An autopsy on Michael Jackson revealed that the King of Pop's emaciated body was riddled with needle marks and scars, and his head was virtually bald, it was reported today.

Jackson's body had wasted away to a mere 112 pounds, and his stomach was completely empty except for partially dissolved pills.

His hips, thighs and shoulders were covered with needle wounds, believed to have come from shots of painkillers, and he was wearing a wig when he was found because his hair had been reduced to a "peach fuzz" on his scalp, the report said.

"He was skin and bone, his hair had fallen out, and he had been eating nothing but pills when he died," a source close to the singer's entourage told the paper.

"Injection marks all over his body and the disfigurement caused by years of plastic surgery show he'd been in terminal decline for some years."

There were four fresh injections around his heart, presumably from attempts to pump adrenaline into it to jumpstart it.

Three of them had penetrated and damaged his heart wall, while a fourth struck his ribs.

He also sustained several broken ribs while authorities administered CPR during his final moments Thursday.

Jackson had one spot above his left ear that was scarred and completely bald -- the apparent result of burns sustained when his hair caught fire while he was filming a Pepsi commercial in 1984.

He also had numerous other scars, apparently from plastic surgery.

In addition, he had mysterious bruises on his knees and shins and cuts on his back, possibly indicating a recent fall.

Jackson has had two autopsies performed on him: one by the Los Angeles coroner and a private one requested by the family.

The details leaked came from the official autopsy. The Sun didn't say how it got the information.

Meanwhile, the cardiologist who was Jacko's private doctor and performed CPR on him did it the wrong way, a Jackson family confidant claimed yesterday.

Dr. Conrad Murray found Jacko on the floor in his rented Los Angeles mansion and put him in a bed, the source said.

Medical experts say that compressions for cardiopulmonary resuscitation must be performed on a hard surface.

"Michael was on the floor first, and they put him on the bed, and then started compressions on the bed," said the source, who had spoken to a Jackson relative. "What kind of doctor is that?"

In a transcript of the 911 call, the person seeking help says Jackson is "on the bed." The dispatcher says, "OK, let's get him down to the floor."

Edward Chernoff, a lawyer for Murray, yesterday said the doctor found Jackson in his bed with a faint pulse.

Chernoff told The Associated Press that Murray was at the pop icon's mansion Thursday afternoon when he discovered Jackson and immediately began administering CPR.

"He just happened to find him in his bed, and he wasn't breathing," the lawyer said. "Mr. Jackson was still warm and had a pulse."

Murray, who spoke to cops for three hours on Saturday, is a licensed MD and specializes in cardiology, although he is not board-certified.

Jackson hired Murray last month as he prepared for a grueling 50-date concert series in London that had been set to start in July.

Chernoff also said Murray never prescribed or gave Jackson the powerful painkillers Demerol or OxyContin. He denied reports suggesting Murray gave Jackson an injection of Demerol shortly before his death.

"Dr. Murray has never prescribed nor administered Demerol to Michael Jackson," Chernoff said. "Not ever. Not that day. Not OxyContin for that matter."

One woman’s death becomes a generation’s rallying cry

ONE woman, one death and one voice has emerged as the rallying cry of the Iranian rebellion.

The woman, who has become known as Neda, has stood out to protesters and to the world. She was shot at a protest in Teheran, and her death was captured on video, now widely circulated on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and other sites. Neda, which may or may not be her real name, means "the call" or "the voice" in Farsi.

Although it is not yet clear who shot Neda Soltani, 26, or if it was accidental, her death may have  changed everything.

The fresh-faced woman is now a potent symbol for Iran's prodemocracy protesters.

Her shocking and quick death in the arms of her howling father that was captured on close-up video has come to life on computer screens across the globe.

Neda has become one of the most used "hashtags" on Twitter, while other Twitter users have worked her name into their avatars.

"They killed Neda but not her voice," was one of a flood of messages on Twitter.

"Neda is everyone's sister, everyone's daughter, everyone's voice for freedom," said another. Tribute websites have also begun to spring up. A Facebook group created to mourn her calls Neda "The Angel of Iran".

As the Neda video ignited fury and tears, several new Twitter accounts were opened, dedicated solely to insisting the video was fake.

The authenticity of the videos, the location of the incident, and the identity of the alleged killer have not yet been independently confirmed by the mainstream media.

Neda's death was not reported by the State-controlled Iranian media, but was reported by international media.

CNN has shown the video multiple times, both with and without censoring of the blood as it poured out of her mouth and nose.

Within hours of her death, posters of the woman's face, open-eyed and bloody, were being brandished by demonstrators around the globe.

The girl was apparently rapidly buried to forestall a funeral rally. Foreign media are banned from reporting on "non-official" events in Iran and dozens of journalists have been arrested or deported in the latest crisis.

Reporters Without Borders said 33 Iranian journalists and bloggers have been arrested even as the foreign Press was barred from the streets.

In a country where martyrdom is a matter of great import and mourning marches often mix with protests, the girl's very public death has the potential to be a galvanising event.

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There's a new card-counting iPhone application that could make blackjack a lot more profitable. The Nevada Gaming Control Board has warned casinos about this tool, which uses a variety of methods to produce an accurate count and can be operated stealthily. In theory, this could make someone like me, a non-gambler, as good as the best counter in Vegas. And this is where regular folks can easily become criminals, because although it is legal to count with your head and eyes in Vegas, it is a felony to use a device to assist you with card counting in Nevada.  Howart Stutz reports in the Las Vegas Review-Journal:

"The program calculates the true count and does it significantly more accurately," according to a Gaming Control Board memorandum sent to casino operators last week warning of the electronic device.

I don't gamble. And, in many cases, my ignorance of the most basic aspects of Nevada's leading revenue generator can embarrass me. Recently, I was sent to make a Super Bowl bet for a friend with no clue that the sportsbook windows don't take Visa bank cards. Until recently, you could not have a cellphone in a sportsbook either. Now, you can have your cell at the sportsbook, but due to that new app, soon your iPhone might not be welcome on the casino floor at all.

To backtrack: I have a couple of good reasons for not gambling. The first one is that I do not find it fun.

I once interviewed a high-end Vegas escort while doing a story on a high roller who was paying her thousands a night to keep him company during his Vegas spree. We were sitting, watching him play hand after hand, betting $40,000 on each hand. I asked her about the hardest part of her job. She pointed to the man playing blackjack. "Trying to act like I care about every hand. Watching cards is the worst part of the job." I agree. Even when I'm the one playing, I have a hard time staying interested.

Also, I like to gamble as though I don't care. At the blackjack table, I have no problem asking for another card when I'm at 18.  This practice doesn't technically affect other players, but such stupid playing infuriates them, and they truly believe that I cost them money with my bad choices.  But the laws of chance don't work that way. Still, explaining why my behavior cannot, mathematically, hurt them doesn't win friends when so much money is at stake and the game is taken so seriously.

But my major reason for not gambling can be traced to an adventure I had with an expert card counter shortly after I moved to Vegas. We went to an older casino that still dealt from a single deck, which makes the counting easier. When counting, a player knows the moment when the house's slight advantage in the game shifts to the player.  That's when the counter will place his or her big bets.  But even with that knowledge, the player's advantage is slight. A great card counter could easily lose every hand, even when, theoretically, he or she has the advantage.  That wasn't my experience.  I doubled my money in under an hour.  And yet, I had no idea why.  The card counter's explanations were esoteric and complex to me.  I knew that without that counter sitting next to me, telling me exactly what to bet and when, I would be doomed.   I haven't played blackjack since.

Counting is legal in Nevada, but it is so hard to do right that I suspect casinos make a fortune off tourists who have read a couple of books on counting and come to Vegas to try their luck. It isn't that counting cards is harder to understand than any advanced math -- it is only statistics in a broad sense -- but with the speed of play and multiple decks used by most casinos, you really have to be a math wizard to pull it off. And the few people with those kinds of math skills can find a job a lot less risky than blackjack.

Now, with the iPhone app, the risk increases -- you're not just risking your money, you're risking arrest.

Sfgirlbay recently posted a link to Poladroid--a fun software program that will turn your photos into faux-Polaroids with a click of a button. Not only is the Polaroid frame included, but the software slightly blurs & alters the colors of your photo as well. Very cute. And the fact that it takes time for the photo to "develop"..Love love love.

1. I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most people die of natural causes
2. There are two kinds of pedestrians: the quick and the dead.
3. Life is s3xually transmitted.
4. Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.
5. The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth.
6. Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying is hospitals dying of nothing.
7. Have you noticed since everyone has a camcorder these days no
8. one talks about seeing UFOs like they used to?
9. Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.
10. All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.
11. In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.
12. How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?
13. Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, 'I think I'll squeeze there dangly things and drink whatever comes out?'
14. Why does your OB-GYN leave the room when you get undressed if they are going to look up there anyway?
15. If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, then what is baby oil made from?
16. Do illiterate poeple get the full effect of alphabet Soup?
17. Does pushing the elevator button more than once make it arrive faster?
18. Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?

So yeah halloween was over but there were still parties going on Saturday and I figured what the heck. I got lazy towards the end of putting my flapper girl outfit together so everything that I wore was from my closet. I didn't have to go out and buy a costume - woohoo! Saves me money for more makeup later. =D

Hopefully I'll be more prepared next year! =D

This is our favorite chocolate cake. I was trying to find something to be similar to a choclate cake we had bought at Costco. My sister shared this recipe with me. It is found on allrecipes.com.

The "satiny choclate glaze" is also from allrecipes.com. I double the glaze recipe. You will LoVe IT!!! It is soo good...both hot and cold!!

While China is celebrating its' new space technology achievement, around the world, bigger issue distract people's attention from that. There are countless reports of tainted milk related products flow out from China during the past few weeks. Personally, I am not surprised to hear such accusation, since China's past record on food or product safety was not really up to the standard, but aside from the politics, how should we as general public deal with this issue? Before, we go deeper and investigate further on this question, we must understand the mindset of Chinese in mainland China.

As the world economic recession progressing, China also feels the heat from it, and the central government is extremely sensitive on micro managing CPI or consumer product index, yet you may ask whether this has anything to do with tainted milk. The major factor in this whole chaos is price, and in order to cut down the manufacturing price, companies around the world are willing to find cheaper material else where. In this case, it will be in China. However, Chinese companies will also like to low down their cost to be more competitive on the market; therefore, their solution is to out source to rural area milk farmer or replace certain material with substitution. These chain can be expend ten times, and judged by Chinese government's inability to monitor the production chain, which like previous pet food incidents. It's no surprise that perhaps one of or several of key points in these production chain have gone disastrously wrong.

Will China ever one day become a sincere manufacture that we can trust? Perhaps, but in what time frame and how long? Better yet we should solve this issue domestically where our power can be reached.

I followed the corn fritters recipe from the Cooking for Engineers blog exactly and have to heap serious praise upon Michael Chu. His recipes are religiously exacting and precise. Seriously, the man photographs EVERY STEP. Furthermore, this recipe is impeccable. The corn retains the texture of its freshness while unleashing the buttery, fried taste and texture of a fritter. Heaven. Gasp. Love. Make this immediately. They look a bit darker in the photos than how they actually came out.

Just got the best surprise ever!!! Joe called to let me know he is back in the United States!!!! In shock, I asked him how as he is not due back for at least another 6 weeks. He sarcastically replied, "Well, I got on a plane and then on a bus and walked into my room!" The real answer to how he was able to come home so soon is because he is going to another Ranger school. He actually was scheduled to go to this school prior to deployment but due to an ankle injury was unable to enroll.