Indian Web Sites Go With the Flow

Indian Web Sites Go With the Flow
(CNN)

Firms in India are now turning to the ancient philosophies of vaastu shastra and Chinese feng shui, used for centuries to bring balance and harmony between man and the environment, in a bid to boost their businesses through “balanced” Web pages.

Believers in vaastu shastra say the Indian science, which seeks to create harmony between nature’s five elements—earth, fire, water, air and space—man and objects, can be directly applied to the Web, just as it is to home design.

Welcome to Web −2.0.

I’ll Have What She’s Having

I’ll Have What She’s Having
(Sydney Morning Herald)

Rather, her fortuitous discovery—that the high doses of fish oil she took in preparation for pregnancy and the Kegel exercises she practiced afterwards to restore lost vaginal muscle strength led her to easily achieve vaginal orgasm—was simply an unexpected boon.

“I noticed that something was different,” Lindberg says over the phone from her Boston home.

That’s an understatement. When the computer programmer had fine-tuned her recipe (see breakout), she claimed a whopping personal best of 52 vaginal orgasms in one session.

“It gives a certain confidence to a woman,” she says. “Now when I walk around, I get noticed.”

Guess I’d walk funny too, after a few dozen.

Company Sells “Islamic Jeans” Made For Praying Muslims

Company Sells “Islamic Jeans” Made For Praying Muslims
(Local 6)

The Italian company, based in the city of Udine, has been marketing the trousers as “the jeans of choice for Islam,” according to the Al Quds Web site.

Al Quds Jeans, manufactured in Pakistan, are baggy and have a high waist to allow freedom of movement during the repeated kneeling for Islamic worship.

Be sure to color-coordinate with these.

Chicken and Egg Question Answered

Chicken and Egg Question Answered
(Guardian)

It is a question that has vexed philosophers since the Greeks. But it seems we may now have the answer to the beguilingly simple question: “Which came first?” It’s the egg.

This reassuring conclusion was the work of an expert panel including a philosopher, geneticist and chicken farmer.

Huh? This was such a conundrum? Even Cecil answered this 22 years ago.

Feared Saudi Religious Police Reined In

Feared Saudi Religious Police Reined In
(Yahoo News)

The Interior Ministry said it is taking measures to restrict the powers of the agency that runs the religious police, a force resented by many Saudis for interfering in their personal lives.

[…]

The morality squad has long enjoyed wide and unchallenged powers. Its members roam public places, such as malls, markets and universities, looking for such infractions as unrelated men and women mingling in public, men skipping the five daily prayers and women with strands of hair showing from under their veil.

They’ve scolded salesmen for dressing elegantly, waiters for serving food with a smile and young women for carrying pictures of heartthrobs, such as actor Leonardo di Caprio.

Sex Theme Park to Open in London

Sex Theme Park to Open in London
(BBC)

The theme park will include life-sized silicone-made models which visitors can touch to discover erogenous zones.

People will also be able to build their ideal partner from a series of body parts and there will be instructions on how best to kiss and how to talk more sexily.

Not related: No Sex Please: We’re British

Exercise a Challenge for Saudi Women

Exercise a Challenge for Saudi Women
(Yahoo News)

At a clinic that treats obesity-related diseases, a booklet left by a writer named Muhammad al-Habdan, warned that if girls' schools began P.E., Saudi girls would have to change into workout gear—and good girls should not disrobe outside their homes. Changing in a locker room might cause them to lose the shyness that is the hallmark of good morals, the booklet warned.

It went on to say that the girls might become attracted to each other after seeing their classmates in tight leotards and tops.

I have not the words.