"Sex Chip"

• Scientists say toss out the Viagra
• "Better sex is on the way"
• But it's up to them to decide when
FORGET Viagra: scientists are working on an electronic "sex chip" that will be able to stimulate pleasure centers in the brain, The Australian reports. The prospect of the chip is emerging from progress in deep brain stimulation, in which tiny shocks from implanted electrodes are given to the brain. It has already been used to treat symptoms of Parkinson's disease. In recent months, scientists have been focusing on an area of the brain just behind the eyes known as the orbitofrontal cortex. This is associated with feelings of pleasure derived from eating and sex. A research survey conducted by Morten Kringelbach, senior fellow at Oxford University's department of psychiatry, and reported in the Nature Reviews Neuroscience journal, found the orbitofrontal cortex could be a "new stimulation target" to help people suffering from anhedonia, an inability to experience pleasure from such activities. Stimulating this area can produce pleasure as intense as "devouring a delicious pastry", he said. His colleague Tipu Aziz, a professor of neurosurgery at the John Radcliffe hospital in Oxford, predicted a significant breakthrough in the science behind a "sex chip" within 10 years. "There is evidence that this chip will work," Dr Aziz said. "A few years ago, a scientist implanted such a device into the brain of a woman with a low sex drive and turned her into a very sexually active woman. She didn't like the sudden change, so the wiring in her head was removed."The wiring remains a hurdle: Dr Aziz says current technology, which requires surgery to connect a wire from a heart pacemaker into the brain, causes bleeding in some patients and is "intrusive and crude". By 2015, he predicts, micro-computers in the brain with a range of applications could be self-powered and controlled by hand-held transmitters

Las Vegas Blooms

I have been working in Las Vegas recently and have come across the most stunning construction yet.
This new Monstrosity blows away anything located on the strip and will force everyone to up their game. It will be completed by November 09'....you have to click here to see but you cant really get the feel of it till you see it.
Construction continues on MGM Mirage’s $7.8 billion CityCenter project between the Monte Carlo and the Bellagio on the Las Vegas Strip. Executives say they are not sweating the roughly 1,300 condo units yet to be sold, largely because of the strong market for international tourism, which they plan to tap with a sales office in the United Arab Emirates.
Six months ago, Dubai’s government-owned conglomerate -- hot to invest on the Las Vegas Strip and enthralled by MGM Mirage’s CityCenter development -- came knocking with an offer to buy a half-interest in the project and acquire a 9.5 percent stake in the gaming giant.
MGM Mirage jumped at the $5 billion cash infusion, which would strengthen the company’s financial position and allow it to afford a major multiyear growth plan in Las Vegas even before there was much of a whisper about a softening economy.
The unexpected deal has turned into one of MGM Mirage’s most fortuitous opportunities.
It has allowed the company to go knocking in wealthy Dubai, winning permission from the Arab emirate to open a condominium sales office in the Persian Gulf state.
Don’t underestimate the value of a condo showroom in an investor-rich foreign country.
The Dubai partnership allows MGM Mirage to pitch its high-end Strip condos to a wide international audience at a time when much of the world is trembling with economic anxieties and investors worry about overhyped demand for Strip condos.
Dubai seems the perfect marketplace for MGM Mirage to pitch real estate investment opportunities.
While the $7.8 billion CityCenter development may be the most ambitious project in the country, and more than $30 billion in hotel and condo projects will be built on the Strip over the next several years, Dubai is plowing as much as $50 billion into commercial projects by 2010 an unprecedented growth rate for any tourism destination in the world.
And while investors see souring demand for thousands of condominiums yet to be completed in Las Vegas, Dubai plans hundreds of thousands of resort homes and tens of thousands of condos.
The region’s business-friendly outlook, rather than oil industry profits which make up but a small part of Dubai’s wealth has fueled its tourism-based economy.
This may explain why Tony Dennis, executive vice president of CityCenter’s residential division, isn’t sweating much about the prospect of selling more than 1,300 remaining condo units before the end of 2009, when CityCenter’s hotels and condo towers open their doors.
“Take what’s happening in Las Vegas and add a few more zeros to that,” said Dennis, who hopped a plane for his third trip to Dubai last week.
MGM Mirage is just beginning the process of selling Las Vegas condos to a globe-trotting crowd already familiar with the Arab emirate.
The company’s timing couldn’t be better.
A soaring trade deficit has weakened the U.S. dollar, which makes a Las Vegas condo a relative bargain compared with residences in other countries and in top cities such as New York.
“International buyers see an opportunity” with the dollar at its lowest point in at least a decade, Dennis said.
MGM Mirage forged the Middle East connection last year when Dubai World, a government-owned conglomerate, agreed to acquire a 50 percent stake in CityCenter as well as a significant amount of MGM Mirage stock. Last week, both parties agreed to enrich the deal. Dubai World expects to buy 6.5 million shares at $80 a share and MGM Mirage viewing its stock as undervalued given the demand for international tourism agreed to purchase 8.5 million shares at the same price.
Some wonder whether CityCenter, which has more condos than any other Las Vegas project, will be able to sell its remaining 1,300 or so units.
Condo buyers in other developments, skittish about the slumping housing market, are attempting to back out of their contracts. Buyers have reported problems securing mortgages from lenders that have tightened requirements, and speculators who helped fuel the spectacular rise in condo prices two years ago are trying to dump units worth less than what they paid for them.
Dennis said CityCenter is “outperforming” the competition because it is a unique project that appeals to wealthy buyers.
The company has sold about half of its condo units at CityCenter, with about 1,000 of those units bought by the company’s “friends and family” network. At least 10 percent of buyers are foreigners.
The marketing effort to non-MGM Mirage customers, especially foreigners, hasn’t yet begun in earnest, he said. That’s where the Dubai sales office for CityCenter condos will come in handy.
“The marketing opportunity is truly unlimited” because of the concentration of wealth in Dubai, which attracts investors from Europe, Australia, India and the Middle East, Dennis said.
Las Vegas-based condo broker Bruce Hiatt, who spent some time in the Middle East for his former employer, Exxon Mobil, said Dubai is a desirable resort destination sought by rich investors outside of the United States, including in Britain and Canada.
Americans, for the most part, aren’t clued in to Dubai’s growth, he said.
While surpassing Las Vegas in construction volume, Dubai is also exploding with award-winning architecture at a higher overall level of quality than offerings in Las Vegas, he added.
“Las Vegas could learn a lot from Dubai in this regard.”
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Hey, sorry I have not had a chance to update this blog. I have fresh new interviews this week so look out! Here is something to ponder in the mean time...

Vegas New Years Eve??

Have you thought about what you are doing for New Years Eve?

What would be your perfect night? Would you come to Vegas for it?

We are thinking of putting together an amazing event that is all alcohol included, appetizers as well burlesque shows and performances by the best and would cost $150.00 for entrance. What would you expect to get for that price and who would you suggest seeing perform there? Who knows maybe we can create your perfect night! It would have to attract all crowds not just one particular crowd.

Artist Adam Neate to leave 1000 works on London's streets

Artist Adam Neate to leave 1000 works on London's streets
A BRITISH artist is to give away 1000 of his works by leaving them around London for anyone to find.
The Independent on Sunday said the works would be signed by the artist Adam Neate, whose pieces have fetched up to £43,000 ($100,000), and will be dotted around the city on Friday.

"It's always been a dream of mine to do a show around the whole of London, to take over the whole city in one go," the newspaper quoted Neate as saying.

"I want everybody to be able to see it but once the pieces are out there, I don't mind what happens to them."

The value of so-called urban art has rocketed this year. A painting attributed to graffiti artist Banksy, salvaged from a London wall, fetched £208,100 ($483,200) in an online sale.

Below is a video where he explains "there is no bad painting, there is value in everything".

The High Cost of Low Prices

By far one of the best documentary I ever seen...
Video of The High Cost of Low Prices

I used to shop at Walmart till I saw this video and will NEVER again go back. The company has taken millions from the communities around them making it hard to employ city workers such as Fireman, Officers they have caused schools to close and more then half of the community violence...rape,theft, etc. goes on in the parking lots of Walmart. The employees of Walmart have contributed to different charities more then the owners of Walmart. They make it impossible to get paid over time and are doing fraudulently. Walmart employees sweat shops over seas and MAKES the employee pay a rent in the "dorms" of the facility they work in and if they chose not to live there they still have to pay the rent wage. They have people come in to teach the workers of the sweat shop what to say when inspectors come in. If the workers choose not to say what they are told they are "dealt" with. The management encourages the employees to use Medical and welfare systems. The owners of Walmart decided after 9/11 that they needed to build an underground bunker to keep them safe.

Please make sure never to shop at Walmart again! Do not support this facility and the morals they go by. People lives are being destroyed by this company and if there is ever a Walmart in your area going up you and your community always have the power to keep them out no matter what!

Attention Whores

Recent scandal for attention...

I think Disney need to stop endorsing teens and stick with the pre teen girls for their shows. Seems as though its getting worse and worse and maybe after a certain age they need to let their "kids" go.

Click here for Article Source or read on
In what is becoming a naughty epidemic, The Cheetah Girls singer Adrienne Bailon is the latest Disney star to be caught with her pants down when semi-nude pics were found posted on the Web over the weekend.

Private photos of the singer posing provocatively in a bra and showing her bare behind – the risque snaps were intended for her fiancé Robert Kardashian, the younger brother of Kim Kardashian, as an anniversary surprise – began circulating the Internet last Friday.

The 25-year-old singer has threatened legal action against the thief who leaked her naked pictures onto the Internet.

Her spokesman, Jonathan Jaxson, tells www.tmz.com, “These photos were taken in private. Adrienne will be pursuing legal action against the person or person’s sending these private photos out. (Watch video of Jaxson explain how this PR stunt went wrong.) Basically admitting that this was done with intent of full media exposure.

“Adrienne is deeply sorry for any pain this may have caused to her fans.” I say "Yeah Right!!"

The NSFW photos (adult content) were reportedly stored in her laptop which was stolen in late October at JFK International Airport in New York while Bailon was waiting for a flight. The laptop was eventually recovered sans the naughty pics from someone who called Bailon and demanded $1,000.

Last year, naked photos of Disney’s High School Musical star Vanessa Hudgens were found circulating the Web. According to reports, Hudgens allegedly snapped the photos for her boyfriend and HSM co-star, Zac Efron.

Can someone please take these cameras away from them already?

Six Degrees of Naked (and semi-naked) Disney Chicks
# Adrienne Bailon (Disney movie singer/actor, private photos made public)
# Vanessa Hudgens (Disney’s HSM star, private photos made public)
# Miley Cyrus (Photographs of ‘Hannah Montana’ star semi-naked posing in the shower leaked on the Internet; Major controversy still surrounds the 15-year-old singer/actor’s decision to pose for Vanity Fair)
# Britney Spears (Ex-Disney Mouseketeer…really, do you need any details?)
# Lindsey Lohan (Another Disney alum…let’s just save us time and spare the details, shall we?)
# Christina Aguilera (Disney alum…can’t find any proof that her private pics are real but her signature song ‘Genie in a Bottle’ was so sexually charged that she makes the list anyway)

So what do you think, bad luck or really bad decisions?

Don't Judge Me!

Ahh haa Come on down Mrs. Sarah Palin née Health, 1984 Miss Alaska Beauty Pageant Runner-Up. Isn’t she lovely? Some one looking for a little attention?

Toyota Corolla TV Commercial Ninja Kittens

Toyota Australia has released a fun commercial in its ‘Corolla. Packed with a Lil’ Action’ 2008 campaign that features ‘adorable’ Ninja Kittens. read on..

FEATURE///POLITIKS///SHEPARD FAIREY ON OBAMA: THE SUPERTOUCH INTERVIEW

Having provided the main image for the OBAMA campaign now recognized around the world, the influence of street & graphic artist SHEPARD FAIREY cannot be overstated. Having transcended the traditional boundaries of his chosen medium to create an image that united and inspired voters (and the presidential candidate himself) across lines of class, race, gender, and party, Fairey has achieved a truly monumental task in this election and inspired a generation of young people to become politically active in the process. A key element to the success of Obama’s visual campaign was Fairey’s mostly illegal dissemination tactics of wheatpasting posters on private and public property without permission, a sweet little twist in the side of the political machine that proved the artist’s steadfast adherence to his streetwise principals remained intact while working overground in such an unprecedented way. In doing so, he single-handedly inspired a nation of supporters to do the same and the Obama campaign has seen an outpouring of viral aesthetic support at a level never before realized by a political candidate. On the eve of tomorrow’s presidential election, we spoke with Shepard about the relevance of his work for Obama and his thoughts on the shape of political things to come. READ ON:

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I do as I am told

If President Elect Obama were the incoming CEO of a corporation, he would now be preparing for the first act of his tenure: A massive write-off of the mountains of rotted junk buried on the company's balance sheet and an announcement that recovery will take a long, long time.
This flush would clear the way for several years of better than expected results. It would also take advantage of the new leader's one chance to blame the sorry state of the organization on his sorry predecessor.
President Obama began this process last night, in his victory speech, when he noted that restoring the country's health might take more than a term. In the next few weeks, he should go well beyond this:
• The deficit will be more than $1 trillion a year for several years
• The country needs a massive new fiscal stimulus
• The housing market will continue to decline through at least 2010
• Interest rates and taxes will eventually have to rise (after the economy stabilizes)
• Weak corporations have to be allowed to fail
• Millions of homeowners will lose their house
• Unemployment will probably rise to 10%
• The government simply cannot "bail the country out" -- not because it lacks the will, but because it lacks the power
In short, Obama needs to acknowledge reality, erring on the side of overstating the problems and challenges, and he needs to prepare the country for several tough years. Because if he doesn't, within six months of his taking office, the country will have forgotten all about the prior administration and will instead be blaming everything on him.

What I say to this is...
Either way we would be in this mess and either way we will all blame any one we can no matter who is office because we never take blame. Either way we were screwed. Maybe we should stop spending money on huge SUV’s huge designer purses and huge bling bling or small dogs that fit in our purses. Maybe instead of all the money that goes into the reality shows we should be saving and putting all to the EDUCATION of our youth and stop voting for idiots that can dance and sing and vote for a real president who can help. Both of the runners up flip flopped on so many issues at stake. Good for him to be the first African American but really people most of you voted Yes on 8 because you didn't like the part about same sex having sex and the thought of having your child taught that when in fact that had Nothing to do with Prop. 8 at all. You mindless minions did it again. (In robot voice) I will do as I see on the T.V. I will not research or educate myself on facts at all. When my son asked what prop. 8 was I told him that it was about people being allowed to marry who they are in love with even if its another boy or girl and he said that's silly but if they are in love then they should be able to. That would be like if grandma & grandpa never could get married. People he is 7 years old and understood better then most of you. Good Job America!! What's your opinion?

Free Stuff For Voting-"because it feels good"

click for the links...Starbucks Ben & Jerrys California Taco Free Krispy Kreme Doughnut: Go into any Krispy Kreme location for a free red, white and blue doughnut.Oh and most important a free Vibrator!

Crash

The Chicas Project
Girls on Graffiti
Underground graffiti artists Retna and Saber teach the Chicas the finer points of tagging. With help from the experts, Yasmin and Crash each create their mural-sized pieces of artwork.

Teen gets time for grandma in 'gangster rap' video

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – A Florida teenager has been sentenced to 18 months in juvenile detention for coaxing his senile grandmother into holding a gun and threatening to shoot "all the pigs" in a homemade "gangster rap" video.

Eighteen-year-old Michael Alfinez pleaded guilty Tuesday to elder abuse charges. His family has said the case was a misunderstanding.

The 85-year-old grandmother can be seen in the video holding a handgun, wearing a black mask and threatening to shoot "all the pigs."

Alfinez was arrested in April after authorities seized the tape during a routine traffic stop. Alfinez and others also could be seen in the video shooting a pistol around town.

Alfinez also pleaded guilty to charges of firing out of a moving vehicle and into a building.

Boom Box

Going Retro~
Flud (creator of the turntable watch) has brought back another retro item to put on our wrists with their new Boombox Watch. The watch features great details of the original boombox (the handlebar, and the speakers) while it reveals time on a red LED display with a push of a button.Pretty dope!!

The Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill

“The Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill” opened at 89 7th Avenue (between Bleeker and West 4th) last Thursday, October 9th, Clearly, that this isn't your typical pet store.So who's the "owner" of the Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill at 89 West 7th Avenue? Banksy. revealing what seemed from the outside to be a small West Village pet shop stocked not with purring kittens and wiggly puppies, but a more sinister menagerie. Inside, animatronic chicken nuggets, porno watching monkeys, coexisted alongside ageing tweety birds, swimming fish sticks, and suggestively writing caged hot dogs, in what can only be described as an entirely unique visual critique of the state of animal husbandry in the modern world. In the words of Banksy himself, “New Yorkers don’t care about art, they care about pets.This is the first time that Banksy has used animatronics, and the effect is absolutely amazing and said to be a clear departure form last year's behemoth show in Los Angeles, Banksy's first ever show in New York City (the others have been fakes) is being held in a tiny storefront that's less than 300 square feet and can't hold more than 20 people at any one time. The exhibit completely visible to the public both day and night through the store front windows.

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Hey, it's something to think about...Design by Chris Mirsch

Ugly must mean Beautiful! Interview with "Ugly Shyla"

Q.Thank you so much for taking the time to let us get to know you! Okay besides being one of the most stunning and creative alternative model’s out there going by the name “Ugly Shyla” what is it that you do in your everyday life?
A. Art and creativity are pretty much my life, so I tend to always be working on art or some creative endeavor. I guess that is the polite way of saying I'm a workaholic.

Q.What artist or photographers have you had the pleasure of working with in the past and who would you like to work with in the future in your modeling career?
A.I have been lucky enough to work with photographers like Steve Diet Goedde, Lithium Picnic and John Santerineross who are photographers that I respected as artist before I really even got heavily into modeling.

Q. If you had a theme song what would it be when you entered a room?
A. “Where The Roses Never Fade”, the Jimmy Swaggart version, just because I really like that song.

Q. What is your favorite pastime?
A. Again it's pretty much art, but I really like sewing and I'm a huge book worm. I also like to cook, but who in Louisiana doesn't like to cook?

Q. What do you collect in your spare time?
A. Christian Art and Christian or Saint related art. I also collect antique/vintage clothing and vintage medical books.



Q. What inspired you to do the creation of your “Ugly Art Dolls”?
A.I really have no clue why I started making dolls. I just made one and never stopped.

Q. At what age did you start making your “Ugly Art Dolls” and what research did you do before getting into the industry?
A. I made my first doll at 16 years old and started getting into it professionally at around 19.

Q.I read that you take your art very serious, is there something you would like people to take from your art or learn from your art?
A. At the very least I'd like to have my art make people acknowledge some of the ills of the world.

Q.What are links or websites we can go to purchase your works of art or view a portfolio?
A. www.uglyart.net,
http://myspace. com/uglyartdolls

Q. Do you have any upcoming events, shows or new art coming?
A. Oct 30th I will have work in the Splatter show at Antebellum Gallery http://www.antebellum.us.ms/
I will be performing Nov 18th with fellow outlaw artist Steven Leyba http://www.stevenleyba.com/ at The Big Top Gallery in New Orleans,more info on the event will be posted on my site closer to the event date. Other places on the web were folks can find me
uglyshyla.com
http://myspace. com/uglyshyla


Be on the look out for performances by “Ugly Shyla” along with her “Ugly Dolls”. For more information on booking Ugly Shyla for performances or purchasing a Ugly Doll please visit her website at http://www.uglyshyla.com/

photography by:
http://www.stevedietgoedde.com/
Lithium Picnic
Saryn Angel Photography
Miss Megan Photography

"He's a spitfire"

A miniature horse has been given a second chance for a career as a show horse — thanks to a prosthetic eye. The 65-pound horse, named KBuck, was born June 1 at Lil Chums Miniature Horse Farm in Lawton and lost its eye a few days after birth. Owner Kelsey Chumbley, 12, said she suspects the young horse was the victim of a swift kick from its mother. "We thought he was going to end up being a backyard pet" instead of a show horse, Kelsey said. "When we found out he had a second chance I was really excited for him." Veterinarian Jeff Hammond of Marlow tried in June to save the young horse's eye. When it became evident the surgery didn't work, Hammond suggested the cosmetic alternative. KBuck's prosthetic eye was handcrafted by designers at La Fuente Ocular Prosthetics in Oklahoma City. The eye was fashioned with a mold of KBuck's hollow eye socket and constructed with hard acrylic plastic, said Brandon La Fuente. It was hand-painted to look exactly like the horse's real eye, complete with deep blue features and tiny red veins. KBuck's eye cost about $3,000, but his worth will far exceed the investment if his show career takes off. Kelsey Chumbley said there are no rules against showing a horse with a prosthetic eye, and it's unlikely judges will be able to tell it's fake.
Hammond said adjusting to a prosthetic eye shouldn't be a hardship for the horse because he was so young when he lost it."Having one eye hasn't affected him a bit — he's a spitfire," Hammond said.

Stupid or Sad?? I am pretty sure they felt both..

TWO Indonesian jobseekers have been tricked into getting their faces tattooed by a bogus official offering government jobs.

Village chief Sawiyono - who was helping the men find jobs in Jakarta - claimed he had received a text message from a government official offering them work as intelligence officers but saying they would have to be inked first with a dragon tattoo, Antara state news agency said.

Sawiyono realised he had been tricked after checking with the subdistrict chief of the Bojonegoro district of East Java who told him there was no such requirement.

But by then it was too late and the men had already been tattooed, the report said.

"I am fully responsible for the mistake and I will do my best to help the men remove their tattoos,'' Sawiyono said.

The men have complained to police and were seeking treatment at a local hospital.