A company is advertising for a couch potato to do nothing and eat more.

It will pay almost £24,000 to a “worker” with a big appetite who is happy to eat 400 extra calories every day in high fat meals such as chips and pizzas, to test the fat binding properties of a weight loss product.

A spokesman for the firm Proactol Ltd said that while their fat binder was already clinically proven, they wanted to test it in the real world.

The job ad, which has already gone up in UK job centres, reads: “We know it’s incredible, but it’s true.

“We are willing to pay you £23,750 a year to continue doing EXACTLY what you do every single day, and all we ask in return is that you eat 16 per cent more calories a week – or 400 more calories a day – whilst introducing Proactol into your diet.

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There are about 12,000 different ways to fill out a March Madness Bracket.Most of those ways will win you nothing but scorn.Check this bracket advice from sports guru Jeffrey Eisenberg!

You watched nothing but basketball all weekend. You studied all the top seeds. You vowed to win back bragging rights from the marketing assistant who still won’t let you forget that she finished ahead of you last March.

But before you submit your bracket, here’s a quick list of Do’s and Don’ts that might help you climb toward respectability in your office pool next week:

Yahoo Sports -DO:  Take a classic No. 5 over No. 12 upset in the first round. Since 1989, it has happened every year but two.  May I suggest UTEP over Butler if you’re looking for an enticing option?

DON’T: Take a No. 15 or 16 seed to win its first-round game, no matter how good a feeling you have about Lehigh.  Those plucky No. 16 seeds are a solid 0-for-100 against No. 1s since the bracket expanded to its current format, while only four No. 15s have won a game during that same span.

DO: Pay attention to the Las Vegas odds when searching for possible “upsets.” No. 12 seed Arizona was a one-point favorite over No. 5 Utah in the first round last year and No. 10 USC was a two-point favorite over No. 7 Boston College.  Vegas nailed it both times.

DON’T: Pay attention to which team’s mascot would win in a fight. I like a Grizzly Bear in a death match against pretty much anything. But I don’t like the Montana Grizzlies against the New Mexico Lobos or the Oakland Grizzlies against the Pittsburgh Panthers

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Americans will set their clocks ahead by an hour this weekend, as daylight saving time begins Sunday. “Springing forward” creates another hour of sunlight in the evening. It also has some effects on health and public safety that many people are unaware of. Interesting facts about daylight saving time include:

1. Officially, it’s “daylight saving time,” not “daylight savings time.” But don’t feel bad if you thought there was a final “s” on “saving”; far more people Google the incorrect phrase than the correct one.

2. Daylight saving time has mixed effects on people’s health. Transitions into and out of DST can disturb people’s sleeping patterns, for example, and make them more restless at night. Night owls tend to be more bothered by the time changes than people who like mornings, Finnish researchers concluded last year.

3. There’s a spike in heart attacks during the first week of daylight saving time, according to another study published last year. The loss of an hour’s sleep may make people more susceptible to an attack, some experts say. When daylight saving time ends in the fall, heart attacks briefly become less frequent than usual.

4. People are safer drivers during daylight hours, and researchers have found that DST reduces lethal car crashes and pedestrian strikes. In fact, a study concluded that observing DST year-round would annually prevent about 195 deaths of motor vehicle occupants and about 171 pedestrian fatalities.

5. A U.S. law signed by President George W. Bush in 2005 extended the length of daylight saving time by four weeks. It now begins at 2 a.m. on the second Sunday in March. It ends on the first Sunday in November.

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(NEWSER) – Wal-Mart has dropped the price of a black Barbie doll in a move that’s raising a ruckus. “Both are great dolls,” carefully emphasized a Wal-Mart spokeswoman. But the price was cut $2 for a black Ballerina Teresa Barbie from the $5.93 for the white version because the black Barbies weren’t selling. “Pricing like items differently is a part of inventory management in retailing,” said the spokeswoman. But a Harlem activist warned that such a strategy in this case “can have collateral damage.”

The “implication of lowering the price is that it’s devaluing the black doll,” said Thelma Dye, the executive director of the Northside Center for Child Development. Wal-Mart could have decided “that it’s important we don’t send a message that we value blackness less than whiteness,” said Los Angeles sociology professor Lisa Wade. Ironically, Wade pointed out, the black dolls may not be selling as well because white parents are more reluctant than blacks to buy dolls of a different race for their children.

Probably the worst thing about the cell phone age is that occasionally, your cell phone dies and you have absolutely no way of re-charging it.

No outlet, no power.  Right?

Wrong!

This Swedish company has developed a cell charger that uses just water and hydrogen.

Click here for the info and to see a video of the charger.

Those Swedes….they’re an impressive lot ain’t they?

(NEWSER) – Lindsay Lohan is apparently famous enough to be known by her first name alone…and she wants $100 million from E*Trade, which dared to use that name without her permission. The “milkaholic” baby featured in the above ad was named after “someone on the account team,” a rep insists, but LiLo’s lawyer pooh-poohs that idea: They’re using Lindsay’s name “as a parody of her life. This is a subliminal message,” she tells theNew York Post.

“Everybody’s talking about it and saying it’s Lindsay Lohan,” the lawyer continues, although Gawkerwriter Maureen O’Connor notes, “Though it is my job to read and spread gossip, this is the first I’ve heard about the above party baby secretly representing the girl occasionally known as Blowhan.” Lohan filed a lawsuit yesterday—in addition to the $100 million, she wants the spot off the air and every copy handed over.

(Newser) – Have you ever wished that skydiving involved more aquatic equipment? Of course you have. Well, behold skyaking, a new extreme sport that consists of jumping out of a plane in a kayak, spinning around a bit, then deploying a parachute and coming in for a water landing. So far, it’s got exactly one practitioner: Miles Daisher, a 40-year-old Idaho native and all-around daredevil—he’s also BASE jumped more than anyone else in the world.

“It took us nearly a year before we could get our wish to come true as no one was really looking to throw a kayak out of an airplane,” Daisher tells the Telegraph, but after a few successful trials those obstacles melted; now, he’s skyaked everywhere from Mexico to Abu Dhabi. He says it’s a unique experience—you fall slower than normal skydiving thanks to the kayak’s surface area, and keeping upright requires “some decent balance skills.”

CSU Junior Chris Miller (a Health and Exercise Major) will take place in the Rock Paper Scissors League Championships in Acapulco over Spring Break.

Wow.  Where was this sort of “sport” when I was in school?

Click here for the story.

If  you’re worried that your ro-sham-bo skills are a bit rusty, let me just give you a quick rundown on the so-called “Great Eight” throwing combinations to watch for in this competition:

1-     There’s the avalanche which is throwing 3 consecutive rocks- according to the USARPS handbook, this is a devastating offensive maneuver which requires bravado bordering on recklessness to execute

2-     The Bureaucrat which is throwing paper-paper-paper- formerly known as “confetti”, the deadpan delivery is the ultimate in passive-aggressive play

3-     The crescendo which is paper-scissors-rock: this is a slow building gambit with the final rock throw delivery a devastating coo-de-graw

4-     The Denomouent, Rock-scissors-paper- the opposite of the crescendo, this is lulling an opponent into submission before beating him with the most subtle of all possible throws

5-     The Fistful of dollars- Rock-Paper-Paper: the rapid switch from offensive to defensive style of play can force an opponent into a vulnerable spot

6-     The Paper Dolls- Paper-Scissors-Scissors- an extremely effective gambit against an overly brave opponent

7-     The Scissor Sandwich- Paper-Scissors-Paper- the main purpose of this play is to unsettle your opponent through the use of concealed scissors

8-     The Toolbox- Scissors-Scissors-Scissors- This play requires steady hands and steely nerves…given the rookie popularity of “rock” this play is not suggested for use against beginners…

 And there you have it…..a quick overview of what’s at stake in the 2010 Rock Paper Scissors Championship and how to keep track of all the action from the safety of your couch should you so choose.

I already have proposals in with several federal offices to corner the market on competitive leagues for Red Light/Green Light, Kick the Can, and Mother May I.

Look for the “Mike Casey Championship Series” for all 3 coming to a TV set near you by 2011.

NEWSER) – In-N-Out Burger’s “secret menu” (veggie burgers, etc.) has gotten way too famous to really be considered a secret anymore—butCoupon Sherpa rounds up little-known items at other fast-food joints:

• Chili’s: Though it’s not on the menu anymore, you can in fact still order the restaurant’s namesake dish.
• Long John Silvers: Ask for a side of crumbs and you’ll get—for free—a box of fried batter parts that fell off the fish or chicken.

• Jamba Juice: This secret menu is still pretty secret, but it includes a drink with the title “Pink Starburst.”
• Chipotle: They’ll make an item with any combination of ingredients they have—a quesorito is a quesadilla with burrito fillings, rolled up and baked.
• McDonald’s: If you can bring yourself to order a McGangBang, you’ll get a double cheeseburger with a chicken patty sandwiched in between the beef patties.
• Starbucks: A Cake Batter Frappucino is a vanilla frappucino with almond and vanilla bean flavoring.

For the complete list, click here.

After I hit this story yesterday, MTN listener Randall and his son actually went to McDonald’s and ordered the uh…..well….you know….

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I know it’s REALLY early to get excited about Rockies baseball, but aside from the obvious improvement to the Rox starting rotation and their bullpen here (in my amateur opinion) is why the Rockies WILL be contenders this year:

Their bench is MONSTROUS.

 At any given moment, Jim Tracy has two solid lefty bats in Jason Giambi and Seth Smith AND he’s got two big right handed bats in Ryan spillborghs and Miguel Olivo who hit 23 homers last season plus he’s got two time all star Melvin Mora on his bench too

Baseball is a loooong season, no one is going to play every game…so a lot of times the thing that makes the difference over the long haul is player versatility and how deep you can go after you get past your starting line up.

At times in the past, the Rockies have struggled with bench depth.  Not this year baby!  I smell a pennant!

 Rox open their regular season Monday April 5 at Milwaukee