You've always wanted to know how to moonwalk like Michael Jackson, right? Well Wiki is telling you how...too bad there's no video but I'd have to guess there are probably some people showing us on YouTube...may have to check that out should I get really bored later lol
How to Moonwalk
Friday, March 30, 2007
Life Insurance For Responsible Marijuana Smokers!
Washington, DC: The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), the nation's oldest and most respected cannabis-law reform organization, today announced that life insurance is finally available for adult cannabis consumers.
NORML has partnered with The McLaughlin Company and a pair of nationally recognized insurance providers to offer life insurance products to responsible cannabis consumers. Previously, adults who self-reported using cannabis -- even in moderate amounts -- were denied life insurance coverage or, at best, offered coverage at a grossly inflated premium. Starting today, cannabis consumers will have access to the same types of life insurance plans as non-users, and they will no longer be forced to pay excessively high premiums.
"Unlike cigarettes or even alcohol, moderate use of cannabis -- even when used long-term -- is not shown to have significant negative ramifications on health or mortality," **
NORML Executive Director Allen St. Pierre said. "As a result, responsible cannabis consumers should not be forced to pay inflated premiums or be denied insurance coverage because of their marijuana use." NORML and its partners hope to expand its life insurance program to offer cannabis-friendly disability and health insurance products later this year.
For more information, please contact NORML Executive Director Allen St. Pierre at (202) 483-5500 or visit: http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=7128.
To listen to an audio message about the NORML Life Insurance program from The McLaughlin Company's Webb Hubbell, please visit: http://audio.norml.org/audio_stash/staff_psa/webb_jazz_test_2.mp3.
** D. Vinson. 2006. Marijuana and other illicit drug use and the risk of injury: A case-control study. Missouri Medicine 103: 152-156 R. Blondell et al. 2005. Toxicology screening results: injury associations among hospitalized trauma patients. Journal of TRAUMA Injury, Infection, and Critical Care 58: 561-570 S. Sidney et al. 1997. Marijuana Use and Mortality. American Journal of Public Health 87: 1-4 Editorial: "Deglamorising Cannabis." The Lancet, Nov. 11, 1995. (346:8985).
NORML has partnered with The McLaughlin Company and a pair of nationally recognized insurance providers to offer life insurance products to responsible cannabis consumers. Previously, adults who self-reported using cannabis -- even in moderate amounts -- were denied life insurance coverage or, at best, offered coverage at a grossly inflated premium. Starting today, cannabis consumers will have access to the same types of life insurance plans as non-users, and they will no longer be forced to pay excessively high premiums.
"Unlike cigarettes or even alcohol, moderate use of cannabis -- even when used long-term -- is not shown to have significant negative ramifications on health or mortality," **
NORML Executive Director Allen St. Pierre said. "As a result, responsible cannabis consumers should not be forced to pay inflated premiums or be denied insurance coverage because of their marijuana use." NORML and its partners hope to expand its life insurance program to offer cannabis-friendly disability and health insurance products later this year.
For more information, please contact NORML Executive Director Allen St. Pierre at (202) 483-5500 or visit: http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=7128.
To listen to an audio message about the NORML Life Insurance program from The McLaughlin Company's Webb Hubbell, please visit: http://audio.norml.org/audio_stash/staff_psa/webb_jazz_test_2.mp3.
** D. Vinson. 2006. Marijuana and other illicit drug use and the risk of injury: A case-control study. Missouri Medicine 103: 152-156 R. Blondell et al. 2005. Toxicology screening results: injury associations among hospitalized trauma patients. Journal of TRAUMA Injury, Infection, and Critical Care 58: 561-570 S. Sidney et al. 1997. Marijuana Use and Mortality. American Journal of Public Health 87: 1-4 Editorial: "Deglamorising Cannabis." The Lancet, Nov. 11, 1995. (346:8985).
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Office Space - of a different kind...
All I have to say is that these guys have way too much time on their hands. They took the movie office space and re-cut it to make a slasher movie trailer. This is some funny stuff.
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Judge in Anna Nicole Smith Case Charged With Smoking Pot in City Park
Judge in Anna Nicole Smith Case Charged With Smoking Pot in City Park
A judge who had a secondary role in the recent Anna Nicole Smith proceedings was charged with smoking marijuana in a city park, police said Monday.
Lawrence Korda was smoking marijuana while sitting under a tree Sunday, police said. Three officers who were training there saw Korda and field-tested the cigarette, said Capt. Tony Rode, a police spokesman.
The judge was not arrested. He was given a misdemeanor citation to appear in court.
"Judge Korda was not given special treatment because of his status as a circuit court judge," Rode said. "He was provided with a notice to appear. That's exactly what 99 percent of other offenders would have been given for this type of offense."
A message left by The Associated Press at the judge's chambers after hours Monday was not immediately returned.
The fight over control of the former Playboy Playmate and reality TV star's body began in Korda's courtroom. It ended up being heard by Circuit Judge Larry Seidlin, who carved his own slice of celebrity from the televised hearings with his relentless one-liners and blubbering announcement of his decision.
Seidlin allowed a court-appointed advocate for Smith's infant daughter decide where Smith should be buried, and the lawyer decided it would be in the Bahamas.
Korda later heard brief arguments in a related case, seeking to determine the biological father of the baby. He ruled that a Bahamian court had jurisdiction over the child's custody.
A judge who had a secondary role in the recent Anna Nicole Smith proceedings was charged with smoking marijuana in a city park, police said Monday.
Lawrence Korda was smoking marijuana while sitting under a tree Sunday, police said. Three officers who were training there saw Korda and field-tested the cigarette, said Capt. Tony Rode, a police spokesman.
The judge was not arrested. He was given a misdemeanor citation to appear in court.
"Judge Korda was not given special treatment because of his status as a circuit court judge," Rode said. "He was provided with a notice to appear. That's exactly what 99 percent of other offenders would have been given for this type of offense."
A message left by The Associated Press at the judge's chambers after hours Monday was not immediately returned.
The fight over control of the former Playboy Playmate and reality TV star's body began in Korda's courtroom. It ended up being heard by Circuit Judge Larry Seidlin, who carved his own slice of celebrity from the televised hearings with his relentless one-liners and blubbering announcement of his decision.
Seidlin allowed a court-appointed advocate for Smith's infant daughter decide where Smith should be buried, and the lawyer decided it would be in the Bahamas.
Korda later heard brief arguments in a related case, seeking to determine the biological father of the baby. He ruled that a Bahamian court had jurisdiction over the child's custody.
This kid I know...Droopy Cock
Drew Peacock...wow. I mean his last name is going to suck regardless but yikes. I actually didn't really realize it either until I saw them write it out...Droopy Cock...sad, sad, sad. And now they're saying they don't intend to change his name either. That poor kid is going to be scarred for life and teased for eternity. Of course, if they do change his name, it's still going to take a while for people to forget what his original name was...but hopefully by the time he reaches elementary school, the world will have forgotten. Kids can be cruel...
By ANTHONY FRANCE
A COUPLE have just realised their howler — after naming their baby son Drew Peacock.
Shocked dad Russell only twigged when he put it in an internet search engine looking for famous namesakes, and was asked: Do you mean Droopy C**k?
A COUPLE have just realised their howler — after naming their baby son Drew Peacock.
Shocked dad Russell only twigged when he put it in an internet search engine looking for famous namesakes, and was asked: Do you mean Droopy C**k?
The environmental health officer, 31, said: “It was as if I’d been smacked with a right hook.
“I can’t believe we’ve named our son ‘Droopy C**k’.
“I started repeating ‘Drew Peacock’ over and over again. Then I thought — what have we done?
“I went numb and couldn’t speak for two minutes. Then I couldn’t stop laughing.”
Mum Shetal Patel, 28, had also failed to spot the blunder over two-month-old Drew — despite being a registrar’s assistant.
She said: “I thought Russell had seen a ghost when he came away from the computer. We decided on the name a month before he was born — we both loved it straight away.”
The couple, from Bedford, are now concerned Drew’s name will cause him problems in later life.
Russell said: “People at work are already saying, ‘Hey, look there’s Droopy’s dad’.
“But we don’t want to change his name. It is on his birth certificate and other documents.”
DO you have a more embarrassing name? Call The Sun Newsdesk on 020 7782 4105.
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
How Gross Is This?!?!?
All I'm saying is that a) this is totally whacked out and b) if I was that guy that paid all that money for a first class ticket, I would be raising hell also. I'm pretty grossed out by the fact that if someone dies on a plane they just keep going and move them off somewhere. I can understand moving the body to an area with less people so the entire plane doesn't get freaked out...but first class isn't cool. And then those people had to wait at the end until the body was removed from the plane. That is just not fair by any means. Singapore Airlines' policy with their body locker is pretty smooth I guess...but still creepy. I guess the moral of the story is don't die on a long-haul flight. Ick.
British Airways Moves Dead Passenger to First Class Seat
Monday , March 19, 2007
AP
LONDON — A first-class passenger on a flight from Delhi to London awoke to find the body of a woman who had died in the economy cabin placed in a seat near him, British Airways said Monday.
The economy section of the flight was full, and the cabin crew needed to move the woman and her grieving family out of that compartment to give them some privacy, the airline said.
The first-class passenger, Paul Trinder, told the Sunday Times newspaper that he was sleeping during a February flight from India and woke up when the crew placed the dead woman in a seat at the end of his row.
"I didn't have a clue what was going on. The stewards just plonked the body down without saying a thing. I remember looking at this frail, sparrow-like woman and thinking she was very ill," the newspaper quoted Trinder as saying. "When I asked what was going on, I was shocked to hear she was dead."
Click here to read the Sunday Times story.
British Airways said in a statement that about 10 passengers die each year in flight and that while each situation is dealt with on an individual basis, safety is paramount.
"The deceased must not be placed in the galley or blocking aisles or exits, and there should be clear space around the deceased," the statement said. "The wishes of family or friends traveling with the deceased will always be considered, and account taken of the reactions of other passengers."
Because there was space in the first class cabin, that "allowed the family members traveling with the deceased some level of privacy in their grief," the airline said.
"We apologize to passengers in the first cabin who were distressed by the situation -- our cabin crew were working in difficult circumstances and chose the option that they believed would cause the least disruption," the statement said.
David Learmount, a former pilot and cabin crew member who now writes about the aviation industry for Flight International magazine, said that each airline has to deal with the relatively rare situation on an individual basis. He said that diverting the flight would be an unusual move, and that the captain would be consulted before the crew acted.
"Personally, I think they did the thing that was the best thing to do," he said. "Really, you want as much as possible to isolate the person.
"It's an isolated incident. It's not as if it happens every day, but you do have to take in people's sensibilities when it does happen."
British Airways Moves Dead Passenger to First Class Seat
Monday , March 19, 2007
AP
LONDON — A first-class passenger on a flight from Delhi to London awoke to find the body of a woman who had died in the economy cabin placed in a seat near him, British Airways said Monday.
The economy section of the flight was full, and the cabin crew needed to move the woman and her grieving family out of that compartment to give them some privacy, the airline said.
The first-class passenger, Paul Trinder, told the Sunday Times newspaper that he was sleeping during a February flight from India and woke up when the crew placed the dead woman in a seat at the end of his row.
"I didn't have a clue what was going on. The stewards just plonked the body down without saying a thing. I remember looking at this frail, sparrow-like woman and thinking she was very ill," the newspaper quoted Trinder as saying. "When I asked what was going on, I was shocked to hear she was dead."
Click here to read the Sunday Times story.
British Airways said in a statement that about 10 passengers die each year in flight and that while each situation is dealt with on an individual basis, safety is paramount.
"The deceased must not be placed in the galley or blocking aisles or exits, and there should be clear space around the deceased," the statement said. "The wishes of family or friends traveling with the deceased will always be considered, and account taken of the reactions of other passengers."
Because there was space in the first class cabin, that "allowed the family members traveling with the deceased some level of privacy in their grief," the airline said.
"We apologize to passengers in the first cabin who were distressed by the situation -- our cabin crew were working in difficult circumstances and chose the option that they believed would cause the least disruption," the statement said.
David Learmount, a former pilot and cabin crew member who now writes about the aviation industry for Flight International magazine, said that each airline has to deal with the relatively rare situation on an individual basis. He said that diverting the flight would be an unusual move, and that the captain would be consulted before the crew acted.
"Personally, I think they did the thing that was the best thing to do," he said. "Really, you want as much as possible to isolate the person.
"It's an isolated incident. It's not as if it happens every day, but you do have to take in people's sensibilities when it does happen."
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