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		By: Inquiring minds want to know: do ballet dancers ever have large busts? - The New Neo		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Inquiring minds want to know: do ballet dancers ever have large busts? - The New Neo]]></dc:creator>
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		By: TJ		</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Biden election interference NOW? Here’s an X post from only hours ago on Wednesday night:

NEW - Kamala Harris says the federal government will &quot;activate&quot; and pay college students to register voters

Brazen unconstitutional corruption! Trash the bum.
SOURCE https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4220792/posts

X-pression LINK found there.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Biden election interference NOW? Here’s an X post from only hours ago on Wednesday night:</p>
<p>NEW &#8211; Kamala Harris says the federal government will &#8220;activate&#8221; and pay college students to register voters</p>
<p>Brazen unconstitutional corruption! Trash the bum.<br />
SOURCE <a href="https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4220792/posts" rel="nofollow ugc">https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4220792/posts</a></p>
<p>X-pression LINK found there.</p>
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		By: Molly+Brown		</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Feb 2024 05:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
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I say this to myself quite often.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I used to be a morning person, but not any more.<br />
&#8216;It was the nightingale, and not the lark&#8230;&#8217;<br />
I say this to myself quite often.</p>
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		By: Aggie		</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Feb 2024 02:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[@IrishOtter49 on February 28, 2024 at 10:10 am said:  &lt;i&gt;&quot;This is a serious question. Can women with an, er, “ample” bust be ballet dancers?”&lt;/i&gt;

Yes.  Surely you have seen showgirls, and surely you must have been to a modern dance performance.  Some of these dancers are very shapely and very flexible, and can do stunning turns, even point work - they almost always have a lot of classical ballet in their background.  But for professional ballet dancers, all of these people are super fit and train for strength, so they do have much fat, generally, something that takes a toll on breast size.  But you have to remember that when women are dancing in classical ballet, if they are partnered with male dancers, they have to be lifted.  Ever lifted a dancer before, twirled her over your head, then lowered her so gently that she could land on point?  Ever done it 5 times in 2 minutes, while leaping and cavorting yourself?

Try it with a 95 lb willow, then a 125 lb well-apportioned, and see how it works out.  There&#039;s a reason that most prima ballerinas are tiny.

I&#039;m sure Neo has much more to add.  I grew up in a ballet household, sister danced with 2 professional ballet companies, wife was a dancer for a while, daughter was a ballet kid.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@IrishOtter49 on February 28, 2024 at 10:10 am said:  <i>&#8220;This is a serious question. Can women with an, er, “ample” bust be ballet dancers?”</i></p>
<p>Yes.  Surely you have seen showgirls, and surely you must have been to a modern dance performance.  Some of these dancers are very shapely and very flexible, and can do stunning turns, even point work &#8211; they almost always have a lot of classical ballet in their background.  But for professional ballet dancers, all of these people are super fit and train for strength, so they do have much fat, generally, something that takes a toll on breast size.  But you have to remember that when women are dancing in classical ballet, if they are partnered with male dancers, they have to be lifted.  Ever lifted a dancer before, twirled her over your head, then lowered her so gently that she could land on point?  Ever done it 5 times in 2 minutes, while leaping and cavorting yourself?</p>
<p>Try it with a 95 lb willow, then a 125 lb well-apportioned, and see how it works out.  There&#8217;s a reason that most prima ballerinas are tiny.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m sure Neo has much more to add.  I grew up in a ballet household, sister danced with 2 professional ballet companies, wife was a dancer for a while, daughter was a ballet kid.</p>
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		By: om		</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2024 21:21:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ask a Nigerian Prince.]]></description>
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		By: Brian+E		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2024/02/28/132666/#comment-2726392</link>

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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2024 21:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I get a lot of offers for credit cards and offers to consolidate my debt via email-- which makes me wonder what websites am I perusing that would make creditors think I might be a customer.

This was the title of an email this a.m. that made me say wow!:  &lt;b&gt;Get rid of your debt with a Personal Loan&lt;/b&gt;

Does that actually work?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I get a lot of offers for credit cards and offers to consolidate my debt via email&#8211; which makes me wonder what websites am I perusing that would make creditors think I might be a customer.</p>
<p>This was the title of an email this a.m. that made me say wow!:  <b>Get rid of your debt with a Personal Loan</b></p>
<p>Does that actually work?</p>
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		By: Karmi		</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2024 19:41:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#039;&lt;i&gt;Without Climate Change we&#039;d still be stuck in an Ice Age...&lt;/i&gt;&#039;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8216;<i>Without Climate Change we&#8217;d still be stuck in an Ice Age&#8230;</i>&#8216;</p>
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		By: om		</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2024 19:23:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If the Polish 4x4 team were running 400m or 100m distances per leg there is a premium on fast twitch muscles and power, speed, not endurance.  And even so there are significant down sides for well endowed women when running, at least that&#039;s what I&#039;ve been told.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If the Polish 4&#215;4 team were running 400m or 100m distances per leg there is a premium on fast twitch muscles and power, speed, not endurance.  And even so there are significant down sides for well endowed women when running, at least that&#8217;s what I&#8217;ve been told.</p>
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		By: om		</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2024 19:17:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Captain Obvious (not a dancer).  If you are jumping, spinning, bending at the waist, rapidly at times, in cadence with a musical accompanyment, and of course trying for grace and art, or being thrown into the air by your partner &lt;b&gt; excess mass and non-muscular tissue&lt;/b&gt; is probably a burden.

If for no other reason than it places extra stress on the bones, joints, etc.

It seems that this type of dance is very demanding physically and very competetive.  Physical and aesthetic selection against hearty gals as well?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Captain Obvious (not a dancer).  If you are jumping, spinning, bending at the waist, rapidly at times, in cadence with a musical accompanyment, and of course trying for grace and art, or being thrown into the air by your partner <b> excess mass and non-muscular tissue</b> is probably a burden.</p>
<p>If for no other reason than it places extra stress on the bones, joints, etc.</p>
<p>It seems that this type of dance is very demanding physically and very competetive.  Physical and aesthetic selection against hearty gals as well?</p>
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		By: Abraxas		</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2024 19:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Word for the day: hypomania.  Hypomania is &quot;Hypomania is a mood episode of overactive energy, mood, behavior, and activity levels different from normal.&quot;  It can be a symptom of bipolarity or a mild form of it.

A headline hunting Johns Hopkins professor, John Gartner, makes headlines today claiming that Trump has dementia, while Biden&#039;s brain is aging normally.  Of course, he&#039;s just following partisan orders.  Gartner periodically made the news in earlier years claiming Trump had various mental disorders.  Now that Biden&#039;s cognitive abilities are in question, he changes his message  to suit the circumstances.

Gartner&#039;s first big study was of &quot;hypomania&quot; as a grounding for success, though.  He said that people who are restless, impetuous, flooded with ideas and urges, risktaking, and extroverted tend to succeed in the world.  He saw those traits in Bill Clinton and thought they were on the whole not a bad thing.  He saw those traits in Trump and said they were signs of dangerous mental illnesses. 

For me, it&#039;s a good bet that someone who succeeds in politics does have a high level of narcissism and &quot;hypomania.&quot;  It helps them overcome the ups and downs in their careers.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Word for the day: hypomania.  Hypomania is &#8220;Hypomania is a mood episode of overactive energy, mood, behavior, and activity levels different from normal.&#8221;  It can be a symptom of bipolarity or a mild form of it.</p>
<p>A headline hunting Johns Hopkins professor, John Gartner, makes headlines today claiming that Trump has dementia, while Biden&#8217;s brain is aging normally.  Of course, he&#8217;s just following partisan orders.  Gartner periodically made the news in earlier years claiming Trump had various mental disorders.  Now that Biden&#8217;s cognitive abilities are in question, he changes his message  to suit the circumstances.</p>
<p>Gartner&#8217;s first big study was of &#8220;hypomania&#8221; as a grounding for success, though.  He said that people who are restless, impetuous, flooded with ideas and urges, risktaking, and extroverted tend to succeed in the world.  He saw those traits in Bill Clinton and thought they were on the whole not a bad thing.  He saw those traits in Trump and said they were signs of dangerous mental illnesses. </p>
<p>For me, it&#8217;s a good bet that someone who succeeds in politics does have a high level of narcissism and &#8220;hypomania.&#8221;  It helps them overcome the ups and downs in their careers.</p>
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