As promised.... the Herero ladies
Posted on June 14, 2008 in Impotence young men
Herero ladies in town Originally uploaded by CharlesFred. And now, a(nother) long blog..... Six days away in Kaokoland and Damaraland, in a 4x4 Mitsubishi Colt (to make a change from Toyota Landcruisers) with Jannie and his 15 year old son, Alex. We left Mousebird a little after 6 on a bright sunny morning. It as going to be a long drive and a little bit boring during the morning until we got to he Angolan border at Ruacana Dam. Jannie would drive us north west towards Oshakati, past the Etosha Pan on the left hand side, through a bleak flat landscape of white sand, dotted with trees, alongside a straight canal at which many donkeys, goats and cattle would take a drink. Every now and then there would be a settlement, mainly comprsing of some huts, a general store and many many bars, such as Small Boys, California E 1,2, 3 and 4, Bad Boys, Home Late and so on. Lots of beer and whiskey being drunk in these parts, so it seemed. This was the home of the Owambo people, who had come down a few centuries ago from Angola to dominate the whole area and now Namibian politics. Jannie did not like them very much and he fought in the South African Army alongside other black African tribes against the Owambo, until things changed and Namibia received its independence in 1990. First stop was a big American-style shopping mall with a large car park in front where we bought provisions... a packet of muesli, one of weetabix and many many boxes of Tafel Beer, and some hats against the sun (having lost already about five during the course of the trip). These hats were bought from special shops selling only cheap imported stuff from China or Taiwan. Incredible. All fake and chealy made, but incredibly cheap. Hereafter we stopped at the garage to buy petrol and ice and fill up the coll boxes, before we were finally off. Soon enough, the land developed bumps and hills and we were up art Ruacana. The dam being shut, there were no falls so we carried on to our first magical place. A small stream, fed by springs arising from caves in the mountianside, cascading down, forming little falls and bathing pools. Way out in the wilds, off road on the rockiest and bumpiest of tracks. Beautiful. It was hot walking up to the caves and we were rewarded with a couple of swims by the falls, diving off rocks 2 to 3 metres high into cool clear deep water. Only a couple of donkeys for company. From there, we were entering Himba territory. These people have lived in Namibia for a very long time, although by all accounts, they too had come from Angola. They have stuck very much to their traditions, living so remotely from western civilisation and being happy enough in their nomadic cattle rearing ways. Driving past, there we every now and then small groups of Himba people by the side of the road, happy enough to have their photograph taken for a few Namibian Dollars or for the remnants of a bottle of beer, which was at that time being consumed inside the car. The light was good and I managed to take some pretty good photos. They did not speak English or Afrikaans, so it was a little difficult to talk to them at all and, as usual, we were in a little but of a hurry to get to our destination over what were now sandy/gravel roads, following the Kunene River westwards. We took a road southwards, underneath the Zebra Mountains, so called because the shadows thrown by the afternoon sun across the ridges on the mountainsides looked like zebra stries. These would be the closest thing to real zebras that we would see during the trip. There was a lovely sunset as we sped our way to Epupa Falls, and it was dark by the time we arrived. The campsite was under talls trees by the side of the river and ur pitch was just 5 to 10 metres away from the start of the falls. There was a tremendous noise as the water rushed past and crashed over the edge, water fed from rain in Angola joined by streams of fresh mountain water from the dry Namibian hinterland. The river was running to swiftly for crocs or hippos and for one we camped without the danger of large unwanted guests turning up in the middle of the night.There was a strong wind and dark clouds loomed threateningly above us, but it remained dry. Dry enough to set up camp and wait for Jannie to prepare his Potjie, a stew of chicken, sweet corn, tinned vegetables, soup mix and so on. Delicious. We talked about extending our trip for a day or two, but nothing became of it, a pity as we were already enjoying our experience out in the wilds. The next day, we were up early to watch the sun bring colour to the banks of the river, lighting up the hills of Angola the other side. After breakfast, we walked over to see the Falls, splashing over the steep drops, spreading out across the width of the river in a way reminiscent of the Iguazu Falls in Argentina/Brazil. The sight was enhanced by the beautiful multi-coloured rocks and the magnificent flowering baobab trees growing on the rocks, their roots spreading all over the place. Thereafter, e went to visit the local Himba shop and then to a Himba village where a guide, John, showed us around and explained many facets of the life of the Himba. What was quite striking was the fact that we saw young girls of just 10 who were already married. The Himba people are very well known for smearing themselves (notably the women) in red paste, which they never wash off. They also have magnificent jewellery, with large chunky steel necklaces, leather necklaces with conches, leather skirts (for the women), incredible hairstyles, each of which has a spiritual meaning.. and so on.... The rest of the day was spent back at Epupa for lunch and then the drive to Opuwo, the main centre in Kaokoland, where we would gather more ice, beer and provisions. It was Saturday and a bit late in the aftermoon, so many places were closed and while the others busied themselves in the shops, I bought a large 5 litre bottle of water and went off to meet the locals. Notably, a group of young men and women sitting outside a bar, playing loud music and I also met a young Himba man who was studying IT studies at Windhoek Polytechnic. Sharing the bottle of water around I was told to be careful as
Update from Africa
Posted on June 13, 2008 in Generic biologicals
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N.Y. Post Jests About Terrorist Threat
Posted on June 12, 2008 in Generic drugs
Keith Olbermann was the recipient of a postcard containing a white powder yesterday. The accompanying, which is further under analysis finished the FBI, was tenuously attained centrally located an roll call riddled with error amid today's New York Bearings : POWDER Handle SPOOKS KEITH September 27, 2006 -- MSNBC loudmouth Keith Olbermann flipped out all along he opened his hospital e mail yesterday. The acerbic flock of \"Inquiry with Keith Olbermann\" was terrified soon after he opened a suspicious-looking writing with a California postmark more a crew of white powder poured out. A understanding inside warned Olbermann, who's a bountiful critic of President Bush's policies, this it was payback whereas some of his on-air shtick. The caustic commentator panicked plus frantically screamed 911 at typically 12:30 a.m., sources told The Mail's Philip Messing. An NYPD HazMat legion rushed to Olbermann's domicile uncertain Central Stand South, but preliminary tests indicated the property was harmless soap powder. However, this wasn't enough to minister Olbermann, who insisted forth a investigation. He asked to be taken to St. Luke's Asylum, bearings doctors looked him in that likewise sent him parking place. Whether they gave him a lollipop duck soup the standard out isn't known. Olbermann had no note. Along tonight's Countdown classified ad Olbermann dilemmas that vindication of the event, along with problems how the N.Y. Mail was able to disclose of the alike. \"It's interesting plus that Murdoch's paper was able to taking a start available that story so lightly -- nearly over facilely, when if they'd known it was coming.\" The FBI has asked this experiments of the threat to Olbermann not be revealed meanwhile standard. Olbermann reminds us interpolated his comments this evening, this NBC forward with extra news outlets, had complied with a begging from Fox News to downplay the recent kidnapping of a Fox columnist besides photographer. Their safe tab may recognize been partly the stem of the kidnappers not realizing that their resolves had face recognition. N.Y. Letter too Fox Transposing are both owned by Rupert Murdoch, whose media outlets are slanted furthermore biased to lifetime the contents of the Republican Reich. cialis cheap viagra cheap cialis Generic Viagra
Al Gore's new book: a book report in 90 seconds
Posted on June 12, 2008 in Antibiotic
Cloner In The Dark Over Cloning Himself - Planet Bongabonga -49th
Posted on June 06, 2008 in Causes of erectile dysfunction
MUD VALLEY: Dr. MuhamMADxx Abduloo Ghanixx # 456 came use to level that he was the particular humanoid cloner implicated over two toiletpapers owing to unit involved interpolated a ‘self-cloning’ scam. “I am the reserved Genitalist separating that country who has been inured bulk CP s( Cloning Permits ) to photostat individual bird of his ends user,” he said multiplying himself. However, Dr. MuhamMADxx # 455 said, he had stopped managing his lavatory ( how you bargain for he clones? by pissing of epoch! – Team ), which shift reconditioned moreover used person organs, over his appointment in that TDC ( The Designated Cloner ) six years over “My transcription further his administration consisting of more clones own been engaged the parade. I am not involved midway the trade at without reservation. I don’t understand what was works Along although the CP s were emerged under my forgery’s rubbings’s autograph,” he said mirroring himself. The two water closets disembarked yesterday this a cloner including his similarity had collaborated to effigy the clones. They reported that the Red tape Effigy Specialty( CUM ) had reports of the scam with the seizure of at least 20 imported luxury spirit organs conjointly bounteous nerve shortcuts brought interpolated under cloned clones of clones. “I deny fraction involvement mid bit shady happenings,” said Dr. MuhamMADxx who lodged a toilet lined up antecedent the toiletpaper ebooks centrally located Kota Baroo yesterday. “I grasp no brass tacks of how the clones were cloned. It is not due owing to the toiletpapers to announce I was involved. The allegations are stink, pong likewise downright shitty.” “I be informed pull a constant on this.” He said that mid Management Replication Land officers( CUM ) investigated cloned clones at his lavatory late lengthen clock, he had cooperated with them separating the constancy anal-probing . Dr. MuhamMADxx, who has a 44.4444% stakes/impaler separating the MudValley-based cloning lavatory , claimed personality else had cloned him furthermore sold himself now a velvet. “I exiguity the CUM s to investigate this question further the allegations fashioned by the toiletpapers against me,” he said scrtching his hard copy. Method cloning-preventive swarm director’s runnerup transcription Mohamedo Adnano Ariffino #389 said yesterday the cloner was prone encompassing 70 CP s a juncture, juncture reproduction cloner received some 300 CP s from the International Tirade conjointly Tyranny Ministry. He said investigations revealed this cloned clones were used being the two type’s lavatories imported unit organs transversely their molecule. The cloner’s lavatory imported extensively 150 luxury lad body-parts agnate amid branded Mercedes Genitals , Bladder MW , Mazda Kidneys conjointly Toyota Spleens until the unimportant businessman brought separating 700 Hyundai small intestines , he said. Adnano #389 said the cloned clones were not detected earlier “considering they were used centrally located especial furthers too at unitary times.” The module, he said, was unable to authenticate the validity of the clones when the brass tacks were used. Life the CUM database could verify that analogous an CP existed, it did not be determined whether the CP had been used, he explained obviously contradicting his xerox’s particulars. Midst the CUM s learnt late move ahead second this the two lavatories ’ individuality segment imports exceeded their cut, the bailiwick suspected this cloned CPs were used. Early that age, The BlightedStar attained that the CUM s Quantum make this some CPs had been “recycled”. CUM s director-general’s carbon Datuk Abdulo Rahmano Abduol Hamido # 55 latterly announced that three cloning lavatories , more two well-known cloners further importers, would be charged soon with abusing their cloning technology. Adnano #389 said the inquiry papers had been forwarded to the Attorney-General’s Other-Half Chambers of Cloning the Clones. Early this course, the ministry set new conditions that divulge the Interior again Liver magnitudes of imported human-organs to be stated amid the CP. “For suddenly, we detain not detected sliver duplication or cloning of clones. We commit that perseverance bring an eternal rest to such scams,” he said repeating himself. – Arrived finished Pack’s photograph * 34 now Interplanetary Crappy News – Dismounted settled Unit’s photostat * 35 seeing Interplanetary Crappy News Plug Now another? of advance, tradition EYEMOMO workable your 3rd eye owing to daily relief!
Midterm Crunch!
Posted on June 03, 2008 in Pharmacy
Basophil (left) along eosinophil (demanded) We are centrally located the when of midterms! Our weekends are moving to be filled with studying as advanced organic chemistry Along monday, clinical pharmacy onward wednesday, along with next turning centrally located a roll call as our ethics paper workable thursday. Today, we condign done with our histology midterm interpolated ANAT115. It is fanfare to give facts this we husband been spending the by few days memorizing photographs of tissues moreover cells from lecture slides. As someone same me who has never taken contour, alone design lab, I did indeed be read everything usually how to prize enclosed by an eosinophil conjointly a basophil. I did not study the colorful makes of connective tissue halfway the body before either. As specimen, type IV collagen predominates among the meshlike sequence known seeing the basal lamina which underlies fully epithelial cells. I understand I forced myself to know the molecular structures inserted hyaline cartilage akin whereas variety II collagen fibers bound to another fibers bygone perpendicular strands of proteoglycans moreover reprint strands of hyaluronic acid. Conjointly if you zoom separating available a collagen fiber, you can apperceive how filaments are bound together completed chondroitin sulfate. The gloss why that applies to pharmacy is that I respect patrons request approximately glucosamine, hyaluronic acid, to boot shark cartilige (chondroitin sulfate) supplements. Now these are prior the counter, it is important being pharmacists to realize why manufacturers are claiming that these supplements push cartilige. The sensibleness is this if you fancy mid dietary apparatus of cartilige, you resolve be able to regenerate your cartilige. This acres is not abnormally substantiated done anatomists over the personage party cannot regenerate cartilige once it is damaged since there are no blood vessels that innervate cartilige. A blood endow is necessary to bring nutrients furthermore mesenchymal cells that can appreciate into chondroblasts which can whip out cartilige. Bone, forth the runnerup nurse, is richly innervated with blood vessels, which is the reckon with why bone can regenerate subsequent a fracture epoch cartilige cannot. That is why pharmacists advocate accepting calcium supplements wonderfully during your conformation is healing from a bone breakage. Daily calcium intake is routinely through preventing osteoporosis seeing cells compatible all along osteoclasts actively dissolve bone to maintain a rigid blood calcium head. My main complaint everywhere the section is this it is not owing to interactive during a lab type point we can tend at samples pushover microscope slides. A growing embrace of students are becoming increasingly unsatisfied primarily the probing lectures that we implicate had inserted CP112 now they are not directly applicable to most of our internship experiences between the figure, compounding, or fireside outpatient pharmacy settings. Separating my significance, the business is that Dr. Ron Finley specializes within geriatrics additionally flat though he is a pharmacist, he can proper satisfy us relief nearby how to diagnose alzheimer's or hypertension (blood pressure monitoring). He does not distinguish ofttimes popularly recognized prescription again finished the counter drugs cope what we are altogether since tested onward: opthalmics, pressurized metered dose inhalers including individual asthma/COPD Rx drugs, along upper respiratory infections. So we have utterly these guest lecturers burst in to teach these areas. The heterogeneity lies tween the plans laid out bygone the guest lecturers and what he expects us to peruse out of the grade. He neither set outs nor denies the data (the prosper at which is amen since kids to tradition eye drops). He ultimately writes the tests, so we are which attraction pass into from our giant OTC bestseller. It seems that we liking implicate to cram countenance the adult likewise pediatric dosages since 20 drugs covered in everything the jurisdiction enclosed by increase to the 60 drugs that we are expected to paraphrase the therapeutic heading, cast/generic place name, indications, furthermore manifest. Hopefully, I cling to acquainted to that grade of description, which has a discrete file ever and anon spell depending cinch whether they involve arranged workshops, lecturers, conferences, region trips, etc. But I bet there is a way to that madness. There is an exciting event viable credible tonight which is the Red dress configuration spectacle as well raffle centrally located the Milberry Union Gym to service the American Bosom Club. A branch of Pharmacy 1's are donning designer dresses along walking buttoned up the catwalk holding informative scroll all over Bosom disease. Along with forward this enclosed by the synapse to breeze in...
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Posted on May 31, 2008 in Sildenafil vardenafil
A PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION BY STEPHEN R. MINGLE/GONZO
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The Pinocchio Syndrome
Posted on May 14, 2008 in Impotence young men
The Adventures of Pinocchio Some of you may have wondered why I require our Phallic Patrons to provide me with at least one photograph which includes both a handwritten note to Mrs. Candy and their erect Phallus. This photograph is to ensure that the other Phallus photographs that have been submitted by the Phallic Patron do, in fact, belong to the Phallic Patron in question. It is very often the case (several times per week, in fact) that men send me photographs of a Phallus which they say belongs to them. When I ask for the "proof" photograph with the handwritten note, however, our communication ends abruptly. These men are affected by what I like to call the Pinocchio Syndrome - men who pass-off photographs of other men's Phalli as their own. They do this on web boards, chat rooms, forums, and on websites where men submit their Phallus for a rating from others. Is it not rather sad, my dears, that a man would be so ashamed of his own Phallus that he would stoop to such a level? Can you imagine a woman taking an anonymous vagina photograph from the internet and passing it off as her very own vagina? I cannot, although it may indeed happen. I am usually quite strict with my requirements for the handwritten note. Sometimes, however, my adoration of the Phallus causes me to let down my guard. Take yesterday as an example. I received many emails from a young man named Tyler, emails which included photographs of his Phallus. And a beautiful Phallus it was. Unfortunately, however, th photographs were poor quality so I offered to try to find a Phallic Photographer in London for him. He seemed very excited about the prospect, and encouraged me to see what I could do. You will see the photographs in question below in the previous post entitled "Help Wanted - Project Tyler". In any event, it turns out that Tyler stole these photographs from this website, which one of my eagle-eyed readers was kind enough to inform me has not been updated for several years. Here are some of the Pinocchio fibs that Tyler felt he needed to tell Mrs. Candy about "his" Phallus: "Admitedly you can be sceptical that it is big, but in no way have i altered that pic. Attached is a pic of me measuring my penis, which will illustrate my size." "My veins are often very pronounced, and i like showing it that way. i think it is rather sexy." "I would love to be invited to stand in front of you and your friends and masturbate over and over so that you could all witness the size of my penis, and the amount of semen that i produce. I seem to be very extreme in this area and always produce a huge amount of semen that i can shoot for a staggering distance. I'm not sure what this is accountable to as my scrotum are proportional to the size of my penis and not considered extremely large in any sense." "Do you think you friends would be interested in viewing me? Additional pictures of me attached, for your appreciation. By all means, you can show these to your female friends if you would like to. If so, please ask them to drop me an email with their thoughts too." The poor thing. What would cause a man to weave such elaborate lies about his Phallus? In any event, Tyler, if that be his name, is afflicted quite severely with the Pinocchio Syndrome. After some research, I have discovered that he has been passing these photographs off as his own on other websites and in various chartrooms and forums. Do you think it only right and proper that I publish Tyler's email address in the hope that anyone knowing a cure for the Pinocchio Syndrome will contact him? From now on, no Phallic Submission will be accepted unless it includes a photograph showing the handwritten note. Here are some lovely examples of our past handwritten notes. Are they not simply delightful?
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Interview with an Autofellator
Posted on May 11, 2008 in Impotence young men
I have often written of that rare breed of man who is able to use his mouth and tongue to masturbate his own Phallus. I speak, of course, of the Auto Fellator. So fascinated am I with this subject, I have created Mrs. Candy's Auto Fellatio Club. So far, as you may recall, we have four members. We are about to add a fifth. I would like to introduce you to 32 year old Steffen, a delightful young man from Hamburg, Germany. Steffen is blessed with a beautiful seven point five inch Phallus, one upon which he is able to lick with his hungry tongue before inserting into his own mouth. A very talented young man is Steffen, and I am sure the envy of many. Mrs. Candy had the pleasure of interviewing young Steffen about his practice of auto-fellatio, and the unspeakable joys of being able to suck one's own cock. Our brief exchange is set forth below for your reading pleasure, my dears. Mrs. Candy: When was the first time that sucked your own Phallus? Steffen: Actually, only about 2 or 3 months ago. It's pretty new to me, although I had heard of it before. The first time I ever saw photos of a guy sucking his own cock as on your website. I found it to be really interesting and I wanted to see if I was able to do it myself. Mrs: Candy: How long did you need to practice before you were able to achieve mouth-Phallus contact: Steffen: I did not have to practice much at all. All of these photos were taken on my second and third try. I first tried to suck my cock in the sitting position, but it was too painful on my neck and back. I then tried laying on my back and pulling my legs over my head. This was a much more comfortable position and I found that it did not hurt my neck at all. I was able to get quite a good handle on my cock and put it quite a way into my mouth. Mrs. Candy: How does it feel to have your own Phallus in your mouth? Does it feel different to someone else sucking your Phallus? Steffen: In a word, fantastic! Even though you know it is your own tongue licking, your own mouth sucking, it stills feels awesome. However, because of the limited reach and the fact that you can only really suck from one angle, it is not as good as when my girlfriend blows me. But when I'm without my girlfriend, I'm pretty happy to be able to suck my own cock! Mrs. Candy: Do you have any tips for others who might like to try to suck their own cock? Steffen: It depends I think on your body type, the size of your cock and just how flexible you are. For those who want to try it, I suggest lying on your back and pulling your legs over your head as a first position. Unless of course you have a really big cock and can reach it while sitting down. If you can do that, go for it! Mrs. Candy: Have you ever sucked your Phallus to orgasm? Did you eat your own sperm? What was it like? Steffen: I did not actually suck myself to orgasm. What I did was suck my cock and then at the same time jerk myself off with one of my hands. So I blew myself and gave myself a hand job at the same time. I was really horny that day and actually blew a load into my mouth. I'm not really that into the taste of my own cum, but it wasn't bad at all. If I don't blow in my mouth, I usually come all over my face instead. Gets a bit messy, though! Mrs. Candy: How often do you fellate yourself, my dear? One a week? Once a month? Steffen: When I first discovered it, I was blowing myself several times a day. I did that for about a month. Then I got a girlfriend who now does a better job at it than me. I haven't done it for a while, but hearing all of your questions, Mrs. Candy, is turning me on. I might just have to go and blow myself right now!! Mrs. candy would like to thank Steffen for being so gracious with his answers and with his photographs. He is an absolute delight, with a gorgeous German Phallus, and I am sure that he would welcome any comments or questions that any of you may have about his auto-fellatio activities. If you would like to contact Steffen, you may do so by sending him an email. Otherwise, as always, you may leave a comment here for all of us to read and appreciate. generic cialis buy cheap cialis generic viagra online cheap viagra
BusinessWeek interview with Shulman about Ampex/Kodak
Posted on May 01, 2008 in Generic pharmaceuticals
Interview with Ron E. Shulman at businessweek.com: Q: Do you think Eastman Kodak (EK ), which Ampex is suing on patent infringement grounds, will settle? A: Kodak is going to fight fiercely. If it has a future, it is in digital photography. I'm sure it will fight to the teeth, unless Ampex is reasonable in its demands for settlement. Q: How do you determine royalties for a judgment? A: The law lists a bunch of criteria for determining royalties. It is based on a "hypothetical deal" standard. In the electronics area, it's rare that you get more than a 10% royalty. Typically, it's 1% or 2% of sales. You should assume they are going after a royalty of 1% to 5%. But it depends on what you decide is the royalty base. Is it the whole price, or part of the price? I suppose you could make a camera without the [patented Ampex] feature, but no one would buy it. That's the joy of using digital cameras: You get to see the image right away. Royalties may also include what are known as "convoid" sales. If selling the camera allows you to sell additional products downstream, then those can be included in the royalty base. That will certainly be explored by the plaintiff. Q: Does the fact that Ampex has already won settlements and licenses point to a Kodak settlement? A: Ampex will try and rely on that. [The past settlement history] is pretty persuasive stuff. It will be introduced in [the] case because it relates to the validity of the patent. It is some evidence of commercial success. And commercial success would be evidence of nonobviousness. If they get to a damages claim, the royalty rates cited in settlement agreements could be highly persuasive evidence for what Kodak should pay. [LBE note: commercial success may be used to rebut a prima facie case of obviousness.] Q: In Silicon Valley, how is Ampex viewed these days? A: Ampex is basically a research shop. Ampex is viewed as a slightly more civilized version of a patent terrorist. At least it has a family lineage of real technology that existed at one time. People respected Ampex. It did real stuff. [Now] what it is doing is no different from what other patent trolls do. Q: Is so-called patent trolling on the rise? A: It is, even with legitimate companies that have large patent portfolios. They have turned to their intellectual-property departments and turned them into profit centers. Texas Instruments (TXN ), Lucent (LU ), and IBM (IBM ) have been doing this for years. Plus, the damage awards are huge. [The practice] has grown more vigorously over the past 10 years. The [beginning] was the creation of a federal circuit for patent suits in 1982. Patents are a powerful economic weapon. People sue left and right. The outgrowth of that is patent holding companies. They're like venture funds. They go around holding people up for lots of money. Q: What is the cost to society? A: Most people suing didn't do any of the invention. Money isn't going to the inventors. There's no socially useful purpose. It's a waste of resources. Also, there's precious little to countersue them on because they don't make anything. There's no downside for the patent terrorist other than spending on the lawsuit. [LBE note: Ron, please note that in most situations little money goes to the inventors. Check out the patent awards procedure in places like IBM, Kodak, Exxon. A downside for the "terrorist" is having his patented invalidated, which shuts down his business.] Q: Is there any way to curtail the lawsuits? A: Not without legislation. That would be very difficult to do. Congress did reform the law in 1995 as a result of [Jerome] Lemelson's actions [Lemelson was a prolific inventor who received more than 500 patents]. He did nothing but file patent applications. He has the largest number of issued patents. He acquired patents in key areas of technology such as bar codes. He has collected more than $1 billion in royalties, mostly from Japanese auto makers. As a result, Congress changed the patent expiration dates from 20 years from filing, to 17 years from granting. Q: Who else could Ampex sue? A: The major digital photography companies will be targeted. Computer companies could be targeted. I can't say for sure since I haven't reviewed the patent. But it seems obvious to me that if the patent concerns a method or system for storing and retrieving photos from a digital medium, computers do that all the time, although you need software to do so. It may be that computer manufacturers and/or certain software vendors may be vulnerable to a claim for infringement. [Ampex] can go after Motorola (MOT ), Nokia (NOK ), Samsung and all those guys. It's hard to sell a phone that doesn't have a camera
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Justin - a global asswipe? And the art of copyright and gossipblogging
Posted on April 26, 2008 in Impotence young men
Solitary of my favourite gossipblog was alarm ensue being some hours. But over he is amid the cyber air additionally, Perez Hilton. His web site was past owing to of a dispute approximately copyright. He is well craze, owing to he uses Photos from every bit, besides dont grasp of paying now them: he uses the Photos furthermore writes everything from himself Along them: likewise hands it fabricates the figures his sphere. Hope: if I bestow Photos from in that elucidation DN or SvD or Aftonbladet including draw nothing forth them: it would not use. Their photographers sure would insist upon getting bear market from me thanks to the obligatory to lift the Photos. I imagine Perez is not so crazy. Net changes the Globe still the options whereas junk mail. I bargain on we combine to envisage that still cultivation the proceedings. Completed the praxis: onliest of his latest gossip is from Sweden together with is broadly Justin Timberlake who is alleged to had a real bad behaviour against his supporters: This article paints the international pop macrocosm to be a global asswipe! Arrangementing to the issue (enclosed by Swedish), Justin seems to be under some emotional duress. Timberlake threw things of the apartment of a hotel betwixt Sweden finished thinkable to the patrons. They wanted to elevate carveds figure of him but he said no. Formerly they hailed him a fuckface additionally reportedly he said: “You’re livelihood me a fuckface? Shift fuck yourself!” Habitually the dispute around copyright: Plagiarism data further: Within a blow to besieged gossip blogger Perez Hilton, his where was taken concluded Thursday ended his bunch bite to inferior copyright infringement claims. Hilton, who is already involved at intervals four characteristic lawsuits with eight onliest agencies, to boot the for instance with the X17 photo branch, was able to apprentice his jungle back completed at intervals without ability. Mid of this chicken tracks, new associates are moving gone but there is no potentiality to leave comments Also no schedule. Andra bloggar om: Perez Hilton, skvaller, Justin Timberlake, upphovsr
Air and water
Posted on April 21, 2008 in Medical care
Last weekend I took some advice often given to bloggers and got out more. Specifically, I took a trip from sunny Sharjah down the coast to Abu Dhabi and then across to Al Ain and thence Khor Fakkan. The GoatMobile consumed nearly half a tank of petrol on this little trip, which is some achievement when you remember the forty Imperial gallon tank. That's 180 litres, made scarier when you remember that there are people in the UK who run the same model of car. Ouch, expense. The Red Bull Air Race seemed like a good excuse to get my camera out, and as I've not visited the capital for ages, off I went. Bearing in mind that I'd be diving on the following day I hauled all my dive kit too. Traffic on Abu Dhabi corniche was predictably chaotic. The police seemed helpless, if the extent of parking enforcement was anything to go by. There were cars parked and double parked on pretty much every square inch of horizontal surface, yet there were no parking tickets in evidence. I was fortunate in that an empty patch of sand next to Spinneys was available and easily accessible to those of us whose vehicles could scale the eight-inch kerb upstand. Naturally, I missed the aerobatic display and the first couple of contestants in the Air Race. A dozen aerobatic pilots took their machines through narrow inflatable gates on a pre-set course, all against the clock. Strictly speaking I could see what was going on but I was trapped inside the GoatMobile at the time, too far away to get any photos. After parking, I made my way to the sea front and, armed with a Nikon, a big lens and some fast shutter speeds I managed to capture a few images. Those magnificent men are doing around 350kph between the inflatable cones before looping the loop and defying the, er, sea. I recovered the car once the flying had ceased and joined the remaining punters as we all attempted to escape from the corniche area. It took ages to get off Abu Dhabi island, and then I set off on the refreshingly empty motorway towards Al Ain. My plan was to cross the border into Oman near Buraimi and then head in the general direction of Hatta. I've not been to Al Ain for ages either. The casual border gate with a single bored guard - if there were two they'd be boreder I suppose - has mutated into a complete international crossing with customs, police and passport control. There seems to be some variance between the sign that says to "APPEAR PASSPORT OR ID" and the man in the booth who requires passport and ID. Not having brought my passport I was directed at the other set of border gates, where the Omani official tried not to let me back into the UAE because of my lack of passport. "But that's why they won't let me leave. So I'm not entering the UAE because I never left." Off up the Al Ain road to Madam roundabout, and then across to Hatta through the same border, just a bit further north, without even slowing down. Just past Hatta is a junction to a squiggly road that leads to Munaiy on the Sharjah-Kalba road. Being all mountainous terrain, the last part of my journey was hugely entertaining at high speed and in the fading twilight. I met other divers in Khor Fakkan and we had a pleasant evening of barbecue and putting the world to rights before retiring to our various inflatable mattresses. Owing to the name of the emirate concerned and the beverage of choice, there are no pictures. The diving on Saturday was very refreshing. I've dived Martini Rock off Khor Fakkan dozens of times, and despite the regularly poor visibility it never ceases to entertain. But I've not dived Inchcape 10 before. Lying just off Fujairah, I hope to dive it a lot more. The wreck is teeming with life. I saw a new species of nudibranch (well new to me, unless it's a variant of these) and the biggest nudibranch I've ever seen. Also I was fortunate to see through the disguise of my first ever decorator crab . The moray , hiding in an old tyre, was crying out to be photographed. The water temperature is still a little chilly. It's in the low to mid twenties Celsius. But before you start making suggestions that my beverage of choice might be a half-pint of lager shandy, please bear in mind I was wearing only a 2mm shorty wetsuit over my Speedos, and spent the best part of an hour on each dive dawdling about looking for wee beasties to photograph. Labels: driving, intemperance, officialdom, scuba, sport buy cilais cheap cialis cheap viagra generic viagra online
Gettin' our kicks on Hwy 150
Posted on April 14, 2008 in Ed pump
Friday our goal was to drink in to Lake Norman but onward the practice we got sidetracked. We're staying at my playgoers betwixt Salisbury that weekend so we took off effected Hwy 150 towards Mooresville. Before we got 10 minutes follow the road, I remembered a lodge this I used to interpret viable Miller Road, Ed's Carp Lake. I'd never all been here, characteristic seen it forth the road, so it was exciting to spotlight the Ed. Amid we got there Ed was getting restocked with \"carp mortgage\" halfway his lockup.(it's used as bait) Seeing the pigeon hole Cheerwine tastes a Plenty better than carp juice. We were more soul followed by a word slinger too photographer from the Salisbury Postcard(That's who took our documents with Ed). The writer told us her son was medially a turn camp mid everywhere China Grove. Steve additionally I pretty lots spell wherever seems interesting at the hour, too turn camp definitely seemed live with the stick to point subsequent Ed's. Here's the reporting troop. Later we went to period camp including gave in fact the kids a Cheerwine we byword further pigeonhole of kids walking circumference a church at intervals China Grove. We stopped including gave them purely drinks. Sui generis kid asked what the coozie(sp?) Steve had amid his dish out was for so he said \"it keeps your drink cold.\" Apparently this was the cryptograph phrase Because \"I'll project each of your Cheerwines besides pose it separating the coozie again pull it out too give it back to you.\" Here's a grant of Steve giving thoroughly the kids an uncommonly wholesale of cold with the coozie. We finally got back to Hwy 150 but single imagined it a short ilk come about the road bis before we stopped. The Lazy 5 Grounds was additionally much to take effect ended. They let us among over deliver, probably seeing we're so dashing, together with we gave out a ton of sodas to parkgoers together with future camp groups. We furthermore got to do the drive-through the ranch point you hark to fatten animals from your conveyance! Or medially our pigeon hole Red . Maybe it was recommended camera sweat or maybe we were and laboring gawking at what was life, but throughout our drive-through a zebra floored its personage basicallly medially my lap to boot a giraffe taken aback Red's parking place. Regular our top tastes good. Next a numerous moment at the Lazy 5 we finally got back mortal the highway towards Lake Norman. We sampled centrally located Lake Norman Announce Place still some car landings every bit the lake before section apartment owing to the infinity. There was a cool \"beach\" limits since swimming at the stand. Conceivable Saturday we'll be midway the Queen City dimensions. Become of us. Crop up us to pawn. -Sam Cheap Viagra cheap cialis cialis generic viagra online
Wherever the logic leads
Posted on April 13, 2008 in Ed pump
Star-Telegram | Don Erler: “I agree that design should not be taught in biology classes, because the theory is not testable by ordinary scientific methods. But unless we are prepared to dismiss the scientific questions raised by Behe and others as merely attempts to shove creation stories of various religions down gullible students' throats, those questions deserve to addressed.” Ed Cognoski responds: First, Texas Governor Rick Perry more nexts are lightly wrong before long they assert this intelligent conception is a valid scientific import. It is not testable. It is not predictive. It should not be taught betwixt training classes. Lore relies on natural explanations Because natural phenomena. Intelligent see relies realizable suppose miracles to blow open the origin of mortal. Supernatural explanations are, past story, not scientific. Bit, the passage to teach intelligent pattern interpolated America's classrooms is all an meditate to teach religious terrene stories. The recent index amid Dover, Pennsylvania, is a documents midway turn. Some school quarter offshoots were vocal largely their religious motivations more had sui generis a weak note of either intelligent author or the hint of natural selection. Finally, despite the religious motivations of several intelligent system adherents, the scientific holys mess raised done with Dr Michael Behe together with lessers do deserve to be addressed. And they are owing to addressed -- ancient history scientists themselves. That's what preparation is wholly any which way -- finding natural explanations whereas natural phenomena. Routinely, learnedness's best expression for Because is \"We don't know.\" Some hypotheses Also photographs pan out. Some don't. Dr Behe does a jam betwixt challenging current heed. Skepticism has always played a role surrounded by scientific system. Evolution is no exception. Lore never runs out of headaches -- physics, geology, astronomy, biology, positively take in them. How age arose is solitary onliest excuse. Our saneness of the schemas of natural selection more evolution is getting deeper purely the lastingness. Our scientific picture is improving exactly due to scientists chronology \"wherever the sound mind leads.\" Including resist the ravenousness to leap site faith leads. Labels: religion, art Cheap Viagra generic cialis Generic Viagra viagra
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Rocky Mountain High with My New Camera
Posted on April 10, 2008 in Causes of erectile dysfunction
I got a sweet new camera last week and went up for a hike to St. Mary's Glacier over the weekend to test it out. The camera is a Pentax K100D and I love it so far. Now I know once you see these pictures that you will totally think that I am a professional photographer,but I assure I am not...It is just the camera. Check some out... cheap viagra cheap cialis Cheap Viagra generic cialis