Is this why Darwin said we descended from apes?

An ape-like girl in the eastern state of Orissa in India has generated a lot of interest among the medical fraternity. The 13-year-old tribal girl, Rebati Kahanr, suffers from gingival enlargement (swelling of the gums) and hypertrichosis (abnormal growth of hair across body and face) that have given her a peculiar look.
Doctors of the Department of Periodontics at the Dental Wing of the SCB Medical College and Hospital are now set to conduct a ge netic analysis to find out the sequences that have given the girl from Khalisahi village in Boudh district such an appearance.
Apparently, her father suffered from a milder form of gingival enlargement (up to 20 per cent) while her brother, who passed away a couple of years back, suffered from the same condition as Rebati.
The research would be conducted under the guidance of Indian Coun- cil of Medical Research (ICMR) and in collaboration with the Institute of Immunology, Mumbai.
After reports about Rebati surfaced, doctors in the state took it upon themselves to help her. And the State government agreed to bear the expenses of her operations.
They have already conducted five operations on her and hope that after 11-12 sittings – and three months – they can make her look normal again.
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Boy blames himself for 9/11

An 11-year-old boy suffering from obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) thought 9/11 was his mistake.
His condition meant he was forced "to step correctly on a particular white mark on the road" every day.
On the day two aircraft slammed into the World Trade Centre, he had forgotten to do this and believed that the attack was his personal fault.
In a report published in the journal Neurocase experts said the boy, who suffers from OCD and Tourette's syndrome, was wracked with guilt after the attack.
The report said: "The case highlights the need to support young people in this world of terrorism and the mass media immediate coverage of events."

As stereotypes go...

This is the image that the West has of India. Snake charmers, holy men, cattle on the road, people living in squalor.
Let me tell you... all of that is true.
But among the top 10 billionaires of the world, seven are Indians.
Most of the clothes that the world wears are Made in India.
India is also the back-office of the world.
Some of the most fabulous people I have met in the world are Indians.
Indians are also the software technology kings of the world.
All in all, Indians rock. Indian sadhus (holy men who stay in the forests, smoke a big joint and take a dip in ice-cold water) too.

Look what they've done to Malaysia

It’s one of my favourite countries in the world, but Malaysia is turning too radical for my liking.
It has now issued guidelines urging women not to wear lipstick or 'noisy' high heeled shoes.
The council spokesman for Kota Baru, the capital of Kelantan state which is controlled by the Islamic Party, said the suggestion aimed to protect rape and protect women’s dignity and morals.
He denied reports that the code was compulsory or that women would be fined for breaking it.
"We just distribute pamphlets. Our minimum guideline is they must wear headscarves," said Azman Mohd Daham. "The rest is up to them. If they want to follow the 100 percent Islamic way, it’s up to them."

Two things I’d like to say about this:
I told you so.
And, who said provocative dressing leads to rape or sexual assault. There are a good number of rapes in India and studies have shown that women who were attacked were neither “provocatively dressed” nor had that image. They were attacked only because the men who destroyed them were animals.

Fake dick helps you pass dope tests

Steroids are essential in sports these days, they tell us. But surely you will get caught when you are tested, right? No sir, not if you have The Fake Dick.
Whizzinator is selling fake penises, complete with a syringe, fake urine and heat pack.
You have to add about 90 cc of tap water to the synthetic urine and you are good to pass one test. The contraption has to be worn like a belt around your waist. The heat pack will ensure that your body temperature and that of the urine “you pass” is the same.
And, oh! You have to be a really contortionist to convince a testing official and the thing is coming off your own member. That could be hard task given that you have to pee with your pants pulled down to the ankle in full view of the official.
Whizzinator sells the dicks in all colours, just so that you don’t get caught. There is the white variety, a latino one and dicks in brown, tan and black shades.
The contraption comes for $150 with synthetic urine costing $15 ($12 if you order three or more packs) and the heat pads $2 each.
Just be careful that in the heat of the moment you don’t use the real thing and let it all out.

I know you want to see what different coloured dicks look like. Spot your own at whizzinator. ENJOY!

The best protection you can carry

What do you do when stuck in a mountain crevice with no one to call for help? Take off your bra, of course.
An American woman did just that and ended up being rescued from a German mountain.
The 24-year-old trekker from Colorado was hiking alone in the Bavarian Alps hiking alone near Berchtesgaden, close to the border with Austria, last Monday.
She lost her way when the weather turned bad and she fell 18 feet down a crevasse, injuring her shoulder, ankle and head.
She hooked the brightly coloured sports bra on a cable used for transporting logs to a valley below, hoping it would lead rescuers to her.
A logger who had heard about the search for a missing woman saw the bra and called mountain rescue.
So next time you head into the mountains, keep your wits -- and your sports bra -- about.

Ready to be plucked: A village full of virgin men in India

Power problems are big problems in India. But when it leads to a village full of virgin men (maybe?) then it is a seriously big problem.
Villagers of Anmolpur near Lucknow in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh are bachelors because the village has no power supply.
This is 60 years after India became independent in a village 20 km from Lucknow, the parliamentary seat of former Indian prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee.
"Marriage proposals do come but as soon as parents of prospective brides come to know that there is no electricity in the village, they never return," a member of the block development committee, Atul Awasthi said.
Over 75 per cent of the youth in Anmolpur are unmarried, according to residents.
The village has a population of around 1,500.
"An exercise to electrify the village was initiated in 1973 and electric poles were erected with power lines. But power supply was snapped after some years due to reasons unknown to us. There are only seven poles left now in the village," said Awasthi.