Non-football related stuff that really makes your day

[rufiux]

i remember that game like it was yesterday... after the two Redwings Stanley Cups, Latin ESPN and Mexican TV stopped to Broadcast Hockey.... WTF!!:x

[Malto Marko]

cows go outside for the first time this year (april) - YouTube

i remember that game like it was yesterday... after the two Redwings Stanley Cups, Latin ESPN and Mexican TV stopped to Broadcast Hockey.... WTF!!:x

Huh?

Those cows were funny though.

[Nick Pappageorgio]

Newborn baby found alive in morgue 12 hours after being declared dead
By Eric Pfeiffer | The Sideshow*–*9 hrs ago


A newborn in Argentina was found very much alive in a morgue by her mother 12 hours after hospital staff had declared the baby dead.
The mother, Analia Bouguet, tells TeleNoticias TV that the hospital still has issued her only a death certificate for the infant rather than a birth certificate. Bouguet said she is planning to pursue a medical malpractice suit.
The Daily Mail reports that the baby was Bouguet's fifth and was born prematurely.
Two hours after being issue a death certificate, Bouguet and her husband visited the morgue because they wanted to see their child one more time.
"The baby was there and they put the little casket on a stretcher. We looked for a bar to pry it open," the baby's father, Fabian Veron, said in a press conference. "My wife looked and uncovered it slowly. She saw the little hand and then uncovered the face. That's when it let the first little cry out."
"That night, we went to the morgue. We wanted to take a photo of our daughter," Bouguet told Argentina's Clarin newspaper. "But when a worker opened the drawer, we heard a cry and she was alive."
The newborn has been named Luz Milagros, or "Miracle Light." She is still listed as being in critical condition but is said to be improving. The deputy provincial health minister announced that five medical professionals involved in the case have been suspended, pending further investigation.

"At the moment we have no explanation," hospital director Jose Luis Meirino told the paper. "The baby was attended to by obstetricians, gynecologists and a neonatologist. They all reached the same conclusion, that this girl was stillborn."

[LionsFanInJapan]

Scary situation...hopefully the baby has no lasting scars.

[DanO]

Makes one wonder how these things happen. The woman I'm seeing is an attorney who does medical malpractice. Not sure how I feel about that.

[mason reese]

If that's not the perfect opening for a demon-possession movie, I don't know what is.

[Tony G]

Great news for people waiting for organ transplants!! The donor list will soon double!!

Gov. Snyder signs motorcycle helmet law

Riders at least 21 can decide to wear a helmet

Updated: Friday, 13 Apr 2012, 4:21 PM EDT
Published : Friday, 13 Apr 2012, 9:26 AM EDT

• By Steve Kelso and 24 Hour News 8 staff

LANSING, Mich. (WOOD) - Michigan will become the 31st state to give motorcyclists the option of wearing a helmet under legislation signed by Gov. Rick Snyder on Thursday.

The legislation was approved with bipartisan support. Lawmakers had passed repeals of the mandatory motorcycle helmet law before, but the measures were vetoed twice by then-Gov. Jennifer Granholm.
Gov. Snyder's office told 24 Hour News 8 on Friday the law takes immediate effect, but it is going to take some time before all of the state's police agencies are notified and everything gets put into place.
The Michigan State Police issued a directive to its officers not to pull over helmetless riders and that riders are not required to provide proof of any of the law's provisions if they are stopped.

Under Senate Bill 291, sponsored by state Sen. Phil Pavlov (R-St. Clair), motorcyclists --

• Can choose whether to wear a helmet if they are at least 21 years old
• Must have at least $20,000 of first party medical benefits coverage -- in case they are involved in an accident
• Must have passed a motorcycle safety course or have had their motorcycle endorsement for at least two years

Motorcycle passengers who want to exercise this option also must be 21 or older and carry additional insurance.
"My troopers are not going to stop investigating homicides and stop investigating criminal sexual conduct so that they can go take down those who aren't wearing helmets," MSP Lt. Chris McIntire told 24 Hour News 8. "We will enforce the law as it comes to us and deal with it kind of one day at a time."

"While many motorcyclists will continue to wear helmets, those who choose not to deserve the latitude to make their own informed judgments as long as they meet the requirements of this new law," Gov. Snyder said in a statement. "There is no substitute for proper training, education and awareness when it comes to operating any motor vehicle. We must continue working together to keep our roads safe by making sure that everyone who gets behind the wheel of a car or on a motorcycle has the proper skills. Traffic safety is a responsibility shared by all motorists."
"Every year, millions of dollars leave our state because of Michigan's outdated mandatory helmet law," Pavlov said in a statement. "This bipartisan plan will keep our dollars here, attract even more tourists to Michigan and help our state in these tough economic times."
The law was written with input from American Bikers Aiming Toward Education (ABATE) of Michigan, a motorcycle association dedicated to improving motorcycle safety and car driver awareness of motorcyclists on the roads.

The new law gives Michigan the strictest requirements for riding helmet-free of any state that has modified mandatory helmet laws for adult choice, according to a news release from ABATE.
"On behalf of all ABATE's members statewide and motorcyclists around the country who can now travel into Michigan and enjoy this great state with or without a helmet, I want to extend our gratitude to all of the legislative officials and Governor Rick Snyder who courageously supported freedom in the face of an onslaught of baseless and emotional arguments perpetuated by our opponents," said Vince Consiglio, president of ABATE of Michigan.

Michigan originally implemented its helmet-use law in 1967 to comply with U.S. Department of Transportation requirements for federal funds.
Critics say the change will lead to more deaths.

[CGVT]

I really don't give a shit one way or another, although I think it is pretty stupid to ride without a helmet (or seat belt for that matter) but I found this statement pretty fucking ridiculous

"Every year, millions of dollars leave our state because of Michigan's outdated mandatory helmet law," Pavlov said in a statement. "This bipartisan plan will keep our dollars here, attract even more tourists to Michigan and help our state in these tough economic times."

[nhwbrooklyn]

I really don't give a shit one way or another, although I think it is pretty stupid to ride without a helmet (or seat belt for that matter) but I found this statement pretty fucking ridiculous

"Every year, millions of dollars leave our state because of Michigan's outdated mandatory helmet law," Pavlov said in a statement. "This bipartisan plan will keep our dollars here, attract even more tourists to Michigan and help our state in these tough economic times."

I heard that the average cost for a vegetable that needs permanent and constant care ends up in the millions.

[CGVT]

Yeah, that is usually the argument for a helmet law. That's why I think Pavlov's statement is so stupid. That and I think it's just a bit of an exaggeration to say that the helmet law is costing the state millions.

[Islair]

I have friends that do the Lake Superior/Lake Michigan loop every year on their bikes. Of course they wear helmets when they ride so it has never bothered them, but I can see the Gov. point about attracting riders to the state this way.

But still, riding without a helmet is fucking dumb.

[kayrone]

I have to admit, I have never heard one of their songs, so I have no opinion one way or the other, but this review of the Nickelback concert made me laugh so hard I actually snorted.

Gutless crud such as “Photograph,” notably a huge international crossover hit, and “Far Away,” dedicated “to the ladies,” were enough to bemoan the emergence of an acoustic guitar, which Kroeger or lead guitarist Ryan Peake played far too often. By comparison, “Animals” seemed mighty rocking, and it’s worth mention that the song’s about picking up a young female (“Your mom don't know that you were missing,” sang Kroeger) and, if I’m correctly translating the innuendo here, engaging in intercourse repetitively in a primitive fashion.

Just to show that Nickelback is emotionally diverse, Peake sat down at a piano for “Lullaby,” which was followed by the hokiest of we-must-stand-together rah-rah anthems, appropriately titled “When We Stand Together.” Kroeger said the latter was about “all of mankind uniting and making the world a better place,” which was funny, because mankind is clearly divided between those who love Nickelback and those who hate Nickelback, and is more likely to come together with the destruction of Nickelback.

http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2012/04/nickelback_churns_out_big_dumb.html

[Tony G]

I really don't give a shit one way or another, although I think it is pretty stupid to ride without a helmet

Ultimately as long as it doesn't cost me more money for insurance, and as a side benefit increases the number of donors available when my previously overworked liver finally decides to pack it in, I guess I'm ok with it. Still seems a damned stupid thing to do but it might thin the pool a little.

[Islair]

It has been a while since I used black and white with my photography, I never considered it my strong style anyway, but sometimes it just falls together right, and that makes my day.

[DanO]

Nice.