Dr. Johansen's Vibrator (1904-1907)
Homes
without electricity could still enjoy the health benefits of vibration
with hand-crank mechanical models, which were available in both Europe
and the US. At least one model was also made in Japan.
The Naked Reasons Why You Should Never Go To Australia - No Porn Inside
Australian Customs Officials Will Search Your Laptop For Porn
When heading Down Under, travelers are required to fill out Incoming Passenger Cards that list what they're bringing into the country. For the last several months, those cards have included a "Pornography" category. If you don't check the box but have mature content on your laptop or phone, you're breaking the law. If you do check it, officials are going to go through your stash.
While measures to prevent illegal pornography from crossing borders make total sense, Australian customs officials are looking for any and all R18+ and N18+ material—even of the homemade variety. As ASP president Fiona Patten points out:
"If you and your partner have filmed or photographed yourselves making love in an exotic destination or even taking a bath, you will have to answer 'Yes' to the question or you will be breaking the law."
The policy has been in place since last fall, and the fact that it's only just now gaining notoriety indicates that it hasn't created too much awkwardness. It's a terrible breach of privacy, though, and one that will hopefully be corrected now that the backlash is finally building.
But for now? Best to think twice about heading to the outback with a hard drive full of boobs.
Corporate Sex Party
Munich Re Unit Says Company-Paid Prostitute Party Was "Killer Fun"
Munich Re had to fire executives who were responsible for hosting a company-sponsored sex party.
Now, photos and details of the party are public in the German Handelsblatt paper.
A unit of the Dusseldorf, Germany-based insurance company invited 100 of its top performers to enjoy 20 pre-paid prostitutes at a party in Budapest, Hungary in 2007.
The company later bragged about the party in their magazine, HMI Profil. It was "killer fun," the magazine wrote, according to Der Speigel's translation.
Today's report in the Handelsblatt paper says that the party was in a one of Budapests baths, which are customarily open to the public and frequented by tourists. But while the Munich Re party took place, the bath shut its doors to normal customers.
Good thing. Someone who was there told the paper that the scene looked like this: "Between the two thermal springs a stage had been built on which two prostitutes and a man who claimed to be a pimp were pleasuring each other."
The paper also says that the prostitutes were color-coded based on who was available for sex favors.
The top 5 performers, who were referred to internally as the "Top 5 Members," got the best deal: access to prostitutes with white bracelets AND yellow bracelets.
YELLOW bracelet = I'm available for sexual favors
WHITE bracelet = Sorry! Senior execs already called dibs on me
RED bracelet = I'm a hostess
The execs would take the women to curtained canopy beds where they would do whatever they wanted. The women were also stamped each time they were "used," so that the execs could tell how many of his co-workers got to her first.
Handelsblatt got all the details from someone who acted as somewhat of a doorman at the party ("Everyone involved knew that this was whores," according to him/her), some guests, and a spokesman for the company, who is being remarkably forth-coming about the scandalous party.
"It is true that there was in June 2007, an incentive trip to Budapest," Alexander Becker, the Head of Media Relations of the Ergo Insurance Group AG, told Handelsblatt. "Our research has shown that an evening event during this trip about 20 prostitutes were present."
"We're now examining other events at HMI," he said. "According to our current knowledge this was an isolated incident."
The party is "a serious violation of applicable rules of the organization" and will not be tolerated, the company said in a statement. "The responsible manager and responsible member of the board are not working for us."
The Next 10 Tech Markets That Will Be Worth $1 Billion
The Next 10 Tech Markets That Will Be Worth $1 Billion Or More
New tech industries start small but can grow into permanent, billion dollar slices of infrastructure. Sometimes that seems to happen overnight — like with smartphones.
And sometimes it takes years — like with the dumb phones that grew like mold from the mid-1990s through the late 2000s.
And now, for example, the prevalence of smart mobile devices has spurred the mobile app industry, an entirely new piece of infrastructure which supports thousands of companies and billions of dollars in sales.
There is a discussion going on over at Quora about which industries are poised to gain the next $1 billion.
We pulled out a few of the most interesting and explored why they're set to explode.
Mobile Payment Services are poised to bring thousands of businesses into the 21st century.
Mobile payment services like Square, Intuit's Go Payment and PayPal Here allow users to accept payments virtually anywhere that there is a cell signal.
As of late 2012, Square was valued at roughly $3 billion.
The industry is still in its infancy but as time goes on we expect this to become one of the next biggest markets.
Near Field Communication promises frictionless information sharing.
NFC allows smartphones and other mobile devices to exchange information by passing them close together, typically in a sales transaction scan.
But the technology (which uses a wireless or Bluetooth connection) could be used to exchange any amount or type of data between individuals who need to meet face to face and transfer information assets, for instance in video games or in social media.
Social E-Commerce is changing the shopping landscape.
Social e-commerce is a budding industry that stands to make tons of cash. Consumers love online shopping and when coupled with a recommendation from friends or followers shopping becomes less of a transactional experience and feels more personal.
Companies like Pinterest and The Fancy are changing how users purchase products and services with well-designed and easy to use experiences.
As of February 2013, Pinterest is valued at $2.5 billion.
Mobile Education is poised to transform the way we learn.
As more consumers adopt smartphones and tablets the education landscape is transforming.
Fast Company explored the mobile education industry and had this to say, "the near-ubiquity of handheld devices and their constantly lowering costs will enable the idea of 'education that you can hold in your hand,' so it becomes a widespread reality in so-called developed markets and resource-challenged parts of the globe alike."
Mass automation in human resources.
Technology is changing how we work and our workplaces too. Naturally, human resources is also being changed by technology.
Technology in conjunction with human resources allows small and big businesses alike to store their information in the cloud and have employees access necessary information with the click of a button.
CheckpointHR says, "in addition to streamlining the filing of data such as insurance and payroll information, programs designed for automating human resources can help your business in ways you may not realize."
Companies looking to tap into this market stand to help businesses go digital and make a ton of money.
Mobile technology in the health care industry is changing how patients are diagnosed.
There is an explosion of technology in the health care industry. Doctors and nurses equipped with tablets and smartphones can asses patients quicker and more accurately.
There is a market for developers and companies to make solutions for doctors and patients alike.
Forbes has pulled out five ways tech is transforming health care and the list represents great opportunities for start-ups and entrepreneurs to help out:
Crunching data to offer a better diagnosis and treatment
Helping doctors communicate with patients
Linking doctors with other doctors
Connecting doctors and patients
Helping patients stay healthy
Artificial intelligence could end boring, service-job drudgery.
Computer engineers have been working on this for years: How to get computers to think — or at least appear to think — and respond to humans in open-ended, anticipatory conversations.
In 2011, IBM's Watson machine beat two human contestants on TV's "Jeopardy," and the iPhone 4S featured Siri, a question-answering audio search device.
If AI becomes good enough to replace humans as first contacts for information in face to face situations, a huge number of service jobs could end up being performed by machines.
Imagine, for instance, calling for customer service and instead of having to deal with a foreigner reading a script, talking to a genuinely helpful machine who speaks perfect English.
A new way to receive your online purchases.
Amazon and eBay have already tapped into this industry but there is plenty of room for competition.
Online shoppers can't always have their purchases delivered to a specific address, so why not set up lockers at a location they can visit on their own time?
This idea re-imagines the P.O. Box and puts it in locations like 7-11 and other convenient places.
Support services and products for mobile workers.
As companies begin to transition to using mobile devices in the workplace there's a need for the IT support that goes along with that.
Companies like ZenDesk allow its users to outsource tech support and there is plenty of opportunity for start-ups to help fill this void.
Government information transparency could revolutionize democracy.
The private sector is used to delivering all its information electronically. Companies have their own searchable databases and deliver results to their consumers or partners in the most useful way possible. Their innovation is rewarded in the form of market share and profits.
Not so the government. Some branches do a good job of making information available to the public. (The federal judiciary's PACER system, for example, has made the courts almost completely transparent nationwide.)
But others — various state and local governments — do a horrible job of letting their citizens see what they're up to. Government 2.0 would allow both citizens and employees react to change more quickly, make government workers more efficient, lower taxes and/or spending, and make politicians more accountable.
How TO Getting Mind Blowing Oral Sex From Girls
10 Rules to Getting Mind Blowing Oral Sex From Girls
A woman isn’t born knowing how to give oral sex, so this is a skill that you can teach her how to do.
As her teacher, you must understand that the number one rule of thumb is that great blow jobs are VISUAL and stimulates a man’s mind VISUALLY.
Getting blown by a Playboy Playmate is going to feel much better than being blown by a 300 pound Gorilla woman that looks like Gimli the Dwarf, even though in reality the experience would feel pretty much the same.
It’s what you SEE and the psychological stimulation it gives you that counts when it comes to getting great oral sex.
Her Rule #1. Admire the Master Cock
The woman needs to show happy admiration for the cock she’s about to swallow.
When she’s pulling down your pants, there should be a big smile on her face in anticipation. This smile shouldn’t just be for show, she should really be happy to get her favorite desert.
When the cock pops out she should look directly at it, admiring the object of her affection. She should look up at the man and make direct eye contact with a big smile on her face. She can also start fingering her pussy or touching her breasts to make herself hot as she looks at the master cock. Again, this is all about her giving her man visual stimulation.
Start talking sexy to her with the proper commands. “You belong to this cock… look at it and put a big smile on your face for the big cock you’re going to swallow! That’s it baby, very good… look at me… look into my eyes… now touch your pussy for me as you suck on it.”
Her Rule #2. Wet and Sloppy
Blow jobs need to be wet and sloppy.
Saliva and drool are a woman’s best friends when it comes to oral sex. Drool should be covering the shaft of your cock and running down your legs. When she comes up for air there should be strings of saliva hanging from her mouth. It’s this visual element of a lustful, drooling chick on your cock that makes it really spectacular.
Tell her, “Use more saliva baby… get that cock WET. That’s how I like it, with plenty of saliva and WET. Drool on it baby, don’t hold back, get it wet. That’s it.”
Her Rule #3. Go Deep
Some women mistakenly believe that cupping the head of your cock between her lips constitute as a blow job.
She needs to go down, down deep, down as far the shaft as possible until her gag-reflex begins to kick in. We want to watch a woman at least try to swallow us whole.
Tell her, “Go deeper baby, deeper… go all the way down as far as you can go.”
Most women with your permission will oblige. Don’t expect a deep throat however. Deep throat takes months of practice to control the gag reflex. It’s more the woman’s enthusiasm to please that counts.
Her Rule #4. Show Some Tongue
A woman has to show her tongue. She needs to lick up and down the shaft of your cock and angle her head so that you can see that tongue of hers licking.
Likewise, as she’s coming up for air she can keep her mouth open and her tongue out. And when she sucks on your cock, she can push her tongue out so you can see it stroking on the shaft.
The physical sensation is pretty much the same, whether her tongue is in or out, but it’s the psychological sensation of watching that makes the difference between ho-hum oral and mind exploding bliss.
Tell her, “Baby, show me some of that tongue of yours… put that tongue out for me. Lick it, lick it.”
Her Rule #5. Keep With the Task At Hand
Nothing is more disappointing than getting an all-star blow job when a woman suddenly lifts her head up and starts talking about her work or what she ate for dinner the night before.
The trance is broken, like when someone’s cell phone rings in the middle of a great movie.
Your woman should be making noise– but it should be of the sucking and slurping variety.
If she does start talking too much about mundane topics tell her, “Hmm baby, I understand, but let’s talk about that later… right now get back to sucking that cock, it’s so exciting to watch you do that.”
Her Rule #6. Open Eyes and Relax the Face
Many women tend to close their eyes when giving head.
We also naturally close our eyes when we’re about to eat something we dislike, like cold Lima Beans. Closing the eyes is a signal of disgust.
She might not be thinking that, she might simply be closing her eyes out of habit. But it makes for an unsexy blowjob nonetheless.
If she’s closing her eyes, simply tell her to open them and tell her to look at you. A women giving a wet, deep, sloppy blowjob while she periodically gives your direct eye contact is exciting.
She should also relax her face. The ultimate psychological turn on is to get a nasty blowjob from a girl with a sweet, young, baby face. When the girl tenses her face up as she’s swallowing you, it creates the opposite effect.
So correct her if she tends to tense her facial muscles as a matter of habit. Simply tell her, “Relax your face baby.” Blowjobs should be relaxing and pleasurable for her, not a stressful muscular chore.
Her Rule #7. During Momentary Breaks, Keep Eyes and Mouth Open
To add to the visual thrill for a man, the woman should take regular “display pauses.”
A display pause is when she stops sucking and lifts her head up. Her eyes should either be making contact with yours or admiring your cock, her mouth agape and hanging open like she could go back down on you at any moment, and saliva drooling down her chin.
The way not to take a break is for her to stop sucking, close her mouth and close her eyes while she takes a moment. This is not sexy. It’s particularly critical that she keeps her mouth open while she breaks, like’s she eagerly anticipating for your cock to be shoved down her throat again.
Tell her explicitly, “Baby, next time you take a pause, keep your mouth open and keep your eyes on my cock. Let’s try it right now.”
Her Rule #8. Slow Down
What’s not sexy is frantic, uncontrolled motion. The girl needs to move slow and sexy, like an exotic dancer who slowly undresses and works with controlled, deliberate motions.
If she’s going too fast, she’s obviously trying to please you, so just tell her to “slow down baby” and the problem is solved.
Another way to train her to move in a sexy fashion when she’s giving head is to scour the adult films for a girl who gives incredible oral (and believe me, most of the films will give you BAD examples, so start scouring) and watch it together with her. When the right scene comes up tell her, “Wow, she gives good head… nice and slow with controlled movements.” Your girlfriend will take a mental note.
Her Rule #9. Glam Up
The blowjob is as good as what you visually see as what you feel.
If your woman is dressed and made up like a porn star, she’ll FEEL like a porn star and ACT like a porn star.
You’ll also feel more like you’re getting head from a fantasy girl who is there to please you and be your hot slut. So have the woman dress up for you regularly.
Her Rule #10. Smile for the Cum Shot!
Shooting your seed on a woman with a tensed face and her eyes closed isn’t so sexy.
She shouldn’t just sit there to take it with her eyes closed. She should open her eyes and receive her blissful treasure with a big smile on her face. She should then wipe your cum off her face and start licking it off her fingers.
When you cum inside the woman’s mouth she can do more than immediately swallow. She can give you a little show, swirling the cum around inside her mouth, letting some of it come out and drool down her chin. Then she can swallow and give you a big smile of delight.
If she isn’t smiling for you when you cum, simply tell her, “Oooh, that was nice. Give me a big smile baby!!”
Those are just a few tips for experiencing FAR more pleasure with women. And if you want to really “build a better girlfriend” or wife, check out my Blissnosis Program. It’s hours and hours packed full of girlfriend training tips to engineer “the perfect woman.”
How They Teach Oral Sex
"I'm Mr. Bucket, Balls Pop Out of My Mouth"
I'm Mr. Bucket, toss your balls in my top
I'm Mr. Bucket, out of my mouth they will pop
I'm Mr. Bucket, we're all gonna run
I'm Mr. Bucket, buckets of fun!
I'm Mr. Bucket, balls pop out of my mouth
I'm Mr. Bucket, a ball is what I'm about
I'm Mr. Bucket, we're all gonna run
I'm Mr. Bucket, buckets of fun!
Miss World's Nude Contest
The (naked) girls next door
In April this year I had the pleasure of being on a panel at a feminist conference with Elena Jeffreys, the President of Scarlet Alliance, the Australian Sex Workers Association.
Elena is a compelling and articulate advocate for sex workers and their rights. She spoke passionately about the damage that some sections of the feminist movement were doing to sex workers’ struggle to ensure their voices were being taken seriously by politicians and policy makers. She made it very clear that sex workers were sick of being labelled as universal victims of patriarchy by feminist activists who had little appreciation of the diversity of the people who work in her industry and the discrimination they face.
She received rousing applause from hundreds of feminists of all generations. The idea that any woman who chooses to trade her body for sex - or dance naked for that matter - is a dupe of the patriarchy is now a middle class norm. And indeed class is the real elephant in the corner of much debate about porn, sex work and ‘raunch culture’.
Nice girls don pretty short tutus and show off their toned legs twirling in pink tights. Trashy girls swing around poles and bare their butts. Decent girls marry merchant bankers and give them good looking babies in exchange for houses in upmarket suburbs. Bad girls put a cash value on their bodies.
Best Undressed is a documentary that explores these nascent political issues in an understated and affectionate manner. It follows the young women competing for the title of Miss Nude Australia. Thankfully, the filmmakers resist the urge to truck in pro and con feminist ‘experts’ to put the girls under a microscope. As this documentary shows, the girls are perfectly capable of speaking for themselves.
An early interview features two of them chatting and giggling when one explains she’s interested in forensic science. She pauses a beat, looks her interviewer in the eye and says: “Strippers can read”.
Pageant organiser John Monaghan briefs the girls on the judging criteria. He doesn't guild the lilly. “We are not judging for the biggest breasts, the longest legs nor are we judging for the tightest ass”. Apparently a natural look and healthy hair are also important. The bottom line, as he aptly puts it, is a $20,000 prize. For most of the contestants, that's a deposit on a house.
The girls are under no illusions about what they need to do to win. You start off with a carefully costumed dance sequence, teasingly remove your gear and end by giving the punters a few flashes of what they really came to see. In between the choreographed disrobing they give spectacular displays of gymnastics involving poles and hoops. It's top drawer athletics.
Some of them started very young. The delightfully frank Miss Nude Sydney, Trinity, takes the doco crew back to her small suburban home and shows them the verandah pole she began swinging around as a small child. Her mother confirms that the family always joked she'd be a pole dancer. While honest about her concerns for her daughter, she is loving and supportive.
Trinity is an incredible gymnast and delightfully straightforward about her exhibitionism. Funny, free-spirited and clearly tough-minded, she is excited about going to Adelaide for the contest. She's never been there. Suzie Q, Miss Nude NSW, is the most compelling of all the interviewees. She gives her interviews sans makeup and looks like the girl next door who's training for the state swimming carnival. Fit body, broad shoulders, sweet face and no bullshit. Of her colleagues she says: "[They] are just regular women...it doesnt mean they're not intelligent. It doesn't mean they don't have other options in their lives. The majority of them choose to do it ... it doesn't mean you can grab their ass, it doesn't mean they're going to have sex with you".
Miss Nude Tasmania is pragmatic about her talents : "Anyone can take their clothes off. But can you do it with a bit of style - a bit of class". She is sick to death of guys "who want to speak down to exotic dancers." She loves dancing but worries that her father will blame himself for getting a divorce if he knew she was a stripper. She tells a moving story about being asked to perform a dance for a dying 18-year-old boy in an intensive care unit. "I don't know if you've ever seen a mother who knows she's going to lose her son. I don't know if he'd ever seen a naked girl ... I took my glove off and I gave it to him ... I did the show and I lost it. It gutted me".
She got a message from the family thanking her.
I won't tell you who won the contest. Watch and see for yourself. For my money - and I'd definitely put dollar bills in the garter belts of all these girls - it's one of the best modestly budgeted documentaries SBS has to put air this year. Perhaps I'm biased - the girls remind me a lot of my grandmother. She worked as a barmaid in a very rough dockyard pub and there's something in these girls that reminds me of her - a knowingness about men, an ability to keep crowd control and a strong cheeky earthy sense of self.
Sperm Attack
Ah, that doesn't look too bad. Some kind of squirt gun, right? Well, here's a picture of what it looks like to be shot by The Oozinator...
Naked Girl With Jesus
Naked gravestone-straddling escort told ‘there’s a time and place’
The church community in Dover was left shocked by an escort’s naked photos.
A vicar has suggested there is a ‘time and a place’ to celebrate the beauty of the human body after an escort posted naked pictures of herself clambering over a gravestone at a Kent village church.
The woman, known only as Gemma, 22, from Margate, posted nude photos of herself inside the Grade I 15th century listed Bartholomew Church, Goodnestone, Faversham, to a website in a bid to entice would-be clients.
As well as pictured on all-fours over a grave and crucifix, Gemma – who describes herself as ‘filthy’ and offering ‘domination and sensual fetish sessions’ – can be seen straddling the alter.
Reverend Andy Bawtree pointed out to the Dover Express: ‘Although God made the human body a beautiful thing, there is a time and a place for it.’
He added: ‘I think this is just sad that this young lady has decided to use the church, which is a big part of the community as it houses the post office, in this manner.
‘It’s a place of joy and worship. Surely there’s a better place to meet people.’
A spokesman for Churches Conservation Trust, which manages the building, said: ‘We’re very sorry to hear pictures of this nature have been taken at our church without our permission.
‘Our churches are open to all as heritage attractions and places of peace and calm.
‘We expect visitors to treat the buildings with the respect they deserve, as well as being respectful of the local community and their use of these buildings.’
Bacteria For Batteries Alternative Energy
Bacterial Breakthrough Could Lead To Better Biological Batteries
New research into electricity-conducting bacteria could lead to environmentally friendly "bio-batteries" that could create energy, be used as factories for biological products, or clean out heavy metals from contaminated soils.
Researchers at the University of East Anglia in the U.K., and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Washington, discovered how a special type of bacteria known as Shewanella oneidensis, conducts an electrical charge when it's around heavy metals.
These bacteria live off iron and heavy metals, similar to how we live off of oxygen. They use it to make energy the way we use oxygen and food to make the energy that runs our bodies.
Understanding how they do this could help us use them to clean up soil contamination, trap carbon dioxide, or even make batteries that use inspiration from the microbial world to produce energy.
These bio-based batteries are cleaner than traditional batteries and would be able to recharge themselves. The energy they create would be renewable, non-flammable, and non-toxic. In this case, the bacteria would be exposed to heavy metals, then create energy from this interaction.
This marine bacteria lives in rivers and seas throughout the world — everywhere from the Amazon to the Baltic Sea. When it comes into contact with heavy metals like iron and manganese, it can make electricity by shuttling tiny particles called electrons across their outer membranes.
The researchers didn't know what proteins they were using to move these electrons. Knowing how this happens in nature can help inspire better battery design.
"We knew that bacteria can transfer electricity into metals and minerals, and that the interaction depends on special proteins on the surface of the bacteria. But it has not been clear whether these proteins do this directly or indirectly though an unknown mediator in the environment," study researcher Tom Clarke, of the University of East Anglia, said in a press release.
So, they decided to build a "fake" or synthetic version of the bacteria in the lab using only the proteins they believed were the most important in the electricity-conducting trait. They used this model to see how the bacteria created the charge. They found that proteins on the bacteria interact with minerals containing iron, change them, and generate a charge.
"Our research shows that these proteins can directly 'touch' the mineral surface and produce an electric current, meaning that it's possible for the bacteria to lie on the surface of a metal or mineral and conduct electricity through their cell membranes," Clarke said.
In the future, scientists could harness the mechanism the bacteria use, co-opting it for our own use as a power source in inaccessible or hostile environments.
"Bio batteries in the future will be extremely useful in dark environments where there is no solar power because they can work continuously in remote areas after earthquakes or at the bottom of the ocean, for instance," Clarke told The Daily Mail.
"We may also see them being used for everyday gadgets, such as mobile phone chargers or cars," in "microbial fuel cells" — a biologically-based energy producing system — within 10 years.
"These bacteria show great potential as microbial fuel cells, where electricity can be generated from the breakdown of domestic or agricultural waste products," Clarke said. "Another possibility is to use these bacteria as miniature factories on the surface of an electrode, where chemical reactions take place inside the cell using electrical power supplied by the electrode through these proteins."
The study was published in the March 25 issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Real Preteen Nude Lolitas
Dance Moms hits a new low: Girls as young as EIGHT wear nude bikinis and dance burlesque routines in front of their mothers
Lifetime's Dance Moms has hit new lows by asking its child contestants - the youngest of whom is just eight-years-old - to dress in nude bikinis and perform a burlesque routine on stage.
The raunchy dance moves are usually the domain of striptease experts, the X-rated acts brimming with nudity, nipple tassels and sexually explicit poses.
But a clip from this week's show sees dance teacher Abby Lee Miller dressing the children in tan bikinis to give the audience the impression of full nudity, before asking them to act as if a man 'cant' afford' them.
Upon announcing the suggestive routine - 'the audience should think that you are nude', reveals Ms Miler - the show's infamously competitive moms and their daughters are clearly shocked, as shown in the preview at Jezebel.
A wide-eyed eight-year-old Mackenzie tells the camera: 'I don't want to be naked on stage.'
Blonde-haired mother Christi is unequivocal: 'No-one ever wants to hear the word nude associated with their ten-year-old. Ever.'
The unease is palpable - a parent is heard loudly commenting: 'So much for being conservative'.
Christi's eyebrows adopt a default position halfway up her forehead. 'Those are crazy looking' she says, under her breath, as she watches the girls trying on their revealing ensembles.
Ms Miller, who has never been a professional dancer but has been teaching choreography since she was just 14, talks her young charges though the famously tittivating routine, instructing them to 'hide' behind then 'look' from the modesty of their hot pink fans.
It's not just the routine that is inappropriate. Even the girls see that their skimpy outfits are uncomfortably revealing.
'How's this going to fit me?' says Mackenzie. 'I can fit this on my American doll.'
The fierce dance madam apparently sees no insensitivity on the misguided outfit choice, explaining that 'you give the allusion that you're nude underneath the fans... we all know you're wearing tan bras and tan pants.' The fans, she says, are for covering the body.
'Everyone in in the industry knows the girls are completely covered and everything is harmless... These mothers need to stop questioning me. What I do works.'
Yet, despite the initial shock reactions and obvious anxiety caused by the inappropriate idea, the mothers do not successfully intervene.
The warning signs that Dance Moms may be a touch on the risque side were only too evident, when, in a recent slot on Anderson Cooper's daytime show, a group of Toddlers and Tiara's mothers said that the Dance Moms parents were 'worse' then they.
'They are worse than us, they make us look really good' said that programme's contestant mother June, while another, Kayla, who famously encouraged her daughter to diet and lose 10 pounds, said of the Dance Moms: 'I think they are mean, they seem mean-hearted.'
The Secret How To Be A Drug Dealer and Not Get Caught
Terry Bennett, Convicted Drug Dealer, Sentenced To Writing 5,000-word Essay On Dangers Of Pot
The writing is on the wall for convicted drug dealer Terry Bennett: He'll be going into jail next week if he doesn't finish a 5,000-word essay on the dangers of marijuana.
Bennett, 32, from Gloucestershire, UK, was caught with more 2 pounds of cannabis and admitted possession with intent to supply.
Bennett, who lives with his mom, was sentenced to 240 hours of unpaid work, but claimed a snowboarding injury made that impossible, according to the Metro.
Judge Julian Lambert came back with an alternative sentence: A 5,000 word essay on the dangers of drugs and their effect on society.
Bennett was shocked by the pot-related punishment because it's been years since he last wrote a report of this scale.
“I asked the judge if I could write a balanced argument for and against cannabis, but he said that since it’s illegal, I should only write about the bad things," he told the Mirror. “I’m just going to write about certain dangers caused by cannabis that people might not necessarily know.”
Bennett has until April 4 to weed out information on the web and finish the essay. If he doesn't, he will go to jail for 12 months.
He's busy at work hoping to complete the project by the due date.
"Hopefully the essay should be quite good but it's been ages since I last wrote an essay. I have already done a bit of research," he told the Telegraph. "I'm going to approach it from a different angle, writing about the dangers that come about because it is illegal, rather than the nature of weed itself.
"Weed often causes more problems because of the social inertia and stigma that surrounds it."
Besides the essay, Bennett was given a four-month 8 p.m. curfew and must allow himself to be drug tested, SWNS.com reported.
"I've got a drugs conviction so for me to take on a more serious role in society it is imperative that I prove I am clean and steering clear of cannabis, purely because it is illegal," he said.
The World's Most Narrow House
Invigorating Narrow House by Fujiwaramuro Architects
Fujiwaramuro Architects recently finished the Narrow House, a residential downtown house measuring just 36.95 sqm in Nada, Kobe, Japan. This incredible residence demonstrates that you don’t need a vast amount of space for cozy comfort. The home contains two bedrooms, kitchen, a garage, a living and dining room, and an additional storage room. All are spread across three floors with an opening in the middle. Fujiwaramuro Architects have been working on challenging projects since 2002.
On a slight 37 square meter site in the hyogo prefecture, a timber-faced home by fujiwaramuro architects combats spatial narrowness with
dimensional gaps and holes within its interior field. the vertically oriented wood skin connects a multi-level single family home with a strikingly
grained exterior. by contrast, a large central atrium organizes the space in sectionally, while wooden grates dematerialize the lateral planes.
these two architectural gestures create a sunlit space that reaches the bottom of the house. the center void also serves as storage space and works
in conjunction with the asymmetric smattering of apertures that puncture the envelope. room spaces are layered with a network of ladders that
culminate in a rooftop loft.
The Bacon Flavoured Condoms
New bacon flavoured condoms from company that produced pork inspired lubricant
The condoms come with the tagline ‘make your meat look like meat’
If you fancy a bit of breakfast in bed then the new bacon flavoured condom may be right up your street.
J & D’s Foods has decided to follow up its successful bacon lubricant with another product they say is not a porky.
The Seattle based company is apparently serious this time round despite the lubricant having been intended as a previous April Fool’s joke.
The condoms come with the tagline ‘make your meat look like meat’ and will be coated in water-based lube.
One half of J & D’s Foods, Justin Esch, told The Huffington Post the success of bacon lubricant, which was eventually sold after its comic beginnings, encouraged him to launch the new condom line.
He added the new pork inspired contraceptives would smell like bacon but will be latex like normal ones.
‘There’s no injection mold or anything,’ he said.
If you want to purchase the latest sex based product from the company it will cost you £6.60($10) for a pack of three and will be available from June.
Antique Vibrators
Originally designed in the 1930s and little-changed throughout the middle of the 20th century, this Swedish massager was often encountered at the barbershop, where its specialty was scalp massage after a haircut.
Look closely at the graphic on the inside lid of the Detwiller's case and you'll see the tank of compressed air that made this model vibrate. A very unusual design that did not make the marketplace headway that electricity-powered vibrators did.
Currently the most popular electric vibrator, the Hitachi Magic Wand began its life decades ago with a sleek modern look.
Naked Girls for HEROES
Meet the SWAGs (Service Wives And Girlfriends), whose cheeky naked calendar has raised £26,000 for Help For Heroes
Their other halves are busy dealing with military assaults. But for these SWAGs - Service Wives And Girlfriends - it's more about full-frontal assaults.
With only strategically placed guns and tanks to spare their blushes, these charity calendar shots have helped raise £26,000 for injured servicemen and women wounded in Afghanistan and Iraq.
A total of 50 volunteers, all wives and girlfriends of men from the three Armed Services, stripped off to be photographed at bases and training centres in Hampshire. But their modesty was preserved by carefully placed pieces of military equipment.
Glamorous Kelly Monk, 20, is one of the women who features in the racy calendar. Her boyfriend Andrew Mason, 21, who serves in the 2nd Battalion the Princess of Wales's Regiment, came up with the idea for the charity shoot.
Kelly, of Botley, Hampshire, said: 'I got together with Andrew's sister, Sam, to do the shoot and it just snowballed from there.
'We were nervous at first, but then we really started enjoying it and everyone had a laugh. My boyfriend is fine with it.
'He knows that it's for a good cause.'
Lisa Fellows-Patel, 43, who lives near Bath and poses for the April page of the calendar, said she was 'proud' to have shed her clothes in support of the troops.
She said: 'An old schoolfriend is in the Army and was posted to Afghanistan.
'I felt the only way I could truly support him from home was to do charity work for Help For Heroes and as I model for fun a girlfriend suggested I help with the calendar.
'The night before, I was extremely nervous but told myself that if the armed forces are overseas fighting on my behalf I would have the courage to get naked and do my bit.
'The finished calendar is fabulous. It's very cheeky but not offensive and I love it.'
Photographer Roy Goodwin, who helped shoot the calendar, added: 'About 50 girls got involved in total and they were all volunteers.
'They put in a lot of work and dedication to make the calendar happen and we even had to smuggle them into an army base for one shot.'
Kitchen Tool Utensils Vibrators
The rather simple design of the vibrator itself is left in the dust by its opulently-decorated box, covered with iceberg, polar bear cubs, and a lady in her nightgown. Info on the box is provided in English, French, and Spanish!
More weight loss claims, featuring a vibrating rubber suction cup and an easy-to-use hand strap.
Grandmother used a rolling pin for baking, and perhaps for much more! Deco-designed with Bakelite handles and a heating function in addition to vibration.
By the late '30s to early '40s, vibrators were increasingly marketed to assist in weight loss. This use of vibration may not work particularly well, though vibration plate machines -- an update of this mid-century design -- can be found in some gyms today.
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Half as large as the vibrators of the 'teens and '20s, this well-designed little item was easy to find in the 1930s and '40s, and is commonly found made of brightly-colored aluminum.
Jurassic Park Australia
Palmer buys 100 'dinosaurs' from China
Clive Palmer has ordered more than 100 mechanical dinosaurs from China, slowly turning his dream of a jurassic park at his Coolum resort into a reality.
The billionaire has confirmed the order, with his latest dinosaur, a 20-metre long and 3.5-metre high Deinosuchus, due to arrive by the end of next month.
The early relative of the crocodile will be the third of a planned 165 dinosaurs to be added to the dinosaur park, which is scheduled to open later this year on the grounds of the Palmer Coolum Resort.
Mr Palmer said the next shipment would include a 1200 kilogram brachiosaurus and a 7 metre tall mamenchisaurus - both tall plant-eating reptiles.
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The animals, which will be displayed in the woodlands around the resort, will sway their tails, heave their chests and blink.
The park was started with a life-size T-rex which Mr Palmer dubbed Jeff, widely seen as a dig at Deputy Premier Jeff Seeney.
"The Deinosuchus, whose name translates as 'terrible crocodile', was one of the biggest prehistoric crocodiles that ever lived," the statement announcing the latest addition said.
"Apart from its sheer size, the Deinosuchus is very similar to today's crocodiles, illustrating how little evolution has taken place in the species over millions of years."
Mr Palmer made an application to the Sunshine Coast Council last year to turn part of the Coolum resort's golf course into a dinosaur park.
The move was labelled "tacky" by one councillor.
Chengdu Pretty Girls
Chengdu Beautiful Ladies
The carefree life in Chengdu greatly benefits local women, who are generally of a sweet and charming nature. A Chengdu-based writer has portrayed Chengdu girls in this way: 'Chengdu girls sound delectable and tender, even when they are squabbling. Many of my friends are true Chengdu women. Despite having different dispositions and interests, they all radiate feminine charm.'
The same writer also made observations on Chengdu beauty: 'Chengdu is known for its pretty women, but Chengdu girls are not beauties in the traditional sense. Most of them are of small stature, with round faces and undistinguished features, but nevertheless have great charm due to their coquettish appeal. Such loveliness does not stem from delicacy or humility, but a kind of vigor and power that combines assertiveness and compromise.' She gives an example. One of her friends has a sharp tongue, and often inadvertently gives offense. One day, she argued with a colleague over a trifling matter, and exasperated him with her loquacity, but after half an hour, she felt sorry, and tried to make amends with the man, who was still simmering with rage. She passed by him, carrying a cup of lukewarm water, pretended to trip, and spilt the water over his arm, and hurried to dry his clothes with a tissue, making abject apologies. Inthe process of apologizing and fussing over this spilt water, all hostility faded away. This is Chengdu woman, charming, smart, and smooth. They may get it wrong at first, but eventually come through.
During their first days in Chengdu, visitors may wonder at the prettiness of the local girls, and the idleness of the local men, but they soon find out why this should be: good food, sound sleep, warm weather, rich resources, fertile land and low prices. In Chengdu even the smallest business can ensure a reasonable standard of life. This also explains why relaxation and mah-jong are so prevalent in this city.
Mistakes That Make Pregnant
10 Dumb Mistakes That Can Get Her Pregnant
Using contraception should be like driving a car —so automatic, you do it without thought. But (uh oh) what if you’re messing up…and you don’t even know it?
You’re about six beers deep and finally—after several overpriced dinners and cocktails—you’ve convinced a super hot chick that you’re not the playboy/creeper/serial killer she initially pegged you as. Score! So as you head back to your place and things get heated, there’s no shot you’re killing the mood with a condom...right?
Bad idea. Terrible idea. In fact, that logic is so flawed, we’re going to go ahead and counter it with the ultimate mood killer: In the first year of a baby’s life—between doctor visits, clothing, food, and everything else, a parent can expect to spend more than $10,000. (Yeah. Let that sink in.)
So unless you’re ready to trade beer for baby formula? Read this—MF’s expansive guide to making sure you don’t knock her up. Because even if you play it safe most of the time, you’re probably screwing up in ways you didn’t even know were possible.
1. The Mistake: You think having sex standing up prevents pregnancy.
The Potential Damage: We couldn’t believe that nearly 1 in 5 of men buy into this, but according to a 2010 study, it's true. Yikes. “The law of gravity is not a contraceptive,” says Debby Herbenick, PhD, the co-director of The Center for Sexual Health Promotion. That’s a seemingly obvious assessment, right? Use it.
2. The Mistake: You blindly grab some lube.
The Potential Damage: Always, always, always check what your lube is made out of—otherwise, that condom might do jack. “Oil-based or petroleum-based lubricants like mineral oil or massage lotion can destroy condoms, making them more likely to break,” says sexologist and sexuality educator Megan Andelloux.
3. The Mistake: Your hands are sweaty, so one of you tears the condom package with your teeth.
The Potential Damage: Using items like knives or scissors—even your teeth—to open a wrapper will make it very easy to mistakenly poke a hole in the condom. (In one study, dudes who did so were about three times more likely to encounter breakage.) Think about it—do you really want sharp objects coming anywhere near the super-thin barrier that stands between you and fatherhood?
4. The Mistake: You put the condom on—but don’t leave any space in the tip.
The Potential Damage: If you covered up a faucet with your hand and turned it on full blast, where would the water go? See what we’re sayin’? It’s not rocket science. So leave approximately half an inch at the top of the condom to properly “catch” your sperm, says Herbenick; without this wiggle room, you’re risking breakage.
5. The Mistake: You don’t use a condom because she’s on the Pill.
The Potential Damage: If you’re in a relationship, you should trust that she’s true to her word, but for a one night stand? It’s not worth the risk. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, birth control pills are between 91-99 percent effective in preventing pregnancy—but the Pill plus a condom gives you close-to-perfect protection. Your call.
6. The Mistake: You were wasted and couldn’t find a condom...so you didn’t use one.
The Potential Damage: Sure, it’s an understandably awkward situation if you’re about to “get it in” and can’t figure out where the hell you put the condom. But is it more awkward than becoming a daddy if you’re not ready for a kid? Get off your ass and search a little harder, or walk to the store and pick up an extra pack. According to the World Health Organization, with perfect use, condoms prevent pregnancy 98 percent of the time. That’s pretty damn good.
7. The Mistake: You’ve had the same condom hanging out in your wallet forever.
The Potential Damage: Using a condom that hasn’t been properly stored might get you into a situation worse than the sexual slump you just endured. According to Herbenick, extreme heat or cold can damage the latex used in condoms, so the best spot for stashing them is a cool, dark, dry place—like in your nightstand—or a small, hard case (think: one made for business cards). And if you’re really trying to be a douche about the whole thing, might we suggest this $200 Swarovski crystal condom compact.
8. The Mistake: You’re not putting lube inside the condom.
The Potential Damage: Those marathon sex sessions you’ve been having (nice work, bro) are bound to wear down the condom, making it dry and prone to ripping. “Always use lube inside the condom. It prevents breakage and plus, it actually feels so much better for the condom wearer,” says Andelloux. Remember: check the type of lube before you apply, and just use a drop—too much can make the condom slip off.
9. The Mistake: You take the condom off before the sex is over.
The Potential Damage: If you're patting yourself on the back for using a condom in the first place... don't. Taking a condom off too early on into sex "can directly compromise the efficacy of condom use," according to a recent study from The Journal of Sexual Health. But you know that, silly! So if you play by the rules and keep that sucker on the entire time, it's 98 percent certain (see no. 6) you won't have to worry about becoming a daddy. (Just be sure you hold the base of the condom during withdrawal to make sure it doesn't slip off or leak you-know-what.)
10. The Mistake: You don’t need condoms—you’re a “pull-out pro.”
The Potential Damage: You might think you have impeccable timing, but even if you do pull out in time, it’s still possible to get her pregnant. How? According to Planned Parenthood, your pre-cum can pick up enough sperm left in your pipes from your last ejaculation to fertilize an egg. Whoa. Now, urinating between ejaculations might help, but as they say, it’s always safer to wrap it before you tap it—and the risk-taking for your non-sexual adventures.
Real Ear For Jared Leto
Fan sends Jared Leto severed ear in the mail
An overzealous fan sent the 30 Seconds to Mars singer a real, live (dead?), severed ear in the mail. An actual ear -- did you hear that?
Did you catch what I was saying? Or should I say it louder, JARED LETO GOT AN EAR IN THE MAIL FROM A FAN, and then he did what most rational people would do when they get a body part in the mail: He poked a hole in it, tied a string around it, and hung it around his neck. Of course he did. Though I don't think Jordan Catalano would have approved.
During a March 22 interview with British radio station Xfm, the 41-year-old former star of "My So Called Life" revealed the strangest gift he's ever received.
"The fans are an incredibly committed and passionate group of people. Going to a show is kind of like visiting Japan -- you expect gifts on your arrival," he said. "You get all kinds of wonderful things. Someone cut their ear off once and sent it to me. That was very strange. A whole ear. The Van Gogh move. The note just said, 'Are you listening?' I never knew who it was, who's missing their ear out there."
He then added, "I poked a hole in it and wore it as a necklace!" Leto later shared a picture of the bloody body part on his Instagram account, with the caption "Are you listening?" Which you can view here, but beware, it may not be safe for work, or if you have a full stomach, or if you don't want to look at anything completely disgusting. OK, click at your own risk, and don't say I didn't warn you.
Leto concluded this bloody tale by saying that he hopes his fans will stick to offering more traditional presents in the future: "Don't put your entire body in a case and send it to us."
Because who knows where he'd hang that from.
U.S. No Longer No.1
By The Time Obama Leaves Office, U.S. No Longer No. 1
By 2016, the United States will no longer be the world’s No. 1 economy. That title will be handed over to none other than the current No. 2: China.
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris said in report published this week that China was on course to surpass the U.S. economy in just three short years.
That’s about the time President Barack Obama will end his second term. The next president will potentially be the first one since World War II that didn’t govern the world’s most powerful economy. Most forecasts, however, have China’s economy at No. 1 in 2020.
“From a long-range perspective, China has now overtaken the Euro area and is on course to become the world’s largest economy around 2016, after allowing for price differences,” OECD said in its China report released this week.
China still has a lot of growing to do. By comparison, it’s per capita income is three and a half times less than that of the U.S., and even less than Brazil. But most economists forecast that China’s rapid urbanization — now at 50% and seen rising to 70% within five years — coupled with higher incomes will change the way China operates. As it is, China is moving from an export driven economy to a more Western one that is geared to its local consumers.
Its new leadership has made social programs a focus of its five year plan as well. China, for all its wealth in the Eastern cities, is still a poor country. And an aging one. China will spend billions building out its social safety net over the next few years, improving the livelihood of retiring and elderly Chinese.
The country is also focusing more on high tech, value-added production. Green energy is a strategic focal point of the country’s 12th five year plan and that means investments in new sectors — from electric cars to lithium batteries, to alternative energies designed to eradicate China’s pollution problem. All of this investment is seen as a further catalyst for rapid growth in China. In theory, new social policies should be able to spread the wealth in this nation of 1.3 billion.
There’s no hard landing coming in China, the OECD attests.
The organization predicted China’s 2013 GDP to come in at 8.5% compared to 2012 growth of 7.5%.
“The gradual pick-up in activity provides a strong background for the ambitious reforms China needs to put in place to continue on the road to prosperity,” OECD Secretary- General Angel Gurria was quoted saying in a story by Xinhua news agency.
China vs United States
While the Chinese urban population in cities like Shanghai enjoy a standard of living similar to affluent Westerners, rural China remains poor to low income. There is also a widening income gap in China. Studies of China’s inequality almost universally report that the gap between urban and rural household incomes in China is large, has increased over time, and contributes substantially to overall inequality. According to most estimates, mean per capita income in urban China is more than triple that in rural areas, giving China one of the highest urban-rural income ratios in the world. China’s economy may be bigger than that of the U.S. by 2016, but the political task to balance the haves with the have nots will be tougher there than it is here.
China’s per capita income has ballooned over the last five years. In 2005 it was $4,102. By 2010, it hit $7,519, according to the OECD. Last year, the CIA World Factbook put China’s per capita income at $9,100. U.S. per capita income has also risen, but being a developed economy, and one that has faced one of its worst recession ever in 2008, Americans’ share of economic output in 2005 was $42,414 and rose to $46,588 five years later.
Despite the continued narrative of China as world’s leading economy, its stock market has underperformed the S&P 500. Investors prefer the U.S. Year-to-date, the iShares FTSE China (FXI) exchange traded fund is down 8.67% while State Street‘s SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) is up 9.25%. FTSE China doesn’t look any better stretched out over longer periods either.
FXI vs SPY
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FXI 6.24% 0.11% -12.71%
SPY 6.66% 11.39% 17.80%
Brazil Doctor Killed 300 Patients
Brazilian doctor Virginia Soares de Souza could be more prolific than Harold Shipman if it is proved she killed up to 300 patients to free up beds
De Souza is accused of masterminding a “gang of death” involving several members of her medical team
Officials investigating Virginia Soares de Souza, 56, are reviewing more than 1,800 medical records at the hospital where she was the head of intensive care since 2006. If the number of deaths suspected of being linked to Ms de Souza is proven, she would have been a more prolific serial killer than British doctor Harold Shipman, who was found to have killed at least 215 people.
Ms de Souza, a widow who worked at the Evangelical Hospital in the city of Curitiba, the capital of the southern state of Paraná, is accused of masterminding a “gang of death” involving several members of her medical team. Three anaesthetists - Edison Anselmo Silva Junior, Maria Israela Cortez Bocato and Anderson de Freitas - were also arrested last month while another 13 doctors and 34 nurses have been transferred out of the department.
She is suspected of repeatedly giving patients the muscle relaxing drug Pavulon and turning off their oxygen machines. One nurse interviewed on Brazilian television, who worked in the hospital from 2004 to 2006, said she saw de Souza turn off a life-support machine, killing a patient.
Marcus Michelotto, inspector general of the Civil Police of Paraná, said: “We have been investigating this for about a year. There was sufficient evidence to require the arrest as a medical precaution.”
According to reports in Brazilian press the case came to light after a complaint was made to the health watchdog last year. Since then, at least 50 other complaints have been filed. State prosecutors claim they have telephone recordings that reveal Ms de Souza was driven by a desire to clear beds in the hospital for other patients, whose health care was funded privately. She allegedly said in a phone conversation: “I want to clear the intensive care unit. It’s making me itch. Unfortunately, our mission is to be go-betweens on the springboard to the next life.”
Police added it was unlikely she was working alone given the number of suspected suspicious deaths.
De Souza denies the charges and defended her record at the hospital where she has worked since 1988. In an interview with Fantastico earlier this month, which was approved by magistrates, she said: “I was never careless, I’ve never been reckless, never had an ethical breach or a complaint registered against me, and I practised medicine consciously and correctly.” She said any errors that happened were not intentional.
Last month, her lawyer, Elias Mattar Assad, issued a statement saying the police lacked evidence. “The police are not able to prove a criminal act. They show a body and say that his death happened because of a reason other than that on the death certificate? I challenge them to prove it”
But prosecutors said Ms de Souza would have felt “all powerful” and believed she “had the power to decree the moment when a victim would die.”
It is alleged that in some cases, she gave orders over the telephone to other doctors, according to court documents. Last week, a Curitiba judge ordered the release of Ms de Souza and her medical team on bail. On Monday, police filed a fresh request to arrest her on the grounds that she was the ringleader of the gang and could coerce witnesses. She appeared in court today as part of the requirement to report monthly while the case is ongoing.
The Real Walking BigFOOT
Pacific Northwest May Finally Have Evidence Bigfoot Exists
Not since Roger Patterson’s 1967 encounter has there been so much hype over the possible discovery of Sasquatch, better known as Bigfoot.
In the deep woods of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in the Pacific Northwest there could be a very real Bigfoot lurking in the night, belting out its blood-curdling serenades to all those who wish to lend a listening ear. And one local resident has garnered audio-proof that something unknown is calling out from the brushy swamp area east of Pendleton, Oregon.
The sounds emanating from the woods have been occurring since at least November and range in tone from high-pitched cries to deep-bodied roars. Sylvia Minthorn told The Oregonian newspaper that the late-night shrieks are so piercing that even the hair on grown men will stand at attention.
Several local sources have already attributed the noises to those of foxes or coyotes. But some local residents are not so sure, and believe what they are hearing are the cries of the Bigfoot.
“It’s causing an uproar around here,” said Minthorn, who lives in a tribal housing unit near the swamp, where she used to play as a child.
The shrilly-night cries have been captured by Colleen Chance, a tribal housing authority employee, who recorded them on her iPhone.
“It’s kind of spooky,” she said. “Some say it’s foxes, some say it’s a female coyote and some say it’s Sasquatch. I don’t know what it is.”
While everyone has their own opinions, so far no one has pinpointed the source. The Reservation covers some 178,000 acres and extends into northeastern Oregon’s Blue Mountains. About 1,500 people call the area home.
The night shrieks have been of concern to a number of residents, said Chance, who has taken several calls from locals who are fearful of what may be lurking in their backyards.
John Franken, the housing authority’s interim director, told The Oregonian that residents are struck with fear, and one man has even said his dog was too terrified to venture out for a walk because of the night noises.
Some rumors have spread quickly that the creature shrieking in the night is a young Bigfoot that had gotten separated from its family.
Bigfoot is the name given to a cryptid ape-like beast that purportedly stalks the forests of North America, with sightings reported in all 48 contiguous US states, Canada, and Alaska. Sightings of Bigfoot have also been reported in Mexico and in other countries around the world. In Asia, the Yeti is considered to be a close relative of America’s Sasquatch.
Most scientists discount the existence of Bigfoot and typically call it a combinative representation of folklore, misidentification and hoax, mainly due to the lack of physical evidence. While mainstream science concludes Bigfoot is a fantastical myth, some scientists have expressed interest in research of the creature’s supposed existence.
In most reports, Bigfoot is described as a large, hairy, ape-like, binary hominid, ranging from 6 to 10 feet tall and weighing in excess of 500 pounds. Most accounts report the animal covered in dark brown or dark reddish hair, but has been purportedly observed in black, gray and white hair as well.
Bigfoot gets its common name from the enormous size of its footprint, which has been found measuring up to 24 inches long and 8 inches wide. While most casts taken of the footprint have five toes—like all known apes—some casts have allegedly had digits ranging from two to six.
While there is no solid proof of the creature’s existence, many have taken it upon themselves to make detailed descriptions of the creature’s behavior; with most claiming it is omnivorous and mainly nocturnal.
While the scientific community largely debunks Bigfoot reports as hoaxes or misidentification, some Native American tribes, especially those of the Pacific Northwest, say that the creature is all too real. Stories of the hominids have been passed down from generation to generation in tribal cultures, so when the shrilly night cries first started emanating from the Reservation forests, it didn’t take locals long to formulate an opinion on the source of those calls.
Carl Sheeler, wildlife program manager for the tribes, said that the calls could also be attributed to cougars, which are known to let out hair-raising noises, and so too are foxes.
“And the first time a person hears a fox calling in the night, kind of echoing around the canyons, it raises the hair on the back of your neck,” Sheeler said. “That wetland is a perfect place to have an echoing call sound eerie,” Sheeler added.
Sylvia Minthorn’s uncle, Armand Minthorn, a tribal spiritual leader, said that he found a huge man-like footprint several years ago measuring about 18 inches long while hunting in the Blue Mountains.
Those mountains, and the surrounding woods, have long been rife with tales of Sasquatch ever since a cyclist from Walla Walla tribe found a 19-inch bare footprint in 1966 along Tiger Canyon Road.
And not even controversial hoaxing has been able to disrupt the Bigfoot believers in the region.
In 2002, Ray Wallace, of Centralia, Washington, claimed that he had been using strap-on wooden feet to leave large footprints around the West since 1958. According to his relatives, who made the information public at his funeral, Wallace was the source of most Bigfoot stories in the region for nearly 40 years.
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