According to Erikson, the young adult stage involves the personal need for intimacy and sex. Failure to achieve this need results in isolation, which is avoided, and as a result the young adult strives for love and compassion. The young adult learns that love and compassion may get him or her what he or she wants. In many societies, young adults in their late teens and early 20's encounter a number of issues as they finish school and begin to hold full- ...

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Young adult psychology, Young adult psychology - Early Adulthood, Young adult psychology - Age 30 Crisis, Young adult psychology - Women, Young adult psychology - Men, Young adult psychology - Settling Down

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Worship music became popular in the 1980s, when Christian music publishers such as Maranatha! Music and Integrity Music started releasing a new style of songs of worship to God that featured a choral music format. Worship music's goal is to bring people and entire churches into a deeper personal worship experience and intimacy with God. This emphasis on building and strengthening the relationship between God and man is the true foundation of worship music. Praise, worship and adoration of the Creator is the focus of worship music, and it serves as one of the ways a Christian can give thanks to God for ever ...

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Worship music, Worship music - History

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Religious conservatives, exemplified by US Rev. Jerry Falwell, criticize pornography because they see it as immoral; they believe sex is reserved for married couples, and pornography is thought to lead to an overall increase in behavior considered to be sexually immoral. Many are opposed to pornography because of religious conventions and morals, as exemplified by the Catechism of the Catholic Church, which states: "Pornography consists in removing real or simulated sexual acts from the intimacy of the partners, in ord ...

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Anti-pornography movement, Anti-pornography movement - Religious objections, Anti-pornography movement - Feminist objections, Anti-pornography movement - Government actions

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The motivations of slave owners in manumitting slaves were complex. Three strands may be detected, though they cannot always be disentangled from each other. The following relates particularly to classical Greek and Roman forms. Firstly, manumission may present itself as a sentimental and benevolent gesture. One typical scenario was the freeing in the master's will of a devoted servant after long years of service. This kind of manumission will have been largely restricted to slaves who had some degree of intimacy with their masters, s ...

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Manumission, Manumission - Motivations, Manumission - Status after manumission

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Unlike the general case of swinging, polyamorous relationships generally involve an emotional bond, though the distinctions made between swinging and polyamory are a topic open to debate and interpretation. Many people in both the swinging and polyamory communities see both practices as part of a continuum of open intimacy and sexuality. Also note that the values discussed here are ideals. As with any ideals, their adherents sometimes fall short of the mark - but major breaches of a polyamorous relationship's ideals are taken as seriously as such breaches would be in any other relationship. See also:

Polyamory, Polyamory - Terminology, Polyamory - Symbols of polyamory, Polyamory - Forms of polyamory, Polyamory - 'Open relationship', Polyamory - Legal status of polyamorous relationships, Polyamory - Values within polyamory, Polyamory - Fidelity and loyalty, Polyamory - Trust honesty dignity and respect, Polyamory - Communication and negotiation, Polyamory - Non-possessiveness, Polyamory - Polyamory and parenting, Polyamory - Custody ramifications, Polyamory - Related groups and concepts, Polyamory - Philosophical aspects, Polyamory - Criticisms of polyamory, Polyamory - Religious objections, Polyamory - Division of love, Polyamory - Perceived failure rates, Polyamory - Inability/unwillingness to commit, Polyamory - Counter-criticisms, Polyamory - Famous polyamorous people

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Men's pro-feminism is like any other set of values, beliefs or political activities. It comes from deeply felt personal experiences, from particular relationships and intimacies and loyalties, from other ethical or political involvements and commitments. An eloquent description of how men come to the struggle for women's equality is given by radical pro-feminist John Stoltenberg, in his book Refusing to be a Man: "I'm thinking of those men whose feminist convictions spring from loyalty to a particular woman in t ...

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Pro-feminism, Pro-feminism - Core beliefs, Pro-feminism - Development, Pro-feminism - Pro-feminism compared to feminism, Pro-feminism - Homosexuality, Pro-feminism - Bibliography

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Bankim was educated at the Hooghly College and belonged to an orthodox family. He did for Bengali fiction what Michael Madhusudan Dutt had done for Bengali poetry, that is, he brought in imagination. Chatterjee was more fortunate than Dutt as he did not have to set up his own diction from the very start. The prose style was already standardized; what Chatterjee did was to break its monotony, shear off its ponderous verbosity and give it a twist of informality and intimacy. ...

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Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay - Life, Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay - Literature, Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay - Politics, Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay - Criticism

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"At its best, radio combines the power and immediacy of great documentary films with the intimacy and poetry of a New Yorker-style magazine piece." (Columbia Graduate School of Journalism) "Staring red-eyed at the mirror in front of me, having spent another day and half of the night with my computer, I ask myself fundamental questions: Why radio? Why documentary? Answer: No other medium can provide me with more freedom of creation and investigation. It meets my urgent interest in reality and the desire for a 'musical' expressio ...

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Radio documentary, Radio documentary - Quotes, Radio documentary - Notable radio documentary and feature makers, Radio documentary - Notable resources

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The era of the French Régence (1715 - 1723) covers the minority of Louis XV, when France was governed by the regent, the child-king's uncle, Philippe d'Orléans. The Régence marks the temporary eclipse of Versailles as center of policymaking, since the Regent's court was at the Palais Royal in Paris. It marks the rise of Parisian salons as cultural centers, as literary meeting places and nuclei of discreet liberal resistance to some official policies. In the Paris salons aristocrats mingled more easily with the haute-bourgeoisie in a new atmosphere of relaxed decorum, comfort and intimacy ...

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Régence, Régence - French chronology, Régence - Art history, Régence - Colonialism

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The Supreme Court granted a writ of certiorari agreeing to hear the case on July 16, 2002. A wide array of organizations filed amicus curiae briefs on behalf of the petitioners as well as the respondents.1 Oral argument was heard in the case on March 26, 2003; the decision was rendered on June 26. The questions before the court were the following: Whether the petitioners' criminal convictions under the Texas "Homosexual Conduct" law—which criminalizes sexual intimacy by same-sex couples, but not ...

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Lawrence v. Texas, Lawrence v. Texas - History, Lawrence v. Texas - Prior case law, Lawrence v. Texas - Lawrence and Garner are arrested, Lawrence v. Texas - Considerations, Lawrence v. Texas - The dissents, Lawrence v. Texas - Broader implications, Lawrence v. Texas - Notes

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The Supreme Court granted a writ of certiorari agreeing to hear the case on December 2, 2002. A wide array of organizations filed amicus curiae briefs on behalf of the petitioners as well as the respondents.1 Oral argument was heard in the case on March 26, 2003; the decision was rendered on June 26. The questions before the court were the following: Whether the petitioners' criminal convictions under the Texas "Homosexual Conduct" law—which criminalizes sexual intimacy by same-sex couples, but ...

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Lawrence v. Texas, Lawrence v. Texas - History, Lawrence v. Texas - Prior case law, Lawrence v. Texas - Lawrence and Garner are arrested, Lawrence v. Texas - Considerations, Lawrence v. Texas - The dissents, Lawrence v. Texas - Broader implications, Lawrence v. Texas - Notes

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Sometimes couples go to a movie theater for the additional reason that it provides the possibility of some physical intimacy, where the dark provides some privacy (with additional privacy in the back-row). This applies in particular for young people who still live with their parents, and these parents tend to monitor and/or forbid certain activities. Compared with being together in a room without other people, it may also be reassuring for one or both of the couple (and for pare ...

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Movie theater, Movie theater - Design, Movie theater - Programming, Movie theater - Break, Movie theater - Admission, Movie theater - Pricing, Movie theater - Movie hopping, Movie theater - Age, Movie theater - Crowd control, Movie theater - The back row, Movie theater - Other services, Movie theater - Business practice controversies, Movie theater - Major movie theater companies, Movie theater - North America, Movie theater - Asia, Movie theater - Europe, Movie theater - Australasia

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Sometimes couples go to a movie theater for the additional reason that it provides the possibility of some physical intimacy, where the dark provides some privacy (with additional privacy in the back-row). This applies in particular for young people who still live with their parents, and these parents tend to monitor and/or forbid certain activities. Compared with being together in a room without other people, it may also be reassuring for one or both of the couple (and for pare ...

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Movie theater, Movie theater - Design, Movie theater - Programming, Movie theater - Break, Movie theater - Admission, Movie theater - Pricing, Movie theater - Movie hopping, Movie theater - Age, Movie theater - Crowd control, Movie theater - The back row, Movie theater - Other services, Movie theater - Business practice controversies, Movie theater - Major movie theater companies, Movie theater - North America, Movie theater - Latin America, Movie theater - Asia, Movie theater - Europe, Movie theater - Australasia

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Aldo Leopold was born in Burlington, Iowa. He grew up in contact with the outdoors – the fields, trees, meadows, creeks, and rivers. His writing is notable for its simple directness. His portrayals of various natural environments he had moved through, or had known for many years, displayed impressive intimacy with what exists and happens in nature. He seemed to know a landscape the way an audiophile knows his sound system and music collection, or the way a mother knows the b ...

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Aldo Leopold, Aldo Leopold - Life and work, Aldo Leopold - Conservation, Aldo Leopold - Ethical issues, Aldo Leopold - Social conscience ecological conscience

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THEO

Greek root meaning "god" combines to generate many creative ideas:

THEOCRASY -- Mixed worship of the gods; intimacy with the  gods.

THEOMACHY -- Opposition to divine will; Fighting with the  gods.

THEOMORPHOSIS -- Transformation into a divine shape.

THEOPANAX --  The all-healing god.

THEOPHANY -- The showing of divinity in mankind.  However, the Neoplatonists meant man recognizing his own divinity showing in  himself.

THEOPNEUSY -- Divine Inspiration. Another Neoplatonic idea. The  inspiration, though divine, is one's own Higher Self.

THEOPOEIA --  Godmaking.

THEOSIS -- God impulse. Theos is the god's personality or  character as opposed to Daimon, a divine power or entity.

(See also: THEO, Magick, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul, )

She is Daisuke’s classmate and friend. Daisuke has fallen in love with her, but she does not return his affections. She cares about him, but only as a friend. She has tailored herself for a tall, prominent, important ‘dream guy’. Phantom Dark seems to be all that she has dreamed of in a man. Later on in the series, though, she shows slight jealousy of Riku and Daisuke being together, although she does fully accept them being a couple. There has also been a vague mutual intimacy between herself and Satoshi Hiwatari, even if Risa has shown she is clearly interested in Dark Mousy, and also procla ...

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Risa Harada, Risa Harada - Profile, Risa Harada - Brief Description, Risa Harada - Friends and Love Life, Risa Harada - Appearance and Personality

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A Theosophical definition of Om - Aum :

Om - Aum

A word considered very holy in the Brahmanical literature.

It is a syllable of invocation, as well as of benediction and of affirmation, and its general usage (as elucidated in the literature treating of it, which is rather voluminous, for this word Om has attained almost divine reverence on the part of vast numbers of Hindus) is that it should never be uttered aloud, or in the presence of an outsider, a foreigner, or a non-initiate, and it should be uttered in the silence of one's mind, in peace of heart, and in the intimacy of one's "inner closet."

There is strong reason to believe, however, that this syllable of invocation was uttered, and uttered aloud in a monotone, by the disciples in the presence of their teacher. This word is always placed at the beginning of any scripture or prayer that is considered of unusual sanctity.

It is said that by prolonging the uttering of this word, both of the o and the m, with the mouth closed, the sound re-echoes in and arouses vibration in the skull, and affects, if the aspirations be pure, the different nervous centers of the body for good.

The Brahmanas say that it is an unholy thing to utter this word in any place which is unholy. It is sometimes written Aum.

See also: Om - Aum, Mysticism, Body Mind and Soul)

The motive for the impediment of affinity is akin to, though not as strong as, that of consanguinity; there arises from the partners' carnal intercourse a nearness and natural intimacy with the blood-relatives of the other side. The degrees of affinity are determined by the same rule as the degree of blood-relationship. Before the Fourth Council of Lateran two other kinds of affinity were recognized as an impediment to marriage. If a man then married a widow, those who were akin to her by the previous marriage were also akin to the pr ...

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Affinity canon law, Affinity canon law - Impediment of marriage, Affinity canon law - Earlier law, Affinity canon law - Mosaic law, Affinity canon law - Roman law, Affinity canon law - Early Christian law, Affinity canon law - Reasoning, Affinity canon law - Example, Affinity canon law - Affinity no longer begets affinity

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Typically, marriage is the institution through which people join together their lives in emotional and economic ways through forming a household. It often confers rights and obligations with respect to raising children, holding property, sexual behavior, kinship ties, tribal membership, relationship to society, inheritance, emotional intimacy, and love. Marriage sometimes: establishes the legal father of a woman's child; establishes the legal mother of a man's child; gives the husband or his family control over the wife's sexual servi ...

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Marriage, Marriage - Definitions, Marriage - Types of marriages, Marriage - Western world, Marriage - Eastern world, Marriage - Polygamy monogamy and polyandry, Marriage - Traditional cultures, Marriage - Marriage today in Belgium The Netherlands Canada Spain, Marriage - Unique Practices, Marriage - Recognition, Marriage - Rights and obligations, Marriage - Marriage restrictions, Marriage - Termination, Marriage - Weddings, Marriage - Marriage and religion, Marriage - Marriage and economics, Marriage - Criticisms of marriage, Marriage - Pragmatic marriage, Marriage - Romantic Marriage Vs. Pragmatic Marriage

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Typically, marriage is the institution through which people join together their lives in emotional and economic ways through forming a household. It often confers rights and obligations with respect to raising children, holding property, sexual behavior, kinship ties, tribal membership, relationship to society, inheritance, emotional intimacy, and love. Marriage sometimes: establishes the legal father of a woman's child; establishes the legal mother of a man's child; gives the husband or his family control over the wife's sexual servi ...

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Marriage, Marriage - Definitions, Marriage - Recognition, Marriage - Types of marriages, Marriage - Western world, Marriage - Eastern world, Marriage - Polygamy monogamy and polyandry, Marriage - Forced marriages, Marriage - Unique practices, Marriage - Marriage restrictions, Marriage - Weddings, Marriage - Termination, Marriage - Rights and obligations relating to marriage, Marriage - Marriage and religion, Marriage - Marriage and economics, Marriage - Romantic marriage and pragmatic marriage, Marriage - Pragmatic marriage, Marriage - Pragmatic marriage contrasted to romantic marriage, Marriage - Same-sex marriage, Marriage - Introduction, Marriage - Jurisdictions accepting same-sex marriage, Marriage - Controversy, Marriage - Criticisms of the institution of marriage

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Infantilism - Infantilism and privacy for adult infantilists. For some individuals, it is difficult to discuss one’s private desires with most others, especially when such desires are as uncommon as infantilism. For adult infantilists who have ‘significant others’, the policy of honesty would seem to be the best policy. This is especially true due to the fact that there are certain areas of overlap between infantilism and sexual intimacy in general, and to attempt to separate these two is not only somewhat ...

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Infantilism, Infantilism - Some infantilist lifestyles, Infantilism - Some infantilists' experiments with adoption, Infantilism - Older infantilists' reaching of equilibrium, Infantilism - The psychology of infantilism, Infantilism - Impact and ramifications, Infantilism - Subsets..., Infantilism - ...based on age TBs and ABs, Infantilism - ...based on ageplay DLs and ABs, Infantilism - ...based on gender little girls and sissy babies, Infantilism - Infantilism and privacy, Infantilism - Infantilism and privacy for adult infantilists, Infantilism - Health problems, Infantilism - Some interpersonal relationships that incorporate infantilism, Infantilism - The significant others SOs of infantilists

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Much went on behind the scenes before Davidson's trial finally began on March 29, 1932. This was an internal church disciplinary trial, not a criminal prosecution, but it was a public sensation. Many of the charges related to inappropriate intimacy with girls employed at Lyons tea rooms. Davidson often befriended them because, when working in the West End, they were very easily led into prostitution. However, the prosecution unveiled a star witness, Gwendoline Harris (known as Barbara Harris) who was 16 years old when she first met Davidson. ...

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Harold Davidson, Harold Davidson - Background, Harold Davidson - StudentDays, Harold Davidson - Ordained as a Priest, Harold Davidson - The First World War, Harold Davidson - Financial difficulties, Harold Davidson - Investigations begin, Harold Davidson - Scandal breaks, Harold Davidson - The Media enters the ring, Harold Davidson - Trial, Harold Davidson - Conviction and aftermath, Harold Davidson - Sentence, Harold Davidson - Death, Harold Davidson - Posthumous treatment

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