A Hairy Tale...

Top Thanksgiving News on CNN.com. Very appetizing!


It may not be the most appetizing reading before a hearty holiday meal, but the New England Journal of Medicine is devoting part of its Thanksgiving issue to a giant hairball -- and not the feline kind.


Doctors say this hairball removed from a woman's stomach weighed 10 pounds.

The prestigious journal details the case of a previously healthy 18-year-old woman who consulted a team of gastrointestinal specialists.

She complained of a five-month history of pain and swelling in her abdomen, vomiting after eating and a 40-pound weight loss.

After a scan of the woman's abdomen showed a large mass, doctors lowered a scope through her esophagus.

It revealed "a large bezoar occluding nearly the entire stomach," wrote Drs. Ronald M. Levy and Srinadh Komanduri, gastroenterologists at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois.

For the uninitiated, a bezoar is a ball of swallowed foreign material.

"On questioning, the patient stated that she had had a habit of eating her hair for many years -- a condition called trichophagia," they wrote.
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"It seemed like she'd been doing this for several years," Levy told CNN.

The woman underwent surgery to remove the mass of black, curly hair, which weighed 10 pounds and measured 15 inches by 7 inches by 7 inches, the doctors said.

Five days later, she was eating normally and was sent home.

A year later, the pain and vomiting were gone, the patient had regained 20 pounds "and reports that she has stopped eating her hair."

Reached at his home in Chicago, Levy said he had no idea whether the journal's timing of the publication on Thanksgiving was intentional.

Either way, he said, it would not affect the gastroenterologists' holiday dinner plans -- "We don't get fazed by much."

Concerns over Teddy Bear Teacher

**Very frightening to see what innocent acts can be viewed as a crime. Thoughts?**

KHARTOUM, Sudan (CNN) --
Britain's foreign secretary said he was "very concerned" about the case of a UK teacher who was in court Thursday, facing charges of offending religion by allowing a teddy bear to be named "Mohammed."

The closed hearing for Gillian Gibbons, 54, in central Khartoum could last until 10 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), defense counsel told CNN. A staff member from the British Embassy in Khartoum and defense lawyers are in the hearing with her.

The courthouse was heavily guarded by police, who kept journalists -- and, for a while, even her defense lawyer -- away.

The purpose of the hearing is to decide whether there is enough of a case to proceed.

Gibbons was detained earlier this week when she asked her class of 7-year-olds to name the toy as part of a school project, Robert Boulos, the head of Unity High School, told CNN.Video Watch latest developments in the case. »

She was ushered into the courthouse in central Khartoum through a crowd of reporters by Sudanese police earlier in the day. She looked somber and dazed and was dressed in a black blazer and light blue skirt.

Foreign Secretary David Miliband called Gibbons' actions an "innocent misunderstanding," following a meeting with the Sudanese Ambassador to Britain, Omer Siddig, who was summoned to the Foreign Office in London.

"I explained to him that we were very concerned by the case. We believe that this was an innocent misunderstanding," he said in a statement released after the meeting.

"The Sudanese ambassador undertook to ensure our concerns were relayed to Khartoum at the highest level. He also said he would reflect back to Khartoum the real respect for the Islamic religion in this country," the statement added.

Boulos told CNN Wednesday that the complaint about Gibbons' actions came from a staff member at the school, not from a parent as originally thought.

Speaking outside the court, Boulos said a letter from Sudan's Ministry of Education claimed that parents had raised concerns over the naming of the bear. He said he did not know who was responsible, but was "horrified" when he found out it was a member of his own staff.

Defense counsel later confirmed that the complaint came from Sarah Khawad, a secretary at the school. The counsel, who did not give his name, said the hearing had been delayed as it waited for Khawad to arrive at court to give her evidence.

British consular staff and Gibbons' defense team were at first refused access to the court by Sudanese police.

The defense lawyer was later allowed in to see his client but came out after 30 minutes and told reporters the hearing had been adjourned while judges waited for the prosecution team to arrive.

A spokeswoman for the British Foreign Office said Gibbons was charged under Article 125 of Sudan's constitution, the law relating to insulting religion and inciting hatred. Under that law, the offense is punishable with 40 lashes, a jail term of up to a year or a fine.Video Hear about the charges against Gibbons »

"We understand no offense was intended and trust the court decision will reflect that," the spokeswoman said.

On the first floor of the courthouse, around 25 police linked arms and forced journalists and British officials away from the court entrance. Police detained some journalists, and confiscated a camera belonging to a freelance CNN cameraman.

Four vans filled with riot police were waiting outside the courthouse, but there were no signs of street disturbances or protests. Staff from Gibbons' school, including Boulos, were present. They refused to comment on their colleague's predicament.

The charges against Gibbons were announced Wednesday in Arabic on by state-run news agency.

Although there is no ban in the Quran on images of Allah or the Prophet Mohammed, likenesses are considered highly offensive by Muslims.
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Gibbons has been working at the school -- popular with wealthy Sudanese and expatriates -- since August, after leaving her position as deputy head teacher at a primary school in Liverpool this summer, said Boulos.

He said Gibbons asked the children to pick their favorite name for the new class mascot, which she was using to aid lessons about animals and their habitats.

FACILITATION STATION! WHOO HOO!!!!

Hello all,
I am extremely excited to see what all of you have come up with for your facilitation assignments. Please be creative! Take risks! Here is the schedule. Remember that you should create a formal lesson plan and handouts for me. You should also post whatever it is that you are doing.

Dates for Facilitation Assignments for U in the Media

Reminder: I will need a formal lesson plan written up for me as well as any handouts that you need copied at least one day in advance.

We will be in the computer lab on Monday, December 3 as well.

Wednesday, December 5 1. Chelsei/Zahiir/Khendra
2. Brian M.

Thursday, December 6 Marllory/Anika/Jaleesa

Monday, December 10 Aaron and Karisha

Tuesday, December 11 1. Saquaya/Peter/Stevens
2. Dillon/Anthony

Wednesday, December 12 1. Nadeje/Tanaya/Alistra
2. Nadra

Thursday, December 13 1. Sylvia/Azalia/Catherine
2. Jasmine

Good luck!!

Jealousy

This is a video that will my group will you to how ridiculous or how far this jealousy thing can go. This video takes a more humorous approach but in fact these things could happen.

Lean On Me

This is a movie that I watched over the weekend. I thought that this movie was stereotyping this blacks and hispanics in inner city schools. Watch this clips which show this opening credit in give me your opinions on the interaction of the students and Do you think this is true for most inner city schools?

Myspace death

http://www.boston.com/partners/worldnow/necn.html?catID=80769&clipid=1941875&autoStart=true&mute=false&continuous=true

I know that we were talking about the girl who killed herself over a myspace hoax last week in class. I wanted to post the link for the article in case anyone wanted to see it. When thinking about the case do you think that anyone is at actual blame for the death. Maybe the mother of the child who made the fake myspace or the Megans mother?

Back to the Myspace Death

When we were reading that article in class about the girl who had killed herself over messages she received on myspace, it brought up that maybe it is societys fault. I disagree completely. Okay, yes society portrays women as thin and beautiful, and yes the girl may have been a little chubby and had braces, but she was overcoming that. Those messages on myspace are what got to her, not some super skinny model in a vogue magazine.

DO white people think they're better?

I was thinking about the scene in Blackboard jungle when that guy(can't remember his name but he's the starrah) errupts at Sydney POitier's character saying something about him being black or nigger orw/e. Then I began to wonder. Black people have it embedded in them to have a soft spot for slavery or some concern that leads them to think ' MY PEOPLE have been hurt, MY PEOPLE have been ..." the same for Jews and the Holocost The same for child soldiers of wars in Africa.The same for prostitues and pimps. The same for underaged children exploited in child pornography rings etc What about white people? They've been through things too. For years they enslaved blacks, pushed Indians out of their homes. (of course that's not all they did and it all wasn't negative but stay with me here!)Is it possible that they too might have a MY PEOPLE embedded in them? MY PEOPLE are superior, others are inferior? Sure, you look now and you have white friends and white teachers but is it possible for that person you trust to consider you inferior because of skin?

Not trying to rub anybody the wrong way but brain just won't stop turning.
If this seems offensive tell me n i'll remove it

House of Thin

A different examination of anorexia...
Brainwashing? Media at its worst? Is this advertising? What is the role of the internet in anorexia?

Interview of Trinia on Power 105

i was listening to an interview of Trinia on the Ed Lover show on Power 105 earlier this month and Ed had asked question that caught my attention. This not in their exact wording but it was basicly what they said.

Ed -> How do feel about the way that woman are currently being portrayed in the music industry today and is it fair to blame the artists?
Trinia -> No its not fair to blame the artisits because they do not force anyone do anything, you dont have do anything that you dont want to. if anything its those girls and the directors because the directors decide how they want the video done its their job.....

I tried getting a snippet of the interview but was unable im still trying though.

Respones.................

Illegal Immigrant takes cousin's identity to become a cop...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071123/ap_on_re_us/officer_s_secret_4

The above the article is about an illegal immigrant stealing his cousins identity just to become a cop. After reading the article do you agree with the government's action to jail him and permanently deport him?


Personally I think the government was right to do what they did. Falsifying that you are a US Citizen and stealing someone's identity (even with permission) are serious crimes that must be punished no matter how many good deeds have been done. If he wanted it so bad he should have went through the system like the law says you have to. Also if his father was alive when it was uncovered he would be jailed and deported as well.

What are your thoughts?

Cruise Ship Sinks, but Passengers Safe

By BILL CORMIER,
AP
Posted: 2007-11-23 20:39:39
Filed Under: World News
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (Nov. 23) - A Canadian cruise ship struck submerged ice off Antarctica and began sinking, but all 154 passengers and crew, Americans and Britons among them, took to lifeboats Friday and were plucked to safety by a passing cruise ship.
No injuries were reported although passengers reportedly endured subfreezing temperatures for several hours as they waited in bobbing lifeboats for a Norwegian liner that took them to a Chilean military base in the region.The vessel sank early Friday evening, several hours after the predawn accident near Antarctica's South Shetland Islands.Before it sank, Susan Hayes of G.A.P. Adventures of Toronto, which owns the stricken MS Explorer, said, "The ship ran into some ice. It was submerged ice and the result was a hole about the size of a fist in the side of the hull so it began taking on water ... but quite slowly/""The passengers are absolutely fine," she said. "They're all accounted for, no injuries whatsoever."Hours after the pre-dawn accident near Antarctica's South Shetland Islands, Chilean aerial photographs showed the ship listing heavily, its white superstructure and red hull starkly visible against the gray, choppy waters and overcast skies.Hayes said 91 passengers had been aboard, including at least 23 Britons, 17 Dutch, 13 Americans and 10 Canadians. The ship also carried nine expedition staff members and a crew of 54.The group calmly abandoned ship when the captain's order came and pumps helped keep the ship stable for an orderly evacuation, Hayes said.Arnvid Hansen, captain of the Norwegian liner Nordnorge, said his ship ferried the passengers and crew to a Chilean air force base on King George Island in Antarctic waters near southernmost South America."The rescue operation ran very smoothly," the 54-year-old captain told The Associated Press by shipboard telephone from the Nordnorge.G.A.P Adventures is a tour company that provides excursions with an environmental focus. The Explorer was on a 19-day circuit of Antarctica and the Falkland Islands letting passengers observe penguins, whales and other wildlife while getting briefings from experts on the region.Traveling to Antarctica is always risky, Hayes said."There is ice in the area. Obviously it's a hazard of the area. But it's highly unusual (that the ship would hit the ice). This has never happened to us," he said.An Argentine rescue and command center received the first distress call at 12:30 a.m. EST Friday from the Explorer amid reports it was taking on water despite efforts to use onboard pumps, said Capt. Juan Pablo Panichini, an Argentine navy spokesman.A navy statement said that the captain ordered passengers to abandon ship about 90 minutes after the first call and that passengers and crew boarded eight semi-rigid lifeboats and four life rafts, with the captain leaving the ship later.A Chilean ornithologist identified as Paola Palavecino was quoted in an Argentine media report as saying she and others aboard went into the lifeboats before dawn and endured subfreezing temperatures for a few hours until they were picked up about 6 a.m. EST."The ship took on water quickly," she was quoted by the Argentine news agency Diarios y Noticias as telling a local radio station in a call from the Nordnorge.A commander at Chile's air base on King George island confirmed late Friday that the Nordnorge had arrived in a bay near the base, but said waves and strong winds had prevented the passengers from immediately disembarking.He said Chilean air force planes, weather permitting, would fly the survivors on Saturday to Punta Arenas at the southernmost tip of Chile.An Argentine navy statement said the Explorer was about 475 nautical miles southeast of Ushuaia, the southernmost Argentine city and a jumping-off point for cruise ships and supply vessels for Antarctica. Seas were calm and winds light at the time of the accident, officials said.Last Feb. 1, the Nordnorge evacuated 294 passengers, including 119 Americans from a sister Norwegian cruise ship, the MS Nordkapp, which ran aground off a remote Antarctic island. The Nordkapp later pulled off the rocks under its own power and authorities said those passengers were never in danger.

Cyclone Death Toll Tops 3,100

By PAVEL RAHMAN,AP
Posted: 2007-11-19 14:10:00 BARGUNA, Bangladesh (Nov. 19) - Azahar Ali huddled with his family, reading from the Quran, as the cyclone roared in. First the power went out, then screaming winds blew out the windows and ripped off the roof. The sea rushed in, washing him and his family away.The 80-year-old awoke in a rice paddy to find his son, daughter-in-law, three grandchildren and three other relatives dead, among the more than 3,100 people killed by Cyclone Sidr. "I have lost everything," he said Monday while recounting the terror of the worst cyclone in more than a decade to hit this low-lying South Asian nation of 150 million people.Details of the devastation and the stories of the survivors began to emerge as rescuers reached areas cut off four days earlier when the storm washed out roads and downed telephone lines.At least 3,113 people were known dead and more than 1,000 were missing, said Lt. Col. Main Ullah Chowdhury, an army spokesman. The Red Crescent Society, the Islamic cousin of the Red Cross, warned the death toll could rise to 10,000 once rescuers reach outlying islands.In the village of Parulkhel, residents and rescuers used bamboo poles to probe flooded fields, looking for submerged bodies.When a woman's corpse was discovered, workers rushed in with sacks and plastic sheet to lift the body out. Onlookers gathered, and one weeping man identified her as his mother."Some were identified and taken away by relatives. We buried dozens of others near where we found them," said Ali Akbar, a volunteer. Survivors picked through the village's wreckage, looking for anything salvageable in a jumble of splintered wood, bamboo and corrugated iron houses, fallen trees and bloated animal carcasses. A stench filled the air.In the neighboring village of Bainsamarta, Sheikh Mubarak, 40, sat among the ruins of his hut weeping for his 12-year-old daughter."As our house was washed away by walls of water, I grabbed my daughter and ran for shelter. The monster waves swept her away from me," he said. "Allah should have taken me instead."Survivors said many of the deaths could have been prevented but people failed to heed warnings to move to higher ground as the storm approached Thursday."'Nothing is going to happen' — that was our first thought, and we went to bed," said Dhalan Mridha, a 45-year-old farm worker from the village of Galachipa."Just before midnight the winds came like hundreds of demons. Our small hut was swept away like a piece of paper, and we all ran for shelter," he said.On the way, Mridha was separated from his wife, mother and two children. He found their bodies the next morning, stuck in a battered bush.Government and relief agencies stepped up efforts to get help to devastated areas.Army helicopters flew in high-protein cookies supplied by the World Food Program, said Emamul Haque, a spokesman for the U.N. agency's office in the capital, Dhaka.International groups promised initial aid totaling $25 million during a meeting with Bangladesh agencies Monday, Haque said.Tents, water, rice and other relief items have been slow to reach many.In the town of Barguna, long lines of anxious people formed at the market, hoping for word that help was on the way. "We have been waiting here for several hours, but no relief," said Uthan Ching, who left clutching an empty plastic bag.Government officials defended relief efforts and expressed confidence that authorities were up to the task."We have enough food and water," said Shahidul Islam, the top official in Bagerhat, a battered district near Barguna. "We are going to overcome the problem."U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a statement that several million dollars were available from the United Nations' emergency response funds, depending on the need.Many foreign governments and international groups also pledged to help.The United States offered $2.1 million and two U.S. Marine Corps transport planes arrived in Dhaka with medical supplies, said Chowdhury, the army spokesman.An American military medical team was already in Bangladesh and two U.S. Navy ships, each carrying at least 20 helicopters and tons of supplies, would be made available if the Bangladesh government requested them, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in a statement.The European Union promised $2.2 million and the British government $5.1 million. Italy's Roman Catholic bishops conference said it would donate $2.9 million. The governments of Germany and France each pledged $730,000, Japan sent $318,000 in relief supplies, and the Philippines said it would provide a medical team.Bangladesh is a densely populated nation sitting on a vast river delta. Storms batter its low-lying lands every year, often killing large numbers of people. The most deadly recent storm was a tornado that leveled 80 villages in northern Bangladesh in 1996, killing 621 people.

The eFFeCTS oF mONey

http://blackvoices.aol.com/blogs/2007/11/15/dr-donda-west-update-on-tragic-death/

As you read this article u will see that her death could have been avoided because she knew of the else risk. Not saying that the lady deserves this but why is 50 something year old women getting plastic surgery. I think that people focus on their image way to much. Do think that her son being famous and the effects and pressure of the media is the reason she went through with this knowing the risk?

Yet again I am not happy

I was on the J line with my two little brothers, I ask Jonathan (age of 8) what he would like to be and he said that a cop or maybe a fireman then I ask Junior (age of 6) what he would like to be and he said a 'gangster' (did I spell the right?) Just like the people on tv. Why would a 6 year old be affected by tv? What is 'gangster' anyway? Any help?

A Similar comparison

When looking at the movie BlackBoard Jungle and Akeelah and the Bee, you see the same stereotypes, inner city youths never value education and all they want in life is trouble. Do you think that writers for these films develop these scripts from previous movies based on the same stereotypes or have they actually sat in a classroom and analyzed what went on?

What NYU students would give up

On the news the other day, a poll was taking to see what NYU students would give up for money. Most of them would actually give up their right to vote. About half would give up their right to vote for a year for full financial aid, and the other half would give up their right to vote forever for 1 million dollars. Is college really that expensive where students would give up a right so powerful for a full tuition?

In Response To my favorite Show

I just feel the need to get this off my chest. Dwayne "Dog" Chapman, also known as Hawaii's Dog the Bounty Hunter is television's coolest bounty hunter. In response to his PRIVATE phone call in the SECRECY of HIS OWN HOME, I absolutely don't think Dog is a racist. If all Latino's and Asians as well as Caucasians who uses the word in refrence to a black person in or around a conversation heavily populated with black people, then they would all be racist. I espcially think Dog's son wanted money that selling to the press just seemed ideal. For six thousand dollars he basically just shot his dads reputation and I 100 percent believe its unfair to Dog and the rest of his team. Lets talk about people like FAT JOE calling other rappers Niggas in his lyrics or People like Don Imus who has money and can buy back bits of his reputation!! What do we say to these people who ideally thinks it's okay because they are quickly overidden??  

The bounty hunter in trouble

While listening to hot 97 they were talking about how Dog the bounty hunter called his son's girlfriend a nigga. His son didn't like it so he told.now he's in trouble. Do you think he said this in an act of racism?

Hip-Hop

If Hip-Hop is really dead than what is Hip-Hop and does it still exsist and does it have the same meaning?

Biil Cosby on CNN

While watching CNN one night Bill Cosby was talking about how parents aren't raising there kids with the love that they are suposse to. He also said that today it's all about gangs wanting to be a gangster or to impress an individual or a group of people. Which goes back to parents and how they raise and love there children.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS?

Coal Black and De Sebben Dwarfs(banned)

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MANY thing wrong with this.

The blackface caracitutres.
The mammy figure
The baby who doesn't speak well
The pretty dumb girl who can only wash, cook and clean.
The Murder company who murders anyone for $1.00, Midgets for half price and "Japs" for free.
Everybody ryhmes and always talks to a rythm.
The hot guy (Prince Chawmin) has gold teeth and two dice for front teeth.
The Dwarfs are in the military.
And at the end the sexual implication about black men....in a cartoon!!!

See for yourself, have I missed any?

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3319292557543403385&q=Coal+Black+and+de+Sebben+Dwarfs&total=123&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0

The Censored Eleven

Ever heard of the Censored Eleven? In 1968 United Artists witheld a group of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons from syndadicataion because of their racist nature. The toons make use of blackface(exaggerated likenesses of black people thaat in my opinion look like dogs) caricture and ridicule the religious practices of black people. In "Sunday go to Meetin Time" several characters that stereotype and mock the black community are seen for example, a woman stealing a bra to use as a bonnet for her twins, a mammi shining her two pickanniny children's heads etc. There are several other cartoons that were removed from circulation but have not been added to list. They include cartoons about the Japanese during the world war two era and Native Amercians with targets painted on their backs.

Some of this type of animation is released for public veiwing through editing of certain words and acts that point directly to racism but innuendos remain and those that are 'clean' may be viewed on television by anyone.

With these cartoons removed from circulationn, it seems that there are no problems. This is not so. The companies that originally own these cartoons kept the leash on them tight but after many years of passing over hands and eventually landing in the hands of Turner Broadcasting, the grip weakened and many of these films can be bought on hhome video and seen on tv or video searchies. Some have been named the greatest cartoons of all time. With a label like that, how can you keep it from the people? Do you beleive that at the time these cartoons were drawn they were meant to be seen as such? Do you think that those of us who watch these now have the same thoughts about how discriminatory these films are?


The cartoons in the Censored Eleven are:
Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land (1931, directed by Rudolph Ising)
Sunday Go to Meetin' Time (1936, directed by Friz Freleng)
Clean Pastures (1937, directed by Freleng)
Uncle Tom's Bungalow (1937, directed by Tex Avery)
Jungle Jitters (1938, directed by Freleng)
The Isle of Pingo Pongo (1938, directed by Avery)
All This and Rabbit Stew (1941, directed by Avery)
Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs (1943, directed by Robert Clampett)
Tin Pan Alley Cats (1943, directed by Clampett)
Angel Puss (1944, directed by Chuck Jones)
Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears (1944, directed by Freleng)


Info. from Wikipedia.
Try a google video search. see for yourself. Are they racist? Should they be even be releases on private home videos? Was Turner Broadcasting wrong for releasing these videos to tv?

Top Restaurant Shut Down for Rodents

Reuters
Posted: 2007-11-15 19:32:03
Filed Under: Weird News
NEW YORK (Nov. 15) - A Manhattan restaurant that unveiled a record-breaking $25,000 dessert last week has been forced to shut its doors temporarily due to an infestation of mice and cockroaches. Serendipity 3 on the Upper East Side failed its second consecutive health inspection in a month on Wednesday night after health officials found a live mouse, mouse droppings in multiple places, flies and dozens of live cockroaches, the Heath Department said. Dessert: The Frrrozen Haute Chocolate Description: A slushy mix of cocoas, milk, edible gold and truffle shavings with a gold spoon and gold goblet with diamonds From: Serendipity-3 restaurant in New York Cost: $25,000 Bagel Description: White truffle cream cheese and goji berry-infused Riesling jelly with golden leaves From: Westin New York Cost: $1,000 Sandwich: The McDonald Description: Wagyu beef, foie gras, truffle mayonnaise, brie, rocket, red pepper and mustard confit, and plum tomatoes on sourdough From: Selfridges department store in London Cost: $150 Cocktail: Martini on the Rock Description: Martini with a diamond From: Algonquin Hotel in New York Cost: $10,000 Burger Description: Kobe beef, foie gras, portobello mushrooms and Korean pears, and served with french fries From: Four Seasons in Jakarta, Indonesia Cost: $110 Liquor: Aztec Passion Limited Edition Description: 4.4-pound gold and platinum bottle of tequila From Tequila Ley .925 Cost: $225,000 "We're rectifying it as quickly as we can," said owner Steven Bruce, adding the restaurant would then be allowed to reopen.Serendipity 3 set a Guinness world record on November 7 for the most expensive dessert when it partnered with luxury jeweller Euphoria New York to create "Frrozen Haute Chocolate," a blend of 28 cocoas fused with 0.2 ounces of edible 23-karat gold.It comes with an 18-karat gold bracelet with 1 carat of white diamonds at the base of the goblet. The sundae is topped with whipped cream covered with more gold and a side of La Madeline au Truffle from Knipschildt Chocolatier, which sells for $2,600 a pound.The desert is a more decadent take on Serendipity's $8.50 "Frrrozen Hot Chocolate," which the talk show host Oprah Winfrey once endorsed by saying it made her want to "dance on the chandeliers." Bruce also has a $1,000 ice cream sundae on the menu called Golden Opulence.

8 Killed in Finland School Shooting

Interesting in light of our conversations about the power of youtube...




TUUSULA, Finland - An 18-year-old student opened fire in a Finnish high school Wednesday, killing seven students and the principal before turning the gun on himself, police said.

The teenager, who was not identified, shot himself in the head but survived and was taken to a hospital in “extremely critical condition,” police spokesman Tero Haapala said.

The attack at Jokela High School in Tuusula, some 30 miles north of the capital, Helsinki, shocked the Nordic nation, where gun ownership is fairly common by European standards but deadly shootings are rare.
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Finnish media reported that in 1989 a 14-year-old boy shot and killed two students, apparently for teasing him.

Police said at a news conference after the attack that the gunman in Wednesday’s attack shot the victims — five boys, two girls and the female principal — with a .22-caliber pistol. About a dozen other people were injured as they tried to escape the school, police said.

Licensed last month
“He was from an ordinary family,” police chief Matti Tohkanen said about the gunman, who belonged to a gun club and got a license for the pistol Oct. 19. He did not have a previous criminal record, he said.

Finnish media said the shooter revealed his plans in a YouTube posting before the attack. The video, titled “Jokela High School Massacre,” showed a picture of a building by a lake that appeared to be the high school, along with two photos of a young man holding a handgun. The person who posted the video was identified in the user profile as an 18-year-old man from Finland.

The posting was later removed. The video was apparently later removed from the site, but appears on another site, called LiveLeak.com.

The profile contained a text calling for a “revolution against the system.”

Police said they would investigate any possible connection the gunman might have had to the video.

Terhi Vayrynen, 17, a student at the school told The Associated Press that her brother Henri Vayrynen, 13, and his classmates had witnessed the shooting of the principal outside the school through the classroom window.

Shouted 'Revolution!'
She said the gunman then came into Henri Vayrynen’s class shouting: “Revolution! Smash everything!”

When no one did anything, he shot the TV and the windows of the class room but did not fire at the students. The he ran out and down the corridor, Terhi Vayrynen said.

Kim Kiuru, a teacher at the school, said the principal announced over the public address system just before noon that all students should remain in their classrooms.

“After that I saw the gunman running with what appeared to be a small-caliber handgun in his hand through the doors toward me after which I escaped to the corridor downstairs and ran in the opposite direction,” Kiuru told reporters.

Kiuru said he saw a woman’s body as he fled the building.

“Then my pupils shouted at me out of the windows to ask what they should do and I told them to jump out of the windows ... and all my pupils were saved,” Kiuru said.

More than 400 students, from 12 to 18, were enrolled at Jokela, officials said.

Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen described the situation as “extremely tragic,” and declared Thursday a day of national mourning with flags to be flown half-staff.

Reality Out Of Conrol

Ok! Reality TV is simply out of conrol. Shows like "Flavor of Love", "Rock of Love", "I Love New York" and "Girl Meets Cowboy"(all about people finding love in 12 weeks!) makes society loose the sense of what reality really is. Is reality even real anymore? Or is it all scripted?

Is He Wrong?

Last week, Dwayne "Dog" Chapman from the reality TV show Dog the Bounty Hunter had a very disturbing conversation with one of his sons that leaked to the press. One of his sons is dating a black women, and Dwyane seems to find that unacceptable. He said to his son "Now if you continue to date her, your going to have to find another job, i'll help you find you, you just cant stay here. We say the word "nigger" a lot in this house, and i dont want no black women getting offended and trying to ruin my career and all that i have. Now i dont mean "nigger" in a bad way, i just mean it in a normal way". Ever since this leaked out, he has been aplogizing every chance he gets, but is he really wrong? People make racist comments all the time that does not get leaked out to the press. So is he wrong for having this conversation in the comfort of his own home?

More News Bizz

It's becoming more eye-opening that the news is aiming for ratings. Never before have I ever seen a full length commercial to get people to watch the news. This its no ordinary informative commercia, but its very lively entertaining! Here is the short verion of the commerial. CHECK IT OUT!
"DO THE GOOD DAY"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bctu7_V0vmQ

NEWS

http://www.foxnews.com/video2/player06.html?110207/110207_lipsears&Lips_and_Ears&Lips%20and%20Ears%3A%2011/2&acc&Lips%20%26%20Ears&-1&Entertainment&0&&&exp

This a news clip video. Look how fast they go from talking about the fires in california to the sales of Britney Spears new album. Do you think that by the media doing this, its affecting society?

Corner Store gone Bad

Today I was on my way home and then I stop at the croner store which has benn thatir for 6 years, I look up and at both corners of their sign its written in big bold letters "We sell Beer, Newports, and Condom for all use." I was in shock because I have been coming to this store for 4 years to buy candy. How does this affect the children who know how to read at the age of 7 or 10?