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Saturday, January 16, 2010
Video of woman who claims to have spread AIDS stirs panic
Detroit -- A viral video of a woman claiming to have intentionally infected several Metro Detroit men with the virus that causes AIDS has prompted frantic phone calls to the Detroit Police Department.
The woman's claims are being viewed skeptically by police and health officials, who say it could be a hoax.
Deputy Police Chief James Tolbert said there is a lot of interest in the case from police departments around the country. Although investigators think the video could be a hoax, they are taking the allegations seriously.
"Everybody is concerned that it could be real," said Tolbert on Thursday. "We're giving the case due diligence to try to determine if it's true."
Tolbert said police have received tips from people who said they know who the woman is and that she lives in the city.
In the video posted on the Web site Mediatakeout.com, the unidentified woman claims to have infected more than 500 people since contracting HIV in 1998. Her face is partially concealed by a bandana and the domain for a porn Web site repeatedly flashes on the screen. A clearly visible female who resembles the bandana-wearing woman is featured on a YouTube channel that contains the same name as the porn site.
"I'm pretty upset, so I set out to destroy the world because they haven't came up (sic) with a cure for this (expletive), and now I have to suffer," the woman says.
Tolbert said the department's sex crimes unit has received calls from Metro Detroiters and people from around the country about the woman's disturbing allegations. He said police are investigating whether there are people who were knowingly infected by her.
It is a felony, in Michigan and other states, to knowingly transmit HIV.
Mediatakeout.com's editor, Fred Mwangaguhunga, said the Web site received the video electronically Wednesday. Hours later, a man from Detroit contacted MTO alleging that the woman gave him the HIV virus and that she is from Detroit, said Mwangaguhunga. The man identified the woman in the tape as "Jackie."
Mwangaguhunga said he doesn't believe the woman's story is a hoax because the woman's accusations are so "heinous."
"This is a person admitting to a crime," Mwangaguhunga said of the video, which drew more than 436,000 hits on the MTO Web site and more than 324,000 hits on YouTube by Thursday night. "She's admitted to giving people a death sentence. This is a health emergency."
In 2008, a New York man was charged with making claims that he tampered with baby food to kill black babies. The same man was suspected of making videos that claimed that he gave AIDS to women, and he was later convicted in the baby food case.
University of Detroit Mercy Professor Larry Dubin said since "there is no certainty as to whether the statements made are truthful," it's not clear if she could face charges if police find her.
"If (the video is a hoax), the woman has a bad sense of humor but wouldn't likely have committed any crime," said Dubin. "If truthful, the woman ... should be investigated by the Detroit Police Department to try and determine her identity, and if her statements are true, prosecute her for her criminal conduct."
JOKE: The Lawyer and the Sheep
A lawyer from New York was transferred to a small frontier town during the settlement of the West. After several weeks there he noticed that the town was populated solely by men.
He asked one of the local cowboys, "What do you do when you get the urge for a woman?"
The cowboy replied, "See them thar'sheep up on thet hill. We just go git us one."
"That is disgusting and barbaric!!" replied the lawyer.
After about 3 months the lawyer could not stand it any longer. He decided though, if he was going to do a sheep, he would show these yokels how to do it right. He picked out the prettiest sheep of the bunch, bathed her, put a pink ribbon on her, served her hay on a china plate, dressed her in fine lingerie,and then took the sheep to bed.
After he finished he decided to take his new found lover out for a drink. He wandered into the local saloon with the sheep under his arm.
The piano fell silent, people dropped drinks, and all the cowboys turned, and stared in shocked disbelief.
The lawyer said, "You bunch of hypocrites. You look at me as if I'm some sort of freak for doing what you've been doing all along. I'm just doing it with more class."
"That ain't the problem," replied one cowboy. "That's the sheriff's gal you're with."
We're twinseparable! Happy with his brother, the boy who refused to die
When doctors found that Gabriel was weaker than his brother, with an enlarged heart,and believed he was going to die in the womb, his mother Rebecca Jones had to make a heartbreaking decision.
Doctors told her his death could cause his twin brother to die too before they were born, and that it would be better to end Gabriel's suffering sooner rather than later.
Thriving: Gabriel, right, with his twin brother Ieuan, is now a healthy 12lb 6oz at seven months
Mrs Jones decided to let doctors operate to terminate Gabriel's life.
Firstly they tried to sever his umbilical cord to cut off his blood supply, but the cord was too strong.
They then cut Mrs Jones's placenta in half so that when Gabriel died, it would not affect his twin brother.
But after the operation which was meant to end his life, tiny Gabriel had other ideas.
Although he weighed less than a pound, he put up such a fight for survival that doctors called him Rocky.
Astonishingly, he managed to carry on living in his mother's womb for another five weeks - until the babies were delivered by caesarean section.
Now he and Ieuan are back at home in Stoke - and are so close they are always holding each other's hand.
Mrs Jones, 35, a financial adviser whose husband Mark, 36, is a car salesman, said: "It really is a miracle. Doctors carried out an operation to let Gabriel die - yet he hung on.
"It was unbelievable."
"When I felt him kicking madly the morning after the operation, I suddenly knew that he was going to hang on.
"The doctors couldn't believe it when they could still hear his heartbeat the next morning."
Rebecca Jones: 'It's a miracle'
Mrs Jones learned she was expecting twins when she was ten weeks pregnant. She said: "When they told us we were over the moon."
But at her 20-week scan, doctors had some devastating news. One of the boys was half the size of his brother.
They didn't know what was causing it, but somehow he wasn't getting enough nutrients.
Then doctors said his heart was three times normal size and it was likely he would have a heart attack or a stroke in the womb.
Mrs Jones said: "They told us that if he died, it could be life threatening for his brother.
"We had to decide whether to end his life and let his brother live, or risk them both."
They said it would be impossible to keep him alive afterwards as he was so poorly.
It would be kinder to let him die in the womb with his brother by his side than to die alone after being born.
"That made my mind up for me. I wanted the best thing for him."
At Birmingham Women's Hospital, when Mrs Jones was 25 weeks pregnant, doctors tried to sever Gabriel's umbilical cord to cut off his blood supply and allow him to die.
But the cord was too thick, and they could not cut through it.
As a last resort they divided Mrs Jones's placenta so that when Gabriel died, it would allow Ieuan to survive. Mrs Jones said: "I put my hands on my stomach thinking of Gabriel. It was devastating. I had said my goodbyes."
But the next morning Mrs Jones felt Gabriel kicking. A scan showed his heart was still beating. She said: "No one could quite believe it."
Gabriel hung on, and his enlarged heart started to reduce in size. He also gained weight.
Mrs Jones said: "They thought it may be because the placenta had been divided. Inadvertently, it had evened out the distribution of nutrition between them, allowing Gabriel to survive.'
When Mrs Jones reached 31 weeks doctors carried out a caesarian to deliver the twins. Ieuan weighed 3lb 8oz and Gabriel 1lb 15oz. Both were kept in hospital, but since going home they have thrived. At seven months, Ieuan weighs 15lb and Gabriel 12lb 6oz.
Mrs Jones said: "The boys are so healthy, they have huge appetites too. Ieuan is the noisy one, while Gabriel is always laughing, it's like he's just so happy to be here.
"There is such a strong bond between them.
"They are always holding hands and if one cries, the other reaches out to comfort him."
"Doctors tried to break their bond in the womb, but they just proved it couldn't be broken."
JOKE: Little Johnny and the Bus Driver
One day little Johnny was on the school bus and he was sitting right behind the driver and he was saying to himself "If my daddy was a lion and my mommy was a lion, then I would be a baby lion.If my daddy was a monkey and my mommy was a monkey,then I would be a baby monkey." He kept on talking to himself like this.
After 10 minutes of this, the bus driver had had enough of it and said, "What would happen if your Daddy was a drunk and your Mommy was a whore?"
Little Johnny replied,
"Then I would be a bus driver!"
VIDEO: PARALYZED..ELVIS and DAVE EDMUNDS
Champion Climber Helps Avert Cat-tastrophe
You could hear the screeches before you saw him perched high on a ledge above a trail. The unlucky kitten was stuck, unable to make its way down. He was out of easy reach, perhaps only accessible to rescuers or a champion climber. But then came along Kay Leclaire.
"We were running from the Spokane Club, and we could hear this poor little kitten crying," she said. Leclaire looked up and there he was - a tiny kitten on a tiny ledge, practically begging for help. "I'm sure it was terrified and obviously had no way to get down," said Leclaire. And that's when the unlucky kitten's luck turned. Leclaire is a world-renowned climber. "We went home, got my climbing equipment and decided to rescue the little kitten," she said.
At 60, Leclaire became the oldest woman to climb the highest peaks on all seven continents. And last May, she became the second oldest American woman to summit Mount Everest. For the old pro, climbing the old railroad abutment to rescue the kitten was hardly intimidating. With a harness and ropes in place, she repelled over the side of the abutment to the very anxious cat below.
"He was ready to be rescued, that's for sure," Leclaire said. As animal control officers looked on, the veteran climber grabbed the critter and handed him off to others waiting at the top.
Despite her years of experience, the rescue turned out to be more challenging than Leclaire expected. "I didn't put enough coils around the part that goes to my feet, so the rope was slipping," she said. Still, the ending was a happy one with both Leclaire and the kitten safe on the ground, where they formally met.
"Hey there," Leclaire said. "Aw, you're shaking, my goodness." As for the kitten, he's already begun his new life. After his rescue, he was given a clean bill of health, named "Sky" and adopted within hours.
JOKE: An Aussie salesman drove into a small town
An Aussie salesman drove into a small town in the far south of New Zealand, where a small circus was playing. A sign read: "Don't Miss the Amazing Maori." The salesman bought a ticket and sat down.
There, under the Big Top, in the centre ring, was a table with three walnuts on it. Standing next to it was a middle aged Maori. Suddenly, the Maori dropped his pants, whipped out his huge male member and smashed all the walnuts with three mighty swings! The crowd erupted in applause and the Maori was carried off on their shoulders.
Fifteen years later the salesman visited the same little town, found the same circus, and saw the same faded sign that read, "Don't Miss the Amazing Maori."
He couldn't believe the old guy was still alive, much less still doing his act! He bought a ticket.
Again, the centre ring was illuminated. This time, however, instead of walnuts, three coconuts were placed on the table. The old Maori stood before them, then suddenly dropped his pants and smashed the coconuts with three swings of his amazing member. The crowd went wild!
Flabbergasted, the salesman requested a meeting with him after the show. "You're incredible!" he told the Maori, "but I have to know something. I saw your act 15 years ago, and you were using walnuts. Why the switch from walnuts to coconuts?"
"Well," said the Maori, "my eye sight isn't what it used to be."
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