Sunday, February 28, 2010
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Friday, February 26, 2010
Exploding iPod? Sounds like fun!
A high school student had her iPod explode on her desk yesterday and luckily not a single student was injured. This is not the first time we’ve heard of exploding iPods or iPhones but this particular case seems to be a little different so don’t be so quick to blame Apple. Gizmodo points out that another student has told the true story.
“The iPod did not just explode. It was broken so a kid took the entire thing apart and was rubbing wires against the battery, which became very hot, then exploded. This is not a faulty product that caused a danger to people. This was bored kids, in a classroom with a substitute all week, who found a dangerous way to entertain themselves.”
Moral of the story, if you don’t know what you are doing and it can be dangerous… don’t do it!
[Via Gizmodo via Newburyport Daily News]
Prost! West Seattle
Once again a trip to Prost in west Seattle was meet with excellent beer, great service and well prepared food. The atmosphere here is just excellent. Everyone is nice and polite, you can always find regulars saddled up to the bar chatting away and enjoying a .5 liter of fine German beer. One of the best things here is the beer selection, yes it is all German beer. All of it imported from Germany and served in the glass that it would be traditionally poured into, in either a .3l, .5l or my personal favorite a full 1.0l. The staff is always knowledgeable about the beer on tap along with whatever special brew is in season.
The food is simple, mind you there is not much for a kitchen in here, I think they really only have a portable steam table, crockpot, and a microwave in the back corner of the bar. But if you never looked back there you would never know. Consistency is the key here, and by that mean every time that we go in there the service is the same (excellent) and the food is the same. It may take a little longer since there is not a dedicated kitchen staff, but it is worth it for a great experience.
The food is simple, mind you there is not much for a kitchen in here, I think they really only have a portable steam table, crockpot, and a microwave in the back corner of the bar. But if you never looked back there you would never know. Consistency is the key here, and by that mean every time that we go in there the service is the same (excellent) and the food is the same. It may take a little longer since there is not a dedicated kitchen staff, but it is worth it for a great experience.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Olympic Skier Launches Lingerie Line
NEW YORK - Julia Mancuso wants the other Olympic skiers to eat her Alpine snow dust at the Vancouver Games. After that, they can "kiss my tiara," she says.
Kiss My Tiara is the name of her new underwear line, which she hopes to expand to other lingerie. She had 500 thongs and 500 boyshorts made up under the label and will give them out at the Olympics to friends, family and even competitors.
"You've got to start somewhere," she says.
Fashion has always been an interest, Mancuso explains, but her competitive skiing schedule didn't allow her to fully explore it.
Her little cottage business evolved from lucky underwear she began wearing at the Salt Lake City Games in 2002. The tiara part came from the "Super Jule" crown she wore when she won the gold in giant slalom at the Turin Games in 2006.
Undergarments are a fashion statement she can make every day in a way that she couldn't with a dress or even a T-shirt, she says.
So what does Mancuso wear under her racing suit?
The boyshort. Blue ones have a tiara on thick waistbands. Thongs have a miniature dangling jeweled tiara.
"I was trying to be a little sassy," Mancuso says.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Apple to add 'Explicit' category to iTunes Connect?
Cult of Mac is reporting that Apple has added an “Explicit” category to iTunes Connect, the portal through which developers submit and manage their App Store apps. According to their developer source:
“It’s available for selection when adding a new app to iTunesConnect although I can’t see any sign of it in the actual App Store yet.”
MacRumors says they’ve confirmed the information, so where does this leave us now? Appleremoved 5000 sex-based apps last week and stirred up a ton of reaction (cheers and jeers alike), only to come up with an organizational alternative a few days (and hundreds of blogs posts, thousands of tweets and comments) later? If it wasn’t a reconsideration, wouldn’t they have just added the category and reshuffled the apps without all the fuss and muss? Or did they want to force a re-submission to start the new category off with a clean slate?
Either way, hopefully this will include a better ratings implementation to go with it, so parental controls can turn off “explicit” apps without turning off apps that access the web along with them.
What think you?
From msnbc.com: Are the Olympics ready for ... pole dancing?
Are the Olympics ready for ... pole dancing?
Pole dancing as an Olympic sport? Yes, say the athletes and advocates behind the fledgling international discipline.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35524563/ns/world_news-weird_news/?GT1=43001/from/ET
Bugatti Veyron for ZR1?
Texas Chevy dealer just accepted the trade-in of a red-on-black $1.6 million Bugatti Veyron for a $100,000 Corvette ZR1. We knew the fiercest of all 'Vettes was a world-beater, but this is ridiculous! Exclusive photos, details below.
UPDATE!
All American Chevrolet of Midland, Texas just made the mother-of-all-trades when it accepted a Euro-bombing 2008 Bugatti Veyron with just 20,307 miles for an unabashedly American Corvette ZR1 and some cash. Since a new Veyron lists for about $1.6 million and a used one still costs in the range of $1.4 to $3.6 million depending on condition, trim, and rarity, the dealership told us they wouldn't accept the trade-in until they lined up a buyer, which they did. A new Corvette ZR1, by comparison, starts at around $107,000.
And while the Corvette ZR1 only does 0-to-60 MPH in 3.3 seconds with a top speed of 205 MPH, compared to a 253 MPH top speed and 2.4-second 0-to-60 time, it doesn't cost more to run the ZR1 than to operate a private jet. Chalk that up in the win column because it certainly does with the Bugatti. Also, the Bugatti doesn't have the righteousness of an American-built supercar.
UPDATE:
The Bugatti traded in belonged to Carlton Beal, Jr., who runs a petroleum company in Midland Texas. He's previously owned a Lamborghini Diablo and McLaren F1 but, despite this, a friend of his describes him as an "amazing down-to-earth person." We'd imagine if you've sampled a Veyron, Diablo and F1 you'd be interested in also trying an American-made car that can compete with them.
[All American Chevrolet Midland]
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
VIA: Boston.com Tuna at risk? Sushi chefs find other fish in the sea
> Tuna at risk? Sushi chefs find other fish in the sea
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> Devra First, Globe Staff / Feb 22, 2010
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> At Miya?s Sushi in New Haven, you won?t find endangered bluefin tuna
> on the menu. For that matter, you won?t find many traditional sushi
> staples. Miya?s is part of a sustainable sushi movement that?s
> growing nationwide.
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> Read more: http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/food/articles/2010/02/22/with_bluefin_endangered_sushi_chefs_look_to_other_fish_in_the_sea/
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> Devra First, Globe Staff / Feb 22, 2010
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> At Miya?s Sushi in New Haven, you won?t find endangered bluefin tuna
> on the menu. For that matter, you won?t find many traditional sushi
> staples. Miya?s is part of a sustainable sushi movement that?s
> growing nationwide.
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> Read more: http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/food/articles/2010/02/22/with_bluefin_endangered_sushi_chefs_look_to_other_fish_in_the_sea/
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Puppet Censorship...
The puppet's name is Lucy the Slut. She's a pink Sesame Street-like puppet in the touring Broadway show“Avenue Q.” "Avenue Q" is a Tony-winning musical about twenty-something New Yorkers, both human and puppets, searching for life and love. The show addresses issues like sex, drinking, and surfing the Web for porn.
Lamar Advertising rejected the ad for bus shelters, according to the Colorado Springs Gazette newspaper. "We were in the process of putting it on the presses when one of the top execs saw it and said, ‘I don’t think it’s appropriate for the Colorado Springs market,’" according to Kristy Maple, marketing director for New Space Entertainment.
| Lamar account executive Jeff Moore told the newspaper he has a simple test to see what’s appropriate for bus ads and billboards: "If I have to explain it to my 4-year-old or my grandmother, we don’t put it up." Lucy the Slut will be replaced on the ads by head-shots of other characters. |
Breaking News, Students Shot @ Littleton School
LITTLETON, Colo. -- Two juveniles have been injured in a shooting at Deer Creek Middle School, officials said.
The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said the suspected shooter has been arrested.
"We have two victims, both juveniles," said Mark Techmeyer, spokesman for the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office. Techmeyer said he did not know the victims' conditions.
The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said the suspected shooter has been arrested.
"We have two victims, both juveniles," said Mark Techmeyer, spokesman for the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office. Techmeyer said he did not know the victims' conditions.
"They're both shot," Techmeyer said.
Both victims were transported to a local hospital. One is a boy and the other a girl.
"Neither of the injuries appears to be life-threatening," said Cindy Matthews, spokeswoman for the West Metro Fire District.
Authorities said they believe the two are students.
Techmeyer said he believed one victim was found inside the school and one outside.
The school is on lockdown, and deputies are sweeping the campus to make sure there are no additional suspects. West Metro crews remain on standby at the campus, but Matthews said she didn't anticipate any further injuries.
Authorities described the suspect only as an adult male. It's unclear if he has any affiliation with the school.
The school is located at 9201 W. Columbine Drive, near South Kipling Street and West Ken Caryl Avenue, in Littleton.
Both victims were transported to a local hospital. One is a boy and the other a girl.
"Neither of the injuries appears to be life-threatening," said Cindy Matthews, spokeswoman for the West Metro Fire District.
Authorities said they believe the two are students.
Techmeyer said he believed one victim was found inside the school and one outside.
The school is on lockdown, and deputies are sweeping the campus to make sure there are no additional suspects. West Metro crews remain on standby at the campus, but Matthews said she didn't anticipate any further injuries.
Authorities described the suspect only as an adult male. It's unclear if he has any affiliation with the school.
The school is located at 9201 W. Columbine Drive, near South Kipling Street and West Ken Caryl Avenue, in Littleton.
What goes up must come down!
Pankaj Kishore Karotia, 21, was just about to claim his new bride and take her from a wedding reception to her family home when his uncle drew his licensed handgun to fire a final shot in celebration. As he was loading it, it fired accidentally and hit his newly-wed nephew in the head.
The reception party was almost finished when the tragedy happened. His new bride was waiting for him in the car as he died.
The groom's father said the uncle was "eager and excited" about the wedding and wanted to fire another shot to make the end of the celebrations.
A police spokesman said "the bullet made a hole in the brain" and confirmed the uncle had been arrested for culpable homicide.
Gunfire has become an increasingly popular celebration custom at lavish Indian weddings in recent years.
The reception party was almost finished when the tragedy happened. His new bride was waiting for him in the car as he died.
The groom's father said the uncle was "eager and excited" about the wedding and wanted to fire another shot to make the end of the celebrations.
A police spokesman said "the bullet made a hole in the brain" and confirmed the uncle had been arrested for culpable homicide.
Gunfire has become an increasingly popular celebration custom at lavish Indian weddings in recent years.
In case you were wondering where your apps went...
Apple is escalating its war on smut. The first strike was banning overtly pornographic apps for the iPhone. Now, the company appears to be barring its iTunes store from selling all apps with "sexual content" or sexy themes, however innocuous — and the tech community is crying censorship. Has Apple gone too far in a bid to preempt conservative critics, or is the company just cleaning up its act before launching the family-friendly iPad?
This is straight up puritanism: The apps store was already "squeaky clean," writes Nick Farrell at Fudzilla. Some of the "risqué applications" in question simply feature "bikini models," not porn. What's next to go, "women's ankles?" We realize Apple wants to sell the iPad to "families and schools," but that doesn't mean it has to adopt "right-wing puritan values."
"Apple starts purge of iPhone applications"
"Apple starts purge of iPhone applications"
The purge is smart business: It might seem "prudish," but Apple is making a "smart business move," says Jeff Bertolucci at PC World. The iTouch is already "wildly popular" with kids, and now Apple wants to position the iPad as a "study tool" for high schoolers. For parents to buy in, Apple has to "squash the impression" that the App store is a "haven for smut."
"Why Apple's Porn Purge is a Smart Move"
Source
But where will the censorship end? This sets a "scary precedent," says Jason Kincaid at Techcrunch. Apple is "one of the world's largest gatekeepers to content" — will the company apply this "policy shift" to all the "books and magazines" it will publish for the new iPad? Will it ban "NC-17" rated movies because of a few complaints? Or classic books with "sexual content"?
"Apple Ban Sex"
Apple has gone mad: What a "stupid" business move, says Patricio Robles at Ecoconsultancy. If apps can be banned "without warning or explanation," developers may rethink "future investments." Apple should set up its app store as a "sovereign nation" in which developers are "private business owners" — not a "Stalin-like" regime that "puts them out of business" on a "whim."
"Sex sells, except in the App Store"
But where will the censorship end? This sets a "scary precedent," says Jason Kincaid at Techcrunch. Apple is "one of the world's largest gatekeepers to content" — will the company apply this "policy shift" to all the "books and magazines" it will publish for the new iPad? Will it ban "NC-17" rated movies because of a few complaints? Or classic books with "sexual content"?
"Apple Ban Sex"
Apple has gone mad: What a "stupid" business move, says Patricio Robles at Ecoconsultancy. If apps can be banned "without warning or explanation," developers may rethink "future investments." Apple should set up its app store as a "sovereign nation" in which developers are "private business owners" — not a "Stalin-like" regime that "puts them out of business" on a "whim."
"Sex sells, except in the App Store"
Marijuana use by seniors goes up as boomers age
MIAMI – In her 88 years, Florence Siegel has learned how to relax: A glass of red wine. A crisp copy of The New York Times, if she can wrest it from her husband. Some classical music, preferably Bach. And every night like clockwork, she lifts a pipe to her lips and smokes marijuana.
Long a fixture among young people, use of the country's most popularillicit drug is now growing among the AARP set, as the massive generation of baby boomers who came of age in the 1960s and '70s grows older.
The number of people aged 50 and older reporting marijuana use in the prior year went up from 1.9 percent to 2.9 percent from 2002 to 2008, according to surveys from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
The rise was most dramatic among 55- to 59-year-olds, whose reported marijuana use more than tripled from 1.6 percent in 2002 to 5.1 percent.
Observers expect further increases as 78 million boomers born between 1945 and 1964 age. For many boomers, the drug never held the stigma it did for previous generations, and they tried it decades ago.
Some have used it ever since, while others are revisiting the habit in retirement, either for recreation or as a way to cope with the aches and pains of aging.
Siegel walks with a cane and has arthritis in her back and legs. She finds marijuana has helped her sleep better than pills ever did. And she can't figure out why everyone her age isn't sharing a joint, too.
"They're missing a lot of fun and a lot of relief," she said.
Politically, advocates for legalizing marijuana say the number of older users could represent an important shift in their decades-long push to change the laws.
"For the longest time, our political opponents were older Americans who were not familiar with marijuana and had lived through the 'Reefer Madness' mentality and they considered marijuana a very dangerous drug," saidKeith Stroup, the founder and lawyer of NORML, a marijuana advocacy group.
"Now, whether they resume the habit of smoking or whether they simply understand that it's no big deal and that it shouldn't be a crime, in large numbers they're on our side of the issue."
Each night, 66-year-old Stroup says he sits down to the evening news, pours himself a glass of wine and rolls a joint. He's used the drug since he was a freshman at Georgetown, but many older adults are revisiting marijuana after years away.
"The kids are grown, they're out of school, you've got time on your hands and frankly it's a time when you can really enjoy marijuana," Stroup said. "Food tastes better, music sounds better, sex is more enjoyable."
The drug is credited with relieving many problems of aging: aches and pains, glaucoma, macular degeneration, and so on. Patients in 14 states enjoy medical marijuana laws, but those elsewhere buy or grow the drug illegally to ease their conditions.
Among them is Perry Parks, 67, of Rockingham, N.C., a retired Army pilot who suffered crippling pain fromdegenerative disc disease and arthritis. He had tried all sorts of drugs, from Vioxx to epidural steroids, but found little success. About two years ago he turned to marijuana, which he first had tried in college, and was amazed how well it worked for the pain.
"I realized I could get by without the narcotics," Parks said, referring to prescription painkillers. "I am essentially pain free."
But there's also the risk that health problems already faced by older people can be exacerbated by regular marijuana use.
Older users could be at risk for falls if they become dizzy, smoking it increases the risk of heart disease and it can cause cognitive impairment, said Dr. William Dale, chief of geriatrics and palliative medicine at the University of Chicago Medical Center.
He said he'd caution against using it even if a patient cites benefits.
"There are other better ways to achieve the same effects," he said.
Pete Delany, director of applied studies at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, said boomers' drug use defied stereotypes, but is important to address.
"When you think about people who are 50 and older you don't generally think of them as using illicit drugs — the occasional Hunter Thompson or the kind of hippie dippie guy that gets a lot of press maybe," he said. "As a nation, it's important to us to say, 'It's not just young people using drugs it's older people using drugs.'"
In conversations, older marijuana users often say they smoke in less social settings than when they were younger, frequently preferring to enjoy the drug privately. They say the quality (and price) of the drug has increased substantially since their youth and they aren't as paranoid about using it.
Dennis Day, a 61-year-old attorney in Columbus, Ohio, said when he used to get high, he wore dark glasses to disguise his red eyes, feared talking to people on the street and worried about encountering police. With age, he says, any drawbacks to the drug have disappeared.
"My eyes no longer turn red, I no longer get the munchies," Day said. "The primary drawbacks to me now are legal."
Siegel bucks the trend as someone who was well into her 50s before she tried pot for the first time. She can muster only one frustration with the drug.
"I never learned how to roll a joint," she said. "It's just a big nuisance. It's much easier to fill a pipe."
Monday, February 22, 2010
Sunshine :-)
This has got to be worth a laugh or two…
Apparently they didn't consider the sun when designing this wall
Anyone want to take a guess where this wall is located?
SAINT PETER'S BASILICA
Now that's funny.
Mistral Kitchen Part 2
So last week I wrote about my lackluster experience at a restaurant here in downtown Seattle., and also posted that review on Yelp.com
Well this morning I awoke to an email from Yelp telling me that someone had commented on that review, Well here it is, I can only assume that this is the GM or Owner, as I noticed that he had also made other comments on other posts.
It sounds as though you ordered from the "selection of artisianal cheeses" from the happy hour menu which was priced at $3 per ounce at the time (we now offer 2oz for $5); hence the single small portion. In regards to your three charcuterie plates the Chef thought it was best to give you the broadest selection of what we had to offer rather than three identical plates of meat (priced at $5 for happy hour). I'm sorry that our cocktail menu didn't look interesting to you but we try to expose our guests to new things: blood & sand, arsenic & old lace, absinthe, etc.
Although I do indeed appreciate the fact that someone who seems to be in the know wrote back, I am a little miffed at what they choose to reply to. Now part of me wants to simply thank this guy for his time in responding to me and move along. But the Chef (and antagonist) in me wants to really reply with something like: Hey thanks for your reply, but if you really took the time to read and reply to my post then you would have at least noticed that my issues were all really related to the service or in this case lack thereof... Spend a little more time training your front of house staff so that they are able to accurately describe to the customer what they are ordering. On second thought, be a little more descriptive in your menu descriptions, don't use terms like "selection of" when the customer only gets one "selection", at least let the customer make the selection then. It makes the customer feel a little better about the dish in the end, almost like they are in control of it. Otherwise you may as well turn out the lights and promote a Sensory Dining Experience. Now in my response to your comment about the charcuterie plate, I made the mistake of stating that it came out 3 different ways, it didn't it came out 2 different ways. My group like diversity as much as the next guy, so sure make it 3 different ways, we know there were plenty of selections to be had. Once it was mentioned to the server she kinda brushed it off as oh well...
So for my biggest complaint with his response, we were not even invited back to give the place a second chance, not asking for a free meal, or even a discounted meal. We would be happy to pay full price for dinner. It seems that in today's times many restaurant owners and chefs are simply satisfied to get the business and move along regardless of the customer experience is. If you want to survive in a truly dog eat dog industry you need to provide a TON of service to your clients and they will happily return time after time.
Well this morning I awoke to an email from Yelp telling me that someone had commented on that review, Well here it is, I can only assume that this is the GM or Owner, as I noticed that he had also made other comments on other posts.
It sounds as though you ordered from the "selection of artisianal cheeses" from the happy hour menu which was priced at $3 per ounce at the time (we now offer 2oz for $5); hence the single small portion. In regards to your three charcuterie plates the Chef thought it was best to give you the broadest selection of what we had to offer rather than three identical plates of meat (priced at $5 for happy hour). I'm sorry that our cocktail menu didn't look interesting to you but we try to expose our guests to new things: blood & sand, arsenic & old lace, absinthe, etc.
Although I do indeed appreciate the fact that someone who seems to be in the know wrote back, I am a little miffed at what they choose to reply to. Now part of me wants to simply thank this guy for his time in responding to me and move along. But the Chef (and antagonist) in me wants to really reply with something like: Hey thanks for your reply, but if you really took the time to read and reply to my post then you would have at least noticed that my issues were all really related to the service or in this case lack thereof... Spend a little more time training your front of house staff so that they are able to accurately describe to the customer what they are ordering. On second thought, be a little more descriptive in your menu descriptions, don't use terms like "selection of" when the customer only gets one "selection", at least let the customer make the selection then. It makes the customer feel a little better about the dish in the end, almost like they are in control of it. Otherwise you may as well turn out the lights and promote a Sensory Dining Experience. Now in my response to your comment about the charcuterie plate, I made the mistake of stating that it came out 3 different ways, it didn't it came out 2 different ways. My group like diversity as much as the next guy, so sure make it 3 different ways, we know there were plenty of selections to be had. Once it was mentioned to the server she kinda brushed it off as oh well...
So for my biggest complaint with his response, we were not even invited back to give the place a second chance, not asking for a free meal, or even a discounted meal. We would be happy to pay full price for dinner. It seems that in today's times many restaurant owners and chefs are simply satisfied to get the business and move along regardless of the customer experience is. If you want to survive in a truly dog eat dog industry you need to provide a TON of service to your clients and they will happily return time after time.
Gun Ban in National Parks Lifted Today
SEATTLE - Mount Rainier, the North Cascades and Olympic National Parks are breathtaking, and they belong to us. They are an American ideal, providing protected land to its citizens.
Just as American is the Second Amendment, the right to bear arms, and now it will be perfectly legal to combine the two.
For years, federal law at National Parks allowed people to bring in unloaded weapons as long as they were stowed away. But starting Monday, that will change. Now anyone with a legal permit can bring in a loaded gun, concealed or otherwise, as long as it concurs with state laws.
Sean Smith, policy director for the National Parks Conservation Association, is deeply concerned about the effect this will have on parks and how it will even be enforced.
"The parks are one of the safest places in America, the amount of crime is almost unheard of in National Parks," said Smith.
Dave Workman, Senior Editor of Gun Week, says it's just a matter of education.
"What people need to understand is that they are not going to be confronted by herds of armed people running down the trails. This is not a gathering of some militia. This is just an opening of a civil right inside the National Parks," said Workman.
Hikers we talked to had mixed reactions.
"I don't understand why they think they need them," said Sue Hoffman.
"I'm not sure that it's going to bother me all that much," said Donna Lamb. "I think in most cases you're not going to even notice someone even has a gun."
The new federal law will have no effect on existing laws and regulations that are already in effect in National Parks that means hunting is still not allowed and guns are already banned from federal facilities like visitor centers.
Five Months Ago, Really???
IVANCICE, Czech Republic (Reuters) – Czech medical staff are being disciplined after a foot-long surgical instrument was found in the abdomen of a woman who was operated on five months ago.
The patient, 66-year-old Zdenka Kopeckova, repeatedly complained of severe abdominal pain following a gynaecological operation at a hospital in the southeastern town of Ivancice.
"I said that nobody helps me and I cannot live like this till the end of my life. I'll get pills, have a glass of an alcohol and hang myself," she said after the spatula-like instrument was discovered a week ago and successfully removed.
Kopeckova is seeking compensation over the error, claiming staff initially tried to cover up the mistake by saying there was nothing they could do but recommend pain killers.
"I told the head surgeon that if I had no pain I would not be complaining. I'm not a hypochondriac," she said, adding she had requested an x-ray but was told this would needlessly expose her to radiation.
Jaromir Hrubes, Ivancice hospital director, said strict operation procedures should have been followed by medical staff and an unnamed hospital official told Reuters Television that those concerned would be disciplined.
"The medical procedures at Ivancice seem perfect at the first sight, there is documentation and list of instruments used, but the person who did the evaluation did not report the missing object," said Hrubes.
The patient, 66-year-old Zdenka Kopeckova, repeatedly complained of severe abdominal pain following a gynaecological operation at a hospital in the southeastern town of Ivancice.
"I said that nobody helps me and I cannot live like this till the end of my life. I'll get pills, have a glass of an alcohol and hang myself," she said after the spatula-like instrument was discovered a week ago and successfully removed.
Kopeckova is seeking compensation over the error, claiming staff initially tried to cover up the mistake by saying there was nothing they could do but recommend pain killers.
"I told the head surgeon that if I had no pain I would not be complaining. I'm not a hypochondriac," she said, adding she had requested an x-ray but was told this would needlessly expose her to radiation.
Jaromir Hrubes, Ivancice hospital director, said strict operation procedures should have been followed by medical staff and an unnamed hospital official told Reuters Television that those concerned would be disciplined.
"The medical procedures at Ivancice seem perfect at the first sight, there is documentation and list of instruments used, but the person who did the evaluation did not report the missing object," said Hrubes.
Side of Tube Sock Anyone?
Sock Eating Condition? I think we already know that there are some strange people out there. But a nervous habit of eating half a sock each evening? Yes, i think that would require medical attention. But good luck in getting medical benefits for that one. What do you say on your health insurance form? Any known conditions? Yes, i eat socks. Oh dear.
Bombs in Breast Implants?
Report: Al-Qaida May Be Using Implants To Make Bombs
HOUSTON -- A British intelligence service said it's discovered that gel and saline implants may be used by al-Qaida to make bombs, Houston TV station KPRC reported.
British spy satellites have intercepted terrorist communications from Pakistan and Yemen, talking about women suicide bombers getting explosives put inside breast implants.
Former Houston FBI Director Don Clark said he believes U.S. Homeland Security is taking this threat very seriously.
"I'm sure we are gathering all the information, intelligence that the government can" he said. "They are also securing all the ports, airports and main attractions as much as possible. The government takes these types of threats seriously and not relaxed."
The British Intel Service reported that several plastic surgeons, who were trained in some of London's best hospitals, have returned to their home countries to perform the surgeries.
Houston plastic surgeon Dr. Franklin Rose said the industry's technology makes the bombs possible and easy.
It's unknown how well full-body scanners would detect explosives inside implants. The Transportation Security Administration said its scanners do detect explosive materials and residue.
HOUSTON -- A British intelligence service said it's discovered that gel and saline implants may be used by al-Qaida to make bombs, Houston TV station KPRC reported.
British spy satellites have intercepted terrorist communications from Pakistan and Yemen, talking about women suicide bombers getting explosives put inside breast implants.
Former Houston FBI Director Don Clark said he believes U.S. Homeland Security is taking this threat very seriously.
"I'm sure we are gathering all the information, intelligence that the government can" he said. "They are also securing all the ports, airports and main attractions as much as possible. The government takes these types of threats seriously and not relaxed."
The British Intel Service reported that several plastic surgeons, who were trained in some of London's best hospitals, have returned to their home countries to perform the surgeries.
Houston plastic surgeon Dr. Franklin Rose said the industry's technology makes the bombs possible and easy.
It's unknown how well full-body scanners would detect explosives inside implants. The Transportation Security Administration said its scanners do detect explosive materials and residue.
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Bagels in West Seattle Finally
Finally this morning we stumbled across Zatz a Better Bagel on
California.
California.
After being here for over a year now we finally have found a bagel
shop that actually have fresh bagels that wlare made in a true east
coast fashion. And they acutally have multiple choices for your
breakfast delights. Not quit a Brooklyn Bagel but pretty darn close.
This place was packed by mostly people that had been out for a walk or
a jog. Apparently this is the personal reward for running off last
nights drinks and I can see why. Their bagels have a good chew to them
and are a perfect size they almost are a little under done (my salt
bagel and cpaigem's asiago bagel) and the pricing is not bad to boot.
They even have a great menu for lunch items including a bagel dog and
melts. To top it off they serve what is just about my favorite coffee
in why has become a coffee driven city, Caffe Vita Coffee Roasting
Company.
Bottom line we will be back. Definatly to try the egg sandwich. Now I
need to find a good pork roll in this city we will be truly happy.
Sent from my wireless device, please pardon the typos.
Friday, February 19, 2010
Team Up For Nonprofits Karaoke
I wanted to say thank you to everyone that showed up last night to support a great cause.
To those that didn't make it don't worry, there will be another one in the future.
To those that volunteered to help make this a successful event I want to say thank you from me, and I know that Ryan is thankful to you all as well.
If you didn't make it and still want to contribute then visit us at Team Up for Nonprofits and make a donation. We are still looking for those other people in the music industry that can help us get connected to the right bands.
Thanks again everyone!
To those that didn't make it don't worry, there will be another one in the future.
To those that volunteered to help make this a successful event I want to say thank you from me, and I know that Ryan is thankful to you all as well.
If you didn't make it and still want to contribute then visit us at Team Up for Nonprofits and make a donation. We are still looking for those other people in the music industry that can help us get connected to the right bands.
Thanks again everyone!
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