Vending Machine Back Up Plans?

The student health center at Shippensburg University, a public institution of 8,300 students in the Cumberland Valley, provides the Plan B One Step emergency contraceptive in a vending machine along with condoms, decongestants and pregnancy tests. For $25, students at Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania can get the "morning-after" pill without coming face-to-face with another person.

Federal law makes the pill available without a prescription to anyone 17 or older and the school checked records and found that all current students are that age or older but that hasn't stopped U.S. Food and Drug Administration from contacting state officials and the university to gather facts.

Aspirin, ibuprofen, antacids and other common over-the-counter remedies have long been available in vending machines, but some see a trend in making drugs like Plan B, which is kept behind the pharmacy counter, available in a vending machine. It's part of the general trend that drugs are available for consumers without interface with a pharmacist or doctors.

In December, the Obama administration overruled drug regulators and stopped the Plan B pill from moving onto drugstore shelves next to condoms and other items. It remains available behind pharmacy counters. In addition, Teva Pharmaceuticals (which makes Plan B) said that it sells the product only to "licensed pharmacies or other licensed healthcare clinics, which are required to follow federal guidelines for the distribution of pharmaceutical products." On whether the machine might violate the law is unclear.

Also while the ease of access to such a machine could be positive for many women, could highly accessible "self-treatment" deter sexual assault victims from seeking medical attention?

I guess the administration representing a potent drug as no more harmful than a pack of Juicy Fruit gum kinda rubs me the wrong way...

Dat Shit Cray...fish

Scientists sampling a deep-sea trench in New Zealand got a surprise when their traps brought back seven giant prawns. The "supergiant" amphipods are more than 20 times larger than their typical crustacean cousins (generally less than a half-inch long).

"We pulled up the trap, and lying among the fish were these absolutely massive amphipods, and there was no inkling whatsoever that these things should be there," said Alan Jamieson, leader of the expedition that turned up the "supergiants."

The largest of the seven specimens was about 11 inches (28 cm) long

The pale, leggy creatures were found 4 miles down in the Kermadec Trench (off the northeast coast of New Zealand) - one of the deepest trenches on Earth.

In addition to the animals captured in the trap, a seafloor camera more than a mile (2 km) away spied at least nine supergiant amphipods.

A week later, when the expedition returned to the same spot, there was no sign of the supergiant amphipods, which was "very, very strange," Jamieson said.

The scientists are mounting a return sampling expedition to the same swath of deep sea off the coast of New Zealand in a week.

Throw some cheese on that bitch, Just bought a Big Mac

Apparently, fast food is bad for your health...but not for the reason you think.

When 37-year-old Evangeline Lucca bypassed the order screen and cut the drive-thru line at McDonalds on Friday afternoon, I bet she didn't know she was in for the shock of her life.

Authorities in Hope Mills, North Carolina reportedly used a stun gun on a Lucca who blocked a McDonald's drive-thru for 20 minutes after employees refused to serve her...because she cut the line pulling directly up to the window.

Lucca was subsequently shocked by deputies and charged with second-degree trespass.

In other frightening fast food news, a British man was attacked in a Glasgow KFC by two teenagers on Friday night. And by "attacked" I mean some kid bit his ear off.

Yep, that's right. The man was standing in line for food when he was confronted by three teenagers. He left without ordering but the harassers followed him out into the parking lot, where one of the teenagers apparently bit off half of the man's ear.

The attackers fled, and the biting victim was sent to a hospital. He had to undergo surgery to mend the ear.

I be on dat Kryptonite, Straight up on dat Kryptonite

I can't even lie. I know these are ridiculous but I would still wear them :)

5 1/2 inch heel, suede/patent leather with a fiercely spiked toecap. Doubles as a weapon. Form AND function, how do you like that?!

Christian Louboutin, Kryptonite Suede and Patent Leather Spike Pumps - $1,595

Stand By Your Man

Gisele said what EVERY Patriots fan was thinking last night ... Tom Brady needed some help from his teammates during the Super Bowl.

Apparently, the international supermodel aka Mrs. Tom Brady was on her way out of the stadium last night when she was heckled by New York Giants fans.

One who screamed, "Eli owns your husband."

Gisele didn't yell back ... but said, "My husband can not fucking throw the ball and catch the ball at the same time."



#wellsaid

i sleep on pillow cases filled with money

I couldn't resist!

Just throw it in the bag

It doesn't get much fancier than the Queen of England. But for a fancy lady, her handbag seems to be filled with very common items. The Queen, who's currently celebrating her Diamond Jubilee, allegedly (and hilariously) uses her purse to signal to her attendants whether she's pleased or bored in the company of her guests and now a royal biographer is claiming she knows what's in the contents of Queen Elizabeth II's handbag.

Am I interested? Um, YES!

Sally Bedell Smith, author of Elizabeth the Queen: The Woman Behind The Throne, dished on the queen's purse contents in the Telegraph. Here are a few of the items:

• Reading glasses


• Mint lozenges


• A fountain pen


• "Rarely cash, except for the 'precisely folded' 5 pound or 10 pound note on Sundays," which she donates at church


• A small mirror and lipstick
  

I just died and went to superbowl halftime heaven

Ok, a slow start for the Pats but Madonna came out guns blazing!!!!

I had no idea what to expect...but in no way did this performance surprise me :)

No video up just yet but it involved some sort of Eqyptian crown, LMFAO, cheerleaders, Nikki Minaj, MIA, Ceelo Green, sequin robes, gospel choir, she disappears into a hole of smoke....did she leave anything out?

Oh yea. World Peace.

Game Day Attire - Super Bowl Edition

I just wouldn't feel right watching without my favorite Patriots socks...or my authentic Brady jersey...or my Pats snuggie...or my red lipstick!

Spirit Fingers!

Game Day Manicure