Caduceus Newsletter: Valentine’s Day 2008 Special Edition

When it’s true love, it will last forever.

1. Man Burns Genitals in 'Jackass' Copy Stunt (From aol.com, March 8, 2007). 2. Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I submit to you that this is an OBVIOUS and BLATANT case of DISCRIMINATION!! 3. Why am I not surprised? Students choose sex over study: From the BBC.com, Saturday, August 7, 1999 . 4. “Believe me, it was the scariest thing I’ve seen in my life”, said the nursing home spokesperson… 5. Man cuts off penis in London restaurant: From the April 24, 2007 edition of bbcnews.com. 6. Shoney's Sued Over Alleged Condom in Tea, appearing in AOL news.com, May 1, 2007, By KELLEY SCHOONOVER. 7. What we have here is a REAL failure to communicate…. 8. Gift of Gab Evenly Split, from the Toronto Star: Appearing in the July 6, 2007 issue of Science in the News. 9. Betel-nut condom wins taste tests, link appeared in the 17 July 2007 issue of Science in the News. 10. Not much goes on in Des Moines, Iowa, I reckon: Man Hits Wife in Head With an Onion, from the Des Moines Register. 11. Glamorous politician wants law to allow 7-year itch, from yahoo news.com, September 21, 2007. 12. Husband of the year awardees… 13. Women leave town and children in hands of men. 14. I have just ONE question… 15. If this doesn’t say, “Don’t give me no lines, and keep your hands to yourself!”, I don’t know WHAT will.
1. Man Burns Genitals in 'Jackass' Copy Stunt (From aol.com, March 8, 2007)
Updated:2007-03-08 12:57:38 Man Burns Genitals in 'Jackass' Copy Stunt AP EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (March 8) - Attempts to duplicate a movie stunt landed one man in the hospital with burned genitals and another facing criminal charges. The men were trying to do a stunt from one of the "Jackass" movies, in which a character lights his genitals on fire. Jared W. Anderson, 20, suffered serious burns to his hands and genitals, according to the criminal complaint. Randell D. Peterson, 43, who sprayed lighter fluid on Anderson and lit him on fire, was charged with felony battery and first-degree reckless endangerment Tuesday in Eau Claire County Court. Witnesses told police that Anderson, who was drunk, volunteered to do the stunt Sunday after watching the movie, the complaint said. After Peterson ignited Anderson, he ran into the bathroom, jumped into the tub and put the flames out, according to the complaint. He was taken to Luther Hospital, and eventually treated at the Regions Hospital Burn Unit in St. Paul, Minn., for second-degree burns. Anderson told police that he didn't want anyone to get in trouble because of the stunt. Peterson was freed on a $2,000 bond. He has a hearing scheduled April 16. If convicted, he faces up to 10 years in prison. Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP news report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. All active hyperlinks have been inserted by AOL. 03/08/07 06:48 EST
2. Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I submit to you that this is an OBVIOUS and BLATANT case of DISCRIMINATION!!
3. Why am I not surprised? Students choose sex over study: From the BBC.com, Saturday, August 7, 1999.
Students choose sex over study: From the BBC.com, Saturday, August 7, 1999 The university of life: There's more to pick up than text books Nearly one in three university students claims to have sex once a week, and spends almost four times as much on alcohol as books, according to a survey. Figures also showed they spend three times as much on entertainment, and twice as much on clothes, as on their studies. The statistics are the result of a survey of 1,000 students at 10 universities in England, Wales and Scotland carried out by MORI for the right-wing think-tank Adam Smith Institute. It asked them about their sexual, drinking and socialising habits, as well as how much they spent on study, and what they wanted from future jobs. Findings vary between colleges The findings showed that as well as nearly 30% claiming to have regular sex, more than half of students have used illegal drugs in the past year. However 61% of all students questioned said they had never used illegal drugs, and a fifth of students said they had not had sex in the past year. Some of the findings varied greatly between universities. Manchester University emerged as having the highest proportion of students who used drugs and had frequent sex. Only 31% of Manchester University students said they had never used illegal drugs, with 4% admitting to using them every day, and 16% at least once a week. A total of 40% said they had sex at least once a week, and one in 11 stated they had sex every day - a figure equalled by students at Cambridge University. Career choice Manchester students also spent the most on alcohol - £25.39 per week, compared with an average of £20.32. On the more abstemious end of the scale, South Bank University emerged as the most drug-free, with 77% of students saying they had never used illegal drugs. Only 3% of South Bank students said they had sex every day - the same figure as at the University of Central England in Birmingham. Pulling power: Drink remains a high priority The survey also found that the biggest influence on students' career choice was the prospect of working with sociable and friendly colleagues (58%), followed by a high salary (48%). More than three-quarters said the top ingredient for success was determination and ambition, while 74% said it was also educational qualifications. But a spokesman for the National Union of Students (NUS) said the survey had "no context", and the findings were not representative of all students. 'Irresponsible comparison' He said NUS estimated figures, calculated on spending per year rather than per week, suggested the gap between student spending on alcohol and books was much narrower. Outside London, students spent an average of £774 a year on leisure, compared with £454 on books and equipment. The leisure figure for London students was higher at £929. "There is no such thing as an average student, and this is an irresponsible comparison, " he said. "What does the survey tell us? Is it that students aren't spending enough on books, that they're spending too much on alcohol, or that alcohol is more expensive than books? "Our figures show that students spend 60% of their income on accommodation, and that 40% of them work during term-time to find enough money to live. If they then spent that money on alcohol, that's up to them. "The reality of student life is a lot harder that this survey would suggest."
4. “Believe me, it was the scariest thing I’ve seen in my life”, said the nursing home spokesperson…
5. Man cuts off penis in London restaurant: From the April 24, 2007 edition of bbcnews.com.
Man cuts off penis in restaurant A man cut off his penis with a knife in a packed London restaurant. Police were forced to use CS gas to restrain the man when they entered the Zizzi restaurant in The Strand on Sunday evening. A Metropolitan Police spokeswoman said the man was aged between 30 and 40 and that his injuries were self-inflicted. The man was then taken to hospital in south London where his condition is stable. It is understood surgeons were unable to reattach his penis. The man then picked up a kitchen knife and slashed himself across the wrist and groin Zizzi spokeswoman A spokeswoman for Zizzi said the man was not thought to have any connection with the restaurant. She said: "At around 9pm on Sunday, a man walked into the Zizzi restaurant on The Strand, down the stairs to the basement restaurant area and tried to enter a kitchen. "Members of staff stopped him, at which he ran into a second kitchen area. "The man then picked up a kitchen knife and slashed himself across the wrist and groin areas before running back into the restaurant, where he continued to stab himself. "This happened in a matter of seconds and was obviously extremely frightening and distressing for the many customers and staff in the restaurant at the time." She added: "Apart from the man, we understand that no-one else suffered any physical injuries." Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/6586879.stm Published: 2007/04/24 09:57:23 GMT © BBC MMVII
6. Shoney's Sued Over Alleged Condom in Tea, appearing in AOL news.com, May 1, 2007, By KELLEY SCHOONOVER
Updated:2007-05-11 16:55:06 Shoney's Sued Over Alleged Condom in Tea By KELLEY SCHOONOVER AP CHARLESTON, W.Va. (May 11) - A Wyoming County man who says he found a condom in his iced tea glass last Mother's Day and lives in fear that he contracted a disease from it is suing the Shoney's restaurant in Logan and the company that operates it. The lawsuit filed Thursday on behalf of James and Selena Bledsoe says that upon discovering the condom James Bledsoe "immediately became horribly ill, dry heaving and nearly vomiting at the table. He then ran for the nearest restroom to vomit." Named as defendants in the lawsuit, which was filed in circuit court in Kanawha County, where restaurant franchisee ShoRest LLC is located, are the restaurant manager, assistant manager and the server who waited on the Bledsoes. The lawsuit alleges that the Bledsoes, their two children and several other family members were eating at the Logan restaurant last May 14 when James Bledsoe, 30, saw the unwrapped condom in his half-finished drink. When he returned from the bathroom, Bledsoe allegedly saw the restaurant's assistant manager and several other employees, including his server, laughing. A call to ShoRest Chief Operating Officer Rory Smith was not immediately returned on Friday. The lawsuit alleges that the restaurant manager promised to comply with Bledsoe's request to keep the glass and its contents so it could be tested, but didn't. "It's caused him (Bledsoe) a great deal of stress," Bledsoe's Beckley lawyer, Stephen New, said Friday. Initial tests for communicable diseases were negative, but Bledsoe expects to be tested for the next seven years. He's been so worried, the lawsuit says, that it's affected his relationships with his family and caused him trouble sleeping and concentrating. The lawsuit, which requests a jury trial, seeks an unspecified amount in both punitive and compensatory damages. Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP news report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. All active hyperlinks have been inserted by AOL. 05/11/07 16:30 EDT
7. What we have here is a REAL failure to communicate….
8. Gift of Gab Evenly Split, from the Toronto Star: Appearing in the July 6, 2007 issue of Science in the News.
The gift of gab is spread equally among both sexes, according to a new study that rebutts the long-held belief that women talk significantly more than men. Strapping small digital recorders to some 396 university students - split about equally by gender - U.S. researchers found that their subject women spoke an average 16,215 words a day, compared to 15,699 for the men. The difference between those two numbers, reported today in the journal Science, is considered statistically insignificant. "The stereotype of female talkativeness is deeply engrained in Western folklore and (is) often considered a scientific fact," the paper says. To read more: http://www.thestar.com/living/article/232795 Or: http://tinyurl.com/2wpnwo
9. Betel-nut condom wins taste tests, link appeared in the 17 July 2007 issue of Science in the News.
Story Highlights Indian firm launches pungent paan-flavored condom Betel nut, tobacco concoction chewed by millions of South Asians New condom range targets prostitutes to encourage safer sex Company ran taste tests with sex workers, paan flavor came out tops NEW DELHI, India (Reuters) -- An Indian firm has launched a paan-flavored condom designed to evoke the pungent taste of the betel nut and tobacco concoction chewed and then spat out by millions of South Asians, newspapers have reported. Hindustan Latex is targeting the new condom range at prostitutes, who are among the most vulnerable to sexually transmitted diseases such as AIDS, the Hindustan Times reported Tuesday. The company ran taste tests with sex workers, including prototypes with chocolate, banana and strawberry flavors, but the paan flavor came out tops. "The community loved it as most of the sex workers chew paan," Sanjeev Gaikwad was quoted as saying at the launch in Mumbai. Gaikwad is a director at Family Health International, a public health organisations that helped develop the condom. Paan is a mildly intoxicating preparation wrapped in a leaf, usually containing tobacco, betel nut and flavorings, and is hugely popular across South Asia. It is chewed to a mouth-staining red pulp before being spat out. The condoms will at first be made available only to prostitutes, but will we launched to the general public in a few months, the newspaper said. Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Find this article at: http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/07/17/india.condom.ap/index.html
10. Not much goes on in Des Moines, Iowa, I reckon: Man Hits Wife in Head With an Onion, from the Des Moines Register.
Man Hits Wife in Head With an Onion Sep 20, 4:50 PM (ET) DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A man was arrested after he hit his wife in the back of the head with an onion. James Izzolena, 54, of Des Moines, had been drinking, became upset with his wife, Nicole Izzolena, 27, and threw an onion at her during an argument on Wednesday, police said. Police said James Izzolena admitted throwing the onion at his wife but said he didn't mean to hit her. His wife told police it made her head hurt. --- Information from: The Des Moines Register, http://www.desmoinesregister.com
11. Glamorous politician wants law to allow 7-year itch, from yahoo news.com, September 21, 2007.
Glamorous politician wants law to allow 7-year itch By Madeline Chambers Fri Sep 21, 2007 4:00 AM ET Bavaria's most glamorous politician -- a flame-haired motorcyclist who helped bring down state premier Edmund Stoiber -- has shocked the Catholic state in Germany by suggesting marriage should last just 7 years. Gabriele Pauli, who poses on her web site in motorcycle leathers, is standing for the leadership of Bavaria's Christian Social Union (CSU) -- sister party of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) -- in a vote next week. She told reporters at the launch of her campaign manifesto on Wednesday she wanted marriage to expire after seven years and accused the CSU, which promotes traditional family values, of nurturing ideals of marriage which are wide of the mark. "The basic approach is wrong ... many marriages last just because people believe they are safe," she told reporters. "My suggestion is that marriages expire after seven years." After that time, couples should either agree to extend their marriage or it should be automatically dissolved, she said. Fifty-year-old Pauli, twice divorced, is a maverick intent on shaking up her male-dominated and mainly Catholic party which has dominated Bavarian politics since World War Two. "This is about bringing ideas into the CSU and starting a discussion," she told German television on Thursday after she had unleashed a wave of criticism from other politicians. Former foe Stoiber said she did not belong in the CSU and European lawmaker Ingo Freidrich dismissed her views. "She is diametrically contradicting our Christian, ethical values," Freidrich said. Peter Ramsauer, head of the CSU in Germany's parliament, compared Pauli's ideas to "the dirt under your fingernails". Pauli, who attracted attention earlier this year when she posed for a magazine wearing long black latex gloves, was at the centre of a snooping scandal which eventually led to Stoiber, Bavarian premier for 14 years, saying he would stand down early. She said his office tried to obtain details about lovers and alcohol consumption to use against her. The CSU will elect Stoiber's successor as party head at a conference next week. He will be replaced as state premier in early October. Viewed as a party rebel, Pauli stands almost no chance of winning next week's vote. The contest has been fought mainly between Bavarian state economy minister Erwin Huber and German Consumer Minister Horst Seehofer. The popularity of Seehofer, a 58-year-old married father of three, has suffered from the disclosure that he had been having an affair with a younger woman who recently had his baby.
12. Husband of the year awardees
Honorable mention... HUSBAND OF THE YEAR AWARDS 3rd Place goes to: Greece 2nd Place goes to: Serbia And the winner of the husband of the year is: Ireland .....Ya gotta love the Irish, Ahhh......., the Irish are true romantics. Look, he's even holding her hand!!!
13. Women leave town and children in hands of men	A scene from the CBC television show "The Week the Women Left," released to Reuters on January 23, 2008.
By Julie Gordon Thu Jan 24, 8:49 PM ET TORONTO (Reuters) - What would happen if all the women were to disappear from a town, leaving the men to not only work, but also take care of the family and the home? "It will be a disaster, a complete disaster," said Kelly Weatherly, who was sent off for a week at a resort, along with almost all the women in her community of 760, leaving the town and its children in the hands of the men. The exodus was part of a social experiment filmed for Canada's national broadcaster, the CBC. Touted as an exploration of gender issues in contemporary Canadian culture, "The Week the Women Went" is based on a BBC program by the same name. Recent government statistics show that 70 percent of Canadian households are run by women. The majority of these women also hold full-time jobs. In Hardisty, an oil-patch town in the prairie province of Alberta where the program was shot, many of the men work away from home for days at a time. "They don't get to hang out with Daddy," said stay-at-home mother Heather Miller of her two young sons in the first episode. "I don't even know if he's had them for a whole day." While Miller worried about her husband Dustin's ability to cope without her, he didn't share her concern. "Two people to take care of, both under the age of five," he said. "How hard can it be?" Dustin Miller's comments may come off as misguided, but for some of the local men good planning made the process easy. "It wasn't that much of an ordeal," said town administrator, and father of three, Tony Kulbisky. "We just pre-planned everything, or tried to be as organized as we could be." For the CBC's creative chief Kristine Layfield, making a reality program presented a unique challenge. "Whenever we do these kinds of shows, we want to stir conversation," she said. "It's never exploitative ... it's always with a purpose to try to move people to talk about something after they watch the show." And the show has sparked discussion. Local media called it "sexist" and debate online has been lively. "What a misandric (man hating) idea for show," said a viewer identified as Andrew. "What is wrong with Canadian society that we need to continuously promote how important women are to society at the expense of men." While show producer Sally Aitken is delighted with both the positive and negative reaction the program is getting. She said the best part is how the experience has changed the relationships of the participants. For one commitment phobic man, who after ten years together, and three children, was still refusing to marry his girlfriend, the time apart prompted him to plan a surprise wedding. While viewers will have to wait to see if the wedding goes off without a hitch, Kulbisky is certain of at least one thing. "It's changed people. You can walk down the street now and you can say hi to people who you maybe never would have said hi to before," he said. "It's allowed the community to grow." Reuters/Nielsen
14. I have just ONE question…
I HAVE JUST ONE QUESTION...
15. If this doesn’t say, “Don’t give me no lines, and keep your hands to yourself!”, I don’t know WHAT will.

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