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Based on the bestselling novel by Candace Bushnell, the HBO original series Sex And The City took the television world by storm following its release in the summer of 1998. Following the exploits of four young and educated female friends living and working in New York City, the show revolves around the various relationships and life problems experienced by each member of the group. Sporting an experienced and talented cast, the show has developed a strong, borderline fanatic following…
Sarah Jessica Parker (the de facto lead character of the show) stars as Carrie Bradshaw, a popular sex columnist for a local newspaper who travels in numerous Manhattan social circles. Carrie is engaged in a tempestuous on-again, off-again relationship with a mystery man always referred to as “Mr. Big”. The young urban professional shares her life with three best friends who have similarly interesting jobs – Miranda Hobbs (Cynthia Nixon), a lawyer tired of being single given the societal ramifications; Samantha Jones (Kim Cattrall), a promiscuous publicist who enjoys non-exclusive relationships; and Charlotte McDougal (Kristin Davis), an art museum curator who is relatively less open about her sexuality… Together, the women seek each other’s advice on the ever-present and varying predicaments in which they find their romantic relationships…
The Sex And The City DVD features a number of hilarious episodes including the series premiere in which the four stars make a pact at Miranda’s birthday party that they will start having sex like men (i.e. without feeling or attachment). Charlotte is skeptical of the idea, but Carrie takes to the idea immediately by sleeping with her ex-boyfriend. Meanwhile, Miranda goes out with Carrie’s friend Skipper while Samantha and Carrie develop new relationships of their own… Other notable episodes from Season 1 include “Bay of Married Pigs” in which Carrie is set up by her married friends with a man intent on getting married himself (meanwhile, all four women feel the societal pressures to get married), and “The Monogamists” in which each of the four women deals with personal issues involving exclusive/non-exclusive relationships of varying degrees…
Below is a list of episodes included on the Sex And The City (Season 1) DVD:
Episode 1 (Sex and the City) Air Date: 06-06-1998
Episode 2 (Models and Mortals) Air Date: 06-06-1998
Episode 3 (Bay of Married Pigs) Air Date: 06-21-1998
Episode 4 (Valley of the Twenty-Something Guys) Air Date: 06-28-1998
Episode 5 (The Power of Female Sex) Air Date: 07-05-1998
Episode 6 (Secret Sex) Air Date: 07-12-1998
Episode 7 (The Monogamists) Air Date: 07-19-1998
Episode 8 (Three’s a Crowd) Air Date: 07-26-1998
Episode 9 (The Turtle and The Hare) Air Date: 08-02-1998
Episode 10 (The Baby Shower) Air Date: 08-09-1998
Episode 11 (The Drought) Air Date: 08-16-1998
Episode 12 (Oh Come, All Ye Faithful) Air Date: 08-23-1998
Britt Gillette is author of The DVD Report, a blog where you can find more reviews like this one of the Sex And The City (DVD).
Over the last few weeks, the issues of John McCain’s age and health have been pushed, with much resistance, back into the heart of the political discussion. Prompted in part by the selection of Sarah Palin as the Republican vice presidential candidate, the topic crested with the release of a political advertisement calling attention to McCain’s history of skin cancer and the need for more information about his medical records.
Cable news stations were too skittish to run the spot, produced by Brave New PAC. CNN refused to air it, Fox’s Bill O’Reilly called it shameful, and MSNBC, which initially aired the ad, reversed course and took it off the air.
All of which has come to the anger and befuddlement of Democrats as well as members of the medical community, both of whom ask a very basic question: what more important information is needed to elect a president other than his fitness for office?
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And as Gupta argued, there is something sadly ironic with the fact that physicians and airline pilots are required to release medical records, but not the would-be president of the United States.
“[Former Senator] Paul Tsongas — when he ran for office in 1992, he was a cancer survivor at that point, but said he had been cured,” recalled Gupta. “We now know that had he been elected to a second term, he would have died in office. It was Tsongas who went to Clinton and said we should really have a requirement for the release of physical and mental medical records. Which, looking back now, is pretty remarkable.”
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One of the surprise blockbusters of 2004, National Treasure evokes images of the Indiana Jones trilogy with its adventurous search for a mysterious hidden treasure. But more than likely, the film is the result of the massive commercial success of a “quest for the holy grail” novel entitled The Da Vinci Code. Since its release, Dan Brown’s book has sold over twenty million copies, and its plot of a historian turned treasure hunter who uncovers ancient clues put in place by the Knights Templar and the Masons that hold the key to a treasure of unimaginable consequences from the era of the Crusades while doing so with the aid of a beautiful woman curator of the very archive which holds the crucial clues to its discovery, all while an evil competitor who seeks the treasure for himself follows on his heels – whew! is a plot device that’s eerily similar to Dan Brown’s bestseller. But National Treasure takes place in the United States instead of Europe, so you can rest assured that the book’s success had nothing to do with the movie’s production (wink, wink)… Anyway, regardless of its origin, National Treasure is an entertaining adventure more than worthy of a movie-goer’s time…
National Treasure follows the exploits of Benjamin “Ben” Franklin Gates (Nicolas Cage), the youngest in a long line of historians who believe that America’s Founding Fathers were the guardians of a massive treasure dating back to the era of the Crusades. Despite his father Patrick’s (Jon Voight) pessimism, Ben investigates a clue provided by his grandfather John Adams Gates (Christopher Plummer) – a clue handed down by their distant relative Charles Carroll, one of the last surviving signatories of the Declaration of Independence. Working with his employer Ian Howe (Sean Bean), Ben unlocks the mystery of the clue which leads to his belief that a treasure map is encoded in invisible on the backside of the Declaration of Independence…
When Ian hatches a scheme to rob the National Archives of its most treasured artifact, Ben promptly alerts the FBI. But the feds’ failure to take his claim seriously prompts Ben to devise his own plan to steal the parchment (so he can protect its secrets from Ian). Along the way, Ben convinces National Archives curator Abigail Chase (Diane Kruger) of the conspiracy, and she agrees to help him steal the Declaration of Independence. With each new success, Ben and Abigail are brought closer to the ultimate discovery. But Ian Howe and the FBI are always one step behind, and multiple dangerous obstacles remain in their way… Does a vast treasure of wealth hidden by the Founding Fathers really exist? And will Ben and Abigail find it before it falls into the wrong hands? Just as with Harry Potter and Indiana Jones, all the fun is in waiting to find out…
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One of the greatest hindrances couples that are in long term relationships encounter is how to make their love red, hot and steamy. In the beginning of a relationship, the excitement, urge and passion of lovemaking is hard to forget but as the initial love at first sight fades it gets harder to make things come back the way it used to be.
Can “500 Lovemaking Tips and Secrets” by an Oprah Love Expert acclaimed author Michel Webb be the right book to bring back the love at first sight? Below is my review on it.
The book starts with a deep insight and understanding on lovemaking, explaining vital topics like adult films, bedroom toys, the importance of romance for lovemaking and an interesting facts about Kama Sutra. If you don’t know what Kama Sutra is all about, It’s an ancient Indian text that is considered to be the standard work on love, some parts of the work deals with human sexual behavior. It has a lubrication guide and 16 fully explained lovemaking postures and positions at the back of the book. These are not the main touches but the main enchanting, attracting and the bulk of the book is the 500+ tips.
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I must add that when I opened the book to read, I was able to find easy to understand tips that I applied with my partner when making love and it worked as the author wrote. They are no dozens of long winded paragraphs which i use to see when i am reading other books. Everything is arranged neatly and is very satisfying on the eyes. This is a big advantage when you are about to make love spur-of-the-moment and you need some ideas.
Love making tips and secrets is a treasure full of ideas. It has 539 tips in total. It varies from oral sex tips for both men and women to the styles you can add to make foreplay more fun. It contains tips to make intercourse more enjoyable, unique methods to entice your partner such as coming out the shower with only a towel and playing with your wife and even some hot places where you can make love which most people would never have in mind. I wasn’t able to find some of the tips exciting as I expected but I found more than enough that satisfied me.
The secrets are all joined together which can makes one overwhelming. I highly recommend you skim through the whole pages of the book a few times instead of trying to read everything in it at one sitting. 500 lovemaking tips and secrets also proved what it promised early on its sales page of not containing immoral, raunchy, degrading and perverted ideas that some lovemaking books seem to have which is bad news for a consumer.
Finally, while few of the tips in the book didn’t amaze me. It could have been nice if I saw more lovemaking games. Though it’s still the most complete book of tips and ideas which one can use to improve lovemaking that I have never seen. If you’ve read my article about how to stimulate and find the g spot, some of the experiences I gathered when I tried it out was from the book. Nothing else comes close to it compared to other lovemaking books I have ever read. Most of all, i found it exciting to read and apply in my day to day bedroom shows with my wife. If you’ve ever wished to make your bedroom shows with your partner more exciting, fun, make her scream for more or even if you just need some ideas for more pleasure I highly recommend this book for you. I assure you that your partner will be surprise and you won’t have regrets on why you read my review.
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