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don't cut habenero peppers then try to take your contacts out, or wear them the next day

Quotebut probably nothing compared with the pain-in-the-rear factor of having a face that people turn away from or constantly stare at. Quote I agree -it's sad but true. I was a kid and got freaked out by this guy at a game - he had baseball-sized tumors on his face. I felt bad but it still scared me.

right - I hope so! So it does it have to be a body donated to science. I don't know much about this but I would think that most who donate die of old age?

I would imagine it difficult to find a donor ??

check it out - maybe it belongs in SC http://www.newsnet5.com/health/5280589/detail.html Clinic Seeks Candidate For First-Ever Face Transplant Controversial Procedure Brings Up Many Ethical Questions POSTED: 3:55 pm EST November 8, 2005 CLEVELAND -- Doctors at the Cleveland Clinic are getting ready to perform the very first face transplant. But as 5 On Your Side's Alicia Booth reported, everything has to line up just right for this life-changing event to happen. Cleveland Clinic plastic surgeon Maria Siemionow knows how to fix body parts torn apart by accident and disease, but now she hopes to do the one thing no surgical team in the world has ever tried before: she wants to transplant a face to someone who desperately wants it. "Almost (every) patient who doesn't have a face, and there are patients like that, amazingly who are staying in the house for many, many years," said Siemionow. She said, "I think the most important part will be to bring those patients back to society." So far, only Hollywood has conquered the procedure. Discuss Facial Transplant In the movie "Face Off," one man's face is traded with another's: truly science fiction -- and nothing like what would happen in a real operating room. The Cleveland Clinic's surgical team would remove the facial skin, arteries, veins, and nerves from a cadaver, and transfer them directly to the recipient. In some cases, they might even take the neck with the face, or include the ears and the scalp. It's a possibility that's raises numerous ethical questions, debated by bioethicists all around the world. Cleveland State University philosophy professor Joe Demarco teaches classes on bioethics, and says the most significant issue is making sure the patient gives informed consent, that he or she clearly knows the risks. Demarco believes that under the right circumstances, a face transplant should be allowed to happen. "If I knew all of these risk factors and I decided to go ahead with this, I would want to do it. I wouldn't want some bioethicist telling me that the risks are too great for me," said Demarco. And there are plenty of risks. The procedure may not take, and the person could end up looking more deformed than before the attempt. If it works, the patient will not ever look totally like themselves, or even like the person whose face they have. Instead, it would be more a combination of both. Another big issue, perhaps the biggest, is a patient's ability and willingness to take anti-rejection drugs, potentially for the rest of their lives, reported Booth. "You're more likely to get infection -- life-threatening infection -- and second, you're more likely to get secondary tumors," said the Clinic's Dr. James Zinns. In other words, you're more likely to get cancer. But progress in improving anti-rejection drugs is one of the reasons this project is moving forward. The right patient also has to be mentally stable and physically healthy. And the patient has to realize that the tabloid media will probably make this life-altering medical breakthrough look and sound more like science fiction. This is why the Cleveland Clinic has waited this long to talk so openly about it. "Because we were afraid that certain irresponsible journalists could take this and turn this into a circus," said Zinns. But this is no circus. It is something that could improve the life of someone who has been through an unthinkable ordeal. Right now, the clinic is secretly talking to patients who are interested in the surgery, and doctors are doing everything they can to protect those patients' privacy. In a follow-up report on Wednesday's Live On Five, NewsChannel5 will talk to a young burn patient about how she feels about this kind of procedure. Burn victims are the most likely candidates for face transplants because they are the most likely to be able to handle the anti-rejection drugs long-term.

How did the interview go?

I caved and ordered "just a trimmer" - $12.99, then she adds a bunch of junk and I'm out the door at $35 - so she's reading disclosures and I hear "bla bla bla call to cancel any time bla bla bla" -WAIT! she was signing me up for a service that would bill me monthly. -I called to cancel the next day.

in BDUs

A guy in Ohio used to fly a wooden stop sign, he was never at WFFC though. It was the coolest fixed wing I ever saw.

I played piano in nursing homes when I was a kid (summer $$ ) and it was SO depressing - I guess it's reality though. When I start to fail you can take me out to the woods

*new post* couldn't find previous posts on nursing home abuse. http://www.newsnet5.com/news/5029631/detail.html

Yea I took it this weekend it was awesome. My landings are better, I have a better understanding of how my canopy flies, and he showed me a good technique for getting my new SabreII in the bag.

you could try a laundromat that serves beer. Small one I used to use did pretty good.

I'll check the manufacture contacts sticky

I'm selling a 7 cell and I listed it as a Triathalon Fury, are they 2 different canopies?

"Hey Griswold. Where do you think you're gonna put a tree that big? " "Bend over and I'll show you"

I had a gf that talked so much - I would put my phone down in the middle of the floor and we'd stand around trying not to laugh - she just kept on talking

not skydiving but -in the air old days: back in the 20's a police officer took a ride in his buddys bi-plane in massillon, oh. Something happened and he slipped out but managed to grab and HOLD ON to the exhaust pipe until touchdown

oh yea! I like em cause not a lot of outrageous FX

I have a singe hair on the side of my forehead ??? I pull it out every couple months, I first noticed it at bootcamp cause I was shaggy in hschool, it was 2 inches long!

yea, this stuff makes me want to see another indy jones movie !!

I searched forums for 'government' and 'condom' before i posted, didn't come up with anything, but then again I only scanned the first page

I just call back my 'missed calls' and let my voicemails build up, then I have to go through and delete them all every 2 days

The government today announced that it is changing its emblem from an Eagle to a CONDOM. A condom allows for inflation, halts production, destroys the next generation, protects a bunch of pricks, and gives you a sense of security while you're actually being screwed.

wow - I didn't realize that. -anyone seen the Gary Larson cartoon where aliens who's heads look like human hands land on this old farmers field, he shakes the leader's 'head' then they blow the world up