Teacher-proof high-pitched ring tone latest buzz in US classrooms

A high-pitched sound developed in Britain to deter teen loitering and inaudible to most adults has invaded US classrooms where youngsters are using it in their cell phones to communicate without their teacher’s knowledge.

The ring-tone, know as “Teen Buzz,” allows students to surreptitiously exchange text messages unbeknownst to teachers whose older ears cannot detect the sound.

A security company in Wales developed the tone — the Mosquito Teen Repeller — to drive away teens loitering around shopping malls in Britain,

But US teens have created their own version of the piercing sound and are selling it on the Internet for 2.99 dollars.

Most adults are unable to hear the tone as with age people are less likely to hear high-frequency sounds.

At 17,000 Hertz, Teen Buzz falls within the highest of pitches noticeable to humans, who can hear as low as 40-50 Hz and as high as 20,000 Hz.

“Because the range of hearing varies greatly in individuals, it is possible that the teachers who do not hear this ring tone have never been able to hear up to the 17,000 range,” said Stanton Jones, an audiologist at the St. Louis University School of Medicine. “Or age-related hearing loss may make the tone undetectable.”

Children can hear high pitches. “Age-related hearing loss, or presbycusis, begins around age 35 with the highest pitches being lost first,” Jones said.

Britney goes Naked in Public

Pregnant pop princess Britney Spears is baring nearly all on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar magazine. The singer of “… Baby, One More Time” posed in the buff for the cover of the August issue; there’s also a photo spread inside.

On the cover, Spears, who is sitting, cups her breasts with her hands and crosses her legs while showing her protruding belly and smiling for the camera of lensman Alexi Lubomirski.

“Nothing to wear?” a cover headline asks. “487 Best new ideas inside.”

Spears revealed to late-night talk show host David Letterman last month that she was pregnant, confirming media reports and ending much speculation.

Spears, 24, and her husband, Kevin Federline, have a son, Sean Preston, who was born last September.

The Poop

GHOST POOP: The kind where you feel the poopie come out, but there’s no poopie in the toilet.

CLEAN POOP: The kind where you poopie it out, see it in the toilet, but there is nothing on the toilet paper.

WET POOP: The kind where you wipe your butt 50 times and it still feels unwiped, so you have to put some toilet paper between your butt and your underwear so you won’t ruin them with stains.

SECOND WAVE POOP: This happens when you’re done poopie-ing and you’ve pulled your pants up to your knees, and you realize that you have to poopie some more.

POP-A VEIN-IN-YOUR-FOREHEAD POOP: The kind where you strain so much to get it out, you practically have a stroke.

LINCOLN LOG POOP: The kind of poopie that is so huge you’re afraid to flush without first breaking it into little pieces with the toilet brush.

GASSY POOP: It’s so noisy, that everyone within earshot is giggling.

DRINKER’S POOP: The kind of poopie you have the morning after a long night of drinking. It’s most noticeable trait are the skid marks on the bottom of the toilet.

CORN POOP: Self explanatory.

GEE-I-WISH-I-COULD-POOP POOP: The kind where you want to poopie but all you do is sit on the toilet and fart a few times.

SPINAL TAP POOP: That’s where it hurts so badly coming out, you’d swear it was leaving you sideways.

WET CHEEKS POOP (The Power Dump): The kind that comes out so fast, your butt cheeks get splashed with water.

THE DANGLING POOP: This poopie refuses to drop in the toilet even though you are done poopie-ing it. You just hope that a shake or two will cut it loose.

THE SURPRISE POOP: You’re not even at the toilet because you are sure you are about to fart, but *oops* — a poop!

Strange Quotes From Homer Simpson

“English – Who needs that? I’m never going to England!”

“Here’s to alcohol: the source of, and answer to, all of life’s problems.”

“Don’t worry. Being eaten by a crocodile is just like going to sleep. In a giant blender.”

“Bart, with $10,000, we’d be millionaires! We could buy all kinds of useful things like…love!”

“Remember as far as anyone knows, we’re a nice normal family.”

“Son, a woman is like a beer. They smell good, they look good, you’d step over your own mother just to get one! But you can’t stop at one. You wanna drink another woman!”

“I like my beer cold…my TV loud…and my homosexuals flaming.”

Pesticides may affect penis size

Zoologist Louis Guillette was drawn into London’s pesticide-ban debate during a lecture stop at the University of Western Ontario yesterday. (Ken Wightman, LFP)

A renowned U.S. scientist who has documented fertility and sex changes — including decreasing penis size — due to environmental contamination says he wouldn’t apply pesticides on his own lawn.

Delivering a special series of lectures this week at the University of Western Ontario, Louis Guillette has been drawn into London’s lawn-care debate during question periods and talk-show interviews.

“The use of these compounds just for cosmetic reasons, just because you don’t want to make dandelion wine from your yard or whatever, I think is inappropriate,” Guillette, who is associate dean for research at the University of Florida, said in a lecture yesterday at UWO’s Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry.

Based on his own scientific investigations, Guillette said there’s enough evidence pesticides put children, wildlife and the ecosystem at risk.

“Just because you can go buy them at the local stores doesn’t meant that is appropriate use,” he said.

A zoologist, Guillette has spent the last decade studying the influence of environmental contaminants on fetal development and reproductive systems of wildlife and humans, including the differences between alligators living in contaminated Florida lakes and those in cleaner ones.

He found abnormalities in sex organs, dramatic differences in egg-hatching rates and hormone levels.

Penis size of the animals from the polluted lake was smaller than animals from the less-polluted lake.

“This is important because it is not just an alligator story. It is not just a lake story. We know there has been a dramatic increase in penile and genital abnormalities in baby boys,” Guillette said.

A followup study by another scientist involving healthy couples with 5,000 healthy babies also found reduced penis size with higher contamination levels.

“Are (their penises) so small they are actually having problems? We don’t know. These are baby boys,” he said.

But rodent studies have indicated more difficulty with fertility and other aspects later on, he said.

The researchers also found the alligators from contaminated water had abnormal ovaries. Some of the abnormalities were traced to chemical compounds with estrogen, a sex hormone. Estrogenic-type compounds are found in some pesticides, including atrazine, mostly widely used in North America for weed control.

Guillette said he doesn’t support a total pesticide ban, saying their use is proper for public health and probably in agriculture. But when people can reduce their exposure they should, he said.

VP Cheney takes a nap during President Hu’s White House Visit

Vice President Dick Cheney says he was looking at his notes, not sleeping, during a briefing by President Bush and Chinese President Hu Jintao in Hu’s first Oval Office visit. I believe I used to call it “resting my eyes” when I would DO THE SAME THING …you moron, you were sleeping…

Candle Lighting Ceremony

See it HERE.

Is George Micheal in your DEADPOOL?, because he should BE.

USB teddy bear holds data, scares children

Generally, when someone makes a teddy bear-themed gadget, his/her intention is to overwhelm bystanders with cuteness. But whoever created this little guy, whose head has to be removed in order to access the internal USB drive, must have watched one too many Tim Burton movies. No word on how much it holds or if there are any plans to make these available for purchase, but with your own bear, a thumb drive, some thread and a closet full of skeletons, you can probably make your own without too much effort.

Weird Statues in Childrens Parks

What were they thinking when they put this in a children’s park?, well this isn’t even as bad as it gets. see more HERE.