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Lakshmi Stable After Surgery

To followup the story from Monday, The Hindustan Times reports that surgeons have completed the surgery to remove two-year-old Lakshmi Tatma’s parasitic twin, and she is in stable condition.
“Lakshmi is doing fine and her condition is stable,” Chief Coordinator of Sparsh Hospital, Dr Mamata Patil told PTI.
The next 48 to 72 hours are critical and a team of doctors will monitor Lakshmi, who is put on ventilators in the Intensive Care Unit, she said.

The surgery lasted 27 hours and involved 36 doctors. Link

Original post by Miss Cellania

DNA Tattoo

Since Carl Zimmer at The Loom asked about people with science tattoos (reported previously on Neatorama), he has received over 70 submissions for his Flickr set. Especially worth noting is this tattoo of an intricately-detailed strand of DNA on Matthew MacDougall, a 4th year med student. Link

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Original post by Miss Cellania

The Jungle Book Version

It wasn’t long before the Cadbury Gorilla ad was remixed with other songs. YesButNoButYes posted four new versions. I like this one the best, featuring Louis Prima doing “I Wanna Be Like You� from Disney’s The Jungle Book. Push play or go to YouTube.

Original post by Miss Cellania

“Basketball Girl� now an athlete!

Qian Hongyan, the young amputee who used a basketball in lieu of legs (featured previously on Neatorama), has joined a swim team! She hopes to compete in the 2012 Paralympics in London. Although she now has prosthetic legs, she uses the basketball during swim training to help her get in and out of the pool. Link -via Arbroath

Original post by Miss Cellania

Now, the real story comes out.

Bunk Strutts didn’t fall for that story about a boy doing a handstand at Four Corners. It was a clever cover-up for the fact that the child was abducted by aliens! Link

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Original post by Miss Cellania

Miss S.C. Teen USA’s Geography Pop Quiz.

Lauren Upton has already found a job due to her internet fame! She is hosting the Miss S.C. Teen USA’s Geography Pop Quiz at People Magazine. See if you can answer seven geography questions. If not, Lauren will explain the answers to you. Link -via the Presurfer

Original post by Miss Cellania

The Miss South Carolina Saga: The Tale of Two Laurens (Upton and Lytle)

There was a confusion about who exactly was the Miss South Carolina in the clip that went ’round the Net a couple of days ago.
Apparently, there were two Laurens - both are very pretty, but that’s where the similarity ends. There’s Lauren Caitlin Upton, the Miss South Carolina/Internet sensation who came up with the less-than-brilliant answer at the Miss Teen USA Pageant. And then there’s Lauren Elizabeth Lytle, who is the Miss South Carolina Outstanding Teen and by all measures, a very smart and able girl as well.
Neatorama reader JOwens, Lauren Lytle’s aunt, told us that her niece is getting a lot of bad publicity because people mistakenly thought she was the one:
She’s getting a lot of negative feedback regarding the “other” Miss SC Teen USA which is not affiliated with the Miss America Organization - there is a BIG difference. You should grab her on-stage interview question where […]

Original post by Alex

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