Osaka Cherokee

I am so fucking pissed off at my basketball team right now. I think I'm going to quit and find another team. I can't believe a group of pussies with absolutely no desire found each other in this country and decided to form a basketball team! I also can't believe I ever joined. I can't understand how you can live your life like these guys do. The way they play ball and the way they approach it is exactly how they live their pathetic lives. I have no place on that team because I have passion and a desire to win at all costs that just doesn't make any sense to them. Losing is nothing to these guys. They've gotten used to it. I wonder how that feels? I wouldn't know, I'll never let myself become like that. Everybody loses but isn't their an innate human hatred for losing? Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe I'm the crazy guy that dives for every ball, collides with players chasing down a loose ball, fights for every rebound, and leaves absolutely nothing on the court when I'm finished. Maybe I just don't get it.

Cherokee Cain
HOME: Osaka, Japan
AGE: 28
HEIGHT: 6'5"
JOB: Kindergarten teacher, mountain hiking guide
WEIGHT BEFORE: 330 LB
WEIGHT AFTER: 200

THE GAIN Cain had never been trim, but after college he quit working out, ate whatever he wanted, and really packed on pounds. When he relocated to Japan for work, "People would tell me flat out that I was too big," he says. "One time I walked into a restaurant, and the waiter put two chairs together for me."

THE CHANGE Suffering back pain, Cain had to fly home because his 330-pound frame couldn't fit into a Japanese MRI machine. His American doctors prescribed surgery for a herniated disk, but his Japanese insurance didn't cover it. The doctors overseas told him that all his problems could be solved if he just lost weight. He started by buying a Japanese-size lunch box: "I decided I'd eat only what would fit in the lunch box," says Cain. The Life A month into his diet, Cain's pants were feeling loose. He dropped 130 pounds in a year by simply eating less, exercising, and giving up soda. Now he eats four small meals a day, totaling 2,700 calories. The variety of a Japanese diet--at least 20 different foods a day--keeps him satisfied. Cain hits the gym four times a week for strength training, plays basketball four times a week, and works as a hiking guide once a week, hiking for 2 to 6 hours each time.

THE REWARD When Cain returned to Michigan after 18 months, his dad walked past him at the airport. "That really made it all worth it. Friends and family are constantly commenting on how great I look," Cain says. He feels healthier and has more energy than ever. "If I had known how good I'd feel, I would have lost the weight a lot earlier."

CHEROKEE'S TIPS Think before you drink. "Sodas and juice drinks have tons of 'bad calories' that people don't take into account."
Take small bites. "I thought of my weight loss in 10-pound intervals. When I got down to 290, my next goal was 280, and so on. This way your goal is always achievable."
Ignore the hype. "Don't go for the fad diets. The best way to lose weight is by burning more calories than you consume. As my buddy says, the best diet is 'the one where you get your heart rate up and eat less.' There's no shortcut."

I'm just putting this on here to save it. I can't believe that 52% of the population voted for this guy. I'm so glad I'm not in America.
Science. We don't need no stink science. We have GOD on our side.


Scientists feel stifled by Bush administration

Speakers at the national meeting of the American Association for Advancement of Science expressed concern Sunday that some scientists in key federal agencies are being ignored or even pressured to change study conclusions that don't support policy positions.

The speakers also said that Bush's proposed 2005 federal budget is slashing spending for basic research and reducing investments in education designed to produce the nation's future scientists

Kurt Gottfried of Cornell University and the Union of Concerned Scientists said a survey of scientists in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service found that about 42 percent said they felt pressured to not report publicly any findings that do not agree with Bush policies on endangered species.

He said almost a third of the Fish and Wildlife researchers said they were even pressured not to express within the agency any views in conflict with the Bush policies.
"This administration has distanced itself from scientific information," said Gottfried. He said this is part of a larger effort to let politics dominate pure science.

He said scientists in the Environmental Protection Agency have been pressured to change their research to keep it consistent with the Bush political position on environmental issues.

I decided to take today off and do nothing. No gym. No running. No mountain climbing. No nothing. I'll tell you what, this is the last time I'll ever do this. I'm going fucking nuts. I have been cheating by doing pushups to try to get rid of this energy. But after at least a thousand pushups I'm still going bonkers. The internet doesn't really interest me that much but http://www.flashyourrack.com/ has been helping to ease the boredom.

This is the greatest headline ever!

Monkeys Control Robotic Arm With Brain

I finally got my computer. I'm so excited I can't decide what to do. Its been so long I forgot what these machines could do. You can bet the music downloader working triple time. I'm also scrambling around trying to find all the mp3's and pictures that I had on disk and putting them onto my hard drive. I got 160 gigabytes to try and fill up.