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Me too... I like baseball biceps best. http://www.xtrera.com/images/biceps.jpg

RE: Norton...Paul...Boston...Eastbay..Godiva and Grace I hope you are recovered by now. Also, nortonman02 hasn't posted since asking how he could know if his escort is disease free. I wonder if he made the wrong choice... While I am at it, where is Godiva these days? Or BostonGuy?

RE: UnBelievable Mistake Scientists rush to destroy pandemic flu strain WHO concerned samples may set off global epidemicThe Associated Press Updated: 7:36 p.m. ET April 12, 2005Thousands of scientists were scrambling Tuesday at the urging of global health authorities to destroy vials of a pandemic flu strain sent to labs in 18 countries as part of routine testing. The rush, urged by the World Health Organization, was sparked by a slim, but real, risk that the samples, could spark a global flu epidemic. The vials of virus sent by a U.S. company went to nearly 5,000 labs, mostly in the United States, officials said. “The risk is relatively low that a lab worker will get sick, but a large number of labs got it and if someone does get infected, the risk of severe illness is high and this virus has shown to be fully transmissible,” WHO’s influenza chief, Klaus Stohr, told The Associated Press. It was not immediately clear why the 1957 pandemic strain, which killed between 1 million and 4 million people — was in the proficiency test kits routinely sent to labs. It was a decision that Stohr described as “unwise,” and “unfortunate.” That particular bug was “an epidemic virus for many years,” Stohr said from the U.N. health agency’s headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. “The risk is low but things can go wrong as long as these samples are out there and there are some still out there.” The 1957 strain has not been included in the flu vaccine since 1968, and anyone born after that date has no immunity to it. Dr. Nancy Cox, chief of the influenza branch at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, said her agency was notified of the situation Friday morning. She also said officials strongly doubt someone deliberately planted the dangerous germ or that this was an act of bioterrorism. “It wouldn’t be a smart way to start a pandemic to send it to laboratories because we have people well trained in biocontainment,” she said. The concern over the shipment of pandemic flu virus to thousands labs renews questions about the safe handling of deadly germs — an issue that led to toughened U.S. rules after anthrax was sent in the mail in 2001, killing five Americans. Most of the flu samples — 3,747 — were sent starting last year at the request of the College of American Pathologists, which helps labs do proficiency testing. The last shipments were sent out in February. Dr. Jared Schwartz, an official with the pathology college, said a private company, Meridian Bioscience Inc. of Cincinnati, Ohio, is paid to prepare the samples. The firm was told to pick an influenza A sample and chose from its stockpile the deadly 1957 H2N2 strain. Stohr said U.S. health officials also reported to WHO that some other test kit providers besides the college used the 1957 pandemic strain in samples sent to labs in the United States. Schwartz identified them as Medical Lab Evaluators, the American Association of Bioanalysts and the American Association of Family Practitioners.

Well, I guess we can't rest too easily on this news: WHO Expert: Bird Flu Strains Could Combine By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: April 6, 2005 BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- Two strains of bird flu in Asia may combine to create a highly lethal and easily transmissible virus, a U.N. health official warned Wednesday, amid widespread fears that the disease could cause the next human pandemic. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization on Tuesday confirmed that birds in North Korea were infected with the H7 bird flu strain that sickened nearly 90 people and killed one in the Netherlands two years ago. It is distinct from the H5N1 strain that has decimated poultry populations across Asia since December 2003 and killed at least 50 people in Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia. Both strains can jump from birds to humans but only the H7 virus has been shown to spread from person to person, raising concern that it could unite with the deadlier H5N1 strain and cause a global pandemic. ``The fact that two viruses -- one with a proven track record of transmitting easily into people and another with a mortality rate of between 50 and 80 percent -- are circulating in Asia at the same time is something to keep a very close eye on,'' William L. Aldis, the World Health Organization representative in Thailand, told The Associated Press. If H7 and H5N1 came into contact and exchanged genetic material, it could create an ``organism with H5 lethality and H7 transmissibility,'' said Aldis. H7 caused eye inflammation and flu-like symptoms in dozens of people in the Netherlands, but there have been no reports of human infections of any strain of bird flu in secretive North Korea. Health workers have killed some 219,000 birds on three farms near the capital, Pyongyang. Governments of 10 Asian countries have slaughtered millions of fowl to arrest the spread of H5N1. Based on the number of humans infected with H7 in the Netherlands, ``one would have to assume that this H7 is not very lethal ... but it's highly transmissible,'' Aldis said.

Last Saturday President Bush quietly issued an order allowing for individuals suspected to have bird flu to be quarantined, and yesterday the Times reported that stocks of Tamiflu are shockingly low. Tamiflu may or may not provide relief in the absence of anything else to combat the virus. Meanwhile, the bird flu in North Korea was found to be of a different strain than the bird flu in Vietnam and Thailand. The Korea strain transfers to humans easier, but is less dangerous. Hoarding Tamiflu is discouraged in the Times article.

The World Health Organization has again issued a warning that the bird-flu epidemic could turn, and turn soon, into a world-wide pandemic. Why isn't this being taken more seriously? Millions could die, making the tsunami look like a minor thing. WHO issues alert over flu pandemic fears By Frances Williams in Geneva Published: January 21 2005 02:00 | Last updated: January 21 2005 02:00 The World Health Organis-ation yesterday warned a global influenza pandemic based on the deadly bird flu virus "may be imminent" and again called on countries and drug companies to develop a vaccine. The warning came as Vietnam reported the death of an 18-year-old girl from the virus and said it had confirmed the first case of human infection in the north of the country. Up to 10 more suspected human cases are under investigation. In a report to this week's meeting of its executive board, WHO said the H5N1 bird flu virus was endemic in poultry in east Asia and appeared to be evolving "in ways that increasingly favour the start of a pandemic". There were similarities with the virus that caused the 1918 flu pandemic, in which more than 40m people died, WHO noted. It cited the severity of the illness, its concentration among young, healthy people and the occurrence of primary viral pneumonia which cannot be treated with antibiotics. A mutated virus that transmitted easily between humans would probably be less pathogenic than bird flu, which has killed 38 people in Vietnam and Thailand since the outbreaks of the H5N1 virus in poultry were reported last year. However, since no one is immune to this virus, even on a best-case scenario WHO experts believe there could be up to 7m deaths, and at worst up to 100m could die, with up to a third of the population falling ill. The two most recent pandemics, in 1957 and 1968, together claimed more than 3m lives. WHO, which is urging its 192 member governments to draw up plans to cope with a flu pandemic, said efforts to develop a vaccine had made progress "but not with a speed appropriate to the urgency of the situation". Since there would not be enough vaccine supplies to meet global needs, countries should consider quarantine and travel restrictions. "Each day gained could mean an additional 5m doses of vaccine," it said. Yesterday's death brings to 26 the human death toll from bird flu in Vietnam. There have also been 12 deaths in Thailand, which this week confirmed the first outbreaks of the virus in poultry in two months.

RE: Fun Fun Fun What a great thread! Thanks, Godiva. It's nice to have you back.

It hasn't run out of gas yet!

Benjamin, you don't mention spit. Frankly, the thought of you spitting on your dick before insertion sounds like all the lube I would need, but then, I am here and you are not!

West Side Club is notorious for the stand and pose crowd. If any real sex happens there, it is very late and usually, I am told, involves crystal.

jackhammer. Why? Because he massages my ego better than anyone in LA!!!

"Most of these day workers are financially desperate. It's easy to get someone to do what you want when they are desperate, especially when you have a bit of cash. Therefore, I would not attempt to hire one of these guys for fun in bed. It just doesnt seem right to me." Utopia, you obviously haven't been reading the Rio threads where this is frequently discussed. (Someone even commented that you need to talk to the boy as if he was your servant because Rio is a class-oriented society!) Nonetheless, the fact that one is economically deprived and sexually gifted presents opportunites for both him and his admirer. If there is no force or coercion involved, I see nothing wrong with hiring the person for specialized day labor. The person without the money has every right to make a willing decision on how to advance his fortunes. Just treat him respectfully.

Rod, your modesty is very becoming! Someday I will try your massage so I can back up my claim that you are the best. Of course, I won't tell you that it is me...

That's night labor!! This thread is about day labor!

hawk, you are right that she does not mention that area in this thread, but in another one. The day labor area is a few blocks away from 16th and may actually be less dangerous.

My guess is that big guy is right on here, hawk. I don't know how familiar you are with the area of 16th and Mission, but truly my experience would be that one is courting serious trouble by looking for sex here. It is a very dangerous place, not because of race, but because of drugs.

What tortured me about Reno (other than its ugliness) were the hoardes of beautiful boys hangingg out on the strip on a Saturday night. I guess for them this is where the action is, but they were clearly oblivious to my lust, so I am sure they are there to hang out with their friends and look at girls.:-(

I would agree, Rod is the best masseur in Los Angeles.

RE: The Best In Los---NYC--- Angeles But you didn't tell us how your massage in NYC went??

There is an Asian man advertising in Frontiers whom I have posted about before. His name is Van, his massage is tops! (Not to be confused with the B/D escort Van, who is also Asian. He used to do massage in SF and was pretty good at that, but I never knew he was into hard stuff!)

RE: The Forum Moderator- Male Strip CLubs "And speaking of Harvey, he's doing an excellent job playing Tracy's mother in the Broadway hit "Hairspray". Should win the Tony for best actor." Please confine your remarks here to the Gaiety or other strip clubs.

RE: The Forum Moderator- Male Strip CLubs He was already wearing the tiara when the honor from the Hoo came forth. Now he has added a shiny pink sash! I sure hope the weather today doesn't keep him away from the G. We are supposed to have a very heavy april snow.

RE: The Forum Name- "Male" Strip CLubs That'll keep the females out! As if we'd wanna talk about female strip clubs! (Just a light joke Hoo.)