Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Baby with 2 faces - UPDATE
SAINI SUNPURA, India - A baby with two faces was born in a northern Indian village, where she is doing well and is being worshipped as the reincarnation of a Hindu goddess, her father said Tuesday.The baby, Lali, apparently has an extremely rare condition known as craniofacial duplication, where a single head has two faces. Except for her ears, all of Lali's facial features are duplicated — she has two noses, two pairs of lips and two pairs of eyes.
"My daughter is fine — like any other child," said Vinod Singh, 23, a poor farm worker.
Lali has caused a sensation in the dusty village of Saini Sunpura, 25 miles east of New Delhi. When she left the hospital, eight hours after a normal delivery on March 11, she was swarmed by villagers, said Sabir Ali, the director of Saifi Hospital.
"She drinks milk from her two mouths and opens and shuts all the four eyes at one time," Ali said.
Rural India is deeply superstitious and the little girl is being hailed as a return of the Hindu goddess of valor, Durga, a fiery deity traditionally depicted with three eyes and many arms.
Up to 100 people have been visiting Lali at her home every day to touch her feet out of respect, offer money and receive blessings, Singh told The Associated Press.
"Lali is God's gift to us," said Jaipal Singh, a member of the local village council. "She has brought fame to our village."
Village chief Daulat Ram said he planned to build a temple to Durga in the village.
"I am writing to the state government to provide money to build the temple and help the parents look after their daughter," Ram said.
Lali's condition is often linked to serious health complications, but the doctor said she was doing well.
"She is leading a normal life with no breathing difficulties," said Ali, adding that he saw no need for surgery.
Lali's parents were married in February 2007. Lali is their first child.
Singh said he took his daughter to a hospital in New Delhi where doctors suggested a CT scan to determine whether her internal organs were normal, but Singh said he felt it was unnecessary.
"I don't feel the need of that at this stage as my daughter is behaving like a normal child, posing no problems," he said.
Ringo Starr Gets Decapitated
A foliage sculpture of Beatle Ringo Starr in the band's home city of Liverpool has been beheaded by vandals. The topiary feature, which took 18 months to cultivate into the four, was unveiled at the city south Parkways Transport Exchange last month.
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Men Beware
Police are warning all men who frequent clubs, parties & local pubs to be alert and stay cautious when offered a drink from any woman.
Many females use a date rape drug on the market called ‘Beer’. The drug is found in liquid form and is available anywhere. It comes in bottles, cans, or from taps and in large ‘kegs’. Beer is used by female sexual predators at parties and bars to persuade their male victims to go home and sleep with them. A woman needs only to get a guy to consume a few units of Beer and then simply ask him home for no strings attached sex.
Men are rendered helpless against this approach. After several beers, men will often succumb to the desires to sleep with horrific looking women whom they would never normally be attracted.
After drinking beer, men often awaken with only hazy memories of exactly what happened to them the night before, often with just a vague feeling that ’something bad’ occurred.
At other times these unfortunate men are swindled out of their life’s savings, in a familiar scam known as ‘a relationship’. In extreme cases, the female may even be shrewd enough to entrap the unsuspecting male into a longer term form of servitude and punishment referred to as ‘marriage.’ Men are much more susceptible to this scam after beer is administered and sex is offered by the predatory females.
If you fall victim to this ‘Beer’ scam and the women administering it, there are male support groups where you can discuss the details of your shocking encounter with similarly victimized men. For the support group nearest you, just look up ‘Golf Courses’ in the phone book.
For a video to see how beer works click here: Beer Demo
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Thanks B&P
Many females use a date rape drug on the market called ‘Beer’. The drug is found in liquid form and is available anywhere. It comes in bottles, cans, or from taps and in large ‘kegs’. Beer is used by female sexual predators at parties and bars to persuade their male victims to go home and sleep with them. A woman needs only to get a guy to consume a few units of Beer and then simply ask him home for no strings attached sex.
Men are rendered helpless against this approach. After several beers, men will often succumb to the desires to sleep with horrific looking women whom they would never normally be attracted.
After drinking beer, men often awaken with only hazy memories of exactly what happened to them the night before, often with just a vague feeling that ’something bad’ occurred.
At other times these unfortunate men are swindled out of their life’s savings, in a familiar scam known as ‘a relationship’. In extreme cases, the female may even be shrewd enough to entrap the unsuspecting male into a longer term form of servitude and punishment referred to as ‘marriage.’ Men are much more susceptible to this scam after beer is administered and sex is offered by the predatory females.
If you fall victim to this ‘Beer’ scam and the women administering it, there are male support groups where you can discuss the details of your shocking encounter with similarly victimized men. For the support group nearest you, just look up ‘Golf Courses’ in the phone book.
For a video to see how beer works click here: Beer Demo
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Thanks B&P
That's just rude graffiti
The rural community of Lunt is considering changing its name because of vandals who repeatedly deface the village sign.Have You Say: What amusing or unfortunate place names have you spotted?
Residents of the historic Merseyside enclave fear it is becoming a laughing stock because of yobs who frequently deface the first letter of its name.
An alternative name has been proposed by some who are fed up of being greeted by an offensive word every time they enter their village.
Retired police officer Martyn Ball, a prospective Conservative councillor, is canvassing residents for their support for the change.
Dr Ball, now a law lecturer, said: "We are all painfully aware of the repeated times our village sign is defaced by mindless yobs who change the L to a C. Drive in every day and you see a very offensive word."
He has suggested that Launt be used as an alternative name, which he says would be pronounced the same.
German man suffering from incurable hunger
A German has been dubbed "the man with the bottomless stomach" as he binges on over 12,000 calories a day without gaining an ounce in weight.
Heinz Asthoff was struck with an incurable hunger following the death of his wife 22 years ago.
His incredible ability to eat endlessly without getting fat has been the subject of scientific studies and a TV program in his homeland.
On any given day he will eat a 2.2lb chunk of leberkase meat loaf, 5lb of potatoes, a dozen eggs, a pint of mayonnaise, pizzas, chips and sometimes as many as 20 meat patties.
He has even been advised by his doctors not to give up his 40-a-day smoking habit because he would eat more.
The trouble is that Heinz, 68, from Offenbach, is spending more on food than he has pension money. "Something has to give," he said.
"Nothing I eat makes me satisfied and I don’t put weight on.
"I can't eat out anymore. Last time I went to a pub I ordered a potato pancake and ended up eating 100 of them. I can't afford it."
He is nearly six feet tall and weighs 15 stone. "My doctors say my stomach is like the mine I worked down for 36 years – black and bottomless," he said.
Doctors confess that they have no idea why his metabolism demands so much food.
After eating a 2lb chunk of meat he is hungry again 15 minutes later but tries to slow down his eating by smoking more.
He lost his devoted wife, Minna, 22 years ago to cancer – the event, he says, which triggered his bizarre eating syndrome.
"But I really started eating in a crazy way about 14 years ago," he said.
"Nothing satisfies me, nothing. I never feel full."
His doctor Henning Huesch said: "He does not have especially high cholesterol, is not physically ill through eating, but it clearly addicted to it."
Mr Asthoff is to undergo more tests at a university clinic near his home next month.
Heinz Asthoff was struck with an incurable hunger following the death of his wife 22 years ago.
His incredible ability to eat endlessly without getting fat has been the subject of scientific studies and a TV program in his homeland.
On any given day he will eat a 2.2lb chunk of leberkase meat loaf, 5lb of potatoes, a dozen eggs, a pint of mayonnaise, pizzas, chips and sometimes as many as 20 meat patties.
He has even been advised by his doctors not to give up his 40-a-day smoking habit because he would eat more.
The trouble is that Heinz, 68, from Offenbach, is spending more on food than he has pension money. "Something has to give," he said.
"Nothing I eat makes me satisfied and I don’t put weight on.
"I can't eat out anymore. Last time I went to a pub I ordered a potato pancake and ended up eating 100 of them. I can't afford it."
He is nearly six feet tall and weighs 15 stone. "My doctors say my stomach is like the mine I worked down for 36 years – black and bottomless," he said.
Doctors confess that they have no idea why his metabolism demands so much food.
After eating a 2lb chunk of meat he is hungry again 15 minutes later but tries to slow down his eating by smoking more.
He lost his devoted wife, Minna, 22 years ago to cancer – the event, he says, which triggered his bizarre eating syndrome.
"But I really started eating in a crazy way about 14 years ago," he said.
"Nothing satisfies me, nothing. I never feel full."
His doctor Henning Huesch said: "He does not have especially high cholesterol, is not physically ill through eating, but it clearly addicted to it."
Mr Asthoff is to undergo more tests at a university clinic near his home next month.
No Pants Day
On Saturday January 12th, 2008 nearly 2,000 people took off their pants on subways in 10 cities around the world. In New York’s 7th Annual No Pants! Subway Ride we had around 900 participants, spread out over three subway lines.
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Best Ball Game Ever
For their latest mission, Improv Everywhere turned a little league baseball game in Hermosa Beach, California into a major league event.
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What an awesome experience for the kids and their parents.
Small Bits of News
Hiawatha Iowa man accused of impersonating officer
A Hiawatha man who police said tried to pull a motorist over using his dome light as an overhead flasher was arrested on charges of impersonating a police officer late Monday night. The motorist called police around 11:30 p.m. after a man driving a Ford Crown Victoria that looks similar to Hiawatha police cruisers tried to stop the motorist on the side of Robins Road, Hiawatha police reported. He was not wearing a police officer uniform and appeared to be intoxicated when he got out of the vehicle, the motorist told police.
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11-year-old brought BB gun, knives to school
IOWA CITY - An 11-year-old boy is accused of fifth-degree criminal mischief after allegedly bringing a BB gun and three knives to his elementary school here Tuesday. Logan R. Maddox, a sixth grader at Mark Twain Elementary, 1355 Deforest Ave., Iowa City, is also accused of violating a city gun ordinance that prohibits carrying toy guns that can shoot "leaden or other dangerous missiles." Police don't think Maddox, of 936 Spring Ridge Dr., Iowa City, threatened anyone with the BB gun or any of the knives he allegedly had in his backpack. Other students saw the weapons and alerted teachers.
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Woman Stops Alleged Burglar With Scraper
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) - Cedar Rapids police say a woman chased down a burglar, bagged him with an ice scraper and then made him pick up the stolen loot he dropped when he fled.
Police were called to Derdre Rodriguez's home on Monday where they found her holding 16-year-old Jake Merfeld at bay with the ice scraper.
She told officers that when she came home, she heard someone jump out of a back window. She saw the teen running across the yard, carrying jewelry, cell phones and a video game.
Rodriguez chased the suspect, who started dropping the items. When she caught him, she hit him on top of the head with the ice scraper and he surrendered. Rodriguez made Merfeld pick up the property he dropped when he tried to escape.
A Hiawatha man who police said tried to pull a motorist over using his dome light as an overhead flasher was arrested on charges of impersonating a police officer late Monday night. The motorist called police around 11:30 p.m. after a man driving a Ford Crown Victoria that looks similar to Hiawatha police cruisers tried to stop the motorist on the side of Robins Road, Hiawatha police reported. He was not wearing a police officer uniform and appeared to be intoxicated when he got out of the vehicle, the motorist told police.
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11-year-old brought BB gun, knives to school
IOWA CITY - An 11-year-old boy is accused of fifth-degree criminal mischief after allegedly bringing a BB gun and three knives to his elementary school here Tuesday. Logan R. Maddox, a sixth grader at Mark Twain Elementary, 1355 Deforest Ave., Iowa City, is also accused of violating a city gun ordinance that prohibits carrying toy guns that can shoot "leaden or other dangerous missiles." Police don't think Maddox, of 936 Spring Ridge Dr., Iowa City, threatened anyone with the BB gun or any of the knives he allegedly had in his backpack. Other students saw the weapons and alerted teachers.
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Woman Stops Alleged Burglar With Scraper
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) - Cedar Rapids police say a woman chased down a burglar, bagged him with an ice scraper and then made him pick up the stolen loot he dropped when he fled.
Police were called to Derdre Rodriguez's home on Monday where they found her holding 16-year-old Jake Merfeld at bay with the ice scraper.
She told officers that when she came home, she heard someone jump out of a back window. She saw the teen running across the yard, carrying jewelry, cell phones and a video game.
Rodriguez chased the suspect, who started dropping the items. When she caught him, she hit him on top of the head with the ice scraper and he surrendered. Rodriguez made Merfeld pick up the property he dropped when he tried to escape.
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