Monica Seles is no longer the most notorious female athlete to grunt. In this video of two women arm wrestling, one of the contestants unleashes screams of fury that you don’t normally see outside of someone being chased by Freddy Krueger. Seriously, look at her – her eyes appear as if they might pop out. Sadly, the woman should probably work on her technique because she lost the match, which we bet had her screaming in disappointment.

Screaming arm wrestling girl

Tammy was once a healthy eight-stone teenager who wore skinny jeans, loved playing volleyball and going out with friends. But in a bizarre reversal of a crash diet, Tammy turned her back on her slim good looks, and spends her days indoors stuffing herself with fried chicken, donuts and whole blocks of cheese. She even allows boyfriend Johan Ubermen, 28, to pour ice cream milkshakes down her throat, in an attempt to put away 5,000 calories a day. Yes, “allows.” Tammy’s diet has seen her weight soar 3.5 stones every six months, and she now weighs 16.5 stone [230 pounds]. The once svelte young woman is piling on the pounds to earn money as a Big Beautiful Woman on internet websites and hopes to one day top 30 stone [420 pounds]. Tammy hopes to one day earn $3,100/month, which is apparently how much human dignity goes for these days.

The hotel is set way into the hills, so when the map on my phone showed just a white space I thought the Wi-fi was broken. Then I looked out the window and there really was nothing in any direction.

As it happened, we were standing above the main feature in the region – the Duzdag salt mines are 100m below the mountains.

Entrance to the salt mines

Duzdag Salt Mines physiotherapy clinic

In 1975 these salt mines were converted into a physiotherapy clinic.  The salt leads to low humidity which kills germs in the air, speeding recovery.

The private rooms in the Salt Mine

The majority of the patients are children, but unlike most mines this one is long and flat, so older people can also visit. The clinic treats 1700 people per year and has 300 beds, from singles to family room and large dormitories.

One of the Salt Mine dormitories

Dr Vaslan Suleymanov, the friendly Head Doctor, explained that “People come from all over the world. Even Vladivostok.”

Most stay for up to twenty days, at a cost of 100manat (US$127) per night including treatment and accommodation.

Welcome to the Chinar Hotel. Not sure if this is a before or after portrayal

Chinar Hotel and Oil Spa in Naftalan

The Chinar Hotel is near the worlds only source of Naftalan oil. This natural crude oil contains 50% naphthalene, a hydrocarbon they use to treat psoriasis, rheumatism, arthritis and many other skin problems.

In the hotel’s Naftalan Therapy Department, patients are bathed in hot oil before being scrubbed by a member of staff, then taking a shower. The oil is also antiseptic and anti-inflammatory.

It’s also used for prostate massages, but we managed to avoid a demonstration.

We were given a tour of the facilities by the General Manager and the Head Doctor. They walked round liked they ran the place, which I suppose they do. They walked into rooms without knocking whilst patients are still being tested, including a slightly awkward trip to the gynaecology department. By the time we reached urology we’d learnt to move ahead of the staff and knock on the door…

The guidelines are to sit in the oil heated to 38C for ten minutes a day, for ten baths over two weeks. The 40 medical staff are on hand to pull you out after 10 minutes as any longer is considered toxic. Repeat after 6 months then after another year.

Hurry up and take the photo, I’ve been here 15 minutes…Who are you anyway?

By government decree the oil can’t be exported or used in products. It also cannot be subjected to tests by external laboratories. As a result there is no external scientific evidence that it’s either safe or effective.

When they asked if anyone wanted to volunteer for an oil bath, there was a nervous silence until they suggested lunch instead.

Lunch at the health spa was excellent. A very generous buffet full of mayonnaise and cakes might explain the size of most of the patients.

One of the many cake selections in the buffet.

We were then shown round the exercise room. This may just have been a result of the large lunches, but most people were in there not really taking it seriously, dawdling along on a treadmill, whilst wearing jeans.

I was growing a little weary of all these science facts so went out and chatted to the ladies who run the Thai massage spa and make the fresh fruit juices in the Vitamin Bar. One could suggest they were probably the only two people in the hotel actually doing beneficial work for the patients.

Sources: Yourenotfromaroundhere.com

]]> http://www.avadita.com/the-alternative-health-spas-of-azerbaijan/feed/ 0 http://www.avadita.com/the-10-kinkiestweirdest-movies/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-10-kinkiestweirdest-movies http://www.avadita.com/the-10-kinkiestweirdest-movies/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 11:25:08 +0000 avadita http://www.avadita.com/?p=4404   [ Read More ]]]> If you happen to be watching a Hollywood flick that shows a sex scene, one that doesn’t cut away when two characters start kissing intensely, or climb into bed, you’ll most likely be treated to the most vanilla (and heterosexual) coupling imaginable. The woman will leave her bra on. The man, somehow, won’t reveal any flesh beyond his back or chest. And afterward, everyone will stay under the sheets. Not a stray nipple or pubic hair, absolutely no genitalia. And no wonder people have strange ideas about sex. Of course, there are fringe films that depict different sorts of sex, often through the lens of kink. To see something beyond vanilla, you wind up watching art films or other edgy fare.

Killer Joe (2011) Director: William Friedkin Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple, Gina Gershon, Thomas Haden Church Here’s to hoping that director William Friedkin continues to work with Tracy Letts at bringing the playwright’s work to the silver screen, as both Bug and Killer Joe are fantastic. But if you want to talk kinky, you have to talk Killer Joe, the very bloody white trash comedy of errors. The film’s kinks come Joe’s (Matthew McConaughey) creepy fixation on the very young Dottie (Juno Temple). As part of the complicated scheme at the film’s core, Dottie has been given by her family to Joe on the condition that he’ll kill the family’s matriarch. There’s also a fried chicken blowjob, but as that’s a case of sexual assault, it doesn’t quite count as a kink. Still, if you’re curious what that’s like, well…

• Spanking the Monkey (1994) Director: David O. Russell Stars: Jeremy Davies, Alberta Watson, Benjamin Hendrickson, Carla Gallo Because on the title, you’d think that David O. Russell’s debut would revolve around masturbation. You’d also think, "Hey, that’s not a kink—that’s a basic life need." You’re right about the latter, but the former? Not so much. In Russell’s black comedy, the kink isn’t anything to do with a zesty solo dolo sex life. No, it’s about incest. Raymond (Jeremy Davies) is spending the summer with his mom (Alberta Watson), who’s laid up with a leg injury. Dad is away on business, allowing ample time for mom and kid to redefine ‘quality time.’

  

• Caligula (1980) Director: Tinto Brass Stars: Malcolm McDowell, John Gielgud, Peter O’Toole, Helen Mirren, Teresa Ann Savoy The first indicator that Caligula was going to let its freak flag fly: The seedy biopic was co-funded by Penthouse magazine. With the adult rag’s influence, director Tinto Brass went to shameless measures to emphasize the in-and-out nature of Roman Emperor Gaius Caesar Germanicus’ (Malcolm McDowell) lustful universe. With abundant orgies, the film’s sordid highlights (including rampant nudity, nearly porn-level intercourse, and a young Helen Mirren dancing around half-naked) made it cinema’s first-ever movie in which big-name actors participated in graphic sex scenes. Enjoy the kink while you can, though, because Caligula’s downer ending and widespread gore define "flaccidness."

  

• Eyes Wide Shut (1999) Director: Stanley Kubrick Stars: Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Todd Field, Sydney Pollack, Madison Eginton When Eyes Wide Shut first opened, the backlash was strong. Apparently, people wanted to be titillated. Why they thought Kubrick would be the man for that job, we have no idea. Kubrick’s film is alternately hilarious and uncomfortable, but seldom erotic. The eerie centerpiece at the heart of the Tom Cruise-led Eyes Wide Shut takes place inside a lavish New York City mansion, where older rich gents hold ritualistic orgies in which everyone has to wear weirdo masks and hump quietly, like neutered canines. Real sexy.

  

• Shame (2011) Director: Steve McQueen Stars: Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan Most of the hype leading up to the release of British visual artist Steve McQueen’s second feature revolved around the main character’s addiction to sex and the size of Michael Fassbender’s cock. Turns out, only one of those things proved to be accurate. Shame isn’t really about sex addiction. Yes, the character has a problem with sex, but it really stems from his troubled past and incestuous relationship with his sister. Like a Hemingway story, these aspects of the story exist deep below the surface, and are only hinted at. With repeated viewings, though, it becomes more and more clear that the focus here is on Brandon (Fassbender) and Sissy (Mulligan).

  

• Secretary (2002) Director: Steven Shainberg Stars: James Spader, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jeremy Davies, Lesley Ann Warren, Stephen McHattie, Jessica Tuck Unlike most of the films on this countdown, Secretary doesn’t use unconventional sex to reflect its characters’ darker sides—freak flags fly with pride here. The 2002 independent taboo-smasher is a love story with S&M, centering on a control freak of a lawyer (James Spader) who dominates his submissive employee (Maggie Gyllenhaal) by spanking her at will and dressing her in dog collars—all things she enjoys! The loves scenes in Secretary have similar emotional implications as the quieter love sessions in sentimental movie romances, like ones starring Katherine Heigl and Jennifer Lopez. Or much like the S&M-free whoopee Spader and Gyllenhaal make on a grass-covered bed at film’s end, though we prefer dog collars over grass. For whatever that’s worth (probably too much).

  

• A Dangerous Method (2011) Director: David Cronenberg Stars: Michael Fassbender, Viggo Mortensen, Keira Knightley, Vincent Cassel Everything about David Cronenberg’s elegant period drama A Dangerous Method screams award bait—on paper. For one, it’s a biopic of sorts, tracing the difficult friendship between psychology mavericks Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender) and Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortensen); Cronenberg himself is highly prestigious, having directed a slew of lauded genre flicks (including The Fly and The Dead Zone) and more recent dramas of top quality (A History Of Violence, Eastern Promises); and it co-stars Keira Knightley, who’s the quintessential costume drama all-star. But—and this is a big but—this is Cronenberg we’re talking about, and nothing is easy. Knightley’s character (real-life mental patient turned psychologist Sabina Spielrein) has some atypical bedroom habits. She and Jung get involved in a steamy love affair, during which she gets off on him spanking her. And Cronenberg, never one to shy away from sexual perversions, dedicates quite a few sequences to Spielrein’s kinks.

  

• Shortbus (2006) Director: John Cameron Mitchell Stars: Sook-Yin Lee, Peter Stickles, PJ DeBoy, Lindsay Beamish, Paul Dawson Sex is the name of the game in indie filmmaker John Cameron Mitchell’s uninhibited dramedy Shortbus. An ensemble piece, Shortbus pays the most attention to a sex therapist who can’t achieve an orgasm, which leads the frustrated woman and her disgruntled hubby to open their, um, legs up to male prostitutes, a female dominatrix, and orgy enthusiasts in hopes of getting her off. With its playful sado-masochism and group sex, Shortbus revels in a sexuality beyond categories. And, honestly, it’s liberating to watch—if you’re into that sort of thing, of course.

  

• Sleeping Beauty (2011) Director: Julia Leigh Stars: Emily Browning, Rachael Blake, Ewen Leslie Writer-director Julia Leigh’s Sleeping Beauty isn’t the spank-bank deposit Sucker Punch fans wanted it to be. Leigh’s film is a feminist fairy tale about agency and means. Browning, of Sucker Punch, plays a college student who goes to work at a strange brothel where men pay to spend the night with women who have been drugged into such a deep sleep, they’re like corpses. This a kink with some serious issues.

• Crash (1996) Director: David Cronenberg Stars: James Spader, Holly Hunter, Elias Koteas, Deborah Kara Unger, Rosanna Arquette Most people can’t help but stare at car accidents on the sides of roads and highways, rubbernecking in unison as EMTs and police officers handle the post-fender-bender damage. It’s a natural human response, wanting to see danger without having to experience it yourself. The twisted characters in David Cronenberg’s dementedly erotic 1996 flick Crash (and adaptation of J.G. Ballard’s controversial novel of the same name) take the voyeuristic impulse one step further: Whereas a normal person would look at the banged-up cars and then keep it moving, these sickos get off on the wreckage. So much so, in fact, that James Spader and Holly Hunter, playing a pair of car accident survivors, can only get stimulated by having sex in automobiles.

  

View  over Civic Center Park. Visible smoke.

Thousands of marijuana enthusiasts gathered in Denver on April 20th for an annual weekend celebration of cannabis, the first such assemblage since Colorado voters legalized the recreational use of pot last fall. Take a look at some of the interesting photos from the event.

• Woman Wearing Marijuana Leaf Masks Smile
  
• Man Holds Happy Ganja sign
  
• Cannabis Energy Drink
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• People Purchase Marijuana merchandise
  
• Meet Ganja Santa
  
• Man Smokes in the middle of the park
  
• Woman Smoke Giant Blunt
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• Thousands gather to smoke
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• Pirl holds a Spare Nug Sign
  

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Get educated and check out all of the various barrier methods below. –nicholas robinson

Male condoms

Male condoms are the most common of the barrier methods and are typically made of latex.  For those with an allergy to latex, condoms come in polyurethane as well. When used properly, male condoms are 98 percent effective in preventing STDs, STIs and unwanted pregnancy. Despite concerns about the size issue, condoms are quite durable when used correctly. But if you’re in need of a larger or snugger size, brands like Trojan, Durex, LifeStyle, Kimono and Beyond Seven all sell condoms that very in size, fit and shape. And always remember to never use two condoms at once – the friction will tear them — and to use water-based or silicone-based lubricants with latex condoms, never oil-based lubes – again, tearing issues.

Female condoms

Female condoms are lesser known than male condoms, but they are 95 percent effective when used properly. The female condom is an internal condom made of polyurethane and is held in place inside the vagina by two flexible rings, one at the base and one inside the tip of the condom. Female condoms can be inserted hours before sex, which will insure that the vagina has had time to adjust to the feel of it. Men can also use the female condom for vaginal or anal sex if the inner ring is removed. Never use a female condom with another condom of any kind, as it can cause the condoms to tear. Because it’s made of polyurethane, female condoms can also be used with all three types of lubricant.

Dental dams

Dental dams are a thin sheet of latex used for oral-vaginal sex (cunnilingus) or oral-anal sex (rimming). They come in various colors and flavors. They also come in silicone form for those who are allergic to latex. You can also use flavored, non-oil-based lubricants, to make the experience more, ahem, “tasty.”

Finger cots

Finger cots are a thin sheet of latex worn over the finger during hand-vaginal or hand-anal penetration, better known as “fingering.” Like with a condom, finger cots can be used with water or silicone-based lubricants. Also, if you don’t have a finger cot around, you can use a latex glove instead.

Lubricants

OK, so lubricants aren’t really barrier methods, but they can be quite important in properly using other barrier methods. Lubricants reduce friction, which reduces the risk of the condom breaking and the risk of skin tearing, and they can make sex more pleasurable. Remember, there are several brands and styles of lubricants, so experiment and find the on that works best for you and your partner(s).

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