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WTF????

baby e — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 19:28:27 +0000

NEW DELHI - A 15-year-old boy who allegedly delivered a baby by Caesarean section in an attempt to set a world record as the youngest surgeon apparently fled as police prepared to arrest him on Tuesday.

Raj Sekharan, superintendent of police in Tiruchirappalli district in southern Tamil Nadu state, said the boy had absconded and police were looking for him.

On Monday police arrested the parents of Dhileepan Raj, both doctors who supervised their son while he allegedly performed the Caesarean section. They were charged with cheating, forgery of records, endangering human life, concealing evidence and abetting a crime.

The two were jailed pending trial. If convicted, they could be sentenced to up to seven years each, Sekharan said.

The Tamil Nadu chapter of the Indian Medical Association said last week that Dr. K. Murugesan showed a video recording of his son performing a Caesarean birth.

The video allegedly showed Murugesan anesthetizing the patient before the boy started the operation in his father’s maternity hospital in Manaparai city, said Venkatesh Prasad, secretary of the medical association.

Murugesan told the association that he wanted to see his son’s name in the Guinness Book of World Records, Prasad said.

Amarilis Espinoza, a spokeswoman for Guinness World Records, said in an e-mail Guinness does not endorse such attempts because they encourage “bad medicine.”

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19440884/?GT1=10056

That is sooooooooo messed up :/

What are your bad habits?

baby e — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:47:24 +0000

Mine are cracking my fingers....I cant seem to stop no matter what! And if i try, my fingers will ache and hurt until i crack them :(

I really think i need to stop because im gonna have arthritis or something awful like that when im older if i dont.

What about the rest of you?

Law school comparison websites

goliath — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 01:08:49 +0000

I have been trying to find a good website that compares all of the law schools in canada with regards to admission requirements but I have unable to find any. Anyone have any good ones?

Why doesn't anyone at SFU talk to each other?

Mike Jones — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:12:14 +0000

Why can't we all just be freinnddsss. Everytime I'm walking around SFU or taking the bus or the skytrain, everyone has their backpacks on and just give each other blank stares. Like come on, does it hurt to smile, say hi or just ask what classes your taking? If you see me saying hi to you just say hi back there are NO ALTERIOR MOTIVES. I am not out to get you people I just wanna make some good friends while I'm here at this "university" peace out

Facebook in 40 years

meesh — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 03:16:36 +0000

For all you Facebook users, here is a mockup of how facebook will be like when we've all grown old...

http://mashable.com/2007/06/23/facebook-in-40-years/

my fave part is the "Funerals" photo album lol

Grading scale at SFU

goliath — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 16:10:39 +0000

Hey guys I have been trying to look all over the place to see what a certain percentage constitutes as a letter grade at sfu but I can't seem to find anything. They give you how much each grade is worth in regards to GPA but nothing for how much a percent is worth as a grade. Anyone have any info on this?

Our generation is fcuked

TiNgLu_SiNgH — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 22:40:25 +0000

Did you ever realize that our information is mostly from google searches? I doubt any of you read books anymore. Its easier to get somebody to summarize for you, so who needs the ability to think.....this is most strongly evidenced by the sheer quantity of copy and paste cheating going on these days...this is a result of being lazy asses who think they can learn by hitting a search term on google instead of spending some time learning...in other words, you dont know how to learn...

This isn't to all of you but its messed up how often this is true. Have things changed that much or is it just me?

Anyone know anything about add-ons?

Insatiable — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 23:43:31 +0000

The problem is this:

I log on to Windows Live Messenger on my laptop and click on the icon where you can sign in directly to your Hotmail account.

When I'm looking at my "Mail" page, some God-forsaken pop-up comes up telling me there's something wrong with an add-on: the name of this add-on is "Flash.ocx". Then that whole "Send error report" pop-up comes up and forces me to close my e-mail and sometimes all of my browsers. WTF?? :confused:

Has anyone had this problem? How did you fix it?

Much obliged.

humaniatarian vs. philanthropist

Kevin M. — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:13:40 +0000

What is the difference between a humanitarian and a philanthropist? Just curious if anyone knows

the office :D

imelting — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 18:59:35 +0000

just started watchin it this past week, caught up to season 2 now lol

i <3

Shell vs. McTaggart/Cowan residence...?

thatala — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 00:39:27 +0000

Hey all;

I have a question of opinion (thus the poll) - which of the two residences are better? Things that should be taken into mind are cleanliness, sound levels, people, room/space state, respectability, etc. Also, are either of the two harder to get into than the other?
*edit* - Kitchens are very important to me, so their state is of utmost importance. :).
Thanks for all,
T.H.

Schedule of Classes - Fall 2007 (PDF)

Malakaiii — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 20:40:41 +0000

The class schedule will no longer be mailed to students in order to save paper, postage and time.

Now you can view the schedule conveniently online (or print it out of that makes your course planning easier!)

http://students.sfu.ca/forms/07fallclasses.pdf

sex maniac (funny letter)

JohnnyBoy — Tue, 22 May 2007 19:20:55 +0000

Anyone go to pub night last night?

Kevin M. — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 00:43:06 +0000

It was pretty fun, lots of people and I was hammmerreedd. It's surprising how many live on rez that you don't know until you go to something like this

Artificial Grass Field (Turf)

中国 — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 23:20:11 +0000

A few days ago I was exercising at the fitness gym and watched a few athletes run around the 400m track. To my surprise, I saw this one dude running on the grass with his bare feet along the inner lane. I checked it out myself and discovered grass turf. It's a type of green plastic that looks, feels and behaves like regular grass. Anyway, it was fun running on grass turf without getting my shoes dirty.

Aside from grass turf, running 10 times around the track was an exhausting experience. I didn't time myself but I think my skin got a little tanned from the good sunny weather. I hope everyone is keeping fit like I am. :smile: