Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Badum-tsss!
As many of you fine citizens of the world have noticed, the price of oil has been steadily rising the past few weeks. Well you can thank North Africa for this price rise in oil. Thanks to political unrest and civil disorder, Libya has canceled all exports and imports going out and in to their country, until peace is reached. Oil price per barrel went up to $100, causing about a 10%-15% increase in gas prices. So far, there isn't a set time where the prices will return to "normal". Peace looks like a distant dream out in North Africa, so keep saving your pocket change, you might just need it one day to fill your car up to go that extra mile!
Friday, February 25, 2011
League of Legends
I've been playing this game for 6 months now, and I have to say, I LOVE IT! Every time you log in, you get a new experience, over 400,000 people play this game daily, and it never gets boring. You can choose from over 50 champions, to defeat everyone! This game is fantastic, you should try it!
Sign up here!
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Spider venom better than Viagra?
Spider venom better than Viagra?
By Diane Mapes
Most of us get a little excited when we see a big spider, but for the unfortunate few who fall victim to the bite of the daunting Brazilian wandering spider, that “excitement” takes on a whole new meaning: The venom of the wandering spider -- also known as the banana spider (or more formally Phoneutria nigriventer) causes erections in men.
“The venom of the P. nigriventer spider is a very rich mixture of several molecules,” says Dr. Kenia Nunes, a physiologist at the Medical College of Georgia who is currently studying the odd side effect. “These molecules are called toxins, and then we have various toxins in this venom with different activity. Because of this, when a human is bitten by this spider, we can observe many different symptoms including priapism, a condition in which the penis is continually erect.”
In addition to the hours-long painful erection, the wandering spider’s bite can cause loss of muscle control, severe pain, difficulty breathing and, if not treated, death, due to oxygen deprivation (with anti-venom, the victim usually recovers within a week.)
Luckily, deaths from this impressive creature – it boasts a leg span of four to five inches – aren’t all that common. According to a website maintained by Rod Crawford, curator of arachnids at the University of Washington’s Burke Museum, “authoritative sources state that over 7,000 authentic cases of human bites from these spiders have been recorded, with only around 10 known deaths.”
Usually found on banana plantations in the tropics, wandering spiders do tend to, uh, wander, though, with recent sightings reported at a Whole Foods in Tulsa, Oklahoma and an IGA store in Russell, Manitoba and a biting reported in Somerset, England in 2005.
But while the spider’s bite may be painful – or even deadly -- its oddball venom may actually prove to be a valuable asset when it comes to treating erectile dysfunction in men.
“In Brazil, we have several reports of human accidents involving this spider and priapism as a symptom,” says Nunes, who recently published a study in the Journal of Sexual Medicine on the spider venom and its potential use in treating ED. “So we started to investigate which part of the venom – which toxin – would be responsible for this symptom. We found the toxin responsible and performed experiments using hypertensive rats which have severe erectile dysfunction. The toxin was able to normalize the erectile function in these animals.”
After isolating the toxin (known as PnTx2-6), Nunes and her colleagues then studied the mechanism of action and found that the toxin acts in a different pathway as compared with other erectile dysfunction drugs, such as Viagra.
“This is good because we know that some patients don’t respond to the conventional therapy,” she says. “This could be an optional treatment for them.”
Does the Brazilian wandering spider venom hold any potential benefits for sexually dysfunctional women?
Nunes says she hasn’t performed any experiments “to investigate the action of this toxin in females yet,” but she intends to do it “soon.”
source: http://bodyodd.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/02/22/6080691-spider-venom-better-than-viagra
By Diane Mapes
Most of us get a little excited when we see a big spider, but for the unfortunate few who fall victim to the bite of the daunting Brazilian wandering spider, that “excitement” takes on a whole new meaning: The venom of the wandering spider -- also known as the banana spider (or more formally Phoneutria nigriventer) causes erections in men.
“The venom of the P. nigriventer spider is a very rich mixture of several molecules,” says Dr. Kenia Nunes, a physiologist at the Medical College of Georgia who is currently studying the odd side effect. “These molecules are called toxins, and then we have various toxins in this venom with different activity. Because of this, when a human is bitten by this spider, we can observe many different symptoms including priapism, a condition in which the penis is continually erect.”
In addition to the hours-long painful erection, the wandering spider’s bite can cause loss of muscle control, severe pain, difficulty breathing and, if not treated, death, due to oxygen deprivation (with anti-venom, the victim usually recovers within a week.)
Luckily, deaths from this impressive creature – it boasts a leg span of four to five inches – aren’t all that common. According to a website maintained by Rod Crawford, curator of arachnids at the University of Washington’s Burke Museum, “authoritative sources state that over 7,000 authentic cases of human bites from these spiders have been recorded, with only around 10 known deaths.”
Usually found on banana plantations in the tropics, wandering spiders do tend to, uh, wander, though, with recent sightings reported at a Whole Foods in Tulsa, Oklahoma and an IGA store in Russell, Manitoba and a biting reported in Somerset, England in 2005.
But while the spider’s bite may be painful – or even deadly -- its oddball venom may actually prove to be a valuable asset when it comes to treating erectile dysfunction in men.
“In Brazil, we have several reports of human accidents involving this spider and priapism as a symptom,” says Nunes, who recently published a study in the Journal of Sexual Medicine on the spider venom and its potential use in treating ED. “So we started to investigate which part of the venom – which toxin – would be responsible for this symptom. We found the toxin responsible and performed experiments using hypertensive rats which have severe erectile dysfunction. The toxin was able to normalize the erectile function in these animals.”
After isolating the toxin (known as PnTx2-6), Nunes and her colleagues then studied the mechanism of action and found that the toxin acts in a different pathway as compared with other erectile dysfunction drugs, such as Viagra.
“This is good because we know that some patients don’t respond to the conventional therapy,” she says. “This could be an optional treatment for them.”
Does the Brazilian wandering spider venom hold any potential benefits for sexually dysfunctional women?
Nunes says she hasn’t performed any experiments “to investigate the action of this toxin in females yet,” but she intends to do it “soon.”
source: http://bodyodd.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/02/22/6080691-spider-venom-better-than-viagra
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Friday, February 18, 2011
News
Justin Bieber died in whatever show he was in. best thing in the world. I can't wait watch it, will post it here.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Lara Logan was sexually assaulted in Egypt, while reporting there. After celebrating an end to their 18 day revolution, dozens of Egyptian men brutally raped Lara (she won't say she was raped, but she probably was). I don't know why they would send a pretty white lady into the middle of jungle. Sounds retarded to me. Not her fault she was assaulted, but she will probably sue the shit out of CBS for sending her there. She'd probably win too, if she does.
Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41630159/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/
Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41630159/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/
Monday, February 14, 2011
Happy Valentines Day and whatnot
Had a great day, asked out a girl I like, she said yes, we have plans on saturday.
How was your valentines day?
How was your valentines day?
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