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Condoms are one of the widely available OTC products in pharmacy stores and general stores. It is available in different size, packages, and texture and designed for special pleasure and feel.  For example, lubricated, dotted, thin, flavored, applied with local anesthetics to increase time men’s performance, Regular size , XL size etc. also, female condoms are available, too.

Female Condoms: It is also known as femidom, It is worn internally by the female partner and provides a physical barrier to prevent exposure to ejaculated semen or other body fluids.The female condom is a thin, soft, loose-fitting sheath with a flexible ring at each end. They typically come in various sizes.

There are lot of variety and brands in each of the above type. It’s really hard to make a proper choice that which one is better for you. So here we try to point out few points that will help you to choose the right size, shape, texture and cost effective condom for you. It will help you to give maximum pleasure.

Couple of points to be considered in general
Avoid storing condoms in hot places e.g. wallet, pocket. It will decrease condom’s effectiveness
Always check the expiry date before using it.

Condom Size
Which size of a condom fits you, is being decided by penis girth. You should choose the size of condom as per fit. Standard sizes of condoms are fit for four to five inches of penis girth. There are large sizes available for those whose girth is above average. For less than average sized girth, condoms may fall off during sex.

Condom Texture

Thin or Thick, Dotted, Extra dotted, ultra thin etc.
Texture of condom can be selection criteria as it affects sensation during sex. Thin textured condoms give more sensual feeling while thick are more secured from being torn apart. Ultra thin material and dotted material gives you more pleasure. Also condoms are available with vibrating ring to give additional sensation. Despite the label, all condoms that are FDA-approved are effective.
Example of brands: Kamsutra ultrathin, Moods dotted, Durex extrapleasure, Moods ultrathin, Manforce extradotted, Durex fetherlite,Kohinoor extra ribs.

Condom material:

Latex
Most of condoms manufactured and used are made of latex, or synthetic latex, and do not contain pores. This type of material is carried by a wide selection of brands. It’s the least expensive, and it’s also the most regulated type of condom. These condoms are durable and won’t rip if they are used with water-based lubricant.

Polyurethane
This is a synthetic material that is recommended for people who are allergic or sensitive to latex. These condoms are clear in color, but not as elastic as latex, and are wider than the average sized condom. The FDA says they can be used with water- or silicone-based lubricants.

Lambskin
Lambskin condoms — made of the intestine of a lamb — are the oldest type of condoms that are effective in preventing pregnancy, but not in preventing STDs or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission. These condoms also offer a more natural feel and can be used with both water-based and oil-based lube. They are more expensive and do not offer protection against infections.

Lubricated condoms:
Condoms with a water-based or silicone-based lubricant coating are intended to ease penetration and minimize friction and the risk of ripping.
Example of water based lubricated condoms brands: Durex Natural Feeling, Kamsutra smooth,

Spermicidally Lubricated
Condoms that contain spermicidal lubricant, Nonoxynol-9 (N-9), were thought to reduce sperm movement and therefore, prevent pregnancy. In 2007, the FDA issued a final notice that required manufacturers to state the chemical N-9 does not provide protection against infection from HIV (the virus that causes AIDS) or other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). N-9 can also cause irritation, small sores in people, and can actually provide the breeding grounds for HIV transmission.

Local anesthetic Lubricated
Condoms are available to claim to help in long duration of sex by locally blocking local sensation of friction and increase duration time for ejaculation. It might negatively affect person with erectile dysfunction. Also topical gel ( e.g. manforce staylong gel ) containing local anesthetics e.g. lidocaine, prilocaine are also availabe to increase climax time in men. Some herbal gels are also availabe, which contains Jyotishmati and Musk mallow (Lathakasthuri), for the same purpose e.g Himcolin gel.
Example of brands: Durex performa, Durex Pleasuremax,

Non-Lubricated
These condoms are mainly used for oral sex, and for those who have allergies or sensitivities to lubricants.

Novelty Condoms
Condoms that glow in the dark, or are flavored, are considered to be novelty condoms. According to research, flavored condoms can change the vagina’s pH and possibly lead to yeast or bacterial infection. Typically, these condoms are not recommended for vaginal or anal sex, but are deemed OK for oral sex on men. Be sure that these condoms are labeled as FDA approved to meet the agency’s standards for protection against pregnancy and STDs.
Example of flavored condoms Manforce Coffee flavor, Manforce strawberry flavor, Manforce chocolate flavor, Manforce black grapes, Kamsutra Excite Butterscotch, Durex Apple

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The author who has ruffled feathers of many in the Pentagon and CIA by writing a tell-all insider account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan has been identified as a 36-year-old former Navy SEAL from Alaska.

The book, 'No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden', is set to hit shelves on September 11, later this year.

It is penned under the pseudonym "Mark Owen," according to the publisher, but multiple sources were quoted by Fox News as saying that his name is in fact Matt Bissonnette of Wrangell, Alaska.

Bissonnette could be exposing himself to legal trouble, as the Pentagon has not vetted the account.

The tell-all book also has apparently upset a large population of former and current SEAL members who worry about releasing information that could compromise future missions.

One Navy SEAL was quoted by the Fox News as saying, "How do we tell our guys to stay quiet when this guy won't?" Other SEALs are expressing anger, with some going so far as to call him a "traitor."

And Colonel Tim Nye, a Special Operations Command spokesman, said the author "put himself in danger" by writing the book.

"This individual came forward. He started the process. He had to have known where this would lead," Nye said. "He's the one who started this so he bears the ultimate responsibility for this," he added.

According to a press release from his publisher, Penguin Group, "Owen (Bissonnette) was one of the first men through the door on the third floor of the terrorist leader's hideout and was present at his death."

In the book, Bissonnette writes "it is time to set the record straight about one of the most important missions in US military history."

A unilateral US military raid killed Laden in Abbottabad on May 2, 2011.

An experienced member of the elite Navy SEAL special operators, Bissonnette also participated in the highly publicised rescue of Captain Richard Phillips in the Indian Ocean in 2009.

That mission involved a daring rescue that ended when SEAL snipers shot and killed three Somali pirates with direct shots to the head.

Bissonnette received the rank of chief before he retired. The book is co-authored with Kevin Maurer, author of four books, many of which were based on Special Operations.

Along with using the pseudonym "Mark Owen," Bissonette protected his fellow SEAL Team 6 members by changing their names in the book.

Both the Pentagon and CIA said on Wednesday that the book was not in any way vetted by either department to prevent unwanted classified information from being released.

Actor Tom Cruise, who recently visited an Indian restaurant in England, was left red-faced when he wasn't able to pay USD 350 restaurant bill.

The 50-year-old visited the restaurant with a group of friends and insisted on paying the bill but couldn't as the eatery didn't accept his American Express card and Cruise was only carrying US dollars, reported Daily Mail.

"It was a big shock for us when he walked in. He said we had been recommended to him, but he would not say by whom. At the end of the meal he wanted to pay, but we could not accept American Express.

"He said his whole group only had dollars, then a lady came forward and paid in 50 pound notes," said Darshit Hora, the restaurant manager. Darshit says if the actor, who left with a generous tip, wouldn't have been able to pay the bill, the restaurant would have been more than happy to put on the house.

The bill was 220.85 pounds so they left almost an 80 pound tip. It was very generous. If they did not have any money, it would have been on the house," he added.

Cruise is reportedly enjoyed curry meals, specially chicken tikka at the restaurant. The 50-year-old actor, who recently divorced his wife Katie Holmes, was seen gorging on chicken tikka at the Indian restaurant Veer Dhara in St Peter's Street, reported Contactmusic.

The staff at the restaurant was surprised when the actor turned up with his entourage and ordered a huge list of dishes. The group also ordered fish and chicken starters, two lobsters, two Lamb dishes, rice, bread which totalled up to a bill of 220.85 pounds. The actor is currently busy shooting for his upcoming film, 'All You Need Is Kill'.

( PTI)

A US Navy SEAL commando, involved in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, has written an inside account of the May 2011 mission, raising hackles in the Pentagon and CIA.

The author, who uses a pseudonym, "was one of the first men through the door on the third floor of the terrorist leader's hideout and was present at his death," The Washington Post quoted a statement from Dutton, the New York-based publisher.

The book, 'No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama bin Laden', will be released on September 11.

If what the author says is true, the book would pull off the secrecy maintained by members of the team of Navy SEALs involved in the raid on bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

It could also raise legal and political issues for the Obama administration, which has carried out an aggressive crackdown on leaks even while it has also been accused of offering access to journalists and moviemakers to exploit the success of the bin Laden operation, the Post said. It added that the Pentagon and CIA officials appeared to be caught off-guard by Dutton's announcement of the forthcoming book.

Officials indicated yesterday that neither the author nor the publisher had cleared the book's contents with the Defence Department or the CIA, a step ordinarily required by former service members or spies seeking to write about classified operations.

"As far as we can determine, this book was not submitted for pre-publication review," said CIA spokesman Preston Golson.

Pentagon spokesman George Little said he was "unaware that anyone in the department has reviewed it". White House officials said they knew nothing of the book. "We learned about this book today from press reports, said Tommy Vietor, spokesman for the National Security Council. "We haven't reviewed it and don t know what it says".

The author's name is listed as Mark Owen, which Dutton acknowledges is a pseudonym.

Faith is an integral part of the Indian culture but did you know that a section of homeless people eke out their daily living from the modest coins dropped as offerings into the Yamuna river?

A nearly 22 minute-long documentary titled 'In Search of Destiny (Coin Divers)' by Aakash Arun attempts to throw light into the lives of coin divers numbering around 400-500 and living near the much polluted but equally, if not more, revered Yamuna that flows through here.

The film begins with a train chugging on a bridge and people 'offering' coins to the Yamuna and subsequently praying for their wishes. It is followed by a shot where a child is seen hurling a dumbbell-shaped greasy object into the river and tugging the rope. The camera zooms into the dumbbell-shaped object and you see one shining coin stuck to it. Later on the scene focuses on two men who narrate how they receive sustenance from the Yamuna in the form of coins.

"The men are part of the marginalised section which is not only homeless and helpless but also are susceptible to the hills of addiction, says Arun. Nearly 60 per cent of these coin drivers in the national capital are in the grip of some form of addiction. These people are not to difficult to find out. Most of them are present in a radius of 4-6 km of the bridge over Yamuna that can be reached from Kashmere Gate, according to the film's narration.

"Coin divers on an average find coins worth Rs 100 daily," says Arun adding that earning goes up on few occasions when luck smiles upon them in the form of trinkets, heavy metallic objects that fetch decent prices. The documentary was shot entirely using a DSLR camera which, he said, could be brought out in the open only after he could gain confidence of the coin divers.

The fact that Yamuna plays a pivotal role in these people's lives can be easily grasped by viewers. "Yamuna is all encompassing. She gives shelter to all who comes to her. We sleep under the sky and sustain ourselves from her largesse (read coins)," says an elderly man in the documentary.

( PTI )

For the third time in three years, adult movie studios have largely shut down production as a precautionary measure after a performer was diagnosed with a potentially fatal sexually transmitted disease but didn't immediately disclose it.

A male performer in the Los Angeles porn community was reportedly diagnosed with syphilis last month, but apparently hid the fact from producers, prompting fears of a spread among other actors and actresses. Several big studios have voluntarily suspended production for an unspecified period, while the Free Speech Coalition (a trade group that represents the adult entertainment industry) has called for a moratorium on filming until all performers have been re-tested for the disease.

Generally, the porn industry doesn't shut down unless there is a confirmed case of HIV (which happened in both 2010 and 2011). Syphilis, of course, is a curable disease, but can be fatal if left untreated. And since the performer worked several times with a doctored sexually transmitted infection (STI) test before coming forward, there are fears about the disease spreading.

While the porn industry is under significant financial pressure due to piracy and the rise of “amateur” Web sites, insiders say this shutdown should not have a noticeable effect on revenues at major studios. Big players in the porn industry typically have a large stockpile of films awaiting release and can ride out a shutdown.

The porn industry shoots roughly 20,000 scenes per year. Bigger companies tend to produce four or five films per month – with costs reaching upwards to $300,000 – allowing them to stockpile releases.

The porn industry, as a whole, is thought to generate roughly $14 billion in revenue per year, but revenue from porn films has been shrinking, due to piracy and an abundance of free content on the Internet.

"The nature of the industry is we don’t make nearly as many products as we did once," says Scott Taylor, president and founder of New Sensations.

The $14 billion figure is an estimate, since porn companies generally guard their financials carefully – especially these days. Porn giant Manwin is on a buying spree and no one wants to divulge revenue figures, since they fear it could hurt their asking price if Manwin turns its attention their way.

One insider, who asked not to be named, said he believes current revenue figures are vastly underreported, since online revenue is growing exponentially. Manwin's Fabian Thylmann seemed to back this up in a keynote speech at a conference in January, saying "I've looked at many books to see if something is interesting to buy. I know of many companies today that are making more than the big ones did in '98, '99 and 2000."

(Manwin, which was the first company to announce a halt in production until performers were retested, says its current growth rate – without accounting for acquisitions – is currently about 15 percent each year.)

While the health concerns for performers are certainly real, the notion that a performer doctored his test results is likely to add to the porn industry's woes as it faces new legislation from the state of California. (The performer reportedly obscured the syphilis portion of the paper test results he presented to directors, according to Xbiz, a trade news outlet for the adult entertainment industry. When one director noticed this and began making inquiries, the performer ultimately admitted to the action.)

The Los Angeles City Council, in January, voted to make condom use mandatory in porn shoots that are filmed inside the city limits. A similar measure for Los Angeles County will be on the ballot in November, which would require studios to pay a permit fee to cover the cost of enforcement. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health estimates those will cost producers between $12,000 and $60,000 per permit per year.

L.A. City officials have not yet begun enforcing the ordinance, as officials have spent seven months figuring out how best to do so. Many industry insiders say they don't expect the city to begin inspections until early next year.

While several porn companies have threatened to leave Los Angeles because of the legislation, none have yet done so and the gestures are now largely viewed as empty threats.

( PTI )

The mysterious release of a photo of Michael Phelps in a bathtub, shot for a Louis Vuitton ad campaign, threatens to cause a splash of a different kind. Everyone involved in the creating the photo denies having released it early, perhaps because it may put Phelps in hot water with the International Olympic Committee.

A new IOC regulation, called Rule 40, prohibits athletes from appearing in ads for non-Olympic sponsors from July 18 to Aug. 15. According to the IOC’s 19 page explainer, Rule 40 is designed to prevent ambush marketing, defined as non-Olympic sponsors trying to associate themselves with the Olympic brand.

Yet two photos of the Olympic swimmer, shot by the photographer Annie Leibovitz, began circulating during the time period in which athletes are prohibited from appearing in advertisements. A website in Barcelona called elperiodico.com printed the bathtub photo on Aug. 7 and announced that Phelps was the new face of Louis Vuitton. Then the Daily Mail in Britain followed up on Monday, Aug. 13, with two photos and the headline “Let the fashion endorsements begin, Michael Phelps announced as latest face of Louis Vuitton core values campaign.”

The second photo shows Phelps in a three-piece suit sitting on a couch next to Larisa Latynina of Russia, 77, who is the previous holder of the title “most-decorated Olympic athlete.” In both photos, there is a strategically placed Louis Vuitton bag.

A quick Google search shows the photos went viral and appeared on dozens if not hundreds of websites on Aug. 13 and 14.

An agent for Leibovitz confirmed to CNBC that she shot the photos, and that a Louis Vuitton campaign with Phelps was supposed to begin sometime this week.

The release of these photos before Aug. 16 raises the thorny question of whether the world’s most decorated athlete is in violation of rule with sanctions that could include fines and the stripping of medals.

Thus far, answers are not forthcoming from either the U.S. Olympic Committee, the International Olympic Committee or the London Olympic Committee. None of the organizations responded to attempts for comment. In fairness, many people involved in the Olympics have gone on vacation or are still traveling back from London.

Louis Vuitton representatives will say only that they did not release the photos. Leibovitz’s press agent says her office did not release the photos. Yet, the Daily Mail contained a quote from a Vuitton representative about the campaign. (That page has since been removed from the newspaper’s website.)

Regardless, if the photos were leaked, they may still fall into the category of ambush marketing and thus be a violation of Rule 40.

The imposition of Rule 40 for London 2012 angered many athletes because it prevented them from monetizing their brand at the precise moment when it was most valuable. Most Olympic athletes are not household names like Phelps and are far less likely to garner lucrative sponsorship deals.

The U.S. Track and Field team began a Twitter campaign to end the regulation, with two hash tags: #rule40 & #wedemandchange. Gold medalist Dawn Harper tweeted out two photos mocking Rule 40. One was a self-portrait with a white tape covering her mouth; the words “rule 40” written on the tape. Olympic runner Nick Symmonds, who specializes in the 800m, was especially vociferous on Twitter. In a conversation with me Wednesday, he expressed frustration that he was unable to thank his sponsors, Nike and the Orgeon Track Club, during the Olympics. “It’s about being able to give them a return on their investment.”

His agent Chris Layne told CNBC if the IOC is going to continue with Rule 40, the athletes should be compensated monetarily for their participation in the Games. An example he cites is the Track and Field World Championships, where the top performers receive prize money. Layne said he believes Rule 40 emanates from antiquated thinking about the Games—that the athletes are amateurs but not professionals. But “the Olympics have changed,” and now, “It is truly a professional, commercial event from start to finish.”

Neither he, nor his client Symmonds, thinks Phelps should be sanctioned for the photos because it is unlikely that Phelps himself released them. Layne points out that, if anything, the situation highlights the difficulties of enforcement. “If this photo shoot were prior to Rule 40, how you can enforce that?”

Sanctions can range from removal of accreditation (not relevant once an athlete is finished competing), financial penalties, disqualification from the games, and according to the Olympic charter “a competitor or a team may lose the benefit of any ranking obtained in relation to other events at the Olympic Games at which he or it was disqualified or excluded; in such case the medals and diplomas won by him or it shall be returned to the IOC.”

Sports law attorney Joe Baghat thinks the Olympic Committee will do nothing to Phelps because “it would be a public relations nightmare to come on him because he is so well loved.”

Emails to Phelps' agent were not returned.

That seems to be the inferred opinion behind a policy held by two Australian airlines.
Last week two incidents were widely reported in the Australian media whereby male passengers seated next to unaccompanied minors were asked to swap seats with a female.

The first involved a Sydney firefighter who was traveling aboard a Virgin Australia flight. He was assigned a window seat next to two boys he estimated to be between eight and 10 years old, he told journalists at the Sydney Morning Herald. He took the aisle seat, though, so the boys could look out the window.

A flight attendant approached the man asking him to move shortly before the plane pushed back from the gate, according to the report. When he asked why, the flight attendant reportedly told him, "Well, you can't sit next to two unaccompanied minors." Getting looks from other passengers, the embarrassed man complied.

When the story broke, social media channels came alive with criticism over the policy, even spawning a new Twitter hashtag #VirginDiscrimination. On Facebook, users posted comments including "disgracefully discriminatory" and "stupid load of nonsense."

Virgin Australia later tweeted and posted a response on its blog saying, "We understand the concerns raised around our policy for children travelling alone, a long-standing policy initially based on customer feedback."

"In light of recent feedback, we're now reviewing this policy," the post continues. "Our intention is certainly not to discriminate in any way."

The second incident involved a man flying on Qantas. He, too, was asked to swap seats with a female passenger.

"After the plane had taken off, the air hostess thanked the woman that had moved but not me, which kind of hurt me or pissed me off a bit more because it appeared I was in the wrong, because it seemed I had this sign I couldn't see above my head that said 'child molester' or 'kiddie fiddler' whereas she did the gracious thing and moved to protect the greater good of the child," he told the Sydney Morning Herald.

A Qantas spokesman confirmed the policy with the newspaper further clarifying, "Qantas's policy is consistent with other airlines around the world and is designed to minimize risk."

What About U.S. Airlines?
CNBC reached out to several airlines in the U.S. to see if a similar policy applied to passengers seated next to children traveling alone.

American Airlines spokesman Ed Martelle told CNBC.com in an email, "We have no such policy."

Andrew Christie, spokesman for US Airways, sent a reply saying, "US Airways does not have a formal policy on whom to, or not to, seat next to unaccompanied minors, rather we defer to the expertise of our trained gate agents and crew members who are tasked with ensuring the safety and security of all our passengers. We also intentionally do not announce the boarding of unaccompanied minors so as not to draw unwanted attention to children traveling alone."

"We do not have any rules regarding seat mates for unaccompanied minors aboard Virgin America," said spokeswoman Jennifer Thomas.

Requests for more information were not immediately returned from Delta or United.

Protecting children from predators — male or female — is paramount in any society. But is an overt policy necessary onboard an airliner filled with passengers? Tell us what you think.

We all like to think we make buying decisions on a rational level, but neuroscientists tell us otherwise. While marketers have known this instinctively, brain mappers have shown that the smallest part of the brain, the amygdala, lights up like a Christmas tree when confronted with fight-or-flight or in this case buy-or-fly situations.

Recently, I visited with Christophe Morin, a French researcher with SalesBrain, which is based in San Francisco and claims to be the world's first neuromarketing agency. His title is chief pain officer. He believes that if a company wants someone to buy its products or services, it must seduce the reptilian brain — the part that controls fear and other emotions.

"Pain" is in his title because his company's approach is to help marketers look at the frustrations and challenges consumers experience. "Humans are pain-avoiding machines," Mr. Morin said. "Sometimes our pain points are conscious and sometimes unconscious."

Six Rules for Small Business
He offered six simple rules that small businesses can follow:

1. Don't use the word "we" or start off your pitch with a corporate overview that lasts 10 minutes. Focus instead on how to relieve your customers' pain. Our brains are extremely self-centered, and we care most about our own survival.

2. About 10,000 messages are sent to our brains daily, so get to the point. "When you sell to the lower brain structure, you must say, 'This is your life with our product or service, this is your life without,'" Mr. Morin said. He cited a successful campaign that helped a client that was selling home flood remediation services to major insurance companies. The campaign featured a traveling exhibit that showed a flooded home and how the company had mastered the art of drying home interiors. "The reptilian brain gets very stimulated by this kind of disruption. Stay away from, "We are one of the leading providers." It's the marketing equivalent of sugar -- empty calories.

3. Make your points visual. Remember the "See and Say" books from childhood? Don't just tell; show. "We are visual people, and the eyes are directly connected to the reptilian brain," he said.

4. Stay concrete and make it tangible. The primal brain isn't able to understand complex language or metaphors. As much as we love word play, if it's too complicated, it doesn't get processed by the parts of us that make decisions. Creating ads with facial expressions is good. "Facial expressions help us decode what people's intentions are," he said.

5. Gain attention quickly in your advertising or marketing and make sure you have a strong close. The brain pays the most attention at the beginning and end of an event. It's important because the brain needs to recap and store.

6. Use emotion. It creates disruption, a contrast with what we expect — surprise, laughter, fear, disgust, anger, it really doesn't matter. If there is emotion, we are more likely to remember the message. Nothing happens in the brain unless some chemical process has found a code to create memories. To create a memorable brand, therefore, you have to use emotional connectors in your advertising. Don't just give your audience the facts, tell them how it will make their lives better and solve their pain.

All in all, Mr. Morin believes that if your target market has to kick your advertising up to their cortex, its not going to be as effective. At our advertising agency, we always encourage clients to let us create advertising that makes that critical emotional connection. Mr. Morin's comments also made me reflect on infomercials. While often considered the bottom feeders of the marketing food chain, infomercials can be effective because they follow these rules: show contrast, keep it simple and be visual.

In May, the Corporate Executive Board, shared research that suggested that brands that help consumers simplify the decision process have customers who are far more likely to purchase their products and recommend them to others. It is a fascinating study that is featured in the Harvard Business Review and states that many businesses are pushing customers away by bombarding them with messaging that is not relevant to how they make decisions.

There has also been much discussion lately about the rewiring that is happening to our brains because of our constant interaction with computers and smartphones. This interaction is further reducing our attention spans, which is pushing overworked and overcommitted American consumers to make purchasing and other decisions more quickly. The upshot is that people want information but they want it baby style — pureed to its most basic and served simply.

Something to wrap your marketing brain around.

Judges at the People's Court in Beihu District of Chenzhou in Hunan province heard how 18-year-old Wang Shangkun, who sold his kidney to buy the new gadgets, became seriously ill after undergoing the illegal operation.

The nine people, including a surgeon, should be held criminally liable for intentional injury and illegal kidney trade, the prosecutors told the court yesterday, state media reported.

The main accused He Wei, who went bankrupt in gambling along with his associates started looking for donors in online chat rooms to make quick money.

He roped in Song Zhongyu, a surgeon from a provincial hospital in Yunnan province to remove a kidney from Wang, a high school student from Anhui province and transplanted it to a recipient in April last year.

Wang was paid 22000 Yuan (about USD 3525) after the operation, with which he bought iPhone and ipad.

He himself earned a profit of 56,360 yuan ( USD 8,800) in the deal and shared rest of the money with others.

After returning home and being questioned about where he got the money to buy the gadgets, Wang confessed to his mother that he sold one of his kidneys.

His case was highlighted by the local media and it hit the headlines around the world as it highlighted the lengths youngsters could go to buy electronic gadgets.

Wang later suffered from renal failure after the surgery and his family demanded 2.27 million Yuan compensation for the illegal removal of his kidney.

Police apprehended Wu and arrested the rest of the gang including two nurses, a surgical assistant and an anaesthesiologist.

The five are accused of intentional injury and illegal organ trading and could get three to 10 years in prison if convicted and four others, charged with playing a minor role in the incident may get away with fines, state media reported.

From gaming consoles to smart watches, entrepreneurs use crowd funding to fund all kinds of projects these days. But if someone wanted to raise money for a more, ahem, erotic project, well they were just straight out of luck. That is, until now.

A new crowd funding site called Offbeatr (NSFW) is a site that is specifically designed to fund adult projects. The site launched Thursday and it is being dubbed as the "Kickstarter for porn."

Until now, crowd funding communities have largely shunned the adult entertainment industry. Crowd sourcing sites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo prohibit adult projects from their sites.

Offbeatr, however, is a community that is built around creating "creative adult projects," that come in the form of a movie, book, game or physical object, according to the website.

Offbeatr CEO and co-founder Ben Tao said his company aims to give those in the adult entertainment industry a new opportunity to innovate.

Piracy has financially taken its toll on the porn industry, making it harder for those with new ideas to get investments, Tao said.

In addition, the porn industry has very limited options when it comes to making money.

"The porn industry's business model is very outdated," Tao said.

Membership sites and pay per download aren't very effective ways to generate revenue, and less revenue means less content, and definitely no room to innovate, he said.

Tao said his company aims to give creators of content access to capital so that they can produce what the fans want.

Offbeatr works a lot like Kickstarter. It allows users who are 18 years old or older to post projects to the site with a funding goal and allows other users to make pledge donations that are only charged if the project meets its goal.

Unlike its more vanilla competitor Kickstarter though, projects are first pitched and must be selected by the folks over at Offbeatr before they can begin to raise funds.

"Offbeatr screen projects first to "filter out serious project creators from the people who just have 'ideas,'" according to the website.

Once selected, project creators can choose to fund their project for 21 days, 30 days, 45 days and 60 days. The minimum funding goal a creator can set is $300 and the maximum is $30,000, although a project can exceed its maximum goal without penalty.

Ms Sahoury sues media production company for misuse of her educational breastfeeding video ( AP )

A US woman is suing after the breast-feeding instructional video she made with her month-old daughter was combined with pornographic footage and posted online.

"It was terrifying," said MaryAnn Sahoury, who said she had seen an opportunity to help women who had trouble getting their babies to nurse.

Last week, a federal judge in New Jersey ruled that a lawsuit Sahoury filed against Meredith Corp., a media and marketing company that shot and produced the video for Parents TV, could proceed.

The lawsuit claims Sahoury was verbally assured her full name would not be used in the video; instead, it displayed Sahoury's full name on screen, the suit said. Meredith claims Sahoury signed a release on behalf of herself and her daughter allowing the company to use their "image, voice and name."

"While Meredith is not responsible for this," the company said in a statement, "we deeply regret that this has occurred to Ms Sahoury and her family."

When her daughter was born in December 2009, Sahoury had trouble nursing and used a lactation consultant. The following month, the consultant asked Sahoury if she wanted to appear in an instructional video to talk about her experiences and demonstrate nursing techniques.

"I didn't get paid to do this. I didn't want to be some sort of celebrity," said Sahoury, 35. "I did this to help other moms."

In July 2010, Sahoury who had not yet seen the video Googled herself. She found numerous links to pornographic sites and videos containing her name. She clicked on one and saw the video edited to include a woman with "similar features and stature" performing sex acts. Sahoury then Googled her infant daughter's name, and the search returned pornographic links.

The lawsuit claims the video was posted on YouTube, when Sahoury was told it would only appear on Parents TV and cable.

The video has since been removed from all Meredith properties, including Parents TV, and YouTube, the company said.

In a statement, Meredith said it is "appalled" that the video was misused and it has hired lawyers to file take-down demands and Internet specialists to clear online caches. It continues to provide the services, the statement said.

Sahoury said she hopes her situation leads to a greater awareness of Internet safety.

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View1 : Anna Hazare's fast entered third day with normal health. In a statement from government authority, it has been mentioned that "Government will act, if Anna Hazare's health fails" But the question is why government is waiting for Anna Hazare's health to fail. Is government playing game with Team Anna, that Anna Hazare's health deteriorate and then it might debate the strong LokPal Bill for few weeks and then everything will be in air like last time. It might be a bad politics of India that suppose Anna Hazare might get close to end of his life, then only government will start discussion about his demand and the final verdict might be something like this. You will end up loosing Anna Hazare's life and movement will be vanished in air. To show little sympathy, government and politicians might start debating Lokpal Bill and few weeks later when everyone back to their routine. We will be still waiting for another Anna Hazare to start the movement again. Isn't it true?

The menu of the first dinner served to the first-class passengers of the ill-fated liner Titanic on April 10, 1912 has been sold for 46,000 pounds at an auction.

Hors d'oeuvre, roast duckling, fillet of veal and French ice cream were some of the dishes in the opulent menu of the first dinner served on Titanic at the start of the voyage.

It was among 400 items being auctioned in Wiltshire in South West England as part of the 100th anniversary of the ship's sinking in the Atlantic Ocean, the 'BBC news' reported.

The affluent menu is dated 10 April 1912, three days before the liner hit an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sank, killing 1,522 people.

"Menus from the Titanic are among the most sought after memorabilia from the doomed liner," Andrew Aldridge, of Henry Aldridge and Son Auctioneers, said.

The menu itself was the property of Charles Caswell, a first class steward, aged 34, from Southampton.

Caswell sent the menu to his wife Hilda when Titanic stopped at Queenstown, but he later died when the ship sank.

Also featured in the sale was a gold medal awarded to the rescue ship Carpathia's Second Officer James Bisset.

He later became Commodore of the Cunard line.

"After the survivors of the Titanic disaster were picked up by the Carpathia, a committee was formed by a group of surviving First class passengers to reward the crew of the Carpathia and the Captain Sir Arthur Rostron with the silver loving cup and medals for all of the crew," said Aldridge.

"This is only the second gold Carpathia medal to be offered in the last 25 years and is thought to be the most senior officer's medal to ever to go under the auctioneers hammer," Aldridge added.

The medal sold for 41,000 pounds, the report said.

A Pakistani television show broadcast live a Hindu boy converting to Islam, prompting a leading daily to say that it sent "a clear signal that other religions don't enjoy the same status in Pakistan as Islam does".

An editorial in the Dawn on Friday said that it's been apparent for a while now that the country's electronic media will go to extreme lengths to spice things up and "religion is now fair game too".

"In yet another example of how the industry's commercial goals trump ethics, open-mindedness and common sense, on Tuesday a television show broadcast an imam leading a Hindu boy through a live conversion to Islam carried out in the studio as part of the show, complete with the audience joining in to suggest Muslim names for the new convert.

"There is no reason to think the boy was not converting of his own free will, but the whole event had the distinct air of being carried out to give viewers something new and different to watch, even if that meant dragging an intensely personal and spiritual experience into public view," the daily said.

The editorial said that "more disturbingly, what the channel obviously didn't stop to consider is the message this broadcast would send to the country's minorities".

"The joy with which the conversion was greeted, and the congratulations that followed, sent a clear signal that other religions don't enjoy the same status in Pakistan as Islam does. In a country where minorities are already treated as second-class citizens in many ways, this served to marginalise them even further," it rued.

The daily observed that the problem with Pakistani media is that "it is missing a responsibility chip, hurtling ahead with what seems like exciting content without stopping to consider the ethical implications or appropriateness of its programming, or the message it will send to all Pakistanis, not just those it considers the mainstream".

Any time double money! A faulty ATM in the UK started dispensing double the amount requested as people squabbled with each other to avail the sudden windfall.

Police were called to calm crowds that had gathered after the cash machine at the Nacton Road Lloyds TSB in Ipswich started dispensing "free money".

A spokesman for Lloyds TSB said it would be difficult to trace the customers affected and said it was unlikely they would try to reclaim the money.

Some 30 people are thought to have benefited from the glitch. Police officers were called to the bank at 8:05pm (local time) on Tuesday night after a concerned member of the public reported arguments breaking out among the crowd.

"The incorrect dispensing of cash is not a police issue, but we remained on scene until staff from the Lloyds bank arrived and turned off the cash machine," a Suffolk police spokesman was quoted by the Ipswich Star as saying.

Ipswich resident Emma Hutchinson said she received a phone call from an anonymous friend at around 7 pm (local time) telling her the cash machine was dispensing "free money".

"Word got around pretty quickly," she said. "My friend asked for 40 pounds and the machine gave out 80 pounds." "I initially thought I would try my luck, then got paranoid the bank would be able to find out who took the money and ask for it back," she added.

A spokesman for Lloyds TSB said: "For a very short period of time, the ATM at Nacton Road was mis-dispensing cash whilst the branch was closed. The machine was put out of service. We apologise for any inconvenience caused."

Last month there was a run on a Sainsbury's ATM in central London when it started paying out double money after an employee accidentally loaded the 10 pound tray with 20 pound notes.