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Violence erupts as Iraq parliamentary elections begin

March 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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STORY HIGHLIGHTS * NEW: Militants carry out attacks as Iraqis head to polls * 18.9 million people are eligible to vote in parliamentary elections * Twenty-five percent of seats in Iraq parliament must go to women Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- Militants intent on disrupting Iraqi elections carried out a series of attacks Sunday, resulting in at least 24 fatalities. More than 30 mortar rounds hit Baghdad, with three landing inside the heavily fortified International Zone. The rockets did not cause casualties. The zone, informally known as the Green Zone, houses the U.S. Embassy and many Iraqi government buildings. One of the rockets landed in the Ur neighborhood in northeastern Baghdad, killing 12 people. The capital also experienced a number of deadly roadside bomb attacks. Three people were killed and 54 were injured on Saturday when a parked car rigged with explosives blew up in Najaf. Three attacks happened Thursday. There have been warnings of further insurgent attacks around the vote. Voters headed to the polls to elect a 325-member parliament. It is Iraq's fifth nationwide vote since 2003, but only the second for a full four-year-term parliament. The polls opened at 7 a.m. (11 p.m. ET Saturday), and will close at 5 p.m. (9 a.m. ET Sunday). All those in line at the time the polls are open will be able to vote. Video: High stakes in Iraqi elections Video: Iraq's unresolved issues RELATED TOPICS * Iraq * Politics * Terrorism Voter turnout figures should be available shortly after polls close, and preliminary results are expected by Wednesday, the United Nations said. Results will start emerging for each province as soon as 30 percent of polling centers in that province are tallied. The last time the country had a national vote was in 2005, when the Sunni Arab population boycotted the elections and the political process. A Shiite-led government emerged and the Sunnis, feeling disenfranchised, went on to form the main part of the insurgency. The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq calls the elections an "important milestone in Iraq's democratic progress," serving to strengthen the country's sovereignty and independence as the United States draws down its military presence there. Sunday's elections were supposed to happen in January but were delayed because of political disagreements and a delay in passing the election law that paved the way for this vote. There are 18.9 million eligible voters, casting ballots for 325 seats in the Council of Representatives, as Iraq's parliament is called. The seats represent Iraq's 18 provinces. The number of seats is increasing from the previous 275. Seat allocation was based on 2005 population data from the Ministry of Trade and adjusted for a 2.8 percent annual growth across all governates. On Friday, voting began for Iraqis abroad in 16 countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, Turkey, Iran, Canada and others in the Middle East and Europe. There are no exact … [Read more...]

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8 Reasons For Staying Single

March 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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You're single -- a heat-seeking bachelor, committed to no one in particular, able to party like John Belushi and sleep until noon with no one underfoot to tell you to do otherwise. It's a great life, and why shouldn't it be? These days, there's no real social pressure to get married right out of high school or college, you can easily get laid without saying "I do," and most people are waiting until much later in life to tie the knot, anyway. Still, that nagging question keeps popping into your head: Should I settle down? Should I ransom my freedom? Should I embark on the great search for my soul mate and willingly kiss my single days goodbye forever? While only you can answer this question, here are a few reasons for staying single (at least for the time being). 1- You can take the time to find the right woman One of our reasons for staying single is that you can afford to wait for your true soul mate (if one even exists) to pop into the picture. You can take the time to casually wade through the barracuda-infested waters of the dating pool and set your hook for the prize catch. In other words, by holding out for Miss Right (instead of Miss Always Right), you can avoid the mistake of a lifetime and marry for love -- and not out of desperation. It's sad to say, but too many guys get hitched for the wrong reasons, like they've reached a certain age, all of their friends are getting married, and they haven't been successful at dating and this woman is the first to show interest. This reason for staying single allows you to take your time playing the dating game, and increase your odds of beating the divorce statistics. 2- You can focus on your career Our No. 2 reason for staying single is that you can enjoy the opportunity of building your career without draining the tons of energy a permanent relationship entails. You remain free to put in long hours, work on the weekends or do whatever else you have to do to be successful. This is especially true if you're working in any kind of time-demanding field, such as medicine, law or entrepreneurship. The upside is, once your business hits the big time and you're cranking mucho dinero , you'll have hordes of women throwing themselves at you. That being said, you probably still won't even have time to think about marriage. 3- You can do what you want, when you want When you're single, the world is your oyster. You can pick up and go anywhere you want, do anything you want, any time you want. No one is in the background nagging at you to do chores, go shopping, or "grow up." You're absolutely free to hang out with your buddies, party until dawn and find plenty of time for your personal interests and hobbies. Best of all, you have the luxury of being all by yourself, if you feel like it. Having sex with different women, making mad money and other reasons for staying single... 4- You can enjoy a sexual smorgasbord One of the best reasons for staying single is that you're not stuck with the same sex … [Read more...]

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Dating Two Guys?

March 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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Is it skanky to date two guys at the same time? ~Lydia According to Dictionary.com, a skank is one who is disgustingly foul or filthy and often considered sexually promiscuous. Let’s break this down even more though. Being promiscuous is having sexual relations with a number of partners on a casual basis. So according to definition, it is skanky if you are dating and sleeping with two men at the same time. In my opinion though, if a girl is keeping her pants on and having fun than she is smart not skanky. Dating is a period for two people to get to know one another. Dating is not the same thing as a relationship. A relationship is what comes after dating. It is important to get to know someone before you make a commitment to them. The only people that should jump into relationships are grade school kids because they don’t know any better. I remember in the fourth grade a boy asked me to be his girlfriend during recess. We passed a couple of notes that afternoon and then after school I broke up with him. If we would’ve gone out on a date or two then I wouldn’t have made that commitment to be his girlfriend because I would’ve known he had hygiene issues. Dating is a process that can be short or long. It is based on how short or fast two people get to know each other. When two people date, they get all the obvious questions out of the way. The obvious answers are what help a person determine if a relationship could start. Once a relationship starts, it’s the hard answers to questions that determine if the relationship can last. If a woman (or man) decides to date more than one person, they need to be honest with the people they are dating. It needs to be clear that a commitment has not been made. If one of the two people dating wants a commitment, then she or he should decide to commit to that relationship or move on. It isn’t nice to string along a person if the intention to take the next step at some point isn’t there. … [Read more...]

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Madness Pictures Releases Posthumous Tribute to DAC

March 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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CHATSWORTH, Calif.—Madness Pictures presents Into the Mouth of Asians, a four-disc oral-themed collection of scenes shot by the late AVN Award-winning director David Aaron Clark. The scenes, shot from 2004 to 2007, include footage from all four volumes of Clark's blowjob series, Asian Mouth Club. Female performers such as Loni, Evelyn Lin, Sabrine Maui, Nautica Thorn, Tia Tanaka and Lacey Tom are featured in Into the Mouth of Asians, which will hit store shelves on March 11. "DAC was an amazing director, whose quirky, artistic style of shooting and love for Asian women built a cult following," Madness Pictures owner Andre Madness said. "His AVN Award for Best Director – Feature brought him the attention he always deserved, but we'll never see another one of his movies," Madness added. "The scenes in Into the Mouth of Asians—with his conversations with the girls and his original approach to the gonzo genre—is a snapshot of the things I remember best about DAC." Clark died of a pulmonary embolism at the age of 49 last November, shortly after he was nominated as Best Director by AVN for his ambitious work on the feature Pure. In January Clark became the first person to receive a posthumous honor in an AVN Awards ceremony. Madness Pictures will continue the Asian Mouth Club series, under the direction of Mo, with the release of its fifth volume next month. Distributors can email Hank at madnesspictures@msn.com or call (310) 451-7748. … [Read more...]

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It Turns Out ‘Sex’ Really Is in the Eye of the Beholder

March 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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A new Kinsey Institute study reveals a lack of consensus when it comes to defining what it is to “have sex” BLOOMINGTON, Ind.—On Jan. 17, 1998, during a White House press conference with his wife at his side, President Clinton famously uttered the line that continues to haunt him to this day: “I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky.” Exactly seven months later, Clinton would eat those words in grand jury testimony, when he finally admitted that he had had an "improper physical relationship" with Lewinsky. But the semantic damage had been done. America was talking about what it means to “have sex,” and was the definition fluid, so to speak. Could someone define it themselves and conveniently decide that a blow job was not sex, that oral sex of any kind, or anal sex, is not really sex, or was there an established meaning that no one could willy-nilly get around? It turns out the answer then, as now, remains the same. In 1999, the Kinsey Institute in a study came to the conclusion that no consensus exists about what it means to “have sex.” Eleven years later, the Kinsey Institute at the University of Indiana announced that it has conducted a second, more thorough, study that also came to the same conclusion as the first. “The new study, published in the international health journal Sexual Health in February, examined whether more information helped clarify matters—study participants were asked about specific sexual behaviors and such qualifiers as whether orgasm was reached—and researchers also wanted to involve a more representative audience, not just college students,” read a press release issued Thursday by the institute. “Is oral sex considered sex? It wasn't to around 30 percent of the study participants,” it continues. “How about anal sex? For around 20 percent of the participants, no. A surprising number of older men did not consider penile-vaginal intercourse to be sex. More than idle gossip, the answers to questions about sex can inform—or misinform—research, medical advice and health education efforts.” Conducted in conjunction with the Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention (RCAP) in IU's School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, the recent study asked more specific questions than the previous one, in the hope that querying participants about specific behaviors would clarify the matter. Instead of using just college students, as the 1999 study had, the new one used a more representative sample of people, hoping that that, too, would result in something conclusive. It did not. "Throwing the net wider, with a more representative sample, only made it more confusing and complicated," said Brandon Hill, research associate at the Kinsey Institute. "People were even less consistent across the board." Surveyed over the phone, participants, mostly heterosexual, were asked, "Would you say you 'had sex' with someone if the most intimate behavior you engaged in was ...," followed … [Read more...]

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PornStarGlobal Announces 2010 5 Star Award Winner

March 7, 2010 By 1 Comment
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SEATTLE — Adult performer database PornStarGlobal announces Sunny Leone as the 2010 5 Star Award winner. As an extension of its core site, 5 Star Awards was created by PornStarGlobal out of pure frustration due to honest and hard working adult entertainers not getting the proper notoriety they deserve. "Most of the awards that are currently being handed out are simply reflections of whose camp can dish out the most money for advertisement, and we feel there is something horribly flawed with that practice,” PornStarGlobal said. “The 5 Star Award concept parallels more of a grass roots way of thinking by boasting an honorable, accurate and untainted voting process". The objective of the 5 Star Award voting process is to add ease and simplicity to a basic ballot style online form. Fans can vote for their favorite stars by filling out three short fields. Each vote is then carefully processed, calculated and stored for the entire year. Voting for the 5 Star Awards is open all year long and a winner is announced at the end of the year. A 5 Star Award winner will have the rights to an image based front and center on the homepage of PornStarGlobal.com for the entire year following the win. Jenna Haze took the prize in 2009. Voting is now open for the 2011 5 Star Awards. … [Read more...]

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