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Steff

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  1. Full of s*** on what.. giving him a name..? Who cares if they did. He didn't tell them he was having further surgery. That's where the problem lies.
  2. Yet he failed to tell them he was having surgery... That's the point. And, to correct you from all your WSI postings.. they did not know he was having the surgery.
  3. Gee... where have I heard that before..
  4. This subject's laterality quotient is: 36.8 Placing this subject in the middle decile.
  5. Steff

    Suitcase stolen....

    With 3 year old girl inside.. A Russian couple who tried to avoid buying a train ticket for their daughter by putting her in a suitcase were caught out when the case was stolen. The parents of the young girl from Vitebsk admitted they had not been paying attention to the case when they stopped off for a "few drinks" after arriving at a Moscow train station, reported Pravda. Police later found the girl, aged three, wandering the streets lost. The crooks had taken her out of the case and left her behind - but kept the case. http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1196539.html?menu= Unreal. :headshake
  6. You guys have me LMAO with tears in my eyes... This is s*** that a right handed person never ever thinks about.. Here's a right handed smiley... And an ever more important one..
  7. I'm hearing the same things you guys are, which isn't much. I haven't asked anyone anything though either. Jason appears to be the only one getting the messages..
  8. Give it time Jas... the schizophrenia will kick in soon enough.
  9. You also said RJ would be wearing a WS uni...
  10. Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack...
  11. Albert's doing fine and his condition is much further along than Paul's. It's activity in moderation. He still golfs several time a week.. obviously he doesn't run or work out as much as he used to. He'll never have surgery. But maybe Paul will.. guess it depends on how badly the hip fails him.
  12. I think you read wrong.
  13. Chimps hand over new clue to brain By DAVID WAHLBERG Cox News Service Monday, December 06, 2004 ATLANTA — Southpaws, give chimps a hand. New research in chimpanzees says being left-handed has little to do with the language part of the brain, as has been thought, and more to do with motor skills. That means lefties have probably been around much longer than believed — at least 5 million years, when scientists say humans and apes branched on the primate family tree. And evolution has purposely kept them. "Being left-handed must confer some advantages," said William Hopkins, a psychologist at Emory University's Yerkes National Primate Research Center, who led the studies. "There must be a reason they have hung around so long." Nobody knows what causes about one in 10 people to have dominant left hands. Some scientists say it's hereditary, though specific genes have not been found. Others say something goes awry in fetal development. Lefties are more likely to have autism, dyslexia and schizophrenia, Hopkins said, but they are also more likely to be Mensa members and talented musicians. The pros and cons are thought to stem from left-handed people being "right brained" — more creative but less analytical. Generally, one side of the brain controls the other side of the body. Language skills are associated with the left side of the brain, and many scientists have said early humans developed a preference for their right hands when they acquired speech. Studies scanning the language centers of people's brains have backed this up. But Hopkins, a right-hander, wondered why two-thirds of chimps prefer their right hand, even though they don't have what we consider speech. Hopkins, Claudio Cantalupo and their Yerkes research team gave 66 chimps appetizing hands-on tasks: picking up raisins, eating oranges and bananas, and fishing peanut butter out of plastic tubes. Then the scientists scanned the animals' brains using magnetic resonance imaging machines. Whether the chimps used their right or left hands to handle their treats had much more to do with asymmetries in the motor control parts of their brains than with the language areas; lefties had larger movement centers on the right. Another study at Yerkes determined that chimps in general have more of the asymmetries found in people's brains than previously thought, backing up the results about left-handedness. Both studies appear in today's issue of the journal Behavioral Neuroscience. Recent research in people also suggests that language centers in the brain may not determine hand preference, said Hopkins, who also teaches at Berry College in Rome, Ga. The chimp studies don't explain why people are left-handed. But they could help researchers look for more biological clues to schizophrenia and other disorders associated with abnormal brain patterns, Hopkins said. And the findings reinforce the idea that, while left-handed people historically suffered from social stigma, nature must have had a reason to maintain them. Think of Atlanta Falcons quarterback Mike Vick and former President Bill Clinton; both are southpaws. Lefties are likely to have better spatial memories, Hopkins said. "Maybe they're better at navigating," he said. "With chimps, maybe they're better at remembering where that really ripe fruit is."
  14. His issue is the ball and joint, to be a bit more specific. IMO.. something helped him strengthen and make the muscles in the area more tolerant.
  15. Police: Woman hit teens after golf ball struck car ST. AUGUSTINE, Florida (AP) -- A woman ran over two teenage brothers after they accidentally hit her sport utility vehicle with a golf ball they were bouncing in a parking lot, officials said. One of the boys suffered life-threatening injuries. The 14- and 16-year-old boys were bouncing the golf ball in a shopping center parking lot Sunday afternoon when it went astray and struck the SUV driven by 47-year-old Kathy Feaganes Allen, sheriff's Deputy Greg Suchy said. No damage was done, and the boys apologized and began to walk away, Suchy said. Allen started to drive away, but suddenly made a U-turn, ran over a median and struck the teens before knocking over a light pole, Suchy said. "I tried to run. I blacked out. I woke up bleeding," Justin Marshman, 16, told The Florida Times-Union. She then allegedly went after a third brother, but did not hit him. A witness said that after the SUV came to rest, Allen got out of the car and smoked a cigarette with the boys lying on the ground in pain. "She charged them. This was the most deliberate act," witness Russell McPhee said. "After she ran them down, she got out of the car and lit a cigarette like a movie star." Isiah Grayer, 14, was in critical condition Monday. Justin Marshman, his stepbrother, was treated for non-life threatening injuries. Brent Woolbright of the St. Johns County Public Defender's Office said he was assigned Allen's case Monday and was trying to get all the facts. "I talked to her, and her story is a little different that what was reported," he said. Allen told the court she has mental problems. A judge ordered her held without bail Monday on three counts of attempted murder. http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/12/07/b...t.ap/index.html I just want to add... what a stupid b**** and I hope they punish her to the fullest extent of the law.
  16. IMO.. if not for "something" Paul would not be able to walk much less jog as fast as he does...
  17. Ben has some meat on his bones, so I highly doubt he's juiced.
  18. No doubt in my mind.. and several other retired players minds as well.
  19. Woman survives throat impalement ANDERSON, Indiana (AP) -- A woman survived being impaled by a 12-foot metal fence post that pierced through her mouth and came out the back of her neck in a car accident, authorities said. Emergency crews had to saw off part of the 1 1/2-inch thick fence rail to free Alejandra Martinez, who was still awake when crews arrived at the scene. Fire officials were shocked to find her alive. "Talk about having an angel as a co-pilot," Fire Chief J.R. Rosencrans said. "On her rearview mirror she had a picture of the Madonna. You can tell she is a religious person." Martinez, 28, was in critical condition late Monday, recovering from surgery, officials said. Earlier Monday, Martinez drove through a stop sign at an intersection and hit another car, Anderson police spokesman Terry Sollars said. She then lost control, careened off the road and went through a chain-link fence. The car hit a concrete porch, shoving it three feet back, Sollars said. The metal rod from the fence went through the driver's side of the windshield, he said. A passenger in the back seat was not injured. Anderson is about 35 miles northeast of Indianapolis. http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/12/07/wo...d.ap/index.html
  20. NEW YORK (AP) - Are you a Focker? If so, Universal Studios Orlando theme park just might give you and your whole Focker family a free vacation. In honor of the upcoming "Meet the Fockers" film, the sequel to 2000's "Meet the Parents," the vacation destination is randomly choosing 25 families with the legal last name Focker and inviting them to the Focker Family Reunion. The weekend will include round-trip airfare for up to four people, accommodations, Universal Orlando theme park tickets and a family reunion barbecue for all Fockers in attendance. http://apnews1.iwon.com//article/20...G=home&SEC=news More info here: http://www.callingallfockers.com
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