Pakistan doctors save life of baby with six legs

Doctors in Pakistan say they have successfully operated to save the life of a baby born with six legs due to a rare genetic condition, hospital officials said Thursday.

"A team of five experienced doctors have successfully separated the extra legs and limbs from the baby today. He is very much safe and secure," said Jamal Raza, the director of National Institute of the Child Health in Karachi.

Whoopi Goldberg on Glee Set this May 1

With so much new info coming out about upcoming Glee episodes, sometimes it’s hard to keep it all straight! FOX has just released their official episode summary for May 1’s Season 3, Episode 18: “Choke.” 

For those of you keeping track at home, this would be the episode afterthe Whitney Houston tribute but before prom. Here’s the official synopsis from FOX:

 "Rachel [Lea Michele] and Kurt [Chris Colfer] finally get their chance to audition for the New York Academy of the Dramatic Arts. Meanwhile, Puck (Mark Salling) makes a decision about his future after a meeting with his father [Melrose Place vet Thomas Calabro]." 

In addition, Whoopi Goldberg makes her debut as NYADA professor as Carmen Tibideaux, and Real Housewives of Atlanta star NeNe Leakes is back as Coach Roz.

Philippines will now implement the K-12 Education System

MANILA, Philippines - President Benigno S. Aquino III Tuesday led the launch of the K + 12 Basic Education Program of the Department of Education (DepEd), which would add two years to the country's basic education and increase capabilities among students who would opt to work after graduating from high school.

This, he said, is part of his administration's efforts to reform the system of education in the country.

Aquino said that instead of compressing students' learning in a 10-year basic education, the new program would enable students to further appreciate what they have learned with an additional two years of education.

Philippines Ranks 1st in the best countries Business English Proficiency... Something worth being proud of.

Well, people will now have to think twice before mocking Pinoys' use of the English language.

The Philippines was named the world’s best country in business English proficiency, even beating the United States, according to a recent study by GlobalEnglish Corporation.

GlobalEnglish has released early this month the results of its annual Business English Index (BEI), the only index that measures business English proficiency in the workplace.
 

Teen arrested for having sex with Pit bulls

Newton County, GA - It has happened yet again - the unconscionable act of bestiality.

This time, the victims were two female Pit bulls owned by  Dr. Cathryn Lafayette.

According to KCTV5 News, Lafayette hired a teen to help clean her dogs' kennels and do other odd jobs around her property in exchange for paying tuition to help the young man receive his GED.

But it turns out that 19 yr-old Bernard Archer was doing much more than his employer asked for. 

Instead of just handling odd jobs and cleaning, Archer was engaging in sexual acts with two of Dr. Lafayette's female Pit bulls.

Lafayette did not believe the responding officers when they initially notified her. Wrapping one's head around such a deranged concept is no easy task.

But when the Newton County Deputies showed her video footage captured by her neighbors, there was no denying that the teen had indeed victimized the woman's dogs.

According to KCTV5, the footage captured Archer's antics - Lafayette describes what she saw...

 "And it showed him on his knees inside the kennel with my dog. He was on his knees like he was a dog,"

Archer was arrested on two counts of bestiality - felony charges in the state of Georgia.

He had just started his "job" on Saturday.

Watch the video footage here. (Please note, this takes you to the news clip - NOT to the footage of the teen and the dog)

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Dianna Agron on THE VIEW 04/09/2012

Dianna's Interview a day before the resume of the season break of Glee Season 3

Glee Season 4: Rory, Santana, Puck, and Sam — Is Their Return Official Yet?

We are so very happy to know that some of our favorite McKinley High students will be back for Season 4, but we have to wonder... What about the rest of them?

Naya Rivera (Santana Lopez) spilled the news via Twitter that she’s likely making it back for another year, saying, “Super excited about working on glee for another year! Season 4 is going to be great! Ryan just filled me in on the new ideas. #iheartglee.” [Note: Her return still has not been officially announced.]

Plus, last we checked there were more seniors in this glee club than Rachel, Finn, Santana and Kurt... And they include in their numbers some serious fan favorites!! Brittany! Puck! Quinn! MIKE CHANG!!

E! Online caught up with Mark Salling (Puck) at the TCAs in January and it sounds like so far the fates of the remaining players might be uncertain. Mark told E!, “It’s just nice to really be able to work with the people I do and have the job I do. I feel blessed. And if they want to have me back, I’d love to.”

Hmm, that sounds like prime question-evading, if you ask us! Guess we’ll just have to wait and see what Ryan Murphy has up his sleeve for them... (and hope they are included in the “revolutionary” twist that’s coming for the rest of the graduating seniors!)

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Chord Overstreet makes his long-awaited return to Glee, armed with his guitar, of course.

Meanwhile, a couple of part-timers are also awaiting news on their Glee futures! Both Chord Overstreet  (Sam) and Damian McGinty (Rory) told Zap2it that they have yet to hear if they’ll be sticking it out for season four, but are hoping for the best. “I’ve never heard my grade mentioned, so who knows,” Chord told them when asked about his currently-recurring character, Sam. “Right now I’m just taking it day by day.”

And Damian — never one to back down from declaring his excitement for all things Glee — added, “I’m working hard and I want to become a series regular next year. That’s what I’m aiming towards. Haven’t heard anything yet.”

We’re pretty sure keeping their familiar faces in the mix while all the transition ensues at the start of next season would be a wise choice — but who knows what Ryan Murphy has planned! And if  the other seniors aren’t guaranteed spots in the action, what can we imply about the roles that the returning seniors will have?? So many questions!

Via E!Online

Green Tea Can Help Recovery in BodyBuilding

ChefMD John La Puma reports that weightlifters who drink green tea are able to recover faster from the oxidative stress that occurs after workouts.

“Athletes who drank the green tea had less damaging lipid hydroperoxide and more protective polyphenols in their blood before and after exercise. Another key finding was a 37 percent higher post-exercise level of a protein called glutathione, which helps protect the body from oxidative stress caused by damage from free radicals. The researchers concluded that green tea provided significant benefits for sports participants.”

Facebook acquires photo sharing app Instagram for $1 billion

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg just announced that the social network has acquired photo-sharing app “Instagram” for $1 billion. Instagram’s CEO Kevin Systrom also made a statement through the company’s blog and confirmed it will “be working with Facebook to evolve Instagram and build the network.”

 Zuckerberg’s full announcement is below, and Facebook’s official press release is here:

I’m excited to share the news that we’ve agreed to acquire Instagram and that their talented team will be joining Facebook.

For years, we’ve focused on building the best experience for sharing photos with your friends and family. Now, we’ll be able to work even more closely with the Instagram team to also offer the best experiences for sharing beautiful mobile photos with people based on your interests.

We believe these are different experiences that complement each other. But in order to do this well, we need to be mindful about keeping and building on Instagram’s strengths and features rather than just trying to integrate everything into Facebook.

That’s why we’re committed to building and growing Instagram independently. Millions of people around the world love the Instagram app and the brand associated with it, and our goal is to help spread this app and brand to even more people.

We think the fact that Instagram is connected to other services beyond Facebook is an important part of the experience. We plan on keeping features like the ability to post to other social networks, the ability to not share your Instagrams on Facebook if you want, and the ability to have followers and follow people separately from your friends on Facebook.

These and many other features are important parts of the Instagram experience and we understand that. We will try to learn from Instagram’s experience to build similar features into our other products. At the same time, we will try to help Instagram continue to grow by using Facebook’s strong engineering team and infrastructure.

This is an important milestone for Facebook because it’s the first time we’ve ever acquired a product and company with so many users. We don’t plan on doing many more of these, if any at all. But providing the best photo sharing experience is one reason why so many people love Facebook and we knew it would be worth bringing these two companies together.

We’re looking forward to working with the Instagram team and to all of the great new experiences we’re going to be able to build together.

iPhone Holds your Condom... A new Playa Case

This is one of those cool invention they are making for Iphone. A condom case where somehow not noticeable compared to your wallet.

 

P100,000 for 100th birthday to all of our Lolo's and Lola's

Senior citizens may soon have more than just good health to look forward to on their birthdays.

This, as the House of Representatives passed on third and final reading a proposal that will give them P100,000 on their 100th birthday.

Under the Centenarians Bill filed by House Minority Leader Edcel Lagman, Filipinos who turn 100 will be honored on September 25 of each year--the proposed National Respect for Centenarians Day. They will receive a P100,000 cash gift and a letter of felicitation from the President.

Centenarians will also be eligible for additional cash gifts and a plaque from their local government units. 

Aside from the gifts, centenarians will also enjoy a 50-percent discount on goods and services from all establishments as well as exemption from value-added tax. 

Number coding lifted in Metro April 2 to 9 2012

THE number-coding scheme for motor vehicles will be lifted from April 2 to April 9, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) announced on Wednesday.

MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino said the agency decided to implement the weeklong suspension of the vehicle-reduction scheme to facilitate fast and efficient travel to and from the metropolis during Holy Week.

“With the ongoing summer break, traffic impact by the lifting of the number-coding scheme would be minimized,” Tolentino said.

The suspension of the number-coding scheme is just among the measures taken by the MMDA to ensure the smooth observance of the Lenten season under the overall Oplan Metro Alalay Semana Santa that was activated on March 23.

Apple Inc. is 36 Years Old Today

Here’s a fun fact that you probably didn’t expect on April Fools’ Day: Apple Inc. is 36 years old today, having been founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak on this day in 1976. In its early days, Apple had quite the bumpy road when they were working to build their operating system and Microsoft was also just getting started with theirs. In addition to that, the founders of Apple had been working hard to release their first consumer PC sporting a graphical user interface on January 19th, 1983; this was the Apple Lisa.

Since then, a lot happened. The Macintosh was released in 1984 accompanied by the historical “1984″ commercial, followed by Jobs leaving the company in 1985. Then they entered the portable computer market with the PowerBook in 1991, but ultimately things went downhill from there — until Jobs returned in late 1997. After that, they introduced many of today’s products including the iMac and iPod, followed by the MacBook, iPhone, and finally the iPad. It has been a long journey to today and Apple’s latest generation of devices has proven to be their most lucrative yet. So the question is, what will they do next? Tell us what you think in the comments.

Via Ifans

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