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**SNIP** At the moment, though, friendship is not recognized by law. And only a handful of states allow friends to gain legal recognition through registration as domestic partners. These include Maine, Maryland and Colorado. However, any two consenting adults – regardless of their genders – can get married in the U.S. Two friends, therefore, can pretty easily pull it off. But they can't admit that they're only friends. Legally speaking, it could be seen as a sham marriage. For this reason, two friends who tie the knot and receive a marriage certificate can still face considerable risks. They expose themselves...

In American culture, we believe that men can never be entirely trusted in the realm of the physical. We collectively suspect that, given the opportunity, men will collapse into the sexual at a moment’s notice. That men don’t know how to physically connect otherwise. That men can’t control themselves. That men are dogs. There is no corresponding narrative about women. And where does this leave men? Physically and emotionally isolated. Cut off from the deeply human physical contact that is proven to reduce stress, encourage self esteem and create community. Instead, we walk in the vast crowds of our cities...

When did the Friendzone become such a terrible place to live? In the wake of the Santa Barbara shootings, the unpleasant underbelly of the pickup artist community (PUA), involuntary celibates (incels), and other unhealthy refuges for lonely men have drawn scrutiny and condemnation. They describe themselves as exiles; in the case of the Isla Vista shooter, he decided to destroy the world he couldn’t enter, instead of building something new outside it. Their sense of exclusion is exacerbated by the stories we tell about sex as a prize you can earn and the tendency of the media to shame sexual...

Pariah Against A Prophet By Marc Miyake, Amritas.Com Many conservatives regard Chomsky as a linguist who falters out of his field. Unfortunately, they are giving Chomsky too much credit. Chomsky's linguistics are as warped as his politics. As someone with a PhD in linguistics, I think I am qualified to judge his professional credentials. Prior to Chomsky, linguists engaged in a lot of data collection to understand the diversity of human language. I'm vehemently anti-PC, but in this case, I think the word 'diversity' is justified. There's a lot out there, and someone's got to catalog it. However, Chomsky...

  Polyhedra are beautiful 3-D geometrical figures that have fascinated philosophers, mathematicians and artists for millennia.On this site are more than eighty paper models available for free.   Platonic Solids  Dodecahedron  Cube and Tetrahedron  Octahedron  Icosahedron   Archimedean Solids  Cuboctahedron  Icosidodecahedron  Truncated Tetrahedron  Truncated Octahedron  Truncated Cube  Truncated Icosahedron (soccer ball)  Truncated dodecahedron  Rhombicuboctahedron  Truncated Cuboctahedron  Rhombicosidodecahedron  Truncated Icosidodecahedron  Snub Cube  Snub DodecahedronKepler-Poinsot Polyhedra Great Stellated Dodecahedron  Small Stellated Dodecahedron Great Icosahedron Great DodecahedronOther Uniform Polyhedra  TetrahemihexahedronOctahemioctahedronCubohemioctahedron Small RhombihexahedronSmall Cubicuboctahedron Small Dodecicosidodecahedron Small RhombidodecahedronSmall Dodecahemiododecahedron Small Ditrigonal IcosidodecahedronSmall Snub Icosicosidodecahedron Small IcosihemidodecahedronCompounds Stella Octangula Compound of Cube and Octahedron...