HOLD ON TO YOUR HATS FOLKS .......................

Snacking and super sizing are two of the dieter's worst enemies, research suggests.

The average daily calorie intake in the US has increased by almost a third in 30 years, reaching 2,374 kilocalories.

The influence of bigger portion sizes and excessive snacking outweighs the shift towards high-calorie foods, say experts.

You heard it here first !!

Ahhh ......... the good ol' days

A team from the University of North Carolina analysed data from food surveys carried out in the seventies, eighties, nineties and the last decade. The surveys record all food and drink a person consumes over a 24-hour period. The average daily energy intake of a US citizen increased from 1,803 kcal in 1977-78 to 2,374 kcal in 2003-06. In the last decade of the study alone, the average daily calorie intake went up by 229 kcal.

This study also looked at portion size and studies have shown that having larger portions of food leads to an increased intake.

Who'd have thought ?

SERIOUSLY ?????

YEP, TAKEN FROM HER HIGHSCHOOL DATABASE

DUM DE DUM DUM .... DUMMMMM !

A TEXAS TODDLER BECOMES THE THIRD CHILD TO BE CALLED ESPN

A Texas couple who named their son ESPN after the cable sports network will soon be getting a visit from the toddler's namesake.

An ESPN film crew is coming to this Panhandle town next month to interview the family of 2-year-old ESPN Malachi McCall for a feature on several children around the country named after the network.

ESPN (pronounced Espen) McCall is one of at least three children in the United States known to be named for the sports network. A couple in Corpus Christi named their son Espn Curiel in 2000, the same year Espen Blondeel was born in Michigan.

ESPN spokesman Dave Nagle said the feature will air Sept. 6 as part of a two-hour special celebrating the network's 25th anniversary. The special focuses on the company's history, growth and impact.

"We don't have viewers. We have fans," Nagle said Saturday. "And I guess there's no better testament than when someone names their child after your product. It just shows the bond we have with people."

Rebecca and Michael McCall said their son's name started as a joke after they heard on the radio about another couple naming their son "Espen."

"He looked at me and said, 'That's a cool name,'" Rebecca McCall said in Saturday's editions of the Amarillo Globe-News.

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Couple Names Their Baby After Facebook's 'Like' Button

These days everybody is frantic about facebook. Facebook is becoming an important part of daily life. Its popular all the genre of people. Kids, teen, young and old they are all obsessed and very much enjoying facebook.Eery time there is an activity going on facebook and every activity is being shared and liked at facebook. So as the terms of facbook are getting famous.

An Isralian couple had been found extreme in its devotion with facebook because they named their girl as LIKE. Like is very common term among the one of terms of facebook features.

Mr. ADLER the father of new born girl says: To me it is very important to give my children names that are not used anywhere else, at least not in ISRAEL.

It has been told that LIKE the baby girl have to other sisters and they are names as PIE and DVASH( honey in Hebrew).

Mr. Adler do thinks there could be reaction for the strange name of newborn girl by the family and friends but he hopes they will admire it and appreciate LIKE.

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Back in February, an Egyptian couple went the distance and named their daughter "Facebook."

There's also the option of giving the child a more traditional first name and using the middle name as a repository for one's peculiar loyalty to a faceless multinational. That's what one Swedish couple did a a few years back when they named their son Oliver Google Kai.

NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson was even more subtle. His daughter Genevieve Marie just has the initials "GM" — as in "General Motors." Johnson's No. 48 car is a Chevy Impala, naturally.

Speaking of celebrities, Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin have a daughter named Apple, but there doesn't seem to be a connection to the company that makes Macs, iPhones and iPads.

I grew up knowing a girl called " Annette Curtin "

There's a girl in England who's first name is " Posh ".

A study discovered that 7,261 girls have been called Kylie, with another 288 named Madonna.

But film characters also proved a hit with six babies named Gandalf after the wizard from Lord of the Rings, and two lucky boys given the name Superman.

Thirty-six sets of parents called their child Arsenal after the football team.

Sporting legend Tiger Woods has also made his mark with 1,200 boys named after him - or the animal.

Eva-Toni-Ann Pierce owes her unusual hyphenated name to her dad's love of Everton Football Club.

South African mothers got in on the act following the 2010 World Cup by giving their children names such as FIFA and SOCCER CITY.

Polar storm threatens to give LA an Oscar weekend fit for snow angels

Blame Canada. An unusually cold polar storm is expected to usher fierce winds to Los Angeles this afternoon and snow this weekend down to 1,000 feet.

The Canadian cold front, in tandem with a winter storm, could snarl mountain passes with snow and ice and tie up traffic from San Francisco to Los Angeles to Las Vegas, weather forecasters said.

It could also bring bluster to the Oscar red carpet Sunday, with wool the smart choice over chiffon.

"Vera Wang is out. L.L. Bean is in."

The extreme cold system, originating north of the U.S. border and trailing a winter storm, was expected to head down the Pacific Coast, dumping the first snow on San Francisco Bay in 35 years.

The initial blast to the Southland on Friday will hit San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties, with three to five hours of heavy rain, forecasters said.

Then, as the cold front catches up, snow levels in those counties is expected to drop to 500 feet, with 1 to 2 feet expected in the mountains above 5,000 feet.

The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning across much of the region.

"We have a very cold storm coming in that originated in Canada," said Dessa Emch, manager of weather observation at the National Weather Service in Oxnard. "It'll bring some of the lowest snow levels we've seen.

"Snow and ice will definitely affect the major mountain passes around Los Angeles County."
In Los Angeles, showers were expected to bring up to an inch of rain, or up to six inches of snow down to 1,000 feet across the Antelope and Santa Clarita valleys, Santa Monica Mountains and lower foothills around the San Fernando Valley.

The freezing storm, accompanied by downpours, hail, gusty winds up to 50 mph, and waterspouts off the coast, is expected to peter out by Sunday.

Temperatures in the San Fernando Valley are expected to drop to freezing Saturday night.

Guess What’s in The Picture [Foodlike Substance]

SERIOUSLY ................ HAVE A GO


A) Strawberry ice cream ?

B) Chicken ?

C) Plastic foam ?

D) Chewing gum ?

E) None of the above ?



DRUMROLL PLEASE

Folks, this is mechanically separated chicken, an invention of the late 20th century. Someone figured out in the 1960’s that meat processors can eek eke out a few more percent of profit from chickens, turkeys, pigs, and cows by scraping the bones 100% clean of meat. This is done by machines, not humans, by passing bones leftover after the initial cutting through a high pressure sieve. The paste you see in the picture above is the result.

This paste goes on to become the main ingredient in many a hot dog, bologna, chicken nuggets, pepperoni, salami, jerky etc …

Who doesn't love chicken nuggets ? They're golden brown, cooked on the inside and when dipped in plum sauce, they're absolutely delicious. After seeing this photo of mechanically separated meat, you may not eat them again.

The industry calls this method AMR – Advanced Meat Recovery.

In 2004, as a result of mad cow disease (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy), the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) ruled that beef could no longer be processed this way, because testing showed that parts of the bovine central nervous system ended up in the meat.

As for products using mechanically separated chicken and pork, FSIS ruled that they are safe to eat, but required them to be labeled as such.

Despite them being safe, FSIS states that no more than 20% of the meat in a hot dog come from mechanically separated pork.

What should one do to avoid this paste meat and still enjoy chicken nuggets ? Buy the chicken itself, bread it and fry/bake it.

IT AINT ROCKET SURGERY ........ IS IT ?

THE NIGERIAN LOTTERY SCAM

THEY NEVER GIVE UP


I am Mrs Lisa Jones, I am a US citizen, 48 years Old. I reside here in New Braunfels Texas. My residential address is as follows.108 Crockett Court. Apt 303, New Braunfels Texas, United States, am thinking of relocating since I am now rich. I am one of those that took part in the Compensation in Nigeria many years ago and they refused to pay me, I had paid over $20,000 while in the US, trying to get my payment all to no avail.

So I decided to travel down to Nigeria with all my compensation documents, And I was directed to meet Dr Scott Daniel , who is the member of COMPENSATION AWARD COMMITTEE, and I contacted him and he explained everything to me. He said whoever is contacting us through emails are fake.

He took me to the paying bank for the claim of my Compensation payment. Right now I am the most happiest woman on earth because I have received my compensation funds of $1,500,000.00. Moreover, Dr Scott Daniel, showed me the full information of those that are yet to receive their payments and I saw your name as one of the beneficiaries, and your email address, that is why I decided to email you to stop dealing with those people, they are not with your fund, they are only making money out of you. I will advise you to contact Dr Scott Daniel. You have to contact him directly on this information below.

JOAKIN COMPENSATION HOUSE
Name : Barrister Scott Daniel
Email: dr.scotdaniel@windowslive.com

You really have to stop dealing with those people that are contacting you and telling you that your fund is with them, it is not in anyway with them, they are only taking advantage of you and they will dry you up until you have nothing.

The only money I paid after I met Dr Scott Daniel was just $320 for the paper works, take note of that.Once again stop contacting those people, I will advise you to contact Dr Scott Daniel so that he can help you to Transfer your Fund into your account, instead of dealing with those liars that will be turning you around asking for different kind of money to complete your transaction.

Thank You and Be Blessed.

Mrs. Lisa Jones.

Is 'Captain Fantastic Faster Than Superman Spiderman Batman Wolverine Hulk And The Flash Combined' the longest name in the world?

EH ......... NO !

Captain Fantastic - formerly George Garratt - changed his name by deed pool 'for a bit of a laugh' through the Legal Deed Poll Service which charged £10 for the legally-certified deed poll.
Captain Fantastic, a 19-year-old music student from Glastonbury, Somerset, said his name beat the Guinness Book of Records' longest personal name registered on a birth certificate by 24 letters.
However, he looks likely to have been beaten out by Autumn Sullivan Corbett Fitzsimmons Jeffries Hart Burns Johnson Willard Dempsey Tunney Schmeling Sharkey Carnera Baer Braddock Louis Charles Walcott Marciano Patterson Johansson Liston Clay Frazier Foreman Brown, a 1-year-old from Wolverhampton, whose parents sensibly decided to giver her 25 middle names.

BAD BOYS, BAD BOYS , WHATCHA GONNA DO ..... WHEN YOU THINK THE CAMERA'S NOT ON YOU

R.U.SCHITT-NGMEH ?

Australia's Next Top Model mistakenly announced wrong girl


In one of the most awkward, embarrassing moments caught on live television, the host for Australia's Next Top Model announces the wrong winner, and then has to correct herself after the runner-up gushes over her supposed win.

Sarah Murdoch, host of “Australia’s Next Top Model” told the two young ladies, who were waiting to hear who would be announced "Top Model", that the voting had been very close, going back and forth over who had the lead in the competition.

On Monday's live TV finale, Murdoch announced, after a brief and suspenseful pause, that Kelsey Martinovich, 19, was the winner.

In 1999, Sarah O'Hare who is an Australian model and actress, married Lachlan Murdoch, son of Australian media mogul Rupert Murdoch ..... hope Daddy aint too upset.

WELL ........... WATCH FOR YOURSELVES

MUSLIM WOMEN 'MUST DRESS LIKE TOP GEAR PRESENTERS'

BRITISH Muslim women should trade their Burkas for the jeans, blazers and incongruous hair favoured by the hosts of Top Gear, it was claimed last night.

Experts say Muslim women could integrate into British society more effectively but without compromising core Islamic beliefs if they emulate the wardrobes of Jeremy Clarkson, Ian Hammond and the other one.

Professor Johnny Vegas [no relation], of the Inniscara Institute for Advanced Studies, said: "The attire of the Top Gear presenter is the sartorial embodiment of the late 20th Century middle English values that most of us still cling to like a sinking lifeboat.

"But because it's also a quite astonishingly unflattering look for a man, it means that when it's applied to a woman it should satisfy the key Islamic requirement of making you not have dirty thoughts about her."

OUR HERO'S

There are three standard types of Top Gear garb: blazer and jeans; garish patterned self-consciously untucked shirt and jeans; or the traditional Hammond outfit of some sort of horrific leather-effect jacket borrowed from a creepy uncle, worn with beads and a shit-eating grin.

Prof. Johnny Vegas [no relation]

Professor Vegas added: "This policy would have the further bonus of inhibiting Jeremy Clarkson burka-related comments on the BBC which could be complained about by about as many people as you could fit into the boot of a Fiat Punto and thus give those hacks at the Daily Mail a much easier day's work than they deserve.

"There might be some resistance from traditionalist clerics who believe that Hammond is some sort of satanic homunculus formed from bodily fluids and saltpetre to do Clarkson's bidding, if only because that's what he is.

"But we'll work around that."

Robbie Williams - Tw@

Robbie Williams has revealed he blew his chances with pop siren Kylie Minogue - after he drunkenly laughed at her naked.

The pair teamed up to film the video for hit single Kids during which she stripped for the final scenes.

But Williams has admitted in new book You Know Me how the shock of seeing the woman he had fancied for years undressing made him burst into laughter and left her "offended".



In the book, which is out today and looks back at his 20-year pop career, Williams explained he had a crush on Minogue since her days on Neighbours in the late 1980s.

But after years of worshipping her from afar, he said he became "a bit of a teenage boy" in her presence during the shoot.

"I couldn't figure out why my banter wouldn't work, why my natural ability to just be myself went awry," he said.

Williams began drinking Drambuie liqueur "to get some Dutch courage, but it backfired", the singer recalled.

He had not been told that the scene would feature her taking off a robe to reveal she was wearing nothing but a tiny G-string.

"I just burst out laughing. Which I don't think went down well with Kylie," Williams admitted.

"I may have offended her too, because she must have felt vulnerable too, being naked on set, and being naked in front of me."

He added: "I think that any chance of anything disappeared when I laughed at her. Perhaps she likes being naked, but she probably doesn't enjoy being laughed at by some Stokie idiot."

In the book, published by Ebury Press and co-written by Chris Heath, Williams says he has been too embarrassed to ever bring the incident up since. But he said he hoped that mentioning it in the book would go "some way" to serving as an apology.

I WOULD ONLY USE ADIDAS PROSTITUTES, SAYS BECKHAM

David Beckham has angrily denied claims he slept with a prostitute insisting he could only ever be unfaithful to his wife with a contractually branded tart.

The England superstar has been hit by accusations he enjoyed a triangulated romp in a New York hotel without the consent of Adidas, Motorola or David Beckham by Giorgio Armani.

Beckham has now launched a legal action against a US magazine, insisting he has never entered into a sexual intercourse arrangement with any woman other than his officially sponsored wife.

A source close to the 35 year-old LA Galaxy marketing strategy said: "I just can't see David having sex with a prostitute, because the prostitute would have to pay him for endorsing her vulva.

"And even then there would have to lengthy consultations with his management team about which holes were used, a watertight penetration contract and Adidas would insist on having lots of complex insurance policies in case he falls off half way through and does his cruciate ligament again.

"And of course there would also have to be a five year global copyright agreement covering any grainy, CCTV images of his naked, heaving buttocks."

The source added: "I can see him doing a TV ad for Adidas where he's at a trendy sex party with lots of other celebrities in a Manhattan loft.

"And I'm sure he would do something with Motorola if they ever get round to releasing their 4G bluetooth prostitute.

"But it would be very tasteful. All black and white and shimmering thighs with a slogan like 'Intercourse. Everywhere."

ONE NIGHT IN TOKYO

A difficult week for socialite Paris Hilton has just become even more challenging after authorities at Narita International Airport in Japan have refused her entry into the country.

Hilton, 29 was interviewed for six hours yesterday (Tuesday) and faced further questions today. Earlier, on Monday she had pleaded guilty to cocaine possession after police said that a bag of cocaine had fallen out of her purse in a Las Vegas hotel. She received a one-year suspended sentence after pleading guilty to the charges in a Las Vegas court.

Ms Hilton was forced to book into a budget hotel near the airport whilst her sister went on to a five star suite in town. The pair had flown to the country on a business trip to promote their fashion and perfume lines.

NEW MEMBER OF STAFF

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF BLOGGERLAND ... I WOULD LIKE TO FORMALLY WELCOME TO THE OFFICES OF BLOGGERMAN THIS WEEK A WOMAN THAT MAY VERY WELL BE THE EPITOME OF QUALITY JOUNALISM AS WE KNOW IT TODAY.

Rachel Underwood Schitt-Ngmeh [pronounced Shi-t'eng-mie / 鶤雞 ] was born in Pennsylvania in the late seventies , but dont let her youth deflect from her accomplishment's to date.
She graduated from Saegertown High School in Saegertown, Pennsylvania in 1994 and continued her studies at the University of Denver studying Modern Film. In 1997 she earned her B.A. degree in The movies of Ali MacGraw, cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa and went on to study with such luminaries as Pat Morita and Jean Claude Van Damme.



Rachel married her childhood sweetheart, Mr Edward Ngmeh in the fall of 1999 and they moved to Chicago where Chase Debahll sniffed her out. Her remit within these hallowed halls will be to bring to you the eccentric , the far-out, the freakish, the outlandish, the rediculous and the bizarre ...... she will also be serving up the gossip.

I'M SURE YOU WILL ALL JOIN WITH ME IN WELCOMING THE NEW KID IN TOWN ......... MRS R.U.SCHITT-NGMEH

DID YOU KNOW ...... Rachel has a younger sister named Isabella who is married to the notorious east european gangster Andreus Eunott , Mrs I.Schitt-Eunott is currently awaiting the release of he husband from the notorious Russian gulag Sevvostlag.