Three Inns

OK, I can imagine that this guy feels cheated — in more ways than one. But I don’t think he is going to win this case.

I guess one’s policy regarding any gift is to give it freely, with no strings attached. Else, if you do want to hold some strings, have an attorney draw up some official papers. That would not have been nice either…

A man who donated his kidney to his wife eight years ago now wants it back after she cheated on him and filed for divorce.

Richard Batista from Long Island in New York, US, says he wants the organ back or $1.5m (£2.1m).

The surgeon gave his wife Dawnell the kidney in 2001 after two previous failed transplants.
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Arthur Caplan from the University of Pennsylvania’s Centre for Bioethics said the likelihood of Dr Batista getting either his kidney or the money was “somewhere between impossible and completely impossible”.

Medical ethicist Robert Veatch from Georgetown University said it was illegal for an organ to be exchanged for anything of value.

Organ donation is a gift which means you cannot legally get it back, he explained.
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- Source: Sky News, Jan. 8, 2009

Dawnell Batista viewed the kidney as a new lease on life, too. She returned to school to earn a master’s degree in nursing, and took up karate, her husband said.

After an injury suffered while trying to earn her black belt, she began physical therapy - which evolved into an affair with her therapist, Batista said.

“It put a hole in my heart that still exists,” Batista said of his wife’s disloyalty. “To this day, I’m a man of pride. To be betrayed that way, humiliated - I can’t even began to say.”

Dawnell Batista was not at her home Wednesday. Her lawyer did not return a call for comment.

Batista said the ongoing ugliness began on day one of their divorce.

“She slapped me with divorce papers when I was in surgery trying to save another person’s life,” he fumed.
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Batista insisted his cash-for-kidney claim was a direct result of his wife’s behavior. He said he hasn’t seen his three daughters - ages 14, 11 and 8 - in months.

“This is my last resort,” Batista said. “I didn’t want to be in the public eye.”

Despite the animosity, Batista insisted he would donate the kidney all over again to his hopefully soon-to-be-ex. He fondly recalls a visit to her room on the day after surgery.

“There was no greater feeling on this planet,” he said. “As God is my witness, I felt as if I could put my arm around Jesus Christ. I was walking on a cloud.”
- Source: Long Island doctor Richard Batista to estranged wife: Give me my kidney back or $1.5M, Daily News, Jan. 8, 2009

Most of us know that stone blunts scissors, scissors cut paper and paper covers stone.

What is less well-known, however, is how to win the popular playground game.

Now stalwart players have come up with a strategy: Start with scissors.

Research shows that stone is the most popular of the three possible moves in the game of quickfire hand gestures.

If your opponent expects you to pick stone, they will choose paper to outwit you.

Therefore, by going with scissors, you will win, because scissors beat paper.
- Source: Daily Mail, Dec. 19, 2007