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Mar 27, 2010
6 Macao residents arrested

6 Macao residents arrested for selling imported labor quotasMACAO, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -Satibo medicine- Macao's Judiciary Police has arrested five men and one woman who allegedly sold labor quotas through operating a number of shell companies, the Macao Post Daily reported on Friday.The suspects, aged between 20 and 58, owned four shell companies and 12 other companies, and they purchased almost-closed factory operations through these companies so as to apply for imported labor quotas from the authorities, the daily quoted a police spokesman as saying.The suspects had successfully applied for at least 70 imported labor permits from the authorities, which they allegedly sold to workers from the Chinese mainland for about 30,000 patacas (3,750 U.S. dollars) each.The six suspects were arrested after Macao's Social Security Fund reported to the police last December that one of its beneficiaries did not work in the company registered with the fund.Under local law, non-residents are not allowed to work in Macao unless they are granted the government-issued imported worker permits. In recent years, local government has tightened its policy concerning imported workers, as more and more local residents complained about losing jobs to the imported workers, who usually get lower paySatibo.The police spokesman also said that they were still trying to track down all of the imported workers who had successfully applied for work permits through the racket.

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Mar 19, 2010
Interviewed experts

Interviewed experts / First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-senDr. Cai Jian, deputy director of

Obstetrics and Gynecology26-year-old Julie was pregnant, the whole family for this happySpanische Fliege. In her

20 weeks of pregnancy, when her husband to accompany her to the hospital for check-ups, but,

Julie diagnosed by the hospital suffering from moderate hypertension during pregnancy, her high

blood pressure 160/110mmHg, urine protein, there are + +, the doctor recommended that she as soon

as possible hospitalization.Pregnancy-induced hypertension is a disease more common in

obstetrics, pregnant women, during pregnancy have nearly 5% of the people will suffer from this

disease, it is the maternal and fetal death caused by one of the main, so they are also concerned

about the obstetrician focus. First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen, deputy director of

Obstetrics and Gynecology Dr. Choi Kin, Gabriel said that the three major clinical manifestations

of gestational hypertension is high blood pressure, edema and proteinuria. In addition to these

three main symptoms, pregnant women, but also dizziness, headache, abdominal discomfort, chest

tightness, and nausea and vomiting and so on, this time more in blood pressure above 160/110

mmHg, pregnant women, convulsions may occur at any time, which is to pregnant women and fetuses

said to be very dangerous. Therefore, experts advise pregnant women, should be time for check-

ups, if found to have pregnancy-induced hypertension, should actively cooperate with the doctors

for treatment to prevent eclampsia."Clinically, there are many pregnant women found that high

blood pressure check-ups, but because he felt no symptoms, it does not focus on blood pressure

control does not focus on medical advice, medical treatment compliance is not good," Cai Jian

said, "high blood pressure during pregnancy can cause stillbirth, this is not to scare people,

because pregnant women, high blood pressure can cause systemic vascular diseaseMAXMAN, but where the

placenta is rich in blood vessels, when the placental blood vessel function decline, the placenta

may occur as early as stripping, so that the risk of the fetus is even greater. "Cai Jian

emphasized that the following seven kinds of women are at high risk of pregnancy-induced

hypertension, blood pressure monitoring should be strengthened:1.35 over the age before

pregnancy;2, obesity, body mass index over 24;3, at the age of 20 before the pregnancy;4, there

is a family history of hypertension;5, there is a history of pregnancy-induced hypertension;6,

pregnant with twins or more;7, gestational diabetes patients.Pregnant women because of pregnancy

-induced hypertension is a specific disease, the cause is not clear, but it is certain is that

hormonal changes in the disease and its larger relationship. Cai Jian said that there is no

particularly effective way to prevent pregnancy-induced hypertension, but 90% of people will be

able to heal after giving birth, only a small number of renal injury in severe cases may be

combined nephritis.The study found that calcium can reduce the incidence of pregnancy-induced

hypertension, or reduce the extent of disease. Experts suggest that pregnancy should be added

before and after the calcium-rich. At the same time a pregnant woman suffering from high blood

pressure, diet should follow the salt, sugar and low-fat principles, pay attention to nutritional

balance. In addition, the experts also stressed that nervous, it may aggravate the disease

progresses, so pregnant women should relax and appropriate restMotivator.


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Mar 17, 2010
Dying Shi's wedding wish granted

Dying Shi's wedding wish grantedShi Lu gestures in the photo taken in her ward at Gulou Hospital in Nanjing of Jiangsu province on February 10, 2010gucci jewellery. Shi long suffered from leukemia and her last wish to pose for wedding photos with her boyfriend Jiang Xianjin who made the dream come true. [CFP]Jiang puts a mask on Shi in case of infection at the Gulou hospital in Nanjing of Jiangsu province on February 10, 2010. Jiang said they had run out of money and the hospital had stopped the medical treatment. So he decided to realize her dream of being a bride and save one last memory. [CFP]Shi wears makeup for the photos of their mock wedding at the Gulou Hospital in Nanjing of Jiangsu province on February 10, 2010. [CFP]Shi and Jiang pose for a picture during their mock wedding taken at the Gulou Hospital in Nanjing of Jiangsu province on February 10, 2010Gucci Silver. [CFP]Shi and Jiang smile for the camera during their mock wedding at the Gulou Hospital in Nanjing of Jiangsu province on February 10, 2010. [CFP]Shi Lu gestures in the photo taken in her ward at Gulou Hospital in Nanjing of Jiangsu province on February 10, 2010. Shi long suffered from leukemia and her last wish to pose for wedding photos with her boyfriend Jiang Xianjin who made the dream come true.

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Mar 15, 2010
Students not kids of 'powerful few

Students not kids of 'powerful few'An African student performs at a rehearsal for an art festival in Peking University. [China Daily/Feng Yongbin]Many Africans insist scholarships were not 'handed out' as favorsYvan Etounou, from Cameroon, is among a growing number of Beijing-based foreign students who will finish his degree with a scholarship from the central governmentTiffany jewelry."The funding continues during the vacation and for my entire five years of study here," said Etounou, 24, who is pursuing a doctoral degree in telecommunications at Beihang University. The institution is China's top space science school and has received students from Cameroon for the first time.Around 6,000 foreign students enrolled last year in Beijing's universities had full sponsorships from the central government. The number makes up one-third of Chinese Government Scholarship awardees nationwide, a senior official with the Ministry of Education told METRO in an exclusive interview.For the last two years, the government has added more than 2,000 scholarships annually to the government-funded program launched three decades ago. The fund was increased recently by 30 percent to 650 million yuan.More funding and larger quotas during the past two years have attracted thousands of students from South Korea and the United States, the top two countries with awardees. But there are now also more African awardees after the total was increased by 15 percent year on year to reach 1,300 last semester.Imen Belhadj, a Peking University PhD candidate from Tunisia, told METRO she noticed the population of government-funded African students in Beijing had grown significantly in the past two years."The number varies in different institutions, but, overall, the number of African students here with funding has increased."Belhadj, who is in her fifth year in Beijing, said many African students she knows came from Nigeria, Congo and Kenya. The New York Times reported in November that Chinese authorities had awarded extra scholarships to the children of "the powerful few" from African countries in order to cement alliances.Some African students receiving government funding in Beijing declined to tell METRO about their family history, saying it was "private" but the Ministry of Education's Vice-Director of International Exchange and Cooperation, Sheng Jianxue, said the accusation was "groundless"."It totally distorts the factsTiffany Necklaces. I don't think the report is worth my refuting at all," the official told METRO. "No matter whether students are from America or Africa, they have an equal opportunity to be awarded a Chinese Government Scholarship."The official said Chinese schools will give special attention to diversity of culture and nations in addition to academic performanceMany African students also insisted the scholarships they had were not handed out as a favor but were something they had to compete for. Etounou said he passed two rounds of tests and was chosen from a pool of 500 students in his nation of 19 million. Belhadj said her excellent coursework scores helped her snag a scholarship.Undergraduates selected for a scholarship receive 1,400 yuan a month. Master's and doctoral students get 1,700 yuan and 2,000 yuan from the central government. Individual universities also offer stipends and awardees receive waivers for tuition fees and other registration and course work costs. Students also enjoy campus accommodation, if rooms are available.Students said the scholarships were sufficient to cover their study and campus expenses. The scholarship amount is twice that of the National Scholarship awarded local university students."If I spend it wisely and carefully, I can even save some after my study here," said Efua Bucknor, 22, a senior student from Ghana studying at Beijing Language and Culture University, where most government scholarship students stay.Government scholarship awardees comprise more than 8 percent of the 240,000 overseas students in China, authorities saidTiffany Bracelets.

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Mar 12, 2010
Some off-ramp speed limits hiked

Some off-ramp speed limits hiked to 50 km/hDrivers will be able to exit the Fifth Ring Road at faster speeds in future after the Beijing traffic management bureau announced it was hiking off-ramp speed limits to 50 km/hcharm sabo. The previous speed limit on the ring road's off-ramps had been 30 km/h. "We have already set out to relax the speed limits and the changes will be made gradually," said an unnamed officer with the bureau in an interview with the Mirror Evening News. Not all exits will be bumped up to 50 km/h because it would be unsafe to do so in some instances. He said some will be raised to 40 km/h. The Wukesong exit was among the first to get upgraded. It was changed to 50 km/h yesterday morning. In the past, cars backed up onto the highway as drivers tried to exit. The Fifth Ring Road, which opened in 2003, was designed to have tollgates at exits and 30 km/h and even 20 km/h speed limits were brought in to deal with that, explained a representative of the Traffic Management Bureau. However, the tollgates were removed in 2004 and the 30 km/h speed limits were not adjusted, causing traffic jams ever since. Drivers on the Fifth Ring Road have complained about the congestion caused by the exit speed limits, especially on the eastern portion of the road where traffic is the heaviesttiffany jewelry. The east part of the Fifth Ring Road links with six highways, including the Airport Express and the Second Airport Express and the rapidly expanding housing estates in that area. The relaxation was partly due to questions raised recently by Beijing people's congress deputies.

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Mar 10, 2010
HK Ocean Park to celebrate

HK Ocean Park to celebrate "Sweetheart Chinese New Year"2010-02-10 02:58:48 GMT2010-02-10 10:58:48 (Beijing Time) Xinhua EnglishHONG KONG, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -tiffany pendant- As Chinese New Year this year falls on the same day of Valentine's Day, Hong Kong Ocean Park unveiled on Tuesday its "Sweetheart Chinese New Year" celebration plans, featuring a mix-and-match of both eastern and western elements.During the Chinese New Year holidays, Ocean Park will offer over 100 celebratory attractions and performances, 88 new-year- themed gift items and 68 auspicious culinary delights, said Allan Zeman, Chairman of Ocean Park, one of the most visited attractions in Hong Kong.The park will present the largest peach blossom garden, the Double Happiness Garden, with an impressive grove of 99 peach blossoms, hoping that the number "99" which symbolizes " everlasting" in Chinese will bring good luck to all visitors. Also at the garden is a large digital screen which can be used to help sending heartfelt messages to lovers, friends or family.To echo the theme of love during this New Year season, a House of Loving Kindness will be set up with four zones - romantic, friendship, family and love for the planet. Guests can solve tantalizing lantern riddles with their loved ones, learn about different ways to love and protect our Earth.For those looking for a more exuberant experience, the Tai Shue Wan Plaza is going to present a stellar performance through Spellbound on Ice, a massive Chinese New Year illusion-filled extravaganza with amazing figure skating, aerial acts, funky dancing and a special appearance of Chinese mythological character "God of Fortune" is expected to fill the entire theater with good luck.The Emperors of the Sky Presentation at the Bird Theater is not to be missedGucci Rings. Over ten extraordinary birds of prey including eagles, falcons, and vultures, will perform along with 70 other species of birds. This compelling educational session will give guests a deeper understanding of why it is important to protect their wildlife habitat."Sweetheart Chinese New Year" will run till the end of February. EMAIL | PRINT |

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Mar 9, 2010
Deep pocketsA boy in Hunan

Deep pocketsA boy in Hunan province grabs a red envelope he got during the Spring Festival. Lu JiansheA charming Chinese tradition associated with the Spring Festival is turning into one-upmanshiptiffany earring. Lin Qi reports The Spring Festival is nearly here and small red envelopes will soon be making an appearance. For Luo Xiao, a bank employee in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, this has always been a bitter-sweet time. While pleased to receive her substantial year-end bonus, she also knows that a large chunk of that money will go into the hong bao, or red envelopes. This year, Luo has agreed with relatives and friends that they will limit each red envelope to a maximum of 200 yuan ($29). "In previous years, my son received at least 500 yuan, and sometimes even 1,000 yuan, per envelope. It was a great burden, for we felt pressured to return the same value in red pockets to nephews and nieces, and friends' children," Luo says. "Inflating these red envelopes often leads to comparisons and jealousies among children, when they return to school after the Spring Festival." While some people feel it is better to do away with the hong bao custom, Luo disagrees saying it is part of Chinese tradition and an expression of affection. "I've told my son that the red envelope, no matter how much money it contains, shows the giver's love and deserves his gratitude," she says. Her concerns over the amount in these envelopes reflect those of many urban parents who worry that their only child, being brought up in a well-off family, may take it for granted that money comes easily and can be spent lavishly. More parents are starting to realize the importance of cultivating value for money in their children. Wu Hao, a Beijing businessman, says he cherishes the childhood memory that he and his brothers have of placing their red envelopes under their pillow and dreaming of all the snacks and toys they could buy with that money. "It is a collective memory of my generation," Wu says. "At that time, we children got little or no pocket money. We looked forward to the Spring Festival, as that's when we would get new clothes as gifts. We could keep the red envelopes - usually with just a few kuai inside - for only one night. We had to hand over all the money to our parents the next day and never saw it again." The story of the red envelope of Wu's son is vastly different. The 13-year-old receives a monthly allowance of about 500 yuan from his father. He has his own bank account, and all money he has received in red envelopes since he was 8, has gone into it. "He is never extravagant, but it bothered me to hear my parents telling him recently that, 'your father founded and owns the company. You will inherit it in future'," Wu says. "I don't want my son to think there will be a huge legacy waiting for him. I tell him I will leave nothing to him. He should figure out what he is interested in and what he can do for a living," Wu says. He took his son on a hiking trip in Qinghai province last summer. Before they set out, they shopped at an outdoor equipment store. The boy was tongue-tied when he saw the several thousands that all the outdoors gear cost. "He enjoyed the trip, which exposed him to Qinghai's stunning landscape and the different lifestyles of the people there. He now realizes that big spending has its rewardstiffany ring," Wu says. Luo, on the other hand, wants her 11-year-old son to live frugally. If the boy wants to buy something, he has to first persuade his parents and grandparents. Luo says there was a time her son fancied online games and asked for money to buy virtual currencies. But since the boy had little time left after homework to play online games, Luo declined his request. "I asked him to think about whether he would really spend all that virtual money, or did he just want it to show off to his classmates," she says. Last year, following the devastating earthquake that hit Sichuan, the primary school Luo's son attends, organized a donation drive to help children in the quake-hit areas. Many students donated 400 to 1,000 yuan. Luo's son said he wanted to stand out by donating the most. Luo says she was sad to see that students had turned even a charity effort into an opportunity to show off the family wealth. She took 400 yuan out of her son's red envelope and asked him to collect another 200 yuan by doing odd jobs. The boy sold a stack of old newspapers he had saved for a year. He also helped wash the dishes and sweep the floor, for which he was paid 10 yuan each time. "He didn't do a thorough cleaning, but he learnt of the hardship of earning money. I told him the children in Sichuan would appreciate the efforts he had made more than the amount he donated," Luo says. Parents of older children are increasingly encouraging them to learn about wealth management. Pan Minghua, mother of a 17-year-old in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, had been quite satisfied with her son's spending habits, until he spent an allowance of 1,000 yuan given by his grandfather in just two weeks last year. She checked his mobile phone bill and found her son had spent a lot on calls to his girlfriend. So she started asking him to maintain daily accounts. "He now has savings of more than 7,000 yuan. I encourage him to invest his money. He is old enough to know about stocks and wealth planning. I don't want him to become someone who spends all his money or depends on his parents, after he graduates from college," Pan saysTiffany Rings.

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Jan 25, 2010
Britain sceptical on US banking reform

LONDON (AFP) ¨C Britain's finance minister expressed scepticism Sunday at proposed US banking reforms, saying they would not have prevented the financial crisis and warning they risk undermining the global consensus.

President Barack Obama announced plans last week to limit the size and scope of US banks and financial firms, saying they would "never again" get so big that taxpayers have to bail them out or risk the economy.

The plans aim to limit "excessive" risk taking and to "protect" taxpayers by preventing banks or financial institutions from owning, investing in or sponsoring hedge fund or private equity funds.

But Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling told the Sunday Times: "It is always difficult to say ex ante that you would never intervene to save a particular sort of bank.tiffany bracelets on sale

"In Lehman (Brothers), for example, there wasn?t a single retail deposit, but the then American administration allowed it to go down and that brought the rest of the system down on the back of it."

He said dividing up institutions to make them separate legal entities "isn't the point. The point is the connectivity between them in relation to their financial transactions".

"Equally, the large-small thing doesn?t run. (Bailed out British bank) Northern Rock was very small in global terms but systemically it was quite important when it got into trouble," he added.

Darling said Britain would continue to work with the United States on financial reform, but said any proposals must be "workable and deliverable" -- and insisted any action had to be international.

"If everyone does their own thing it will achieve absolutely nothing," the finance minister said.

"The banks are global -- they are quite capable of organising themselves in such a way that if the regime is difficult in one country they will go to another one, and that doesn?t do anyone any good."


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Jan 24, 2010
stripping's new side

    Home  Articles    Stripping's new side  Monday, 20 August 2007By Kitty Bean Yancey, USA TODAYATLANTA mdash; As a dozen naked women undulate on three stages, Susan Doster fires up a cigar and leans back in one of the leather armchairs in The Cheetah strip club Health Food;s VIP section. The 48-year-old and a quartet of pals mdash; conservatively dressed professional women in their 30s, 40s and 50s mdash; are in TGIF mode, unwinding over cocktails at the end of the workweek. Yea for the fact that women can walk into a strip bar without an escort!quot; her friend Kathie McTyre exclaims. Indeed, the group parties undisturbed. Patrons of both sexes, black and white, white-collar and blue, watch the dancers onstage or sports on two 110-inch-screen TVs. The Cheetah, like a growing number of upscale strip emporiums that welcome women, is not the take-it-off club of stereotype mdash; a dark den of iniquity inhabited by groping men and grinding women with sad life stories. Indeed, stripping itself, once a forbidden topic in polite circles, is now strutting into the mainstream, propelled by pop culture and the loosening of societal taboos.Exotic dancers populate TV shows, including The Sopranos, G-String Divas, Las Vegas and the cartoon series Stripperella. Beauties from Manhattan39;s Scores strip club are regulars on Howard Stern39;s radio show.Music idols such as Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera appear almost undressed, grinding in concerts and videos. quot;Your average teen star could go right on a strip stage without changing clothes,quot; says writer Lily Burana, a former stripper.Actor Ben Affleck made headlines in a Vancouver strip club. Tabloids report on stars who give pals or lovers lap dances in night spots. And L.A. stripping classes started by actress Sheila Kelley, whose credits include TV39;s L.A. Law and the movie Matchstick Men, are packed with everyday women.Pop-culture observer Michael Barson, author of books such as Teenage Confidential, calls stripper chic a quot;watershed ¡­ a big trend. It seems to be permeating deeper and deeper, like an ink stain sinking into an Oxford shirt.quot; He39;s not certain shedding inhibitions is quot;actually a bad thing,quot; but as a parent, quot;I39;m not sure how to defend it.quot;Strip clubs and strip culture used to be strictly quot;an escape hatch for men,quot; says Burana, author of Strip City, which chronicles her 1999-2000 farewell tour of 25 clubs nationwide. quot;About 10 years ago, feminism took a switch. It was no longer women saying, 39;To be taken seriously, I need to be asexual.39; Sexuality became more egalitarian. I started to see women going on 39;anthropological field studies39; to clubs. They were curious.quot; Because owners tend to be market-savvy, she adds, some clubs have become cleaner £¨in all senses of the word£© to attract a broader clientele.The veil of secrecy has been lifted from stripping, says Curtis Pryce, founder of 2-year-old StripperWeb.com, a forum for dancers to talk shop that also offers a peep into the strip world. quot;When talk of clubs was kept more hush-hush, mystery abounded and rumors ran rampant.quot;Today, strip clubs can be quot;just another stop for entertainment,quot; says actress Lauren Woodland, whose character on The Young and the Restless turns to stripping £¨albeit only to a bikini£© to support her expensive tastes. quot;The same people going to bars and nightclubs are popping in and outquot; of strip clubs on L.A.39;s Sunset Strip, she says.In Las Vegas, where new clubs showcasing hundreds of dancers are cropping up, quot;civilianquot; women drop by with greater frequency, says Dolores Eliades, co-owner of Sapphire Gentlemen39;s Club.It39;s the same in Atlanta, says Cheetah general manager Jack Bragley. quot;In the last year and a half, it has become trendy for couples and women to come in.quot; Female customers, who help make up for a decline in convention business, are wooed to the three-decade-old Cheetah by quot;wine, women and thongquot; wine tastings and a revamped restaurant that serves elegant eats such as lobster crepes at tables a garter39;s toss from the stages.Why are women ogling women? For some, it39;s sexual preference. Others say they enjoy the dancing, comparing their physiques to the toned specimens on display, eyeballing the 6-inch heels and costumes mdash; from gowns to racy lingerie mdash; that get shucked during a performance. quot;Women have a natural curiosity about each other39;s bodies,quot; Burana says.Actress Woodland says viewers have responded well to her strip club storyline. quot;The audience has the chance to have a vicarious experience ¡­ an escape.quot;Adds psychologist Carol Ellison, author of Women39;s Sexualities, quot;Going to a strip club can be quite a safe sexual adventure.quot; She went with colleagues on a strip-club field trip during a sexologists sex medicine for woman
convention in Las Vegas and was quot;intrigued. It was a venture into the fantasy realm, if you don39;t think too long and too hard about what39;s happening in the £¨strippers39;£© minds. That39;s another issue.quot;Actually, many stripper stereotypes aren39;t true, says sexologist Ted McIlvenna, president of the Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality in San Francisco and organizer of that Vegas outing. He has just completed a study of 1,000 exotic dancers that found most quot;sell fantasy, not sex.quot;At the Cheetah and elsewhere, some dancers are college students looking to repay student loans. Stripping can be lucrative mdash; a dancer in a high-end club can make $500-plus on a good night.quot;There39;s no lap dancing here,quot; manager Bragley says. quot;The girls can make a lot of money without resorting to anything.quot; That39;s not to say all the estimated 2,500 U.S. strip outposts are ready for the average clubgoer. Many still are geared toward men, and some quot;are just awful, really, really raunchy,quot; McIlvenna says.On The Young and the Restless, quot;there have been allusions to the down side,quot; Woodland says, such as the time she hid when her character39;s father came to the club not knowing she worked there. She39;s sure the negative aspects quot;will get me out of the story line.quot;Actress Kelley, who danced in clubs to prepare for roles, decries the quot;sleazyquot; side. quot;It39;s pretty awful to crawl across the stage for two or three dollars from some guy.quot;Some strippers welcome female patrons. At the Cheetah, a dancer whose stage name is Simone says she and colleagues like them because they don39;t try to paw them or push for extras. Burana thinks more women watching strippers quot;signals acceptance. It means that the barrier between the 39;good39; and 39;bad39; girls is coming down.quot;Another sign stripping is going mainstream: KegWorks.com, vendor of bar accessories, began selling strippers39; poles and found most are ordered for homes or student apartments.Many are not applauding the stripper-chic trend. quot;The appetite for bare flesh ¡­ is only further proof that Americans have forgotten from whence they came. They have, in many areas of life, forsaken biblical teachings,quot; says the Rev. Paige Patterson, president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and former president of the Southern Baptist Convention.Though Burana says stripping quot;has been added as a cultural spice,sex medicine for man
 she is not sure strippers are truly dancing into the public39;s embrace. quot;I39;ll believe it when a soccer mom turns to me and says, 39;Tiffany decided to turn down Yale and go to work at Scores.39; quot;published at

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Jan 23, 2010
young adults accept porn more than parents do

    Home  Articles    Young Adults Accept Porn More Than Parents Do  Thursday, 20 December 2007College students,Penis enlargement including women, are far more accepting of pornography than their parents areWORCESTER, Mass. - College students, including women, are far more accepting of pornography than their parents are, according to findings reported Thursday by Jeffrey Arnett, editor of the Journal of Adolescent Research.Though 31 percent of the young women studied said they viewed porn and only 3.2 percent said they did so daily or nearly every day, nearly half said they considered viewing porn acceptable.The researchers reported that 86 percent of the young men studied said they had viewed porn in the previous year.Wenick Capsules
 One in five said they did so daily or nearly every day.The parents surveyed were much less accepting of porn: 37 percent of the fathers and 20 percent of the mothers considered viewing porn acceptable.Researchers said young adultsrsquo; attitudes might be influenced by pornographic images that have proliferated on the Internet in the past 10 years, said Arnett, who will publish the study in January. He said the shift most likely is related to easy access to porn on the Internet and handheld devices.ldquo;Wersquo;re in an age of pocket porn,rdquo; said Jason Carroll, author of the study.Carroll,Wenick a social-sciences researcher at Brigham Young University, and his colleagues studied 813 college students from six campuses. The online survey asked students about their views on pornography.Carroll said the study also linked regular porn use with risky behaviors such as binge drinking and sex with multiple partners.nbsp;lt; Prev

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