Wednesday, 13 August 2014

FACTS ABOUT MEN

1. Men like to barbecue. Men will cook if danger is involved.

2. If you buy your husband or boyfriend a video camera, for the first few weeks he has it, lock the door when you go to the bathroom. Most of their early films end with a scream and a flush.

3. Marrying a divorced man is ecologically responsible. In a world where there are more women than men, it pays to recycle.

4. Men are very confident people. They are so confident that when they watches sports on television, they think that if they concentrate they could help their team. If the team is in trouble, they coach the players from the living room.

5. Men like phones with lots of buttons. It makes them feel important.

6. Men love to be the first to read the newspaper in the morning. Not being the first is upsetting to their psyches.

7. The way a man looks at himself in a mirror will tell you if he can ever care about anyone else.

8. Don't try to teach men how to do anything in public. They can learn in private; in public they have to know.

9. Men love watches with multiple functions.

10. All men hate to hear "We need to talk about our relationship." These seven words strike fear in the heart of even General Schwarzkopf.

11. Men are sensitive in strange ways. If a man has built a fire and the last log does not burn, he will take it personally.

12. Men have higher body temperatures than women. If your heating goes out in winter, I recommend sleeping next to a man. Men are like portable heaters that snore.

13. Women take clothing much more seriously than men. I've never seen a man walk into a party and say "Oh, my God, I'm so embarrassed; get me out of here. There's another man wearing a black tuxedo."

14. Unfaithful men have lower IQs, according to a scientific study.

15. A survey found stated that men spend almost a year starring at women.

16. Half of all women who died from homicide were killed by their current or former husbands or partners.

17. Men lie 6 times a day, twice as often as women.

18. Men don't put your laptops on your laps when its hot, it may cause infertility.

19. In his lifetime, a man spend almost six months shaving.

20. Men with attractive wives report higher level of satisfaction with their marriage, study shows.

21. A 99-year-old man divorced his 96-year-old wife because of an affair she had in the 1940s.

22. smoking can lead to impotence in men.

23. Men were the first to wear heels around the 1600s. Women began wearing them to look more masculine.

 

EBOLA: CANADA OFFERS 1000 DOSE OF EXPERIMENTAL VACCINE TO AFRICA

The Canadian Public Health Agency has offered to release 1000 dose of a made-in-Canada experimental Ebola virus vaccine known as VSV-EBOV which has never been tested on humans but has shown to be effective in the treatment of the disease in animals.


In a statement released yesterday August 12th, the Canadian Health Minister Rona Ambrose said the World Health Organization's Director general, Margaret Chan, has approved of the donation.


The Minister also revealed that Canada will be donating $185,000 to the World Health Organization for the prevention and control of the deadly virus in Africa. Canada has only 1500 of the experimental vaccine and would be sending 1000 of it to Africa. Continue...





"I was pleased to offer the experimental vaccine developed by Canadian researchers as a global resource to help fight this outbreak," she said, adding that between 800 and 1,000 doses would be donated to the WHO.

The Minister in the statement added that "Canada feels this experimental vaccine is a global resource, so in response we are sharing it with the international community, while keeping a small supply in Canada."


The news comes hours after the World Health Organization said a panel of experts advised that it would be ethical to use untested drugs and vaccines in this raging epidemic, which is several times larger than any previous outbreak.

UTAH TEEN KILLED BY TRUCK WHILE SUNBATHING IN DRIVEWAY

 A 15-year-old Utah girl died after being run over by a pickup truck while she lay sunbathing in the driveway of their home, police said on Monday.


Marli Hamblin, a cheerleader from Syracuse, Utah, who had recently made her high school's squad, was listening to music through her headphones and likely did not notice when her older sister began to reverse the Chevrolet truck towards her, Syracuse police and the family's Facebook page said.

The sister told investigators that she did not spot her sibling as she backed out of the home's garage, police spokeswoman Erin Behm said. She is not being charged in the incident, which police have ruled accidental, Behm said.

Hamblin, who suffered brain damage, died in a local hospital on Sunday.

A Facebook page set up by the girl's family to raise funds for hospital bills, announced late on Sunday that Hamblin had died after being treated for head trauma.

"Our precious Marli is home with her heavenly father," a post on the page said. "Please continue prayers of comfort for this family during this time."

The page includes several photos of a smiling Hamblin, who was blonde and tan.

The girl's grandfather, Ron Hamblin, told local Fox news-affiliate that Hamblin's sister was emotionally distraught over the incident, but the family pushing was through.

"We've been very fortunate over the years to not have any tragic problems, and this is the first," Ron Hamblin said.

Syracuse is about 30 miles north of Salt Lake City.

WOMEN FACTS



#1. Every 90 seconds one woman dies of childbirth or pregnancy





#2. Women speak about 20,000 words a day. That's 13,000 more than the average man.


#3. The smell of newborn babies excites women in the same way an addict craving for drugs enjoys his fix, according to scientists



#4. Women in ancient Rome wore the sweat of Gladiators to improve their beauty and complexion.

#5. The average woman in the UK owns 19 pairs of shoes, but wears only 7.


#6. In Russia there are 9 million more women than men


#7. 40% of births in the US come from unmarried women


#8. Women spend nearly one year of their lives deciding what to wear.


#9. Women cry on average between 30 and 64 times a year, while men cry between 6 and 17 times.


#10. Men lie on an average of 6 times a day twice as much as women.


#11. The youngest girl to ever be divorced was 10 years old.


#12. Men were the first to wear high heels around the 1600s. Women began wearing them to look more masculine.
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#13. Isreal is the only country in the world to draft women into military service.


#14. Instead of chest pains,heart attacks in women have nausea, indigestion, and shoulder aches.


#15. 4% of the women in U.S are pregnant right now


#16. Women's heart beat quicker than men's.


#17. The woman who underwent the world's first successful womb transplant became pregnant in 2013.


#18. Women spend over 4 years [in total] of their lives menstruating.


#19. Women who snore during pregnancy are more likely to give birth to smaller babies, according to a study.


#20. some women can have genetic mutation which causes them to see millions of more colours.


#21. 30% of pregnant women crave for non-food items, an eating disorder called Pica.


#22. The most children born to one woman is 69. WOW!


#23. Women have more taste buds than men.

RICK ROSS: WALE, MEEK MILL BEEF WAS A MISUNDERSTANDING



Meek Mill's beef with Wale was a "misunderstanding" according to Rick Ross. In an interview withBullet, The Bawse spoke about the social media squabble between his two MMG artists and how he stepped in to resolve the situation.

Meek went at Wale first on Twitter, and Ross interjected immediately. "As soon as the tweets went out, I spoke to both them on the phone," said Rozay. "Those two guys, they're brothers. At the end of the day, they're brothers and it's time to turn up right now. It's time for all of us to turn up and stay turned up, you know what I mean? But it's all love between those two and everybody knows that."
It didn't take long for Ross to get through to them either. After Wale responded to Meek on Instagram, they both went silent on the subject. "That's why you seen whatever was said, the little brotherly jabs and then that was it," he pointed out. "That's all you're going to see."
Settling their difference was about reminding Wale and Meek that MMG is a family unit. "They're two real dudes, two successful dudes, and we all came from the same place", Ross continued. "When I first brought them on the the team, we all drove to our first video set together. It was just us three and I felt we all was at the bottom at the time. You know, Wale was in his new situation, Meek in his first situation, and me in my very first situation being a CEO, being a boss with my own label deal. So we all was on the same flow, and once we mention that, it's all good."
Now that the fight is behind them, MMG's concern is supporting Meek while he's behind bars. The 27-year-old Philly rapper was sentenced to three to six months late last week for probation violation.

UNTESTED DRUGS CAN BE USED TO TREAT EBOLA VIRUS, SAYS THE WHO


Ethical to use untested Ebola drugs, says WHO

The outbreak has killed over 1,000 people
Untested drugs can be used to treat patients infected with the Ebola virus, the World Health Organization says.

The WHO said it was ethical in light of the scale of the outbreak and high number of deaths - more than 1,000 people have died in West Africa.

The statement was made after its medical experts met in Switzerland on Monday to discuss the issue.

But officials have warned that there were very limited supplies of potential treatments.

Dr Marie-Paule Kieny from the WHO said that there has been "unanimous agreement" among experts

The WHO said that where experimental treatments are used there must be informed consent and the results of the treatment collected and shared.

In a statement, it said: "In the particular circumstances of this outbreak, and provided certain conditions are met, the panel reached consensus that it is ethical to offer unproven interventions with as yet unknown efficacy and adverse effects, as potential treatment or prevention."

But the organisation conceded that there were still a lot of questions to be answered including how data could be gathered effectively while the focus remained on providing good medical care.

It was also unclear where the funding for the treatment would come from.

Last week the WHO declared the Ebola outbreak was a global health emergency.


The move came as Liberia said it was getting an experimental drug, Zmapp, after requests to the US government.

But the WHO said there were only 12 doses.

Zmapp has been used on two US aid workers who have shown signs of improvement, although it is not certain what role the medication played in this.

A Roman Catholic priest, infected with Ebola in Liberia, who died after returning home to Spain is also thought to have been given the drug.

However, the drug has only been tested on monkeys and has not yet been evaluated for safety in humans.

What drugs exist currently ?
There a handful of drugs that have been shown to work well in animals.

One is Zmapp - the drug requested by the Liberian government. This contains a cocktail of antibodies that attack proteins on the surface of the virus.

Only one drug has moved onto early safety testing in humans. Known as TKM-Ebola this interrupts the genetic code of the virus and prevents it from making disease causing proteins.

The drug was trialled in healthy volunteers at the beginning of 2014 but the American medicines regulator asked for further safety information. The manufacturer says human studies may soon resume.

Another option would be to use serum from individuals who have survived the virus - this is a part of the blood that may contain particles able to neutralise the virus.

Vaccines to protect against acquiring the disease have also been shown to work in primates. American authorities are considering fast-tracking their development and say they could be in use in 2016. Trials are likely to start soon according to the WHO.

But experts warn ultimately the only way to be sure a drug or vaccine is effective is to see if it works in countries affected by Ebola.

There is no cure for Ebola, which has infected at least 1,779 people since the outbreak was first reported in Guinea in February.

'Hard place'
The Liberian government said it was aware of the risks associated with Zmapp, but the alternative was to allow many more people to die.

"The alternative for not testing this is death, a certain death," Information Minister Lewis Brown told the BBC.

"This is not even the rock and the hard place for us.

"We think those who have been infected should be given the chance to have that tested on them if they give their consent to do so.

"We know there may be risks associated with it," the minister added, "but choosing a risk and choosing dying I am sure many would prefer to see that risk happen".

Ebola's initial flu-like symptoms can lead to external haemorrhaging from areas like eyes and gums, and internal bleeding which can lead to organ failure. Patients have a better chance of survival if they receive early treatment.

Ebola virus disease (EVD)
Symptoms include high fever, bleeding and central nervous system damage
Fatality rate can reach 90% - but the current outbreak is about 55%
Incubation period is two to 21 days
There is no vaccine or cure
Supportive care such as rehydrating patients who have diarrhoea and vomiting can help recovery
Fruit bats are considered to be virus' natural host

                                                                                                                          -Source: BBC News