Sunday, October 28, 2007

Miss World Dance Pole Winner Disqualified For "Stripping".

This was recorded at the first Miss World Dance Pole championships in Amsterdam, November 2005.

Elena Gibson from England had initially been declared the winner after this performance, but was later disqualified by the judges for 'stripping' ... because she removed some clothing and her shoes.

Reiko Suemune of Japan ended up being the official declared winner.

Saturday, October 27, 2007

EXCELLENT Halloween Lights

Halloween lights synched to music. Located in Griffin, GA. These guys did a terrific job synchrinizing the lights to the Halloween music. This is the most impressive house I have seen for Halloween, Now all they have to do is save the lights, change the purple to red, blue and green, change the music and they will be ready for Christmas :)

Look out, it's a ghetto leprechaun?!??!!!!

What is wrong with people from Alabama? This blew my mind. It must have been a slow news week.

Abstinence 'Talk To Your Children About Sex'

Here is a funny response to the pro-abstinence talk to your children about sex --psa that has been on TV lately. How could they get kids to say that? This deserves Golden Globes, Oscars, and Latin Grammys!

Friday, October 26, 2007

To The Hottie Cop Who Doused Me With Pepper Spray


I know we got off on the wrong foot, what with my drunken disorderly behavior and my suggestion that as a taxpayer I'm entitled to ask you for a hummer, but I felt like we shared a moment. From what I could see before you squirted pepper spray into my eyes and judo chopped me in the larnyx, your nipples were totally hard. Sure, that could just be a gal enjoying her job, but I think you and I had a connection.

And don't tell me that GI Joe kung-fu grip on my testicles was all business. There was some caressing going on, or at least it felt that way before you crushed them purple. But don't worry, the ER doc assures me at least one of them will continue to produce sperm, which means you and I can have lots of little state troopers together.

So let's not let your job and my occasional lawbreaking ruin a good thing, sweetie. Put down that doughnut and shoot me an email. I know you're not supposed to fraternize with types like me, but I can't lie, a hot chick with a gun and handcuffs gives me a rock-hard boner. And you had your hands down there -- you know this ain't a misdemeanor I'm packing, if you know what I'm saying.

Write back soon, lover. Don't make me break the law again just to see you.

Pennies


Are we done with pennies yet?

Because it is time. The American public hasn’t been using them for about a decade. They have become so worthless, that people give them to each other as a matter of routine. Get your change, pick out the pennies, and leave them there for the next guy. Need a penny or two? Well, there should be a few there for you, because the last guy sure as heck didn’t want his. That’s the game.

I hate when stores don’t want to play by the game. If a store doesn’t have a little tray, I am immediately annoyed. The hell if I’m fishing another dollar out of my pants because it came to $5.02. When that cash register rings up $5.02 and you look at me, we’re fixing to have a long staredown. I’ll return an item before I break another dollar and let you give me three more of those things in return. And that item probably had a profit margin of at least $.03 to you, so who’s the loser now? Get it? As long as they’re still around, you better play by the game.

When there is no tray, my normal routine has become to fish through my change and immediately pick them out and deposit them into the trash. Not only are they worthless, but they are disgusting, and I’m not carrying them around. Most have been in circulation for 20 years, and as the stepchild of your change purse, they have been given no love. They live in ashtrays, parking lots, and huge jars owned by 72 year old men who remember when they were worth something. Old copper is gross enough to start with. Add to the fact that they are covered in gum and crap and filth, and you need to wash your hands every time one touches you.

Think about this: a stamp costs $0.37. 37 pennies weigh 6 ounces. It takes about two stamps to mail 6 ounces of stuff. Therefore, if I wanted to mail someone 37 cents in pennies, it would cost me 74 cents. By my definition, it’s pretty clear cut. When a monetary unit can’t afford to mail itself, it’s worthless. Don’t get all cocky either, nickels……you aren’t far behind. (I don’t really know how much 37 pennies weigh, that was just a guess. I have a scale in my office, and would find out, but I can’t. I threw out all my pennies. Just trust me though…I’m right on this general principal. I know by instinct that they can’t mail themselves.)

Vending machines won’t even take them. They hired engineers to assure that any penny which entered the slot would be immediately routed straight to the change opening. Think about the engineering involved. Dimes, which are smaller than pennies, go right into the till, but they had to create some sort of mechanism that would sort out and eliminate any penny that enters the machine, lest they get involved with the REAL money that is in there, and gross it all up.

Have you ever tried to give one to a bum? Seriously. I almost got in a fight in San Francisco over the fact that I gave a bum some pennies. The man had no home, was hungry, cold, and hopeless, yet when I gave him a handful of pennies, he tried to spit on me. Fortunately, his lack of front teeth seriously affected his aiming abilities and I easily dodged the saliva-based projectile, but nonetheless.

Isn’t this enough evidence for Alan Greenspan and the Fed to say enough is enough? I now summarize my case:

1. Pennies are considered worthless, even by homeless people
2. Pennies are disgusting
3. Pennies can’t even mail themselves
4. Americans are actually giving them to strangers, like some nationwide game of hot potato
5. Vending machines are even too smart to take them. Their job is to take money, not pennies.

Case Closed. Please, Federal Reserve, I beg you. End the game.

I’m done with the pennies.

Muahmmad Ali - How to be a Man 101


I grew up with an abusive father. As most physically abusive parents, his abuse reached an apex when I was younger and smaller. As I grew up and got tall and bigger, the abuse slowed and eventually, when it looked as though I might be able to defend myself, it stopped altogether. This is not a new story.

I'm forty-four years old. The first time I remember hearing the name Muhammad Ali was in Juanuary, 1971, when he fought Joe Frazier in New York's Madison Square Garden. The highly touted "Battle of the Century." I grew up in rural Missouri so the mere sound of the name Muhammad Ali grated on my ear. I didn't know a muslim from muscrat. But I did know this: My DAD hated that "loud mouthed, draft dodgin' black man." And I hated my dad. So I decided I loved Muhammad Ali.

Ali lost that fight. Frazier beat him fair and square. I collect fight films now as a hobby and I've seen the fight a hundred times. Frazier won it. And his monumental left hook in the fifteenth round should be taught in boxing textbooks.

But more to the point, I learned my first lesson in How to be a Man 101 from that fight: lose gracefully. Ali's response to the fight at the press conference, his jaw swollen literally to the size of a grapefruit: "Joe beat me. He's the champion. But I'll be back." Huh? What happened to "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee?" What happened to "I am the greatest?" What happened to "If Joe even dreams he can beat me, he oughta wake up and apologize?" Lose gracefully. And never stop trying.

Some short time later I began to box myself. I joined Golden Gloves. I learned what I could of "the sweet science." I competed. I was never really very good, but I won some. And I kept trying.

In 1972, Ali got his jaw broken in the first round against a former Marine that no one outside of California had ever heard of: Kenny Norton. Ali fought the next eleven rounds with a broken jaw. He lost that fight, too. The pain must have been nearly unimaginable. And the fight (which, again, I've seen many times) was VERY close. Another lesson from Ali in How to be a Man 101: keep trying through adversity. Endure pain. Fight THROUGH the pain. Never let 'em see you hurt. And above all, don't quit.

Later, like Frazier, he came back to defeat Norton twice. Lesson number three: If at first you don't succeed...face your fears AGAIN. If you know you're better than your failure - take it on again and prove it to yourself.

In 1974, Muhammad Ali fought a real-life, living, breathing boogey man: George Forman. A giant of a man that had actually crippled other fighters in the ring. He'd decimated both Frazier and Norton in previous fights. He'd hit Frazier so hard he lifted him four feet off the mat. He'd knocked Kenny Norton asleep. He beat him like a rug the year earlier and Norton didn't wake up until he was in his dressing room. As often as the movies may portray that sort of thing, the truth is in professional fighting it's nearly unheard of.

And now Ali, at 32, way, way past his prime as a pugilist, was facing him on the dark continent - the Congo itself, Zaire. Never in a thousand years could anyone expect to find a more compelling match up between men. Foreman could barely put a sentence together back then - he usually just glared at people if he didn't feel like acknowledging him. Ali, on the other hand, had done the impossible over the past 10 years: he had gone from Most Hated Athlete in America to Most Adored HUMAN on the Face of the Earth. And, of course, he reveled in it. He talked about EVERYthing - tooth decay, racism, boxing, music, magic tricks...anything that caught his fancy. Smiling, laughing, giggling, chortling, merry-making his way through the sweltering pre-rainy season of Kinsasha. Not a care in the world.

Of course, that wasn't true, though. Ali was worried. Years later he acknowledged his fear in an interview with George Plimpton. "I was afraid for my children," he said, "I was afraid if maybe Big George broke my spinal column or something, how would I feed my children?" My God, it's astonishing to think of the fear that must have enveloped him for those three months prior to the fight.

He fought "The Rumble in the Jungle" against George Foreman on October 31st at three in the morning. He gave birth to the "rope-a-dope." He took back his title and knocked Big George to the canvas for ten seconds in the eighth round. He hit him with a series of lightning quick, sniper-like lefts and rights that were almost invisible to the naked eye in their fury and quickness. It was . . . magnificent.

Another lesson: Might isn't always right. Face your fears. Do your best. If you can't go OVER the wall...figure a way to go around it. Think on the spot. Don't be tied to a pre-arranged plan if it isn't working. Fear is sometimes just and only that - fear.

I met him in New York in 1989. Parkinson's Syndrome had changed him irrevocably by then. There was a hint of the old Ali smile. A glimmer in the eyes. I shook his hand in a diner on 37th and 3rd. He had very big hands. I leaned in close to him and said in his ear very quickly - there were many others trying to touch him - "You helped me grow up and be who I am today." He stopped what he was doing (signing autographs and shaking hands) for just a heartbeat, a blink, and looked full square in my eyes. I had tears in them. He said, "Boy, I was something, wasn't I?"

You were.

You are.

Seriously? Operating a table saw at 4am?

Dear Neighbor,

When I went to sleep last night at 11pm. Nay, when I went to bed last night at 11pm I heard, very clearly, the intermittent hammering coming from your basement, 15 feet and a privacy fence away. Can’t say that I was pleased, but I had no idea the Black & Decker nightmare you had in store for me.

I managed to drown out the sound of the hammer long enough to drift off to sleep, alas I was awakened at 4 am by the sound of a… what’s that? No, it can’t be. A table saw?

Sir, I am a general contractor’s daughter and know, make no mistake about it, what a table saw sounds like. I was also able to identify a high-powered (bordering on a dentist’s wet dream) drill you insisted on using when you weren’t busy with the aforementioned hammer or table saw.

And while I am certain it’s not your fault that I left a shoe in the middle of my own floor, I place the blame squarely on your shoulders, fair neighbor, for the gaping head wound (thank you window sill corner) and concussion I suffered when I went ass over apple carts across my bedroom in an effort to find out just what the hell was going on over there. Maybe it’s the concussion, could be the sleep deprivation, but here are the thoughts that went through my mind over the course of the next THREE HOURS (I didn’t call the police because I fear, above all else, turning into my mother):

1. You’re building a dungeon.
Power tools in the middle of the night? Creepy old house? Basement? Tell me did you already have your victim chloroformed in the corner, or are you still just stalking her? And for the record, I will not be putting any lotion on myself or in any basket. And I will eat Precious just as soon as look at her. Period.

2. You’re building a better mousetrap.
Or maybe just the biggest mousetrap EVER. Or quite possibly 9,000 better mousetraps, at the regular size.

3. You’re building a popsicle stick Taj Mahal.
Gentle neighbor (I saw your sensitive ponytail), I think we can all sympathize with the panic that ensues when one has completely spaced a school project due first thing the next morning. But I have to admit that I think using a table saw for balsa wood is overkill. What? Your index fingers and thumbs weren’t strong enough to break the sticks in half? Then I don’t think you have the dexterity necessary to safely use a table saw, drill, hammer or, for that matter, a remote control.

4.You’re building a Y2K bunker.
It’s 2007, I think you’re safe.

But the strangest thing you did was this morning at 8 am. While in the shower I heard you yell at your dog to be quiet. Huh? My conclusions are as follows: You’re a hearing-impaired, insomniac, do-it-yourself imbecile with no concept of irony. This does not bode well for the life of our neighborly arrangement. However, if that dungeon has my name on it, I may have bigger hurdles in front of me than a few bags under my eyes.

New rules for Halloween candy giving


So, I've always really loved Halloween. I remember being very excited about going out to get candy when I was little and I enjoy seeing the small children dressed up in cute costumes. I'm a female in my twenties- it wasn't even that long ago! Sadly, last year, the trick-or-treaters that came to my home killed what little Halloween spirit I had left. I'd like to set up some ground rules for this year (and I direct this primarily at the older trick-or-treaters). Bring it on. I'll be waiting.

No "trick or treat" when I open the door? No candy. This is a very important part of trick or treating. It seems that the older the trick-or-treater, the slimmer the chance of being greeted with this. You see, the "trick or treat!" is just a polite way of saying, "Give me some freakin candy!" If getting dolled up in a costume at your age is still cool, then why don't you just go that extra yard and say it? I doubt it'll damage your rep any more than being 16 and standing on my doorstep in a "dead cowboy" costume.

No "thank you"? I'm reaching in your bag of treats and retrieving my candy, in addition to anything else I can grab.

No costume? Kiss my butt and get off my property or I will shoot you with a potato gun.

Dressed like a "gangster?" How stupid do you think I am? I KNOW you're in your street clothes. Shouldn't you be knocking over a candy store?


To the group of late-teenage(how old were you? 16, 17?) Paris Hilton wannabes that pounded violently on my door AND rang the doorbell simultaneously: Did you ever see the movie "Problem Child II?" There's a scene where the doorbell is rigged to "pleasantly surprise" whoever rings it. I won't electrocute you, of course, but I promise that you won't be able to touch your STD infested boyfriends for a month without giving them an electric shock.

Ask me if you can have more than one piece? No. BUT- you can have zero.

Over 13 years of age? No candy. How about some condoms so I don't have to hand out candy to your own children over the next couple of years? I thought so. Yes, you can take more than one.


:::Sigh::: ahhh. Feels good to get that off my chest. Damn you and your idiocy, all of you trick-or-treaters from last year. Now i'm feeling jaded and disillusioned. I hope the Christmas carolers are serving up something good this year.

Disclaimer: To all of the small children and those rare few that were polite and in keeping with the spirit of Halloween- You can come back this year. I promise you won't be harmed, taunted, or emotionally scarred in any way.

A Simple Lesson for Guys Posting Personals


From Another Guy

First off, let me just say, I’ve been reading through the M4W ads for several weeks now because I find them wildly amusing. Many of my female friends do this as well, and we get a big kick out of some of the things you goobers post!

Here’s the problem: I don’t think most of you are *intentionally* trying to be funny – and that’s just sad.

So, rather than sitting back in the privacy of my home, mocking you and passing judgment, I figure it’s time I put my money where my mouth is and dispense a little “tough love.” Take my advice, or don’t, it doesn’t matter to me either way. In fact, I almost hope you don’t, just because I’d hate for my hilarious leisure reading to evaporate!

Okay, so let’s do this in numbered format, keeping the readability high and the requirement for complex understanding low:

1) Get a woman to proof-read your post. Better yet, get a few! I can’t for a moment believe that ANY woman would let most of these posts get through unedited. Even if you don’t have any women friends, ask your mother or sister, or even the nice folks in the Women’s Forum right here on CL. This ALONE would drastically change the appearance of the M4W board.

2) Include a picture – no exceptions. Look, if you’re not comfortable putting up your picture, it can only be for one of two reasons: Maybe you’re ashamed of the way you look, in which case you’ve got to accept that these women are eventually going to have to see you! Otherwise, what’s the point? It’s this, or I suspect you like your anonymity. I can understand and respect that, but then you probably shouldn’t be posting a personals ad, should you? Either way, don’t be ashamed! Just put it out there and see what happens. If some woman passes you up because she doesn’t like the way you look, then you weren’t going to have a relationship with that person anyway! And if your friends or co-workers see your post and laugh at you, well then the joke is on them, because they were LOOKING!

3) Don’t say you’re looking to meet someone “attractive” or refer to yourself as such. OF COURSE you want to meet someone you’re attracted to, it’s a given. Have you ever seen someone post that they’re looking for someone ugly? As for calling yourself attractive, let the people who get a look at you decide. No matter what you look like some people will find you attractive and some won’t. If you think you’re attractive, great! But there’s really no need to state it like it’s a fact, since it’s not.

4) Learn to use euphemisms. Okay, so you don’t like girls who have a freaking ounce of fat on their bodies, whatever, you’re entitled to your taste. But there are *decent* ways to say this! For example, you might say something like, “I am looking to meet a woman who is active and enjoys the outdoors.” Or you could even go so far as to say that you love working out and you’d like to meet a woman who does too. Things like this imply that you’re looking for someone in good physical shape, without making you sound like a superficial asshole.

5) So you like some freaky, kinky, weird shit in the bedroom. You like to play “daddy” and have your woman tie you up with dental floss. Hey! That’s great! I’m proud of you for being so in touch with your inner freak and I wish more people were too! But look, seriously, you’ve got to SAVE THAT FOR LATER! I mean, wait until the poor girls get a chance to see what a sweet and normal guy you are before you drop the ball-gag bomb on them, okay? People will be surprisingly open to things like letting you model in their thong underwear, or whatever you’re into, once they feel *comfortable* around you. Give it time. If you insist on bringing this to the forefront immediately, because it’s just that freaking important to you, try the “Casual Encounters” board.

6) You like chicks with big boobs. When I read crap like that in posts it annoys the hell out of me. It’s just so damn frustrating, even more so than the guys who insist on only looking for rail-thin emaciated girls or Asian women (What’s up with that, by the way? Don’t be so damn prejudiced, you’re really missing out in terms of diversity!). Look, you like big knockers, you and 99.9999% of all heterosexual men, okay??? Trust me, women know this! But if you kick a girl aside because her mammary glands aren’t fat enough, then you’re just an asshole, plain and simple. I mean, let’s not kid each other, do you have a ten-inch dick? No, you don’t, but women still put up with your ass anyway! This segues beautifully into the next topic:

7) Do not, I repeat: DO NOT tell these women how you’re going to make them cum. It’s idiotic, at best, and it comes across as entirely crude and offensive! Seriously folks, save that shit for L-A-T-E-R! You know, aside from the fact that talking about how much you love giving head or your methods for making a woman have 72 orgasms in a single evening is sleazy, talk is cheap! Sure, women like orgasms, why wouldn’t they? And if you’re a clumsy idiot in the bedroom, it’s a very patient woman indeed who’s going to take the time to teach you. But look, if it ever even gets to that point, THEN you show this lovely new lady friend what a sex-machine-man-stud you are, okay? They don’t want to read about it, trust me! And if you’re just trying to be funny, you’d be much better off quoting Groucho Marx than going there. No joke.

8) Do not, ever, under any circumstances, quote Groucho Marx.

9) Try to tell a little something about yourself without bragging! (You, yea you! Guy who constantly posts a picture of himself leaning against a stupid Ferrari and wearing loafers with no socks – that counts as bragging, buddy!) Just be honest. Do you like the outdoors? Do you have any interesting hobbies that you could share with another person? Maybe you watch a lot of television, and you want someone you can discuss your favorite shows with… Most importantly, just be open and honest! Women dig that shit… Weird, huh?

10) If you are any of the following:
- Currently/chronically unemployed (unless you are independently wealthy).
- Living with your mother past college age.
- Illiterate.
- An alcoholic or hardcore drug addict.
- An avid Yanni fan.
- A fat disgusting slob who eats fast food for every meal, and your ass is fused to the chair in front of the computer.
Then you have no business posting a personals ad! Really, I understand that everyone wants to experience the glorious warm fuzzy gooey feelings of love, but get your shit together first! Do NOT sucker some poor girl with a save-a-jackass complex into your twisted web of idiocy – it’s just plain mean.

Okay, so this covers everything I can think of off the top of my head. Anything I’ve forgotten should be filtered out by simply following rule number one.

One final note to remember: You should not ask for anything in another person that you do not offer yourself. If you want a woman who is in excellent shape physically, then you’d better be hitting the gym regularly too! This applies to nearly every quality you seek in another person. There’s nothing more annoying than a hypocrite, so don’t be one.

Guys, if you’re decent, then there really *is* a nice lady out there just for you, I promise. She’ll even put up with all of your lame and irritable traits because overall she’ll think you’re sweet and cute. You’d be amazed at how many beautiful, charming and brilliant women are single, and nearly all of them complain about how hard it is to find decent available men… It’s appalling, too, because many of them don’t even really ask for that much. Hell, even I’ve found love, a few times, and so can you!

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Women aren't attracted to men

Women are not actually attracted to men. There is a vague idea of what a man is physically, and some are better than others aesthetically speaking, but the purely physical appearance of a man is almost inconsequential unless he is horribly ugly or outrageously attractive.

Women are attracted to status, money, how much a man smiles and laughs, how many friends and resources a man has, how full a man's life is--how many "cool," "exciting" and prestigious things he is doing or connected to.

They are interested in how other people view him--how many people want to be around him, how other people interact with him and whether their interactions convey that he is special and amazing. They want him to be extremely outgoing and aggressive, they want him to demonstrate his status over other people by dominating them in various non-violent ways.

A woman's attraction to a man is a function of her jealousy at the thought of another woman having that man. She doesn't care who he actually is or EXACTLY what he looks like physically, she only cares about the VALUE of the life he has constructed around himself.

A woman basically is a greedy materialistic prostitute. Although that sounds vulgar, it's true. She trades her physical self to buy into the success a man has created for himself.

As a man, I fall in love with how a woman is physically. I fall in love with simple parts of a woman. Like the way her hair falls around her face, the line of her neck, her shoulders. They way her ears might peek from her hair. Her eyelashes. The size and shape of her hands, her fingernails. The way she walks, the way she looks when she is tired or annoyed, the sound she makes when she sneezes, coughs, or cries. The way she sits in a chair. The way she breathes while experiencing different emotions. The way her lips move. A million little things.

Sure, a huge part of my attraction is mental, but the powerful seed of love that builds within me and crystallizes is based greatly on visual things that set off torrents of emotion and need.

It seems to me that women almost cannot think for themselves. Their estimates of worth are based on other peoples' estimates of worth. They don't really find an object beautiful on their own. The object becomes beautiful when other people let her know that it is beautiful.


I'm completely unable to reconcile the differences between men and women. It seems like success with women is equal to spending half of your life working to create a giant illusion, something vastly tiring and annoying, while sacrificing your own true self and your own interests. We construct our lives around nest-building. We're like male birds building nests and showing them off to attract mates. It's pathetic. Everything we do is to get women. It is a fucking shit deal.

Someone needs to invent a drug which has no hormonal imbalance side-effects but is able to erase a man's sex drive and attraction to women. It would increase productivity rates to incredible heights. I'd be free and happy. I'd feel complete. I'd be able to concentrate on my biochemistry studying.

The mighty Patriots will murder the Colts

Now to be honest, I couldn't name too many on the roster for the Patriots and whilst I do understand what goes on a game of football ( maybe not paticular plays and what they try to achieve but the basics, I've watched enough games maybe thirty full games plus the TV used to have an hours highlight package every week until they moved it to pay TV , the cunts.

Anyways, what I am sure of is that after checking out the NFL website, is that my beloved Patriots, (whom I started supporting about 3 years ago when my sister brought me back a Patriots T-shirt from US and I thought O.K. I'll support them) are kicking some serious arse this season. 7 from 7 is an O.K. record I guess and the 159 point net a 23 point a game winning margin means that we have a lock on one spot in the superbowl already.

But this takes me away from the match on November 4th, when the all fearsome Patriots beat the ever loving crap out of the Colts. The Colts got an easy superbowl last year, only having to play the Bears but you take the easy game when it's there.

No easy game for the colts on Nov 4, Manning will probably miss the game with the flu or something, he's looking scared, the Colts will fall apart. Look at the group they're in, AFC South Tennessee Titans Jacksonville Jaguars Houston Texans... a bunch of nobodys, of course they are going to be top of that group.

So Indy is due for an arse-kicking and the Patriots are the team to do it and they'll do it well.

What can you say to counter that fine arguement?

Friday, October 19, 2007

Table For Sale

How can you tell this table is being sold by a man? And don't cheat either!!

It's not hard!!




This table was for sale on eBay.
How can you tell it is being sold by a man?
Can you solve this little riddle?
First look and guess.
You will find the answer below, but don't cheat!

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Remember, if you are posting a picture on the world-wide web, WEAR CLOTHES when taking the picture.
I NEVER LAUGHED SO HARD...AND IT WAS POSTED ON eBay!!!

Short people rate worse on health

Short people complain of poorer mental and physical health than those of average height, a study reveals.

Danish researchers examined more than 14,000 responses to the 2003 Health Survey for England.

Men shorter than 5ft 4in (162cm) and women shorter than 5ft (151cm) reported much lower well-being than others, Clinical Endocrinology journal says.

The authors urged more work to clarify precisely why the shorter someone is, the worse they feel about their health.

Height advantage

The results predicted that increasing height could help boost feelings of wellbeing.

If men could add just 7cm (2.7in) to their height and women 6cm (2.3in), their health-related quality of life could be improved by 6.1%.

This is an equivalent improvement to an obese person losing 10-15kg (22-33lb).

However, the study did not ascertain how healthy the individuals actually were.

Lead researcher Dr Torsten Christensen, senior health economist at Novo Nordisk, said: "We know that people who are short experience more difficulties in areas of their life such as education, employment and relationships than people of normal height.

"Although our study does not show that short height directly causes a reduction in physical health, it does indicate that short people are more likely to feel that they experience a lower health-related quality of life."

Professor Gary Butler, a professor of paediatrics and growth at the University of Reading, said that there was biological evidence that taller people enjoyed better health and lived longer.

"We do know there is an association between being healthier and being taller. This relates to many types of diseases, but particularly heart disease.

"As people get healthier with better nutrition and disease prevention, their growth is better. The two factors go along in parallel."

But he said that being taller was not necessarily better, and said there were issues surrounding how shorter people are perceived in society.

"This work reinforces a message that being taller is better. But we should not make judgements on people if they are tall or short within the normal range. It makes short people feel less adequate or well off which should not be the case."

Being short as an adult can be down to normal development or due to diseases such as growth hormone deficiency or Turner syndrome.

Treatment for children with conditions such as these can increase their final height by 4-10cm (about 2-4in).

Proposed Law Could Be a Cold Shower for YouPorn

YouPorn is the highest trafficked adult website in the world and boasts a higher Alexa rating than both CNN and Weather.com, reports Portfolio.

Saw that one coming, didn't we?

But YouPorn and other blue Web 2.0 startups could be out of business in the near future if proposed changes to 18 U.S.C. 2257 are accepted into law.

Known in the industry as "2257," 18 U.S.C. 2257 defines requirements porn producers must follow to verify the age of every performer, keep records about the performers' identities and make those records available to the government. The proposed changes would extend the statute's reach beyond adult-content producers to include social networking websites.

That could mean every adult who wants to upload a naughty picture to a social network would have to submit a photo ID and state their full name, date of birth and other personal information. The network would have to maintain that record for as long as the picture exists -- likely in perpetuity throughout the universe -- and ensure the record is available without question to The Authorities for 20 hours a week, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Porn studios already have a hard time complying with all the ins and outs of recordkeeping laws. And while adult social networking sites do seem to try to keep illegal material off their servers, I think it would be impossible for a social networking site to comply with the proposed changes.

What if users submit false information -- who gets punished? Who verifies IDs? A studio production assistant can check performer IDs in person; would social networks have to open offices all over the country to verify prospective members in person? Good luck with that one.

Few people know much about the recordkeeping requirements. It's like the FBI warning you can't fast-forward on a DVD -- it's included on every porn website and adult video, but doesn't stand out to viewers any more than gang graffiti on delivery trucks in my east Los Angeles neighborhood.

But if the proposed changes come to pass, I hope we'll see a much overdue surge of patriotism and protest. After all, this isn't the administration blatantly tucking the Bill of Rights into the back of a storage closet -- our personal sex lives are at stake!

The ostensible purpose of the law is to curtail child pornography, and no legitimate porn producer argues with that. In fact, many have become rather paranoid about not letting underage individuals slip through the screening process.

Yet porn and adult social networking are entirely different things. The former is entertainment; the latter is sex.

An adult social networking site is not about producers publishing static content in hopes of making a profit. It's about people coming together and sharing sexual experiences.

They might plan to hook up in person or keep the sex online; they might simply participate in exhibitionism or voyeurism; it can be entirely fantasy or a platform for ongoing relationships. Sometimes it's as simple as uploading a favorite clip from a porn DVD.

But the foundation of social networking, or user-generated content, or Web 2.0, or whatever you want to call it, is community. Users don't passively look at content someone else chose to shove at them. They share, rate, create, organize, recommend, criticize. No member stands alone.

A porn delivery site is a one-on-one transaction; a social network is a many-to-many bazaar that exists because its members communicate. Minors on the site would not go unnoticed. And adults who frequent adults-only communities do so because those places are adults-only, not because they want to hang out with minors.

It's not just the technology that would make it impossible to enforce the new regulations on community sites. It's the attitude. Internet community is traditionally against anything smacking of outside control or authority, and the human need to expose ourselves in sexual ways online simply cannot be stopped.

You can put pressure on a business to comply with ridiculous legal requirements, but try leaning on millions of individuals engaging in private, personal behavior in their own bedrooms. Even Alabama focused its sex-toy ban on the stores, not on the use or possession by individuals.

User-generated content may not be as slick as studio porn, but that's okay when the content is real -- when it's no longer porn, but sex. It's the difference between form and substance, or between art and life.

We have become complacent in recent years about the government's ability to control the form and art of things. But the substance -- the life -- the sex?

Not when the venue is this private (your own home) and doesn't involve controversial, far-reaching public decisions that involve minors, like sex education versus abstinence curriculum. And not when the regulations no longer apply to some amorphous other (the "adult industry") but to regular people doing something perfectly innocent, like posting a fully nude self-portrait on an adults-only network.

Porn is always going to be political -- but sex shouldn't be.

Monday, October 15, 2007

An Open Letter To Xbox Live

Dear Xbox live,

I think you fucking suck. Ever since you came into my house you occupy the vast majority of my friends time, you cut into my enjoyment of the living room, and you make it much easier for good people to ignore the outside world and sit in front of the boob tube all day. It's 9:30 am and already you are occupying the living room. Your owner has already said he intends to play you all fucking day on his day off. Awesome. You also cause my roommates to be blinded to things other than yourself. Just this weekend I came home from work with an arm load of beer and walked right in front of them when they were playing you. They didn't even register that I passed before them, and noticed the beer in the fridge before they noticed me. My home is now much less social, I can't hang out with my roommates, I'm reduced to playing guitar outside and making conversation with a little hermit man who sleeps on our couch.

I hope you are a phase xbox live. I hope you are a flash in the pan of video game history, like R.O.B. the nintendo robot or the power glove. But I'm afraid that you will stick around and further encourage the youth to ignore the world around them and spend countless more hours in front of the boob tube. But whatever, in the end you will be just another machine. Memories are made of people you spent time with, places you went, and great things you did; not time you spent online playing video games. In conclusion, you are a time killing vampire and a complete douchebag, and I for one, will not participate in your tomfoolery.

Sincerely,

Concerned roommate

Friday, October 12, 2007

Patent Cure For AIDS (Since 1997)?

Found here: Method of curing AIDS

United States Patent 5,676,977
Antelman October 14, 1997


Method of curing AIDS with tetrasilver tetroxide molecular crystal devices.

Abstract

The diamagnetic semiconducting molecular crystal tetrasilver tetroxide (Ag.sub.4 O.sub.4) is utilized for destroying the AIDS virus, destroying AIDS synergistic pathogens and immunity suppressing moieties (ISM) in humans. A single intravenous injection of the devices is all that is required for efficacy at levels of about 40 PPM of human blood. The device molecular crystal contains two mono and two trivalent silver ions capable of "firing" electrons capable of electrocuting the AIDS virus, pathogens and ISM. When administered into the bloodstream, the device electrons will be triggered by pathogens, a proliferating virus and ISM, and when fired will simultaneously trigger a redox chelation mechanism resulting in divalent silver moieties which chelate and bind active sites of the entities destroying them. The devices are completely non-toxic. However, they put stress on the liver causing hepatomegaly, but there is no loss of liver function.


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Inventors: Antelman; Marvin S. (Rehovot, IL)
Assignee: Antelman Technologies Ltd. (Providence, RI)

Appl. No.: 08/658,955
Filed: May 31, 1996

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Application Number Filing Date Patent Number Issue Date
310859 Sep., 1994


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Current U.S. Class: 424/618 ; 514/495
Current International Class: A61K 33/38 (20060101); A61K 033/38 ()
Field of Search: 424/618 514/495



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U.S. Patent Documents

4415565 November 1983 Wysor
4915955 April 1990 Gomori
4952411 August 1990 Fox, Jr. et al.
5073382 December 1991 Antelman
5078902 January 1992 Antelman
5089275 February 1992 Antelman
5211855 May 1993 Antelman
5223149 June 1993 Antelman
5336499 August 1994 Antelman
5571520 November 1996 Antelman



Other References
"Is The AIDS Virus A Science Fiction?" by Peter H. Duesberg and Bryan J. Ellison, Policy Review, Summer 1990, pp. 40-51..

Primary Examiner: Hulina; Amy
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Salter & Michaelson

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Parent Case Text

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This application is a continuation-in-part of patent application Ser. No. 08/310,859 filed Sep. 22, 1994, now abandoned.
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Claims

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What is claimed is:

1. A method of treating AIDS-afflicted humans comprising injecting a multitude of tetrasilver tetroxide molecular crystals into the bloodstream of the human subject.

2. A method for increasing white blood cell counts in AIDS-afflicted humans comprising injecting a multitude of tetrasilver tetroxide molecular crystals into the bloodstream of the human subject.

3. Methods of treating AIDS-affilicted humans according to claims 1-2 where the concentration of said molecular crystals is approximately 40 PPM of the total blood weight of the human subject.
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Description

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to the employment of molecular crystals as anti-AIDS devices, but more particularly to the molecular crystal semiconductor tetrasilver tetroxide Ag.sub.4 O.sub.4 which has two monovalent and two trivalent silver ions per molecule, and which through this structural configuration enables intermolecular electron transfer capable of killing viruses and binding them to the resulting silver entity so that a single intravenous injection will completely obliterate acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in humans. Furthermore, said devices are capable of killing pathogens and purging the bloodstream of immune suppressing moieties (ISM) whether or not created by the AIDS virus (HIV); so as to restore the immune system.

The present invention is based on concepts previously elucidated in applicant's U.S. Pat. No. 5,336,499 which discloses the destruction and inhibition of bacteria, algae and the AIDS virus in nutrient life supporting systems by using said silver oxide devices. Example 3 of said patent discloses that 18 PPM of said crystal devices could totally suppress the AIDS virus (page 6, line 5). Subsequent to the filing of the aforementioned patent, further testing revealed complete 100% destruction of the AIDS virus in vitro at 20 PPM, and the fact that said devices were harmless when ingested and inhaled, being non-toxic.

Encouraged by these evaluations and successes, applicant obtained permission to evaluate the crystals in vitro against murine acquired immune deficiency syndrome (MAIDS). Only one facility in the State of Israel is licensed for these evaluations, namely, the Kaplan Hospital in Rehovot, Israel, which is affiliated with the Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School where said evaluations were done.

The initial evaluations entailed experimenting with various silver moieties cited in applicant's aforementioned patent, concentrations, non-reactive buffers and modes of administration. After about 18 months of judicious efforts and initial failures, success was finally achieved in destroying the MAIDS virus in C57BL mice with a single intravenous injection. The results of this test program comprise Example 5 of U.S. Pat. No. 5,336,499. After success with mice, the inventor was able to test the efficacy of said devices on two select etiological groups of terminal AIDS patients in a clinic in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Central America.

The AIDS patients comprised the etiological subgroups, Candidiasis and Wasting Syndrome. Current indicator diseases for diagnosing AIDS which have been expanded by the CDC, fall into the following five major categories with the approximate percent distribution among AIDS patients:

______________________________________ 1. P. carinii pneumonia 51% 2. Wasting syndrome 19% 3. Candidiasis 13% 4. Kaposi's sarcoma 11% 5. Dementia 6% ______________________________________

This invention concerns itself with the treatment and cure of candidiasis and wasting syndrome AIDS patients with Tetrasil*. These two groups account for approximately one third of AIDS cases.

Stedman's Medical Dictionary (Williams & Wilken's 26th Ed., 1995) defines wasting syndrome "as a condition of 10% weight loss in conjunction with diarrhea or fever . . . Associated with AIDS (p. 1744)."

OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION

The main object of the invention is to provide for a molecular scale device of a single tetrasilver tetroxide crystalline molecule capable of restoring the immunity of AIDS afflicted humans of the two AIDS etiological subgroups, candidiasis and wasting syndrome.

Another object of the invention is to provide for immunity restoration in said AIDS afflicted humans through a single injection.

Another object of this invention is to destroy ISM in humans manifesting AIDS diseases of said AIDS etiological subgroups irrespective as to whether said ISM was HIV induced, since it is known that humans may manifest AIDS and still be HIV negative, and thus restore the immune system in said humans.

Another object of this invention is to destroy the AIDS virus when present in the systems of said AIDS afflicted humans.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

This invention relates to a molecular scale device not only capable of destroying the AIDS virus, but of purging the human bloodstream of pathogens and restoring immunity to AIDS patients of the candidiasis and wasting syndrome categories. Said molecular device consists of a single crystal of tetrasilver tetroxide (Ag.sub.4 O.sub.4). The crystal lattice of this molecule has a unique structure since it is a diamagnetic semiconducting crystal containing two mono and two trivalent silver ions, which in effect are capable of "firing" electrons under certain conditions which will destroy AIDS viruses, other pathogens and immune suppressing moieties (ISM), not only through the electrocution mode, but also by a binding process which occurs simultaneously with electron firing, namely, binding and chelation of divalent silver, i.e., the resulting product of the electron transfer redox that occur when the monovalent silver ions are oxidized and the trivalent ions are reduced in the crystal. The binding/chelation effect occurs at active sites of the AIDS virus, pathogens and ISM. Because of the extremely minute size of a single molecule of this crystal, several million of these devices may be employed in concert to destroy a virus colony to purge a life support system of ISM and pathogens with the consumption of only parts per trillion of the crystal devices. Thus an optimum of 40 PPM of the devices by weight of human blood was found to be sufficient to completely obliterate AIDS. This concentration is slightly over double of the optimum concentration recommended in applicant's aforementioned U.S. patent for the destruction of the human AIDS virus in vitro. Other details concerning the structure of the crystal and its mechanism against pathogens, the AIDS virus and ISM would analogously hold here, and have already been further elucidated in said patent.

The actual destruction of pathogens, ISM and the AIDS virus is effectuated by injection of a suspension of these devices in distilled or deionized water with a non-reacting electrolyte directly, i.e. intravenously, into the bloodstream. A single injection is all that is required under these conditions. Accordingly, humans injected in this manner, upon being inspected after three weeks or more had elapsed and compared with similar humans that had been given placebos, were completely cured of AIDS. The control group still manifested AIDS. Accordingly, the tetrasilver tetroxide device performed in concert with and in full conformity with the ultimate objects of this invention. Furthermore, three out of four wasting syndrome terminal patients and four out of the five candidiasis terminal patients were still alive in 1995 after a year and a half had elapsed from their initial injection. By that time all the AIDS patients had been released from the clinic and allowed to return home.

Other objects and features of the present invention shall become apparent to those skilled in the art when the present invention is considered in view of the accompanying examples. It should, of course, be recognized that the accompanying examples illustrate preferred embodiments of the present invention and are not intended as a means of defining the limits and scope of the present invention.

EXAMPLE 1

Five patients afflicted with AIDS of the candidiasis etiological category were segregated for Tetrasil treatment. The rationale for selecting them was based on facts presented in an article by Peter H. Duesberg and Brian J. Ellison entitled "Is The AIDS Virus A Science Fiction?" (Policy Review, Summer 1990 pp. 40-51). Only the factual presentations of the article were utilized and the hypothesis of the authors was ignored. The facts presented in the article related to the method of selecting AIDS patients based on the five aforementioned etiological subgroups targeted by the CDC, and the evidence presented, that there is AIDS without HIV as well as with it so that an anti-viral agent in most instances will not necessarily restore the immunity system.

Evaluations with Tetrasil were conducted on AIDS patients at Lucha Contra el Sida, Comayaguela, Honduras. The patients two weeks prior to inoculation were removed from their AZT, AIDS therapy. Tetrasil was administered at approximately 40 PPM of blood volume per patient as a suspension in a proprietary buffer solution (pH=6.5), supplied by Holipharm Corporation.

The results of evaluations with candidiasis are tabulated in Table I under its disease category. All patients evaluated were terminal. Some, however, were in moderate (m) condition and others in poor (p) as designated in the Table. The I and F designations refer to initial and final values as shown. WBC indicates white cell blood count. The H column, following CD 8, indicates whether hepatomegaly occurred. This was an unfortunate consequence of the treatment which resulted in enlarged livers in all patients except the second one. Despite hepatomegaly, there was no interference with liver function.

The onset of hepatomegaly was not spontaneous and varied from patient to patient, being in the range of 4-16 days.

It should also be noted that shortly after injection of Tetrasil there were indications of fever (symbolized by T in the Ag.sub.4 O.sub.4 column), sometimes accompanied by fatigue (F). The body temperature was invariably 38.5.degree. C. (101.3.degree. F.). This was indicative of restoration of the immune response of the body, since normally the body will destroy pathogens when the immune system is functional by raising the temperature. The patient who died; first responded favorably to Diflucan, which previously gave no response. He was cured of his candidiasis, but unfortunately succumbed to his previous body damage. All the other candidiasis syndrome people who previously did not respond to the indicated medications subsequently responded after the Tetrasil treatment. Further evidence of the recovery of the AIDS patients manifested itself 30 days after the initial injection when white blood cell counts were taken. They are shown in Table I under the WBC column, which gives the initial and final WBC. All candidiasis patients showed a dramatic increase in their white blood cell counts, indicative of the restoration of their immunity systems.

EXAMPLE 2

The above protocol of Example 1 was repeated with AIDS patients exhibiting wasting syndrome. The results of their treatment are tabulated in Table I under the disease category of said syndrome. It should be noted that two of the four wasting syndrome patients showed improved white blood counts. The female patient, whose condition improved from poor and terminal to be among the living, showed a decrease in the WBC. However, she showed an increase in body temperature which was indicative of immune response. The test results indicate that one cannot rely on a single factor to indicate the demise of AIDS. The usual HIV marker CD 4 initial and final are irrelevant. ISM suppression appears to be more critical than the destruction of HIV. AIDS was suppressed, any permanent damage that had been done to the patients in the course of their succumbing to AIDS was not obviously cured or corrected by said crystal device treatment, rather said injury persisted and the patient was improved with respect to AIDS but still suffered from said permanent injury or impairment previously inflicted.

TABLE I __________________________________________________________________________ Response of AIDS Patients to Single 40 PPM Ag.sub.4 O.sub.4 Inoculation Date Weight DISEASE PATIENT Inoc. WBC CD 4 DEATH Lbs. Group Sex Age Medictn 1994 I F I F CD 8 H 1944 I F Ag.sub.4 O.sub.4 __________________________________________________________________________ Candidiasis M p 28 Diflucan 5/5 1,200 4,200 41 -- 221 + 6/11 82 76 T F m 33 " 5/5 6,000 6,700 554 872 394 - 98 98 T F m 33 Ketaconzl 5/27 2,600 3,850 248 181 951 + 123 123 T M p 62 " 6/2 3,300 3,700 89 237 59 + 105 92 F F m 31 Pentamidn 6/2 2,400 3,050 9 181 65 + 121 118 Pain Wasting M m 27 5/27 3,600 4,600 39 14 709 + 119 120 T Syndrome M m 28 5/27 2,750 -- 10 -- 60 + 7/19 121 119 T, F F p 43 5/27 3,600 2,700 68 246 248 + 101 98 T, F M m 19 5/10 3,850 5,400 137 36 48 + 103 106 T, F __________________________________________________________________________

As this invention may be embodied in several forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof, the present embodiments are therefore illustrative and not restrictive, since the scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims rather than by the description preceding them, and all changes that fall within the metes and bounds of the claims or that form their functional as well as conjointly cooperative equivalents, are therefore intended to be embraced by these claims.

High-Fat Pizzas Flunk Out in Schools

By John Chambliss
The Ledger

LAKELAND | Say goodbye to that greasy pizza pie.

The Polk County School Board has new nutrition standards for pizza sold by the slice in school cafeterias. Low-fat cheese and veggies are in; pepperoni and sausage are out.

The high-fat pizzas have gone the way of sodas in Polk County schools. The switch occurred earlier this year as part of the school system's new wellness plan.

The wellness policy is Polk's response to a federal law requiring all school districts to adopt a plan for improving nutrition, increasing physical activity, and reducing obesity and diseases such as diabetes among students.

As part of the a la carte school menu, the School Board contracts with large pizza chains, such as Pizza Hut, Domino's Pizza and Hungry Howies, said Marcia Smith, director of Foodservice for the schools.

Pizza Hut was unable to comply with the county's new nutritional standards earlier this year, but Hungry Howie's and Domino's pizzas met the new standards.

Pizza Hut will have a second chance this month.

Recently, the School Board posted a legal ad seeking bids "for delivery of fresh pizzas for its School Foodservice program." Last year, students spent about $750,000 on a la carte pizza in school cafeterias. At $1.60 a slice that's 468,750 slices of pie.

Some schools also make their own pizza with low-fat pepperoni and low-fat cheese, which is served daily at some high schools and weekly at elementary schools.

Schools have been serving pizzas from chains for about 10 years. Smith said that she's unsure if the new menu decreased the amount of pizza consumed, but she hasn't heard any complaints.

She apparently hasn't talked to Mike Jensen, a senior football player at Lakeland High School.

"I always ate the stuff with meat on it," the defensive lineman and tight end said Thursday. "Now that they've taken it off I haven't eaten it that much."

Before the healthy change, Jensen ate the meat pizza at school once a week. Now he buys a Hungry Howie's veggie pizza about once a month.

Harrison Arts School senior Meaghan McGowan likes the new pizza. "It's so easy to get fast food whenever," she said. "They (the schools) are making our lives easier."

McGowan normally brings her lunch, but once a week she orders a slice of the Domino's cheese pizza at school.

Jensen concedes the new pizza has some merit. "I guess it's good for nutrition."

Police: Man Tried to Hang Wife in 'Haunted House'

Spokane, WA (KXLY) - He wanted to avoid a divorce, so police say a Spokane man took his wife to his garage to show her a haunted house he created, and then tried to hang her.

Sean Jennings' wife still has the bruising and rope burns from where her husband allegedly tried to hang her.

Police say Jennings had the woman climb a ladder so she could test a noose that would support a skeleton during a neighborhood haunted house later in the month. The woman says her husband then turned on the garage radio and pulled the ladder away.

The woman often needs a wheelchair to get around but she was able to periodically support herself on her tip toes. She says at the last minute she was able to escape, but only after promising her husband not to divorce him and never tell anyone what he had done to her.

She kept her promise until Tuesday when she called police from a Wal-Mart parking lot in Spokane, Washington.

Artist implants 'third ear' on his own arm

Performance artists are known for pushing the bounderies, but one Australian has astonished his contemporaries by having a third ear implanted onto his arm.

The Cypriot-born eccentric Stelios Arcadious spent 10 years searching for a surgeon willing to perform the controversial operation.

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He got his wish after working as a Research Fellow at Nottingham Trent University's Digital Research Unit. The ear was grown in a lab from cells and implanted into the 61-year-olds left forearm in 2006.

Mr Arcadious said he thought art "should be more than simply illustrating ideas." Once the ear has fully developed he hopes to get a microphone implanted as well.

"It is more of a relief at present than an ear but it is still recognisable as an ear," he said.

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The last operation was in September 2006 and its only now that I'm about ready for the next step.

"I hope to have a tiny microphone implanted to it that will connect with a bluetooth transmitter; that way you can listen to what my ear is hearing."

An audience in Newcastle Centre For Life was introduced to Stelarc's latest project, a 'walking head' robot which will be a feature there for a month. The six legged robot with its head on a screen is one of the highlights of the Dott 07 design festival.

It is programmed to respond to someone entering the room, so every visitor will be treated to a little robot dance.










Mr Arcadious' ear is similar to the Vacanti mouse

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Woman Becomes Quadruple Amputee After Giving Birth

ORLANDO, Fla. -- A Sanford mother says she will never be able to hold her newborn because an Orlando hospital performed a life-altering surgery and, she claims, the hospital refuses to explain why they left her as a multiple amputee.

The woman filed a complaint against Orlando Regional Healthcare Systems, she said, because they won't tell her exactly what happened. The hospital maintains the woman wants to know information that would violate other patients' rights.

Claudia Mejia gave birth eight and a half months ago at Orlando Regional South Seminole. She was transported to Orlando Regional Medical Center in Orlando where her arms and legs were amputated. She was told she had streptococcus, a flesh eating bacteria, and toxic shock syndrome, but no further explanation was given.

The hospital, in a letter, wrote that if she wanted to find out exactly what happened, she would have to sue them.

"I want to know what happened. I went to deliver my baby and I came out like this," Mejia said.

Mejia said after she gave birth to Mathew last spring, she was kept in the hospital with complications. Twelve days after giving birth at Orlando Regional South Seminole hospital, she was transported to Orlando Regional Medical Center where she became a quadruple amputee. Now she can not care for or hold her baby.

"Yeah, I want to pick him up. He wants me to pick him up. I can't. I want to, but I can't," she said. "Woke up from surgery and I had no arms and no legs. No one told me anything. My arms and legs were just gone."

Her 7-year-old son, Jorge, asks his mother over and over what happened to her. Neither she nor her husband has the answer.

"I love her, so I'll always stick with her and take it a day at a time myself," said her husband, Tim Edwards.

The couple wants to know how she caught streptococcus, during labor or after. She doesn't know. She knows she didn't leave the hospital the same.

"And why, I want to know why this happened," she said.

Her attorney, Judy Hyman wrote ORHS a letter saying, according to the Florida statute, "The Patients Right To Know About Adverse Medical Incidents Act," the hospital must give her the records.

"When the statute is named 'Patients Right To Know,' I don't know how it could be clearer," Hyman said.

The hospital's lawyers wrote back, "Ms. Mejia's request may require legal resolution." In other words, according to their interpretation of the law, Mejia has to sue them to get information about herself.

That's the sticking point, the interpretation of the Patients Right To Know act, a constitutional amendment Florida voters passed a little more than a year ago.

Mejia's other attorney, E. Clay Parker, said the hospital is not following the law

"We were forced to file this and ask a judge to interpret the constitutional amendment and do right," Parker said.

Mejia hopes the right thing is done. She said not knowing exactly why it happened is unbearable. She only hopes she'll be able to soon answer her little boy's question, 'What happened?'

"He told me everyday, 'What happened,' and I don't have any answers for that," she said.

ORMC said Mejia is requesting information on if there were other patients or someone on her floor with the streptococcus. They said, if they release that to her, that would be a violation of other patients' rights.

We all know or knew someone like this!!

One day, when I was a freshman in high school, I saw a kid from my class was walking home from school.

His name was Kyle.

It looked like he was carrying all of his books.

I thought to myself, "Why would anyone bring home all his books on a Friday?

He must really be a nerd."

I had quite a weekend planned (parties and a football game with my friends tomorrow afternoon), so I shrugged my shoulders and went on.

As I was walking, I saw a bunch of kids running toward him.

They ran at him, knocking all his books out of his arms and tripping him so he landed in the dirt.

His glasses went flying, and I saw them land in the grass about ten feet from him.

He looked up and I saw this terrible sadness in his eyes

My heart went out to him. So, I jogged over to him as he crawled around looking for his glasses, and I saw a tear in his eye.

As I handed him his glasses, I said, "Those guys are jerks."

They really should get lives.

" He looked at me and said, "Hey thanks!"

There was a big smile on his face.

It was one of those smiles that showed real gratitude.

I helped him pick up his books, and asked him where he lived.

As it turned out, he lived near me, so I asked him why I had never seen him before.

He said he had gone to private school before now.

I would have never hung out with a private school kid before.

We talked all the way home, and I carried some of his books

He turned out to be a pretty cool kid.

I asked him if he wanted to play a little football with my friends

He said yes.

We hung out all weekend and the more I got to know Kyle, the more I liked him, and my friends thought the same of him.

Monday morning came, and there was Kyle with the huge stack of books again.

I stopped him and said, "Boy, you are gonna really build some serious muscles with this pile of books everyday!

" He just laughed and handed me half the books.

Over the next four years, Kyle and I became best friends..

When we were seniors we began to think about college.

Kyle decided on Georgetown and I was going to Duke.

I knew that we would always be friends, that the miles would never

be a problem.

He was going to be a doctor and I was going for business on a football scholarship.

Kyle was valedictorian of our class.

I teased him all the time about being a nerd.

He had to prepare a speech for graduation.

I was so glad it wasn't me having to get up there and speak

Graduation day, I saw Kyle.

He looked great

He was one of those guys that really found himself during high school.

He filled out and actually looked good in glasses.

He had more dates than I had and all the girls loved him.

Boy, sometimes I was jealous!
Today was one of those days.

I could see that he was nervous about his speech.

So, I smacked him on the back and said, "Hey, big guy, you'll be great!"

He looked at me with one of those looks (the really grateful
one) and smiled.

" Thanks," he said.

As he started his speech, he cleared his throat, and began

"Graduation is a time to thank those who helped you make it through those tough years.

Your parents, your teachers, your siblings, maybe a coach...but mostly your friends..

I am here to tell all of you that being a friend to someone is the best gift you can give them.

I am going to tell you a story."

I just looked at my friend with disbelief as he told the story of the first day we met.

He had planned to kill himself over the weekend.

He talked of how he had cleaned out his locker so his Mom wouldn't have to do it later and was carrying his stuff home.

He looked hard at me and gave me a little smile.

"Thankfully, I was saved.

My friend saved me from doing the unspeakable."

I heard the gasp go through the crowd as this handsome, popular boy told us all about his weakest moment.

I saw his Mom and dad looking at me and smiling that same grateful smile.

Not until that moment did I realize it's depth.

Never underestimate the power of your actions.

With one small gesture you can change a person's life.

For better or for worse.

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Glow in the dark Mountain Dew

All you need for this little expiriment is Mountain Dew, Peroxide and and Baking Soda. Talk about NEAT!

Absolute Insanity

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Melody Tunes Smack That

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Nearly Hit By Lightning

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Rooftop Bar Game

Title: The G Manifesto: The Guide to Getting More out of Life
Address: www.thegmanifesto.com
Author: Michael Porfirio Mason
From: Little Italy/Miami Beach
Blogging since: September 2005
Post Date: August 22, 2007
Post Title: Rooftop Bar Game
(Before you read this, understand that this was written to address High-Class Rooftop Bars and Hotel Pool Bars AT NIGHT. The absolute last thing you will ever see any self-respecting G do is hang around one of the aforementioned bars, shirt off, greased down and dancing during the day.) There has been a proliferation of "hip" Rooftop Bars in America's finest cities in the last few years (I use the term "hip" relatively loosely). I am typically opposed to new trends in Nightlife, but truth be told, I don't mind Rooftop Bars. Yeah, I understand that there are more Striped Shirts than at a Nordstrom's, and they serve you $20 cocktails in Cheap Plastic Glasses. But, bottom line is, you can pick up a lot of Fly Girls at Rooftop Bars; and since you are outside, you can do it while smoking. Meaning you can look good while doing it.

There are a few things you need to keep in mind, however, if you want to be successful at Rooftop Bars. The first thing is that there is less energy at Rooftop Bars as compared to Indoor Clubs. This creates a situation with a lot of girls, static, in groups or sets. Not a lot of "swirl." Typical Pick-Up Artist theory would suggest that you have a long night ahead of yourself, approaching sets and utilizing "Group Theory." If you want a better handle on Group Theory, there are plenty of Pick-Up Artist sites out there. But approaching sets takes a lot of work and energy. Pick-Up Artists pick up on girls; Gs have girls pick up on them. If you want to pick up girls easily with minimal effort, keep on reading...

Traffic Lanes

We have already discussed "Traffic Lanes" and "how the river flows" in Manifesto Destiny: Innovative Gentleman's Club Concepts. Traffic lanes are equally important in regards to Rooftop Bars. Rooftop Bars typically have one entrance and usually the river will flow from the entrance to the Bar. Or from the Bar to the Bathroom. Post up in the traffic lane and every girl will pass by you at some point in the night. Free leads. Like a school of soon-to-be sashimied Alaskan Coho Salmon. All you need now is the right lure.

Solo

It is very important to be Going for Solo when you are at a Rooftop Bar. It is less intimidating and girls are more apt to approach you when you are by yourself vs. with a big crew of hoods. Also, a lot of cats go the Bottle Service/ Cabana route. As I have said before, I am not really an advocate. Who wants to be stuck at a Rooftop Bar all night?

Suited Down

You want to give off an air of intrigue, mystery, and sophistication when you are at a Rooftop Bar. I like going with a two-button Navy Brioni (only $6700.00), custom crimson Borelli shirt, Gucci Belt, polka-dotted Kiton Pocket Square, and Berluti shoes (dope shoes since 1895). Flash and statement making. If you dress like this, you will have girls running to you like the Dutch during Tulip Mania. You should also be tooled up in case you run into rival firms: a vintage Beretta 418 will give you the functionality and style points you are looking for. Italian suits and Italian heaters.

Cocktail

Always have a cocktail in hand. Something that will give off a certain Savoir faire and elegance (well, as much Savoir faire and elegance you can have while drinking out of a plastic glass. It's not a bad idea to Smuggle in your own rocks glass into Rooftop Bars for style points. Good conversation piece as well). Something simple. A Goose and Soda, for instance. Vino will also give you suavity and worldliness. Martinis are ok, but since Rooftop Bars typically serve drinks in Faux-glasses, it is not advisable. There is nothing stupider than drinking a Martini out of a plastic Martini glass. During summertime, Rooftop Bars are packed, so no Mojitos, Skippy. Now, I like Mojitos as much as the next cat, but when a bar is busy, you are a jerk if you order one. It is a different matter altogether if you order a Mojito during the day at uncrowded Maxine's in The Catalina Hotel in South Beach while spitting Game at a Swiss Miss Model girl from Irene Marie's while pulling Sunshine Maneuvers.

Smoking/Lighter

Since smoking is now a crime in most states, many girls don't carry cigarettes anymore. But after a few cocktails, girls want to smoke them. If you have grits you will have more girls crowding around you than an early-'90s E-tab dealer at Narnia. I always carry a two pack minimum. This works especially well in Southern California; (typically I try to avoid Orange County, although I have swooped mad girls from Spy Glass, and Emerald Bay). And if you are going to smoke, carry a dope lighter. Dunhill, Dupont or Zippo. On the flip side, Guys that don't smoke are at a huge disadvantage in Rooftop Bars. That is why whenever you check out the Top 100 International Playboy Rankings, everyone on The List is a smoker.

The hook is set; you just need to reel them in. The Rest is Up to You........

Michael Porfirio Mason

AKA The Peoples Champ

AKA The Hustler's Hustler

AKA The Pusher's Pusher

2007 NFL Schedule

2007 NFL Schedule Grid

Week 1
9/6 NO @ IND 8:30
9/9 TEN @ JAC 1:00
9/9 PIT @ CLE 1:00
9/9 PHI @ GB 1:00
9/9 NE @ NYJ 1:00
9/9 MIA @ WAS 1:00
9/9 KC @ HOU 1:00
9/9 DEN @ BUF 1:00
9/9 CAR @ STL 1:00
9/9 ATL @ MIN 1:00
9/9 TB @ SEA 4:15
9/9 DET @ OAK 4:15
9/9 CHI @ SD 4:15
9/9 NYG @ DAL 8:15
9/10 ARI @ SF 10:15
9/10 BAL @ CIN 7:00

Week 2
9/16 ATL @ JAC 1:00
9/16 BUF @ PIT 1:00
9/16 CIN @ CLE 1:00
9/16 GB @ NYG 1:00
9/16 HOU @ CAR 1:00
9/16 IND @ TEN 1:00
9/16 NO @ TB 1:00
9/16 SF @ STL 1:00
9/16 SEA @ ARI 4:05
9/16 MIN @ DET 4:05
9/16 DAL @ MIA 4:05
9/16 KC @ CHI 4:15
9/16 NYJ @ BAL 4:15
9/16 OAK @ DEN 4:15
9/16 SD @ NE 8:15
9/17 WAS @ PHI 8:30

Week 3
9/23 ARI @ BAL 1:00
9/23 STL @ TB 1:00
9/23 SF @ PIT 1:00
9/23 SD @ GB 1:00
9/23 MIN @ KC 1:00
9/23 MIA @ NYJ 1:00
9/23 IND @ HOU 1:00
9/23 DET @ PHI 1:00
9/23 BUF @ NE 1:00
9/23 JAC @ DEN 4:05
9/23 CLE @ OAK 4:05
9/23 CIN @ SEA 4:05
9/23 CAR @ ATL 4:15
9/23 NYG @ WAS 4:15
9/23 DAL @ CHI 8:15
9/24 TEN @ NO 8:30

Week 4
9/30 BAL @ CLE 1:00
9/30 CHI @ DET 1:00
9/30 GB @ MIN 1:00
9/30 HOU @ ATL 1:00
9/30 NYJ @ BUF 1:00
9/30 OAK @ MIA 1:00
9/30 STL @ DAL 1:00
9/30 TB @ CAR 4:05
9/30 SEA @ SF 4:05
9/30 DEN @ IND 4:15
9/30 KC @ SD 4:15
9/30 PIT @ ARI 4:15
9/30 PHI @ NYG 8:15
10/1 NE @ CIN 8:30
Bye: JAC TEN WAS NO

Week 5
10/7 ARI @ STL 1:00
10/7 SEA @ PIT 1:00
10/7 NYJ @ NYG 1:00
10/7 MIA @ HOU 1:00
10/7 JAC @ KC 1:00
10/7 DET @ WAS 1:00
10/7 CLE @ NE 1:00
10/7 CAR @ NO 1:00
10/7 ATL @ TEN 1:00
10/7 TB @ IND 4:05
10/7 BAL @ SF 4:15
10/7 SD @ DEN 4:15
10/7 CHI @ GB 8:15
10/8 DAL @ BUF 8:30
Bye: CIN OAK PHI MIN

Week 6
10/14 CIN @ KC 1:00
10/14 WAS @ GB 1:00
10/14 TEN @ TB 1:00
10/14 STL @ BAL 1:00
10/14 PHI @ NYJ 1:00
10/14 MIN @ CHI 1:00
10/14 MIA @ CLE 1:00
10/14 HOU @ JAC 1:00
10/14 CAR @ ARI 4:05
10/14 NE @ DAL 4:15
10/14 OAK @ SD 4:15
10/14 NO @ SEA 8:15
10/15 NYG @ ATL 8:30
Bye: BUF PIT IND DEN DET SF

Week 7
10/21 ARI @ WAS 1:00
10/21 TEN @ HOU 1:00
10/21 TB @ DET 1:00
10/21 SF @ NYG 1:00
10/21 NE @ MIA 1:00
10/21 MIN @ DAL 1:00
10/21 BAL @ BUF 1:00
10/21 ATL @ NO 1:00
10/21 KC @ OAK 4:05
10/21 NYJ @ CIN 4:05
10/21 CHI @ PHI 4:15
10/21 STL @ SEA 4:15
10/21 PIT @ DEN 8:15
10/22 IND @ JAC 8:30
Bye: CLE SD GB CAR

Week 8
10/28 CLE @ STL 1:00
10/28 PIT @ CIN 1:00
10/28 PHI @ MIN 1:00
10/28 OAK @ TEN 1:00
10/28 NYG @ MIA 1:00
10/28 IND @ CAR 1:00
10/28 DET @ CHI 1:00
10/28 BUF @ NYJ 4:05
10/28 HOU @ SD 4:05
10/28 JAC @ TB 4:05
10/28 NO @ SF 4:15
10/28 WAS @ NE 4:15
10/29 GB @ DEN 8:30
Bye: BAL KC DAL ATL ARI SEA

Week 9
11/4 ARI @ TB 1:00
11/4 WAS @ NYJ 1:00
11/4 SF @ ATL 1:00
11/4 SD @ MIN 1:00
11/4 JAC @ NO 1:00
11/4 GB @ KC 1:00
11/4 DEN @ DET 1:00
11/4 CIN @ BUF 1:00
11/4 CAR @ TEN 1:00
11/4 SEA @ CLE 4:05
11/4 HOU @ OAK 4:15
11/4 NE @ IND 4:15
11/4 DAL @ PHI 8:15
11/5 BAL @ PIT 8:30
Bye: MIA NYG CHI STL

Week 10
11/11 ATL @ CAR 1:00
11/11 STL @ NO 1:00
11/11 PHI @ WAS 1:00
11/11 MIN @ GB 1:00
11/11 JAC @ TEN 1:00
11/11 DEN @ KC 1:00
11/11 CLE @ PIT 1:00
11/11 BUF @ MIA 1:00
11/11 CIN @ BAL 4:05
11/11 CHI @ OAK 4:15
11/11 DAL @ NYG 4:15
11/11 DET @ ARI 4:15
11/11 IND @ SD 8:15
11/12 SF @ SEA 8:30
Bye: NE NYJ HOU TB

Week 11
11/18 ARI @ CIN 1:00
11/18 WAS @ DAL 1:00
11/18 TB @ ATL 1:00
11/18 SD @ JAC 1:00
11/18 PIT @ NYJ 1:00
11/18 OAK @ MIN 1:00
11/18 NO @ HOU 1:00
11/18 NE @ BUF 1:00
11/18 MIA @ PHI 1:00
11/18 KC @ IND 1:00
11/18 CLE @ BAL 1:00
11/18 CAR @ GB 1:00
11/18 NYG @ DET 4:15
11/18 STL @ SF 4:15
11/18 CHI @ SEA 8:15
11/19 TEN @ DEN 8:30

Week 12
11/22 GB @ DET 12:30
11/22 NYJ @ DAL 4:15
11/22 IND @ ATL 8:15
11/25 WAS @ TB 1:00
11/25 TEN @ CIN 1:00
11/25 SEA @ STL 1:00
11/25 OAK @ KC 1:00
11/25 NO @ CAR 1:00
11/25 MIN @ NYG 1:00
11/25 HOU @ CLE 1:00
11/25 DEN @ CHI 1:00
11/25 BUF @ JAC 1:00
11/25 SF @ ARI 4:05
11/25 BAL @ SD 4:15
11/25 PHI @ NE 8:15
11/26 MIA @ PIT 8:30

Week 13
11/29 GB @ DAL 8:15
12/2 TB @ NO 1:00
12/2 SF @ CAR 1:00
12/2 SEA @ PHI 1:00
12/2 SD @ KC 1:00
12/2 NYJ @ MIA 1:00
12/2 JAC @ IND 1:00
12/2 HOU @ TEN 1:00
12/2 DET @ MIN 1:00
12/2 BUF @ WAS 1:00
12/2 ATL @ STL 1:00
12/2 DEN @ OAK 4:05
12/2 CLE @ ARI 4:05
12/2 NYG @ CHI 4:15
12/2 CIN @ PIT 8:15
12/3 NE @ BAL 8:30

Week 14
12/6 CHI @ WAS 8:15
12/9 TB @ HOU 1:00
12/9 STL @ CIN 1:00
12/9 SD @ TEN 1:00
12/9 PIT @ NE 1:00
12/9 OAK @ GB 1:00
12/9 NYG @ PHI 1:00
12/9 MIA @ BUF 1:00
12/9 DAL @ DET 1:00
12/9 CAR @ JAC 1:00
12/9 MIN @ SF 4:05
12/9 ARI @ SEA 4:05
12/9 CLE @ NYJ 4:15
12/9 KC @ DEN 4:15
12/9 IND @ BAL 8:15
12/10 NO @ ATL 8:30

Week 15
12/13 DEN @ HOU 8:15

12/15 CIN @ SF 8:15
12/16 TEN @ KC 1:00
12/16 SEA @ CAR 1:00
12/16 NYJ @ NE 1:00
12/16 JAC @ PIT 1:00
12/16 GB @ STL 1:00
12/16 BUF @ CLE 1:00
12/16 BAL @ MIA 1:00
12/16 ATL @ TB 1:00
12/16 ARI @ NO 1:00
12/16 IND @ OAK 4:05
12/16 DET @ SD 4:15
12/16 PHI @ DAL 4:15
12/16 WAS @ NYG 8:15
12/17 CHI @ MIN 8:30

Week 16
12/20 PIT @ STL 8:15

12/22 DAL @ CAR 8:15
12/23 WAS @ MIN 1:00
12/23 PHI @ NO 1:00
12/23 OAK @ JAC 1:00
12/23 NYG @ BUF 1:00
12/23 MIA @ NE 1:00
12/23 KC @ DET 1:00
12/23 HOU @ IND 1:00
12/23 GB @ CHI 1:00
12/23 CLE @ CIN 1:00
12/23 ATL @ ARI 4:05
12/23 BAL @ SEA 4:15
12/23 NYJ @ TEN 4:15
12/23 TB @ SF 8:15
12/24 DEN @ SD 8:00

Week 17
12/29 NE @ NYG 8:15
12/30 TEN @ IND 1:00
12/30 SF @ CLE 1:00
12/30 SEA @ ATL 1:00
12/30 PIT @ BAL 1:00
12/30 NO @ CHI 1:00
12/30 JAC @ HOU 1:00
12/30 DET @ GB 1:00
12/30 DAL @ WAS 1:00
12/30 CIN @ MIA 1:00
12/30 CAR @ TB 1:00
12/30 BUF @ PHI 1:00
12/30 MIN @ DEN 4:15
12/30 SD @ OAK 4:15
12/30 STL @ ARI 4:15
12/30 KC @ NYJ 8:15
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