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When Billy Eckstine came to St. Louis, with Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker, Miles Davis went to see them play.
Davis was playing trumpet with Eddie Randle's Rhumboogie Orchestra, and one day, after rehearsal, he went round to the theater to see Gillespie and Parker perform.
Davis arrived with his trumpet slung over his shoulder, dreaming of how one day he might be up there playing along with the likes of his idols Clark Terry, Dizzy Gillespie or Charlie Parker. Just as he reached the theater, Gillespie appeared, noted Davis' trumpet and rushed over to the young musician.
'You play?' Gillespie asked.
Davis told him he did.
'We lost our trumpeter, and we need one fast. You got a card?'
Davis nodded 'Yes'.
'Then you're in.'
Davis played with Gillespie and Parker for the next 2 weeks, and this was the start of Mile Davis' incredible career.
In 1970, Miles Davis played to a 600,000 audience at the Isle of Wight Festival. It was the largest pop festival in history. At the time, many questioned why Davis had agreed to perform at it, as man of his success and talent was middle of the bill, sandwiched between Tiny Tim and Ten Years After.
Davis had just released his double album, Bitches Brew, which proved to be a game-changing moment in Modern Jazz. The album divided critics. Some reviled it, claiming Davis had sold out, and was no longer relevant. But the audience loved it. And Bitches Brew became Davis' biggest success, going gold within weeks.
In August 1970, Davis decided to play Bitches Brew at the Isle of Wight Festival. It was a myth-making appearance, where Davis improvised much of his performance.
That festival, and Davis' role in it, are revisited here in Murray Lerner's documentary Miles Electric: A Different Kind of Blue, which inter-cuts Miles' astounding performance together with members of his band and those who knew the great man.


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One Direction Anger Ghana Residents With Tweets About Their Visit to the Country
One Direction meant well when they tweeted about their visit to Ghana as part of their involvement with Comic Relief, a U.K. charity that sponsors Red Nose Day, a telethon that helps provide support for impoverished regions of the world through comedy. When Niall Horan tweeted about the poverty and the slums he saw, it ignited a backlash from Ghanaians who felt that his perspective was skewed and unbalanced, as well as a publicity-seeking move.
Horan shared his views, and encouraged the world to open its eyes to the plight of others, via tweet. He wrote: "I've seen the slums right in front of me! This is no joke! They really need your help! Poverty is real." He also tweeted: "Massive thanks to @rednoseday for taking us to Ghana! It was incredible! Real eye opener! We take so much for granted over here!"
That sounds like the words of a concerned citizen who happens to be a member of the world's biggest boy band, right? Not so fast!
Apparently, the tweets that the band issued did not point out that there is more to Ghana than slums and poverty.
The backlash of tweets was collected here.
Musician Wanlov the Kubolor mocked the group and their status, sarcastically writing, "Ghana is getting worse so heaven sent 5 downcut jesuses to teach us clapping."
Actress Ama K. Abebrese posted a string of tweets on her feed, explaining why she felt the band's portrayal of the country was so unfair: ""NiallOfficial n @onedirection Your tweets about the slums and poverty of Accra, Ghana was very touching…….however … Next time, also tweet about the luxury hotel and VIP treatment and beauty of the country you enjoyed."
She also posted: "@NiallOfficial n @onedirection … I understand its for charity, but this highly negative image of sub Saharan African countries like Ghana….. that you choose to focus on without balance for the so many positive aspects to your millions of ff... serve mostly to reinforce negative stereotypes. I have donated to
@rednoseday and it does good work. " She also stated: "so next time, please be #Balanced #ComeBetter There is more to Ghana, so much more."
Actress Lydia Forson echoed that viewpoint, writing, "Dear @onedirection next you visit a country, remember like yours there are beautiful and ugly parts. Don't base your views on one part."
Clearly, 1D and their comments, which seemed to have absolutely no malice whatsoever, ran afoul of the locals and the natives for only mentioning one side of the story.
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And what does WWPD mean? Is it something to do with wrestling or wildlife?PT
I'm still in mourning for Benny Hill.
That is because Benny Hill was actually funny, actual humor being something you Brits have trouble with...
but equating the Bishop of Rome exclusively with Peter is what i was referring to. The Bishop of Rome was always Peter, providing he remained in the faith of Peter.
wrong.."Where the Local Bishop is, there is the Church. "
**This is an important point by Archbishop Kenrick andit should be given its full weight. It is RC doctrinethat where there is something disputed the choice mustbe made for the consensus of the Fathers, the consensus patrum.
Irish Hermit,That's not what I understand to be the case. While that is generally how theological issues are weighted in "pro or con" cases, in the end they (the Fathers) are not superior to the magisterium (teaching authority of the Church, which the RCC teaches is supremely wielded by the Popes), since they themselves were (strictly speaking) it's subjects as well.Besides this though...I'm not even sure the patristic citations that were numerated by this dissenting Bishop actually demonstrate the "con" case since that would require all such citations to be of equal weight and be speaking in the same context. For example, demonstrating that many Fathers identified "the rock" with Christ, or St.Peter's faith, does not invalidate the testimony of those who identified "the rock" with St.Peter himself, or later, the dynasty of Roman Bishops. In fact, I'm quite sure pro-Papal arguments could (and do) say that "the rock" is to be identified with all three (Christ, the true faith, the papacy - and by extension, the genuine episcopate).
You have picked one heck of a topic, but I can say if you search the site there should be plenty here.My own 2 zolties worth and being a member of the Roman Rite & a maverick of sorts I tend to side with the Orthodox in it being a position of honor and respect which developed into something quite different from the early days of the Church.james, awaiting excommunication & being labeled a schismatic
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The Lay Catholic Movement Communion and Liberation wrote a judgment on the terrible earthquake that struck Haiti (the following is my translation from the Italian):
Our Life Belongs to Another
"Our life belongs to Another. Inevitability is in a way the most clarifying synonym of this fact that the thing does not belong to us and, above all, that from which all things derive does not belong to us: our life belongs to Another.
In this sense you understand why man's life is dramatic: if it did not belong to Another it would be tragic. Tragedy is when a building falls and all the stones and the pieces of marble and pieces of wall crumble.All of life becomes nothing, is destined to become nothing, because of what we lived in the past, of what we lived up until an hour ago, up until five minutes ago; nothing is formed, nothing is constructed any longer. And this is tragic. Tragedy is the nothing of the finish line, the nothing, the nothing of what is.
While if everything belongs to Another, to something of Another, man's life is dramatic, not tragic. I recognize that I belong to you, recognize that time was not mine, didn't belong to me, just as up to today time does not belong to me, it isn't mine. Take my life, I accept that it doesn't belong to me, I recognize that it doesn't belong to me, I accept that it doesn't belong to me.
What possesses our time died for us, presents itself to our eyes and to our heart as the place where our destiny is loved, where our happiness is loved, so much that He who possesses time dies for our time. The Lord, He to whom life belongs, is good."
(Luigi Giussani, Is It Possible To Live This Way? Vol. 2: Hope)
"In these days, our thoughts go to the dear population of Haiti as we heartily pray for them. I follow and encourage the effort of the numerous charitable organizations that are taking charge of the great necessities of the country. I pray for the wounded, the homeless, and for all those who lost their lives."
(Benedict XVI, Angelus, January 17 2010)
It is the certainty of this belonging that sustains our hope and makes us feel as ours the drama of our Haitian brothers.
For this reason, we respond to the Pope's appeal and sustain the collection of funds organized by AVSI to intervene in favor of the population and face the grave sanitary emergency in the island. AVSI (The Association of Voluteers in International Service)has been present in Haiti since 1999 with some projects to sustain the local reality.
Communion and Liberation
January 20, 2010
To make a donation to AVSI-USA on-line or by check, please go to http://www.avsi-usa.org/
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Haiti Earthquake - A Judgment from Communion and Liberation
3 comments:
- Tim said...
When was this translated? I can't
find it on the national website...is this your own?
- January 20, 2010 at 5:33 PM
- Mari said...
The English text from Giussani is from the book (Vol.2 Hope) while I translated from the Italian flyer the Pope's message and the last paragraph. It is not the official English translation that will appear later on the CL international website.
- January 20, 2010 at 6:02 PM
- Tim said...
Well thanks for doing it. I know Italian but it was nice to be able to send the link to friends. Make sure to post the actual translation when it comes out too.
- January 21, 2010 at 8:39 AM
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The history of Eastern dress
Western-style clothes, which many people find convenient to wear during business hours, are now a common sight in many large cities of eastern and southern Asia. This is particularly so in Japan, which since 1945 has built a reputation as an international fashion centre. However, in Japan, China, and India, traditional dress is often preferred for occasions such as weddings.
Over the centuries, notably in Korea and Japan, traditional styles of dress have reflected a marked Chinese influence, though both countries developed characteristic styles of their own. In like manner, modes of dress in the South Asian subcontinent have been a source of inspiration to some of the countries of Southeast Asia and of the East Indian archipelago.
By the Shang dynasty (c. 1600–1046 bce) Chinese sericulture—the raising of silk worms and the production of silk—had become very sophisticated. Textile production was associated with women; as a proverb put it, "men till, women weave." Already by the Dong (Eastern) Zhou dynasty (770–256 bce) the art of weaving complex patterned silks was well advanced.
By the end of the Han dynasty (206 bce–220 ce) virtually every technique of weaving now known had already been invented in China. Han bas-reliefs and scenes painted on tiles show men and women dressed in wide-sleeved kimono-like garments which, girdled at the waist, fall in voluminous folds around their feet. This pao robe changed form but continued to be worn in China until the end of the Ming dynasty in 1644. Other traditional garments include the tunic or jacket, worn by both sexes over loosely cut trousers. For colder weather, clothing was padded with cotton or silk or lined with fur.
Chinese records indicate that at least as early as the Tang dynasty (618–907) certain designs, colours, and accessories were used to distinguish the ranks of imperial, noble, and official families; the earliest visual evidence of these emblematic distinctions in dress is to be found in Ming portraits. In some of these, emperors are portrayed in voluminous dark-coloured pao on which are seen the 12 symbols—dragon, pheasant, sun, moon, constellation, fire, mountain, axe, chalice, water weed, millet, and fu—that from time immemorial had been designated as imperial insignia. Other Ming portraits show officials clothed in red pao that have large bird or animal squares (called "mandarin squares," or pufang) on the breast, as specific bird and animal emblems to designate each of the nine ranks of civil and military officials had been adopted by the Ming in 1391.
When the Manchus overthrew the Ming and established the Qing dynasty (1644–1911/12), it was decreed that new styles of dress should replace the pao costume. The most formal of the robes introduced by the Manchus was the chaofu, designed to be worn only at great state sacrifices and at the most important court functions. Men's chaofu had a kimono-style upper body, with long, close-fitting sleeves that terminated in the "horsehoof" cuff introduced by the Manchus, and a closely fitted neckband over which was worn a detached collar distinguished by winglike tips that extended over the shoulders. Below, attached to a set-in waistband, was a full, pleated or gathered skirt. Precisely stipulated colours and pattern arrangements of five-clawed dragons and clouds, waves, and mountains were specified for the chaofu of emperors, princes, nobles, and officials; the emperor's lofty rank was clearly identified by the bright yellow of his robe and the 12 imperial symbols emblazoned on it. All other ranks wore "stone blue" chaofu decorated in accordance with prescribed rules about the number, type, and arrangement of dragon motifs.
Only women of very high rank were permitted to wear chaofu. Women's robes were less commodious than the men's and were cut in long, straight lines with no break at the waist. The narrow sleeves with horsehoof cuffs of these chaofu robes and the arrangement of their dragon, cloud, mountain, and wave patterns were essentially the same as those of the so-called dragon robes discussed below. They were clearly differentiated from the dragon robes, however, by their capelike collars and by flaring epaulets that gradually narrowed as they continued downward and under the arms. Stole-like vests, always worn over women's chaofu, were also a distinguishing feature of this costume.
Qifu, or "dragon robes" (longpao) as they were usually called, were designed for regular court wear by men and women of imperial, noble, and official rank. The qifu was a straight, kimono-sleeved robe with a closely fitted neckband that continued across the breast and down to the underarm closing on the right side, the long tubular sleeves terminating in horsehoof cuffs. The skirt of the qifu cleared the ground to permit easy walking and in men's garments was slit front and back as well as at the sides to facilitate riding; the extra slits were the only feature that distinguished the qifu of men below the rank of emperor from those of their wives. All qifu were elaborately patterned with specified arrangements of dragons, clouds, mountains, and waves, to which were added Buddhist, Daoist, or traditionally auspicious motifs. Distinctions in rank were indicated by the colours of the robes and by slight variations in the basic patterns; however, because of the large number of personages who wore qifu, these distinctions were not always easily recognizable. Emperors' qifu, either yellow or blue, were always distinguished by the 12 imperial symbols.
The informal Manchu changfu, a plain long robe, was worn by all classes from the emperor down, though Chinese women also continued to wear their Ming-style costumes, which consisted of a three-quarter-length jacket and pleated skirt. Men's changfu, cut in the style of the qifu, usually were made of monochrome patterned damask or gauze; women's changfu had wide, loose sleeves finished off with especially designed sleevebands decorated with gay woven or embroidered patterns.
The declining Qing dynasty was swept aside in 1912, and China began to emulate the world outside its boundaries. Gradually this was reflected in dress. By the 1920s upper-class women, in particular, had adopted a compromise attire. This was the qipao, better known in the West by its Cantonese name, cheongsam, or as a "mandarin dress." The qipao had developed from the changfu. A close-fitting dress made from one piece of material, the qipao was fastened up the right (or more rarely, the left) front side. It had a high mandarin collar, and its skirt was slit up the sides to the knee. It was made of traditional Chinese fabrics, padded in winter for warmth. At first it was a long dress, but the hemline gradually rose.
In mainland China the communist revolution of 1949 brought strict directives on dress. Styles were to be the same for everyone, whether man or woman, intellectual or manual labourer. The drab uniform that resulted, often known as a "Mao suit" because it was favoured by Mao Zedong, was a blend of peasant and military design. It consisted of a military-style high-collared jacket and long trousers. Men's hair was short and usually covered by a peaked cap. Women's hair was longer and uncurled. Shoes had flat heels. No cosmetics or jewelry were permitted. Traditional Chinese cotton was used to make the garments; colour designated worker, soldier, or cadre. After about 1960 a small degree of Westernization set in, permitting a variation in colour and fabric. Dresses were introduced for women.
After Mao's death in 1976, China experienced a distinct, if gradual, loosening of communist directives. In terms of fashion, the increasingly entrepreneurial economy created both the desire for and the financial means to obtain a wider variety of dress, especially in urban areas.
The earliest representations of dress styles in Japan are to be found in 3rd- to 5th-century ce clay grave figures (haniwa), a few of which show men and women wearing meticulously detailed two-piece costumes consisting of crossed-front jackets that flare out over the hips, the men's worn over full trousers, which, banded above the knees, hang straight and loose beneath; women's jackets were worn over pleated skirts.
Two-piece costumes appear to have been worn regularly during the 7th and 8th centuries, the jackets of this period being called kinu, the men's trousers hakama, and the women's skirts mo.
However, during the Nara period (710–784) Japanese court circles adopted Chinese court dress, the most characteristic feature of which was the long kimono-style pao garment. It is clear that emblematic colours and patterns as well as the pao style were borrowed from China because modern court dress in Japan, which has been little changed since the 12th century, has many purely Chinese characteristics.
The most important court costumes of Japan are the sokutai of the emperor and the jūni-hitoe of the empress, which are worn only at coronations and at important ceremonial functions. Similar costumes are worn by the crown prince, by princes and princesses of the blood, by high officials, and by ladies-in-waiting.
The sokutai ensemble begins with a cap-shaped headdress of black lacquered silk (the kammuri), which includes an upright pennon decorated with the imperial chrysanthemum crest. The voluminous outer robe (ho) is cut in the style of the Chinese pao but is given a distinctively Japanese look by being tucked up at the waist so that the skirt ends midway between the knees and the floor. This ho robe is yellow (the colour worn only by emperors and their families in China), and it is patterned with hō-ō birds and kilin (Japanized versions of the mythical Chinese fenghuang and qilin). The outer and most important of three kimonos worn under the ho is the shitagasane, which has an elongated back panel that forms a train some 12 feet (4 metres) long. The shitagasane is made of white damask, as are the baggy white trousers (ue-no-hakama) that are a characteristic feature of the sokutai costume. All these garments are purely Japanese in style. However, the ivory tablet (shaku) carried by the emperor when wearing the sokutai was undoubtedly inspired by tablets of jade that Chinese emperors carried as symbols of their imperial power.
The outermost garment of the empress's jūni-hitoe costume is a wide-sleeved jacket (karaginu) that reaches only to the waist and has a pattern of hō-ō bird medallions brocaded in colours of the empress's choice. Attached to the waist at the back of the karaginu is a long, pleated train (mo) of sheer, white silk decorated with a painted design. The outer kimono (uwagi) is very large to accommodate the many layers of kimono worn under it, and it has an abnormally long skirt that is worn swirling out around the wearer's feet. This, too, is made of rich brocade, its design and colours being a matter of personal taste. Under the uwagi is a plain purple kimono, and under that is a robe known as the itsutsu-ginu. The itsutsu-ginu has multiple bands of coloured silks (usually five) attached at the edges of the sleeves, at the neckline, and at the hem, giving the appearance of several robes worn one over another.
No special interest attaches to the hitoe kimono worn under the itsutsu-ginu or to the kosode worn next to the body, but the divided skirt (naga-bakama) that completes the costume is an extremely picturesque garment. Made of stiff, red cloth and fastened high up under the breasts, the naga-bakama covers the feet in front and is carried out in a train in back. Worn with the jūni-hitoe is an elaborate coiffure known as suberakashi, and affixed directly over the forehead are special hair ornaments consisting of a lacquered, gold-sprinkled comb surmounted by a gold lacquered chrysanthemum crest.
Other types of dress formalized in the 12th century were the noshi (courtiers' everyday costumes) and the kariginu, worn for hunting. Both of these garments were voluminous hip-length jackets worn with baggy trousers tied at the ankles. As political control shifted from the emperor to the newly formed shogunate, it became necessary to devise special costumes for the samurai, the caste from which the shogun drew his power. The hitatare, the formal court robe of samurai, and the suo, a crested linen robe designed for everyday wear, were characterized by V-shaped necklines accentuated by inner-robe neckbands of white.
Several centuries later the samurai adopted the kamishimo, a striking jumperlike garment, with extended shoulders and pleated skirt-trousers, which was worn over the hitatare. This costume probably inspired a later fashion of wearing skirt-trousers (hakama) over a full-length black kimono, which, together with the short black haori coat, was until fairly recently the approved formal attire for Japanese men.
The basic kimono style adopted by Japanese women during the Nara period has remained amazingly close to that of the pao robes worn by the women of Tang China. The practice of wearing a short-sleeved kimono (kosode) as an outer garment and belting it in with a narrow sash (obi) originated during the Muromachi period (Ashikaga shogunate; 1338–1573), when samurai women began to wear a voluminous outer kimono (uchikake) as a kind of mantle. Eventually, the kosode came to be worn only by married women, the long-sleeved furisode being reserved for young unmarried girls. The wide obi, tied in a variety of ways and fastened with an often intricately carved toggle (netsuke), was adopted in the early 18th century, and it was at this time also that women first began to wear the short haori coat, which has come to be an important feature of Japanese women's dress.
The yukata, which is worn by both men and women, is a cotton kimono with stencil-dyed patterns (usually done in shades of indigo) that was originally designed for wear in the home after a bath. Because it has become accepted practice to wear yukata on the street on warm summer evenings, the cottons designed for them have become increasingly handsome.
Traditional Japanese footwear includes sandals, slippers, and wooden clogs (geta) worn with the tabi, a sock with a separate section for the big toe.
Some of the basic elements of modern traditional dress in Korea, the chŏgori (jacket), paji (trousers), and turumagi (overcoat), were probably worn at a very early date, but the characteristic two-piece costume of today did not begin to evolve until the period of the Three Kingdoms (c. 57 bce–668 ce). During the early part of this period both men and women wore tight, waist-length jackets and short, tight trousers; and it is believed that the Koreans' traditional fondness for white clothing dates from this period.
Korean records state that special costumes for court wear modeled after those of Tang China were adopted during the 7th century; but Chinese influence on Korean dress at this period is verifiable only in changes that occurred in the everyday costumes of the nobility. Noblewomen formerly had worn tight trousers and jackets (which continued to be worn by the poorer classes); now they began to appear in wide-sleeved, hip-length jackets, belted at the waist, and in full-length skirt-trousers. The corresponding dress for noblemen was a narrower, tunic-style jacket, cuffed at the wrists, belted, and worn with roomy trousers bound in at the ankles. The most striking evidence of Chinese influence at this time is to be seen in the style of the turumagi overcoat worn by noblemen, pictured in fresco paintings as a voluminous full-length garment made almost exactly like the pao robe of Tang China. One-piece robes were not worn in Korea until the late 13th century, when the court was forced to adopt Mongol dress; after Mongol domination ended in 1364, Koreans wore the one-piece robe only at wedding ceremonies.
In the 15th century, Korean women began to wear pleated skirts (chima) and longer chŏgori, a style that was undoubtedly introduced from China. Noblewomen wore full-length chima to indicate their social standing and began gradually to shorten the chŏgori until eventually it attained its present length, just covering the breast. This style made it necessary to reduce the fullness of the skirt somewhat in order to make it possible to extend it almost up to the armpits, which remains the fashion.
The adoption of Chinese-style mandarin squares as emblems of rank for civil and military officials (who wore them on their turumagi) appears to have been the only notable example of Chinese influence on men's dress at this period. Otherwise, few changes were made until 1894, when class distinctions were relaxed by government decree. It was at this time that the turumagi was shortened and narrowed to its present form.
The most picturesque costume of modern Korea is that of men of leisure, yangban, who are past 60 years of age. The yangban wear white almost exclusively, their costumes consisting of full trousers tied at the ankles with ribbons, over which is worn a short chŏgori and a fitted vest and, over all, a loose turumagi, which falls just below the knees and is tied at the breast. The patriarchal appearance of the yangban (who is usually bearded) is accentuated by a black horsehair hat, its flat brim and high crown giving him somewhat the appearance of an American colonial Pilgrim Father. Younger men wear a similar costume (though not the hat) in gray, light blue, or light brown.
Women's costumes feature a bolero-style white chŏgori, finished off at the neck by a figured band or ribbon that ties from left to right, and overlaid by high-waisted chima, which, in formal costumes, is a full, billowing garment made of beautifully patterned silk.
South Asia
The Hindu population of South Asia comprises about 2,000 castes, each of whose members wear distinct clothes and ornaments. Thus, the subject of dress cannot be dealt with satisfactorily in a few paragraphs. Some of the principal features of upper-class Hindu and Muslim dress and the history of their development can, however, be sketched briefly.
The ancient origin of two of the most characteristic garments of modern India, the dhoti worn by men and the sari worn by women, is verifiable in sculptured reliefs as far back as the 2nd century bce. Both men and women are pictured wearing a long piece of cloth wrapped around the hips and drawn between the legs in such a fashion that it forms a series of folds down the front. The upper bodies of both men and women were unclothed, though women sometimes wore a narrow cloth girdle around the waist. Men are pictured wearing large turbans, women with head scarves that fall to the hips. Women also wore a great amount of jewelry—bracelets, anklets, and girdles—but men's ornaments consisted solely of bracelets.
No major change in costume appears to have been made until the 12th century, when the Muslims conquered northern and central India. In this part of the subcontinent, radical new dress styles were adopted to conform with Muslim practice, which required that the body be covered as completely as possible. Men's costumes thereafter consisted of the jamah, a long-sleeved coat that reached to the knees or below and was belted in with a sash, and wide trousers known as isar. These garments and the farji, a long, gownlike coat with short sleeves, which was worn by priests, scholars, and high officials, were made of cotton or wool, silk being forbidden to men by the Qurʾān. Somewhat modified, these traditional styles continue to be worn by upper-class men of Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Women's garments consisted of wide-topped trousers snugly fitted around the calves of the legs, a long shirtlike garment, and a short, fitted outer jacket. Silk was not forbidden to women; and highborn women, forced to spend their lives in seclusion, devoted much time and money to their costumes. During the Mughal dynasty (c. 1526–1748), emperor Akbar's Rajput wives became inspired by the profusion of luxurious fabrics available in India and designed a graceful new style of dress that Muslim women adopted forthwith. This costume consisted of an open-front pleated skirt, or ghaghra, worn with a long apronlike panel over the front opening, and a short-sleeved, breast-length blouse called a coli. The ghaghra and coli continue to be basic elements of Muslim women's dress, the loose front panel replaced by the traditional sari, which is worn as an overgarment, one end draped around the hips, the other carried up over the shoulder or head.
Dress in southern India was little affected by Muslim rule in the north. The dhoti continued to be worn by most Hindu men (it was traditionally forbidden to some castes) and the sari by women. Some additions to these traditional costumes have been adopted. On formal and semiformal occasions many Hindu men wear a long, full-skirted, white cotton coat, which reaches to the knees and buttons down the front from top to bottom, over jodhpur-style white trousers; most Hindu women wear a short coli-style blouse under a sari or with a long skirt under a loose waist-length bodice.Pauline Simmons Doreen Yarwood
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cultural globalization: ClothingModes of dress can disguise an array of cultural diversity behind a facade of uniformity. The man's business suit, with coloured tie and buttoned shirt, has become "universal" in the sense that it is worn just about everywhere, although variations have appeared in countries…
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Thank you London and goodnight
A huge roar comes from those 500 screaming fans packed into a club in London. The band strike up one final cord and the lights go out.
"Great show Avril," says on of the backstage crew
"Awesome mate," Avril's lead guitarist says patting her on the back as he hands over his guitar.
"Fucking brilliant," shouts out her drummer who takes a swig of water then goes off to find a female groupie to fuck.
"Thanks guys," Avril replies with her cute smile, "Gotta go get changed now."
Avril walks away passing her guitar to a stage hand and go off to her dressing room. Avril slams the door shut and breaths a sigh of relief no one had found out. Ever since Avril had first got on stage she always got this amazing rush a sexual rush. Avril got very hot and very wet if people cheered for her on stage so here she was backstage at a small club in London. With her nipples as hard as rocks and her pussy very damp Avril kicks off her trainers and starts to unbutton her black jeans. Avril manages to lower her jeans she then puts her hand down her panties and shoves two fingers deep into her pussy. Avril lets out a moan of relief she hates being on stage her panties dripping in cum and she is not able to relive herself but now in the privacy of her changing room she can finally fulfill her sexual desires.
"UH UH UH YEAH UH OH UH," Avril softly moans to herself as well as having a hand down her pants. Her other hand has pulled up her top and is massaging her tits thought her black lace bra. Avril now has 3 fingers inside of her working away on her clit.
"OOOOHHHHHHH AAAAHHHHHHHHHH OWWWWWWWWWWWW," Avril's fingers are working away harder and faster on her now very wet cunt while her other hand has got under her bra rubbing away at her bare tit. Meanwhile the stage crew are working away trying to pack away the instruments and the staging for the next gig. Mike one of the younger stagehands is busy packing away one of the drum kits when another worker taps him on the back.
"Hey mate can you do us a favor."
Mike turns round and answers, "Sure mate what's up."
He pulls a bit of paper from his back pocket and hands it to Mike, "Listen Avril forgot her notes of where she is shooting her new video she needs this so go and give it to her."
Mike takes the paper and makes his way down the corridor he doesn't mind having to do all this extra work cause he will get to spend more time with Avril. True she had no idea what his name is and will no way leave her husband for him but he likes being around her. Mike knocks three times on the door but gets no answer he decides that she just can't hear him opens the door and walks in.
"HOLY MOTHER FUCKING SHIT WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU SHIT," Avril has yelled so loud that the chair she is knelling on topples over.
Mike just stands their mouth wide open having just seen the greatest moment of his life. He had just walked in on Avril Lavigne the world famous singer with one hand down her jeans playing with herself. Avril gets up off the floor and dusts herself off.
"Fucking hell dude," Avril lifts the chair back up, "You could have knocked."
"I di dd d ddd did," Mike stammers back to her.
"You did fuck I didn't hear a thing," Avril stops and stars at Mike watching him rock back and forth his hands shaking like mad.
"You ok man," She asks him while he stands there holding the note.
Sweat pores down Mike's face as he tries to answer back, "Ye yea yyeah I'mmm m I'm fiii fin f.. f. Fine."
Avril walks toward Mike she stand face to face with the young stagehand reaches behind him and closes the door, "Now then erm sorry what was your name again," Avril asks in her sexiest voice while slowly eying Mike up.
"Mmm mm mm m mmmmike," Mike replies with sweat running down his forehead his mouth as dry as a bone.
"Oh Mike ok," Avril says while messing with the lock for the door she finally hears a click and steps away.
"Now Mike what did you want". Mike can't help himself as Avril walks away from looking at her black thong, which can be seen clearly over her unbuttoned jeans.
"Hey Mike my face is up here," Avril says in her cute Canadian accent.
Mike gets very embarrassed at staring at the singers underwear and his face turns bright red. Mike realizes that he is making a total twat of himself in front of Avril and turns to leave but as he turns the doorknob the door won't open.
"Mike" Avril says while going thought her things in a suitcase "What did you come in her for SHIT."
Mike gains enough courage to move away from the door and walk towards her, "Avril what did you lose," Mike asked still scared that he will get shouted at again.
"Well," Avril started then pauses for a moment, "Well Mike let's not bullshit around here, you walked in and saw me playing with myself right?"
Mike sheepishly shook his head but that only made Avril angry. She flips her suitcase over covering the floor with clothes I Pod's and make up.
Avril gets right up into Mike's face and yells at him, "Listen to me Mike you came in and saw me on that chair Playing with myself right."
Mike lowers and nods his head because now he knows he is going to be sacked. Mike raises his head a bit mumbles out a sorry and goes to the door when Avril reaches up and grabs hold of his shoulder and tells him to stop. Mike turns around confused why is she telling him to wait does she want to give him a right bollocking or? He looks Avril dead in the eyes and is amazed to see she smiling back.
"Right Mike you saw me fingering myself do you wanna know why," Mike shakes his head and Avril stops smiling and puts on a dominating tone of voice.
"I was jerking off why because doing a show makes me hot, why does it make me hot well on stage well I think of little dickbags like you wanking away to me and that makes me so so...."
Avril stops in mid sentence and kisses Mike. Mike is so stunned that this mega star is kissed him that he just stands there in awe. Avril breaks the kiss and steps back to admire Mike who is about 6ft2 well built wearing a plan white t-shirt and a pair of blue jeans. Avril walks up to him and untucks his shirt from his jeans the pulls the shirt over Mike's head and off then she slowly gets on her knees and starts to unbutton Mike's jeans.
Mike can't believe what is happening he had always dreamed of fucking Avril Lavigne and now here he was in her dressing room with Avril on her knees taking his pants off. Avril now looks at Mike's boxers and licks her lips in anticipation. She slips her hand into the waistband of his boxers and lowers them down his legs allowing his 9-inch cock to pop out and nearly hit her in the face. Avril giggles she just can't wait to feel this huge cock inside of her ready to fuck her already soaking wet pussy. She now take's Mike's dick in her hand and starts to stroke it with her index finger making it hard very quickly.
Mike looks down to see his now fully erect cock just a few millimeters away from the face of one of Canada's best exports. Avril wastes no time in locking her lips around his dick and starts to suck him off. Mike groans as he feels her lips tighten on his dick he also feels her tongue lick the head of his dick nearly making him lose control and cum. Avril has now got into a rhythm and is sucking away on Mike's dick also her left hand is wrapped around the base of Mike's cock and is slowly jerking him off. Mike is now total into this loving every second she gets hold of Avril's blonde locks keeping Avril steady and her mouth round his dick. Avril responses to this piece of encouragement from Mike by tilting her head back a bit then in one move leans in and deep throats all of Mike's 9 inches letting the head of his dick brush the back of her mouth.
"OHHHHHH OHHHHH AVRIL SHIT GIRL OHHHHHHHHH FUCK YEAH SWALOOW IT GIRL YYYYYYYEAHHHHHH SWALLOW IT ALL SHIT," Avril now with Mike's dick deep in her mouth now uses her toungue to lick the underside of his dick making mike shiver with this delicate yet sex driven touch.
Mike lets out a fresh wave of moans that spur Avril on, "FUCK AVRIL OOOOOHHHHHHHH OOOOWWWWWWWWW YYYYYYYYESSSSSS YES AVRIL MAN FUCK AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW YES."
Avril's hands now no longer jacking Mike off are now massaging Mike's balls giving them a gentle squeeze bringing out yet more shoats of pleasure from Mike, "AWWWWWWWWWWW YEESSSSSSSSSSSS FUCKKKKKK FFFFFUCCCCK FUCK AVRIL BABE YES OOWWWWWWWWWWWWW."
Mike is now at a complete loss his pleasure have taken over every sense in his body his cock is being sucked like mad all the way down Avril's throat while getting the underneath of his dick licked as well as all that his balls are getting rubbed so softly it feels like they will explode from the inside out. Avril suddenly stops doing everything and spits his cock out but before Mike can say anything about it Avril grips hold of his dick with her right hand and pulls it towards her mouth. When it is close enough to touch her lips she holds it still and kisses the cock head making Mike's whole dick jerk.
Avril stares up at Mike and whispers, "This is my very special trick that makes all guys cum." Mike gulps in anticipation as Avril holing his dick firmly now sticks her tongue out and starts to lick Mike's cock head.
The feeling of this is very intense so intense that it makes Mike's knees buckle nearly sending him crashing to the floor but Avril puts her free hand on his cheat holding him up, "OOOHHHHHH YYYYEAAAAAH YEAH AWWWWWWW OHHHHH AVRIL YESSSSSS YESSSSS OWWWWWWWW I'MMMM GONNNNNA GONNNA." Mike can hold on no longer and releases wave after wave of cum which goes all over Avril's face.
Avril tries to swallow it but instead it just fly's all over her face covering her nose and lips some of his cum even drips off her fringe. Mike falls back against a table and admires his handiwork as Avril licks some of the cum off her lips. Mike smiles at the great picture of cum he put all over her face and looks around to see a towel. He picks up the white towel and throws it towards Avril who bats it away from her.
Mike looks confused "What don't you want a towel?" Avril crosses her arms and pouts her lips like a spoilt child stamping her feet and shaking her head.
Mike nearly bursts out laughing at the sight of this 22 year old popstar with cum dripping down her face acting like a 5 year old. "Ok," Mike says, "What's wrong." Avril uncrosses her arms and pulls off her t-shirt and throws it across the room then she goes for her jeans pulling them down her legs and kicking them off her feet.
"Whoa" Mike looks on in amazement as Avril stands there in just a black strapless bra and a small pink thong. "Erm" Mike starts, "Avril I'm still not sure what you're so pissed about."
Avril's face gets madder and she walks towards Mike with real purpose in her strides. Mike tries to back away but Avril forces him into a corner all of the confidence Mike had gotten from that awesome blowjob had gone away. He was once again scared of losing his job she could scream rape call the cops anything.
"Avril please I," Avril puts her hand over his mouth to stop him talking and slowly turns him around and pushes him backwards onto her sofa.
Avril stars at him for a sec then leans forward and whispers into his ear, "Now you will see why I got so pissed."
Avril stands back up and hooks her fingers into her pink thong and ripps it clean off her body exposing her shaved pussy which already had some pre cum dripping down her inner thigh. Mike lies there in awe at seeing Avril's shaven cunt suddenly Avril reaches out and grips hold of Mike by his chin and raises his whole head up so that they are making eye contact. Avril shouts at Mike as load as she can, "I WANNA BE FUCKED RIGHT NOW."
Without any warning Avril leaps up and lands right on Mike's semi hard dick the force of the blow shakes both of them but this does not stop Avril from riding his cock. Of all the things Mike thought might happen Avril getting naked and jumping on his dick was not in the top 20 yet here he was a world famous superstar was now on top of him riding him making his cock hard in an instant. Avril bucked her hips and now bounces up and down on Mike's now rock hard dick.
"UH UHHHH UHHH OWWWWWWW UHHH UH," Avril is moaning deeply as her pussy is ramming into Mike's dick which nearly fills out Avril's entire pussy almost stretching it out but Avril is determined to get her much needed and wanted orgasm so she continues to push down harder on Mike's dick. If Mike had been in heaven for the past few minutes this was a sharp bump back to earth as Avril was riding him like a mad woman. Every time her ass smashed into his hips if felt like being hit with a hammer.
He had tried to tell Avril that she was being too rough but she was moaning so loudly that any sound he made is just drowned out by her yells of pure pleasure. Also much to Mike's shock his dick, which was taking a whole lot of abuse, was still as hard as when he jacked off to her pictures. True this time he was fucking her but she was bouncing on him so hard Mike was sure that she was trying to break him in two. Avril's bouncing was no in full motion but she was going at such a pace that her bra strap could take no more and snapped away shooting her bra halfway across the room.
"OH FUCK," Mike says as Avril carries on bouncing up and down on his cock. "PLEASE SHIT AWWWWWWWWW OWWWWWWWW AVRIL FUCK AGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG SHITTTTTTT OWWWWWWWWWWWW."
Avril is to lost in her own world of pleasure to hear Mike's pain and now she starts to grind her clit into Mike's dick making both of them cry out in sexual passion. Avril now feels and orgasm building up inside her and it makes grind even harder on Mike's cock. Avril tilts her head back and lets out a load long shoat and releases all over Mike's dick.
A minute later Mike's dick tenses up and he also shouts out, "OHHHHHHH GOD AVRIL," and Mike lets out a stream of cum right into Avril's cunt.
Avril with some effort pulls herself off of Mike and falls down to the floor panting heavily, "Oh Mike that was amazing thank you."
Mike sits up rubbing his hips, which are in some pain after being viscously bounced on by Avril but still can't help but smile.
"Thanks Avril but you know," Avril rolls onto her stomach and stares at Mike using her best sweet innocent little girl look which Mike lose his train of thought.
"So," Avril says still lying on the floor, "What did you want me to know."
Mike manages to shake the fog out his head and helps Avril to her feet, "I just wanted you to know," Mike said as he moves closer to her and whispers in her ear.
"I wanna fuck you right in the ass I've jacked off to your ass for years and now I wanna bend you over and screw your asshole harder than you have ever been fucked before," Avril looks over her shoulder at Mike's embarrassed looking face smiles at him then leans herself over a chair sticking her ass out.
Mike needs no formal introduction and to jerk himself off to Avril's bent over ass. Mike's cock gets hard very quickly at the sight of Avril's tight ass offering itself to him and without a second's wait he pushes his cock slowly into Avril's very tight asshole. Mike pushes his cock deeper and deeper until all 9 inches of his dick are stuffed into her ass.
"OOOOOOOHHHHH AAAAHHHHHHH," Avril moans softly as her ass gets penetrated. Mike puts his hands on Avril's hips holding the young superstar steady and starts to build up a rhythm of pushing his cock in and out of her ass. Mike now really goes to work pumping Avril's ass quickening the pace.
"OH OH UH UH OH FUCK UH OW OW," Avril grunts, as her ass gets ripped apart by Mike's huge dick. Now Mike really starts to go for it going faster and faster making his balls slap against the bottom of Avril's ass cheeks. Mike also digs his fingers into the flesh on Avril's ass squashing her cheeks together. The chair that Avril is leaning over nearly topples over at the force of fucking Avril is taking but that doesn't scare Avril or put her off. If anything it makes her more excited and her starts to rub her own tits hardening up her nipples as she continues to moan.
"OWWWWWWWW MIKE AWWWWWWWWWWWW YES YES AWWWWWWWWWAWWWWWWWWWWW MIKE FUCK MEEEEEEEEEEE MIKE," Avril screams as Mike hits just the right spot to make her cum all over her chair and a few seconds later Mike feels his cock jerk and with one final thrust deep into Avril's ass he cums to all over Avril's ass covering it in a thick layer of spunk.
Mike falls backwards onto the carpet out of breath while Avril climbs onto the chair and curls up on its seat. Eventually mike sits up shakes his head as if trying to check and see if this had all been a dream. Mike slowly gets dressed while Avril falls asleep on the chair her forehead shinning with sweat. Mike stands up covers Avril up with a blanket kisses her softly on the cheek and walks away to the door still shaking his head in disbelief that he had just fucked Avril Lavigne.


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2012 U.S. Paralympic Swimming Team nominated for London
BISMARCK, N.D. – Today U.S. Paralympics, a division of the United States Olympic Committee, announced the athlete nominations for the 2012 U.S. Paralympic Swimming Team. The roster includes 34 athletes (20 female, 14 male) who will compete in the 2012 Paralympic Games in London, August 29 – September 9, pending approval from the USOC.
There are 19 U.S. Paralympians on the roster, as well as nine of the 11 members of the Paralympic Resident Swimming Program at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., which includes seven-time Paralympic gold medalist Jessica Long (Baltimore, Md.) and two-time Paralympic gold medalist Rudy Garcia-Tolson (Bloomington, Calif.). The team also includes many athletes who will make their Games debuts, including active duty sailor, Lt. Brad Snyder (St. Petersburg, Fla.).
At the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing, the U.S. swim team finished first in the official medal count with a total of 17 gold, 22 silver and 13 bronze medals (44 medals).
2012 U.S. Paralympic Swimming Team Roster
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Name Hometown Classification
Arlen, Victoria Exeter, N.H. S6/SB5/SM6
*Becherer, Kelley Sheboygan, Wis. S13/SB13/SM13
Bro, Brickelle Castle Rock, Colo. S8/SB7/SM8
*Bruder, Aimee Birmingham, Ala. S4/SB3/SM4
Childs, Jaide Gainesville, Fla. S5/SB5/SM5
Coan, McKenzie Clarkesville, Ga. S8/SB7/SM8
*Eames, Anna Golden Valley, Minn. S10/SB9/SM10
*Everlove, Amanda Wichita, Ks. S8/SB8/SM8
Gialamas, Alyssa Naperville, Ill. S5/SB4/SM5
Johannes, Anna Alexandria, Va. S9/SB8/SM9
*Jordan, Cortney Henderson, Nev. S7/SB7/SM7
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Resto Tier 1 - Currently, there isn't a lot of debate about this tier of the tree, but that may change at some point. Improved Mark of the Wild and Furor are currently favored because they provide a little extra DPS and regen. However, it is really pretty minor. In a heavy damage situation pushback resistance can be a big DPS boost. Since most guilds have Imp MotW covered by a Resto or Feral Druid, don't be surprised if you see many Moonkin taking points out of Imp MotW or Furor to put a few in Nature's Focus, if the situation calls for it.This prompted the following comment from a reader:
Imp MotW is not what I would call a debatable talent. 2% stats wins over pushback in a PvE setting.For the record, I want to say that I don't think Pushback Resistance issue in the current PvE content. That is the exact reason why I didn't included Nature's Focus as a part of my core build in my Moonkin Basics post. However, he was so dismissive with regards to the value of Pushback Resistance that I fell it is necessary to address the topic more formally. In the following post I hope to show you why you may want to pay attention to Pushback Resistance in the future.
How Spell Pushback Works
You will experience Spell Pushback if you take damage while you are casting a spell. However, how it affects that spell depends on the spell type. For a Channelled spell like Hurricane, tanking damage while channelling the spell reduce the spell's duration by 20%. For a spell with a cast time like Starfire, taking damage while casting will increase the cast time by 0.5 seconds. The good news is for both types of spell, only the first two hits will incur spell push back. So, spell pushback can only reduce your channelled spell duration by 40% total, or increase your cast time by a maximum of 1.0 seconds.
Unfortunately, the only way to reduce spell pushback is with the use of talents and buffs. I did some testing over the weekend and proved to myself that Haste has absolutely no impact on the cast time added by spell pushback. Fortunately, Moonkin have several tools available to them to combat spell pushback.
Celestial Focus - When fully stacked CF will reduce the Pushback on your Starfire and Hurricane by 70%.
Nature's Focus - When fully stacked NF will reduce the Pushback on your Wrath and most of your healing spells by 70%.
Barkskin - Your push back is reduced by 100% for all spells while Barkskin is active.
Owlkin Frenzy - Your push back is reduced by 100% for all spells while OF is active.
Concentration Aura - This is from a paladin. It will give you 35% resistance to pushback if you are in range of the pally.
These buffs stack additively. So, having Concentration Aura with Nature's Focus and Celestial Focus gives you 100% resistance to spell push back.
The Math of Spell Pushback:
For simplicity's sake lets make a couple of stipulations. Lets say that the average Starfire hits for 10,000 damage and takes 2.0 seconds to cast. Lets also say that the average Wrath hits for 5,000 damage and takes 1.0 seconds to cast. I know that these are not percice numbers but more accurate numbers are not needed to show the impact of spell push back.
So, using these numbers, both spells have 5,000 DPS if they do not suffer any spell pushback. With the first hit, Starfire's DPS will drop to 4,000 DPS (10,000/(2+0.5)), and Wrath's DPS will drop to 3,333 DPS (5,000/(1+0.5)).
As you can see, taking a hit will have a significant impact on your DPS. On top of that, a spell like Wrath that has a shorter cast time has an even larger drop in DPS due to spell pushback, because the amount added is not relative to the cast time. Of course, Wrath is more likely to avoid spell pushback due to it's shorter cast time. That will reduce the impact of spell pushback some, but it will still have a greater impact then Starfire.
So, what happens if we put a point in Celestial Focus or Nature's Focus? The DPS of Starfire will rise to 4,193 (10,000/(2+(0.5*(1-0.23)))), and the DPS of Wrath will rise to 3,610 (5,000/(1+(0.5*(1-0.23)))). For Starfire this is a 4.83% DPS increase and a 8.30% DPS increase for Wrath. The second and third point have even larger marginal impacts on your DPS. However, this benefit is only realized if you take damage.
Why Spell Pushback is Important
Some of you may be thinking: "I realize that pushback has an impact, but I don't get hit enough in raid for it to have a big impact."
As I said before, I agree that Pushback Resistance isn't hugely necessary in the current raid content. Naxx and Ulduar don't have a lot of unavoidable raid wide damage. ToC has a little bit more but it really isn't enough for it to be a big issue yet. On top of that Celestial Focus is a core talent of any moonkin due to the Haste it provides. Therefore, we are currently pretty well covered as it is. The question is, what type of damage will we see in ICC?
If you take a look back at Black temple and Sunwell, you will see that frequent damage was more of the norm then infrequent damage. In some of the fights like Bloodboil we were getting hit with damage every 2 seconds. If Wrath is 40% of your damage, and 50% of your wraths are getting delayed due to push back, each of those points in Nature's focus will now increase your DPS by 1.66% to 2.09%.
We are only just now getting our first looks at the bosses of ICC, and we don't know what they will look like in hard mode. As such, I can't make any definite statements about Pushback resistance being necessary in ICC or not. However, don't be surprised if you start to see a lot of high level moonkin starting to make the switch. The reason is because Pushback can have a huge negative impact on your DPS if there is enough damage being thrown around.


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There were no objections, so I started dealing. After a few hands of drink betting we were all getting fairly rowdy and drunk, so I suggested that we make it more interesting and that we bet clothing. No one said anything, but I did get some "Yeah Right" looks. So I started to deal the next hand. My brother and I were down to our boxers in no time losing hand after hand. My wife was in her panties, but still had here shirt on. She lost the next hand, so I told her that the shirt had to go. She told me; "NO WAY!" It took some convincing, but we did finally get her to lift her shirt up for a brief moment. What I didn't realize was that she was wearing a shelf bra that did not cover her nipples at all.
My brother and I were both transfixed on her erect nipples and were both speechless. She noticed how much we had enjoyed the flash and she just smiled. We played another hand and she lost again. I told her the shirt definitely had to go now. She finally started to lift her shirt off, exposing her perfect erect nipples to us again. I noticed that my brother could not take his eyes off her tits this time. After seeing her exposed in front of someone else, I was getting really turned on and my brother could not hide his excitement either. A couple of more poorly played hands and my brother and I were both nude and my wife finally lost her bra. It only took one more hand for her to finally loose her panties. That's when things got really interesting.
This is a little long, but here is what happened next.
When she started taking her panties off, I was enjoying watching my brother get turned on by her sliding them down her legs. I noticed once she got them to her feet, she spread her legs slightly and she exposed her cleanly shaved pussy. I asked him; "What do you think?" He said nothing as he just stared at her smooth lips.
I could see she was wet and that just made my cock get harder by how horny she was getting and how much my brother was enjoying looking at her hot little body. I also noticed my brother was at full mast. My wife just looked at him with this innocent smile while she brushed her hand by her smooth pussy. I could see that she was just as transfixed by his pulsating dick as he was with her perky tits.
I couldn't believe that my brother was staring at my wife's throbbing pussy and she was staring at his hard cock both with mouths slightly open! With no more clothing to bet I told her that we would have to bet something else. I told her if she lost, I got to play with her tits. She agreed and more cards were played. She lost another hand, so I moved closer to her to collect my prize. Since my brother had a winning hand too, I asked if he wanted to feel how hard her nipples were too. There was no hesitation as he reached over the table and started playing with her trembling peaks. The next hand she lost again, the stakes were a little higher this time, and I told her that I got to suck on a nipple this time. My brother and I both chose a breast and started sucking her hard nipples into our mouths, squeezing her firm breast as we worked her nipples with our tongues. Her back arched up so her nipples would meet our awaiting mouths as she let out a sigh of excitement.
I decided we had finished playing cards for the night and I was curious how far we could take this. I slid my hand up the inside of her thigh all the way to her smooth lips to see how receptive she might be. I could not believe what I felt; my fingers were sliding on a steamy hot, dripping pussy. I had never felt her this wet and hot until now. I noticed my brother was more than happy taking care of her tits, rubbing them, squeezing them and sucking on both nipples making sure to spent equal amounts of time on each. So I decided I needed to get a real good taste of her extreme arousal. I went down and started to gently kiss her inner thighs moving up towards her hips and circling her pussy, making sure not to get there too fast. Her hips arched up signaling to me that she had enough waiting and she wanted some attention down there. I continued lightly kissing her body and slowly made my way to her lips, finally getting a taste of her sweet juices. I started licking her clit slowly, then I picked up the pace and started licking it faster taking turns sucking on it, driving her crazy. I started to push my tongue in and out of her hole tasting every bit of her while I gave her clit short little breaks. She was enjoying all the attention her body was getting and I knew her senses must have been working over time.
I asked my brother; "Do you want to taste how sweet my wife is?"
He replied with an enthusiastic; "I would love too!"
We switched positions so he could get a taste of her too. I was also getting more excited watching her enjoy another man eating her pussy. In the midst of me playing with her nipples, she grabbed me and drew me in and started to suck on my cock. She wrapped her hands around my waist and started to just pull me deeper and deeper into her mouth. It did not take her long to feel around and find his hard cock, which she immediately started to stroke at the same time. After a few minutes, he could take no more and told me that he needed to fuck her. I told him to go ahead and enjoy her. He climbed up more on top of her and had no problem sliding his throbbing cock into my wife's wanting pussy. He started fucking her hard slamming his dick in and out of her faster and faster. As he got faster, so did her rhythm of sucking my cock. We never neglected her nipples, both taking turns playing with each of her tits as she enjoyed both of us. I was so incredibly turned on watching another man fuck my wife and her enjoying it so much that my cock was harder than it has ever been. When he was ready, he pulled out and shot his load all over her tits.
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Now, on to the captures. I'm posting this a little early this week because its spring break and our schedule is chaotic!
This week's challenge was kind of fun and sad for me. I just mentioned to my husband the other day that our toddler's feet are starting to look like big boy feet.
ACK! When did that happen??
So, one afternoon this week, I played around with different angles of my "baby" boy's feet. He actually had fun playing foot model for me and said, "Mommy, get my FEET!" after I put my camera away. I'm creating a monster!
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Barely any pudge left to them…
And please forgive my winter worn toes, but I thought this was sweet. He wrapped his feet around my foot while I was sitting on the floor trying to "capture".
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A procedural squabble erupted on the third day of formal discussion on the bill as both sides wrangled over how to begin the process of amending the legislation, and senators argued heatedly over a proposed amendment by Texas Sen. John Cornyn that would broaden the requirements for border security -- and, some say, could jeopardize the timeline for a path to citizenship.
"We cannot accept his amendment, plain and simple," Sen. Chuck Schumer, a key bill drafter, said of Cornyn's measure on the Senate floor.
The Cornyn amendment has emerged as a major flashpoint, with some Republicans saying their support of the final bill will be contingent upon its inclusion. But Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has labeled the proposal a "poison pill" designed to throw up roadblocks for undocumented immigrants hoping to work their way toward legal permanent residency and eventual citizenship.
Sen. John McCain makes a pointed statement Wednesday on the Senate floor while speaking about immigration reform legislation.
The amendment, unveiled in full today, would create stricter "triggers" that would prevent previously undocumented immigrants from being eligible for green cards until the nation's entire southern border is under surveillance and 90 percent of illegal border crossers are being apprehended.
Schumer argues that the amendment's triggers are unreasonable and could be used to delay or even eliminate the proposed path to citizenship.
"It doesn't create a path to citizenship in any way," Schumer said. "It doesn't allow one. And – finally – its cost is through the roof!"
Other Republicans who support the reform bill – including Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham – have voiced concern about the Cornyn measure's cost as well, saying that its increase of border patrol agents and implementation of biometric systems are particularly expensive.
Cornyn says his amendment appropriates the same amount for border security -- $6.5 billion -- as the Gang of Eight bill.
But earlier Wednesday, another GOP member of the Gang of Eight disputed the idea that Cornyn's amendment is designed to bring down the legislation. "I don't think it's a poison pill," Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake said at a breakfast with reporters. "He has said publicly, he said again in our lunch meeting yesterday, `If my amendment is adopted I will vote for the bill.' He has said that on a number of occasions and I believe him."
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A new research effort suggests African-American men could be putting their health at risk by avoiding disease screening, in the belief that the results might threaten their masculinity.
Because they prove their masculinity through their sexuality and sexual performance, seeking medical advice including HIV/AIDS testing goes against their notion of masculinity.
Waverly Duck, a postdoctoral associate from the Department of Sociology at Yale University argues that current leading theories of gender and masculinity and health behavior models are not relevant enough to African-American men and their distinctive notion of masculinity.
His results are published online in Springer's Journal of African American Studies.
Duck studied how African-American men conceptualize masculinity and how it relates to their health behaviors. Through a combination of focus groups and in-depth interviews, he asked African-American men about their own understanding of their gender identity and examined how that identity, as well as how it is achieved and maintained, relates to their health.
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Health seeking behaviors, including going to the doctor and HIV/AIDS testing, go against their notion of masculinity by potentially interfering with the freedom of their sexual activities. However, they considered it acceptable to get screened for health conditions they perceived as curable, if the cure allowed them to resume normal sexual relations.
Dr. Waverly Duck's work challenges conventional approaches to black masculinity and attempts to lay the foundation for a more nuanced way of looking at it. He argues that a new health behavior model for black men should be developed – one that explores the link between their history and how it affects health promoting and health avoidance behaviors.
He concludes: "If men use avoiding going to the doctor to exhibit masculinity, then new strategies of health intervention should be promoted to this population. Voluntary health screening procedures for conditions such as prostate cancer, heart disease and HIV/AIDS tests should be available and conducted in hospital emergency rooms, settings where African American men frequently have contact with the medical profession."
Source: Springer