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Saturday, May 31, 2008
Friday, May 30, 2008
When Penis attacks
Caught on video, attack on former chess champion and not terribly popular Russian politician Gary Kasparov, by a flying penis helicopter. This is the best form of political protest we've ever seen. The bodyguard eventually takes out the airborne attacker with a flick to the head.
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Car carrying nude couple runs off road, hits sign
A car carrying a nude couple smashed a road sign and struck a utility pole north of Fort Pierce Friday night, according to a St. Lucie sheriff's report.
Megan Marie Douglas, 18, of Fort Pierce, who told St. Lucie County sheriff's deputies the two had just had sex, was charged with drug possession and driving under the influence, according to the report. She told officers she drank three or four beers before the Toyota Highlander went off the road at U.S. 1 and 25th Street.
Marijuana was found in her purse, and she said she deals in marijuana, according to the report.
She and Robert Van Hooser Jr., who was not charged, were treated and released from Lawnwood Regional Medical Center & Heart Institute. She was released later on $13,500 bond.
Megan Marie Douglas, 18, of Fort Pierce, who told St. Lucie County sheriff's deputies the two had just had sex, was charged with drug possession and driving under the influence, according to the report. She told officers she drank three or four beers before the Toyota Highlander went off the road at U.S. 1 and 25th Street.
Marijuana was found in her purse, and she said she deals in marijuana, according to the report.
She and Robert Van Hooser Jr., who was not charged, were treated and released from Lawnwood Regional Medical Center & Heart Institute. She was released later on $13,500 bond.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Seminole County deputy faces trial for flushing son's marijuana
When she found marijuana in her son's bedroom, Seminole County Deputy Sheriff Tashunda Edwards did the same thing many parents would have done. She flushed it down the toilet.
Now she's awaiting trial on a charge of tampering with evidence.
Seminole County drug agents accuse her of throwing away the drugs minutes after they called, saying her 16-year-old son had been singled out at school by a drug-sniffing dog.
Yes, she threw it out, she told them, but only because she has other children in the house and didn't want drugs around them, according to Sheriff's Office records.
She did not know her son was under investigation at the time, she told another investigator.
Edwards, 35, of Casselberry would not discuss the case. Her lawyer, F. Wesley "Buck" Blankner Jr., did not return phone calls.
She remains a deputy. After an internal investigation, Seminole Sheriff Don Eslinger suspended her without pay for three days. She also was reassigned, shifted from the jail -- where she spent 1 1/2 hours as an inmate the day she was arrested -- to work security at the county's criminal courthouse.
Edwards flushed the marijuana Feb. 26. That day, a team of her co-workers -- vice agents -- did a drug sweep at Excel Alternative School, where Seminole County students who have faced expulsion attend class.
A drug-sniffing dog led agents to a 4-gram bag of marijuana in a bookcase near Edwards' son, who was a student there, according to Sheriff's Office records. The animal also "alerted" on the boy.
The boy eventually admitted to deputies that he sometimes sold marijuana and had an ounce hidden in a bag in his bedroom, according to Sheriff's Office records.
One of the agents, Sean Coyle, then called Edwards, explaining that her son had been caught by a drug-sniffing dog.
He did not tell her agents thought there were drugs in her home, according to records.
When agents arrived at the house, Edwards told them she had already found the marijuana and flushed it. They accused her of tampering with evidence.
She then gave them permission to search her son's room, and they found another small stash -- 41 grams of marijuana, according to his arrest report.
The teenager was arrested that day and charged in juvenile court with possession of marijuana with intent to sell, according to the State Attorney's Office.
The agents did not arrest Edwards. They prepared paperwork, asking the State Attorney's Office to determine whether she had committed a crime. Prosecutors filed the charge against her two months later.
Now she's awaiting trial on a charge of tampering with evidence.
Seminole County drug agents accuse her of throwing away the drugs minutes after they called, saying her 16-year-old son had been singled out at school by a drug-sniffing dog.
Yes, she threw it out, she told them, but only because she has other children in the house and didn't want drugs around them, according to Sheriff's Office records.
She did not know her son was under investigation at the time, she told another investigator.
Edwards, 35, of Casselberry would not discuss the case. Her lawyer, F. Wesley "Buck" Blankner Jr., did not return phone calls.
She remains a deputy. After an internal investigation, Seminole Sheriff Don Eslinger suspended her without pay for three days. She also was reassigned, shifted from the jail -- where she spent 1 1/2 hours as an inmate the day she was arrested -- to work security at the county's criminal courthouse.
Edwards flushed the marijuana Feb. 26. That day, a team of her co-workers -- vice agents -- did a drug sweep at Excel Alternative School, where Seminole County students who have faced expulsion attend class.
A drug-sniffing dog led agents to a 4-gram bag of marijuana in a bookcase near Edwards' son, who was a student there, according to Sheriff's Office records. The animal also "alerted" on the boy.
The boy eventually admitted to deputies that he sometimes sold marijuana and had an ounce hidden in a bag in his bedroom, according to Sheriff's Office records.
One of the agents, Sean Coyle, then called Edwards, explaining that her son had been caught by a drug-sniffing dog.
He did not tell her agents thought there were drugs in her home, according to records.
When agents arrived at the house, Edwards told them she had already found the marijuana and flushed it. They accused her of tampering with evidence.
She then gave them permission to search her son's room, and they found another small stash -- 41 grams of marijuana, according to his arrest report.
The teenager was arrested that day and charged in juvenile court with possession of marijuana with intent to sell, according to the State Attorney's Office.
The agents did not arrest Edwards. They prepared paperwork, asking the State Attorney's Office to determine whether she had committed a crime. Prosecutors filed the charge against her two months later.
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Top Ten Hottest Women of Sports
10. Romi Bean
Ah, cheerleaders! Romi is one of the 34 members of the Denver Broncos cheerleader team. Wait a minute, did I just say 34? Holy crap, imagine what it must be to visit their changing room after the game….
9. Amanda Beard
This is our fifth swimmer? Man, what a blessed sport. Apart from being hot as hell, Amanda is also a fantastic swimmer. She made her first Olympic appearance at the age of 14! She also got featured in several publications, including Sports Illustrated, FHM and Playboy.
8. Maria Kirilenko
Yet another Russian tennis player, I know. But it would be pure negligence to leave Maria Kirilenko out of this list right? A bit of trivia: she is a very good friend of Maria Sharapova. I found this info Wikipedia, and I guess it will keep my imagination busy for a while.
7. Jenny Adams
This track and field American athlete got famous after she appeared on the FHM magazine “Sexy Olympic” edition. She will probably participate in the next Olympic games too, so keep an eye for the lady.
6. Daniela Cicarelli
Not a sportswoman, but the ex-girlfriend of Ronaldo. He is one of the best soccer players of all time, but letting this girl go was definitely a dumb thing to do. The picture says it all, I am speechless.
5. Maria Sharapova
This is a woman not for the faint of heart. At 6 feet and 2 inches, the Russian beauty is a former number one tennis player in the world. And she only has 20 years. I just couldn’t find if she is engaged (personally I prefer to think she is still a virgin).
4. Haley Cope
Haley was born in Chico, California. Her best swimming performance was the gold medal on the world championship. We would be her fans even without these achievements though, especially after she appeared on Maxim and Playboy.
3. Alisson Stokke
Allison is a pole vaulter for the California high school. She doesn’t have any major sport achievements to date, but she became immensely popular on the Internet after a big website featured her pictures. Well, after I saw the images I became her biggest fan immediately.
2. Bia e Branca
No, you are not seeing double. They are actually twins. These two hot bombs come from Brazil, and they represented their country on the 2007 Pan American games on the synchronized swimming. I was able to read the local press during the event, and they received most of the coverage. No wonder why!
1. Ana Kournikova
We know that placing Ana Kournikova on top of a “hot” list is becoming a cliché. Trust us that we really tried to find someone else. After the strenuous task of analyzing ever curve of her body, on every picture that we could find on the web, we could not help but give her the first position. She is hot beyond what we thought was possible….
Women of the Brew Crew Futball club were honorable mentioned
Friday, May 23, 2008
Brew Crew Metrosexual News
Sex injection could be better than Viagra
Scientists claim to have discovered a sex injection that could be better than Viagra.
They say a technique which boosts the sex drive of animals could also work with humans.
It also has the side-effect of encouraging weight loss.
The British scientists are now working on making it into a "wonder pill" instead of an injection.
Animals which were injected with a hormone that releases Type 2 gondaotropin, which drives the reproductive system in animals and humans, became more frisky.
Female musk shrews and marmoset monkeys injected with doses of the hormone began sending mating signals to their male partners.
The musk shrews presented their rumps and wagged their tails, while the monkeys flicked their tongues and moved their eyebrows.
The scientists also discovered the animals experienced a reduced appetite - by as much as a third.
At first, the scientists were only able to inject the drug into the brain of animals, but in a breakthrough they are now able to inject the drug directly into the bloodstream.
Lead scientist, Professor Robert Millar, director of the Human Reproductive Sciences Unit at the Medical Research Council, said the drug could cut out the need for Viagra completely.
He told the Daily Mail: "This drug would cut out the need for Viagra completely - Viagra does not produce desire, it simply leads to an erection but not to the desire for sex.
"This drug would arouse and produce the desire for sex at the same time, in both men and women."
Millions of people in Britain experience a loss of sex drive at some time during their lives.
Up to one in three women and one in six men are said to suffer from a loss of libido.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Arrest ends pilot's nude romp in the woods
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (AP) -- A pilot's nighttime romp in the woods with a flight attendant has ended with both suspended and under arrest, police said.
Jeffrey Paul Bradford, 24, and Adrianna Grace Connor, 24, both employees of Pinnacle Airlines Inc., were at a diner on Sunday night before they apparently decided to take a walk, police said.
"They told the officer they wanted to go do it in the woods, essentially," said Lower Swatara Township Police Sgt. Richard Brandt. "That's the best answer they had."
Things went awry when people who live in the neighborhood summoned police around 9:30 p.m., saying they had seen a naked man and an intoxicated woman.
A helicopter with heat-seeking equipment was called in, and Bradford was discovered hiding behind a shed shortly before midnight.
His only attire was a pair of flip-flops and a wristwatch.
Bradford, of Pittsburgh, was charged with indecent exposure, public drunkenness and other offenses. Connor, of Belleville, Michigan, was charged with theft, public drunkenness and other offenses; police said she took a flashlight from a neighbor's vehicle.
The office of District Justice Michael John Smith, where Bradford and Connor were arraigned, said they were not represented by lawyers. Telephone listings for them could not be located.
A spokesman for Pinnacle Airlines said the two were suspended while the company investigates.
Jeffrey Paul Bradford, 24, and Adrianna Grace Connor, 24, both employees of Pinnacle Airlines Inc., were at a diner on Sunday night before they apparently decided to take a walk, police said.
"They told the officer they wanted to go do it in the woods, essentially," said Lower Swatara Township Police Sgt. Richard Brandt. "That's the best answer they had."
Things went awry when people who live in the neighborhood summoned police around 9:30 p.m., saying they had seen a naked man and an intoxicated woman.
A helicopter with heat-seeking equipment was called in, and Bradford was discovered hiding behind a shed shortly before midnight.
His only attire was a pair of flip-flops and a wristwatch.
Bradford, of Pittsburgh, was charged with indecent exposure, public drunkenness and other offenses. Connor, of Belleville, Michigan, was charged with theft, public drunkenness and other offenses; police said she took a flashlight from a neighbor's vehicle.
The office of District Justice Michael John Smith, where Bradford and Connor were arraigned, said they were not represented by lawyers. Telephone listings for them could not be located.
A spokesman for Pinnacle Airlines said the two were suspended while the company investigates.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Monday, May 19, 2008
Scooby beer for man's best friend
With no age limit on drinking, a no-alcohol beer brewed especially for dogs has proved a hit for an Australian pet shop.Dog Beer, or DB, was designed by Sydney pet supplies store owner Elise Schumacher after she noticed her own dogs, named Louis and Vuitton, leaping for drops of beer.
"The slogan is, 'Shout your best friend a beer'," Schumacher said.
She added: "I have drunk it. It tastes like beef and smells like beer."
Schumacher, whose shop also sells liver-flavored fortune cookies for canines, said ordinary beer is bad for dogs.
The special beer is packaged in brown bottles identical to those of normal beers and is sold in local cafes and for barbecues.
It also costs as much as regular beer, with customers forking out £2.50 a bottle.
"It is popular with the guys with their dogs. Lots of people also pick up a few bottles as presents for people who have dogs," she said.
"We have sold just hundreds of bottles."
The special beer is packaged in brown bottles identical to those of normal beers and is sold in local cafes and for barbecues.
It also costs as much as regular beer, with customers forking out £2.50 a bottle.
"It is popular with the guys with their dogs. Lots of people also pick up a few bottles as presents for people who have dogs," she said.
"We have sold just hundreds of bottles."
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Friday, May 16, 2008
Recession Sucks!!!
Beer may not be recession-proof
Cash-strapped drinkers are starting to trade down to economy beers, the chief executive of Miller Brewing Co. said Thursday.
The Milwaukee-based brewer saw some shift between higher-priced, premium beers and economy beers such as Miller High Life and Milwaukee's Best starting in January, Tom Long told reporters on a conference call.
"We think it's primarily driven by decline of disposable income and pocket money that American consumers are feeling right now," he said.
Long said the volume of beers sold remains stable, but the company expects to sell more lower-priced beers this year if gas prices continue to rise.
Americans also are spending less in bars and restaurants, and Long said Miller is seeing declines in sales to those businesses.
Miller's parent, London-based SABMiller PLC (SBMRF), announced Thursday its full-year profits rose 22.7% and the growth rate for lager volumes doubled.
In the U.S., Miller's revenue rose 4.8% to $5.1 billion. Earnings before interest, taxes and amortization rose 27% to $477 million, though that includes a gain of $33 million from a settlement of a dispute.
Sales of flagship brand Miller Lite was up 1.1%, as were sales of Miller High Life. That brand's performance, on the strength of its humorous ad campaign urging people to "Take Back The High Life" reversed a three-year decline.
But other brands didn't fare so well. Miller Genuine Draft's sales were down 10.6%, as the domestic premium brand continued to struggle. Economy brew Milwaukee's Best also saw declines.
SABMiller did not break out fourth-quarter results. The brewer, the world's third-largest, said overall revenue was up 15% to $21.4 billion.
Long didn't offer any new information about the proposed joint venture between Miller and Molson Coors Brewing Co (TAP, Fortune 500). That awaits government approval.
Miller, the nation's second biggest brewer, and Coors, the third biggest, say the pairing - to be called MillerCoors - will help them compete against industry leader Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc (BUD, Fortune 500)., the maker of Budweiser.
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Cash-strapped drinkers are starting to trade down to economy beers, the chief executive of Miller Brewing Co. said Thursday.
The Milwaukee-based brewer saw some shift between higher-priced, premium beers and economy beers such as Miller High Life and Milwaukee's Best starting in January, Tom Long told reporters on a conference call.
"We think it's primarily driven by decline of disposable income and pocket money that American consumers are feeling right now," he said.
Long said the volume of beers sold remains stable, but the company expects to sell more lower-priced beers this year if gas prices continue to rise.
Americans also are spending less in bars and restaurants, and Long said Miller is seeing declines in sales to those businesses.
Miller's parent, London-based SABMiller PLC (SBMRF), announced Thursday its full-year profits rose 22.7% and the growth rate for lager volumes doubled.
In the U.S., Miller's revenue rose 4.8% to $5.1 billion. Earnings before interest, taxes and amortization rose 27% to $477 million, though that includes a gain of $33 million from a settlement of a dispute.
Sales of flagship brand Miller Lite was up 1.1%, as were sales of Miller High Life. That brand's performance, on the strength of its humorous ad campaign urging people to "Take Back The High Life" reversed a three-year decline.
But other brands didn't fare so well. Miller Genuine Draft's sales were down 10.6%, as the domestic premium brand continued to struggle. Economy brew Milwaukee's Best also saw declines.
SABMiller did not break out fourth-quarter results. The brewer, the world's third-largest, said overall revenue was up 15% to $21.4 billion.
Long didn't offer any new information about the proposed joint venture between Miller and Molson Coors Brewing Co (TAP, Fortune 500). That awaits government approval.
Miller, the nation's second biggest brewer, and Coors, the third biggest, say the pairing - to be called MillerCoors - will help them compete against industry leader Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc (BUD, Fortune 500)., the maker of Budweiser.
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Thursday, May 15, 2008
Boy that's some stomach ache
A young girl who went to hospital in central Greece suffering from stomach pains was found to be carrying her embryonic twin, doctors said Thursday.Doctors at Larissa General Hospital examined the girl and surgically removed a growth they later discovered was an embryo more than two inches long.
"They could see on the right side that her belly was swollen, but they couldn't suspect that this tumor would hide an embryo," hospital director Iakovos Brouskelis said.
The girl has made a full recovery, he said.
Andreas Markou, head of the hospital's pediatric department, said the embryo was a formed fetus with a head, hair and eyes, but no brain or umbilical cord.
Markou said cases where one of a set of twins absorbs the other in the womb occurs in one of 500,000 live births.
The girl's family did not want to be identified, hospital officials said.
and the Brew Crew knows how to appreciate twins...............
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Solar bra brings conservation
Ladies, take your battle for the environment a little closer to your heart with a solar-powered bra that can generate enough electric energy to charge a mobile phone or an iPod.Lingerie maker Triumph International Japan Ltd unveiled its environmentally friendly, and green colored, "Solar Power Bra" on Wednesday in Tokyo which features a solar panel worn around the stomach.
The panel requires light to generate electricity and the concept bra will not be in stores anytime soon, said Triumph spokeswoman Yoshiko Masuda, as "people usually can not go outside without wearing clothes over it."
But it does send the message of how lingerie could possibly save the planet, Masuda said, adding that the bra should not be washed or sunned on a rainy day to avoid damaging it.
Being eco-friendly is now fashionable in Japan, and the "Solar Energy Bra" follows the company's other green-themed undergarments that include a bra that turns into a reusable shopping bag and one that featured metal chopsticks to promote the use of reusable chopsticks.
"It is very comfortable and I can really feel involved in eco-friendly efforts as well," model Yuko Ishida said.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
And here is today's post!!!!!
Tongue artist has a fresh lick of paint
Struggling painters must suffer for their art, slumming it in filthy digs and eating whatever's in the fridge, even if it's not food.
But Ani K licks those lightweights – he paints with his tongue and regularly, if not surprisingly, deals with nausea, cramp and headaches.'First, I tried with my nose but noticed others were already doing it. I thought of giving my tongue a try and succeeded,' the 30-year-old said.
'A few newspapers reported it. I got a good response. Then I made it a regular practice.' Ani devised his technique last year, after seeing another artist paint using his foot. When he first started, he got severe head and body aches every time he tried to use his tongue. He was sick because of the pungent fumes but has grown immune to the effects, he claimed.
So far, the drawing teacher has finished 20 watercolours including – rather appropriately – a 2.4m (8ft) wide rendering of Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper, featuring Jesus and his disciples. It took him five months to finish.
He now plans to show 150 works in a gallery he is building in his home in Kerala, India. He hopes to be ready in six months because, now his body is used to the unorthodox method, he can complete one canvas in about four days.
Already, Ani has works featuring Mahatma Gandhi and Osama bin Laden. He added: 'I'm always looking for something different.'
The artist is not the only one who uses unusual body parts for art.
Di Peel swapped her brushes for breasts to create abstract works, while fellow Australian Tim Patch earned the nickname 'Pricasso' after pioneering the use of his penis to paint. He can only paint for a short time, though.
And Stan Murmur paints with his bottom – but lost his job as an art teacher when he gave a TV interview demonstrating his technique.
OK here is yesterday's post!!!!
Driver fined for putting beer before child
A motorist was fined £300 for putting a seat belt around his beer rather than his five-year-old child.
Constable Wayne Burnett said he was "shocked and appalled" when he pulled over the unregistered car.
The 30-can box was strapped in between the two adults sitting in the back of the car. The child was with them - sitting on the floor.
"The child was sitting in the lump in the centre, unrestrained," PC Burnett said.
"I've never seen anythig like this before
"This is the first time that the beer has taken priority over a child," he said.
PC Burnett pulled the car over near the Australian town of Alice Springs to check if alcohol was being smuggled into an aboriginal settlement where it is prohibited.
The man was fined for driving an unregistered and uninsured vehicle, and for failing to ensure a child was wearing a seat belt.
"The concern is about people's priorities," a police spokesman said. "It is very unusual to see someone strapping in beer."
A motorist was fined £300 for putting a seat belt around his beer rather than his five-year-old child.
Constable Wayne Burnett said he was "shocked and appalled" when he pulled over the unregistered car.
The 30-can box was strapped in between the two adults sitting in the back of the car. The child was with them - sitting on the floor.
"The child was sitting in the lump in the centre, unrestrained," PC Burnett said.
"I've never seen anythig like this before
"This is the first time that the beer has taken priority over a child," he said.
PC Burnett pulled the car over near the Australian town of Alice Springs to check if alcohol was being smuggled into an aboriginal settlement where it is prohibited.
The man was fined for driving an unregistered and uninsured vehicle, and for failing to ensure a child was wearing a seat belt.
"The concern is about people's priorities," a police spokesman said. "It is very unusual to see someone strapping in beer."
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Happy Mothers Day....All You Mothers!!!!
From the Brew Crew to all you mothers HAPPY MOTHER DAY!!!!!!
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Legally blind man, 78, bowls perfect game
A 78-year-old legally blind man nicknamed "The Hammer" has bowled a perfect game. Dale Davis of Alta, Iowa, nailed 12 consecutive strikes and reached 300 on Saturday night during league play.
"It's a great sport. It's something the young, the old and the handicapped can do," Davis said Thursday. "I guess I count as the old and handicapped."
Davis has suffered from macular degeneration, a chronic eye disease, for the past decade. He can't see out of his left eye and has limited peripheral vision in his right eye.
Davis' perfect game came at a roll-off to conclude the league season at a four-lane alley in the small northwest Iowa community of about 1,800 people.
Century Lanes owner Clem Ledoux said Davis' game didn't draw much attention until he reached 10 strikes. That's when folks poured out of the bar to watch his final two shots.
Davis, who stands 5-foot-8 and just 115 pounds, threw a "Brooklyn," where a right-hander strikes the left side of the head pin, for his final strike. The feat brought wild cheers from Davis' fellow bowlers and onlookers.
"It went down there and somebody hollered 'Brooklyn!' It was just a solid sound in the pocket," said Davis, whose average score is 180. "It was quite a thrill. For just a few minutes there I felt like a pro."
Davis, who earned his unique moniker as a child from his blacksmith father, moved from California to live with his sister in Iowa shortly after losing sight in his left eye in 1997.
She encouraged him to start bowling again. Davis now bowls twice a week, and his fellow bowlers help him with pin placement and in making sure he picks up the right ball.
Davis said the only time he sees the ball is when he picks it up, but he can usually tell how his throw went by sound. All 12 tosses sounded great to Davis, who bowled the first 300 that Ledoux could recall at the alley since he took over in 1984.
"He's got good coordination. He's got good timing," Ledoux said. "We've always kidded him that we think his bowling ball has eyes."
There is hope for the Brew Crew.
"It's a great sport. It's something the young, the old and the handicapped can do," Davis said Thursday. "I guess I count as the old and handicapped."
Davis has suffered from macular degeneration, a chronic eye disease, for the past decade. He can't see out of his left eye and has limited peripheral vision in his right eye.
Davis' perfect game came at a roll-off to conclude the league season at a four-lane alley in the small northwest Iowa community of about 1,800 people.
Century Lanes owner Clem Ledoux said Davis' game didn't draw much attention until he reached 10 strikes. That's when folks poured out of the bar to watch his final two shots.
Davis, who stands 5-foot-8 and just 115 pounds, threw a "Brooklyn," where a right-hander strikes the left side of the head pin, for his final strike. The feat brought wild cheers from Davis' fellow bowlers and onlookers.
"It went down there and somebody hollered 'Brooklyn!' It was just a solid sound in the pocket," said Davis, whose average score is 180. "It was quite a thrill. For just a few minutes there I felt like a pro."
Davis, who earned his unique moniker as a child from his blacksmith father, moved from California to live with his sister in Iowa shortly after losing sight in his left eye in 1997.
She encouraged him to start bowling again. Davis now bowls twice a week, and his fellow bowlers help him with pin placement and in making sure he picks up the right ball.
Davis said the only time he sees the ball is when he picks it up, but he can usually tell how his throw went by sound. All 12 tosses sounded great to Davis, who bowled the first 300 that Ledoux could recall at the alley since he took over in 1984.
"He's got good coordination. He's got good timing," Ledoux said. "We've always kidded him that we think his bowling ball has eyes."
There is hope for the Brew Crew.
Friday, May 9, 2008
At last, a Brew Crew dream job
From Wired comes the job opportunity we've been waiting for ever since our editor sat us down and broke the horrifying news - that working for Metro was one of those jobs where you had to actually get out of bed and come into an office and do stuff.NASA is looking for volunteers to lie in bed for three months to simulate some of the effects of zero gravity - and according to Wired, they'll pay good money for your idleness (well, it's in dollars, so it's less good money than it could be, but hey.) $17,000 for doing nothing? Our prayers have been answered.
What's even more galling is that apparently they've been doing this for years, and nobody told us. You even get astronauts visiting you! Well, enough's enough.
Sod you, Metro! No more getting up at some ungodly hour when all the cool people haven't even gone to bed yet just to drag our aching carcass across London along with the zombie hordes of barely conscious worker drones. No more having to 'think' and look for 'news stories' to 'write up' for our so-called 'readers'. No more having to wear trousers when we don't want to wear trousers, dammit. NASA, here we come.
Comes with optional Blonde? We sure hope so............
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Town in Austria
Are the residents called Fuckers?
What are the mothers called?
What would you be learning at the Fucking High School ?
Does the Fucking Hospital help you with anything else?
If your friend came from another town, he wouldn't be your Fucking friend?
What do you ask a pedestrian when you want to mail a letter, 'Excuse me, where's the Fucking Post Office?'
And, perhaps, it's just like in America ...you can never find the Fucking Police when you need them!
NOW YOU CAN FORWARD THIS TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS WHO KNOW NOTHING ABOUT FUCKING
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Thailand gives Buddha porn thumbs down
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Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Civil servant punished for epic porn consumption
A Japanese civil servant was demoted for viewing pornographic Web sites more than 780,000 times during office hours over a nine-month period, an official said Friday.
The man, an employee of the Kinokawa government in western Japan, visited porn sites from June last year to February 2008, Kinokawa official Tomiko Waki said. The man's name was withheld.
Despite his frequent porn viewing, none of his colleagues noticed his activities.
'Each desk is set apart from each other,' Waki said, adding that the man accessed porn sites 170,000 times in July alone.
The man, an employee of the Kinokawa government in western Japan, visited porn sites from June last year to February 2008, Kinokawa official Tomiko Waki said. The man's name was withheld.
Despite his frequent porn viewing, none of his colleagues noticed his activities.
'Each desk is set apart from each other,' Waki said, adding that the man accessed porn sites 170,000 times in July alone.
The man's superiors discovered his extensive porn site visits after his computer became infected with a virus, prompting officials to examine his web browser's history.
Along with the demotion, he received a 20,000 yen (£96) monthly pay cut, Waki said.
Along with the demotion, he received a 20,000 yen (£96) monthly pay cut, Waki said.
Monday, May 5, 2008
Illinois man orders custom beer-can coffin
Bill Bramanti will love Pabst Blue Ribbon eternally, and he's got the custom-made beer-can casket to prove it.
"I actually fit, because I got in here," said Bramanti of South Chicago Heights.
The 67-year-old Glenwood village administrator doesn't plan on needing it anytime soon, though.
He threw a party Saturday for friends and filled his silver coffin — designed in Pabst's colors of red, white and blue — with ice and his favorite brew.
"Why put such a great novelty piece up on a shelf in storage when you could use it only the way Bill Bramanti would use it?" said Bramanti's daughter, Cathy Bramanti, 42.
Bramanti ordered the casket from Panozzo Bros. Funeral Home in Chicago Heights, and Scott Sign Co. of Chicago Heights designed the beer can.
"I actually fit, because I got in here," said Bramanti of South Chicago Heights.
The 67-year-old Glenwood village administrator doesn't plan on needing it anytime soon, though.
He threw a party Saturday for friends and filled his silver coffin — designed in Pabst's colors of red, white and blue — with ice and his favorite brew.
"Why put such a great novelty piece up on a shelf in storage when you could use it only the way Bill Bramanti would use it?" said Bramanti's daughter, Cathy Bramanti, 42.
Bramanti ordered the casket from Panozzo Bros. Funeral Home in Chicago Heights, and Scott Sign Co. of Chicago Heights designed the beer can.
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Saturday, May 3, 2008
HIGH SCHOOL IN FLORIDA SEEMS FUN
PORT ST. LUCIE — Tiffany Shepherd, a biology teacher at Port St. Lucie High School, learned last week that she will not be asked to return when school starts next year, nor will she finish this school year.
Shepherd doesn't think it's her teaching skills that the St. Lucie County School District found objectionable but, rather, her after-school job as a bikini mate aboard Smokin' Em Charters fishing tours.
As such, Shepherd, a 30-year-old buxom blonde from Fort Pierce with an undergraduate degree in pre-med, performs the usual duties of a mate, but wears a bikini and fetches drinks and sandwiches for the men on board.
It's a job she took three weeks ago to help support her three young sons following a divorce, something she says is difficult to do on a teaching salary.
"I can make $600 in two days (fishing)," she said. "That's a week's pay for me in two days."
Smokin' Em Charters, a Port St. Lucie-based company, gained notoriety earlier this month when it was kicked out of the Fort Pierce city marina for violating the city's family-friendly atmosphere. The charter company's Web site has pictures of some of the bikini mates, many of them partially nude, and says the only job requirement is to look "hot in a bikini."
Shepherd, who said she does not go topless on the fishing boat, said she doesn't believe the job is inappropriate or at odds with her role as a teacher to high school students. Suggestive photographs of her are online, but with a disclaimer saying they should not be viewed by children under the age of 18, and her job on the boat requires her to wear no more or less than she might on any public beach, she said.
"You don't wear jeans or slacks to go fishing," she said. "I wasn't doing anything wrong."
But district officials say Shepherd was doing something wrong, it just didn't have anything to do with her after-school activities. They say Shepherd missed more than 30 days of school this year and received two written reprimands for the absences.
"She just doesn't come to work," said Susan Ranew, the district's assistant superintendent of human resources. "We did not know about her second job until after she received her notice of non-renewal."
And, when Shepherd missed yet another day not long after being told she would not be reappointed, school officials decided enough was enough and hired a substitute teacher to finish the year, Ranew said.
School officials can release a teacher without giving a reason until they have successfully completed three years of teaching. About 150 teachers on average each year are asked not to return for a variety of reasons, including failing to complete certification requirements, poor performance or lack of content knowledge, she said.
Ranew said suggestive photos of Shepherd on the charter boat's Web site could have posed a problem with the district's code of ethics because they could undermine her effectiveness. But she said it was her absences, not the photos, that prompted her dismissal.
Shepherd, who worked at St. Lucie West Centennial High School for three years before moving to Port St. Lucie High, still was on an annual contract because she was not reappointed in her third year at Centennial, Ranew said.
Shepherd said she switched schools because she had a disagreement with her supervisor over paperwork after taking six to seven weeks of family leave to care for an ailing son. She said she also has had frequent migraines since being in a bad car accident.
But Shepherd, who said she thinks she missed about 20 days this year, said she doesn't believe her absences are the reason she was told to leave, and she said she knows of another teacher at Port St. Lucie High who missed three-quarters of the year for a stomach ulcer but was reappointed for next year.
"They can not reappoint me for that, that's fine, but they fired me now," she said. "That's not the reason they let me go now. It's Smokin' Em Charters."
Friday, May 2, 2008
Brew Crew Metrosexual News.........
Porn for the deaf and blind
'She lifts her top to reveal her breasts,' says a monotone American male voice. 'They have clearly been augmented by silicone implants. The man then rubs her left breast and she displays her buttocks from behind.'
I'm listening to a description of a short porn clip on the website, Porn For The Blind. In theory the site is a great idea.
The blind community can't take advantage of erotic films – aside from their obvious restrictions, most porn sites aren't easy to navigate – so the visually impaired find them confusing.
In response, a couple of good souls have set up an online recording software system that allows volunteers to watch porn preview clips and describe what's happening as the excitement unfolds.
I'm listening to a description of a short porn clip on the website, Porn For The Blind. In theory the site is a great idea.
The blind community can't take advantage of erotic films – aside from their obvious restrictions, most porn sites aren't easy to navigate – so the visually impaired find them confusing.
In response, a couple of good souls have set up an online recording software system that allows volunteers to watch porn preview clips and describe what's happening as the excitement unfolds.
Helping othersThere are millions of free porn clips available online and now the blind can discover what's going on among the grunts and groans.
Unfortunately, in reality, this particular narrator sounds so bored I fear he could fall asleep at any moment.
Elmer, one of the co-founders of Porn For The Blind admits he has had requests from listeners for saucier descriptions.
'They want them to be sexier or narrated by women. But our submission process is completely open and most to this point have been from men and they have been rather dry.'
Who does he imagine takes time out from their busy day to watch these porn clips in order to help others? 'We would guess most contributors are just good people who want to make a positive change in the world,' he says.
And unbelievably, there have been no silly recordings made by people abusing the system. 'There hasn't been any abuse of the service,' says Elmer. 'We've taken down a couple of recordings but only because they're empty, probably from people who couldn't get their microphone to work.'
In my bid to do something positive in the world, I attempted to record a short clip. I had my heart set on 'Milfsoup' but during my practice session I spent too long describing the girl's acrylic nails and choice of sandals and ran out of time for the saucy stuff.
Alas, their recorder was broken and I spent a frustrating hour logging off and on again. But if you want to add your own contribution, Elmer assures me it is now fixed.
Not that it's just the blind who are being catered for when it comes to erotica. Deaf Bunny productions is the first porn company in the world to be owned and staffed by deaf people. It is the brainchild of Dino Capone, who uses a variety of techniques to communicate with his audience, including sign language, subtitles and cartoon-style thought bubbles.
So far he has made two major films and 20 short movies. 'The deaf community is a small one and the actors and actresses did have some concerns about their privacy being exposed,' he explains. 'They're a courageous group and I truly admire them.'
Most porn films aren't known for their gripping plots or witty scripts, so is it really necessary to include deaf actors?
'It's about equal access,' says Capone. 'Most deaf people enjoy storytelling. We're using our language so they can feel a sense of belonging.'
The feedback he's had from deaf viewers has been 'totally positive' although he admits he was initially nervous. 'I asked myself if I was playing God or the devil. It's fairly crazy idea and it takes courage to do it.
If reaction was too negative, I planned to discreetly close the program out of respect for the deaf community.'
Better understandingSince his first film was released, Capone hasn't stopped receiving questions about sexual issues. 'There seems to be a lack of understanding about what sex is all about in mainstream media due to language barriers between the deaf and hearing worlds,' he explains.
'Quite amazingly, many said that they learned something new from us. We know we're instrumental in helping them improve their lives.'
Deaf Bunny productions aren't exclusively for the deaf either – it also captures mainstream audiences. 'Many hearing men say deaf women perform better than hearing women because they're natural and expressive,' explains Capone.
'And they don't get hung up on how they sound. It's magnificent that we're bridging the gap between the hearing and deaf worlds.'
Unfortunately, in reality, this particular narrator sounds so bored I fear he could fall asleep at any moment.
Elmer, one of the co-founders of Porn For The Blind admits he has had requests from listeners for saucier descriptions.
'They want them to be sexier or narrated by women. But our submission process is completely open and most to this point have been from men and they have been rather dry.'
Who does he imagine takes time out from their busy day to watch these porn clips in order to help others? 'We would guess most contributors are just good people who want to make a positive change in the world,' he says.
And unbelievably, there have been no silly recordings made by people abusing the system. 'There hasn't been any abuse of the service,' says Elmer. 'We've taken down a couple of recordings but only because they're empty, probably from people who couldn't get their microphone to work.'
In my bid to do something positive in the world, I attempted to record a short clip. I had my heart set on 'Milfsoup' but during my practice session I spent too long describing the girl's acrylic nails and choice of sandals and ran out of time for the saucy stuff.
Alas, their recorder was broken and I spent a frustrating hour logging off and on again. But if you want to add your own contribution, Elmer assures me it is now fixed.
Not that it's just the blind who are being catered for when it comes to erotica. Deaf Bunny productions is the first porn company in the world to be owned and staffed by deaf people. It is the brainchild of Dino Capone, who uses a variety of techniques to communicate with his audience, including sign language, subtitles and cartoon-style thought bubbles.
So far he has made two major films and 20 short movies. 'The deaf community is a small one and the actors and actresses did have some concerns about their privacy being exposed,' he explains. 'They're a courageous group and I truly admire them.'
Most porn films aren't known for their gripping plots or witty scripts, so is it really necessary to include deaf actors?
'It's about equal access,' says Capone. 'Most deaf people enjoy storytelling. We're using our language so they can feel a sense of belonging.'
The feedback he's had from deaf viewers has been 'totally positive' although he admits he was initially nervous. 'I asked myself if I was playing God or the devil. It's fairly crazy idea and it takes courage to do it.
If reaction was too negative, I planned to discreetly close the program out of respect for the deaf community.'
Better understandingSince his first film was released, Capone hasn't stopped receiving questions about sexual issues. 'There seems to be a lack of understanding about what sex is all about in mainstream media due to language barriers between the deaf and hearing worlds,' he explains.
'Quite amazingly, many said that they learned something new from us. We know we're instrumental in helping them improve their lives.'
Deaf Bunny productions aren't exclusively for the deaf either – it also captures mainstream audiences. 'Many hearing men say deaf women perform better than hearing women because they're natural and expressive,' explains Capone.
'And they don't get hung up on how they sound. It's magnificent that we're bridging the gap between the hearing and deaf worlds.'
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Things your body can do after you die
Kinda Looks Like Roy Running!!
1. Get married
Death is no obstacle when it comes to love in China. That's because ghost marriage -- the practice of setting up deceased relatives with suitable spouses, dead or alive -- is still an option.
Ghost marriage first appeared in Chinese legends 2,000 years ago, and it's been a staple of the culture ever since. At times, it was a way for spinsters to gain social acceptance after death. At other times, the ceremony honored dead sons by giving them living brides. In both cases, the marriages served a religious function by making the deceased happier in the afterlife.
While the practice of matchmaking for the dead waned during China's Cultural Revolution in the late 1960s, officials report that ghost marriages are back on the rise. Today, the goal is often to give a deceased bachelor a wife -- preferably one who has recently been laid to rest. But in a nation where men outnumber women in death as well as in life, the shortage of corpse brides has led to murder.
In 2007, there were two widely reported cases of rural men killing prostitutes, housekeepers, and mentally ill women in order to sell their bodies as ghost wives. Worse, these crimes pay. According to The Washington Post and The London Times, one undertaker buys women's bodies for more than $2,000 and sells them to prospective "in-laws" for nearly $5,000.
Death is no obstacle when it comes to love in China. That's because ghost marriage -- the practice of setting up deceased relatives with suitable spouses, dead or alive -- is still an option.
Ghost marriage first appeared in Chinese legends 2,000 years ago, and it's been a staple of the culture ever since. At times, it was a way for spinsters to gain social acceptance after death. At other times, the ceremony honored dead sons by giving them living brides. In both cases, the marriages served a religious function by making the deceased happier in the afterlife.
While the practice of matchmaking for the dead waned during China's Cultural Revolution in the late 1960s, officials report that ghost marriages are back on the rise. Today, the goal is often to give a deceased bachelor a wife -- preferably one who has recently been laid to rest. But in a nation where men outnumber women in death as well as in life, the shortage of corpse brides has led to murder.
In 2007, there were two widely reported cases of rural men killing prostitutes, housekeepers, and mentally ill women in order to sell their bodies as ghost wives. Worse, these crimes pay. According to The Washington Post and The London Times, one undertaker buys women's bodies for more than $2,000 and sells them to prospective "in-laws" for nearly $5,000.
2. Unwind with a few friends
Today, most of us think of mummies as rare and valuable artifacts, but to the ancient Egyptians, they were as common as iPhones. So, where have all those mummies gone? Basically, they've been used up. Europeans and Middle Easterners spent centuries raiding ancient Egyptian tombs and turning the bandaged bodies into cheap commodities.
For instance, mummy-based panaceas were once popular as quack medicine. In the 16th century, French King Francis I took a daily pinch of mummy to build strength, sort of like a particularly offensive multivitamin. Other mummies, mainly those of animals, became kindling in homes and steam engines.
Meanwhile, human mummies frequently fell victim to Victorian social events. During the late 19th century, it was popular for wealthy families to host mummy-unwrapping parties, where the desecration of the dead was followed by cocktails and hors d'oeuvres.
Today, most of us think of mummies as rare and valuable artifacts, but to the ancient Egyptians, they were as common as iPhones. So, where have all those mummies gone? Basically, they've been used up. Europeans and Middle Easterners spent centuries raiding ancient Egyptian tombs and turning the bandaged bodies into cheap commodities.
For instance, mummy-based panaceas were once popular as quack medicine. In the 16th century, French King Francis I took a daily pinch of mummy to build strength, sort of like a particularly offensive multivitamin. Other mummies, mainly those of animals, became kindling in homes and steam engines.
Meanwhile, human mummies frequently fell victim to Victorian social events. During the late 19th century, it was popular for wealthy families to host mummy-unwrapping parties, where the desecration of the dead was followed by cocktails and hors d'oeuvres.
3. Tour the globe as a scandalous work of art
Beginning in 1996 with the BODY WORLDS show in Japan, exhibits featuring artfully flayed human bodies have rocked the museum circuit. BODY WORLDS is now in its fourth incarnation, and competing shows, such as Bodies Revealed, are pulling in $30 million per year. The problem is, it's not always clear where those bodies are coming from.
Dr. Gunther von Hagens, the man behind BODY WORLDS, has documented that his bodies were donated voluntarily to his organization. However, his largest competitor, Premier Entertainment, doesn't have a well-established donation system. Premier maintains that its cadavers are unclaimed bodies from mainland China. And therein lies the concern. Activists and journalists believe "unclaimed bodies" is a euphemism for "executed political prisoners."
The fear isn't unfounded. In 2006, Canada commissioned a human rights report that found Chinese political prisoners were being killed so that their organs could be "donated" to transplant patients. And in February 2008, ABC News ran an exposé featuring a former employee from one of the Chinese companies that supplied corpses to Premier Entertainment. In the interview, he claimed that one-third of the bodies he processed were political prisoners. Not surprisingly, governments have started to take notice. In January 2008, the California State Assembly passed legislation requiring body exhibits to prove that all their corpses were willfully donated.
Beginning in 1996 with the BODY WORLDS show in Japan, exhibits featuring artfully flayed human bodies have rocked the museum circuit. BODY WORLDS is now in its fourth incarnation, and competing shows, such as Bodies Revealed, are pulling in $30 million per year. The problem is, it's not always clear where those bodies are coming from.
Dr. Gunther von Hagens, the man behind BODY WORLDS, has documented that his bodies were donated voluntarily to his organization. However, his largest competitor, Premier Entertainment, doesn't have a well-established donation system. Premier maintains that its cadavers are unclaimed bodies from mainland China. And therein lies the concern. Activists and journalists believe "unclaimed bodies" is a euphemism for "executed political prisoners."
The fear isn't unfounded. In 2006, Canada commissioned a human rights report that found Chinese political prisoners were being killed so that their organs could be "donated" to transplant patients. And in February 2008, ABC News ran an exposé featuring a former employee from one of the Chinese companies that supplied corpses to Premier Entertainment. In the interview, he claimed that one-third of the bodies he processed were political prisoners. Not surprisingly, governments have started to take notice. In January 2008, the California State Assembly passed legislation requiring body exhibits to prove that all their corpses were willfully donated.
4. Fuel a city
Cremating a body uses up a lot of energy -- and a lot of nonrenewable resources. So how do you give Grandma the send-off she wanted and protect the planet at the same time? Multitask.
Some European crematoriums have figured out a way to replace conventional boilers by harnessing the heat produced in their fires, which can reach temperatures in excess of 1,832 degrees Fahrenheit. In fact, starting in 1997, the Swedish city of Helsingborg used local crematoriums to supply 10 percent of the heat for its homes.
Cremating a body uses up a lot of energy -- and a lot of nonrenewable resources. So how do you give Grandma the send-off she wanted and protect the planet at the same time? Multitask.
Some European crematoriums have figured out a way to replace conventional boilers by harnessing the heat produced in their fires, which can reach temperatures in excess of 1,832 degrees Fahrenheit. In fact, starting in 1997, the Swedish city of Helsingborg used local crematoriums to supply 10 percent of the heat for its homes.
5. Get sold, chop shop-style
Selling a stiff has always been a profitable venture. In the Middle Ages, grave robbers scoured cemeteries and sold whatever they could dig up to doctors and scientists. And while the business of selling cadavers and body parts in the United States is certainly cleaner now, it's no less dubious.
Today, the system runs like this: Willed-body donation programs, often run by universities, match cadavers with the researchers who need them. But because dead bodies and body parts can't be sold legally, the middlemen who supply these bodies charge large fees for "shipping and handling."
Shipping a full cadaver can bring in as much as $1,000, but if you divvy up a body into its component parts, you can make a fortune. A head can cost as much as $500; a knee, $650; and a disembodied torso, $5,000.
The truth is, there are never enough of these willed bodies to meet demand. And with that kind of money on the mortician's table, corruption abounds.
In the past few years, coroners have been busted stealing corneas, crematorium technicians have been caught lifting heads off bodies before they're burned, and university employees at body donation programs have been found stealing cadavers.
After UCLA's willed-body program director was arrested for selling body parts in 2004, the State of California recommended outfitting corpses with bar code tattoos or tracking chips, like the kinds injected into dogs and cats. The hope is to make cadavers easier to inventory and track down when they disappear.
Selling a stiff has always been a profitable venture. In the Middle Ages, grave robbers scoured cemeteries and sold whatever they could dig up to doctors and scientists. And while the business of selling cadavers and body parts in the United States is certainly cleaner now, it's no less dubious.
Today, the system runs like this: Willed-body donation programs, often run by universities, match cadavers with the researchers who need them. But because dead bodies and body parts can't be sold legally, the middlemen who supply these bodies charge large fees for "shipping and handling."
Shipping a full cadaver can bring in as much as $1,000, but if you divvy up a body into its component parts, you can make a fortune. A head can cost as much as $500; a knee, $650; and a disembodied torso, $5,000.
The truth is, there are never enough of these willed bodies to meet demand. And with that kind of money on the mortician's table, corruption abounds.
In the past few years, coroners have been busted stealing corneas, crematorium technicians have been caught lifting heads off bodies before they're burned, and university employees at body donation programs have been found stealing cadavers.
After UCLA's willed-body program director was arrested for selling body parts in 2004, the State of California recommended outfitting corpses with bar code tattoos or tracking chips, like the kinds injected into dogs and cats. The hope is to make cadavers easier to inventory and track down when they disappear.
6. Become a Soviet tourist attraction
Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin wanted to be buried in his family plot. But when Lenin died in 1924, Joseph Stalin insisted on putting his corpse on public display in Red Square, creating a secular, Communist relic.
Consequently, an organization called the Research Institute for Biological Structures was formed to keep Lenin's body from decay. The Institute was no joke, as some of the Soviet Union's most brilliant minds spent more than 25 years working and living on site to perfect the Soviet system of corpse preservation. Scientists today still use their method, which involves a carefully controlled climate, a twice-weekly regimen of dusting and lubrication, and semi-annual dips in a secret blend of 11 herbs and chemicals.
Unlike bodies, however, fame can't last forever. The popularity of the tomb is dwindling, and the Russian government is now considering giving Lenin the burial he always wanted.
Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin wanted to be buried in his family plot. But when Lenin died in 1924, Joseph Stalin insisted on putting his corpse on public display in Red Square, creating a secular, Communist relic.
Consequently, an organization called the Research Institute for Biological Structures was formed to keep Lenin's body from decay. The Institute was no joke, as some of the Soviet Union's most brilliant minds spent more than 25 years working and living on site to perfect the Soviet system of corpse preservation. Scientists today still use their method, which involves a carefully controlled climate, a twice-weekly regimen of dusting and lubrication, and semi-annual dips in a secret blend of 11 herbs and chemicals.
Unlike bodies, however, fame can't last forever. The popularity of the tomb is dwindling, and the Russian government is now considering giving Lenin the burial he always wanted.
7. Snuggle up with your stalker
When a beautiful young woman named Elena Hoyos died of tuberculosis in Florida in 1931, her life as a misused object of desire began. Her admirer, a local X-ray technician who called himself Count Carl von Cosel, paid for Hoyos to be embalmed and buried in a mausoleum above ground.
Then, in 1933, the crafty Count stole Elena's body and hid it in his home. During the next seven years, he worked to preserve her corpse, replacing her flesh as it decayed with hanger wires, molded wax, and plaster of Paris. He even slept beside Elena's body in bed -- that is, until her family discovered her there.
In the ensuing media circus, more than 6,000 people filed through the funeral home to view Elena before she was put to rest. Her family buried her in an unmarked grave so that von Cosel couldn't find her, but that didn't stop his obsession. Von Cosel wrote about Elena for pulp fiction magazines and sold postcards of her likeness until he was found dead in his home in 1952. Near his body was a life-size wax dummy made to look just like Elena.
When a beautiful young woman named Elena Hoyos died of tuberculosis in Florida in 1931, her life as a misused object of desire began. Her admirer, a local X-ray technician who called himself Count Carl von Cosel, paid for Hoyos to be embalmed and buried in a mausoleum above ground.
Then, in 1933, the crafty Count stole Elena's body and hid it in his home. During the next seven years, he worked to preserve her corpse, replacing her flesh as it decayed with hanger wires, molded wax, and plaster of Paris. He even slept beside Elena's body in bed -- that is, until her family discovered her there.
In the ensuing media circus, more than 6,000 people filed through the funeral home to view Elena before she was put to rest. Her family buried her in an unmarked grave so that von Cosel couldn't find her, but that didn't stop his obsession. Von Cosel wrote about Elena for pulp fiction magazines and sold postcards of her likeness until he was found dead in his home in 1952. Near his body was a life-size wax dummy made to look just like Elena.
8. Don't spread an epidemic
In the aftermath of natural disasters such as tsunamis, floods and hurricanes, it's common for the bodies of victims to be buried or burned en masse as soon as possible. Supposedly, this prevents the spread of disease.
But according to the World Health Organization (WHO), dead bodies have been getting a bad rap. It turns out that the victims of natural disasters are no more likely to harbor infectious diseases than the general population. Plus, most pathogens can't survive long in a corpse.
Taken together, the WHO says there's no way that cadavers are to blame for post-disaster outbreaks. So what is? The fault seems to lie with the living or, more specifically, their living conditions. After a disaster, people often end up in crowded refugee camps with poor sanitation. For epidemic diseases, that's akin to an all-you-can-eat buffet.
In the aftermath of natural disasters such as tsunamis, floods and hurricanes, it's common for the bodies of victims to be buried or burned en masse as soon as possible. Supposedly, this prevents the spread of disease.
But according to the World Health Organization (WHO), dead bodies have been getting a bad rap. It turns out that the victims of natural disasters are no more likely to harbor infectious diseases than the general population. Plus, most pathogens can't survive long in a corpse.
Taken together, the WHO says there's no way that cadavers are to blame for post-disaster outbreaks. So what is? The fault seems to lie with the living or, more specifically, their living conditions. After a disaster, people often end up in crowded refugee camps with poor sanitation. For epidemic diseases, that's akin to an all-you-can-eat buffet.
9. Stand trial
In 897, Pope Stephen VI accused former Pope Formosus of perjury and violation of church canon. The problem was that Pope Formosus had died nine months earlier.
Stephen worked around this little detail by exhuming the dead pope's body, dressing it in full papal regalia, and putting it on trial. He then proceeded to serve as chief prosecutor as he angrily cross-examined the corpse. The spectacle was about as ludicrous as you'd imagine.
In fact, Pope Stephen appeared so thoroughly insane that a group of concerned citizens launched a successful assassination plot against him. The next year, one of Pope Stephen's successors reversed Formosus' conviction, ordering his body reburied with full honors.
In 897, Pope Stephen VI accused former Pope Formosus of perjury and violation of church canon. The problem was that Pope Formosus had died nine months earlier.
Stephen worked around this little detail by exhuming the dead pope's body, dressing it in full papal regalia, and putting it on trial. He then proceeded to serve as chief prosecutor as he angrily cross-examined the corpse. The spectacle was about as ludicrous as you'd imagine.
In fact, Pope Stephen appeared so thoroughly insane that a group of concerned citizens launched a successful assassination plot against him. The next year, one of Pope Stephen's successors reversed Formosus' conviction, ordering his body reburied with full honors.
10. Stave off freezer burn
At cryonics facilities around the globe, the dead aren't frozen anymore. The reason? Freezer burn. As with steaks and green beans, freezing a human body damages tissues, largely because cells burst as the water in them solidifies and expands. In the early days of cryonics, the theory was that future medical technology would be able to fix this damage, along with curing whatever illness killed the patient in the first place.
Realizing that straight freezing isn't the best option, today's scientists have made significant advances in cryonics. Using a process called vitrification, the water in the body is now replaced with an anti-freezing agent. The body is then stored at cold temperatures, but no ice forms.
In 2005, researchers vitrified a rabbit kidney and successfully brought it back to complete functionality -- a big step in cryonics research. (It may help in organ transplants someday, too.)
But science has yet to prove that an entire body can be revived. Even worse, some vitrified bodies have developed large cracks in places where cracks don't belong. Until those kinks get worked out, the hope of being revived in the future will remain a dream.
At cryonics facilities around the globe, the dead aren't frozen anymore. The reason? Freezer burn. As with steaks and green beans, freezing a human body damages tissues, largely because cells burst as the water in them solidifies and expands. In the early days of cryonics, the theory was that future medical technology would be able to fix this damage, along with curing whatever illness killed the patient in the first place.
Realizing that straight freezing isn't the best option, today's scientists have made significant advances in cryonics. Using a process called vitrification, the water in the body is now replaced with an anti-freezing agent. The body is then stored at cold temperatures, but no ice forms.
In 2005, researchers vitrified a rabbit kidney and successfully brought it back to complete functionality -- a big step in cryonics research. (It may help in organ transplants someday, too.)
But science has yet to prove that an entire body can be revived. Even worse, some vitrified bodies have developed large cracks in places where cracks don't belong. Until those kinks get worked out, the hope of being revived in the future will remain a dream.
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