I would've done this differently," Toomey said.
But Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine says the changes Democrats made to the bill are important.
"The Senate bill that was on the table Sunday, would not have protected the lowest-income workers, would not have had the expansion for unemployment insurance to pick up everybody," Kaine said.
Once this is done, Senator Kaine says lawmakers may begin work on a fourth relief bill, if needed.


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Today's jobless claims report showed a notable decline to both initial and continued unemployment claims as a recent rising trend was called firmly into question for initial claims.
Seasonally adjusted "initial" unemployment declined 24,000 to 398,000 claims from last week's revised 422,000 claims while seasonally adjusted "continued" claims declined by 17,000 resulting in an "insured" unemployment rate of 2.9%.
Since the middle of 2008 though, two federal government sponsored "extended" unemployment benefit programs (the "extended benefits" and "EUC 2008" from recent legislation) have been picking up claimants that have fallen off of the traditional unemployment benefits rolls.
Currently there are some 3.76 million people receiving federal "extended" unemployment benefits.
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To paraphrase Mark Twain, the reports of email marketing's death have been greatly exaggerated.
"For all the popularity of social media, 92 percent of adult internet users maintain at least one email account and 59 percent of marketers say they believe email is the best outlet for generating revenue," says John Hayes, marketing strategist, iContact, Vocus's email marketing arm. Indeed, if anything, the increase in the use of social media and mobile devices has increased email marketing's effectiveness. That said, there are always ways to improve your email marketing.
To find out how you can generate a better return--or click-through rate--on your email marketing this year, CIO.com queried experts from Constant Contact, Emma, iContact and Mad Mimi. Following are their seven picks for email marketing trends you should leverage in 2013.
1. Take advantage of mobile. Thanks to smartphones and tablets, "email is no longer tethered to a PC or laptop, or restricted to when people have access to their computer," says Hayes. "People now carry their email around with them everywhere and engage with it frequently throughout the day. This means marketers can now better target prospects, delivering more time sensitive offers (i.e., restaurant vouchers prior to lunch or sales promotions during busy shopping periods)."
[ Related: 12 Best Email Marketing Tips for Professionals ]
2. Forget the bells and whistles."Multi-column email layouts can be lovely in [computer] inboxes, but for success in the mobile device arena, the single column format is best," says Dean Levitt, chief of Culture, Mad Mimi. "For all the sophistication of mobile devices, email marketers see the most success with layouts that have as little noise' [i.e., graphics, photos and video] as possible and the call to action visible without scrolling."
3. Use email to monetize social. "In 2013, marketers will discover that email is the key element driving social media marketing results," states Ron Cates, director of New Market Development, Constant Contact.
"The easiest way to drive customers to [your] company is by linking to social channels in email campaigns, ensuring that your social content is seen by a wider audience that has already expressed an interest in receiving your email content by joining your mailing list," Cates says.
[ Related: How to Find the Right Email Marketing Service Provider ]
4. Change your focus from sales-based to education-based. "Today, many marketers view email campaigns primarily as a product or service showcase," says Cates. "They display their newest offerings, and then provide direct links to purchase. However, even with great deals and promotions, customers are becoming bored with the bombardment of sales pitches," he says.
With that in mind instead of constantly lobbing sales pitches to current and prospective customers, provide content that adds value--e.g., useful information about a topic or problem--without pushing a particular product or service.
"By providing useful content in your area of expertise, customers will be more interested in opening your emails, driving more views to your website or social media profiles," says Cates. Moreover, "when you combine this with providing links to your social media platforms, you are also giving your customers a chance to interact and respond with you on those subjects, increasing engagement and keeping your brand top of mind."
[ Related: Email As a Service Not As Easy As It Sounds ]
5. Move away from mass mailings to segmented, targeted marketing. "[In 2013,]"we'll see more brands abandon the one-message-for-one-audience approach to email in favor of smaller, behavior-based sends," predicts Suzanne Norman, brand strategist, Emma.
"Social media has shown us the value of personal relationships with customers, and with smart segmentation, email marketing delivers that all-important relevant, personal content on a larger scale," she says. Her advice: "explore more targeted welcome notes, shopping cart abandonment promotions and lifecycle messaging--and see the higher response rates that go with them."
Similarly, Cates suggests marketers collect customer data beyond basic contact information. "By collecting customers' interests, marketers can segment their lists and deliver content that is much more engaging, relevant and personalized to each recipient."
6. Don't restrict your email signup form to your home page. "Email signup forms are typically relegated to a site's footer--or forgotten altogether," says Norman. But that strategy won't get you many new customers anymore.
"Marketers [need to get] bolder when it comes to asking for email addresses," she says. Think about adding pop-up email signups on landing pages, as well as placing email signup forms (or links to them) on Facebook and YouTube. And use tablets at trade shows or events to gather contact info at your booth.
7. Don't underestimate the value of permissions marketing. "In 2013, if you don't get permission to be one of the select companies to contact a customer, your marketing efforts will go nowhere, as tolerance for the uninvited is reaching absolute zero," says Cates.
"Once you have permission, guard it carefully," Cates says."Be sure your recipients immediately recognize emails coming from you. Provide them with the content they want, and, by all means, don't abuse the privilege."
Jennifer Lonoff Schiff is a contributor to CIO.com and runs a marketing communications firm focused on helping organizations better interact with their customers, employees and partners.
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Creamy Pumpkin Soup in Pumpkin
Cooking Time: 10 minutes
Servings: 6
1/4 cup water
1 small onion, chopped
4 cups vegetable broth
1 16 ounce can solid pack pumpkin
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
2 teaspoons curry powder
Several dashes Tabasco sauce
1/2 cup soy or rice milk
Place water and onion in a medium saucepan. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes until onion is soft. Add broth, pumpkin and applesauce. Stir to combine. Add seasonings. Cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes. Stir in milk just before serving.
This would be very attractive served in a small baked pumpkin. Cut top off of a pumpkin. Clean out seeds and strings (just like Halloween). Replace top. Place pumpkin in a pan with ½ inch of water. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Serve the cooked soup in the baked pumpkin.


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Ayo Abietou Coly contributed a text - Housing and Homing the Black Female Body in France: Calixthe Beyala and the Legacy of Sarah Baartman and Josephine Baker - for the catalogue accompanying the major exhibition Black Womanhood: Images, Icons, and Ideologies of the African Body, which was curated by Barbara Thompson, curator of African, Oceanic, and Native American Collections at the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College. The exhibition was originated by Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire and exhibited there April 1 - August 10, 2008 before touring to venues in Wellesley, Massachusetts and San Diego, California.
The exhibition featured contributions by the following artists: Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Renée Cox, Sokari Douglas Camp, Angéle Etoundi Essamba, Lalla Assia Essaydi, Emile Guebehi, Senzeni Marasela, Nandipha Mntambo, Zanele Muholi, Hassan Musa, Wangechi Mutu, Ingrid Mwangi/Robert Hutter - IngridMwangiRobertHutter Collective, Magdalene Odundo, Etiyé Dimma Poulsen, Alison Saar, Joyce J. Scott, Berni Searle, Fazal Sheikh, Malick Sidibé, Penny Siopsis, Maud Sulter, Kara Walker, Carrie Mae Weems, and Carla Williams.
Apart from Ayo Abiétou Coly herself, the catalogue featured contributions by the following artists, curators and scholars: Ifi Amadiume, Enid Schildkrout, Christraud Geary, Barbara Thompson, Kimberly Wallace-Sanders, Carla Williams, and Deborah Willis
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Teotihuacan, an ancient, abandoned city about an hour north of Mexico City, was once one of the largest cities in the world. It collapsed centuries ago (thanks either to an internal uprising or foreign invaders, depending on who you ask), but it's never been completely deserted, since the ruins have always been a magnet for squatters, archeologists, and hordes of tourists.
Yet there are still portions of Teotihuacan that remain untouched by today's explorers, including a subterranean burial site that scientists estimate has spent the last 1900 years unseen by human eyes. Until now.
In 2003, scientists discovered a tunnel beneath Teotihuacan's Temple of the Plumed Serpent. They speculated that the tunnel was a processional walkway leading to a warren of royal burial chambers, but couldn't say for sure, since the opening to the tunnel was intentionally buried by the city's last inhabitants. According to BLDGBLOG, archeologists at Mexico's National Anthropology and History Institute are now uncovering the mystery of the buried chambers without disturbing them—thanks to a diminutive robotic system designed to go where shimmying archeologists cannot:
... A little wireless robot called Tlaloc II-TC will soon "investigate the far reaches of a tunnel found beneath the Temple of the Plumed Serpent at Teotihuacan," entering a chamber "estimated to be 2,000 years old, and [that] may have been used as a place for royal ceremonies or burials."
The first Tlaloc enters the tunnel. Photo by Alma Rodríguez for El Universal.
Tlaloque is actually a deployable collection of three different robotic systems. The largest, a Mars Rover-esque contraption, is in charge of transporting two smaller mechanisms through the rubble-filled tunnel. When it reaches the chambers, a second vehicle is programmed to unpack itself to take infrared scans of the space. Finally, a smaller, winged contraption will eventually be deployed to capture video footage. BLDGBLOG explains:
It gets even more interesting when we then read that there is yet another, "third part" of the ensemble, a "robot made with four propellers" that can "remain suspended in the air and take pictures with video cameras."
It's a drone, in other words—part of a whole family of proliferating machines—but, for now, it will only be "used outdoors due to currents of air in the tunnel."
Tlaloc II-TC, the latest iteration of the system. Image by Melitón Tapia/INAH.
The team at the INAH have tested several iterations of Tlaloque, so there are a few preliminary reports of what's actually inside the chambers—and it sounds amazingly spooky and cool. "Investigations [have verified] that the tunnel was constructed before the Feathered Serpent Temple and the Citadel, structures that were the scenario of rituals linked to original creation myths," reported scientists in 2010. "[Meanwhile] the tunnel must have been related to the underworld concept." According to a report in Provincia, images show a series of stone symbols lining the tunnel, which scientists believe was "subsequently collapsed in order to deposit something very important at the end the duct in the main chamber."
Tlaloc I's first transmitted image. Photo by INAH.
This isn't the first instance of "drone archeology." In 2011, scientists in East-Central Asia used a microdrone to generate an aerial map of Scythian burial grounds in the remote Altai Mountains. And in Peru last year, archeologists used an unmanned aerial vehicle to survey the abandoned city of Mawchu Lllacta. Still, it's remarkable to watch how archeological discovery is evolving alongside drone technology.
As for what's to come from beneath the temple at Teotihuacan, Provincia reports that the aerial drone is currently under testing. That means we'll likely get to see video of the chamber before long—and suddenly, a site that's been closed to humans for nearly two millennia will be revealed to an audience of millions. [BLDGBLOG]
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Madison, Miss.-based Quail Ridge Highlands LLC has financed the 140-unit Quail Ridge Highlands apartment complex for $14.2 million through Wells Fargo Bank NA.
The complex, which was built in 2007 and uses the address 6344 Quail Meadow Cove, is on 10.5 acres on the north side of Egypt Central Road south of Fiske Road in Bartlett's 38135 ZIP code.
Quail Ridge Highlands has one-, two- and three-bedroom units in three-story buildings.
The Shelby County Assessor of Property, which lists the complex at 6360 Quail Meadow Cove, appraised it in 2011 at $9.1 million.
The $14.2 million multifamily trust deed is insured by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development through the National Housing Act.
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The West Clinic is conducting a Phase I trial using a new class of drug called a checkpoint inhibitor.
This study is currently being directed by Dr. Jason Chandler, the acting Phase I director, who says the trial is for patients who have exhausted all current standard therapies, and that the treatment has a mechanism of action that could make standard chemotherapy more effective.
Traditional chemotherapy kills cancer cells by damaging their DNA. The cancer cells detect this damage by receiving signals from checkpoint proteins.
The proteins are able to stop the cells from dividing while they try to repair any damage.
By inhibiting these signals, the cancer cells are unable to repair the damage and thus undergo apoptosis or programmed cell death.
The trial, currently open only at The West Clinic's Humphreys Road location, is for any cancer patients who have exhausted all current life-sustaining therapies.
It is given during a two-week induction phase and then in combination with pemetrexed or gemcitabine, two standard chemotherapies, during the extension phase.
The purpose of the drug trial is to determine how this drug is metabolized and how it interacts with other medications.
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The field for Millington mayor in that city's Aug. 2 nonpartisan general election is three candidates following last week's filing deadline.
It includes former Mayor Terry Jones, who lost a re-election bid four years ago to Richard Hodges; Kenneth Uselton and Debra Sigee.
Six of the seven aldermen are seeking re-election.
Bethany K. Huffman and Rhonda O'Dell are running for Position 1, the seat being given up by incumbent Jimmy Pike.
Keith Barger is being challenged for Position 2 by Hank Hawkins and Al Bell.
Don Lowery faces Franklin Dakin for Position 3.
Jim Brown has two challengers seeking Position 4. They are Larry Dagen and Charles P. Reed.
Position 5 is a contest between Brett A. Morgan and Thomas McGhee.
Chris Ford is being challenged by Oscar Brown for Position 6.
And Mike Caruthers and R. Jason Dupress are the contenders for Position 7.
– Bill Dries
The University of Memphis campus will feature a new icon later this month to be unveiled during the university's centennial reunion weekend April 20-22.
The 100th anniversary of the university has been marked with various decorated versions of the school's Tiger mascot at different locations across Shelby County.
On April 20 at 1 p.m. U of M leaders will unveil a life-size bronze tiger statue on the west side of the University Center. It is modeled after the university's mascot TOM.
The 1,000-pound statue is the work of sculptor David Alan Clark, the same artist who created the Tom Lee sculpture located in Tom Lee Park in Downtown.
At the ceremony, a time capsule will be sealed in the base of the statue.
Resource Entertainment Group has added two new acts to its roster of talent: Jason Williams and Gary Escoe & The Atomic Dance Machine.
Escoe is the former lead singer of Memphis Soul Revue. He and his band can perform in a range of styles, from Motown to Top 40, and Escoe has opened for artists like Cheap Trick in addition to performing for former President Bill Clinton and celebrities like Naomi Campbell.
Williams tours the U.S. playing large festivals, intimate theaters and private parties. He's on the road 200 days a year and has played in venues that include the White House, Radio City Music Hall and the Detroit Lions stadium, Ford Field.
– Andy Meek
Jeff Puckett has joined Boyle Insurance Agency Inc. as an account executive in the Nashville area.
Puckett's insurance practice focuses on accounts in technology, real estate, finance, manufacturing and construction/contracting. He works with families, professionals and business owners to manage risk, growth and profitability.
Puckett began his insurance career as an account executive for Summit Consulting Inc., where he handled a statewide client base serving business owners and insurance agents.
Prior to his work in insurance, Puckett worked with several entrepreneurial technology start-ups.
He also served in the United States Marine Corps during Operation Desert Storm.
Puckett is a certified insurance counselor and has earned segments of the Certified Risk Manager designation.
Boyle Insurance Agency provides commercial property and casualty insurance for more than 6,000 clients.
Boyle Insurance Agency also provides insurance for all of the properties owned and managed by Memphis-based Boyle Investment Co. and its related entities.
– Sarah Baker
Jo Shaner of Keller Williams Realty received the 2012 Lion Heart Award at the Youth Villages 5K Kick-Off Party, held last month at the Memphis Area Association of Realtors.
The Lion Heart Award is presented each year in recognition of a volunteer dedicated to the annual race benefiting Youth Villages.
Shaner twice has served as co-race director, most recently in 2011. She has been a member of the race steering committee since 1998.
This year's race – slated for April 21 – marks the 30th anniversary. It begins at 9 a.m. at Ridgeway Center. To register or to volunteer, visit www.youthvillages5k.com.
President Barack Obama is warning that the U.S. job market will still face "ups and downs" despite news Friday that the economy added 120,000 jobs last month.
The March employment numbers were down from the more than 200,000 jobs the economy added in each of the previous three months.
The U.S. unemployment rate dipped to 8.2 percent, but mostly because more Americans stopped looking for work.
The nation's unemployment rate will factor prominently in the November presidential election. Obama says no issue is more important than restoring economic security for all American families.
Obama was speaking at a White House forum focused on the role of women in the economy.
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Libra And Sagittarius
The intensity of emotional contact and intimacy between a Libra and a Sagittarius will mostly depend on other factors in personal charts, but they will most certainly enjoy their sexual relationship. They are a very good match when it comes to sexuality, for no partner here feels pressured and there is just enough room for both of them to grow, develop, build their self-esteem and feel secure in each other's arms.
Ruled by two benefic planets, Venus and Jupiter, their main objective is to form an enjoyable sexual relationship, with a primary goal to make each other happy. For this goal, they will experiment a lot, and try out new things, everything followed by a smile and a sense of lightness, as if sex wasn't really a big deal in the first place. The seriousness of Libra linked to its exaltation of Saturn will give their entire relationship endurance and stability, while their ruling Venus working together with Jupiter, gives enough romance, sexual desire, tenderness and might lead them to a fairytale ending. This combination of planets forms Neptune in a way, and speaks of the growth of satisfaction leading to orgasmic pleasure, even though both signs might not seem at all sexual to some other members of the zodiac.
Libra & Sagittarius Trust
As stated above, rulers of Libra and Sagittarius are closely linked to Neptune and the challenge of trust is one of the most important experiences that this relationship gives. They can both go to extremes, either having unrealistic faith in each other or mistrusting every word and every action that is made. The only way to keep the image of trust for these signs seems to be to always stay in a fairytale, unrealistic state, and this is something a Sagittarius will never want to do. If truth isn't lived, nothing in the world is beautiful for a Sagittarian Sun. As soon as they start their search for something different, Libra will sense the change and become frustrated by their inability to create oneness with a partner they love.
Libra & Sagittarius Communication and intellect
It is wonderful to watch how soft Libra gets, forgetting about Saturn and their own responsibility, as Sagittarius' childish nature melts their heart. Even if this isn't something with a promising future, for no one can run from their true nature, it will bring them both joy and happiness at least for a little while. Libra partner will be able to relax next to someone who doesn't judge, and Sagittarius partner will feel like their energy is well focused on someone that needs some youth, warmth, light, optimism and creativity in their life.
For as long as they don't brush on ego problems, their communication and intellectual compatibility are a given. The main problem that will eventually surface and need to be dealt with, is in the forces of their Suns. Libra's Sun is weak, and they will easily give the wheel to someone else who will make positive decisions and moves for them. Sagittarius has too much fiery energy in their Sun, active, taking action and always prepared to give some of it even if nobody asked for it in the first place. This could lead to a subtle, hidden, will imposing and a character shift that will leave them both bruised for respect when a light is finally shed on the issue.
Libra & Sagittarius Emotions
This is one of the most compatible couples when it comes to the emotional side of their relationship. It is not easy for any one of them to find love and share it with someone. They are, after all, an Air and a Fire sign. Even though Libra is ruled by Venus, it is linked to the mental processes, social adaptation and communication through its element, while Sagittarius has passionate feelings, but uses their head, spreading their philosophy, more than actually feeling.
When they get together, they seem to be able to find a balance in which both of them use their heads just enough, and give each other enough room for love to be born. This is a bond that gives both partners the opportunity to understand how deep their emotions can go, as beneficent rulers make way for feelings to surface in a supporting atmosphere. Even though their relationship is not always meant to be the one they will stay in for life, it could prepare them for a love they seek, giving them a glimpse of what they are capable of.
Libra & Sagittarius Values
These partners will value the strength of mind in a way that is understandable only to them. Libra doesn't seem like a creative person to others, but a Sagittarius sees their intellect through communication and motivates them to show their warmth. This leads to shared value of their entire relationship and an intellectual understanding that gives them room to build their shared philosophy. Even if they don't start their relationship in the same place, they will have the opportunity to build similar values in time, showing each other what's truly important.
Libra & Sagittarius Shared Activities
Even though we could easily assume that a Libra and a Sagittarius will have lots of things to do together, there is a great chance that their choices of activities won't be so similar. Libra wants to stick to their usual routine, and make fieldtrips to things that interest them from time to time. Sagittarius wants to move from any routine and live a life travelling the world. There are exceptions to this rule, of course, and there are uplifted Libras that will want to travel the world, as much as there are Sagittarius representatives that want to follow a certain trail, while fantasizing about their reality. However, in most cases, their needs won't fit that well and they will probably face the challenge of their usual ego battle while choosing what to do together.
The relationship of Libra and Sagittarius is in most cases a beneficent bond that allows these partners to develop their emotional, inner worlds and build their lives without negative influences. However, there is an archetypal battle between them, for Saturn exalts in Libra and doesn't really care for his son, Jupiter, the ruler of Sagittarius. This could easily lead to a struggle for supremacy and a battle to reach the ruling position among them. This comes as a continuation of Libra's bruised Sun and a Sagittarius will fit in perfectly with the need to give away every sense of pride out of some childish convictions. The only way for them to be happy together, is to respect each other fully and let each other do what they are meant to do. Libra should stick to their relationship and love, ruled by Venus, while Sagittarius should stick to their convictions and width, ruled by Jupiter, multiplying the love Libra provides.
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iMatrix is a product variant management solution on SAP Business One designed for companies that sell, manage or procure items that have similar attributes such as size, color or style. A matrix item structure is identified by a parent item and categorized by child items having similar attributes.
Is it the right solution for your business?
- Are you in a business that transacts in items that have similar attributes like size, color, or style?
- Did you feel the need to have your item codes as concatenated item attributes?
- Did you always want to filter items based on their attributes that just codes?
- Do you always tend to lose time while defining new product range with sizes, colors and styles – seriously hampering your Go-To-Market?
- Is Variant Management one of the key challenges you face in managing SKUs
- Do you feel the need of automatic SKU creation based on a template?
If you answered yes to any or all of the above then you need the Item Matrix, an SAP Certified solution from CitiXsys designed specifically for SAP Business One.
Why Item Matrix?
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Why Item Matrix
This is a product variant management solution on SAP Business One designed for companies that sell, manage or procure items that have similar attributes such as size, color or style. A matrix item structure is identified by a parent item and categorized by child items having similar attributes.
Order entry staff can easily filter items with similar attributes to bring into an order. With matrix order entry capability, you quickly fulfill orders for multi-attribute items. Once the order is entered, items are processed through the standard SAP Business One order processing cycle. You can also leverage standard order processing capabilities of SAP Business One such as special pricing, warehouse, availability check, etc.
The application extends the core Item definition and management capabilities of SAP Business One by incorporating the following features:
- The application extends the single level Item definition of SAP Business One and lets you define parent and child items. Multiple attributes can be defined and attached to a parent item.
- Inheritance of parent item properties by the child items while creating child items can be setup
- All product variants can be viewed in one screen.
- Child items are included in MRP runs and Stock taking
- Works with standard SAP Business One marketing documents
- Available in English. French, Italian, Latin American Spanish and Deutsch language
- Compatible with SAP Business One 9.1, 9.2 (both SQL & HANA)
Why is Item Matrix different?
In today's competitive market the customers have become ever demanding and expect choices. Irrespective of the merchandize being offered – apparel, jewelry, hardware, sporting goods – the complexity of managing inventory with a variety of features like color, size and style can overload standard order entry and inventory systems.
In retail industry, not only is the information about an item's availability critical but also its definition. Items and SKUs which are appropriately coded and have an ability to be searched based on different attributes; increase the possibility of an up-sell during a sale transaction.
The application is seamlessly integrated with SAP Business One. It extends the single level item definition schema of SAP Business One and allows creation of variants and child items to a parent item. It does that by creating and attaching different attributes to parent items. These attributes can then be inherited by the child items.
How does Item Matrix help my business?
Business benefits can be accrued at both levels – tactical as well as strategically.
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CitiXsys Technologies is one of the largest and oldest SSP (Services & Solutions Partner) to SAP with operations spread across 4 continents. Hundreds of SAP Business One customers worldwide uses iVend Retail – Retail Management Software, iMatrix – Variant Management Software, Inventory Pro – Warehouse Management Software and many more.
The core business process that the application addresses makes it very popular in the Retail Industry. The application is normally used as a supplementary application to iVend Retail – a Retail Management Software from CitiXsys.
Ease of use is an extension of its easy implementation. It comes with a unique upload tool which takes away the challenges of laboriously creating hundreds of items one at a time in SAP Business One. The upload tool which is an Excel based template drastically reduces the error at the time of item creation in SAP Business One.
Global reach and presence of CitiXsys allows its customers to benefit from its unique consulting and support model. Partners and Customers of CitiXsys can hugely benefit from the on-site consulting & support resources to get the application easily implemented.


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A new research from Mayo Clinic revealed that elderly patients who receive anesthesia are not more likely to develop dementia or Alzheimer's disease than other seniors. The study analyzed thousands of patients using the Rochester Epidemiology Project -- which allows researchers access to medical records of nearly all residents of Olmsted County, Minn. -- and found that receiving general anesthesia for procedures after age 45 is not a risk factor for developing dementia. The findings were published Wednesday, May 1, online in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.
Researchers know that some elderly patients have problems with cognitive function for weeks, sometimes months, following surgical procedures, says senior author David Warner, M.D., a pediatric anesthesiologist at the Mayo Clinic Children's Center.
There has been concern that exposure to anesthesia may be associated with long-term cognitive changes including dementia, he says. The concern stems in part from a series of studies in which animals were exposed to anesthesia and lesions similar to those observed in Alzheimer's disease appeared in the brain -- including accumulation of amyloid, a protein associated with Alzheimer's disease.
Researchers studied about 900 patients older than 45 who had dementia and lived in Olmsted County from 1985 to 1994. They compared that group to people of similar ages in Olmsted County who did not develop dementia during that time. Researchers found that about 70 percent of the patients in both groups needed surgery requiring general anesthesia - meaning those who had dementia and underwent surgery that included general anesthesia did not get worse, and those who did not have dementia and had surgery did not develop dementia as a result.
Mayo Clinic anesthesiologist Juraj Sprung, M.D., Ph.D., is the study's first author. The study was funded by Mayo Clinic and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences.
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Third-period deflection helps Devils get by Rangers, tie East finals at 1
NEW YORK -- The New Jersey Devils quickly changed the game plan: instead of letting the New York Rangers block their shots, they decided to deflect some themselves.
It worked twice, and the Eastern Conference finals are all even, as a result.
David Clarkson scored a tip-in goal off Adam Henrique's shot 2:31 into the third period to break a tie and lift the Devils to a 3-2 victory over the Rangers that squared the series at one game apiece Wednesday night.
"It's a very hard building to play in, and 1-1 sounds much better than down 2-0," Devils captain Zach Parise said. "We're happy. We would have liked to have snuck out of here with two wins, but it didn't happen.
"We'll take 1-1."
For the third straight series, the Rangers are wondering what went wrong in Game 2 after they took the opener. They stressed how important it would be to grab a 2-0 lead, which would have been their first two-game edge in this postseason, but didn't provide the necessary effort to get it done.
New York was riding high after its 3-0 series-opening win on Monday night, but now has relinquished home-ice advantage again.
"You need to improve as a hockey team every game," said succinct and disappointed coach John Tortorella, who declined to say what areas were deficient.
Game 3 will be Saturday in New Jersey.
Clarkson built off the momentum created by Ryan Carter's deflected goal late in the second that tied the game, 2-2. Ilya Kovalchuk had given the Devils a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal in the first. Defenseman Bryce Salvador added two assists, and Martin Brodeur stopped 23 saves for his 108th playoff win.
Clarkson has three goals in this postseason, and every one has been a winner, including the clincher against Philadelphia in Game 5 of the second round.
"Mr. Clutch? I don't know about that," Clarkson said. "I'm going to skate up and down and finish the checks and just bounce off people. It's just a great feeling to be able to contribute. To get a tip on that felt pretty good."
New Jersey had 26 attempted shots blocked in Game 1, five more than they got through to goalie Henrik Lundqvist. The Devils cut the blocks to 16 on Wednesday and managed to get 27 on goal -- two more than New York.
"That team blocks so many shots," Clarkson said. "It's unbelievable how many. I think we found a way to shoot it and get sticks on it, and definitely that was big for us."
Marc Staal and Chris Kreider scored power-play goals in the second for the top-seeded Rangers, who received 24 saves by Lundqvist.
New Jersey got even at 2 when Salvador wound up for a shot at the blue line and fired a drive that Carter -- with his back to the net -- brilliantly deflected past Lundqvist with 1:51 left in the second. Marian Gaborik stood up straight in front of Salvador, but didn't drop down as many of his teammates have to try to block the shot. For that, he was pinned to the bench by Tortorella, even through New York's power play in the third.
Gaborik returned to the ice with 8:40 remaining as the Rangers pressed to tie.
The Devils kept the pressure on the Rangers at the start of the third and wiped out the good work the Rangers displayed in the second.
"It was a much different reaction when we went down by a goal than it was in the first game," Parise said. "We didn't change the way we played, and I think that was a big difference. We were comfortable with how we were playing.
"All I think they got was really on their power play."
After spending much of the first trapped in their own end, the Rangers rebounded to erase their early deficit and briefly take the lead thanks to the previously inept power play.
With Alexei Ponikarovsky off for interference, Staal fired a shot that sailed wide of the net and struck the back boards before popping back in front and pinballing into the net off Salvador and Brodeur at 2:23. The goal was originally credited to Derek Stepan, who was in front, but the puck managed to miss him both on the way toward the net and on the bounce back.
"I saw most of the pucks, but the Rangers came out hard," Brodeur said. "They were around me a lot, and there were some bad bounces. It's such a tough place to play sometimes here. There are bad bounces, and the boards are terrible."
Staal nearly netted another moments later when he ripped a drive that Brodeur had to lunge fully to his left to snare with his glove.
Kreider, the rookie from Boston College, scored for the second straight game to give the Rangers a 2-1 lead at 12:19. Anton Stralman let go a shot from above the right circle that ticked Kreider's stick and fluttered past Brodeur for the rookie's fourth goal. He had to wait to get it because it was first given to Stralman before being changed during a commercial break.
But that was hardly the longest delay of the night. Before Kreider's power-play goal, the action was stopped for about eight minutes as arena workers struggled to get the door to the Devils' penalty box opened. Travis Zajac stood patiently as he waited to have a seat in the box. He even managed to laugh as did New Jersey coach Peter DeBoer and the usually stoic and agitated Tortorella.
Zajac, who first was sent to the Rangers' box, stayed in New Jersey's sin bin for only 1:47 before Kreider scored the Rangers' second power-play goal of the night.
New York registered the first six shots of the period before New Jersey had its first about eight minutes in, but the teams were even at 17 through 40 minutes.
Lundqvist had a bit of glove magic of his own midway through the second when a shot by Anton Volchenkov was deflected by Kovalchuk but tracked and grabbed by Lundqvist.
The Devils got their elusive first goal of the series, and the all-important lead in the game, when Kovalchuk connected on the power play late in the first period.
After Brian Boyle was sent off for slashing Parise, the Devils continued their puck-possession prowess in the Rangers' end. New Jersey moved the puck all around the zone in search of a clean shot that could get past the diving New York defense and perhaps challenge Lundqvist, who made 21 saves in the series-opening win.
Marek Zidlicky curled with the puck to the center of the blue line and slid a pass down to the left circle to Kovalchuk, who calmly and patiently drifted in and snapped a shot up and under the crossbar in the upper corner of the net for his sixth goal of the playoffs and fourth on the power play.
"We had to keep going to the net, and I think we were doing some good things," Clarkson said. "We've been playing some good hockey and we've got to continue to do it. That is a big win for us."
The Devils didn't record a shot on goal until 6:01 in when Patrik Elias put a wrist shot in on Lundqvist, but New Jersey finished the first period with an 8-5 edge in shots -- despite having six more blocked by the Rangers.
Whether Brodeur was kidding or not about wanting Rangers to be injured by blocking shots, the home team wasn't deterred from getting in front of drives. New York forward Brandon Prust was doing a bit of a dance in front of the dangerous Kovalchuk, trying to deny any potential drive, even though he was defending without a stick.
"We have to try to get in lanes," Rangers captain Ryan Callahan said. "Try to limit their time with the puck. If we do that, they are not going to have time to shoot."
When Kovalchuk finally scored later in the period, he let out a big yell -- part celebration and an exclamation of relief -- as he skated in front of the glass behind the net.
"We have built some momentum," Brodeur said. "And now, we have to try to take that into our building, and make our building a tough place to play."
Game notesThe Rangers were 10 for 61 (16.4 percent) on the power play in the postseason before Wednesday. This marked the second time they netted a man-advantage goal in consecutive games, but the fourth time they scored two in a game. ... The Devils returned defenseman Peter Harrold to the lineup and sat rookie Adam Larsson. Harrold replaced Larsson in the lineup late in the season and started the first nine postseason games. Larsson played in the previous five games.
Series tied 1-1
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If you doubt whether the Left has gone around the bend, all you have to do is read Paul Krugman. Today, on the New York Times web site, Krugman argued that President Obama should circumvent the debt ceiling by having the Treasury Department mint a trillion-dollar coin, which would then be handed over to the Federal Reserve, thereby freeing up a trillion dollars in additional borrowing. Apparently this was a serious proposal:
Should President Obama be willing to print [sic] a $1 trillion platinum coin if Republicans try to force America into default? Yes, absolutely.
Note that in typical Krugman fashion, where he means, "if Congress doesn't vote to increase the debt limit," he writes "if Republicans try to force America into default." Krugman seems incapable of writing a sentence that is free of partisan hackery.
For those new to this, here's the story. First of all, we have the weird and destructive institution of the debt ceiling; this lets Congress approve tax and spending bills that imply a large budget deficit — tax and spending bills the president is legally required to implement — and then lets Congress refuse to grant the president authority to borrow, preventing him from carrying out his legal duties and provoking a possibly catastrophic default.
This "weird and destructive institution" comes from the Constitution; Congress, and only Congress, has the "Power…To borrow Money on the credit of the United States." Of course, it would be better if we had a coordinated package of taxation and spending plans, and a debt limit consistent with those plans. That would be called a "budget." But we don't have a budget, because Senate Democrats have refused to adopt one for nearly four years, with Barack Obama's concurrence.
And Republicans are openly threatening to use that potential for catastrophe to blackmail the president into implementing policies they can't pass through normal constitutional processes.
More calm, rational analysis from the former economist! Actually, Republicans are merely saying that they won't vote for legislation to raise the debt ceiling unless the Democrats agree to some combination of spending reductions and entitlement reform that will make a small contribution toward saving the country from financial ruin. If that's "blackmail," we apparently haven't had anywhere near enough blackmail in recent years; hence our $16.4 trillion debt and $1 trillion annual deficits.
Enter the platinum coin. There's a legal loophole allowing the Treasury to mint platinum coins in any denomination the secretary chooses. Yes, it was intended to allow commemorative collector's items — but that's not what the letter of the law says. And by minting a $1 trillion coin, then depositing it at the Fed, the Treasury could acquire enough cash to sidestep the debt ceiling — while doing no economic harm at all.
"No economic harm at all"? Really? Gosh, this wealth-creation business is a lot easier than we thought! Next thing you know, we will be picking $100 bills off trees. Well, why be pikers? We can pick billion-dollar bills off trees!
The phrase "no economic harm at all" links to another post by Krugman. (Krugman, like Barack Obama, likes to cite himself as authority.) In that post, Krugman wrote:
I've had communications from a number of people asking an interesting question relating to the debt ceiling and other issues: why does the Federal government have to borrow at all? Why can't it just print money to pay its bills? After all, haven't people like me been saying that this isn't actually inflationary?
That's the kind of question Democrats are asking these days: Why do we have to worry about paying our bills? Can't the government just print money? Hey, they're the pro-science party! Krugman goes on to answer the question:
First, as a legal matter the Federal government can't just print money to pay its bills, with one peculiar exception. Instead, money has to be created by the Federal Reserve, which then puts it into circulation by buying Federal debt. …
But leaving the debt ceiling on one side, isn't it true that since spending can currently be financed by Fed money printing, we shouldn't care at all about the notional debt owed to the Fed? Alas, no.
It's true that printing money isn't at all inflationary under current conditions — that is, with the economy depressed and interest rates up against the zero lower bound. But eventually these conditions will end. At that point, to prevent a sharp rise in inflation the Fed will want to pull back much of the monetary base it created in response to the crisis, which means selling off the Federal debt it bought. So even though right now that debt is just a claim by one more or less governmental agency on another governmental agency, it will eventually turn into debt held by the public.
So by Krugman's own admission, it isn't true that conjuring up a trillion-dollar coin will "[do] no economic harm at all." Krugman has long been notorious for misquoting other people; it turns out he can't even quote himself correctly. Now, back to today's post:
It's easy to make sententious remarks to the effect that we shouldn't look for gimmicks, we should sit down like serious people and deal with our problems realistically. That may sound reasonable — if you've been living in a cave for the past four years. Given the realities of our political situation, and in particular the mixture of ruthlessness and craziness that now characterizes House Republicans, it's just ridiculous — far more ridiculous than the notion of the coin.
If you try to bring our trillion-dollar deficits under control, you are crazy and ruthless. So, Paul, what do you call people who run up trillions of dollars in debt, refuse to reform entitlements that will bankrupt our children, and decline even to adopt a budget, in violation of federal law? Are they crazy or ruthless? Of course not, those are Democratic statesmen!
So if the 14th amendment solution — simply declaring that the debt ceiling is unconstitutional — isn't workable, go with the coin.
What is the "14th amendment solution"? This is a theory bouncing around the left-wing internet to the effect that the debt ceiling is unconstitutional, because of this language in the 14th Amendment:
The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned.
If you are puzzled as to how this clause could make the debt ceiling unconstitutional, you are not alone. To make just one obvious point, if the executive branch undertook to incur debt in excess of the debt limit, it would not be "authorized by law." Liberal law professor Larry Tribe explained–very gently–why the "14th Amendment solution" won't work.
But note that Krugman assumes that if the debt ceiling isn't raised, the government will default on its bonds. This assumption is made explicit elsewhere in Krugman's post. But that simply isn't true: on the contrary, under the quoted language of the 14th Amendment, the government can't default on the debt it has lawfully incurred, which is all of the debt currently outstanding. The federal government takes in a vast amount of tax revenue, far more than is necessary to pay interest on bonds and to pay off bonds as they mature. Those payments would be made; there would be no default. What would happen is that the Treasury would have to prioritize its payments. Thus, there might not be enough money to run the EPA, or bail out "green" energy companies, or give food stamps to illegal aliens, or subsidize NPR, or pay federal employees far more than they could earn in the private sector, or pay Medicare reimbursements or Social Security benefits. Some of those consequences might be bad, but they would not be a default.
If there is one person who sums up the intellectual decline of the American Left, it is Paul Krugman.


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Despite the wealth of information at your disposal on the internet, the answer is a resounding "yes". Finding a real estate agent greatly simplifies a confusing process filled with negotiation, regulations, laws, and contracts that you may not have the time or knowledge to tackle.
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What does an agent do?
The real estate professional you work with will be with you from the initial home search to moving day. Your agent will work diligently on your behalf to find the right home, at the right price and do so in a reasonable timeframe.
Real estate agents are experienced not only in negotiation, but have extensive knowledge about real estate values, new home construction, and finding property for sale that matches your checklist of wants and needs. For buyers, this knowledge can be invaluable during the confusing process of shopping for a home, negotiating offers and navigating through all the details of a sales contract.
Here are some of the many things your real estate agent will handle:
An agent can familiarize you with the processes involved in buying homes or land for sale if you're thinking about building, as well as alert you to potential risks, help you determine how much house you can afford, explain alternative financing strategies, and provide tremendous moral support.
Our sales professionals can help you objectively evaluate an offer then work to negotiate a favorable contract. During the process, your agent will review the contract and obligations before you sign, explain how contingencies and release clauses work, and more.
Something easy to overlook is the complexity and risks inherent in the process. In the many years that Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Verani Realty has been practicing real estate, we are continually amazed at how quickly a seemingly simple transaction can grow legally complex and risky. When complex questions arise, a real estate professional can help you quickly locate licensed professionals whose services you may require, such as attorneys, home inspectors, engineers, surveyors, and lenders.
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Poll: De Blasio surges in New York City primary
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has surged to a commanding lead in the city's Democratic mayoral primary, raising for the first time all campaign the possibility that a runoff may not be needed to pick a nominee.
A poll from Quinnipiac University shows that de Blasio is the choice of 43 percent of likely Democratic voters, the highest mark any candidate has tallied all year. It also is the first time that any candidate has passed the 40 percent threshold needed to avoid a runoff; if no one passes that mark, the top two finishers in the Sept. 10 primary advance to a showdown three weeks later.
Former comptroller Bill Thompson places a distance second at 20 percent, according to the poll, which was released on Sept. 3. City Council Speaker Christine Quinn is at 18 percent.
De Blasio, who's running on a more liberal platform than Quinn and Thompson, also sports huge leads in hypothetical run-off matchups with them. He would beat Quinn 66 percent to 25 percent and Thompson 56 percent to 36 percent, according to the poll.
Ex-congressman Anthony Weiner, a former front-runner whose support collapsed amid a new sexting scandal, is fourth at 7 percent. Comptroller John Liu is at 4 percent.
De Blasio's support jumped from 36 percent in a Quinnipiac poll taken less than a week ago. Momentum for de Blasio, who's white, appears connected to an ad campaign centered on his interracial family, strong debate performances and Weiner's collapse.
He leads Quinn, who's trying to be the city's first female mayor and first openly gay mayor, among women 44 percent to 19 percent. And he leads Thompson, the race's lone black candidate, 47 percent to 25 percent among black voters.
The final Democratic debate was held on Sept. 3, hours after the poll's release.
The poll surveyed 750 likely Democratic primary voters. The margin of error is 3.6 percentage points.
On the Republican aide, ex-Metropolitan Transportation Authority chairman Joe Lhota, a deputy under former mayor Rudy Giuliani, was the choice of 48 percent of likely Republican primary voters. He has commanding leads over grocery magnate John Catsimatidis, who's at 24 percent, and nonprofit executive George McDonald, at 10 percent.
The survey of 101 likely Republican voters had a margin of error of 9.8 percentage points.
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While non-penetrative sex (or outercourse) is usually defined as excluding sexual penetration,[1][2][3] some non-penetrative sex acts can have penetrative components and may therefore be categorized as non-penetrative sex. Oral sex, for example, which can include oral caress of the genitalia, as well as penile penetration of the mouth or oral penetration of the vagina, may be categorized as non-penetrative sex.[4][5] Oral sex may also be considered outercourse solely because it is not vaginal or anal intercourse.[14][15]
The words penetration and penetrative may be restricted to penile-vaginal penetration, and, in this way, the definition of outercourse additionally includes penetrative anal sex, with the term outercourse used to contrast the term sexual intercourse as vaginal sex.[6][16][17] Definitions restricting the terms non-penetrative sex and outercourse to whether penile penetration has occurred,[2][18] or to non-penetrative sexual acts that do not involve exchanges of potentially infectious body fluids,[4][11] also exist.
The term heavy petting covers a broad range of foreplay activities, typically involving some genital stimulation, but not the direct act of penetrative sexual intercourse.[19]
Frottage is the general term for the act of rubbing any part of the body, including the buttocks, the breasts, abdomen, thighs, feet, hands, legs and sexual organs against the sexual organ of another person; this is done whether naked or clothed and is more commonly known as dry humping or dry sex.[20] When frottage includes genital-genital rubbing, it is sometimes called genito-genital or GG rubbing.[20]
Couples may engage in frottage as a form of foreplay or simply as a method to achieve sexual gratification without the penetrative aspects of vaginal, anal or oral sex, which may also be their personal way of preserving virginity[7][8] or their way of practicing safer sex.[11] Often, young people will engage in frottage as an earlier stage of sexual intimacy before their idea of more explicit sexual contact is desired.
Other terms associated with frottage are:
- Princeton rub, Ivy League rub, and so on are slang terms referring to male-male frot or intercrural sex or both, presumably surviving from the days when these colleges only admitted men.[21] W. H. Auden was proud of having been the first person to use the terms Princeton rub and Princeton first-year in print.[22]
- The term frottage derives from the French verb frotter (i.e., to rub). Three terms derive from frotter. These include frottage, the sexual act involving rubbing; frot, the sexual act that refers exclusively to male-male genital rubbing without penetration (but may also be referred to as frottage);[21][23] and frotteurism, a paraphilia involving obsession with frottage or performing frottage non-consensually (e.g., pressing one's genitals against a stranger on a crowded subway); this was once called "frottage," but the usage is no longer acceptable.[24]
Mutual masturbation
Mutual masturbation (also called manual intercourse) usually involves the manual stimulation of genitals by two or more people who stimulate themselves or one another.[25][26] This may be done in situations where the participants do not feel ready, physically able, socially at liberty, or willing to engage in any penetrative sex act, or a particular penetrative sex act, but still wish to engage in a mutual sexual activity. It is also done as part of a full repertoire of sexual activity, where it may be used as foreplay,[26] while, for others, it is the primary sexual activity of choice.
Types of mutual masturbation include the handjob (the manual sexual stimulation of the penis or scrotum by a person on a male)[27] and fingering (the manual sexual stimulation of the vagina, clitoris or other parts of the vulva, by a person on a female). Sexual stimulation of the genitals by using the feet may also be included, and so may manual stimulation of the anus.[28]
Like frottage in general, mutual masturbation may be used as an alternative to penile-vaginal penetration, to preserve virginity or to prevent pregnancy.[7][8] It might result in one or more of the partners achieving orgasm. If no bodily fluids are exchanged (as is common), mutual masturbation is a form of safe sex, and greatly reduces the risk of transmission of sexual diseases.[11][12][13]
In partnered manual genital stroking to reach orgasm or expanded orgasm, both people focus on creating and experiencing an orgasm in one person. Typically, one person lies down pant-less, while his or her partner sits alongside. The partner who is sitting uses his or her hands and fingers (typically with a lubricant) to slowly stroke the penis or clitoris and other genitals of the partner. Expanded orgasm as a mutual masturbation technique reportedly creates orgasm experiences more intense and extensive than what can be described as, or included in the definition of, a regular orgasm.[29] It includes a range of sensations that include orgasms that are full-bodied, and orgasms that last from a few minutes to many hours.[30] However, this technique is not without risk of contracting sexually transmitted infections, in particular HIV. A person using his or her finger, with a small wound, to stimulate a woman's genitals could be infected with HIV found in her vagina's fluids; likewise regarding a man's semen containing HIV, which could infect a partner who has a small exposed wound on his or her skin.
Exclusively non-penetrative
Non-penetrative sex may sometimes be divided into acts that are exclusively non-penetrative and those that are not. Exclusively non-penetrative sexual acts include:
- Axillary intercourse: (slang: "bagpiping", in reference to the underarm manner in which bagpipes are played; directing traffic, or pit-wank, a variant of the term tit-wank, are also terms for axillary intercourse). It is a sexual variant where the penis is inserted in the other person's armpit.[31][32][33]
- Bundling: a courtship tradition in some Christian communities that was opposed by the religious right and has largely died out. The two young people were each in a sack tied up at the neck, and put in a bed together for the night.
- Erotic massage: rubbing of the body to create pleasure and relaxation. This can be done between two or more people of any gender and sexual orientation. It can involve the use of oils (heated or otherwise) or just the individual's hands. It is also known as sensual massage.[34][35]
- Footjob: sexually stimulating one individual's penis with another individual's feet. In some cases it can be part of a foot fetish. One individual places their feet around the penis and caresses it until orgasm is achieved. Variations where the clitoris is stimulated by feet also occur.[36]
- Frot: act of genital-genital rubbing between males (especially penis-to-penis contact).
- Handjob: the manual sexual stimulation of the penis by a person on a male, often used as a form of mutual masturbation.
- Intercrural sex: when the penis is stimulated by placing it between another individual's thighs. Lubrication may be used to allow the penis to move more freely between the thighs.[21][37][38]
- Intergluteal sex: stimulation of the penis using the buttocks, often used as a form of mutual masturbation. It differs from anal sex because no penetration of the anus occurs. The penis is stimulated by moving between the buttocks.[39]
- Kissing: the touching of one person's lips against another person's can be regarded as a sexual act, especially deep kissing (French kissing) where one person inserts his tongue into the partner's mouth. Kissing may also be done on other parts of the body and is commonly a part of foreplay.[40]
- Mammary intercourse: the stimulation of the penis by placing the penis between the breasts and moving the penis up and down to create pleasure.[41]
- Stimulation of nipples: when one partner caresses (either manually or orally) the nipples of their partner. Any individual can participate in this act and it can be done in pairs or groups.[42]
- Tribadism: a form of lesbian sex where females rub genitalia against each other (either rubbing genitalia together or rubbing one's genitalia against other parts of another individual's body).[43][44]
Non-exclusively non-penetrative
- Fingering: stimulation of the vagina, vulva, clitoris in particular, or anus, with the fingers. It is often used as a form of mutual masturbation.
- Oral sex: stimulation of the genitals using the mouth and throat. It is known as fellatio when the act is performed on a penis, and cunnilingus when performed on female genitalia.[45] A specific type of oral sex, anilingus, is the stimulation of the anus using the mouth.[46]
- Stimulation using a vibrator: a partner or group of individuals may stimulate each other's genitals using a vibrator.[47]
Hookup culture
In many developed countries, there is a trend where young individuals (typically late teens and early twenties) engage in casual sex, also known as a hookup. This phenomenon has been termed hookup culture. The term hookup in this context loosely means participating in some type of sexual activity (whether it is non-penetrative or penetrative) with another individual or group of individuals outside of a romantic relationship.[48] Hooking up may be in the form of a one-night stand, where the sex acts are contained within a single situation or the individuals may "hook up" on a more consistent basis (sometimes known as being "friends with benefits"). In addition, hooking up can mean different things to different people. Some individuals believe a hookup is "anything but intercourse", which would include only non-penetrative sex acts.[49] Birth control may not be utilized if the individuals are not planning on engaging in a sex act. Using birth control and ensuring all individuals present understand that the activity is a hookup with no other expectations can maximize benefits while minimizing risk.[50] The benefits of sex acts are various, and if an individual is concerned about sexual infections or pregnancy, non-penetrative sex acts (which carry a significantly smaller risk than penetrative sex) can be sufficient in preventing the risks, and offer a wide variety of options to choose from.[51]
Health risks
There is a sociocultural viewpoint that because non-penetrative sex usually does not involve a direct exchange of semen or vaginal fluids, and because at no point (in exclusively non-penetrative sex acts) does anything penetrate the vulva, vagina or anus, these acts are risk free. Although the risks associated with non-penetrative sex acts are significantly less than those associated with penetrative sex, there are still risks that can occur.[11][12][13] There is a slight risk for pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) with certain non-penetrative sex acts.[52]
Pregnancy can still occur with anal sex or other forms of sexual activity where the penis is near the vagina (such as intercrural sex or other genital-genital rubbing) where sperm can be deposited near the entrance of the vagina and can travel along the vagina's lubricating fluids; the risk of pregnancy can also occur without the penis being near the vagina because sperm may be transported to the vaginal opening by the vagina coming in contact with fingers or other non-genital body parts that have come in contact with semen.[53][54][55]
Like non-exclusive non-penetrative sex acts, STI transmission varies for exclusively non-penetrative sexual activities; some common STIs transmitted through exclusively non-penetrative sex acts, and how they are contracted, are the following:[56]
- Herpes can be spread through kissing or anytime an infected mouth or genitals comes into contact with another individual's mouth or genitals (when it occurs on the genitals, it is known as genital herpes)
- Genital warts is similar to herpes, but caused by a different virus. It is also spread by skin-to-skin contact with the genitals
- Chancroid is spread through skin-to-skin contact when an infected individual has sores present and these sores come into contact with another individual (generally in the genital area)
- Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is spread through coming into contact with various body secretions (saliva, genital excretions, blood etc.)
- Human papillomavirus (HPV) is spread through skin-to-skin contact
- Molluscum contagiosum is spread through close contact with an infected person (sharing personal items or close skin-to-skin contact)
- Crab louse (also known as pubic lice or crabs) can be spread through close contact with an infected person
- Scabies is spread through close contact with an infected individual
- Syphilis can be spread through kissing, but is much more likely to be spread through vaginal, anal or oral intercourse
- Trichomoniasis (Trich) can be spread through sharing sex toys, during mutual masturbation or any time genital fluid are passed from one person to another
With regard to non-exclusive non-penetrative sex acts, the risks somewhat increase because there is penetration (either of the vagina, anus or mouth) and there is the potential for bodily fluids (semen, vaginal secretions, saliva) to be exchanged. In addition to the aforementioned STIs, the following can be transmitted through non-exclusive non-penetrative sex acts:[57]
- Chlamydia is generally spread through vaginal or anal intercourse; in rare cases, it may be spread through oral sex
- Gonorrhoea is generally spread through vaginal or anal intercourse, though it may also be spread through oral sex
- Hepatitis B can be spread through oral sex
Many individuals are concerned about the risk of HIV/AIDS.[13] Generally, a person must either have unprotected sexual intercourse (vaginal or anal), use an infected syringe or have the virus passed from mother to child to be infected.[13] A person cannot be infected from casual contact, such as hugging; however, there is a minor risk that if HIV-infected blood, or genital secretions (semen or vaginal secretions), enter an open wound, the person is at risk.[13]
The only way for complete protection from pregnancy or STI risk is to completely abstain from all sexual activities. However, there are several ways to decrease the risk, should a person decide to be sexually active.
Some barrier methods include:
- Condoms, which can provide STI protection
- Dental dams, which offer STI protection during oral sex
- Latex gloves, which can be used during mutual masturbation or fingering to prevent the risk of STI transmission
If a person is concerned about the minor risk of pregnancy from non-penetrative sex, there are also several hormonal contraceptive birth control methods that can be used. Dual protection (using both a barrier device and hormonal method) can be significantly effective at preventing both pregnancy and STI transmission.[58]
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Further reading
- Ann van Sevenant (2005). Sexual Outercourse: A Philosophy of Lovemaking. Peeters. pp. 249 pages. ISBN 9042916176.
- Ian Kerner (2004). She Comes First: The Thinking Man's Guide to Pleasuring a Woman. HarperCollins. pp. 240 pages. ISBN 0060538252.
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