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TODAY'S TOPICS
Hollywood-Mommy Makeovers
We enlisted five gals to try celebrity-worthy beauty tricks. Check out the fab results!



Pregnant? When to Dial Your Doctor
Spot the symptoms that warrant an ASAP phone call.








NEED TO READ
Stop a Tantrum in Its Tracks
Your toddler's moody outbursts may be inevitable, but you can stop them quickly with these savvy-mom tips.



Will Your Kid Break a Bone This Summer?
Calcium deficiency in U.S. kids is at an all-time high -- and their bodies may pay the price for a lifetime.



PARENTS TALK BACK


• Be part of our magazine's Reader Panel, and help guide us into the future!


CELEBRATE
June 25: Wimbledon Begins
Get expert advice on keeping your budding athlete safe this summer.



May 29: Ratatouille Movie Release
Check out our list of the 50 best videos for kids.

http://www.parents.com/

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Ratatouille (film)
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For the French food dish after which the film is named, see Ratatouille.
For the video game based on the film, see Ratatouille (video game).
Ratatouille

Directed by Brad Bird
Jan Pinkava
(Credited as co-director)
Produced by Brad Lewis
Written by Brad Bird
Story:
Jan Pinkava
Jim Capobianco
Brad Bird
Emily Cook
Kathy Greenberg
Starring Patton Oswalt
Lou Romano
Peter Sohn
Brad Garrett
Janeane Garofalo
Ian Holm
Brian Dennehy
Music by Michael Giacchino
Editing by Darren T. Holmes
Distributed by Pixar
Release date(s) June 29, 2007
August 30, 2007
October 5, 2007
Running time 110 min
Language English
Budget US$100 million[1]
All Movie Guide profile
IMDb profile
Ratatouille is the eighth animated feature film produced by Pixar. It tells the story of Remy (voiced by Patton Oswalt), a rat living in Paris who wants to be a chef. The film is directed by Brad Bird, who took over around the time Jan Pinkava left Pixar. It was released on June 29, 2007 in the United States.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratatouille_(film)

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Remy Zero is Cinjun Tate (vocals/guitar), Shelby Tate (guitar/vocals), Cedric LeMoyne (bass/guitar), Jeffrey Cain (guitar), Gregory Slay (drums) - Remy Zero is from Birmingham, Alabama, to L.A., to infinity (and beyond) - Remy Zero bloody wonderful music...


Click to Year Zero
(Zero Worship - anecdotes & pix...)


Mar 002: At last, the new album is in sight for release in the rock n roll isles. Golden Hum is due out on Elektra Records on March 18th. Remy Zero don't sound American, they sound international and have rapport with UK alternative rock bands they have supported like Travis and Radiohead. It's no surprise that although they only had a trickle of UK fans in 1999, that trickle has grown to a flow by 2002. Good news for anybody who is dying to see them play over here again. The Agmeister has already declared Golden Hum one of the albums of the year. They recently picked up an ace live review in Kerrang for their London Borderline low key gig. Darn, I was abroad and missed them. Story of my Remy Zero life!

http://home.clara.net/lovepeacemusic/remyzero.htm

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POSTCARD FROM THE BOARD
To keep everyone up to date with the day-to-day goings on behind the scenes at Borderline UK we have brought in “postcards from the board”. These will be sent out regularly to members of BUK and put up on the website a week later. You can see the first one, and catch up on the very latest news, here.
CROSSING THE BORDER
The ninth issue of Crossing the Border has finally made it’s way to our members - many apologies for the delay. The next edition of the newsletter will be out at the end of April. As always we are looking to you for contributions; send us your poetry, your art, your news and articles to us here at [email protected]
PD CARERS
BUK has launched a new support board for Carers of people with PD. After the appointment of a Carer to the Board of Directors at our last AGM we have looked more closely at how we support Carers. This is, we hope, the first of many new services that we will launching in the future for everyone affected by PD as we continue to develop our work.
VOICES BEYOND THE BORDER
After a very successful launch in London "Voices beyond the Border" is now out! Many thanks to everyone who spoke or helped out at the launch and of course to all the contributors, editors and Chipmunka publishing for all their hard work in bringing the book into being.
For a preview of extracts from the book and information about how to order please see the "Voices" page.

http://www.borderlineuk.co.uk/

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Voices.com is the online marketplace that connects businesses with voice actors and voice over talents. Radio and television stations, advertising agencies, marketing executives, casting directors and voice talent agencies rely on Voices.com to easily search for and hire language service providers such as translators, narrators and professional voice over talents with the assistance of our innovative VoiceRank™ ranking engine and our award-winning Web 2.0 service. Voice talents are equipped with a comprehensive set of self-managed tools to effectively market themselves and conduct their voice-over business online. Clients that have worked with Voices.com include NBC, ESPN, PBS, The History Channel, Reader’s Digest, Comcast, Nortel Networks, Bell Canada, Microsoft, Cisco Systems, ING, Western Union, Ford, GM, Jaguar, Firestone Tires, American Airlines, the US Army, the US Government and thousands more.

(hmm maybe this seems like spam. think i'll leave some of these sites out)

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Bird Watcher’s Digest is packed with expert content, including tips and advice from experts such as editor Bill Thompson, III, Kenn Kaufman, Kevin Cook, and many others! Captivating photographs and art accompany articles to help with bird identification and add to your enjoyment.

Every issue of BWD features:


An in-depth profile of a North American species
Tips on solving confusing identification challenges
A candid column from professional birder Kenn Kaufman
Advice on attracting more birds to your backyard
Travel accounts and secrets of birding hotspots in North America and beyond
Answers to readers’ bird-watching and backyard questions
Bird behavior, feeding, nesting, optics, photography, and much more!

Whether you’re an avid birder or a backyard bird watcher, Bird Watcher’s Digest has something for you. Each issue is like a mini-bird-watching book. BWD’s convenient field-guide size makes it easy to take with you anywhere or store on a bookshelf for quick reference.

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Check out Guiliano Gerro and Silvio Sommazzi's Mexican Birds
Nick Lowton's Mexico Bird Galleries
and Cliff Buxton's Gallery of Mexican Bird Photos
or join Steve Nanz on his Photo Safari to Mexico.

This page does not identify the relative ranking of the birding "hotspots".
Click here to find out about the way that sites were identified.
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Mexican Specialities
(Pause your cursor on the photo to see the species name. For some of the birds, you can click on the birds for more info... )

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....El Cielo Biosphere Reserve is a 356,872-acre site stretching from the
eastern to the western slopes of the Sierra Madre Oriental. The tropical forest around the town of Gomez Farias near El Cielo is a paradise for birdwatchers with species such as the warbling vireo, amethyst-throated hummingbird and least pygmy-owl. Bird list. Or check out Troy Gordon's site on El Cielo. Also this site.

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Plot summary for
Deep Throat (1972)
advertisement Linda, frustrated that her hugely energetic sex life leaves her unsatisfied, seeks medical help. The doctor informs her that the reason for her problem is that her clitoris is mistakenly located at the back of her throat - but there is a very simple remedy, which the doctor, and various other men, proceed to demonstrate... Written by Michael Brooke {[email protected]}

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Everything you ever wanted to know about the Clitoris and Female Sexuality.
An educational website for all ages. Learn about anatomy, sexual function, and more.

http://www.the-clitoris.com/


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Foreskin Sexual Function/Circumcision Sexual Dysfunction
The human foreskin is highly innervated,5 21 29 and vascularized29 sensitive erogenous tissue.6 29 It plays an important role in normal human sexual response and is necessary for normal copulatory behavior.40 An understanding of this role is now emerging in the scientific literature. Removal of the foreskin (circumcision) interferes with normal sexual function.

This page brings together, in one place, scattered material relevant to the study of the role of the foreskin in human sexuality, and the dysfunction caused by its amputation.

Summary of the literature
Protection. The foreskin in the adult male either partially or completely covers the glans penis.40 The foreskin protects the glans penis from friction and from dryness.28 The foreskin maintains the sub-preputial space in a state of wetness with prostatic, vesicular and urethral secretions.17 The glans penis is covered with mucosa, not skin, so the wetness is essential for optimum health. There may be a correlation between wetness and sensitivity. Removal of the prepuce by circumcision results in a change in the appearance of the glans penis. The color tends to change from a red-purple to a light pink in caucausians and the texture changes from a glossy finish to a matte finish and becomes dull rather than shiny. Some believe that the epithelium of the glans thickens after removal of the foreskin to provide additional layers of protection and that this keratinization deadens sensation.10 Morgan (1965) said, "Removal of the prepuce exposes the glans to foreign stimuli which dull these special receptors.11 Bigelow (1994) observed that improvement in glanular sensitivity is the most frequently reported outcome of foreskin restoration.26 Pertot (1994) reports that the glans becomes softer after foreskin restoration.27 These older papers do not recognize the sensitivity of the foreskin itself.

Some doctors who are associated with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University have carried out measurements of glanular sensitivity in both circumcised and intact males.53 54 Bleustein et al. (2003) claimed to measure overall penile sensitivity, but their methodology made that impossible. Even though the high innervation,6 21 29 40 the sensitivity,12 39 51 and the erogenous nature,6 of the foreskin had been reported previously, the foreskin inexplicably was not tested. The foreskin was held back out of the way53 54 and the contribution of the foreskin to overall penile sensitivity was not determined. Their studies reported little difference in glanular sensitivity between circumcised and intact males.53 54 If that is the case, then the decrease in penile sensitivity after circumcision and the increase noted after foreskin restoration must lie elsewhere.57 The most likely location is in the foreskin.57 Denniston reported loss of sexual pleasure in a survey of males circumcised in adulthood.61 The most recent study finds that the intact penis is about four times more sensitive than the circumcised penis.67

Mechanical function. The foreskin provides mechanical functions to facilitate intromission and penetration. Several authorities observe that the penis enters the vagina without friction as the foreskin unfolds.4 9 10 11 Taves (2002) reported that excision of the foreskin by circumcision increases the force required to penetrate by ten-fold.51 Shen et al. reported 43.1 percent of men cirumcised as adults experience difficult penetration.59 After penetration, the foreskin provides a gliding action that greatly reduces friction,4 9 11 15 41 49and vaginal dryness.27 40 50 55

Elasticity. The foreskin has a layer of smooth muscle tissue called the peripenic muscle,1 which is part of the dartos muscle.1 39 The contraction and expansion of the muscle fibers in this layer give the foreskin great elasticity and are important in erogenous sensation. Lakshmanan & Prakash report a "mosaic of muscle tissues and elastic fibres" contained between the two layers of the foreskin, which keep the foreskin snugly against in the glans penis in a close fit.15 The muscle fibres must stretch to allow the foreskin to retract over the glans and contract again when the foreskin returns to its normal forward position. The expansion and contraction of the muscle fibres during coitus allows the foreskin to stretch. The nerve bundles run alongside the dartos muscle.40 The stretching puts tension on the nerve endings contained within the foreskin. The nerve endings deform and generate pleasurable erotic sensations to the central nervous system and inputs to the autonomic nervous system, which plays a role in controlling erection and ejaculation.57 Taylor (2003) reports preliminary evidence that stretching of the foreskin produces contractions associated with ejaculation.58

Erogenous tissue. the foreskin is heavily innervated even at birth and before.5 21 The foreskin is a specific erogenous zone6 with nerve endings near the surface of the ridged band arranged in rete ridges.29 The foreskin is noted for its sensory pleasure.12 36 51 Circumcision, therefore, diminishes sexual sensation.6 9 10 11 12 18 28 31 38 57 59 62 63 64

Impotence and sexual dysfunction. The nerves in the foreskin apparently provide an impulse to aid erection. Circumcision has long been associated with an increased incidence of impotence. Glover (1929) reported a case.2 Winkelmann (1959) suggested impotence as a possibility,6 as did Foley (1966).10 Stinson (1973) reported five cases.13 Palmer & Link (1979) reported two cases.14 More recently, additional evidence of sexual dysfunction after circumcision has emerged. Coursey et al. reported that the degradation in sexual function after circumcision is equivalent to the degradation experienced after anterior urethroplasty.47 Fink et al. reported statistically significant degradation in sexual function.49 A survey carried out in South Korea found that circumcised men reported painful erections, and diminished sexual pleasure, and a few reported curvature of the penis upon erection.48 Shen et al. (2004), in a study carried out in China, reported erectile dysfunction in 28.4 percent of the men in the study after circumcision, and 'weakened erectile confidence' in 34.7 percent.59

Premature ejaculation. Lakshmanan & Prakash (1980) report that the foreskin impinges against the corona glandis during coitus.15 The foreskin, therefore, tends to protect the corona glandis from direct stimulation by the vagina of the female partner during coitus. The corona is the most highly innervated part of the glans penis.19 Zwang argues that removal of the foreskin allows direct stimulation of the corona glandis and this may cause premature ejaculation in some males.32 O'Hara & O'Hara (1999) report more premature ejaculation in circumcised male partners.41 The presence of the foreskin, therefore, may make it easier to avoid premature ejaculation, while its absence would make it more difficult to avoid premature ejaculation. Masood et al. report that circumcision is more likely to worsen premature ejaculation than improve it.64 The Australian Study of Health and Relationships found that "26% of circumcised men but 22% of uncircumcised men reported reaching orgasm too quickly for at least one month in the previous year."65 Kim & Pang (2006) reported decreased ejaculation latency time in circumcised men but the decrease was not considered statistically significant.66

Inability to ejaculate or delayed ejaculation. While some circumcised males may suffer from a tendency toward premature ejaculation, others find that they have great difficulty in ejaculating.50 The nerves in the foreskin and ridged band are stimulated by stretching,18 57 amongst other movements. If those nerves are not present, Money (1983) argues that excision of these stretch receptors by circumcision may make ejaculation take longer.18. Some circumcised males may have to resort to prolonged and aggressive thrusting to achieve orgasm.40 49 Shen et al. (2004) reported that 32.6 percent of the men in his study reported prolonged intercourse after circumcision.59 Senkul et al. (2004) reported an appreciable increase in ejaculatory latency time (time to ejaculate).60 Thorvaldsen & Meyhoff (2005) reported that circumcised males have more difficulty with ejaculation and orgasm.63 Kim & Pang (2006) reported that circumcised men have more difficulty with masturbation.66

Loss of sexual pleasure. Denniston reported that some circumcised men would not have the operation again because of loss of sexual pleasure.61 Kim & Pang (2006) reported that 48 percent of Korean men in a survey experienced loss of mastubatory pleasure after circumcision as compared with 8 percent that experienced increased pleasure and 8 percent reported improved sexual life, but 20 percent reported worsened sexual life.66