By RONI CARYN RABIN
Published: January 3, 2009
New York Times
Parents who smoke often open a window or turn on a fan to clear the air for their children, but experts now have identified a related threat to children’s health that isn’t as easy to get rid of: third-hand smoke.
That’s the term being used to describe the invisible yet toxic brew of gases and particles clinging to smokers’ hair and clothing, not to mention cushions and carpeting, that lingers long after second-hand smoke has cleared from a room. The residue includes heavy metals, carcinogens and even radioactive materials that young children can get on their hands and ingest, especially if they’re crawling or playing on the floor.
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Among the substances in third-hand smoke are hydrogen cyanide, used in chemical weapons; butane, which is used in lighter fluid; toluene, found in paint thinners; arsenic; lead; carbon monoxide; and even polonium-210, the highly radioactive carcinogen that was used to murder former Russian spy Alexander V. Litvinenko in 2006. Eleven of the compounds are highly carcinogenic.
Taken from here.
I think I just shot me in my own foot with posting this article! OUCH !
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
A New Cigarette Hazard: ‘Third-Hand Smoke’
Sunday, November 30, 2008
CONGRATULATION ALLAH HAS CHOOSE YOU TO HELP THE POOR
From: Habib Mohammed [habib_mohamedchambers@yahoo.com]
To: me and probably shit loads of other people
Subject: CONGRATULATION ALLAH HAS CHOOSE YOU TO HELP THE POOR
FROM THE DESK OF BARRISTER
HABIB MOHAMMED LAW CHAMBERS
LEGAL SOLICITORS/PRIVATE
LAW 15 JALAN TELUK DATAI
KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA
PHONE +60132642260
ASSALAMUALAIKUM ,
Your e-mail address came up in a random draw conducted by my law firm, HABIB MOHAMMED Law Chambers in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia.
My name is HABIB MOHAMMED MAHMUUD (Esq.) A personal attorney to our late client Mr. ABDUL SAAZ who worked with an oil firm in Malaysia, Mr. ABDUL SAAZ a well known Philanthropist, before he died, he made a Will in our law firm stating that $7M (Seven million U.S. dollars only) should be donated to any Philanthropist of our choice outside Malaysia (Overseas.)
The beneficiary of the Will as stated by our late client is deceased. Paragraph 3, page 7 of the Will had a clause in the Will which give us the express right to appoint a beneficiary by way of a balloting system ,we conducted a random draw which was supervised by the ministry of justice and the bank that holds the money, and your e-mail address was picked as the beneficiary to this Will.
I am particularly interested in securing this money from the Bank, because they have issued a notice instructing my chamber to produce the beneficiary of this Will within two weeks which happens to be you or else the money will be credited to the Government treasury as per law here.
Upon taking custody of the funds, it is compulsory that you donate 60% of the total Estate value to charity. This is clearly stated in the Will by our late client while you retain 40% for yourself.
It is my utmost desire to execute the Will of our late client. You are required to contact me immediately to start the process of transferring this money to any of your designated official account. I urge you to contact me immediately for further details bearing in mind that the Bank has given us a date limit please contact me urgently.
CONGRATULATIONS,
Regards,
BARRISTER, HABIB MOHAMMED MAHMUUD Esq.
ENDEAVOR TO USE FOR THE LESS PRIVILEGED
One more email from the Barrister guys... wonder how much money they actually make with these bullshit emails! I bet you they life quite good from the stupidness of others!!
Anyways ... by not responding to this email my money would go to the government treasury... so herewith i give aaaaaallll that money to Malaysia! have fun spending it! :)
Sunday, November 02, 2008
GHOSTS !!
Are you one of the people who believe in ghosts??? Or have you even seen one??? You think he lives with you in the same house???
You are in good company! The majority of people do believe in ghosts and who can blame them?? For every evidence 'believers' bring, some 'non believers' come up with a new reason why this evidence is false or not correct. So you either believe or you don't!
Feel like providing new evidence for the existence of ghosts?!?
Go here and get your gear!
Saturday, November 01, 2008
Light up some Hemp!
Light up some Hemp for 0.500 KD only! :)
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Nonesense on my desk
Besides some work that is nonsense too, i have two things on my desk that just collect some dust are are good for nothing.
Monday, August 04, 2008
I am just a little ...
... proud of my country stats for this blog. Never thought that people from so many countries would visit it. I know... some of you have this per day... I have this in weeks ... but still ... I am a little proud of it! And herewith declare my love to my StatsCounter! :)
Small update 18/08/08: It's 32 countries by now... :)
Monday, July 28, 2008
Sandwich Art
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Things you don't need to know...
... but are fun aways! :)
- There are more chickens than people in the world.
- The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
- The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
- A cockroach can live nine days without its head before it starves to death.
- Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
- Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
- The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start.
- The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
- No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple.
- All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.
- Every day 20 banks are robbed. The average take is $2,500!
- It takes glass one million years to decompose, which means it never wears out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times!
- It's illegal to drink beer out of a bucket while you're sitting on a curb in St. Louis!
- The first product to have a bar code was Wrigleys gum!
- No piece of square dry paper can be folded more than 7 times in half!
- There are more than 10 million bricks in the Empire State Building!
- Taphephobia is the fear of being buried alive!
- Over 2500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed people!
- A hippo can open its mouth wide enough to fit a 4 foot tall child inside!
- A mole can dig a tunnel 300 feet long in just one night!
- The world's termites outweigh the world's humans 10 to 1!
- Ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone!
- Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie!
- you're born with 300 bones, but when you get to be an adult, you only have 206!
- In Natoma, Kansas, it's illegal to throw knives at men wearing striped suits.
- One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
- Dogs can hear sounds that you cant!
- Bulls are colorblind, therefore will usually charge at a matador's waving cape no matter what color it is -- be it red or neon yellow!
- The poison-arrow frog has enough poison to kill about 2,200 people!
- Dolphins sleep with one eye open!
- There wasn't a single pony in the Pony Express, just horses!
- The praying mantis is the only insect that can turn its head!
- Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33.
- Since 1896, the beginning of the modern Olympics, only Greece and Australia have participated in every Games.
- Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
- New York''s Central Park is nearly twice the size of the entire country of Monaco.
- Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
- On average, a disposable diaper can hold up to 7 pounds of liquid.
- A new baby usually deprives it's parents of 400-750 hours of sleep in the first year.
- The word "set" has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
- The WD in WD-40 stands for Water Displacer.
- ''Jedi'' is an official religion, with over 70,000 followers, in Australia.
- ''Vodka'' is Russian for ''little water''.
- A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 m.p.h.
- George Washington grew marijuana in his garden.
- In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
- The average bed is home to over 6 billion dust mites.
- Apples are more effective at keeping people awake in the morning than caffeine.
- Ants never sleep.
- The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
And now one for you to try at home: You can NOT lick your elbow!
I collected those facts out of pure boredom and I am not responsible for the correctness!!!
I think most of them are legit though!
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Need a 'Garden Ho' ?!
I know where to get them ... :P
Along with the friendly stewardes that joined the 'mile-high-club' and a few other ladies...
And no! You do not need to leave Kuwait to get stuff like this!!
Dear Kuwait... let me introduce... THE GARDEN HO!
(This picture was taken with the friendly help of 'the big one')
Serious buyers please contact me ... :P
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Confucius
From one of his Analects books
Chapter I
学而(學而)篇
學而時習之、不亦說乎。有朋自遠方來、不亦樂乎。人不知而不慍、不亦君子乎。
Translation: Isn't it a pleasure to study and practice what you have learned? Isn't it also great when friends visit from distant places? If people do not recognize me and it doesn't bother me, am I not a Superior Man?
學而. 巧言令色、鮮矣仁。
Translation: Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.
不患人之不己之,患不知人也。
I am not bothered by the fact that I am unknown. I am bothered when I do not know others.
主忠信。毋友不如己者。過,則勿憚改。
Translation: Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles. Then no friends would not be like yourself (all friends would be as loyal as yourself). If you make a mistake, do not be afraid to correct it.
道千乘之國,敬事而信,節用而愛人,使民以時。
Translation: If you would govern a state of a thousand chariots (a small-to-middle-size state), you must pay strict attention to business, be true to your word, be economical in expenditure and love the people. You should use them according to the seasons.
君子食无求飽,居无求安,敏於事而慎於言,就有道而正焉,可謂好學也已。
Translation: When the Superior Man eats he does not try to stuff himself; at rest he does not seek perfect comfort; he is diligent in his work and careful in speech. He avails himself to people of the Tao and thereby corrects himself. This is the kind of person of whom you can say, 'he loves learning.'
Chapter II
為政篇
吾十有五而志於學,三十而立,四十而不惑,五十而知天命,六十而耳順,七十而从心所欲,不逾矩。
Translation: At fifteen my heart was set on learning; at thirty I stood firm; at forty I had no more doubts; at fifty I knew the mandate of heaven; at sixty my ear was obedient; at seventy I could follow my heart's desire without transgressing the norm.
溫故而知新,可以為師矣。
Translation: Reviewing what you have learned and learning anew, you are fit to be a teacher.
君子周而不比,小人比而不周。
Translation: The Superior Man is all-embracing and not partial. The inferior man is partial and not all-embracing.
學而不思則罔,思而不學則殆。
Translation: To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous.
攻乎異端,斯害也己。
Translation: To throw oneself into strange teachings is quite dangerous.
由、誨女知之乎、知之為知之、不知為不知、是知也。
Translation: Yu [a disciple], shall I teach you about knowledge? What you know, you know, what you don't know, you don't know. This is true wisdom.
視其所以,觀其所由,察其所安。人焉叟哉?人焉叟哉?
Translation: See a person's means (of getting things). Observe his motives. Examine that in which he rests. How can a person conceal his character? How can a person conceal his character?
多闻阙疑,慎言其馀,则寡尤。多见阙殆,慎行其馀,则寡悔。言寡尤,行寡悔,禄在其中矣。
Translation: Listen widely to remove your doubts and be careful when speaking about the rest and your mistakes will be few. See much and get rid of what is dangerous and be careful in acting on the rest and your causes for regret will be few. Speaking without fault, acting without causing regret: 'upgrading' consists in this.
非其鬼而祭之,谄也。见义不为,无勇也。
Translation: To worship to other than one's own ancestral spirits is brown-nosing. If you see what is right and fail to act on it, you lack courage.
Variant translation: To see what is right, and not to do it, is want of courage or of principle.
Chapter III
八佾篇
人而不仁、如礼何。人而不仁、如楽何。
Translation: If a man has no humaneness what can his propriety be like? If a man has no humaneness what can his music be like?
君子無所争、必也射乎、揖譲而升下、而飲、其争也君子。
Translation: The Superior Man has nothing to compete for. But if he must compete, he does it in an archery match, wherein he ascends to his position, bowing in deference. Descending, he drinks (or has [the winner] drink) the ritual cup.
Note: Bowing is a courtesy for the host who invites him as well drinking a cup.
殷因於夏礼,所损益,可知也;周因於殷礼,所损益,可知也。其或继周者,虽百世,可知也。
Translation: The Shang based its propriety on that of the Yin, and what it added and subtracted is knowable. The Zhou has based its propriety on that of the Shang and what it added and subtracted is knowable. In this way, what continues from the Chou, even if 100 generations hence, is knowable.
Chapter IV
里仁篇
里仁為美、択不処仁、焉得知。
Translation: Being in humaneness is good. If we select other goodness and thus are far apart from humaneness, how can we be the wise?
朝聞道、夕死可矣。
Translation: If I hear the Way [of truth] in the morning, I am content even to die in that evening.
父在,觀其志;父殁,觀其行;三年无改於父之道,可謂孝矣。
Translation: When your father is alive, observe his will. When your father is dead observe his former actions. If, for three years [after the death of your father] you do not change from the ways of your father, you can be called a 'real son (xiào/hsiao)'.
以約失之者,鮮矣。
Translation: The cautious seldom err.
君子欲訥於言而敏於行。
Translation: The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.
德不孤,必有鄰。
Translation: Virtue (or the man of virtue) is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.
君子喻於义,小人喻於利。
Translation: The Superior Man is aware of Righteousness, the inferior man is aware of advantage.
Chapter VI
雍也篇
知之者不如好之者,好之者不如楽之者。
Translation: They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and they who love it are not equal to those who delight in it.
中人以上、可以語上也、中人以下、不可以語上也。
Translation: To those whose talents are above mediocrity, the highest subjects may be announced. To those who are below mediocrity, the highest subjects may not be announced.
知者楽水,仁者楽山。知者動,仁者静。知者楽,仁者寿。
Translation: The wise find pleasure in water; the virtuous find pleasure in hills. The wise are active; the virtuous are tranquil. The wise are joyful; the virtuous are long-lived.
務民之義、敬鬼神而遠之。可謂知矣。
Translation: To give one's self earnestly to the duties due to men, and, while respecting spiritual beings, to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom.
君子博学於文、約之以礼、亦可以弗畔矣夫。
Translation: The superior man, extensively studying all learning, and keeping himself under the restraint of the rules of propriety, may thus likewise not overstep what is right.
仁者先难而後获,可谓仁矣。
Translation: The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration: this may be called perfect virtue.
Other chapters
為政以德,譬如北辰居其所而眾星共之。
He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place when all the stars are rotating about it.
君子坦荡荡,小人常戚戚。
The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress.
事父母几谏,见志不从,又敬不违,劳而不怨。
When you serve your mother and father it is okay to try to correct them once in a while. But if you see that they are not going to listen to you, keep your respect for them and don't distance yourself from them. Work without complaining.
三人行,必有我师焉:择其善者而从之,其不善者而改之。
When I walk along with two others, they may serve me as my teachers. I will select their good qualities and follow them, their bad qualities and avoid them.
弟子,入則孝,出則弟,謹而信,凡愛眾,而親仁。行有餘力,則以學文。
A young man should serve his parents at home and be respectful to elders outside his home. He should be earnest and truthful, loving all, but become intimate with humaneness. After doing this, if he has energy to spare, he can study literature and the arts.
君子不重,則不威。學則不固。主忠信。无友不如己者。國,則勿憚改。
If the Superior Man is not serious, then he will not inspire awe in others. If he is not learned, then he will not be on firm ground. He takes loyalty and good faith to be of primary importance, and has no friends who are not of equal (moral) caliber. When he makes a mistake, he doesn't hesitate to correct it.
默而识之,学而不厌,诲人不倦,何有於我哉?
The silent treasuring up of knowledge; learning without satiety; and instructing others without being wearied: which one of these things belongs to me?
德之不修,学之不讲,闻义不能徒,不善不能改,是吾忧也。
Leaving virtue without proper cultivation; not thoroughly discussing what is learned; not being able to move towards righteousness of which a knowledge is gained; and not being able to change what is not good: — these are the things which occasion me solicitude.
Stumbled over it ... thought it might be interesting ... and once again thanks to Wikipedia!
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
I need ...
Me is bored!
Really bored!!!
Nothing to do at work then going thru blogs ... writing my own ... calling random people i didn't speak with in a while ...
I need either:
- work (that's not the preferred option)
- someone else in my office that i can bug when bored
- a TV in my office
- more movies on my hard drive
- a clone to sit down on my chair in office so i can go home and sleep a little
(so bored that I am effin tired)
- a dozen or two girls performing on a pole (short term excitement... :P)
- someone applying for a job he can't handle and me interviewing him
(I can be really mean in an interview if your CV shows that you are a effin genius and you
can hardly spell your name)
or
some other exciting thing to do...
I WANT ENTERTAINMENT .... NOW !!! :P
































