http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/man/ en-us Mon, 22 Sep 2008 01:38:50 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2087409/posts It is in times of turmoil and strife that true manliness is shown. A life without adversity makes a man weak, dull, and effeminate. In his essay, On Providence, the Roman philosopher Seneca discuses the importance of adversity in shaping a man’s life. According to Seneca, it is only through adversity that the Great Man can be created. Theodore Roosevelt understood this principle. It was the basis of his philosophy of the strenuous life. My generation has grown up in a time of unprecedented peace and affluence. Consequently, we’ve become wussified man-children. If we really want to know what we’re... artofmanliness.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2087409/posts#comment Mon, 22 Sep 2008 01:38:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083246/posts HE has had polio, open heart surgery, suffered a cardiac arrest, was pronounced clinically dead and is even fitted with a pacemaker. But Ray Moon, who turns 80 next year, has the body of a man half his age - and muscles most men wish they had. Instead of just giving up on his health, Mr Moon hit the gym and became a champion bodybuilder -- the oldest in Australia. news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083246/posts#comment Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:59:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058209/posts MIAMI - A man is being held in Florida by federal authorities on charges of threatening to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. ADVERTISEMENT Raymond Hunter Geisel was ordered held without bail Thursday at a brief court hearing. The Secret Service says Geisel made the threat during a training class for bail bondsmen in Miami in late July. Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058209/posts#comment Thu, 7 Aug 2008 20:18:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2034448/posts What can lift a tree trunk, tote an 800-pound tire and eat a dozen eggs? A very strong man - in fact, America's strongest. Meet Derek Poundstone, the 315-pound, 6-foot-1 cop from Connecticut who snagged the America's Strongest Man title at last year's annual competition. He'll be showcasing his superhuman powers at "The World's Strongest Man Super Series" (a qualifier to the World's Strongest Man championship) at the Theater at Madison Square Garden tonight, competing against 11 other musclemen who have won national and international competitions. Each man will test his might by, among other things, pulling a 50,000-pound double-decker... nypost.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2034448/posts#comment Sat, 21 Jun 2008 19:30:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2029258/posts You know thins is coming. Is your average 9-1-1 operator ready to take the call for the world's first "pregnant man?" Odds are it will go something like today's "Geeks On Caffeine" cartoon... Geeks On Caffeine - Cartoons done just RIGHT! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2029258/posts#comment Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:42:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027966/posts Thomas—who changed sex ten years ago but kept his ovaries and womb so he could have children—told us: "I feel on top of the world. "I'm 36 weeks now and almost due but I feel fantastic. Every day Nancy a nd I think about how we just cannot wait to hold our daughter for the first time, to finally get to touch her and see her face. "We have her nursery ready and her diapers are lined up in her bedroom. Everything is ready to go. "We have even picked a name which we both love—although we're waiting until she... News of the World http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027966/posts#comment Sun, 8 Jun 2008 18:42:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2019011/posts BRITISH men, having given over our houses to our wives, girlfriends and womenfolk, are defined by our one last place to survive . . . the man drawer. I think it’s a little sexist to say women run the home. It’s not that they take it over, it’s just that men don’t require very much. We require one drawer – this is a man drawer. The man drawer is for general domestic maintenance and things we feel we may need in the future. Lightbulbs. Should a bulb within the home blow, the man will search his man drawer. Other things... The Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2019011/posts#comment Wed, 21 May 2008 03:40:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2012777/posts PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- A Florida man is accused of ripping off his wife's prosthetic leg during a fight after leaving a sports bar. Officers in Port St. Lucie said they found a 29-year-old woman in a sport utility vehicle Tuesday night with a bruised eye and missing a leg and pants. "He ripped my leg off," the woman told police. Police then questioned the woman's husband, Luis Ramirez, 35, who said he was arguing with his wife after leaving a bar, TCPalm reported. He denied stealing her leg. The woman told police that Ramirez became possessed and started... Local6.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2012777/posts#comment Thu, 8 May 2008 01:08:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2008465/posts This could be reality, according to Bryan Sykes, an eminent professor of genetics at Oxford University and author of "Adam's Curse: A Future Without Men." ABC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2008465/posts#comment Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:58:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1998714/posts As of last month, the town of Clinton has a pull up your pants rule. Wearing saggy pants can now get you a fine. However, one Clinton man says the indecent exposure ordinance should not apply to him because he has a medical condition. On a day when his mower is giving him grief, business is kind of slow for Jay Herrod. It's not what he does that's the problem. "He cuts the yard in a hurry, does a good job. I don't have any problems. That's what I was interested in. Don't pay attention to what he wears," says... wafb.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1998714/posts#comment Tue, 8 Apr 2008 23:51:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1996018/posts A Mexican man who once weighed half a ton is looking forward to the simple things in life after shedding half his body weight. Manuel Uribe, 42, of Monterrey, Mexico, reached a peak weight of 1,225lb - 87 stone - after years of unhealthy living, including a diet of pizza and tacos. Bed-bound and unable to look after himself, in January 2006, after five years of isolation, Mr Uribe made an impassioned plea on Mexican national television for help. Doctors and dieticians the world over responded to his appeal, with a team of medics from Italy, the United States and... Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1996018/posts#comment Thu, 3 Apr 2008 13:27:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1966842/posts JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- A Palatka man has earned a dubious distinction: Alger Scott has been arrested 101 times. The most recent time came Wednesday when the 54-year-old was charged with selling drugs within 1,000 feet of a school. His rap sheet includes charges of petty theft, drug possession, trespassing, aggravated assault, and armed robbery. Most were misdemeanors. State prison records show he has served stints at local jails and about three years in prison since the late 1990s. Putnam County Circuit Court Judge Art Nichols says communities everywhere deal with habitual offenders like Scott, whom he says take up... ABC Action News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1966842/posts#comment Fri, 8 Feb 2008 02:33:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1954626/posts NEW YORK -- A construction worker has filed a lawsuit claiming that when he went to a hospital after being hit on the forehead by a falling wooden beam, emergency room staffers forcibly gave him a rectal examination.Brian Persaud, 38, said in court papers that after he denied a request by NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital emergency room employees to examine his rectum, he was "assaulted, battered and falsely imprisoned."His lawyer, Gerrard M. Marrone, said Tuesday that his client was injured while working at a construction site in midtown Manhattan on May 20, 2003, and at the hospital later he got eight stitches... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1954626/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:02:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1947186/posts (RTTNews) - A man wielding a knife was arrested inside a campaign headquarters of Democratic presidential front-runner Senator Hillary Clinton in Decorah, Iowa, police said Wednesday. Christopher James Faris, 42, of Decorah was arrested Monday evening and charged with carrying weapons and with third-degree harassment. Faris was in the Winneshiek County jail on Wednesday, held on a $5,000 bond, The Associated Press reported. Police Chief Tom Courtney said Faris pulled out the hunting knife, but made no direct threats. "He just came into the headquarters, just mainly staff was there. There were no comments made about Hillary Clinton at all... RTTNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1947186/posts#comment Wed, 2 Jan 2008 17:10:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1942955/posts Man turns blue By Duncan Hooper Last Updated: 3:48pm GMT 21/12/2007 An American man's attempts to cure an irritating skin condition backfired when his face turned blue. Fair-skinned Paul Karason developed dermatitis as a result of stress 14 years ago and decided to treat it using silver extract. Paul Karason's says he has moved states and avoids public places The substance is usually consumed orally but Mr Karason also decided to rub it into his peeling skin to accelerate the effects. According to the 57-year-old, the effect began so gradually that neither he nor he friends noticed the change at... The Telegraph (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1942955/posts#comment Fri, 21 Dec 2007 21:51:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1930723/posts Row over 'tree man' virus samples By Felix Lowe and agencies Last Updated: 5:00pm GMT 26/11/2007 An Indonesian fisherman who developed tree-like growths on his hands and feet is at the centre of an international medical spat after his country's health minister criticised doctors trying to treat him. Indonesia's health minister, Siti Fadilah Supari, lambasted the US doctor currently treating the 35-year-old man, who has the rare affliction caused by the Human Papilloma Virus. Indonesia's health minister Siti Fadilah Supari (second right) inspects Dede's tree-like growths Mrs Supari is angry that Dr Anthony Gaspari has taken blood and tissue samples... The Telegraph (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1930723/posts#comment Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:52:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1928063/posts DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — High on prescription painkillers and four days without sleep, Michael Berke raced his Harley to the megachurch where he’d found a home. He barged into the church office, cursing loudly and wearing a mesh shirt printed with profanity. In his hands he held a picture of a woman with long, red hair and pouty lips. “This is who I used to be,” he said. “And this” — he gestured to his breastless chest, bald head and red goatee — “is who I’ve become.” He was born a man. After a lifetime as a social misfit,... Charlotte Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1928063/posts#comment Mon, 19 Nov 2007 22:28:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1925308/posts An Indian man who believed he had been cursed for stoning to death two dogs has atoned for his sin by marrying another dog in a traditional Hindu wedding ceremony. P. Selvakumar, a 33-year-old farm labourer from the southern state of Tamil Nadu, married the four-year-old stray bitch after it was bathed and processed to his village temple dressed in an orange sari and garlanded with flowers. The marriage took place on the advice of the man's astrologer who said it was the only way to atone for his actions of more than 20 years ago. He was reported to... London Daily Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1925308/posts#comment Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:37:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1925233/posts SOUTHWORTH, Wash. - A man tired of fighting a stubborn lug nut blasted the wheel with a 12-gauge shotgun, injuring himself badly in both legs, sheriff's deputies said. The 66-year-old man had been repairing a Lincoln Continental for two weeks at his home near Southworth, about 10 miles southwest of Seattle, and had gotten all but one of the lug nuts off the right rear tire by Saturday afternoon, Kitsap County Deputy Scott Wilson said. "He was bound and determined to get that lug nut off," Wilson said. From about arm's length, the man fired the shotgun at the wheel... New York Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1925233/posts#comment Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:07:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1908491/posts 'Mr White Man's Time' wins punctuality prize By Mike Pflanz, West Africa Correspondent Last Updated: 2:30am BST 09/10/2007 Narcisse Aka won a £30,000 villa A competition to reward punctuality in a region notorious for lateness has been won by a legal adviser known as "Mr White Man's Time". Narcisse Aka, 40, was picked as the most consistently punctual person in Ivory Coast, a country with the chronic "sociological problem" of missed appointments and delays. Appointment times are regarded as purely advisory in many of the humid coastal regions of West Africa. This is damaging productivity, said the organisers of the... The Telegraph (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1908491/posts#comment Tue, 9 Oct 2007 04:24:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1900590/posts SASAKWA, OK -- An Oklahoma man is facing charges for attacking his ex-wife and her new husband. During the struggle, Tom Ledgerwood allegedly bit off and swallowed body parts from both of his victims. Kristy and Larry Nuckols got married on Monday. It should have beeen the happiest time of their lives but what happened two weekends ago in the small town of Sasakwa has scarred them forever. Kristy says the two of them were chased down a dirt road and their car got stuck. That's when she says her ex-husband, Tom Ledgerwood, and some friends confronted them. "I had... firstcoastnews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1900590/posts#comment Sat, 22 Sep 2007 13:37:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1892201/posts Did prehistoric man come from Haifa?Last update - 23:34 06/09/2007 By Fadi Eyadat The audience, the stage and the set are ready. Only the guest of honor is missing - "and everyone is waiting for him," says Prof. Mina Evron, a researcher in the Archaeology Department of the University of Haifa and the codirector of excavations at Misliya Cave, southwest of Mt. Carmel. The 'guest' that she and a team of researchers are seeking in the cave area is a skeleton that could represent early humans. "We have found everything here: large quantities of the tools they used, hand-held stone... Haaretz http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1892201/posts#comment Thu, 6 Sep 2007 21:26:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1886454/posts What We Think of Ourselves Is Important THE MAN WHO IS SERIOUSLY CONVINCED that he deserves to go to hell is not likely to go there, while the man who believes that he is worthy of heaven will certainly never enter that blessed place. I use the word "seriously" to accent true conviction and to distinguish it from mere nominal belief. It is possible to go through life believing that we believe, while actually having no conviction more vital than a conventional creed inherited from our ancestors or picked up from the general religious notions current in our social circle.... Man, The Dwelling Place of God http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1886454/posts#comment Sat, 25 Aug 2007 16:45:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1860001/posts One sunny day in JANUARY 2009, an old man approached the White House from across Pennsylvania Avenue , where he'd been sitting on a park bench. He spoke to the Marine standing guard and said, "I would like to go in and meet with President Hillary Clinton". The Marine replied, "Sir, Mrs. Clinton is not President and doesn't reside here". The old man said, "Okay," and walked away. The following day, the same man approached the White House and said to the same Marine, "I would like to go in and meet with President Hillary Clinton". The Marine again told... me http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1860001/posts#comment Tue, 3 Jul 2007 03:25:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1855680/posts Rise of man theory ‘out by 400,000 years’ Dalya Alberge, Arts CorrespondentJune 25, 2007 Our earliest ancestors gave up hunter-gathering and took to a settled life up to 400,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to controversial research. The accepted timescale of Man’s evolution is being challenged by a German archaeologist who claims to have found evidence that Homo erectus — mankind’s early ancestor, who migrated from Africa to Asia and Europe — began living in settled communities long before the accepted time of 10,000 years ago. The point at which settlement actually took place is the first critical stage... Times Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1855680/posts#comment Mon, 25 Jun 2007 01:39:42 GMT