Boris Isayev – died on a pancake-eating contest Boris Isayev – died on a pancake-eating contest

The winner of a pancake-eating contest dropped dead after gorging himself on 43 of the cream and banana stuffed desserts.

Potential murderers

Boris Isayev, 48, from west Russia, collapsed to his knees and died on stage after stuffing himself with pancakes in a competition to mark the end of the region’s ‘Pancake Week’.
“He had really enjoyed the pancakes but then he started foaming at the mouth and went down like a sack of stones,” one witness said.

“We have seen people fainting [during such contests] before,” she added.

Onlookers tried to revive the man, but he died on the stage.

Witnesses apparently described Isayev as “the most active participant in the contest” adding that he “ate all the types of pancakes on offer and won fairly.”

The exact cause of death is not clear but doctors believe he choked after a piece of pancake got lodged in his throat.

The winner of a pancake-eating contest dropped dead after gorging himself on 43 of the cream and banana stuffed desserts.

Potential murderers

Boris Isayev, 48, from west Russia, collapsed to his knees and died on stage after stuffing himself with pancakes in a competition to mark the end of the region’s ‘Pancake Week’.
“He had really enjoyed the pancakes but then he started foaming at the mouth and went down like a sack of stones,” one witness said.

“We have seen people fainting [during such contests] before,” she added.

Onlookers tried to revive the man, but he died on the stage.

Witnesses apparently described Isayev as “the most active participant in the contest” adding that he “ate all the types of pancakes on offer and won fairly.”

The exact cause of death is not clear but doctors believe he choked after a piece of pancake got lodged in his throat.

Tunisian woman pregnant with 12 babies

MOSCOW, August 18 (RIA Novosti) - A Tunisian woman in her thirties is set to break the world record for multiple births by giving birth to 12 babies later this month, regional media reported on Tuesday.

The Gulfnews website said the unnamed woman, an Arabic language teacher from Gafsa, to the southwest of Tunis, earlier had two miscarriages and underwent fertility treatment.

Doctors have warned that the chances of any of the duodecaplets surviving are very low. The woman says she expects to deliver the six boys and six girls through natural birth, but medics have warned that this would put her life at risk.

The website quoted the woman's husband as saying: "In the beginning, we thought that my wife would give birth to twins, but more fetuses were discovered. Our joy increased with the growing number."

There are no known instances of live births resulting from pregnancies of 10 babies or more.

Alarming Ring.

Ring is a vibrating alarm designed for people who hate the loud blaring sounds of a typical alarm. The charging cradle is where you set what time you want each ring to go off. The ring fits over the tip of your finger and when that opportune time arrives, it vibrates. Putting the ring back on the dock shuts off the alarm.

The benefits are two-fold. Its perfect for couples that wake up at different hours. Never again will you be disturbed from your precious sleep when the alarm goes off. Its a discrete sensation that only you feel. Another application is for the hearing impaired helping to improve their quality of life.

Designer: Meng Fandi

Priests go techno-savvy

The advancements in technology have not left even the religious places unaffected. A priest in Sector 11 temple has been making use of technology for matchmaking, naming newborns and various other purposes.

Gone are the days when calculations were made manually. Information about the impending events and their implication are available at the click of a mouse. The authors of this revolution, priests Mahadev Parsad Shukla and Sidhnath Tawari, are using laptops to make predictions. They have been doing everything on laptop with the help of almanac, like fixing marriage dates, naming newborn babies and so on, for the last nine months. Devotees are happy as well, as they are getting accurate and fair results.

Shukla, on a visit to London around a year ago, chanced upon this technology. He said, "I visited London twice. There I saw technology being made use of in places of worship. My devotee Avtar Singh gifted me a laptop. That is how it all started. The results have been more than encouraging."

Devotees from the Tricity visit the temple to seek advice of this techno-savvy priest.

He said that a large number of devotees seek consultation over the the phone.

"We use a Praser light software. Ours is the only temple where the technology is being used," he said.

Prasad is hopeful that the trend would catch up and more priests would adopt this technology. He said with changing times, it is important to update oneself regularly.