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If your daughter is planning to join the Army, she might find more hanging out in the shower than expected.As reported by Breitbart beneath the banner of “exclusive,” the branch’s training includes updated instructions for bathing. And the rules are plenty far from what veterans would find familiar.Official guidance — purportedly delivered via scenarios labeled “vignettes” — prescribes proper responses to issues concerning transgenderism.Vignette Nine deals with mandated urine specimens: What if an “observer” is uncomfortable having to watch a soldier — who has “not [had] sex reassignment surgery” — pee into a cup?Comfort-minded measures are on the table:Commanders may...

A discussion thread on Amazon’s Kindle Community forum notes that Amazon has begun removing some previously-published books or stories from its store, and from the Kindle archives. Readers who have previously downloaded them to their Kindles can keep them there, but cannot re-download them (and will be refunded the price of purchase assuming Amazon can still find the purchase record). The story whose removal sparked the discussion was an erotica title called Wicked Lovely by author Jess C. Scott. The tale dealt with incest, and involved a love scene between a 17- and an 18-year-old. However, Amazon would not tell...

Two Highly Erotic Steyr Classic Mannlichers with every inch of these two rifles engraded. It took Steyr Master Engravers two years to complete in Austria. The two rifles are ingraved with the nude goddess Artemis, "the virgin goddess of the hunt". On one rifle she is stalking the stag and on the other rifle she has killed the stag. Both rifles floor plate are highly graphic and one rifles floor plate has Artemis bent over and what I know about Greek Mythology, appears to be a Satyr (Half Goat/Half Man)giving her all he's GOT! These rifles are nuts! These rifles...

Vienna library launches erotica hotline 1 hour, 55 minutes ago VIENNA, Austria - This isn't the typical whispering you might expect to hear at a library. Vienna's City Hall has launched a "sex hotline" to raise money for the capital's main public library, officials said Tuesday. It's unusual, but it's not particularly raunchy: Callers pay 39 euro cents (53 cents) a minute to listen to an actress read breathless passages from erotica dating to the Victorian era. City Hall set up the hotline earlier this month to help the library raise cash for planned remodeling and expansion, Austrian media reported....

First international erotic fair to be held in Belgrade Fri May 20, 1:02 PM ET BELGRADE (AFP) - The first ever erotic fair will be organized in Belgrade next weekend with the participation of international pin-up stars led by Playboy bunny Dita Von Teese, an official said. More than thirty movie distributors, erotic magazines, sex-shops and lingerie designers will take part in a three-day long fair, to be opened on May 26, Andjelko Tripkovic, manager of the Belgrade fair, told reporters. The decision to organize such fair came after a survey conducted in January, which has showed that a majority...

Rasputin's penis to be sex museum's star attraction Russia's first museum of erotica is to open in St Petersburg - with Rasputin's penis reputedly among the exhibits. Museum founder Igor Knyazkin says the 12ins organ will be the star attraction, reports Russian daily Nezavisimaya Gazeta. Mr Knyazkin, who is also the chief of the prostate research centre of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, said he was particularly proud of the pickled penis. He said: "Having this exhibit, we can stop envying America, where Napoleon Bonaparte's penis is now kept. "Napoleon's penis is but a small pod - it cannot...

Contactee, experiencer, and participant are all terms describing an abductee. However, abductee is the term most recognized by the public. As abductees learn more about their abduction experiences, many prefer to be called contactees, experiencers, or participants. This shift in terminology often reflects the abductees' change in attitude from fear to acceptance. They accept it because they feel they cannot change the phenomena. They are a product of it and will live with its effects. Or, they may feel compelled to learn more about their abduction experience by meeting with other abductees and working with researchers.