Tuesday, June 28, 2005
Whats next? Immortality?
Now this is just weird. I found this story and I feel the need, nay, the obligation to tell the world. Scientists are now capable of freezing dogs and bringing them back to life hours later. This is just plain creepy.
SCIENTISTS have created eerie zombie dogs, reanimating the canines after several hours of clinical death in attempts to develop suspended animation for humans.US scientists have succeeded in reviving the dogs after three hours of clinical death, paving the way for trials on humans within years.
Pittsburgh's Safar Centre for Resuscitation Research has developed a technique in which subject's veins are drained of blood and filled with an ice-cold salt solution.
The animals are considered scientifically dead, as they stop breathing and have no heartbeat or brain activity.
But three hours later, their blood is replaced and the zombie dogs are brought back to life with an electric shock.
Plans to test the technique on humans should be realised within a year, according to the Safar Centre.
However rather than sending people to sleep for years, then bringing them back to life to benefit from medical advances, the boffins would be happy to keep people in this state for just a few hours,
But even this should be enough to save lives such as battlefield casualties and victims of stabbings or gunshot wounds, who have suffered huge blood loss.
During the procedure blood is replaced with saline solution at a few degrees above zero. The dogs' body temperature drops to only 7C, compared with the usual 37C, inducing a state of hypothermia before death.
Although the animals are clinically dead, their tissues and organs are perfectly preserved.
Damaged blood vessels and tissues can then be repaired via surgery. The dogs are brought back to life by returning the blood to their bodies,giving them 100 per cent oxygen and applying electric shocks to restart their hearts.
Tests show they are perfectly normal, with no brain damage.
"The results are stunning. I think in 10 years we will be able to prevent death in a certain segment of those using this technology," said one US battlefield doctor.
SCIENTISTS have created eerie zombie dogs, reanimating the canines after several hours of clinical death in attempts to develop suspended animation for humans.US scientists have succeeded in reviving the dogs after three hours of clinical death, paving the way for trials on humans within years.
Pittsburgh's Safar Centre for Resuscitation Research has developed a technique in which subject's veins are drained of blood and filled with an ice-cold salt solution.
The animals are considered scientifically dead, as they stop breathing and have no heartbeat or brain activity.
But three hours later, their blood is replaced and the zombie dogs are brought back to life with an electric shock.
Plans to test the technique on humans should be realised within a year, according to the Safar Centre.
However rather than sending people to sleep for years, then bringing them back to life to benefit from medical advances, the boffins would be happy to keep people in this state for just a few hours,
But even this should be enough to save lives such as battlefield casualties and victims of stabbings or gunshot wounds, who have suffered huge blood loss.
During the procedure blood is replaced with saline solution at a few degrees above zero. The dogs' body temperature drops to only 7C, compared with the usual 37C, inducing a state of hypothermia before death.
Although the animals are clinically dead, their tissues and organs are perfectly preserved.
Damaged blood vessels and tissues can then be repaired via surgery. The dogs are brought back to life by returning the blood to their bodies,giving them 100 per cent oxygen and applying electric shocks to restart their hearts.
Tests show they are perfectly normal, with no brain damage.
"The results are stunning. I think in 10 years we will be able to prevent death in a certain segment of those using this technology," said one US battlefield doctor.
Money for Jesus when he returnes
I found this odd fellow and thought: "well I guess it's the thought that counts." I'm sure this guy had good intentions but I'm not sure he thought this out fully....
PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA - When Jesus returns he'll have more than enough mad money for a new Ferrari or nice place to call home. That's because Ernest Digweed, who died sixteen years ago, left his entire estate to Jesus Christ, the Jesus Christ. The State Trustee Office was instructed to invest his money in government bonds, guaranteeing Jesus a total yield of $615,820 by the end of the century. Digweed's heirs are contesting the will, and have offered an unusual solution: an insurance policy in the same amount payable to Jesus upon his return. Since then, another problem has cropped up. Two individuals, each claiming to be Jesus have filed claims for the money...
PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA - When Jesus returns he'll have more than enough mad money for a new Ferrari or nice place to call home. That's because Ernest Digweed, who died sixteen years ago, left his entire estate to Jesus Christ, the Jesus Christ. The State Trustee Office was instructed to invest his money in government bonds, guaranteeing Jesus a total yield of $615,820 by the end of the century. Digweed's heirs are contesting the will, and have offered an unusual solution: an insurance policy in the same amount payable to Jesus upon his return. Since then, another problem has cropped up. Two individuals, each claiming to be Jesus have filed claims for the money...
Sunday, June 26, 2005
Giant popsicle melts, floods park
I thought you had to be a cartoon for stuff like this to happen.
NEW YORK (AP) - An attempt to erect the world's largest popsicle in a New York City square ended with a scene straight out of a disaster film but much stickier.
The 7.6-metre-tall, 16-tonne treat of frozen Snapple unexpectedly quickly melted in the midday sun Tuesday, flooding Union Square in downtown Manhattan with pink fluid that sent pedestrians scurrying for higher ground.
Firefighters closed off several streets and used hoses to wash away the sugary goo as the giant Kiwi-Strawberry flavoured pop gushed liquid.
The leaking slush was slippery; some passers-by were reported to have slipped in the puddles, although the fire department reported no serious injuries.
Snapple had been trying to promote a new line of frozen treats by setting a record for the world's largest popsicle but called off the stunt before the ice-scraper was pulled fully upright by a construction crane.
Event officials said they were worried the 2 1/2-storey pop was melting from the inside out and would collapse.
"We planned for this...we just didn't expect for it to happen so fast," said Snapple spokeswoman Lauren Radcliffe.
She said the company would offer to compensate the city and the fire department for cleanup expenses.
Temperatures hit 27 degrees C in New York on Tuesday, the first day of summer.
Organizers weren't sure why the pop melted so quickly. It was supposed to have been able to withstand the heat for some time. It had been made in Edison, N.J., and hauled to New York by freezer truck in the morning.
"My theory is that it was a combination of the heat...and it may not have been frozen all the way through," Radcliffe said.
She said the company is unlikely to make a second attempt to break the record, set by a 6.4-metre pop in Holland in 1997.
NEW YORK (AP) - An attempt to erect the world's largest popsicle in a New York City square ended with a scene straight out of a disaster film but much stickier.
The 7.6-metre-tall, 16-tonne treat of frozen Snapple unexpectedly quickly melted in the midday sun Tuesday, flooding Union Square in downtown Manhattan with pink fluid that sent pedestrians scurrying for higher ground.
Firefighters closed off several streets and used hoses to wash away the sugary goo as the giant Kiwi-Strawberry flavoured pop gushed liquid.
The leaking slush was slippery; some passers-by were reported to have slipped in the puddles, although the fire department reported no serious injuries.
Snapple had been trying to promote a new line of frozen treats by setting a record for the world's largest popsicle but called off the stunt before the ice-scraper was pulled fully upright by a construction crane.
Event officials said they were worried the 2 1/2-storey pop was melting from the inside out and would collapse.
"We planned for this...we just didn't expect for it to happen so fast," said Snapple spokeswoman Lauren Radcliffe.
She said the company would offer to compensate the city and the fire department for cleanup expenses.
Temperatures hit 27 degrees C in New York on Tuesday, the first day of summer.
Organizers weren't sure why the pop melted so quickly. It was supposed to have been able to withstand the heat for some time. It had been made in Edison, N.J., and hauled to New York by freezer truck in the morning.
"My theory is that it was a combination of the heat...and it may not have been frozen all the way through," Radcliffe said.
She said the company is unlikely to make a second attempt to break the record, set by a 6.4-metre pop in Holland in 1997.
Thursday, May 26, 2005
scarification
If you think tattoos are painful... if you think extreme piercing is a little over the top... then you probably should be aware of the latest trend in body art/mutilation that teenagers today are getting into. It's called "scarification." It's a tradition that started hundreds of years ago in Africa, but teenage kids have adopted it as the latest "hip" trend. It involves cutting strips of skin off of various parts of your body (in various designs) and allowing the massive scars to heal in "artistic" patterns. Check out the photos at this website. Some of this might make you somewhat queezy so click with caution.
http://www.bmezine.com/scar/truitt004.html
http://www.bmezine.com/scar/truitt004.html
A serious looser
I'm sorry but this man is a complete looser in my eyes. I would hate to be related to him in any way, shape or form. It feels good to know that he is defending our country.
CUYAHOGA FALLS -- A member of Ohio's 5694th National Guard Unit in Mansfield legally changed his name to a Transformers toy. Optimus Prime!
Optimus Prime is heading out to the Middle East with his guard unit on Wednesday to provide fire protection for airfields under combat.
"On Sunday, we were announced as the best firefighting unit in the Army National Guard in the entire country," said Prime. "That was a big moment for us."
Prime took his name from the leader of the Autobots Transformers, which were popular toys and a children's cartoon in the 1980s.
He legally changed his name on his 30th birthday and now it's on everything from his driver's license, to his military ID, to his uniform.
Can you say serious issues? This is just one of the many people I will find out there.
CUYAHOGA FALLS -- A member of Ohio's 5694th National Guard Unit in Mansfield legally changed his name to a Transformers toy. Optimus Prime!
Optimus Prime is heading out to the Middle East with his guard unit on Wednesday to provide fire protection for airfields under combat.
"On Sunday, we were announced as the best firefighting unit in the Army National Guard in the entire country," said Prime. "That was a big moment for us."
Prime took his name from the leader of the Autobots Transformers, which were popular toys and a children's cartoon in the 1980s.
He legally changed his name on his 30th birthday and now it's on everything from his driver's license, to his military ID, to his uniform.
Can you say serious issues? This is just one of the many people I will find out there.
