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As a reward from this year's MaxFunDrive, we're releasing our bonus episode from last year's MFD: our review of the songs from 2020, the Eurovision That Wasn't! We're joined by Jordan Morris of Free With Ads & Jordan Jesse Go to talk our favorites and least favorites that never got the chance to compete thanks to the pandemic. Jeremy refuses to say yes, Dimitry gives us the history of the Mamas, Jordan pledges fealty to his queen, and Oscar praises choreo for minimalists.All the selected videos from 2020 by country: https://eurovisionworld.com/eurovision/2020/songs-videosThis week's companion playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5vjyN1yEpqJqA3KySaMRTa?si=bb3b5a9b166743e6 The Eurovangelists are Jeremy Bent, Oscar Montoya and Dimitry Pompée.The theme was arranged and recorded by Cody McCorry and Faye Fadem, and the logo was designed by Tom Deja.Production support for this show was provided by the Maximum Fun network.The show is edited by Jeremy Bent with audio mixing help was courtesy of Shane O'Connell.Find Eurovangelists on social media as @eurovangelists on Instagram and @eurovangelists.com on Bluesky, or send us an email at eurovangelists@gmail.com. Head to https://maxfunstore.com/collections/eurovangelists for Eurovangelists merch. Also follow the Eurovangelists account on Spotify and check out our playlists of Eurovision hits, competitors in upcoming national finals, and companion playlists to every single episode, including this one!

A fire destroyed a home and four cars on 35th Ave on Wednesday morning in Meridian. A portion of Hwy 19 and 65th Ave had to be closed due to flooding Wednesday afternoon. MPD and MFD responded to a wreck at Country Club and 43rd Street, and minor injuries were reported.

Thanks so much for your help during the #MaxFunDrive!J. Keith has some more details on the great things coming that YOU helped make happen!If you're a member and want to get more podcast pins along and support a great cause, go to maximumfun.org/pinsale.Plus, enjoy a collection of some of our greatest moments from over the years that was recently part of a public radio pledge showcase.Hosts: J. Keith van StraatenHelen HongJim NewmanCredits:Theme Song by Jonathan Green.Maximum Fun's Senior Producer is Laura Swisher.Co-Producer and Editor is Julian Burrell.Seeing our next live-audience shows by YOU!

This show is supported by our beloved MaxFun Members! To become one yourself as part of the #MaxFunDrive, go to maximumfun.org/join and set up a recurring monthly contribution (or an annual prepay) for as little as $5 a month. Help us make our goal to unlock even more gifts … for YOU!It's only $1/month to BOOST your membership too – every little bit helps!Go Fact Yourself takes a lot of work to put together, including crafting the perfect quiz for our contestants. What would happen if we just took it easy and allowed AI to craft the questions, hints, and fun facts? We have J. Keith and Helen step into the contestant chairs to find out! Hosts: J. Keith van StraatenHelen HongJim NewmanCredits:Theme Song by Jonathan Green.Maximum Fun's Senior Producer is Laura Swisher.Co-Producer and Editor is Julian Burrell.Seeing our next live-audience shows by YOU!And of course… maximumfun.org/join!! MaxFunDrive ends on March 28, 2025! Support our show now and get access to bonus content by becoming a member at maximumfun.org/join.

This show is supported by our beloved MaxFun Members! To become one yourself as part of the #MaxFunDrive, go to maximumfun.org/join and set up a recurring monthly contribution (or an annual prepay) for as little as $5 a month. That contribution goes directly into making this show possible. In this special mini episode, J. Keith speaks with show director and Go Fact Yourself co-creator Jim Newman.Jim does a lot of work behind the scenes before the show has even started – booking guests for the show is an intensive process. He'll shine a light on the bookings that fell through and guests that have really delivered for this trivia podcast. Hosts: J. Keith van StraatenCredits:Theme Song by Jonathan Green.Maximum Fun's Senior Producer is Laura Swisher.Co-Producer and Editor is Julian Burrell.Seeing our next live-audience shows by YOU! MaxFunDrive ends on March 28, 2025! Support our show now and get access to bonus content by becoming a member at maximumfun.org/join.

This show is supported by our beloved MaxFun Members! To become one yourself as part of the #MaxFunDrive, go to maximumfun.org/join and set up a recurring monthly contribution (or an annual prepay) for as little as $5 a month. No matter what level you join, every MaxFun Member gets access to the most popular gift of all: The Bonus Content Library.This is a bank of hundreds– maybe even thousands– of hours of bonus episodes from every show across the network. That includes Go Fact Yourself!In this special preview, you'll hear clips from just a few of the GFY BoCo collection– including full episodes with MaxFunsters Brea Grant, Clint McElroy and more; GFY success stories where we interview past contestants whose dreams came true because of this show; and the original Go Fact Yourself pilot (which was just released this year!)Hosts: J. Keith van StraatenHelen HongCredits:Theme Song by Jonathan Green.Maximum Fun's Senior Producer is Laura Swisher.Co-Producer and Editor is Julian Burrell.Seeing our next live-audience shows by YOU! MaxFunDrive ends on March 28, 2025! Support our show now and get access to bonus content by becoming a member at maximumfun.org/join.

It's not MaxFunDrive without a wild kickoff spectacular! Former real-life VJ and host of MTV's Spring Break 1999, Dave Holmes, takes your favorite MaxFun hosts through some wacky ‘90s- and Spring Break-themed mini games!!Featuring: Dave Holmes, Jeremy Bent, Oscar Montoya, Dimitry Pompée, Hal Lublin, Tom Lum, Ellen Weatherford, Alex Schmidt, Brenda Snell, Drea Clark, Alonso Duralde, Dan McCoy, Jordan Morris, Manolo Moreno, Ella Hubber, Caroline Roper, Ella McLeod, John-Luke Roberts, Justin McElroy, Clint McElroy, Mike Cabellon, Sierra Katow, Hal Lublin, Danielle Radford, John Moe, Christian Dueñas, Christian Duguay.Eurovision Dance Party Playlist on Spotify MaxFunDrive ends on March 28, 2025! Support our show now and get access to bonus content by becoming a member at maximumfun.org/join.

It's not MaxFunDrive without a wild kickoff spectacular! Former real-life VJ and host of MTV's Spring Break 1999, Dave Holmes, takes your favorite MaxFun hosts through some wacky ‘90s- and Spring Break-themed mini games!!Featuring: Dave Holmes, Jeremy Bent, Oscar Montoya, Dimitry Pompée, Hal Lublin, Tom Lum, Ellen Weatherford, Alex Schmidt, Brenda Snell, Drea Clark, Alonso Duralde, Dan McCoy, Jordan Morris, Manolo Moreno, Ella Hubber, Caroline Roper, Ella McLeod, John-Luke Roberts, Justin McElroy, Clint McElroy, Mike Cabellon, Sierra Katow, Hal Lublin, Danielle Radford, John Moe, Christian Dueñas, Christian Duguay.Eurovision Dance Party Playlist on Spotify MaxFunDrive ends on March 28, 2025! Support our show now and get access to bonus content by becoming a member at maximumfun.org/join.

A fire broke out last night in Forest at Forest Lumber Company, multiple VFDs arrived to put the blaze out. MPD, Metro, and MFD responded to an accident on 35th Ave Tuesday, minor injuries were reported. Governor Tate Reeves sets a Special Election to replace Jennifer Branning's seat in the senate, Branning was just elected to the MS Supreme Court.

Ur innehållet: Statliga miljoner ska korta köerna till gråstarr-operationer. Digital ledsagning? Inte tillräckligt bra, visar forskning. Ledarhundsverksamheten vid MFD söker ny chef – igen. I en blind blåsorkester i Estland blir de blinda allt färre.

BANG! @southernvangard radio Ep422! Better late than never, folks. The holiday season is something' else, ain't it? This may or may not be the last show of 2024 - if it is - YOU WAAAAALCOME and if it isn't…YOU WAAAAALCOME #SmithsonianGrade #WeAreTheGard // southernvangard.com // @southernvangard on all platforms #hiphop #undergroundhiphop #boombap ---------- Recorded live Dec 15, 2024 @ Dirty Blanket Studios, Marietta, GA southernvangard.com @southernvangard on all platforms #SmithsonianGrade #WeAreTheGard twitter/IG: @southernvangard @jondoeatl @cappuccinomeeks ---------- Pre-Game Beats - Vanderslice "Southern Vangard Theme" - Bobby Homack & The Southern Vangard All-Stars Talk Break Inst. - "Epic Miraculous Music For The Season" - Kev Brown "Something Strange" - Wordsworth & Stu Bangas "Shameless" - Dookie Bros "My First Android" - OC from NC "Capo" - Fashawn & Little Vic "Detonate" - Venomous2000 ft. DJ Grazzhoppa & DJ Spin "Boom Bap Or Die" - Termanology & Tek ft. Flash Is Hip Hop (prod. Nottz) "Walk Thru The Door" - NapsNdreds ft. Wordsworth (prod. D.R.U.G.S. Beats) "Words On Words" - Backwood Sweetie & K!NG jvmes ft. Knowitall Talk Break Inst. - "Rudy N Nem" - Kev Brown "Too Foul For Primetime" - Stu Bangas ft. Apathy X A-F-R-O X DJ Jon Doe "Allahs Interlude" - OC from NC ft. DJ Flash "Buena Vida" - The Musalini ft. Blannco (prod. Jose Cienfuegos) "Bounce & Nod" - Blame One & Chill-Ill "One Eyed King" - Fashawn & Little Vic "Vamos" - Fokis x DJ Sticky "When We Do It" - Spectac & Amiri ft. DJ Shakim ft. DJ Shakim "Doin' What You Never Did" - B-Real & Psycho Les "Wrath" - P.U.R.E. Talk Break Inst. - "I Miss U" - Kev Brown "Raining Sledgehammers" - Napoleon Da Legend & JR Swiftz ft. D-Styles "I Shit You Not" - Dookie Bros "Oh!" - Wordsworth & Stu Bangas "$MFD" - Money Mogly ft. Big J CSB "Top Rope" - Le Zeppo x 9th Uno ft. Hus Kingpin "Fools Gold" - M.A.V. x K Sluggah "Trillselda 2" - Bun B & Statik Selektah ft. Westside Gunn, Conway The Machine & Boldy James "Where To Begin" - Flee Lord & Richard Milli ft. Eddie Kaine & Rim Talk Break Inst. - "I'm Wakin Up Early!" / "Let's Go Play N Stuff" / "I Miss U" / "Once A Year" - Kev Brown

Många personer med funktionsnedsättning upplever att de har förvägrats rättigheter av till exempel kommuner, och att de saknar möjligheter att utkräva sina rättigheter på ett enkelt sätt. Hur kan vi förändra detta och skapa ett mer jämlikt samhälle där alla har samma möjligheter att leva ett självständigt och meningsfullt liv? Det är utgångspunkten för ett samtal på scen under MR-dagarna i Skellefteå den 15 november 2024, lett av Karolina Celinska och Peter Ojala från DHR. Tillsammans med Fredrik Malmberg, direktör på MR-institutet som just släppt rapporten Allt ifrågasätts, och Maria Montefusco, utredare på MFD (Myndigheten för Delaktighet) diskuteras den oroande nedprioriteringen av mänskliga rättigheter för personer med funktionsnedsättning, som blivit alltmer tydlig i tider av omställning. Många är rädda för repressalier om de klagar på beslut – det är helt förfärligt, säger Fredrik Malmberg. Vi har ett upphackat system där människor inte passar in, och där systemen sinns emellan inte passar in i varandra, tillägger Maria Montefusco. Alla är överens om att rättigheter inte uppfylls och att de som lever med funktionsnedsättning är mer beroende av de system som finns, än vad andra är. Så hur kommer vi vidare i att tillgodose rättigheterna och inte fastna i att bara konstatera sakers tillstånd? Hur samarbetar MFD och MR-institutet? På vilket sätt kan vi hjälpas åt?

Firefighters on Maui have made significant gains in battling a brush fire in the Piihana area. At 7 a.m. Friday, MFD said crews are continuing to monitor the area throughout the day for any flare-ups. Over 4 acres of land were scorched.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Alan Fredendall // #TechniqueThursday // www.ptonice.com  In today's episode of the PT on ICE Daily Show, ICE Chief Operating Officer Alan Fredendall discusses the difference between myofascial decompression & cupping, if myofascial decompression works or not, and how to elevate the use of myofascial decompression in practice Take a listen to the podcast episode or check out the full show notes on our blog at www.ptonice.com/blog. If you're looking to learn more about courses designed to start your own practice, check out our Brick by Brick practice management course or our online physical therapy courses, check out our entire list of continuing education courses for physical therapy including our physical therapy certifications by checking out our website. Don't forget about all of our FREE eBooks, prebuilt workshops, free CEUs, and other physical therapy continuing education on our Resources tab. EPISODE TRANSCRIPTION ALAN FREDENDALLMyofascial decompression. What is it? How does it work? Does it work? And how can you elevate what you're currently doing practice if you're already implementing this style of soft tissue treatment? WHAT IS MYOFASCIAL DECOMPRESSION? So let's take it from the top and let's talk about what is myofascial decompression, sometimes abbreviated MFD. and how is it different from cupping? So you may consider these in your mind to be synonymous and that is very very wrong. Why? Calling myofascial decompression cupping is really a misnomer because if we dig deep people have been cupping each other for many many many thousands of years. It comes from eastern medicine and you may have seen it in practice, maybe you do it in practice, maybe you've seen it on social media or the internet, and you see people laying in a static position, sometimes with their whole body covered in plastic or glass cups, right? And so that is cupping, that is sitting in a static position, that is using things like meridian or chi points, the idea that maybe we're removing toxins from the body, and you may even heard of something called wet cupping, where we pull blood to the surface with a cup, and then maybe we puncture it with a needle or a knife and we draw blood out of people. So all of that is kind of in the sphere of the term cupping. And what's very, very, very different about myofascial decompression is that we are using some sort of pump, manual or automatic, to get a decompressive effect through the tissue. And in the context of myofascial decompression, we are always, always, always, always, including movement. We are never having people lay statically with just cups on their body. We are not educating them that we're removing toxins from their body or altering their chi or anything like that. And certainly, hopefully, you are not cutting people open and using the decompressive pressure of the cups to suck blood out of their body, right? And so that is the difference between cupping and myofascial decompression. Both use plastic or glass cups, but they come from very, very different paradigms in why we're using it, what we're doing, and the effect that we're hoping to have. So with myofascial decompression, we know now with MRI studies that when we put these cups on, if we have enough pressure, we know that we can put hundreds of millimeters of mercury of pressure through this cup, and that we can sometimes reach the level of the bone. And so we are decompressing not only just the skin and the fascia beneath the skin, but down to the level of the muscle, fascia between levels of muscle, and even deeper levels of muscle all the way down to the bone. And so thinking about the various levels, when you look at your forearm, for example, what is between you and the outside layer of your skin and the bone? Several layers of tissue. We have our epidermis, we have our dermis, we have super fascial tissue and fascia, we have deep fascia, and then we get into the fascia in and around the muscle. We have the epimysium, we have the paramycium, and we have the endomysium. And that we know with a large enough cup and enough pressure from one of our pressure guns that again we can reach the level of the bone. So we're using higher pressures combined with movement to create this decompressive and sometimes sheer force effect on the tissue, combining the decompression with the movement, that is myofascial decompression. And that is how much different it is from traditional maybe Eastern medicine, quote unquote, just cupping. So the second question that we often get and the second point I want to make is often, does it work? There is a lot of myths on social media and the internet that this is not doing anything, that this could never cause a change in tissue. and that is team Patently Untrue. Certainly, if you do this wrong, you can be very ineffective with this style of treatment, but if you do it right, it can be very, very effective. So I wanna give a shout out to Dr. Chris DiPrato. He's a physical therapist out in the Bay Area of California. You may have heard of him. He owns the company Cup Therapy. He teaches myofascial decompression courses. We had the pleasure of taking one of his courses a couple weeks ago when he was here in Michigan, and we had a great time. In particular, I love to learn all the research he had to share. And some of that research around does this actually work is pretty mind opening. And my point with today's podcast is that when we elevate our techniques, we elevate the efficacy and the efficiency of our techniques as well. And again, certainly, if you do this wrong or sloppy, you will have a minimum effect on the tissue. But if you do it right, you can have a profound effect on the soft tissue of the body. DOES IT ACTUALLY WORK? And Chris shares that in his course when he seeks to answer the question, does it actually work? Chris has used cups with myofascial decompression on embalmed cadavers. He has used them on fresh or what may be called wet cadavers. And he has used them on live living people in an MRI tube and looked at what is happening to the tissue when we have a large cup with a lot of pressure in it. What do we see? And what he has seen over the years doing these studies himself of having people in MRI tubes is that with a large enough cup and enough pressure, again, we can begin to decompress multiple layers of tissue, fascia, muscle all the way down to the level of the bone, which is pretty significant. And that in general, the more hydrated the tissue, the more decompressive effect we have seen. So when he has tested this on embalmed cadavers where all of the body water, liquid blood, everything is removed and the tissue is essentially dried out, we see a minimal effect when we use this technique. But when we use it on a fresh or wet cadaver or a living person that still has blood, all the sorts of fluid that we have inside of our body, that we get a much more profound effect. And more importantly, looking at these MRI studies, we see that not only do we see that effect in the moment, but that we see that effect for at least three to five days after we have done the myofascial decompression. So what is it? It is a technique using high pressure with movement to create a decompressive effect and some sheer force on the body. And does it work? Yes, if you do it right. So that's what I want to spend the rest of this podcast episode discussing. INTERLUDE Before I do that, I just want to introduce myself. My name is Alan. I have the pleasure of surfing as our chief operating officer here at ICE and a faculty member in our fitness athlete and practice management divisions. This is Technique Thursday. On Thursdays, we either cover leadership topics or we cover technique topics. Today is a technique topic today. And it is Technique Thursday, which also means it is Gut Check Thursday. This week's Gut Check Thursday comes from our own fitness athlete faculty member, Joe Hinesco, who sent me a nice little number for you all to do this week. It is every two minutes, hop on a fan bike, an echo or a salt bike, hammer out 20 calories for the guys or 15 for the ladies. And then any remaining time in that two minute window, you're going to do max repetitions of a barbell thruster. with the prescribed weight of 95 for guys and 65 for ladies. The goal there getting hopefully at least 10 thrusters every round and your workout is finished when you hit 75 thrusters. So the moment you hit that 75th thruster you are done with the workout. So it rewards an aggressive start, it rewards somebody who can be aggressive on the bike but still hop off and pick up that barbell and do big sets of thrusters. So If you try that and you hated it, send all that shade towards Joe. He's the one that came up with this workout, so send that his way. And then I just want to plug again, Chris DePrato cuptherapy.com. He has live and online courses, a level one course, a level two course, both live and online. And if you finish today's episode and you want to learn more about this, maybe you're like me and you kind of just started doing this without any formal training. I promise you, if you take his courses, you will come away with a lot of very actionable stuff that's going to do nothing but elevate these techniques in your own clinical practice. So let's talk about this. PRACTICAL APPLICATION Let's talk about practical application. First things first, if you have done cuffing before, You have probably seen clear cups. What's the difference? We also have cups. These are rock pods. We have these in the clinic as well. What is the main difference? The main difference is that I cannot control the pressure with something like a rock pod. All I can do is essentially stick it on my skin and get whatever pressure comes out of it, right? That might be not enough pressure to do anything and I may have to reset it. And then I basically am just getting lucky maybe with enough pressure for the patient to maybe feel something. But this is not ideal. It does not have a way for us to control the pressure. It does not have a way for us to objectively measure how much pressure we're using. And most importantly, we can't see through this, right? We can't see the tissue. We can't see what's happening underneath the tissue. There is some important stuff that can happen inside of a clear cup that you'll want to see. and I won't steal Chris's thunder, I'll have you take his course to learn that, but it's really important that we have a clear cup, and that we have some sort of control over the pressure, that we have some sort of pump gun, automatic or manual, to pump up the pressure, and really be sure we're just not getting a random application every time we put on a cup like a rock pot. So what does that look like? We have a manual gun, right? It has a trigger here, you connect it to the cup, and you pull pressure out, right? You decompress. And then with this style of cup, you just squeeze to let the air out. Now, what's great about Chris and Cup Therapy that has really made me feel good about this technique is they have solved the problem of how much pressure exactly am I using so that I can be sure if I repeat this treatment in the future, or maybe somebody else has to repeat this treatment for me, they're using the same pressure as me. Lo and behold, the automatic pressure gun, right? So you can see right here, if you're listening on the podcast, you can't see anything. So go over to our YouTube channel, or our Instagram page and watch me on the video. But what you'll see here is we have a pressure gauge, right? And it's measured in millimeters of mercury. It goes from zero up to 760 millimeters of mercury. And as you apply the cup, you will see the pressure gauge change. And that can dial you in more on how much pressure you're putting through the cup. And again, let you hopefully repeat that treatment in the future. And also be sure you're reaching the levels of tissue depth that you want to be working at. So this is a very, very great tool. This is brand new as of this year, I believe. So if you've taken his course before, you'll want to jump on cuptherapy.com and buy one of these. But this is very, very, very, very nice. And so I'm going to put this on myself. I'm going to put some, just some free up, and then I'm going to show you all how great it is with this auto pressure gun. So just putting some lotion over the area where I'm going to apply the cup. I'm going to apply the hose to the cup like so, and then I'm going to squeeze the pressure gun. Doing this one handed is super tough, but I think we can get it. There we go. And so you can hear the gun working a bit. And now as I take the hose off, you can see some pretty darn good pressure, right? A lot of tissue deformation right there, a couple of inches of skin fascia and muscle pulled into the cup. And I can tell you, this is a very different feeling than just having something like a rock pod or otherwise just a squeeze application silicone cup. This is right on the border between discomfort and pain. However, it is enough pressure that I could move those muscles. I could do a bicep curl. I could do pull-ups. I could move my forearm through whatever range of motion I wanted to, and you can see that cup is not going anywhere, and that comes down to making sure that we have enough pressure through the cup that we're reaching not only enough pressure that we can move with the cup on, but again, that we're reaching the levels of tissue depth that we want to achieve. And that is very, very easy to do with the automatic pressure gun. Let's talk about those pressures. What are they? If we really want to reach deep muscle or reach even the levels of intermuscular tissue and fascia, we need to have a lot of pressure through these cups. We need to have 300 to 600 millimeters of mercury. What is the problem with a cup like this? Or what is the problem with the manual gun? I have no idea what pressure I'm at, right? Hence the importance of the pressure gauge on the new automatic gun. Going down in pressures, if I just want to reach the level of the deep fascia, the pressure comes down a bit, 200 to 400 millimeters of mercury. And then if I want to stay superficial, even maybe if I just want to promote some lymph flow, maybe a patient has some swelling or some lymphedema, I can keep the pressure really light, 40 to maybe 150 millimeters of mercury. Again, how can I be sure I'm keeping pressure light enough to only promote lymph flow? Well, with something like a silicone cup or even the manual gun, I have no idea how heavy or how light my pressure is. And so again, it reinforces the need for that automatic pressure gun. And now I would say the key here, and again, the difference between myofascial decompression and cupping is that when we have these cups on, we're doing some sort of movement, right? Chris will take you through a whole protocol in his course of how to get the cups on and how to slowly introduce movement to an area, especially maybe if it's very restricted or very painful, but also different applications using lighter or deeper pressures to inhibit or facilitate different muscles. For example, he's a big fan of putting cups with heavy pressure on the traps for somebody who does a really contrived trap shrug when they lift overhead. And if you want to maybe isolate the deltoids or the upper back, and sort of think about turning the traps off a bit, we can stick some cups on the trap and really put a lot of pressure through those cups. It's going to be really hard to engage and move those traps, and it's going to promote movement through the muscles that we want to target. Again, maybe the deltoids or the upper back. And he has a number of different examples and circuits scenarios for you in his class but the key is the pressure matters and we can't know what pressure we're at if we don't have an objective way to measure it and then track it over time and for me that was a big game-changer what I learned is I was simply not using enough pressure using something like a silicone cup or or using something like a clear cup, but with just the manual gun. Simply not putting enough pressure into the cup to get the treatment effects that I was looking for. And certainly, probably not being light enough on the other end, if I wanted to do something like promote lymph flow, or I just wanted to have some cups on some muscles to facilitate muscle activation, I was probably going too light for deeper structures and too hard for more superficial structures. or movement facilitation. And again, the automatic gun with the pressure gauge changed all of that. SUMMARY So what is myofascial decompression? It is not cupping. It is using pressure, specifically various ranges of pressure depending on the level of tissue that we want to target. always combined with movement to promote movement through that muscle, movement through that tissue. That is very different from cupping where people typically lay in a static position, have a number of different cups applied to them, usually with no idea how much pressure is being put through that cup. Does it work? Yes, if you do it right, it works. As with most things in life, if you do it wrong, it won't work very well. And so understanding that if we have enough pressure through a large enough cup, we can move through several layers of tissue, including all the way down to the level of the bone, which is probably much more of a pronounced effect than maybe we ever thought possible. How can we get better at this? I would recommend if you haven't yet that you take Chris's course. You learn where to put these cups to target different muscles, to target different movement patterns, and that more importantly than anything else, you get yourself that automatic gun either from Chris's website or that you get with the level two course where you have that objective pressure grade knowing that different levels of pressure will target different structures and have different treatment effects. So it's really important we know what those are and what we're trying to achieve with that patient in front of us. us. So I hope this was helpful. Big shout out again to Chris. I reached out to him before doing this episode and just ran this by him and we really appreciate all of his collaboration. You'll notice that ICE does not have a myofascial decompression course. We think Chris is doing it better than anybody else and if it's not broke, don't fix it. So just go see Chris if you want to learn more about this. He runs a fantastic course, very evidence-based, Very movement focused, which you know, anything from us here at ICE, that's what we're all about. So just go see Chris if you want to learn more about this. I hope you all have a wonderful Thursday. Have fun with Gut Check. I don't think you will. Again, if you hate it, just send Joe those nasty messages. Just pass me right on by and go right to Joe. And I hope you have a wonderful weekend and a fantastic Thursday. Bye everybody. OUTRO Hey, thanks for tuning in to the PT on Ice daily show. If you enjoyed this content, head on over to iTunes and leave us a review, and be sure to check us out on Facebook and Instagram at the Institute of Clinical Excellence. If you're interested in getting plugged into more ice content on a weekly basis while earning CEUs from home, check out our virtual ice online mentorship program at ptonice.com. 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Groundbreaking ceremony held for Highway 113 relocation, called "one for the history books" by commissioner; MFD distributes Lifesaver Awards to firemen and one alderman for saving teen from flood; Morrilton Council leaves alderman election issue as-is; Perry County officials certify independent candidate filings; Main Street Morrilton seeking submissions for new downtown mural; we talk with Kara Jones from the Conway County Center for Exceptional Children.

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Techs test devices to enable sex during social distancing. By Pearce R Daly. Listen to the Podcast at Steamy Stories. Sometimes, events can change the needs of us common humans. As the year Twenty twenty arrived, life seemed so care free. Then surprisingly, a pandemic threatened to change all we have known. We have to think before we embrace, keeping a healthy distance. Little did we know how this would be effectuated by new technology? But with crisis comes opportunity to adapt. Jonas and Tawny agreed to become part of a research project to test new devices to meet the challenges of social distancing.I'm Candice. I'm part of the university's research analysts. We partnered with the Maxim corporation and monitored the people who volunteered to be test subjects. My name is Jonas, I am in my early 40s, single by choice. I have had many relationships but for many different reasons, they seemed to end after a time. My work in technology occupied much of my time and some might think I was married to my work. I work as a technician/developer at a startup technology company named Maxim Hard in the Silicon Valley. Though this two year old company is still trying to get a foot hold, it employs a strong crew of diverse people. Many new, innovative products have sprung forth from the minds of this group. For a while I have been working on a hardware-software combination that I had hoped to bring forth for those who were separated by distance. Never did I believe that a virus would affect so many so quickly and dangerously as to cause a need for social distancing. The device that I had been working on would negate the need for physical contact yet would hopefully produce the same physical and possibly the same emotional outcome while in separate locations. The company refers to this as the Sensuous Shared Stimulator, but in reality it is a MFD, Mind Fucking Device. I was to be assigned a partner to test this device before the company would even consider a test marketing. Her name is Tawny, in her late 20s, early thirties, a technician. She appears to be the classic almost geek, hair in a tight bun, big glasses, khaki pants that looked like she was swimming in them and a light blue loose-fitting polo shirt that made one wonder if she had any breasts at all. She was extremely shy, hesitating to answer questions and not offering much input on this project. Little did I know that her inner hunger was about to be released. At first, I was bothered by the age difference between Tawny and myself, but then I told myself this was for science, at least that thought would rationalize what could possibly happen going forward. The outcome would be positive for mankind and we were just sacrificing for the good of others, yet, in the back of my mind my upbringing cast the shadow of sin and guilt. And yet, there was a need of a paycheck. So, after a weekend of conflicted self- torture, we arrived in the testing area of Maxim Hard Technologies. We looked at each other nervously, each putting the device on one ear, as if it were a Blue Tooth device. We said our good byes as we were escorted to private areas. As designed, the devices only allows what one's mind really wants and desires, and no force, unless desired. I sat back in the recliner and relaxed as I thought of what was next, and in the next moment I found I was in a room with Tawny. As I was to find out, she was much less inhibited mentally, as far as thoughts go. Tawny's soft, brown hair flowed down to her shoulders, accentuating her beautiful blue eyes. She wore no glasses and her eyes twinkled with life, a bit of sparkle shown through. She has rich, full lips and one hell of a body that had been hidden by those work clothes. She wore a spring green dress, tied at the waist, that accented perfectly proportioned breasts that reminded me of the shape of gum drops that I remembered from my childhood. Such a sweet memory and such a sweet sight. Somehow I must have squirmed in the lounge chair and loosened the device from my ear and my mind was no longer in the same place as Tawny's, and I realized I need to adjust myself, damn tight pants! And in that moment, I had to wonder what Tawny was feeling. Hi, I'm Tawny. Here's my story. One minute Jonah is here, eyes locking into mine after he realized that I had caught him ogling my breasts. A fire was ignited in areas neglected way too long; and then, suddenly he was gone. What the fuck? I know this was technically product testing, but there was more to this. After being married, having a child then divorcing someone who basically played me for a fool, I never believed that a man could arouse the flames of passion that had been extinguished by that kind of treatment. Jonas was heading toward middle age and I was more than a dozen years his junior. He had developed a middle age paunch and yet he seemed comfortable, and I don't mean like an old couch; but a non-threatening man, yet with a playful gleam in the eyes. As I put the device on my ear earlier, my mind allowed me to wear that green dress that made me feel, well, like the freedom of spring; fresh and desirable. I could not help but notice this had an effect on Jonas, as there seemed to be a bit of tenting in his trousers. But then, suddenly, he was gone. Vanished into thin air. I asked myself why, and could think of no possible answer. Was it something I did? At this moment, I removed the device from my ear, and realized I was back in that lab room, alone in a lounge in my normal the work clothes. I realized something else at that moment, my cunt was very wet, and very aroused. I needed to get out of here and get some relief. The day had gone by and it was time to head home. As I was walking back to our mutual collaboration room, Jonas greeted me apologizing, the experiment was going well until somehow, he knocked the device from his ear. As I could see by the bulge in his pants, he was finding this "hard" to talk about. At that moment, an announcement came across our internal notification system; an announcement that all employees were requested to come to the main Conference room for a mandatory meeting. Even though Tawny was wearing her usual khaki pants and blue polo, my mind, and another part of my body remembered the sensuousness of Tawny, something her work clothes will never again secret from me. After explaining what had happened that interrupted our testing, I was somewhat discouraged by the announcement that there was a mandatory meeting a 3 pm, ending our work day. It was at this time we were all instructed to plan to work remotely from home, the virus was multiplying faster than the scientist expected. More and more we are being herded into social distancing. Our supervisors allowed us to take certain projects home that did not require our facilities to work on. Tawny and I left the Maxim Hard Complex each with several devices, She with devices paired with the ones I possessed. It's good to finally be home from the Maxim Labs. This week has already been rough, and I having been laid in 2 months! This is unbelievable, forced to be home alone. My son is with his father as we thought it would be best as his dad has a home business and schools are closed. I have a discomfort about this device testing outside of work as I'm uncertain of what control would be in place in a remote location. Maybe after dinner and maybe a glass of wine, I can settle down for the evening. Home sweet home! Damn, I'm ready for the weekend!  I need a beer! I cannot get Tawny out of my mind. This was supposed to be an experiment, no feelings, just a clinical experiment. I guess I can't dwell on it, but adjustments have to be made on the device so it does not come off and disrupt the next testing. After dinner, I put the device on my ear, and was able to get the fastener adjusted to stay in place. Now that you've met Jonah & Tawny, let's tell you how the experiment went, for them. Tawny was feeling bored after dinner, yet more relaxed after a couple of glasses of wine. She picked up the paired device, slipped it on and realized that in her mind, she was not alone. She was in a room with Jonas. Jonas turned and his eyes widened at the sight of Tawny, again in her hot green dress. He felt compelled to approach her, to embrace her, to breathe in her scent. Tawny could feel the heat radiate between them. As someone who always maintained control over herself, she felt it slipping away. Yet she struggled to not let it go. Jonas pulled her close, kissing her full lips. Though hesitant at first, Tawny surrendered to his embrace, opening her mouth and entangled her tongue with his. Jonas savored the taste of her mouth as they tongue fucked each other, neither knowing or caring the movement of time as they pulled back, Jonas had the belt of her dress in his hands, untied with a swiftness that Tawny neither felt or sensed. Tawny's hands expertly unbutton his shirt as his own pulled open the top of her dress, placing soft kisses down her cleavage. She felt the heat of his breath as her chest heaved with each breath. She reached behind to release the clasp of her bra, allow it to drop and exposing the softness of her tits and the stiffening hardness of her nipples. She wished she had left her nipple ring in but hopefully there would be other moments for that. Jonas felt as if his cock was being crushed by the restraint of his pants. He could not remember ever feeling this hard. And so trapped by clothing. As if Tawny could read his mind, she reached down, lowered his zipper and released his throbbing cock from its confines. As she undid his belt and unbuttoned his trousers, she lightly flicked her tongue over his nipples sending a sensation through his gut and into his pulsing wand. Feeling a need to slow down or risk exploding all over her dress, Jonas pulled back, removing the rest of Tawny dress. Before him stood the last roadblock to paradise, a black thong. Tawny could feel her moistness saturate her thong, not sure whether to feel embarrassed, or just aroused, but she would soon get her answer. Jonas kissed Tawny's thighs, working close to her mound but not touching. He was stimulated by the scent of her arousal, but felt a little tease was needed, and not to be rushed. Soon he will have a taste of heaven. He could hear her breaths deepen. Jonas gripped her thong with his teeth, pulling it away and off, and was rewarded by swollen, glistening pink lips of Tawny's womanhood. As if he was a starving man, he proceeded to partake of a feast. For Tawny, all of her early reluctance had slipped away. She was finally finding out what being eaten really meant. Her ex-husband was a two pumps and a dump kind of guy, at least with her. And he was not fond of "going south". Now, as she ground her raging, hot cunt on to her partner's exploring mouth, his tongue flicking her nub as waves of sensation pulsed through her clit. She reached and stroked his engorged manhood, slick with precum, she could feel it pulsing in her hand. She teased the ridge below the head of his cock, and realized a release was about to explode, for both of them. Tawny felt her climax build as she ground her clit on Jonas' sucking lips. She gushed into his mouth as he groaned loudly and spewed his eruption forth, covering her hand. As they both lay there recovering, an alarm went off. One of the device's battery was very low and could not continue functioning. This signaled the end of the testing for this session. Post Experiment - Back to Reality Jonas took the device off his ear. He was fully clothed but his shorts were full of ejaculate, he could not remember that much cum in his pants even from a wet dream in his young years. From his perspective, the Stimulator device, or MFD as he referred to it, works. Of course, it will require more testing, this social distancing might not be terrible. Tawny could not believe it as she took off the device, she lay on her bed, in her night gown but her panties were soaked, as were her sheets beneath her. She had never cum liked that, was it the device, or her partner, she knew she would have to find out, in the name of science. The next opportunity to test would have to wait as the battery weakness issue would first have to be resolved. This would take a few days as remote technology problems for others would take priority over "personal pleasure" products. The next several days were wearing on both Jonas and Tawny. They had no lack of work to do but the isolation from the outside was starting to stress them, a little relief would do wonders. It had been 5 days since the last test and each had received a package from Maxim Hard lab; batteries and installation instructions with the correct micro tools to complete installation. Finally, a light at the end of the tunnel, and that tunnel was very much in the thoughts of Jonas. He could almost taste it. Tawny flushed with warmth at the thought if what now lay ahead and immediately went to work on the installation. Suddenly, the wave of stress she had been feeling seemed to ebb, with a flow of moisture from within. They had both completed the installation but it was now late Friday afternoon: the work day done. Jonas contacted Tawny and both agreed that, even though it was the weekend, they would get a good night's rest and proceed with testing Saturday morning, in the name of science. This might turn out to be a great weekend after all, each secretly thought. The Weekend Begins Saturday morning, the sun shone brightly through the window of Jonas' bedroom. Thankfully well rested, his heart beat with an anticipation of what was to come today. Clinical study is what this test was to be, but in his mind it was more. He and Tawny planned to test around noon, so a healthy breakfast was in order. Jonas went about creating a breakfast that likely would hold him until dinner. The same was in order for Tawny. They hadn't spoken since early the prior evening but she sensed something in Jonas' voice; an edginess, perhaps a longing that was equaling hers. But this time, the quiet and demur tech vowed to herself to take the lead. Shortly before noon, Jonas lay back in his bed, thinking of the black shirt and trousers he wanted to appear in that would somewhat hide his middle age spread. He picked up the device. Fastened it to his ear, he closed his eyes, and in a flash he stood in a doorway of a bedroom. And before him, in a red and black shear nightgown, lying seductively on the bed, was Tawny. Jonas hesitantly approached the bed and Tawny sprung up to him, locking her lips on his, their tongues engaged in an erotica tango. She tore the buttons away from his shirt and traced her tongue down his chest, over his belly stopping at the belt of his pants. She could see his arousal bulging in his britches. She undid his belt and yanked his trousers and underwear down to his ankles in one fell swoop. Jonas felt a little self-conscious of his size, being that he believed he was not large but average. Watching porn can do this to some guys. He once jokingly told a lady he was intimate with that it wasn't the size of the ship but the motion in the ocean that counted. She made a crack about how guys with small boats say that. Somehow that stuck with him. Tawny couldn't have care less, she wanted it, needed it and was going to possess it. Those thoughts drifted from Jonas brain as he felt the moist warmth of her breath as she move to engulf the head of his cock in those soft lips. Her tongue danced around, teasing the hole then sliding down to take him deeper. She caressed his balls and could feel the pulsing that forewarned of his forthcoming ejaculation. Sensing this, Tawny stopped, gently stroking just to keep him on the edge. Jonas got to thinking that turnabout is fair play so he pulled her up, passionately kissing her and carried her to the bed, almost tripping on his pants still around his ankles. He yanked off her night gown and placed her face down on the bed, shaking off the clothing at his feet and climbed on the bed, kissing her sweet neck, then each shoulder, drifting down the small of her back, stopping to caress her soft round buttocks She spread her legs and pulled them up under which he took as an invitation to explore deeper with this tongue. He could see the rose bud, the tight pucker of her anus, as he kissed closer. Tawny's cheeks tightened, alerting Jonas that he needed to move on. Her aroma permeated his nostrils, the scent inflaming his passions as he licked her swollen labia, she squirming to engage that teasing tongue with her clitoris, He slid a finger into her cave exploring, first with one, then two fingers, teasing her g-spot. As she started to approach her climax, he totally instituted the turnabout, he stopped, leaving her on the precipice of bliss. He rose to his knees, dripping precum, stroking her gash with his hard phallus, Tawny emitting a small whimper as he made contact with her nub. Now was the moment of truth, he pushed his aching member to the entrance of her tunnel, one hand squeezing her tit while the other traced and tickled her clit then softly, gently sliding into her hot, wet cunt. Tawny had him where she wanted him, sliding back hard, engulfing and clenching his hardness, all he could do was to accept her thrusts with his own matching, angling his cock to brush her g spot. She was gyrating against his finger on her clit and fucking that swollen cock, needing relief, and as her crescendo came, at first internal as the pressure on her g-spot made her gush intensely, clenching as he picked up his thrusts. He then felt his own explosion erupt as he bottomed out in her cunt, his balls against her, causing her clitoral orgasm to commence, with a loud moan that pitched to a slight scream. They lay in an exhausted heap of legs, arms and fluids, in need of a nap. Both of them awoke in their respective residences albeit in need of a bit of a cleanup, and totally satiated. They would continue to test through-out the weekend. By Sunday night they were pretty well rung out. Both happy with their success, and wondering what will happen when project was completed. Tomorrow they would complete their documentation on this project to see if completed, and secretly both hoped for more testing, but for what reason? Multiple Testing A few days after submitting the results of the test on the Stimulator, a report was posted by the company, further testing required. In a phone conference with HQ, Tawny and Jonas were told to continue further with the study. It was asked if there could possible a third device paired? The technology existed to do this in principle, but no one had suggested going beyond a simple pair. They were advised that, with the virus spreading and the social isolation or distancing as society has come to know it, with fewer project, the pair should be able to spend more time on it. It is why they have a salary, they were reminded. Who could to argue that? Basically a ménage a trois of the mind; a discomfort for Jonas; a slight smile in Tawny's eyes as we chatted on a video conference later the evening. Jonas Prepares Project Completion The next morning, Jonas was going through a list of those he had worked with in the past at Maxim Hard. One tech stood out in my mind as he checked off the list, Chin-Sun, whose name means one who seeks truth and goodness in everything. She was born in Korea and was raised by her family and schooled here. A very thorough person when it came to getting tasks done, she also was not hard to look at, somewhat petite but with a strong personality, and a cute little body. No one could guess she was in her mid- thirties as she keep herself fit, looking about 20 years of age. From previous partnering on projects, he had the impression that she had little interest in men. She surprised him with her enthusiasm when he approached her with this experiment, and who else was involved with the project. The following morning Tawny, Chin and Jonas video conferenced to fill in what has been done with the project and how to get the new devices to each participant. Jonas would pair the three devices and have them delivered to each of the ladies residence before the next test session. A few days more and hopefully a successful end to this project. A piece of Jonas felt somewhat melancholic at that prospect. Sometimes one must shake off those personal thoughts and proceed, for the sake of science. The Last Test - Jonas Struggles Finally, the morning of the last device trial arrives. Two women, one man, a common fantasy, Jonas' confidence is shaken, not in the aspect that the device will fail but in his own personal abilities. He doesn't like the thought of disappointing two women. Never being in this situation has set him off balance. The fact that he had developed feelings for his project partner was not helping, and her excitement at the prospect of Chin in the mix did little to temper these thoughts. Jonas weighed his thoughts longer than he should and realized he was late for the schedule testing. He lay down on his bed, put the device securely on and soon realized he was in a room with his two beautiful but very different female partners. Tawny was dressed in a body hugging black dress, that crossed at her sexy breasts, accentuating that fine feminine form that in part have caused him to be Enamored with her. Chin, wearing a blue buttoned shirt that hid her small, perky breasts and yoga pants so tight that he could not help but notice her camel toe. Both ladies acknowledged Jonas' presence, smiling longingly but then their attention focused on each other. They embraced each other, kissing slowly, sensuously, as if they sensed how it should be, not rushed passion but warm acceptance. Jonas held back to watch the ballet of lips move in sweet harmony, of tongues crossing in a sharing, embracing dance, with breasts rising in erotic breaths. Chin reached to pull the dress from Tawny's shoulders as Tawny reached to unfasten the buttons of the beautiful Korean girl's body, exposing small breast, with those dark, bumpy areolas and hardened nipples begging to be sucked and nibbled on. Tawny shuttered at the touch of the soft hand of Chin against her skin and groaned as she kissed her way to the hoop nipple ring adorning Tawny's right breast. Chin's fingers tickled and tweaked the other nipple, at the same time grinding her hot, clothed cunt against Tawny's thigh. Jonas found himself mesmerized by the sight of these two beautiful women's intensity, as he himself disrobes, softly stroking his hard member, using his precum to lube his movements, not too much pressure for fear he would cum. For the moment, he was happy enough being a voyeur. As the ladies continue to kiss and caress each other, they slowly shed any of the garments from their bodies, tonguing their way toward womanly paradise subsequently ending in sixty nine position. Chin's lithe body was on the bottom, head toward the bottom of the bed, while Tawny's was on her knees, her face lunging between the petite thighs of Chin. Tawny lowered her throbbing, wet cunt as Chin's tongue lashed feverishly at the swollen lips of her associate. Both women ground, gyrated and groaned at the intense pleasure they bestowed on each other. Jonas found himself thrusting against his own hand as he viewed from the side, these two magnificent girls relishing in their desires. He had to release his cock from his own grip, edging almost too close to an orgasm, just then, Chin pulled her face away from Tawny's writhing, dripping cunt, asking Jonas if he was going play with himself all day or join in, After all, this was supposed to be his project to drive; and Jonas was prepare to drive it all the way. As he made his way to the foot of the bed, he could not help but notice that Chin had returned to eating Tawny furiously, and there was something between the sweet, parted ass cheeks of his partner in the project, an anal plug. Jonas mounted the bed looking down at the Korean girl's wet covered face devouring the clit of Tawny. He laid his lips on her back, kissing and licking his way lower, noticing Chins rising hips, pushing her love nest into Tawny's exploring mouth. Jonas eventually made his way across the small of her back, kissing and sucking the soft suppleness of each buttock. Suddenly he was facing her gorgeous ass, and the dark anal plug, His lungs drew in each deep breath as her hot, intoxicating scent inflames his nose, and intensified his primal lust. With shaking hands he reached for, gripped and twisted the anal plug. Tawny growled loudly and drove her hot hole harder into Chin's face. Jonas could take no more, he pulled out the plug from her gaping anus, wet the opening with his saliva, rubbing his precum covered cock head against her bunghole. Apparently, Tawny had prepare herself for this, as her ass was well lubricated for the anal plug. Both woman were moaning and grinding in their passion as Jonas pressed gently forward he found himself gliding into a realm he had never experience, soft, warm and very tight. He was rewarded by slow, rhythmic movements. Suddenly, the passions overwhelmed all three. He felt something from below, a small hand, Chin's hand squeezing his balls. Jonas thrust harder, deeper, causing Tawny to thrust back. She let out a guttural moan into Chin's sopping, dripping cunt, driving Chin's clit sucking lips harder into Tawny's folds, and then it happened-Chins small hand slid up to Jonas' ass, a finger penetrating the pucker. Jonas bottomed out in the behind of his partner, his balls firing salvo after salvo of cum deep within her warm tunnel. Both women experienced wave after wave intense orgasm, slowly subsiding, pounding heartbeats settling. Jonas collapsed onto his right side, pulling the women to the bed with him. Finally, the threesome parted and the ladies pulled Jonas up, each kissing him first on the mouth then his neck, trailing down his chest to each of his nipples, kissing, nibbling and tugging. As the girls eyes met, Chin's lips explored those of Tawny, embracing in a tight hug. As the tongues entwined, so did the rest of their bodies, eventually grinding their womanhood against each other. Having blown his load as he did, Jonas felt he best leave these two beauties to their own devices. He pulled his device free and immediately he was back in his home. He would need a shower and some food and drink. And he would have to deal with the gnawing bit of jealousy of Chin and Tawny's triste, or was he jealous of Chin; he wanted Tawny to himself, Final Result of the Project The next morning, the three techs were to video conference, then Jonas and Tawny were to prepare and finalize their report. Tawny said she would be late logging in as she wanted to Skype with her son. She missed him terribly and now that it appeared that he would be with his dad at least until the virus subsided. Although absolutely required, social distancing takes its toll on families, especially separated ones. When Tawny joined the conference, she felt a distance coming from Jonas. She was bothered by his disappearance from the triple testing. Could he possibly have felt jealous of her and Chin? She realized that she really had come to have deep feelings for this man that moved her so without never actually touching her, not physically but mentally, and psychologically. Chin to her was fun, but that was it. No real connection. For Chin, it was just another rendezvous. She loved her freedom and variety without an emotional attachment, And she truly enjoyed this testing, the associates involved and the hot fucking, in the name of science. The results of the testing were extremely positive, the Stimulators worked perfectly when the issues of fastening and battery life were finally worked out. The devices could be paired for two users or more. With the need for social distance never more necessary, roll out of these devices were essential at this moment in time, and Maxim Hard Technology was to be first in the world to provide this technology. Jonas and Tawny were ordered to securely return all devices so that the technology could not be stolen. As designers and technicians, they were proud of their work but as people they somehow could not care less. Again they were alone, yet secretly longing; and uncertain. Over the next few days, they made excuses to check on each other, making conversation. At night they would remember the testing, their erotic couplings, the passions that exuded between them, and the powerful climaxes that these brought forth. How could there ever be anything as powerful as this? And with a pandemic raging in the world, would this really matter? On Sunday night, each fell asleep wondering what the morning; and new week would bring. Each questioning if all hope was washing away like the leaving tide. As Life Continues On. Monday dawned anew, a brilliant sunshine commenced a new day. The two techs knew they would be given new projects, though still working from home. Each expected to stick to their respective talents, with possibly an occasional cooperative project, though few and far between. Jonas and Tawny felt it might be easier not working together and yet, in heart, hoping to, even for a short time. At 9 o'clock as they logged in for their respective work days, there was a message of high importance. They were to log in to a video conference with the Board of Directors of Maxim Hard Technologies. Having never been directed to do so before, both were overwhelmed with what might come their way. Were they in serious trouble? Jonas and Tawny were about to be stunned by what was to follow. As the conference unfolded, each member of the Board expressed their admiration and gratitude to this technological partnership that brought home a project that will help so many during the Corona outbreak. Separated lovers could be intimate when apart. Same for soldiers who have been deployed and long for the few joys of home that have been denied while serving. AND Maxim Hard Technology will now hold a place in the market, making millions for their share-holders in the process, The two techs were dumbfounded but were about to be even more surprised; the company wanted them to collaborate on several big projects, the only stipulation was that they had to do this physically in the same place, working remotely would cause a failure to bring these projects forward. They were to talk about it and give their decision in 24 hours. This was what each secretly desired but how can this happen? They were both bottlers when it came to feelings, and both had been suppressing things too long. Jonas spoke up and tried to tell Tawny that this had gone too long, and Tawny was misreading what he was trying to say, that he cared deeply for her. That was not what she was hearing and finally her emotions exploded, she asking him what the fuck was wrong with him. Not knowing what to say, he spoke quietly from his boots, he could barely speak when he told her he was falling for her. And then there was dead silence. It was out in the open. Finally! The next day, in their conference with the upper echelon of Maxim Hard, when asked how they chose to proceed going forward, Jonas and Tawny declared that they were in it for the long run. They would stay at her residence, where there was plenty of room and enough of a technology lab to maintain the standards of Maxim Hard as to controls- quality and all others. They also stated that they would see each project through with the professionalism and ethics that each has always held. And silently, they made these promises to each other. It is indeed a different world. A Beginning is never the End By mid-week arrangements have been made. Jonas packed what he would need for as long as he could. Staying away from crowds has been difficult. But at least being isolated for a couple of weeks has made it most unlikely that they carried the virus. As he loaded his car and drove away he felt a new reason for existing, not always the work, the science, the technology. He was driving to a new life, an open and sharing one. Tawny waited for Jonas to arrive, a bit nervous, a little excited. Since her son had left, she was lonely. She realized that in other ways she was also lonely, even during her empty marriage. And she was about to feel fulfilled. As Jonas arrived in the driveway, she ran out to greet him. Taking his hand they walked into the kitchen, they sat talking at the table, no rush to bring his belongings in. Suddenly, Tawny stood and approached Jonas, hand gripping both sides of his face and kissing him as if her lips had been starved forever. His tongue pressed between her moist lips, probing to engage in an exotic dance with her tongue. Her answer back was to entwine with his, an erotic oral coupling; a copulation! Jonas' hand reached out to unbutton her blouse, exposing her luscious tits. His aching penis pressed hard against the restraint of his pants, he kissed each breast, teasing her nipples as he circled her areolas; each lap closer to those hardening nipples. Her chest rose and fell with each deepening breath. As he pushed down her shorts and finally her cute pinks panties, Jonas was aware of her arousal, the aroma infiltrating each nostril inflaming his own arousal. He felt harder than he ever had. He remember he had not brought condoms but Tawny said she knew neither of them had been intimate with anyone else in a very long time; and she was on the pill to regulate her menstrual cycle. This set both of them on fire, Jonas bending to kiss Tawny's belly as he view a soft wisp of pubic hair above her slit. As he probed deeper, his finger slipped into her warm, wet crevice. He so wanted to taste her sweet nectar as she squirmed on his finger, as he massaged her pearl. As he bent to get a lick of her inviting honey pot, she pushed him back, startling him as she stated that she was going to take him as she wanted, as she needed. Grabbing his belt, she released the buckle, popped the button of his trousers and yank them and his shorts down in one fell swoop. And as his stiffened cock sprang forth, her eyes widened. Before her stood his protruding seven and half inch cock, thick and pulsing, the head dripping copious amounts of precum. It was at this moment that they both realized that when using the MFD, they were reacting to what they had thought about themselves, their inadequacies, real, and imagine, their diminished self -images, not of their real selves. It was how they had viewed themselves! Tawny straddled his legs as she lowered her hot, dripping cunt over his super stiff manhood. She controlled his entry, slowing to accept the length and girth of his cock, not because she was afraid but to adjust to it as her experiences have been few for so long. She paused to relish the feel of him inside, sliding slowly deeper, her until his cock bottomed out in her, and then, with all the strength of her legs, she raised and lowered her sopping moist twat, faster, harder, meeting each of Jonas's each thrusts. Jonas grasped both supple cheeks of her ass, lifting to assist each push of her legs, almost pulling his cock out, so the head was just barely inside of her folds. Suddenly, the waves of passion struck Tawny, her mouth open and moaning loudly as orgasm overtook her, causing the walls of her tunnel to grip and release the aching member of this man she was reveling in. And this passion was shared from deep within his balls, he groaned through gritted teeth as an eruption of volcanic proportion was expelling, exploding, propelling through his dick, shooting powerfully deep within her womb, both soaked with cum and fluids of their releases. As they came back to earth from their erotic ride, as they looked deeply into each other's loving eyes, what came to Jonas mind was this thought. For them, there has come another phase in the pandemic, social dick sticking, for the sake of science, of course!! By Pearce_R_Daly for Literotica.

Techs test devices to enable sex during social distancing. By Pearce R Daly. Listen to the Podcast at Steamy Stories. Sometimes, events can change the needs of us common humans. As the year Twenty twenty arrived, life seemed so care free. Then surprisingly, a pandemic threatened to change all we have known. We have to think before we embrace, keeping a healthy distance. Little did we know how this would be effectuated by new technology? But with crisis comes opportunity to adapt. Jonas and Tawny agreed to become part of a research project to test new devices to meet the challenges of social distancing.I'm Candice. I'm part of the university's research analysts. We partnered with the Maxim corporation and monitored the people who volunteered to be test subjects. My name is Jonas, I am in my early 40s, single by choice. I have had many relationships but for many different reasons, they seemed to end after a time. My work in technology occupied much of my time and some might think I was married to my work. I work as a technician/developer at a startup technology company named Maxim Hard in the Silicon Valley. Though this two year old company is still trying to get a foot hold, it employs a strong crew of diverse people. Many new, innovative products have sprung forth from the minds of this group. For a while I have been working on a hardware-software combination that I had hoped to bring forth for those who were separated by distance. Never did I believe that a virus would affect so many so quickly and dangerously as to cause a need for social distancing. The device that I had been working on would negate the need for physical contact yet would hopefully produce the same physical and possibly the same emotional outcome while in separate locations. The company refers to this as the Sensuous Shared Stimulator, but in reality it is a MFD, Mind Fucking Device. I was to be assigned a partner to test this device before the company would even consider a test marketing. Her name is Tawny, in her late 20s, early thirties, a technician. She appears to be the classic almost geek, hair in a tight bun, big glasses, khaki pants that looked like she was swimming in them and a light blue loose-fitting polo shirt that made one wonder if she had any breasts at all. She was extremely shy, hesitating to answer questions and not offering much input on this project. Little did I know that her inner hunger was about to be released. At first, I was bothered by the age difference between Tawny and myself, but then I told myself this was for science, at least that thought would rationalize what could possibly happen going forward. The outcome would be positive for mankind and we were just sacrificing for the good of others, yet, in the back of my mind my upbringing cast the shadow of sin and guilt. And yet, there was a need of a paycheck. So, after a weekend of conflicted self- torture, we arrived in the testing area of Maxim Hard Technologies. We looked at each other nervously, each putting the device on one ear, as if it were a Blue Tooth device. We said our good byes as we were escorted to private areas. As designed, the devices only allows what one's mind really wants and desires, and no force, unless desired. I sat back in the recliner and relaxed as I thought of what was next, and in the next moment I found I was in a room with Tawny. As I was to find out, she was much less inhibited mentally, as far as thoughts go. Tawny's soft, brown hair flowed down to her shoulders, accentuating her beautiful blue eyes. She wore no glasses and her eyes twinkled with life, a bit of sparkle shown through. She has rich, full lips and one hell of a body that had been hidden by those work clothes. She wore a spring green dress, tied at the waist, that accented perfectly proportioned breasts that reminded me of the shape of gum drops that I remembered from my childhood. Such a sweet memory and such a sweet sight. Somehow I must have squirmed in the lounge chair and loosened the device from my ear and my mind was no longer in the same place as Tawny's, and I realized I need to adjust myself, damn tight pants! And in that moment, I had to wonder what Tawny was feeling. Hi, I'm Tawny. Here's my story. One minute Jonah is here, eyes locking into mine after he realized that I had caught him ogling my breasts. A fire was ignited in areas neglected way too long; and then, suddenly he was gone. What the fuck? I know this was technically product testing, but there was more to this. After being married, having a child then divorcing someone who basically played me for a fool, I never believed that a man could arouse the flames of passion that had been extinguished by that kind of treatment. Jonas was heading toward middle age and I was more than a dozen years his junior. He had developed a middle age paunch and yet he seemed comfortable, and I don't mean like an old couch; but a non-threatening man, yet with a playful gleam in the eyes. As I put the device on my ear earlier, my mind allowed me to wear that green dress that made me feel, well, like the freedom of spring; fresh and desirable. I could not help but notice this had an effect on Jonas, as there seemed to be a bit of tenting in his trousers. But then, suddenly, he was gone. Vanished into thin air. I asked myself why, and could think of no possible answer. Was it something I did? At this moment, I removed the device from my ear, and realized I was back in that lab room, alone in a lounge in my normal the work clothes. I realized something else at that moment, my cunt was very wet, and very aroused. I needed to get out of here and get some relief. The day had gone by and it was time to head home. As I was walking back to our mutual collaboration room, Jonas greeted me apologizing, the experiment was going well until somehow, he knocked the device from his ear. As I could see by the bulge in his pants, he was finding this "hard" to talk about. At that moment, an announcement came across our internal notification system; an announcement that all employees were requested to come to the main Conference room for a mandatory meeting. Even though Tawny was wearing her usual khaki pants and blue polo, my mind, and another part of my body remembered the sensuousness of Tawny, something her work clothes will never again secret from me. After explaining what had happened that interrupted our testing, I was somewhat discouraged by the announcement that there was a mandatory meeting a 3 pm, ending our work day. It was at this time we were all instructed to plan to work remotely from home, the virus was multiplying faster than the scientist expected. More and more we are being herded into social distancing. Our supervisors allowed us to take certain projects home that did not require our facilities to work on. Tawny and I left the Maxim Hard Complex each with several devices, She with devices paired with the ones I possessed. It's good to finally be home from the Maxim Labs. This week has already been rough, and I having been laid in 2 months! This is unbelievable, forced to be home alone. My son is with his father as we thought it would be best as his dad has a home business and schools are closed. I have a discomfort about this device testing outside of work as I'm uncertain of what control would be in place in a remote location. Maybe after dinner and maybe a glass of wine, I can settle down for the evening. Home sweet home! Damn, I'm ready for the weekend!  I need a beer! I cannot get Tawny out of my mind. This was supposed to be an experiment, no feelings, just a clinical experiment. I guess I can't dwell on it, but adjustments have to be made on the device so it does not come off and disrupt the next testing. After dinner, I put the device on my ear, and was able to get the fastener adjusted to stay in place. Now that you've met Jonah & Tawny, let's tell you how the experiment went, for them. Tawny was feeling bored after dinner, yet more relaxed after a couple of glasses of wine. She picked up the paired device, slipped it on and realized that in her mind, she was not alone. She was in a room with Jonas. Jonas turned and his eyes widened at the sight of Tawny, again in her hot green dress. He felt compelled to approach her, to embrace her, to breathe in her scent. Tawny could feel the heat radiate between them. As someone who always maintained control over herself, she felt it slipping away. Yet she struggled to not let it go. Jonas pulled her close, kissing her full lips. Though hesitant at first, Tawny surrendered to his embrace, opening her mouth and entangled her tongue with his. Jonas savored the taste of her mouth as they tongue fucked each other, neither knowing or caring the movement of time as they pulled back, Jonas had the belt of her dress in his hands, untied with a swiftness that Tawny neither felt or sensed. Tawny's hands expertly unbutton his shirt as his own pulled open the top of her dress, placing soft kisses down her cleavage. She felt the heat of his breath as her chest heaved with each breath. She reached behind to release the clasp of her bra, allow it to drop and exposing the softness of her tits and the stiffening hardness of her nipples. She wished she had left her nipple ring in but hopefully there would be other moments for that. Jonas felt as if his cock was being crushed by the restraint of his pants. He could not remember ever feeling this hard. And so trapped by clothing. As if Tawny could read his mind, she reached down, lowered his zipper and released his throbbing cock from its confines. As she undid his belt and unbuttoned his trousers, she lightly flicked her tongue over his nipples sending a sensation through his gut and into his pulsing wand. Feeling a need to slow down or risk exploding all over her dress, Jonas pulled back, removing the rest of Tawny dress. Before him stood the last roadblock to paradise, a black thong. Tawny could feel her moistness saturate her thong, not sure whether to feel embarrassed, or just aroused, but she would soon get her answer. Jonas kissed Tawny's thighs, working close to her mound but not touching. He was stimulated by the scent of her arousal, but felt a little tease was needed, and not to be rushed. Soon he will have a taste of heaven. He could hear her breaths deepen. Jonas gripped her thong with his teeth, pulling it away and off, and was rewarded by swollen, glistening pink lips of Tawny's womanhood. As if he was a starving man, he proceeded to partake of a feast. For Tawny, all of her early reluctance had slipped away. She was finally finding out what being eaten really meant. Her ex-husband was a two pumps and a dump kind of guy, at least with her. And he was not fond of "going south". Now, as she ground her raging, hot cunt on to her partner's exploring mouth, his tongue flicking her nub as waves of sensation pulsed through her clit. She reached and stroked his engorged manhood, slick with precum, she could feel it pulsing in her hand. She teased the ridge below the head of his cock, and realized a release was about to explode, for both of them. Tawny felt her climax build as she ground her clit on Jonas' sucking lips. She gushed into his mouth as he groaned loudly and spewed his eruption forth, covering her hand. As they both lay there recovering, an alarm went off. One of the device's battery was very low and could not continue functioning. This signaled the end of the testing for this session. Post Experiment - Back to Reality Jonas took the device off his ear. He was fully clothed but his shorts were full of ejaculate, he could not remember that much cum in his pants even from a wet dream in his young years. From his perspective, the Stimulator device, or MFD as he referred to it, works. Of course, it will require more testing, this social distancing might not be terrible. Tawny could not believe it as she took off the device, she lay on her bed, in her night gown but her panties were soaked, as were her sheets beneath her. She had never cum liked that, was it the device, or her partner, she knew she would have to find out, in the name of science. The next opportunity to test would have to wait as the battery weakness issue would first have to be resolved. This would take a few days as remote technology problems for others would take priority over "personal pleasure" products. The next several days were wearing on both Jonas and Tawny. They had no lack of work to do but the isolation from the outside was starting to stress them, a little relief would do wonders. It had been 5 days since the last test and each had received a package from Maxim Hard lab; batteries and installation instructions with the correct micro tools to complete installation. Finally, a light at the end of the tunnel, and that tunnel was very much in the thoughts of Jonas. He could almost taste it. Tawny flushed with warmth at the thought if what now lay ahead and immediately went to work on the installation. Suddenly, the wave of stress she had been feeling seemed to ebb, with a flow of moisture from within. They had both completed the installation but it was now late Friday afternoon: the work day done. Jonas contacted Tawny and both agreed that, even though it was the weekend, they would get a good night's rest and proceed with testing Saturday morning, in the name of science. This might turn out to be a great weekend after all, each secretly thought. The Weekend Begins Saturday morning, the sun shone brightly through the window of Jonas' bedroom. Thankfully well rested, his heart beat with an anticipation of what was to come today. Clinical study is what this test was to be, but in his mind it was more. He and Tawny planned to test around noon, so a healthy breakfast was in order. Jonas went about creating a breakfast that likely would hold him until dinner. The same was in order for Tawny. They hadn't spoken since early the prior evening but she sensed something in Jonas' voice; an edginess, perhaps a longing that was equaling hers. But this time, the quiet and demur tech vowed to herself to take the lead. Shortly before noon, Jonas lay back in his bed, thinking of the black shirt and trousers he wanted to appear in that would somewhat hide his middle age spread. He picked up the device. Fastened it to his ear, he closed his eyes, and in a flash he stood in a doorway of a bedroom. And before him, in a red and black shear nightgown, lying seductively on the bed, was Tawny. Jonas hesitantly approached the bed and Tawny sprung up to him, locking her lips on his, their tongues engaged in an erotica tango. She tore the buttons away from his shirt and traced her tongue down his chest, over his belly stopping at the belt of his pants. She could see his arousal bulging in his britches. She undid his belt and yanked his trousers and underwear down to his ankles in one fell swoop. Jonas felt a little self-conscious of his size, being that he believed he was not large but average. Watching porn can do this to some guys. He once jokingly told a lady he was intimate with that it wasn't the size of the ship but the motion in the ocean that counted. She made a crack about how guys with small boats say that. Somehow that stuck with him. Tawny couldn't have care less, she wanted it, needed it and was going to possess it. Those thoughts drifted from Jonas brain as he felt the moist warmth of her breath as she move to engulf the head of his cock in those soft lips. Her tongue danced around, teasing the hole then sliding down to take him deeper. She caressed his balls and could feel the pulsing that forewarned of his forthcoming ejaculation. Sensing this, Tawny stopped, gently stroking just to keep him on the edge. Jonas got to thinking that turnabout is fair play so he pulled her up, passionately kissing her and carried her to the bed, almost tripping on his pants still around his ankles. He yanked off her night gown and placed her face down on the bed, shaking off the clothing at his feet and climbed on the bed, kissing her sweet neck, then each shoulder, drifting down the small of her back, stopping to caress her soft round buttocks She spread her legs and pulled them up under which he took as an invitation to explore deeper with this tongue. He could see the rose bud, the tight pucker of her anus, as he kissed closer. Tawny's cheeks tightened, alerting Jonas that he needed to move on. Her aroma permeated his nostrils, the scent inflaming his passions as he licked her swollen labia, she squirming to engage that teasing tongue with her clitoris, He slid a finger into her cave exploring, first with one, then two fingers, teasing her g-spot. As she started to approach her climax, he totally instituted the turnabout, he stopped, leaving her on the precipice of bliss. He rose to his knees, dripping precum, stroking her gash with his hard phallus, Tawny emitting a small whimper as he made contact with her nub. Now was the moment of truth, he pushed his aching member to the entrance of her tunnel, one hand squeezing her tit while the other traced and tickled her clit then softly, gently sliding into her hot, wet cunt. Tawny had him where she wanted him, sliding back hard, engulfing and clenching his hardness, all he could do was to accept her thrusts with his own matching, angling his cock to brush her g spot. She was gyrating against his finger on her clit and fucking that swollen cock, needing relief, and as her crescendo came, at first internal as the pressure on her g-spot made her gush intensely, clenching as he picked up his thrusts. He then felt his own explosion erupt as he bottomed out in her cunt, his balls against her, causing her clitoral orgasm to commence, with a loud moan that pitched to a slight scream. They lay in an exhausted heap of legs, arms and fluids, in need of a nap. Both of them awoke in their respective residences albeit in need of a bit of a cleanup, and totally satiated. They would continue to test through-out the weekend. By Sunday night they were pretty well rung out. Both happy with their success, and wondering what will happen when project was completed. Tomorrow they would complete their documentation on this project to see if completed, and secretly both hoped for more testing, but for what reason? Multiple Testing A few days after submitting the results of the test on the Stimulator, a report was posted by the company, further testing required. In a phone conference with HQ, Tawny and Jonas were told to continue further with the study. It was asked if there could possible a third device paired? The technology existed to do this in principle, but no one had suggested going beyond a simple pair. They were advised that, with the virus spreading and the social isolation or distancing as society has come to know it, with fewer project, the pair should be able to spend more time on it. It is why they have a salary, they were reminded. Who could to argue that? Basically a ménage a trois of the mind; a discomfort for Jonas; a slight smile in Tawny's eyes as we chatted on a video conference later the evening. Jonas Prepares Project Completion The next morning, Jonas was going through a list of those he had worked with in the past at Maxim Hard. One tech stood out in my mind as he checked off the list, Chin-Sun, whose name means one who seeks truth and goodness in everything. She was born in Korea and was raised by her family and schooled here. A very thorough person when it came to getting tasks done, she also was not hard to look at, somewhat petite but with a strong personality, and a cute little body. No one could guess she was in her mid- thirties as she keep herself fit, looking about 20 years of age. From previous partnering on projects, he had the impression that she had little interest in men. She surprised him with her enthusiasm when he approached her with this experiment, and who else was involved with the project. The following morning Tawny, Chin and Jonas video conferenced to fill in what has been done with the project and how to get the new devices to each participant. Jonas would pair the three devices and have them delivered to each of the ladies residence before the next test session. A few days more and hopefully a successful end to this project. A piece of Jonas felt somewhat melancholic at that prospect. Sometimes one must shake off those personal thoughts and proceed, for the sake of science. The Last Test - Jonas Struggles Finally, the morning of the last device trial arrives. Two women, one man, a common fantasy, Jonas' confidence is shaken, not in the aspect that the device will fail but in his own personal abilities. He doesn't like the thought of disappointing two women. Never being in this situation has set him off balance. The fact that he had developed feelings for his project partner was not helping, and her excitement at the prospect of Chin in the mix did little to temper these thoughts. Jonas weighed his thoughts longer than he should and realized he was late for the schedule testing. He lay down on his bed, put the device securely on and soon realized he was in a room with his two beautiful but very different female partners. Tawny was dressed in a body hugging black dress, that crossed at her sexy breasts, accentuating that fine feminine form that in part have caused him to be Enamored with her. Chin, wearing a blue buttoned shirt that hid her small, perky breasts and yoga pants so tight that he could not help but notice her camel toe. Both ladies acknowledged Jonas' presence, smiling longingly but then their attention focused on each other. They embraced each other, kissing slowly, sensuously, as if they sensed how it should be, not rushed passion but warm acceptance. Jonas held back to watch the ballet of lips move in sweet harmony, of tongues crossing in a sharing, embracing dance, with breasts rising in erotic breaths. Chin reached to pull the dress from Tawny's shoulders as Tawny reached to unfasten the buttons of the beautiful Korean girl's body, exposing small breast, with those dark, bumpy areolas and hardened nipples begging to be sucked and nibbled on. Tawny shuttered at the touch of the soft hand of Chin against her skin and groaned as she kissed her way to the hoop nipple ring adorning Tawny's right breast. Chin's fingers tickled and tweaked the other nipple, at the same time grinding her hot, clothed cunt against Tawny's thigh. Jonas found himself mesmerized by the sight of these two beautiful women's intensity, as he himself disrobes, softly stroking his hard member, using his precum to lube his movements, not too much pressure for fear he would cum. For the moment, he was happy enough being a voyeur. As the ladies continue to kiss and caress each other, they slowly shed any of the garments from their bodies, tonguing their way toward womanly paradise subsequently ending in sixty nine position. Chin's lithe body was on the bottom, head toward the bottom of the bed, while Tawny's was on her knees, her face lunging between the petite thighs of Chin. Tawny lowered her throbbing, wet cunt as Chin's tongue lashed feverishly at the swollen lips of her associate. Both women ground, gyrated and groaned at the intense pleasure they bestowed on each other. Jonas found himself thrusting against his own hand as he viewed from the side, these two magnificent girls relishing in their desires. He had to release his cock from his own grip, edging almost too close to an orgasm, just then, Chin pulled her face away from Tawny's writhing, dripping cunt, asking Jonas if he was going play with himself all day or join in, After all, this was supposed to be his project to drive; and Jonas was prepare to drive it all the way. As he made his way to the foot of the bed, he could not help but notice that Chin had returned to eating Tawny furiously, and there was something between the sweet, parted ass cheeks of his partner in the project, an anal plug. Jonas mounted the bed looking down at the Korean girl's wet covered face devouring the clit of Tawny. He laid his lips on her back, kissing and licking his way lower, noticing Chins rising hips, pushing her love nest into Tawny's exploring mouth. Jonas eventually made his way across the small of her back, kissing and sucking the soft suppleness of each buttock. Suddenly he was facing her gorgeous ass, and the dark anal plug, His lungs drew in each deep breath as her hot, intoxicating scent inflames his nose, and intensified his primal lust. With shaking hands he reached for, gripped and twisted the anal plug. Tawny growled loudly and drove her hot hole harder into Chin's face. Jonas could take no more, he pulled out the plug from her gaping anus, wet the opening with his saliva, rubbing his precum covered cock head against her bunghole. Apparently, Tawny had prepare herself for this, as her ass was well lubricated for the anal plug. Both woman were moaning and grinding in their passion as Jonas pressed gently forward he found himself gliding into a realm he had never experience, soft, warm and very tight. He was rewarded by slow, rhythmic movements. Suddenly, the passions overwhelmed all three. He felt something from below, a small hand, Chin's hand squeezing his balls. Jonas thrust harder, deeper, causing Tawny to thrust back. She let out a guttural moan into Chin's sopping, dripping cunt, driving Chin's clit sucking lips harder into Tawny's folds, and then it happened-Chins small hand slid up to Jonas' ass, a finger penetrating the pucker. Jonas bottomed out in the behind of his partner, his balls firing salvo after salvo of cum deep within her warm tunnel. Both women experienced wave after wave intense orgasm, slowly subsiding, pounding heartbeats settling. Jonas collapsed onto his right side, pulling the women to the bed with him. Finally, the threesome parted and the ladies pulled Jonas up, each kissing him first on the mouth then his neck, trailing down his chest to each of his nipples, kissing, nibbling and tugging. As the girls eyes met, Chin's lips explored those of Tawny, embracing in a tight hug. As the tongues entwined, so did the rest of their bodies, eventually grinding their womanhood against each other. Having blown his load as he did, Jonas felt he best leave these two beauties to their own devices. He pulled his device free and immediately he was back in his home. He would need a shower and some food and drink. And he would have to deal with the gnawing bit of jealousy of Chin and Tawny's triste, or was he jealous of Chin; he wanted Tawny to himself, Final Result of the Project The next morning, the three techs were to video conference, then Jonas and Tawny were to prepare and finalize their report. Tawny said she would be late logging in as she wanted to Skype with her son. She missed him terribly and now that it appeared that he would be with his dad at least until the virus subsided. Although absolutely required, social distancing takes its toll on families, especially separated ones. When Tawny joined the conference, she felt a distance coming from Jonas. She was bothered by his disappearance from the triple testing. Could he possibly have felt jealous of her and Chin? She realized that she really had come to have deep feelings for this man that moved her so without never actually touching her, not physically but mentally, and psychologically. Chin to her was fun, but that was it. No real connection. For Chin, it was just another rendezvous. She loved her freedom and variety without an emotional attachment, And she truly enjoyed this testing, the associates involved and the hot fucking, in the name of science. The results of the testing were extremely positive, the Stimulators worked perfectly when the issues of fastening and battery life were finally worked out. The devices could be paired for two users or more. With the need for social distance never more necessary, roll out of these devices were essential at this moment in time, and Maxim Hard Technology was to be first in the world to provide this technology. Jonas and Tawny were ordered to securely return all devices so that the technology could not be stolen. As designers and technicians, they were proud of their work but as people they somehow could not care less. Again they were alone, yet secretly longing; and uncertain. Over the next few days, they made excuses to check on each other, making conversation. At night they would remember the testing, their erotic couplings, the passions that exuded between them, and the powerful climaxes that these brought forth. How could there ever be anything as powerful as this? And with a pandemic raging in the world, would this really matter? On Sunday night, each fell asleep wondering what the morning; and new week would bring. Each questioning if all hope was washing away like the leaving tide. As Life Continues On. Monday dawned anew, a brilliant sunshine commenced a new day. The two techs knew they would be given new projects, though still working from home. Each expected to stick to their respective talents, with possibly an occasional cooperative project, though few and far between. Jonas and Tawny felt it might be easier not working together and yet, in heart, hoping to, even for a short time. At 9 o'clock as they logged in for their respective work days, there was a message of high importance. They were to log in to a video conference with the Board of Directors of Maxim Hard Technologies. Having never been directed to do so before, both were overwhelmed with what might come their way. Were they in serious trouble? Jonas and Tawny were about to be stunned by what was to follow. As the conference unfolded, each member of the Board expressed their admiration and gratitude to this technological partnership that brought home a project that will help so many during the Corona outbreak. Separated lovers could be intimate when apart. Same for soldiers who have been deployed and long for the few joys of home that have been denied while serving. AND Maxim Hard Technology will now hold a place in the market, making millions for their share-holders in the process, The two techs were dumbfounded but were about to be even more surprised; the company wanted them to collaborate on several big projects, the only stipulation was that they had to do this physically in the same place, working remotely would cause a failure to bring these projects forward. They were to talk about it and give their decision in 24 hours. This was what each secretly desired but how can this happen? They were both bottlers when it came to feelings, and both had been suppressing things too long. Jonas spoke up and tried to tell Tawny that this had gone too long, and Tawny was misreading what he was trying to say, that he cared deeply for her. That was not what she was hearing and finally her emotions exploded, she asking him what the fuck was wrong with him. Not knowing what to say, he spoke quietly from his boots, he could barely speak when he told her he was falling for her. And then there was dead silence. It was out in the open. Finally! The next day, in their conference with the upper echelon of Maxim Hard, when asked how they chose to proceed going forward, Jonas and Tawny declared that they were in it for the long run. They would stay at her residence, where there was plenty of room and enough of a technology lab to maintain the standards of Maxim Hard as to controls- quality and all others. They also stated that they would see each project through with the professionalism and ethics that each has always held. And silently, they made these promises to each other. It is indeed a different world. A Beginning is never the End By mid-week arrangements have been made. Jonas packed what he would need for as long as he could. Staying away from crowds has been difficult. But at least being isolated for a couple of weeks has made it most unlikely that they carried the virus. As he loaded his car and drove away he felt a new reason for existing, not always the work, the science, the technology. He was driving to a new life, an open and sharing one. Tawny waited for Jonas to arrive, a bit nervous, a little excited. Since her son had left, she was lonely. She realized that in other ways she was also lonely, even during her empty marriage. And she was about to feel fulfilled. As Jonas arrived in the driveway, she ran out to greet him. Taking his hand they walked into the kitchen, they sat talking at the table, no rush to bring his belongings in. Suddenly, Tawny stood and approached Jonas, hand gripping both sides of his face and kissing him as if her lips had been starved forever. His tongue pressed between her moist lips, probing to engage in an exotic dance with her tongue. Her answer back was to entwine with his, an erotic oral coupling; a copulation! Jonas' hand reached out to unbutton her blouse, exposing her luscious tits. His aching penis pressed hard against the restraint of his pants, he kissed each breast, teasing her nipples as he circled her areolas; each lap closer to those hardening nipples. Her chest rose and fell with each deepening breath. As he pushed down her shorts and finally her cute pinks panties, Jonas was aware of her arousal, the aroma infiltrating each nostril inflaming his own arousal. He felt harder than he ever had. He remember he had not brought condoms but Tawny said she knew neither of them had been intimate with anyone else in a very long time; and she was on the pill to regulate her menstrual cycle. This set both of them on fire, Jonas bending to kiss Tawny's belly as he view a soft wisp of pubic hair above her slit. As he probed deeper, his finger slipped into her warm, wet crevice. He so wanted to taste her sweet nectar as she squirmed on his finger, as he massaged her pearl. As he bent to get a lick of her inviting honey pot, she pushed him back, startling him as she stated that she was going to take him as she wanted, as she needed. Grabbing his belt, she released the buckle, popped the button of his trousers and yank them and his shorts down in one fell swoop. And as his stiffened cock sprang forth, her eyes widened. Before her stood his protruding seven and half inch cock, thick and pulsing, the head dripping copious amounts of precum. It was at this moment that they both realized that when using the MFD, they were reacting to what they had thought about themselves, their inadequacies, real, and imagine, their diminished self -images, not of their real selves. It was how they had viewed themselves! Tawny straddled his legs as she lowered her hot, dripping cunt over his super stiff manhood. She controlled his entry, slowing to accept the length and girth of his cock, not because she was afraid but to adjust to it as her experiences have been few for so long. She paused to relish the feel of him inside, sliding slowly deeper, her until his cock bottomed out in her, and then, with all the strength of her legs, she raised and lowered her sopping moist twat, faster, harder, meeting each of Jonas's each thrusts. Jonas grasped both supple cheeks of her ass, lifting to assist each push of her legs, almost pulling his cock out, so the head was just barely inside of her folds. Suddenly, the waves of passion struck Tawny, her mouth open and moaning loudly as orgasm overtook her, causing the walls of her tunnel to grip and release the aching member of this man she was reveling in. And this passion was shared from deep within his balls, he groaned through gritted teeth as an eruption of volcanic proportion was expelling, exploding, propelling through his dick, shooting powerfully deep within her womb, both soaked with cum and fluids of their releases. As they came back to earth from their erotic ride, as they looked deeply into each other's loving eyes, what came to Jonas mind was this thought. For them, there has come another phase in the pandemic, social dick sticking, for the sake of science, of course!! By Pearce_R_Daly for Literotica.

Techs test devices to enable sex during social distancing. By Pearce R Daly. Listen to the Podcast at Steamy Stories. Sometimes, events can change the needs of us common humans. As the year Twenty twenty arrived, life seemed so care free. Then surprisingly, a pandemic threatened to change all we have known. We have to think before we embrace, keeping a healthy distance. Little did we know how this would be effectuated by new technology? But with crisis comes opportunity to adapt. Jonas and Tawny agreed to become part of a research project to test new devices to meet the challenges of social distancing.I'm Candice. I'm part of the university's research analysts. We partnered with the Maxim corporation and monitored the people who volunteered to be test subjects. My name is Jonas, I am in my early 40s, single by choice. I have had many relationships but for many different reasons, they seemed to end after a time. My work in technology occupied much of my time and some might think I was married to my work. I work as a technician/developer at a startup technology company named Maxim Hard in the Silicon Valley. Though this two year old company is still trying to get a foot hold, it employs a strong crew of diverse people. Many new, innovative products have sprung forth from the minds of this group. For a while I have been working on a hardware-software combination that I had hoped to bring forth for those who were separated by distance. Never did I believe that a virus would affect so many so quickly and dangerously as to cause a need for social distancing. The device that I had been working on would negate the need for physical contact yet would hopefully produce the same physical and possibly the same emotional outcome while in separate locations. The company refers to this as the Sensuous Shared Stimulator, but in reality it is a MFD, Mind Fucking Device. I was to be assigned a partner to test this device before the company would even consider a test marketing. Her name is Tawny, in her late 20s, early thirties, a technician. She appears to be the classic almost geek, hair in a tight bun, big glasses, khaki pants that looked like she was swimming in them and a light blue loose-fitting polo shirt that made one wonder if she had any breasts at all. She was extremely shy, hesitating to answer questions and not offering much input on this project. Little did I know that her inner hunger was about to be released. At first, I was bothered by the age difference between Tawny and myself, but then I told myself this was for science, at least that thought would rationalize what could possibly happen going forward. The outcome would be positive for mankind and we were just sacrificing for the good of others, yet, in the back of my mind my upbringing cast the shadow of sin and guilt. And yet, there was a need of a paycheck. So, after a weekend of conflicted self- torture, we arrived in the testing area of Maxim Hard Technologies. We looked at each other nervously, each putting the device on one ear, as if it were a Blue Tooth device. We said our good byes as we were escorted to private areas. As designed, the devices only allows what one's mind really wants and desires, and no force, unless desired. I sat back in the recliner and relaxed as I thought of what was next, and in the next moment I found I was in a room with Tawny. As I was to find out, she was much less inhibited mentally, as far as thoughts go. Tawny's soft, brown hair flowed down to her shoulders, accentuating her beautiful blue eyes. She wore no glasses and her eyes twinkled with life, a bit of sparkle shown through. She has rich, full lips and one hell of a body that had been hidden by those work clothes. She wore a spring green dress, tied at the waist, that accented perfectly proportioned breasts that reminded me of the shape of gum drops that I remembered from my childhood. Such a sweet memory and such a sweet sight. Somehow I must have squirmed in the lounge chair and loosened the device from my ear and my mind was no longer in the same place as Tawny's, and I realized I need to adjust myself, damn tight pants! And in that moment, I had to wonder what Tawny was feeling. Hi, I'm Tawny. Here's my story. One minute Jonah is here, eyes locking into mine after he realized that I had caught him ogling my breasts. A fire was ignited in areas neglected way too long; and then, suddenly he was gone. What the fuck? I know this was technically product testing, but there was more to this. After being married, having a child then divorcing someone who basically played me for a fool, I never believed that a man could arouse the flames of passion that had been extinguished by that kind of treatment. Jonas was heading toward middle age and I was more than a dozen years his junior. He had developed a middle age paunch and yet he seemed comfortable, and I don't mean like an old couch; but a non-threatening man, yet with a playful gleam in the eyes. As I put the device on my ear earlier, my mind allowed me to wear that green dress that made me feel, well, like the freedom of spring; fresh and desirable. I could not help but notice this had an effect on Jonas, as there seemed to be a bit of tenting in his trousers. But then, suddenly, he was gone. Vanished into thin air. I asked myself why, and could think of no possible answer. Was it something I did? At this moment, I removed the device from my ear, and realized I was back in that lab room, alone in a lounge in my normal the work clothes. I realized something else at that moment, my cunt was very wet, and very aroused. I needed to get out of here and get some relief. The day had gone by and it was time to head home. As I was walking back to our mutual collaboration room, Jonas greeted me apologizing, the experiment was going well until somehow, he knocked the device from his ear. As I could see by the bulge in his pants, he was finding this "hard" to talk about. At that moment, an announcement came across our internal notification system; an announcement that all employees were requested to come to the main Conference room for a mandatory meeting. Even though Tawny was wearing her usual khaki pants and blue polo, my mind, and another part of my body remembered the sensuousness of Tawny, something her work clothes will never again secret from me. After explaining what had happened that interrupted our testing, I was somewhat discouraged by the announcement that there was a mandatory meeting a 3 pm, ending our work day. It was at this time we were all instructed to plan to work remotely from home, the virus was multiplying faster than the scientist expected. More and more we are being herded into social distancing. Our supervisors allowed us to take certain projects home that did not require our facilities to work on. Tawny and I left the Maxim Hard Complex each with several devices, She with devices paired with the ones I possessed. It's good to finally be home from the Maxim Labs. This week has already been rough, and I having been laid in 2 months! This is unbelievable, forced to be home alone. My son is with his father as we thought it would be best as his dad has a home business and schools are closed. I have a discomfort about this device testing outside of work as I'm uncertain of what control would be in place in a remote location. Maybe after dinner and maybe a glass of wine, I can settle down for the evening. Home sweet home! Damn, I'm ready for the weekend!  I need a beer! I cannot get Tawny out of my mind. This was supposed to be an experiment, no feelings, just a clinical experiment. I guess I can't dwell on it, but adjustments have to be made on the device so it does not come off and disrupt the next testing. After dinner, I put the device on my ear, and was able to get the fastener adjusted to stay in place. Now that you've met Jonah & Tawny, let's tell you how the experiment went, for them. Tawny was feeling bored after dinner, yet more relaxed after a couple of glasses of wine. She picked up the paired device, slipped it on and realized that in her mind, she was not alone. She was in a room with Jonas. Jonas turned and his eyes widened at the sight of Tawny, again in her hot green dress. He felt compelled to approach her, to embrace her, to breathe in her scent. Tawny could feel the heat radiate between them. As someone who always maintained control over herself, she felt it slipping away. Yet she struggled to not let it go. Jonas pulled her close, kissing her full lips. Though hesitant at first, Tawny surrendered to his embrace, opening her mouth and entangled her tongue with his. Jonas savored the taste of her mouth as they tongue fucked each other, neither knowing or caring the movement of time as they pulled back, Jonas had the belt of her dress in his hands, untied with a swiftness that Tawny neither felt or sensed. Tawny's hands expertly unbutton his shirt as his own pulled open the top of her dress, placing soft kisses down her cleavage. She felt the heat of his breath as her chest heaved with each breath. She reached behind to release the clasp of her bra, allow it to drop and exposing the softness of her tits and the stiffening hardness of her nipples. She wished she had left her nipple ring in but hopefully there would be other moments for that. Jonas felt as if his cock was being crushed by the restraint of his pants. He could not remember ever feeling this hard. And so trapped by clothing. As if Tawny could read his mind, she reached down, lowered his zipper and released his throbbing cock from its confines. As she undid his belt and unbuttoned his trousers, she lightly flicked her tongue over his nipples sending a sensation through his gut and into his pulsing wand. Feeling a need to slow down or risk exploding all over her dress, Jonas pulled back, removing the rest of Tawny dress. Before him stood the last roadblock to paradise, a black thong. Tawny could feel her moistness saturate her thong, not sure whether to feel embarrassed, or just aroused, but she would soon get her answer. Jonas kissed Tawny's thighs, working close to her mound but not touching. He was stimulated by the scent of her arousal, but felt a little tease was needed, and not to be rushed. Soon he will have a taste of heaven. He could hear her breaths deepen. Jonas gripped her thong with his teeth, pulling it away and off, and was rewarded by swollen, glistening pink lips of Tawny's womanhood. As if he was a starving man, he proceeded to partake of a feast. For Tawny, all of her early reluctance had slipped away. She was finally finding out what being eaten really meant. Her ex-husband was a two pumps and a dump kind of guy, at least with her. And he was not fond of "going south". Now, as she ground her raging, hot cunt on to her partner's exploring mouth, his tongue flicking her nub as waves of sensation pulsed through her clit. She reached and stroked his engorged manhood, slick with precum, she could feel it pulsing in her hand. She teased the ridge below the head of his cock, and realized a release was about to explode, for both of them. Tawny felt her climax build as she ground her clit on Jonas' sucking lips. She gushed into his mouth as he groaned loudly and spewed his eruption forth, covering her hand. As they both lay there recovering, an alarm went off. One of the device's battery was very low and could not continue functioning. This signaled the end of the testing for this session. Post Experiment - Back to Reality Jonas took the device off his ear. He was fully clothed but his shorts were full of ejaculate, he could not remember that much cum in his pants even from a wet dream in his young years. From his perspective, the Stimulator device, or MFD as he referred to it, works. Of course, it will require more testing, this social distancing might not be terrible. Tawny could not believe it as she took off the device, she lay on her bed, in her night gown but her panties were soaked, as were her sheets beneath her. She had never cum liked that, was it the device, or her partner, she knew she would have to find out, in the name of science. The next opportunity to test would have to wait as the battery weakness issue would first have to be resolved. This would take a few days as remote technology problems for others would take priority over "personal pleasure" products. The next several days were wearing on both Jonas and Tawny. They had no lack of work to do but the isolation from the outside was starting to stress them, a little relief would do wonders. It had been 5 days since the last test and each had received a package from Maxim Hard lab; batteries and installation instructions with the correct micro tools to complete installation. Finally, a light at the end of the tunnel, and that tunnel was very much in the thoughts of Jonas. He could almost taste it. Tawny flushed with warmth at the thought if what now lay ahead and immediately went to work on the installation. Suddenly, the wave of stress she had been feeling seemed to ebb, with a flow of moisture from within. They had both completed the installation but it was now late Friday afternoon: the work day done. Jonas contacted Tawny and both agreed that, even though it was the weekend, they would get a good night's rest and proceed with testing Saturday morning, in the name of science. This might turn out to be a great weekend after all, each secretly thought. The Weekend Begins Saturday morning, the sun shone brightly through the window of Jonas' bedroom. Thankfully well rested, his heart beat with an anticipation of what was to come today. Clinical study is what this test was to be, but in his mind it was more. He and Tawny planned to test around noon, so a healthy breakfast was in order. Jonas went about creating a breakfast that likely would hold him until dinner. The same was in order for Tawny. They hadn't spoken since early the prior evening but she sensed something in Jonas' voice; an edginess, perhaps a longing that was equaling hers. But this time, the quiet and demur tech vowed to herself to take the lead. Shortly before noon, Jonas lay back in his bed, thinking of the black shirt and trousers he wanted to appear in that would somewhat hide his middle age spread. He picked up the device. Fastened it to his ear, he closed his eyes, and in a flash he stood in a doorway of a bedroom. And before him, in a red and black shear nightgown, lying seductively on the bed, was Tawny. Jonas hesitantly approached the bed and Tawny sprung up to him, locking her lips on his, their tongues engaged in an erotica tango. She tore the buttons away from his shirt and traced her tongue down his chest, over his belly stopping at the belt of his pants. She could see his arousal bulging in his britches. She undid his belt and yanked his trousers and underwear down to his ankles in one fell swoop. Jonas felt a little self-conscious of his size, being that he believed he was not large but average. Watching porn can do this to some guys. He once jokingly told a lady he was intimate with that it wasn't the size of the ship but the motion in the ocean that counted. She made a crack about how guys with small boats say that. Somehow that stuck with him. Tawny couldn't have care less, she wanted it, needed it and was going to possess it. Those thoughts drifted from Jonas brain as he felt the moist warmth of her breath as she move to engulf the head of his cock in those soft lips. Her tongue danced around, teasing the hole then sliding down to take him deeper. She caressed his balls and could feel the pulsing that forewarned of his forthcoming ejaculation. Sensing this, Tawny stopped, gently stroking just to keep him on the edge. Jonas got to thinking that turnabout is fair play so he pulled her up, passionately kissing her and carried her to the bed, almost tripping on his pants still around his ankles. He yanked off her night gown and placed her face down on the bed, shaking off the clothing at his feet and climbed on the bed, kissing her sweet neck, then each shoulder, drifting down the small of her back, stopping to caress her soft round buttocks She spread her legs and pulled them up under which he took as an invitation to explore deeper with this tongue. He could see the rose bud, the tight pucker of her anus, as he kissed closer. Tawny's cheeks tightened, alerting Jonas that he needed to move on. Her aroma permeated his nostrils, the scent inflaming his passions as he licked her swollen labia, she squirming to engage that teasing tongue with her clitoris, He slid a finger into her cave exploring, first with one, then two fingers, teasing her g-spot. As she started to approach her climax, he totally instituted the turnabout, he stopped, leaving her on the precipice of bliss. He rose to his knees, dripping precum, stroking her gash with his hard phallus, Tawny emitting a small whimper as he made contact with her nub. Now was the moment of truth, he pushed his aching member to the entrance of her tunnel, one hand squeezing her tit while the other traced and tickled her clit then softly, gently sliding into her hot, wet cunt. Tawny had him where she wanted him, sliding back hard, engulfing and clenching his hardness, all he could do was to accept her thrusts with his own matching, angling his cock to brush her g spot. She was gyrating against his finger on her clit and fucking that swollen cock, needing relief, and as her crescendo came, at first internal as the pressure on her g-spot made her gush intensely, clenching as he picked up his thrusts. He then felt his own explosion erupt as he bottomed out in her cunt, his balls against her, causing her clitoral orgasm to commence, with a loud moan that pitched to a slight scream. They lay in an exhausted heap of legs, arms and fluids, in need of a nap. Both of them awoke in their respective residences albeit in need of a bit of a cleanup, and totally satiated. They would continue to test through-out the weekend. By Sunday night they were pretty well rung out. Both happy with their success, and wondering what will happen when project was completed. Tomorrow they would complete their documentation on this project to see if completed, and secretly both hoped for more testing, but for what reason? Multiple Testing A few days after submitting the results of the test on the Stimulator, a report was posted by the company, further testing required. In a phone conference with HQ, Tawny and Jonas were told to continue further with the study. It was asked if there could possible a third device paired? The technology existed to do this in principle, but no one had suggested going beyond a simple pair. They were advised that, with the virus spreading and the social isolation or distancing as society has come to know it, with fewer project, the pair should be able to spend more time on it. It is why they have a salary, they were reminded. Who could to argue that? Basically a ménage a trois of the mind; a discomfort for Jonas; a slight smile in Tawny's eyes as we chatted on a video conference later the evening. Jonas Prepares Project Completion The next morning, Jonas was going through a list of those he had worked with in the past at Maxim Hard. One tech stood out in my mind as he checked off the list, Chin-Sun, whose name means one who seeks truth and goodness in everything. She was born in Korea and was raised by her family and schooled here. A very thorough person when it came to getting tasks done, she also was not hard to look at, somewhat petite but with a strong personality, and a cute little body. No one could guess she was in her mid- thirties as she keep herself fit, looking about 20 years of age. From previous partnering on projects, he had the impression that she had little interest in men. She surprised him with her enthusiasm when he approached her with this experiment, and who else was involved with the project. The following morning Tawny, Chin and Jonas video conferenced to fill in what has been done with the project and how to get the new devices to each participant. Jonas would pair the three devices and have them delivered to each of the ladies residence before the next test session. A few days more and hopefully a successful end to this project. A piece of Jonas felt somewhat melancholic at that prospect. Sometimes one must shake off those personal thoughts and proceed, for the sake of science. The Last Test - Jonas Struggles Finally, the morning of the last device trial arrives. Two women, one man, a common fantasy, Jonas' confidence is shaken, not in the aspect that the device will fail but in his own personal abilities. He doesn't like the thought of disappointing two women. Never being in this situation has set him off balance. The fact that he had developed feelings for his project partner was not helping, and her excitement at the prospect of Chin in the mix did little to temper these thoughts. Jonas weighed his thoughts longer than he should and realized he was late for the schedule testing. He lay down on his bed, put the device securely on and soon realized he was in a room with his two beautiful but very different female partners. Tawny was dressed in a body hugging black dress, that crossed at her sexy breasts, accentuating that fine feminine form that in part have caused him to be Enamored with her. Chin, wearing a blue buttoned shirt that hid her small, perky breasts and yoga pants so tight that he could not help but notice her camel toe. Both ladies acknowledged Jonas' presence, smiling longingly but then their attention focused on each other. They embraced each other, kissing slowly, sensuously, as if they sensed how it should be, not rushed passion but warm acceptance. Jonas held back to watch the ballet of lips move in sweet harmony, of tongues crossing in a sharing, embracing dance, with breasts rising in erotic breaths. Chin reached to pull the dress from Tawny's shoulders as Tawny reached to unfasten the buttons of the beautiful Korean girl's body, exposing small breast, with those dark, bumpy areolas and hardened nipples begging to be sucked and nibbled on. Tawny shuttered at the touch of the soft hand of Chin against her skin and groaned as she kissed her way to the hoop nipple ring adorning Tawny's right breast. Chin's fingers tickled and tweaked the other nipple, at the same time grinding her hot, clothed cunt against Tawny's thigh. Jonas found himself mesmerized by the sight of these two beautiful women's intensity, as he himself disrobes, softly stroking his hard member, using his precum to lube his movements, not too much pressure for fear he would cum. For the moment, he was happy enough being a voyeur. As the ladies continue to kiss and caress each other, they slowly shed any of the garments from their bodies, tonguing their way toward womanly paradise subsequently ending in sixty nine position. Chin's lithe body was on the bottom, head toward the bottom of the bed, while Tawny's was on her knees, her face lunging between the petite thighs of Chin. Tawny lowered her throbbing, wet cunt as Chin's tongue lashed feverishly at the swollen lips of her associate. Both women ground, gyrated and groaned at the intense pleasure they bestowed on each other. Jonas found himself thrusting against his own hand as he viewed from the side, these two magnificent girls relishing in their desires. He had to release his cock from his own grip, edging almost too close to an orgasm, just then, Chin pulled her face away from Tawny's writhing, dripping cunt, asking Jonas if he was going play with himself all day or join in, After all, this was supposed to be his project to drive; and Jonas was prepare to drive it all the way. As he made his way to the foot of the bed, he could not help but notice that Chin had returned to eating Tawny furiously, and there was something between the sweet, parted ass cheeks of his partner in the project, an anal plug. Jonas mounted the bed looking down at the Korean girl's wet covered face devouring the clit of Tawny. He laid his lips on her back, kissing and licking his way lower, noticing Chins rising hips, pushing her love nest into Tawny's exploring mouth. Jonas eventually made his way across the small of her back, kissing and sucking the soft suppleness of each buttock. Suddenly he was facing her gorgeous ass, and the dark anal plug, His lungs drew in each deep breath as her hot, intoxicating scent inflames his nose, and intensified his primal lust. With shaking hands he reached for, gripped and twisted the anal plug. Tawny growled loudly and drove her hot hole harder into Chin's face. Jonas could take no more, he pulled out the plug from her gaping anus, wet the opening with his saliva, rubbing his precum covered cock head against her bunghole. Apparently, Tawny had prepare herself for this, as her ass was well lubricated for the anal plug. Both woman were moaning and grinding in their passion as Jonas pressed gently forward he found himself gliding into a realm he had never experience, soft, warm and very tight. He was rewarded by slow, rhythmic movements. Suddenly, the passions overwhelmed all three. He felt something from below, a small hand, Chin's hand squeezing his balls. Jonas thrust harder, deeper, causing Tawny to thrust back. She let out a guttural moan into Chin's sopping, dripping cunt, driving Chin's clit sucking lips harder into Tawny's folds, and then it happened-Chins small hand slid up to Jonas' ass, a finger penetrating the pucker. Jonas bottomed out in the behind of his partner, his balls firing salvo after salvo of cum deep within her warm tunnel. Both women experienced wave after wave intense orgasm, slowly subsiding, pounding heartbeats settling. Jonas collapsed onto his right side, pulling the women to the bed with him. Finally, the threesome parted and the ladies pulled Jonas up, each kissing him first on the mouth then his neck, trailing down his chest to each of his nipples, kissing, nibbling and tugging. As the girls eyes met, Chin's lips explored those of Tawny, embracing in a tight hug. As the tongues entwined, so did the rest of their bodies, eventually grinding their womanhood against each other. Having blown his load as he did, Jonas felt he best leave these two beauties to their own devices. He pulled his device free and immediately he was back in his home. He would need a shower and some food and drink. And he would have to deal with the gnawing bit of jealousy of Chin and Tawny's triste, or was he jealous of Chin; he wanted Tawny to himself, Final Result of the Project The next morning, the three techs were to video conference, then Jonas and Tawny were to prepare and finalize their report. Tawny said she would be late logging in as she wanted to Skype with her son. She missed him terribly and now that it appeared that he would be with his dad at least until the virus subsided. Although absolutely required, social distancing takes its toll on families, especially separated ones. When Tawny joined the conference, she felt a distance coming from Jonas. She was bothered by his disappearance from the triple testing. Could he possibly have felt jealous of her and Chin? She realized that she really had come to have deep feelings for this man that moved her so without never actually touching her, not physically but mentally, and psychologically. Chin to her was fun, but that was it. No real connection. For Chin, it was just another rendezvous. She loved her freedom and variety without an emotional attachment, And she truly enjoyed this testing, the associates involved and the hot fucking, in the name of science. The results of the testing were extremely positive, the Stimulators worked perfectly when the issues of fastening and battery life were finally worked out. The devices could be paired for two users or more. With the need for social distance never more necessary, roll out of these devices were essential at this moment in time, and Maxim Hard Technology was to be first in the world to provide this technology. Jonas and Tawny were ordered to securely return all devices so that the technology could not be stolen. As designers and technicians, they were proud of their work but as people they somehow could not care less. Again they were alone, yet secretly longing; and uncertain. Over the next few days, they made excuses to check on each other, making conversation. At night they would remember the testing, their erotic couplings, the passions that exuded between them, and the powerful climaxes that these brought forth. How could there ever be anything as powerful as this? And with a pandemic raging in the world, would this really matter? On Sunday night, each fell asleep wondering what the morning; and new week would bring. Each questioning if all hope was washing away like the leaving tide. As Life Continues On. Monday dawned anew, a brilliant sunshine commenced a new day. The two techs knew they would be given new projects, though still working from home. Each expected to stick to their respective talents, with possibly an occasional cooperative project, though few and far between. Jonas and Tawny felt it might be easier not working together and yet, in heart, hoping to, even for a short time. At 9 o'clock as they logged in for their respective work days, there was a message of high importance. They were to log in to a video conference with the Board of Directors of Maxim Hard Technologies. Having never been directed to do so before, both were overwhelmed with what might come their way. Were they in serious trouble? Jonas and Tawny were about to be stunned by what was to follow. As the conference unfolded, each member of the Board expressed their admiration and gratitude to this technological partnership that brought home a project that will help so many during the Corona outbreak. Separated lovers could be intimate when apart. Same for soldiers who have been deployed and long for the few joys of home that have been denied while serving. AND Maxim Hard Technology will now hold a place in the market, making millions for their share-holders in the process, The two techs were dumbfounded but were about to be even more surprised; the company wanted them to collaborate on several big projects, the only stipulation was that they had to do this physically in the same place, working remotely would cause a failure to bring these projects forward. They were to talk about it and give their decision in 24 hours. This was what each secretly desired but how can this happen? They were both bottlers when it came to feelings, and both had been suppressing things too long. Jonas spoke up and tried to tell Tawny that this had gone too long, and Tawny was misreading what he was trying to say, that he cared deeply for her. That was not what she was hearing and finally her emotions exploded, she asking him what the fuck was wrong with him. Not knowing what to say, he spoke quietly from his boots, he could barely speak when he told her he was falling for her. And then there was dead silence. It was out in the open. Finally! The next day, in their conference with the upper echelon of Maxim Hard, when asked how they chose to proceed going forward, Jonas and Tawny declared that they were in it for the long run. They would stay at her residence, where there was plenty of room and enough of a technology lab to maintain the standards of Maxim Hard as to controls- quality and all others. They also stated that they would see each project through with the professionalism and ethics that each has always held. And silently, they made these promises to each other. It is indeed a different world. A Beginning is never the End By mid-week arrangements have been made. Jonas packed what he would need for as long as he could. Staying away from crowds has been difficult. But at least being isolated for a couple of weeks has made it most unlikely that they carried the virus. As he loaded his car and drove away he felt a new reason for existing, not always the work, the science, the technology. He was driving to a new life, an open and sharing one. Tawny waited for Jonas to arrive, a bit nervous, a little excited. Since her son had left, she was lonely. She realized that in other ways she was also lonely, even during her empty marriage. And she was about to feel fulfilled. As Jonas arrived in the driveway, she ran out to greet him. Taking his hand they walked into the kitchen, they sat talking at the table, no rush to bring his belongings in. Suddenly, Tawny stood and approached Jonas, hand gripping both sides of his face and kissing him as if her lips had been starved forever. His tongue pressed between her moist lips, probing to engage in an exotic dance with her tongue. Her answer back was to entwine with his, an erotic oral coupling; a copulation! Jonas' hand reached out to unbutton her blouse, exposing her luscious tits. His aching penis pressed hard against the restraint of his pants, he kissed each breast, teasing her nipples as he circled her areolas; each lap closer to those hardening nipples. Her chest rose and fell with each deepening breath. As he pushed down her shorts and finally her cute pinks panties, Jonas was aware of her arousal, the aroma infiltrating each nostril inflaming his own arousal. He felt harder than he ever had. He remember he had not brought condoms but Tawny said she knew neither of them had been intimate with anyone else in a very long time; and she was on the pill to regulate her menstrual cycle. This set both of them on fire, Jonas bending to kiss Tawny's belly as he view a soft wisp of pubic hair above her slit. As he probed deeper, his finger slipped into her warm, wet crevice. He so wanted to taste her sweet nectar as she squirmed on his finger, as he massaged her pearl. As he bent to get a lick of her inviting honey pot, she pushed him back, startling him as she stated that she was going to take him as she wanted, as she needed. Grabbing his belt, she released the buckle, popped the button of his trousers and yank them and his shorts down in one fell swoop. And as his stiffened cock sprang forth, her eyes widened. Before her stood his protruding seven and half inch cock, thick and pulsing, the head dripping copious amounts of precum. It was at this moment that they both realized that when using the MFD, they were reacting to what they had thought about themselves, their inadequacies, real, and imagine, their diminished self -images, not of their real selves. It was how they had viewed themselves! Tawny straddled his legs as she lowered her hot, dripping cunt over his super stiff manhood. She controlled his entry, slowing to accept the length and girth of his cock, not because she was afraid but to adjust to it as her experiences have been few for so long. She paused to relish the feel of him inside, sliding slowly deeper, her until his cock bottomed out in her, and then, with all the strength of her legs, she raised and lowered her sopping moist twat, faster, harder, meeting each of Jonas's each thrusts. Jonas grasped both supple cheeks of her ass, lifting to assist each push of her legs, almost pulling his cock out, so the head was just barely inside of her folds. Suddenly, the waves of passion struck Tawny, her mouth open and moaning loudly as orgasm overtook her, causing the walls of her tunnel to grip and release the aching member of this man she was reveling in. And this passion was shared from deep within his balls, he groaned through gritted teeth as an eruption of volcanic proportion was expelling, exploding, propelling through his dick, shooting powerfully deep within her womb, both soaked with cum and fluids of their releases. As they came back to earth from their erotic ride, as they looked deeply into each other's loving eyes, what came to Jonas mind was this thought. For them, there has come another phase in the pandemic, social dick sticking, for the sake of science, of course!! By Pearce_R_Daly for Literotica.

WE ARE BACK FOR 2024 On this first episode for the year I catch up with Mark Perch from well known product supply company Car Care Co. We recorded this late last year, and Mark was someone I always wanted to meet and chat to about his years of experience in this industry. Mark talks about the old days in the Car Wash game to the very lucky story of how he ended up as the Aussie distributor for some of the biggest brands in the world for the Car Care industry. Talk about luck. Amazing guy with a great story. Hope you enjoy this episode. So grab the polisher or a beer and enjoy this one. Thanks for listening. Don't forget to share, subscribe and rate our episodes from where ever you listen to it. Help share the Aussie love for Detailing. Contact me if you are interested in coming on as a guest. We would love to hear your detailing story. WE HAVE MERCH!!! We have a limited run of T-Shirts available in various sizes. Black and white colours only. Check out our Instagram page and DM your orders. ** PODCAST SUPPORTERS ** Sleekspace Delighted to have the Sleekspace team on board. If you are looking to up style your detailing studio flooring. Look no further. They offer a large range of Ultra Grid Pro Tiles available in many colours to turn your studio in something epic that will stand out from the crowd. Check out their website and take advantage of the discount to all DDUP listeners. https://www.sleekspace.com.au/ Autofiber Australia have been supporting us from day one. Look no further for the best range of Microfiber products available right here in Aus. Big thanks to Joe from Autofiber Australia for his support of the podcast and the Aussie Detailing industry. Plus offering all listeners a 15% discount off your order and even includes a free gift. USE CODE: 15DDUP Check out the Autofiber website www.autofiber.com.au Mirror Finish Detail They offer a range of car care products for the enthusiast and professional. Even better the boys are offering all podcast listeners a 15% discount to help get you started. Big thanks to Chris and Matt from MFD. USE CODE: DDU15 Link to trade site: https://shop.mirrorfinishdetail.com.au/collections/trade Check out their website for more details.  https://www.mirrorfinishdetail.com.au/ Follow us on Instagram @detailingdownunderpodcast Email: detailingdownunderpodcast@gmail.com

MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR For the last episode of the year we catch up with The Business Tycoon of the Year Mr Bill Baker. Hours after Bill was announced as The Tycoon Magazine Business Tycoon of the year it was great honor to chat to the man himself. Love him or hate him Bill is a no BS kind of guy and with his over 30 plus years in the game I knew this was gonna be a fun conversation. Many might know Bill from his outspoken TikTok vids but deep down he has mega passion for our industry and wants it to be more recognized. Excellent episode to finish the year off. So grab the polisher or a beer and enjoy this one. Thanks for listening. Don't forget to share, subscribe and rate our episodes from where ever you listen to it. Help share the Aussie love for Detailing. Contact me if you are interested in coming on as a guest. We would love to hear your detailing story. NEW SUPPORTER ALERT!!!!! Welcome to Sleekspace to our supporter group. Delighted to have the Sleekspace team on board. If you are looking to up style your detailing studio flooring. Look no further. They offer a large range of Ultra Grid Pro Tiles available in many colours to turn your studio in something epic that will stand out from the crowd. Check out their website and take advantage of the discount to all DDUP listeners. https://www.sleekspace.com.au/ WE HAVE MERCH!!! We have a limited run of T-Shirts available in various sizes. Black and white colours only. Check out our Instagram page and DM your orders. We are proud to announce that we have Autofiber Australia on board supporting our little podcast. Plus offering all listeners a 15% discount off your order and even includes a free gift. USE CODE: 15DDUP Thanks to Joe from Autofiber Australia for his support of the podcast and the Aussie Detailing industry. Check out the Autofiber website www.autofiber.com.au Let's welcome Mirror Finish Detail Products to the podcast. They offer a range of car care products for the enthusiast and professional. Even better the boys are offering all podcast listeners a 15% discount to help get you started. Big thanks to Chris and Matt from MFD. USE CODE: DDU15 Link to trade site: https://shop.mirrorfinishdetail.com.au/collections/trade Check out their website for more details.  https://www.mirrorfinishdetail.com.au/ Follow us on Instagram @detailingdownunderpodcast Email: detailingdownunderpodcast@gmail.com

On this episode we head up to Sydney to chat with Ryan from Australian Detailing Services. Ryan has been around our industry for nearly 10 years now. And in that time he has grown his business into one of the best in the Sydney area. As a renowned Gyeon and Xpel installer for many years Ryan definitely knows his numbers and shares some home truths along the way. This was a fun episode. So grab the polisher or a beer and enjoy this one. Thanks for listening. Don't forget to share, subscribe and rate our episodes from where ever you listen to it. Help share the Aussie love for Detailing. Contact me if you are interested in coming on as a guest. We would love to hear your detailing story. NEW SUPPORTER ALERT!!!!! Welcome to Sleekspace to our supporter group. Delighted to have the Sleekspace team on board. If you are looking to up style your detailing studio flooring. Look no further. They offer a large range of Ultra Grid Pro Tiles available in many colours to turn your studio in something epic that will stand out from the crowd. Check out their website and take advantage of the discount to all DDUP listeners. https://www.sleekspace.com.au/ WE HAVE MERCH!!! We have a limited run of T-Shirts available in various sizes. Black and white colours only. Check out our Instagram page and DM your orders. We are proud to announce that we have Autofiber Australia on board supporting our little podcast. Plus offering all listeners a 15% discount off your order and even includes a free gift. USE CODE: 15DDUP Thanks to Joe from Autofiber Australia for his support of the podcast and the Aussie Detailing industry. Check out the Autofiber website www.autofiber.com.au Let's welcome Mirror Finish Detail Products to the podcast. They offer a range of car care products for the enthusiast and professional. Even better the boys are offering all podcast listeners a 15% discount to help get you started. Big thanks to Chris and Matt from MFD. USE CODE: DDU15 Link to trade site: https://shop.mirrorfinishdetail.com.au/collections/trade Check out their website for more details.  https://www.mirrorfinishdetail.com.au/ Follow us on Instagram @detailingdownunderpodcast Email: detailingdownunderpodcast@gmail.com

On this episode we head north to Hervey Bay QLD and catch up with Sid from Intensity Car Detailing. As I mention Sid hasn't just popped up overnight. He's been detailing longer than most. Age is just a number. We chat about all sorts in this longer than normal ep. But such a nice bloke I wasn't worried how long it went for. So grab the polisher or a beer and enjoy this one. Thanks for listening. Don't forget to share, subscribe and rate our episodes from where ever you listen to it. Help share the Aussie love for Detailing. Contact me if you are interested in coming on as a guest. We would love to hear your detailing story. NEW SUPPORTER ALERT!!!!! Welcome to Sleekspace to our supporter group. Delighted to have the Sleekspace team on board. If you are looking to up style your detailing studio flooring. Look no further. They offer a large range of Ultra Grid Pro Tiles available in many colours to turn your studio in something epic that will stand out from the crowd. Check out their website and take advantage of the discount to all DDUP listeners. https://www.sleekspace.com.au/ WE HAVE MERCH!!! We have a limited run of T-Shirts available in various sizes. Black and white colours only. Check out our Instagram page and DM your orders. We are proud to announce that we have Autofiber Australia on board supporting our little podcast. Plus offering all listeners a 15% discount off your order and even includes a free gift. USE CODE: 15DDUP Thanks to Joe from Autofiber Australia for his support of the podcast and the Aussie Detailing industry. Check out the Autofiber website www.autofiber.com.au Let's welcome Mirror Finish Detail Products to the podcast. They offer a range of car care products for the enthusiast and professional. Even better the boys are offering all podcast listeners a 15% discount to help get you started. Big thanks to Chris and Matt from MFD. USE CODE: DDU15 Link to trade site: https://shop.mirrorfinishdetail.com.au/collections/trade Check out their website for more details.  https://www.mirrorfinishdetail.com.au/ Follow us on Instagram @detailingdownunderpodcast Email: detailingdownunderpodcast@gmail.com

The Quarterdeck Podcast is back! It will feature conversations about projects and issues from the top of the 59 North agenda, providing some insight into our work and our decision making process. Going forward, we'll release weekly episodes any time “On the Wind” is between seasons. So we'll be there in your ears every Tuesday every week all the time! This week, Andy and August discusses MFD's and where to mount them. Enjoy! -- Join us on The QUARTERDECK, 59º North's online platform, to add your own arguments and to continue the discussion. First two weeks free! 

On this episode we catch up with the wrap legend himself Johnny Q. John is a very well known wrap installer/trainer here in Australia. An award winning one at that I must say. John explains his thoughts of our industry and dives further in the need for professional training. Plus he gives us the lowdown on his recently released new product called ''My Wrap Game" which is a digital toolkit for owners and Installers in the Automotive restyling industry. Such a cool idea and definitely a must for anyone wanting to present their business in a more professional way. I enjoyed this one. LINK TO MY WRAP GAME: https://www.mywrapgame.com/ So grab the polisher or a beer and enjoy this one. Thanks for listening. Don't forget to share, subscribe and rate our episodes from where ever you listen to it. Help share the Aussie love for Detailing. Contact me if you are interested in coming on as a guest. We would love to hear your detailing story. NEW SUPPORTER ALERT!!!!! Welcome to Sleekspace to our supporter group. Delighted to have the Sleekspace team on board. If you are looking to up style your detailing studio flooring. Look no further. They offer a large range of Ultra Grid Pro Tiles available in many colours to turn your studio in something epic that will stand out from the crowd. Check out their website and take advantage of the discount to all DDUP listeners. https://www.sleekspace.com.au/ WE HAVE MERCH!!! We have a limited run of T-Shirts available in various sizes. Black and white colours only. Check out our Instagram page and DM your orders. We are proud to announce that we have Autofiber Australia on board supporting our little podcast. Plus offering all listeners a 15% discount off your order and even includes a free gift. USE CODE: 15DDUP Thanks to Joe from Autofiber Australia for his support of the podcast and the Aussie Detailing industry. Check out the Autofiber website www.autofiber.com.au Let's welcome Mirror Finish Detail Products to the podcast. They offer a range of car care products for the enthusiast and professional. Even better the boys are offering all podcast listeners a 15% discount to help get you started. Big thanks to Chris and Matt from MFD. USE CODE: DDU15 Link to trade site: https://shop.mirrorfinishdetail.com.au/collections/trade Check out their website for more details.  https://www.mirrorfinishdetail.com.au/ Follow us on Instagram @detailingdownunderpodcast Email: detailingdownunderpodcast@gmail.com

On this episode I catch up with Sam the owner of Sleekspace for a quick chat to see what their all about. Sleekspace formerly known as "Traction Flooring" are the latest supporter of what we do here at DDUP and I thought it would be great to get them on to hear more about what they can offer for our industry. Having a detailing space that stands out and is well presented can really show how professional you really are. And Sleekspace can help bring your ideas to life. So grab the polisher or a beer and enjoy this one. Thanks for listening. Don't forget to share, subscribe and rate our episodes from where ever you listen to it. Help share the Aussie love for Detailing. Contact me if you are interested in coming on as a guest. We would love to hear your detailing story. NEW SUPPORTER ALERT!!!!! Welcome to Sleekspace to our supporter group. Delighted to have the Sleekspace team on board. If you are looking to up style your detailing studio flooring. Look no further. They offer a large range of Ultra Grid Pro Tiles available in many colours to turn your studio in something epic that will stand out from the crowd. Check out their website and take advantage of the discount to all DDUP listeners. https://www.sleekspace.com.au/ WE HAVE MERCH!!! We have a limited run of T-Shirts available in various sizes. Black and white colours only. Check out our Instagram page and DM your orders. We are proud to announce that we have Autofiber Australia on board supporting our little podcast. Plus offering all listeners a 15% discount off your order and even includes a free gift. USE CODE: 15DDUP Thanks to Joe from Autofiber Australia for his support of the podcast and the Aussie Detailing industry. Check out the Autofiber website www.autofiber.com.au Let's welcome Mirror Finish Detail Products to the podcast. They offer a range of car care products for the enthusiast and professional. Even better the boys are offering all podcast listeners a 15% discount to help get you started. Big thanks to Chris and Matt from MFD. USE CODE: DDU15 Link to trade site: https://shop.mirrorfinishdetail.com.au/collections/trade Check out their website for more details.  https://www.mirrorfinishdetail.com.au/ Follow us on Instagram @detailingdownunderpodcast Email: detailingdownunderpodcast@gmail.com

Do you know what it's really like to be a first responder? Tune in Monday, October 23rd at 3pm PT, 6pm ET, for an inspiring discussion with Jeremy Norton on his new #book Trauma Sponges: Dispatches from the Scarred Heart of Emergency Response. #MomentsWithMarianne with host Marianne Pestana airs in the Southern California area on KMET1490AM & 98.1 FM, an ABC Talk News Radio affiliate. Jeremy Norton has been a firefighter/EMT with the Minneapolis Fire Department since 2000; he was promoted to captain in 2007 and heads Station 17 in south Minneapolis. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., he received a bachelor's degree from Tufts University and a master's degree in creative writing from Boston University. After teaching high school in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Norton moved to Minneapolis, where he taught creative writing at the Loft Literary Center before joining the MFD. https://www.jeremynorton.info For more show information visit: www.MariannePestana.com#bookclub #JeremyNorton #firstresponder #emergency #emergencyresponder #author #authorinterview #mustread #kmet1490am #trauma #healingtrauma #firefighter #firstresponders #hero #healing #healingjourney #PTSD #selfcare #TraumaSponges

From his first days as a rookie firefighter and emergency medical technician to his command of a company as a twenty-year veteran, Jeremy Norton has made regular, direct encounters with the sick, the dying, and the dead. In his memoir, Trauma Sponges: Dispatches from the Scarred Heart of Emergency Response, Norton documents the life of an emergency responder in Minneapolis, revealing the stark realities of humanity at its finest and its worst. Here, Norton is joined in conversation with colleagues: Captain Ricardo Anaya, Captain Shana York, and retired Captain Bridget Bender.Jeremy Norton has been a firefighter/EMT with the Minneapolis Fire Department since 2000. He was born and raised in Washington, DC, and was a high school teacher in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He taught creative writing at the Loft Literary Center before joining the MFD.Bridget Bender is a recently retired captain with the Minneapolis Fire Department.Ricardo Anaya is a captain with the Minneapolis Fire Department and has been a Minneapolis firefighter since 2015.Shana York is a longtime firefighter and captain with the Minneapolis Fire Department.Trauma Sponges is available from University of Minnesota Press."While many bear witness to injustice and decide that silence best serves their privilege, some use their privilege to dismantle the inequities that created the disparities in the first place. Jeremy Norton is the latter."—Dr. Michele Harper, author of The Beauty in Breaking"Trauma Sponges is a powerful book, by turns tender, brutal, and incisive, full of wisdom and wonder."—Sam Lipsyte, author of No One Left to Come Looking for You and The Ask"Norton is the Poet Laureate of Emergency Services, a writer whose talent and heart spark and crackle on every page, devastating and dazzling with equal measure. He sorts through the wreckage of the lives he's saved and those that were lost, presenting us with what remains: our raw humanity and, somehow, hope."—Nora McInerny, founder of the Terrible, Thanks for Asking podcast and best-selling author of Bad Vibes Only"With clarity and sensitivity, Jeremy Norton has written an eye-opening book that shows us what firefighting is often about: encountering medical emergencies more often than fires, helping strangers through the trauma of death and loss, and witnessing the ways that racism, poverty, and violence singe our society. Theirs is a particular courage that we must all celebrate."—Dr. Sunita Puri, author of That Good Night: Life and Medicine in the Eleventh Hour

On this episode we chat to Lom from The Detail Workshop based in Melbourne. Another great young Detailer who has tried everything before diving into Detailing full time. And I mean everything. Its great to see him kicking goals and aiming higher for the future. Lom also has some great insights for anyone wishing to get into Detailing. So grab the polisher or a beer and enjoy this one. Thanks for listening. Don't forget to share, subscribe and rate our episodes from where ever you listen to it. Help share the Aussie love for Detailing. Contact me if you are interested in coming on as a guest. We would love to hear your detailing story. NEW SUPPORTER ALERT!!!!! Welcome to Sleek Space to our supporter group. Delighted to have the Sleek Space team on board. If you are looking to up style your detailing studio flooring. Look no further. They offer a large range of Ultra Grid Pro Tiles available in many colours to turn your studio in something epic that will stand out from the crowd. Check out their website and take advantage of the discount to all DDUP listeners. https://www.sleekspace.com.au/ WE HAVE MERCH!!! We have a limited run of T-Shirts available in various sizes. Black and white colours only. Check out our Instagram page and DM your orders. We are proud to announce that we have Autofiber Australia on board supporting our little podcast. Plus offering all listeners a 15% discount off your order and even includes a free gift. USE CODE: 15DDUP Thanks to Joe from Autofiber Australia for his support of the podcast and the Aussie Detailing industry. Check out the Autofiber website www.autofiber.com.au Let's welcome Mirror Finish Detail Products to the podcast. They offer a range of car care products for the enthusiast and professional. Even better the boys are offering all podcast listeners a 15% discount to help get you started. Big thanks to Chris and Matt from MFD. USE CODE: DDU15 Link to trade site: https://shop.mirrorfinishdetail.com.au/collections/trade Check out their website for more details.  https://www.mirrorfinishdetail.com.au/ Follow us on Instagram @detailingdownunderpodcast Email: detailingdownunderpodcast@gmail.com

Breaking news. A woman is dead after her vehicle flips over a H1 offramp guardrail. What's believed to be a factor in the crash. Defending leadership.  A former MFD commander is sticking up for those who were in charge during the devastating Maui fires. Why he says its pointless to point fingers. Hope for Hawaii Island. A homeless shelter is teaming up with a Hilo hospital for the first time. We'll tell you the problem it's looking to solve as we continue our special series of reports.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's Modern Family Dynasty Newsletter: In today's MFD newsletter: The top 1% own 57% of private companies.   How can you create a financial plan to include business ownership? A true financial plan provides systems. Your financial plan should be making you feel safer and safer as time goes on. This allows you to capitalize on opportunities as they come up. There are incredible opportunities in the world right now if you have the right systems in place. If not you will get sucked into the world of doom and gloom. Access this weeks newsletter on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/1-asset-top-denver-nowicz Access the charts mentioned in this episode: https://youtu.be/cMq1t8J8vI4 Strategies for incomes of $250k and up: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/5156642/ Connect with me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/denvernowicz/    

In the weeks MFD newsletter: How to recognize and investment salesperson, the age of congress is not good for America, how to work outside with a rolling workstation and becoming financially unbreakable. View this week's newsletter here: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/... Free Guide: Cut Taxes Up To 50% and Safely 5x Your Wealth - join the Wealth For Life Group on LinkedIn for instant access:  https://www.linkedin.com/groups/5156642/

Excessive Heat Warning continues for our area; Morrilton Fire Department extinguishes overnight blaze; MFD also installs flag on tallest building in Morrilton; Unemployment rate for Conway County at record low; Carson recognized with 'Vanguard Award'; Garcia named to '20 Under 20'; Eclipse education program launched.

AG Griffin addresses Summit Utilities announcement; Conway County Quorum Court to meet tonight; Sacred Heart Quiz Bowl finishes runners-up in state; MFD recruiting firefighters; we visit with Donnie Crain from the Morrilton Area Chamber of Commerce.

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Just a note to let you know that, for internal reasons relating to the MFD, we're pushing the release of  this one mini to late Sunday, March 19. In general the release schedule will remain the same.In the meanwhile, why not check out our newly-somewhat-busy YouTube channel?

A majority of space applications and space companies would not be where they are today without additive manufacturing. In this final episode of our four-part series, we explore how additive technologies, like the ones used on the Ingenuity helicopter, can be used to advance industries and applications, such as mobility here on Earth.Host Fabian Alefeld is joined by Professor of Engineering Design and Manufacturing at Penn State and additive rockstar, Tim Simpson. Tim runs one of the best additive manufacturing programs in the US. Students of his program can graduate with a master of engineering in Additive Manufacturing and Design. He also consults with the NASA Langley Research Center on system design and additive manufacturing. Today, Fabian and Tim discuss theimplications of the latest developments in the space industry and other industries.We recommend you start with episode 1 of this 4-part miniseries to get a better understanding of the current state of AM in the space industry. Comments about the show or wish to share your AM journey? Contact us at additive.snack@eos-na.com. The Additive Snack Podcast is brought to you by EOS.Key Takeaways:[3:20] Equally interested in the design and manufacturing of mechanical and industrial applications, metal 3-D printing was Tim's innovation trigger.[5:36] Tim's Penn State multidisciplinary engineering and design course connects research to real-world applications.[10:29] At NASA, Tim examines how the advancements of AM in the space industry merge with other industries and technologies.[21:10] Tim considers the current and future impacts of different technologies, such as OpenAI, on AM.[27:44] Tim and a Ph.D. student coined the term MFD, or manufacturing fixation and design, to describe the limitations brought about by previous engineering experience.

April was employed by Memphis Fire Dept as a Firefighter/Paramedic for 18 years. She had been a paramedic for 23 years. She resigned from MFD due to her addiction to drugs & alcohol for most of her adult years. She is currently working for an ambulance service with plans to start a bridge program this year to get her RN. She is also currently under a 3 year monitoring program with the state of Tennessee and is due to be off in October. April has 2 daughters (25 & 14). She was married for 9 years and divorced in 2016; that's when her drug & alcohol addiction really spiraled out of control. She's been to jail 3 times, has 2 DUI's. and has been in recovery for 2 years and 4 months.Links:https://burntoutpodcast.org#firedepartment #firefighter #firstresponder #paramedic #addiction #substanceusedisorder #sud #recovery #recoveryispossible #mentalhealthmatters #depression #ptsd #mypodcastmedia #yourcustomersarelisteningProduced by https://MyPodcast.MediaWhy? Because Your Customers Are Listening...

It all happens here -- all the maintenance for the entire Milwaukee Fire Department engine fleet, plus small engine repair, oxygen tanks, carpentry, leather and textile work, it's all concentrated in a two building complex in Walker's Point. This week on the podcast, we visit the MFD's maintenance facility and get a personal tour from MFD's Construction & Maintenance Division Deputy Chief Schuyler Belott.Read more at OnMilwaukee: https://onmilwaukee.com/articles/mfd-repair-shop

“Operational Considerations for limited and combination staffing Fire Departments with Capt Lisa Hamill.” https://linktr.ee/jobtlks Use the link above to find our upcoming events, merchandise, web site, and social media profiles. Please follow us on FB and Instagram, & make sure you're subscribed to our YouTube Channel. Welcome back to another episode of JobTlks Podcast. In this episode, we film from the Monson, Ma Fire Department. Monson FD has been a supporter of the JobTlks endeavor since day one, so it was only fitting to feature them in our first spotlight episode. For this episode, Will and Barrey sat down with Captain Lisa Hamill do discuss the operational realities of limited and combination staffing departments. Capt Hamill starts off by talking about her journey through the ranks with MFD. She then goes on to talk about the challenges of running a limited and combination staffed department. One specific challenge we discussed is having career and call firefighters work and blend as one cohesive unit and not see each other as separate entities. We go on to discuss some of the operational challenges unique to Monson. After the interview, Capt. Hamill takes us on a station and apparatus tour showing us some of the apparatus design that helps them accomplish the mission despite limited staffing. Filming this episode and talking with Capt. Hamill highlighted some challenges that are not unique within the fire service. It's eye opening to listen to these challenges and the ways they overcome them. A huge thank you to Monson FD and Capt Hamill for taking the time to share these insights with us. As always, Thank you for your continued support. We couldn't do this without you. Make sure you tune in every Saturday at noon for a new episode! Follow us on our other socials: FaceBook @JobTlks Instagram @JobTlks TikTok @JobTlks #firedepartment #fireman #firefighters #firefighter #firefighting #technicalrescue #firehouse #femalefirefighter #firedept #iaff ##medic #hazmat #firerescue #firefighterfitness #fire #training #firetraining #culture #tactics #podcast #firefighterpodcast #JobTlks #JobTlksPodcast #fireground #firehouseculture #calldepartment #limitedstaffing #combinationstaffing #smalltownusa #smallfiredepartment #watersupply #drafting

Oktobris ir mēnesis, kad sabiedrība tiek īpaši aicināta pievērsties krūts veselībai. Kāpēc tas ir tik svarīgi un kam jāpievērš uzmanība ne tikai vienu mēnesi gadā, bet visas dzīves laikā, pētīsim raidījumā Kā labāk dzīvot. "Latvijā nav iespējas nomirt ar krūts vēzi, ja pašas parūpējamies par savu veselību!" atzīst Latvijas sieviešu volontieru biedrības "Vita" vadītāja Irina Januma. Arī pārējās raidījuma viešņas – MFD galvenā ginekoloģe Ingrīda Circene, pnkoloģe – ķīmijterapeite Signe Plāte un Nacionālā veselības dienesta vadošā eksperte veselības aprūpes jautājumos Līga Gaigala aicina sievietes rūpēties par savu veselību, pārbaudīt krūtis pašai, neignorēt uzaicinājumu uz mamogrāfijas pārbaudē, konsultēties ar ģimenes ārstu un savu ginekologu. Sazināmies ar „Compensa Life” Latvijas filiāles vadītāju un valdes locekli Viktoru Gustsonu. Viņš stāsta par jaunumiem ar tā saukto vēža apdrošināšanu.      

Name of guy you are interviewing - AnonymousFD he/she works for - AnonymousDate of grab - May 20185 bulletpoints to be included in the show notes - 3 alarm fire - 4 story MFD (center hall) - Victim found by the elevator - Difficult ladder transition - Had another fire with "entrapment" directly following this fire...importance of bystander interview

Mobility Field Day (MFD) is the traditional format of Mist product announcements. It's no different for MFD7. In the room with MFD delegates sits two new Juniper EX4100 network switches. Described to be deliver cloud-native telemetry data to improve Marvis and the AI-driven dashboard. Speaking of Marvis, Mist announced an expansion with the Marvis Windows […] The post CTS 296: EXpanding Mist appeared first on Clear To Send.

Thanks to Jon Quon (and crew) from Tacoma (WA) FD. Jon does a great job painting a picture of this rescue (two blocks from his station, 6-story MFD, smoke-drunk victim, etc.) and attached is a link to see the actual apartment building where the fire happened. Jon and Company also set a new land speed record for grabbing their gear, making the sixth floor, and performing a search and subsequent rescue with a time of 4-minutes. https://www.apartments.com/vintage-apartments-tacoma-wa/xrl20cn/

Dzīve katrā tās posmā ir tā vērta, lai to dzīvotu pilnvērtīgi un bez liekām raizēm. Kā sevi piesaka menopauze un kā sievietēm dzīvot aizraujošu, problēmu neapēnotu dzīvi, nezaudējot arī intīmās dzīves kvalitāti, jautāsim ekspertiem raidījumā Kā labāk dzīvot. Sarunā piedalās MFD galvenā ginekoloģe Ingrīda Circene, Latvijas Sieviešu volontieru biedrības "Vita" vadītāja Irina Januma un paciente Agnese Apse.  

While the ice thaws and the roads clear, we thought we'd thought we'd let you know that Pod 2 will be up this weekend!  We'll be talking about current events (like Brian Flores going to war against the NFL) and some things that we've been wanting to discuss since this pod began.Like - why?This is not an "everybody's-got-one-so-should-we" kinda deal.  There's so much that we talk about in the office and on the set that never makes it on to TV.  Having an outlet for these things is why we wanted to do this.  TV really isn't big enough for what we've got going!See you Sunday!Sammy the G & MFD (better know as Sam & Mike)

Kim Bolan joins the guys to discuss all things Mahwah. Winter weather and the schools, Town Council and BOE reorganizations, COVID in the schools, electric charging stations and parking at Continental Soldiers Park, Volunteering, MFD and EMS fundraisingFollow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @mahwahpodcastThis episode sponsored by Capital One Venture Card.

Tommy Murphy joins the guys to discuss MFD's Santa visits. The guys also talk about various topics you may encounter at a holiday party.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @mahwahpodcastThis episode sponsored by Community College Opportunity Grant.

Friend and filmmaker Kate McCoid returns to finish our chat about Dogma (1999), but mostly, we talk about food. I think it's dreadfully important that my fellow Americans learn of the horror known as “salad cream” #nightmarefuel  Kate's crowdfunding campaign for her newest short film My First Dick has broken past 90% funded! MFD is a hilarious and relatable story of body discovery told from the perspective of a young girl, and they could really use a nudge to bump them over the finish line. Check out MFD's page on Greenlit, and if you can't afford a couple bucks (or “monies” as the British call them), give the campaign a shout-out on social media; they can use all the extra attention they can get in these crucial last days.  Oh, and if you haven't witnessed the spectacle of Carman, please enjoy “The Resurrection Rap”: https://youtu.be/9YWEDP9rWG8