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I agree. The better the kiss, the better the bang! http://www.actuacine.net/Poster/kiss.jpg

In the what will they think of next department, German engineers are showing real ingenuity to help make safe sex easier: German sex educators plan spray-on condom From Reuters 10:44 AM PST, November 30, 2006 BERLIN -- German sex educators plan to launch a spray-on condom tailor-made for all sizes. Jan Vinzenz Krause from the Institute for Condom Consultancy, a Singen-based practice that offers advice on condom use, told Reuters today the product aimed to help people enjoy better and safer sex lives. "We're trying to develop the perfect condom for men that's suited to every size of penis," he said. "We're very serious." Krause's team (spraykondom.de) is developing a type of spray can into which the man inserts his penis first. At the push of a button it is then coated in a rubber condom. "It works by spraying on latex from nozzles on all sides," he said. "We call it the '360 degree procedure' - once round and from top to bottom. It's a bit like a car wash." Krause said the plan is to make the product ready for use in about five seconds. He said it would function more effectively as a contraceptive because it would fit better and not slip. However, before the new condom can be sold in shops, the firm must ensure that the latex is evenly spread when sprayed, as well as optimise the vulcanization process. Krause hopes the high tech condom, which will be available in different strengths and colours, will on the market by 2008. He said the spray can would likely cost some 20 euros ($26) as a one-off purchase. The latex cartridges - sufficient for up to 20 applications - would cost roughly 10 euros, he said. Krause said he had hit upon the idea when considering the difficulties some people faced using condoms, and drew inspiration from spray-on plasters now used in medicine.

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The LA Times recently presented an article on this subject: Laptop seizure raises concerns over firms' data Travel managers worry about what can happen to proprietary information at customs. By James Gilden, Special to The Times November 4, 2006 It may surprise many air travelers, but your laptop and its contents are far from secret at the nation's international airports. Increasingly, this is prompting new privacy concerns for business travelers. Customs and Border Protection agents have the authority to search and seize laptop computers belonging to travelers entering the United States, those of U.S. citizens and foreigners alike. And they use it. But just how far these officers can go in inspecting the contents of an overseas traveler's laptop is being tested in federal court. In July 2005, Michael Timothy Arnold, then 43, of San Juan Capistrano arrived at Los Angeles International Airport after a nearly 20-hour flight from the Philippines, according to court documents. After retrieving his luggage from baggage claim, he proceeded to the customs checkpoint. An agent selected him for additional screening because she was targeting single males between 20 and 59 who were returning from Asia. After some secondary questioning, the agent inspected Arnold's luggage, including his laptop computer. She instructed Arnold to turn on the computer. When the computer booted up, its desktop displayed the usual assortment of icons and folders, including two folders titled "Kodak Pictures" and "Kodak Memories." The agent and a colleague clicked on the folders and looked at photographs on the computer, including one of two nude women. Special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement were called in to question Arnold about the contents of his computer. He was detained for several hours while they examined the computer, and they found numerous images depicting what they believed to be child pornography. The agents confiscated the computer as well as a hard drive, some CDs and a flash drive and released Arnold. He was later arrested, jailed, held without bail until this week, and charged with transporting and possessing child pornography and attempting to engage in illicit conduct in a foreign place. It is cases like Arnold's that have corporate travel managers up in arms — but not because of the pornography connection. Their concern is with what happens to the proprietary data that business travelers often carry on their laptops. "That U.S. government officials have the right to examine, download or even seize business travelers' laptops came as a surprise to the majority of our members," said Susan Gurley, executive director of the Assn. of Corporate Travel Executives, an Alexandria, Va.-based trade group. Eighty-six percent of members surveyed said that court decisions allowing government agents to seize computers at the borders were cause to limit the kind of proprietary information typically carried on executives' laptops. Two out of 155 members surveyed said they had an employee who had had a laptop seized. The politics and the law behind the seizures are complicated, according to attorneys and court documents. The 4th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects citizens against unreasonable search and seizure. But the courts have given government agents more leeway to conduct searches at the border than inside the country. For example, the courts have found that it is acceptable for border agents to search through the belongings of someone entering the country for no reason other than that he or she is entering the country. But if the search becomes more invasive, such as a pat-down or a body cavity search, then agents have to have probable cause. It is at this nexus that the courts are trying to decide what constitutes reasonable when it comes to a laptop computer. After all, it could contain personal information, confidential business information, blueprints for terrorist attacks or child pornography. A ruling last month by U.S. District Judge Dean D. Pregerson of Los Angeles in the Arnold case may be the beginning of a shift in the courts. In his opinion, the judge noted that "the information contained in a laptop and in electronic storage devices renders a search of their contents substantially more intrusive than a search of the contents of a lunchbox or other tangible object." The court found that "a search of this type without reasonable suspicion goes well beyond the goals of the customs statutes and the reasonableness standard articulated in the 4th Amendment." "While not physically intrusive as in the case of a strip or body cavity search, the search of one's private and valuable personal information stored on a hard drive or other electronic storage device can be just as much, if not more so, of an intrusion into the dignity and privacy interests of a person. "This is because electronic storage devices function as an extension of our own memory. They are capable of storing our thoughts, ranging from the most whimsical to the most profound. Therefore government intrusion into the mind … are no less deserving of 4th Amendment scrutiny than intrusions that are physical in nature." As a result, the judge threw out laptop-related evidence against Arnold retrieved during the search, which may hurt the government's case. The government is appealing the judge's ruling, said Thom Mrozek, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles. Arnold still faces federal child pornography charges, but he was released from federal custody this week on $50,000 bail. The association of travel executives is not concerned as much with the constitutional questions as it is with the practical implications for business travelers. It has tried to get answers from Customs and Border Protection about its policies regarding the search and seizure of laptops and measures taken to protect sensitive business information on them but has not received an answer to its queries, Executive Director Gurley said. The Times e-mailed the agency questions including what its policies are regarding the protection of sensitive corporate data. The agency responded with a statement saying, in part, that "officers adhere to all requirements to protect privileged, personal and business confidential information." Said Gurley, "Our issue is whether the proprietary business information on the hard drive can be taken. Is it returned? Is it destroyed? We have not received any word from [the agency], not even 'Thank you very much, we have your request.' "What's so difficult about giving the public this information?" *

"How can you not love the guy?" Did he escort? http://www.mindcontrolforums.com/images/aleister-crowley.jpg

That is my ministry, TY. I am so glad to see your success! http://www.lastchanceministry.net/images/L...nceMinistry.jpg

Well, then! There is the solution! After you register, you will then have to post in the forum to see the enlarged pictures, at least of the cock shots! Brilliant idea, oz.

It looks like the only Thai fun I will have is the vicarious kind. I have a first class ticket to Bangkok next month, a time period I've always wanted to try there, but, alas, more pressing needs will keep me at home. So Ky, if you want drool, get to Pattaya and let me know all about it!!! Thanks! Oz, I would love to attend one of your parties even if it is only a small group of 400 or so. TNT, my thread is just a light hearted commentary on the lack of posts here given the large number of professed members of the site. Given that I get half of my kicks in life in these online forums, the more interesting they are the more interesting half of my life is! TY, as always. I know you're doing your best!

What a busy weekend I had! First, I spent hours reading all of the new posts in the various forums. Then I drooled over the two new reviews. But the big surprise was that totally oz had ordered all of the 9000 non-USA members of MER to write me a letter with photo enclosed. It took me hours to look at each kind note, expressing in its own caring way their interest in the forums and reason as to why they had yet to post anything. It's kinda busy at the call centers in India, I am told. Nonetheless, the pics were fascinating. Did you know that over 4000 of the new members signed up right there in oz's apartment in Bangkok? Yes, and they sent photos too. There was mama-san and Lek-san and Numbers 1 through 3998! Very interesting. Only a few members professed to not having looked up their profiles yet, but will do so right after the dust season ends. The best part of the weekend, though, were the boxed sets I got from the registered escorts here. Each box contained a photo, a pair of used underwear, and a piss container so that the next time I get pissy I can do it right inthe privacy of my own home. Thanks for a great weekend, oz. And, guys, all 8738 who wrote, thanks for letting me know why MER is the first thing you read each day. Now just start posting!.

The cop who killed himself was from San Francisco, not Seattle. San Francisco cops don't waste much time on prostitution stings, although street prostitution is often curbed. TheTimes story on corruption in Las Vegas judges was absolutely astounding. It makes you wonder about the entire state as a cesspool.

Conway, why do you keep calling Haggard "Chuck?" His name is Ted. Big K- I know harm when I see it. I am tired of clerics who tell developing young minds that homosexuality is sinful while they themselves are frolicking in the twolips. It screws up young gay kids and encourages others to become bigots and fagbashers. But I guess you think that is better than outing someone who preaches that shit.

I find BigK's remark quite insulting. It makes me wonder if the guys most against outing are themselves in the closet. As someone who is out of the closet, and was very active in helping move gay presence forward, I resent those who do nothing but hide their sexuality all the time taking advantage of the progress that the out guys have created for them. It is not hypocritical to out people whose internal homophobia is damaging to our community, people like Haggard who actively worked against gay rights and poisoned the minds of young people dealing with their sexuality. I agree with everyone else that coming out is up to the individual to do when he is ready. I also agree that it is okay to own a gun. But if you are going to use that gun to hurt someone, then I will tell people that you have one. Haggard and his ilk are taking guns to young minds and causing immeasurable harm.

Hey Corny...I mean, Cory...So I got out the popcorn and pulled up a chair...the popcorn went stale and the chair got spiderwebs. At least no news is good news! http://www.taquitos.net/dbimages13/Poppers-J.jpg

Snatched right in front of our eyes, Ben's pic of Jason Rylee no longer available here. And in a thread promoting Ben's blog. The ingratitude of it all! And, Adam, as for Cesare Mancini, I found him to be a real flake.

I borrowed this from Ben's blog. I hope he doesn't red x it... Jason Rylee: http://www.benjaminnicholas.com/JasonRylee.jpg

...or say goodbye.

You do get around. Which escort are you going to surprise next? http://weizsaecker.bawue.spd.de/download/i...20Smith%20e.jpg BTW: I want pix of Jason!!! BTW: I want one certain pic of AAndre...Christmas is coming!

Isn't Ginger a former actress? I should see about getting a street named after her here in Palm Springs. I hope you both have fun in Rio. Play safely, and remember, smoking is bad for you!

I see you are trying to slide by with saying that you are only one review behind, Adam. tsk tsk. I don't see your review of Ben/LA. Were you really able to knock funseeker aside for a few hours to get to know Ben?

He needs a good barber. You'd think living in San Francisco he could find a better hairstylist! Bring him to Raleigh and I'll bet butch Andre could set him straight. Isn't talking about boys better than talking about Rico?

Adam, did you notice that you are post #13 in this thread? Doesn't that help explain why Rico was banned in Boston? Boston has long banned dangerous individuals. I'll bet Vegas wishes they had the same policy! BTW, is it true that you are planning a big New Year's Eve party with Andre, Trey, Denverlatin, and Jason Rylee? I could come help if you needed it!

What is ironic, tl, is how few people actually seem to care about what happened to Rico, who thought he was so popular. As for me, well, I did cost him that office pool! Others who disappeared from posting about the same time were jackhammer, bugguyfrompasadena, and Boston Guy. Coincidence? Jackhammer has reappeared, so he is off the hook, but what about the other "guys?" We heard about the Vegas arrests, where Four Aces lived and bigguy visits often. Maybe they are both in the clink? As for Boston Guy, no, he couldn't have been Rico. Rico was banned in Boston!

No one was asking you to discuss Rico on Fifteen Minutes, Ben. I was just curious to see what this good info you had on him was. You could post it right here! Obviously, Rico didn't die in jail... BTW, your new post on the blog has great eye candy. Good job!

The blog world sure is getting dull. I have even thought of starting my own, as Cory's lackluster attempt to succeed Rico has been laughable, Scott hardly ever blogs, Ben is every couple of weeks on ever changing weblinks, Four Aces hasn't posted on 4Rockets since July. BTW, whatever happened to Four Aces? He disappeared at the same time that Rico went to jail, IF he went to jail. Ben has evidence, so he says, that Rico is sitting pretty. I know Ben was a big fan of Rico's, but he hasn't shared his "good evidence" with us. And I have seen something that means Rico is out of jail...IF it is our very same Rico. (Let's hope not, cuz the outcome wasn't good), but I do know that Rico once posted this: June 22, 2006 An Agent Amongst Us? The Hooville Village News staff has been investigating a tip we received that their just might be an FBI agent posing as one of us. We've learned that there is definitely some weight to this tip and will fill the Hooville Village News readers in with more detail as we confirm the facts. Stay tuned this is gonna be a shocker. posted by Rico at 12:53 PM Some weight to it? And then shortly thereafter Four Aces discontinued his blog! How could Rico know that there was a an FBI snitch, unless??? On the other hand, one source tells me that Rico is in jail on a parole violation, so who knows if this is our Rico: FBI Snitch Accused of Murder Dies Awaiting Trial Inmates and Prisons Posted on Nov 7, 2006 at 01:39:00 PM EST This is very sad. A 48 year old former FBI snitch recently charged in a 20 plus year old murder case died while awaiting a psychological evaluation by the court to see if he was fit to stand trial. The former FBI snitch, who was accused of helping former mob informants arrange the murder of a Tulsa businessman, died a week after he was extradited to Oklahoma to face charges, a hospital spokeswoman said Saturday. Rico, 48, died late Friday, a few hours after a Tulsa County judge put the murder case on hold pending a psychological evaluation to determine if Rico was competent to stand trial. His family said he had congestive heart failure and had lost 53 pounds since his arrest Oct. 9 in Florida, where he had been living. ....During his arraignment Wednesday, conducted by video feed from the Tulsa County jail, Rico sat in a wheelchair and occasionally moaned but said nothing. His attorney at one point interrupted the judge, saying: "I am telling you this man is sick, extremely sick." He requested an emergency medical furlough, saying his client was ailing and needed help; the judge ordered the psychological evaluation. The lawyer said during that hearing that Rico, who had a pacemaker, was disoriented after being beaten Oct. 15 by an unknown assailant in the Miami-Dade County Jail, but that he had recovered his mental competency and "wants a jury trial to clear his name." Prosecutors offered this handy excuse: Tulsa County prosecutors had questioned the assault allegation, saying an improper dose of medication may have been responsible for bruising on Rico's body. Why wasn't Rico put on house arrest instead of kept in the Tulsa County jail? He's 48 years old and 450 pounds. Where was he going to run? Who was he going to hurt if he hadn't been charged with a crime in the 22 years since the murder? As to the murder with which he was charged, the details are: Rico was accused of helping arrange the 1981 murder of Tulsa businessman Roger Wheeler, chairman of Telex Corp. and owner of World Jai Alai in Florida, where Rico worked as security chief after leaving the FBI informers group. Members of Boston's Winter Hill Gang had been informants for Rico when he was an FBI snitch in Boston. Murder charges were filed in March 2001 in Tulsa County against Winter Hill Gang members James "Whitey" Bulger, Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi and John Martorano. Martorano pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and received a 15-year prison term for carrying out the hit on Wheeler. Flemmi pleaded guilty in October to racketeering charges related to 10 murders, including Wheeler's, and awaits sentencing Jan. 27. Bulger remains at large since being tipped off to a pending indictment in 1995.