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Kissing frogs could prevent theflu: study

Kissing a frog may not get you a prince — but it could help ward off the flu.

A compound found in the protective slime coating of Indian frogs has cured mice of fatal doses of the flu, and could potentially be turned into a remedy for people, a new study by Emory University researchers found.
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The amphibian’s mucus contains a peptide called urumin that targets H1 flu viruses, according to the findings published Tuesday in the journal Immunity.

H1 is one of the many subtypes of the influenza A virus, one of three strains that affect humans.

Researchers collected slime from 15 of the tennis- ball-sized frogs, a pecies discovered in southern India just two years ago, and found that urumin was nontoxic to human cells.

Flu subtypes H1 and H3 are currently circulating in the world, according to the World Health Organization.

Frogs naturally secrete slime to help protect them from bacteria and fungi.
https://acjgist..com/2017/04/kissing-frogs-could-prevent-theflu-study.html?m=1

Killed for their bones

On the trail of the trade in human body parts


In Malawi, people with albinism are being killed and their bodies harvested; children and adults hacked to death with machetes and kitchen knives. More than 115 people have been attacked in the past two years, at least 20, fatally. Those who have survived have been left with deep physical and psychological scars, and remain fearful that those who hunt them will return.
But why is this happening? Ask and most people will talk about an elusive market for these body parts, people who are prepared to pay large sums of money for them and witch doctors who use them in potions to cure everything from disease to bad luck. But few seem to know where this trade actually takes place or to be able to point to an instance of money changing hands.
So, does this market of human body parts really exist, or is it a myth that is driving murder? We went in search of the market and found a toxic mix of witchcraft, poverty and desperation.
Here are the stories of the victims, the survivors and the perpetrators.
1 The Victims
David’s story
Village of Nambilikira, Dedza district, eastern Malawi
It was a Sunday in April 2016. A warm, dry day. Seventeen-year-old David Fletcher was being moody and withdrawn. He wanted to watch a football match at the local school instead of helping his family gather maize in the fields. His parents eventually relented and let him go.
When he didn’t return later that day, they searched the village, but couldn’t find David.
The next day, they walked to the nearest police station to report him missing. Then they waited.
A week later, the local police chief came to their home to deliver the news: David’s dismembered body had been found, 80km away, in neighbouring Mozambique. It was badly decomposed, he told them. It couldn’t be brought to the village for burial, but he could bring the arms and legs, if they wished. And if the family could afford the journey, they could visit it where it was found.
“He was dead. What benefit was there to see his dead body?” Fletcher Machinjiri, David’s 65-year-old father, asks, dismissively. “It was too expensive for us.”
Fletcher is sitting outside his house. His 53-year-old wife, Namvaleni Lokechi, sits beside him. Her face is expressionless. Their 32-year-old daughter Mudelanji and 21-year-old son Manchinjiri sit on the hard earth a few metres away. They listen as though it is the first time they have heard the story.
“He was killed like a goat at a market,” Lokechi says, staring into the distance. “His arms and legs had been chopped off. They broke off some of his bones. His skin was hanging. And they buried him in a shallow grave.”
She makes chopping motions with her hands as she speaks.
“We cry every day,” Fletcher says. “To us, he was a ray of hope. We believed in his future. We thought he would lift our hand because he was good at school.”
“We still battle to eat without him.”
‘A war against people with albinism’
Born in 1999, David was the fourth of five siblings - and the only one to have been born with albinism.
“I wasn’t surprised when he was born,” David's mother says softly. “I was more than happy with his complexion.”
Her tiny frame stiffens when she talks about her son.
She had an aunt in Blantyre with the same congenital disorder that results in a partial absence of pigmentation in the skin, hair and eyes, she explains.
“I’ve always felt that this group of people were lucky in life,” she says slowly.
David was a star pupil at the local school in the neighbouring village of Kachule.
His teacher, Clement Gweza, recalls feeling mildly concerned when he didn’t turn up for school that Monday.
“I thought maybe there were no groceries at home, or maybe he was unwell,” Clement says, sitting inside his empty classroom. “But the second day [he didn’t turn up] … then I got worried.”
When he learned what had happened to David, he says, he was shocked. “It meant I was next,” he says, placing his hands on his chest.
So, too, does 14-year-old Latida Macho, another pupil at the school. She is one of five siblings with the condition. After David’s murder, her family refused to send her to school for three weeks.
“If this is war against people with albinism, then it means I’m second in line,” Clement reflects.
He says he knew that people with albinism were being murdered, but “for it to happen in the district, but also in my class, it was unreal”.
Within days, two men were arrested for the murder.
Both Malawians, they were tried in a district court in May 2016 and sentenced to 25 years in prison for conspiracy to commit a crime and abduction.
David’s family say they heard about the arrests and subsequent trial only from the media. And that they are bitterly disappointed with the outcome.
“The accused persons should be killed as well,” Fletcher says, pointing to the floor. “The child was brutally killed, hence they must equally be killed brutally.”

For the stories of the others: https://acjgist..com/2017/04/killed-for-their-bones.html?m=1

BECAUSE YOU ARE A HAUSA AND LIKE YOU THEY CANT CONSTRUCT A SIMPLE SENTENCE YET THEY CLAIM THEY ARE MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE THAN EVERYONE.
2. THEY DO THINGS THAT MAKES PEOPLE HATE THEM
IT IS ONLY HAUSA THAT WILL FIGHT ANOTHER MAN IN HIS LAND, CHECK OUT LAGOS, IFE, PLATEAU ETC ETC.
AM EVEN SURPRISED THAT YOU ARE NOT HATING YOUR PEOPLE FOR ALL THEIR EVIL

WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO THE DOLLAR

Those hoarding Dollars to sell at higher prices, the time to sell it is now.

The main reason why the value of Dollar skyrocketed against the Naira of recent is not far from some of the policy the government of the day made to force down it price. Unfortunately, that reverse happened. Before we go into the magic of the V.P that forced down the value of the dollar, let first discuss

the wrong things kept that kept reducing the value of the Naira. They include but not limited to the following:

SELLING OF DOLLAR TO THOSE THE GOVERNMENT DEEMED FIT

The sale of the Dollar to those the government deemed fit, such as those going for pilgrimage, manufacturers, traditional rulers etc. and stopping the sell to student, those going for medical trip abroad, and shopping compounded the matter the problem of the Naira. This will make those in need of Dollar have nowhere to turn but the black market and the pressure on the black market will increase the price.

FORCING BLACK MARKETERS TO SALE AT GOVERNMENT APPROVED PRICES

This temporarily reduced the price and the after effect is what we see today. Many of the marketers left their shops calling the interested buyers to meet them in other locations to make transaction. Customers that couldn’t locate those involved in such sales had to buy from anybody that had it. Thus the price was determined by how desperate the buyers where. This distorted the market to an unimaginable extent.

CORRUPT POLITICIANS AND CIVIL SERVANTS

Many corrupt politicians and civil servants that stole large amount of money during their time of active service, especially naira, saw the need to withdraw them from the banks after Buhari won the election out of fear. This was compounded by the introduction of the BVN. The best way to save the money they stole was in Dollars. This is because the Dollar will occupy less space compared to the naira. Hundred Dollars (1 piece) is equal to forty-six thousand Naira (46 pieces). So a politician that stole so much in Naira will withdraw them from the banks and buy Dollars from the black market for storing in their houses. This trend alone is what was suffocating the Naira.

CORRUPT BANK OFFICIAL

It will surprise you to hear that just as fuel stations prefer the sales of fuel to black marketers so also the banks prefer the sales of Dollars to black marketers. The reason is simple; the black marketers are ready to buy higher than the official rate but the banks customers may not. That was why the CBN at a point asked the banks to start submitting the reports of their forex because they had lots of sharp practices that mouth can’t tell.

Secondly you will be surprised to hear banks helps politicians in money laundering and it is done in foreign currencies. So the foreign currencies that are supposed to be sold to the ordering person on the streets and let say… black marketers are sold to the politicians who give the bankers handsome cuts. The ordinary man has nowhere to turn but the black market and the black market may not have enough to grapple with demands which will increase the pressure and price and price of the Dollar.

MOST NIGERIANS PREFER FOREIGN GOODS

Most Nigerians don’t want to be seen as locals because they consumed local goods and others don’t trust the Nigerian brand. These range from the common man on the street through celebrities to those in power. They prefer to shop abroad, holiday abroad and go for medical vacation abroad. Don’t ask me what the president went to London to do? The value of the Dollar will continue to increase because of this.

HOARDING THE DOLLAR

Just the way we hoard beans, rice, yam and palm oil for upwards of six months before selling, people prefers to hoard the Dollar. This is because you may not need to keep them for six months before you sell them to make good profit. Secondly, they don’t occupy much space as compared to the other commodities or goods that are hoarded. Good business don’t you think? To make the matter worse many of the individuals involved prefers to buy than sell, so they mop any available Dollars in the market. They are even willing to buy at higher prices, in as much as the price will catch-up and overtake the price they bought. That is why the government keep struggling every day to meet up with the demands. But I have a disappointing news for them. Continue reading.

What was the magic of the V.P that changed everything?

No magic but the following:

ORDERING BANKS TO SELL TO PEOPLE WITH ESSENTIAL NEED.

The VP ordered banks to start selling the Dollar to student and others that needs it for essential things abroad which was contrary to the military attempt aimed at forcing the market to comply with his stipulated price. Although this will put a lot of pressure on the government to supply the quantity needed by the banks. May be the recovered loots sorted that out, I wouldn’t know. But with banks complying to sell at the government approved prices, visits to the black market will reduce, so also will the pressure of demands (nobody will want to buy higher in the black market when banks sell lower). This will bring the price of Dollar down. This reason resulted to the next

PANIC SALES

The first reason resulted to people selling the Dollar they hoarded in panic and they are even willing to sell at lower prices so they won’t lose their customers to the bankers. Everybody wants to sell thus increasing the supply, and the demands reducing which will also force down the price the more.

Majority of us must have figured out the above arguments but what you may not know is the next reason.

THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT WANT THE VALUE OF THE DOLLAR DOWN.

America government sees Russia as rivals but not as they see the Chinese. China is not only a threat to America in population, but also in economy and technology. Our main stay is the economy. The cheap labour that resulted in the cheap prices of goods from China is a major thing of concern to the American government. That was why Trump the American warned of the overvalue of the Dollar which subsequently forced down it value.

TOKYO -- The Dollar fell against the yen Wednesday morning in Tokyo, following warnings from U.S. President-elect Donald Trump that the greenback is too strong against the Chinese yuan, hurting the competitiveness of American companies.

This is to tell you that the VP is trying but the above news contributed greatly to what we see today.

Although it is possible that his God favors him because he is a pastor which resulted to the above. If he fails despite he claims he is a servant of God, then we are in for trouble.

CONCLUSION

If the American government are interested in seen the value of their currency fall so that their industries can compete with the Chinese industries, then the Naira sure has better days ahead. If the panic sales also continue as expected, then the best time to sale the Dollar you hoarded so far is now.

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If that man dies North will revolt, because they will see it as 2/0

Which is the correct answer:
(a) It belongs to Fulani herds men
(b) it falls between Amaechi and Wike
(c) Christians are set for vengeance on the Fulani and a showdown with the government of the day
(d) CAN ordered it
(e) Top most Islamic body ordered for it
(F) for Bokoharam
(g) for February 5th protest
make sure your answer is backed with a tangible reason

Make una no arm and defend una self, stay there dey wait for God and international community.
What happened to the southern Kaduna people that defended themselves during the Zango Kataf crises? Maybe they are busy dancing to Davido, Tecno etc instead of learning from history.
They better wake up or else i will just stay here to wish the rest of them still alive, happy death day on Christmass day

MENELIK1:
1. Your son got a muslim girl pregnant means you are irresponsible as a father and a bad example to Christendom
2. Your pig defeacated on the praying mat of a neighbour means you are as dirty as your pig
Conclusion: go to the normal law court and face the music. Regards

You dont get the picture, do you?
What the question brings to the fore is, what court will preside over a case in a multiethnic and mutltireligious country like Nigeria without been bias?
Worst still what will become of the civil court when most of tag most civil offences to religion?



Premature minds stay off

Thats fine, but my son got a muslim girl pregnant, they dont want abortion, they want him dead or converted to Islam. Or my pig defeacated on the praying mat of my neighbour who is a muslim and they want it dead which court are we to go, Christain court or Sharia whose judgement has never been in favor of christains?


OYA Discussszsion begin

What has Nigeria or it government to do with them? Why are you specific on delta state cause the Lebanese are all over Nigeria?
How does the liberation of Palestine or destruction of Isreal improve the economy of Nigeria?
I think we have too many problems in this country that needs tackling than taking panadol for another countries headache who may not know you are in existence.
If you want to save Palestine, start saving you transport so that you can go and help them fight Isreal may be you can win Palestinian national honor and you tell me how that puts food on your old mother or fathers table

Thats what happens when a clueless president put a clueless man in place to run affairs.
In same light you will ask yourself if its fullisnesss or ignorance that Gigawa state goverment will budget for many mosque when there are no standard hospitals and beggars are scattered all over the street

Coming up with same thing that others does wouldn't bring them to life but creating an application found only in BlackBerry that is the darling of all. Because Facebook has conspired with Google to send them packing, that they must understand.
There downfall started when they made BBM available for Android and not all android apps where available for BlackBerry

How I wish other Arabians and Muslims all over the world especially in Nigeria can think like those in dubai just for a day the world would have have been a better place.

The only reason they talk is because there is no money from the president. Give them money and they will go into hiding.

Conscience dies where money rules. Don't ask me where cos you already know

Setting up security for the herdsmen before their arrival because they will definitely offend their host community and need protection because they won't agree to remain in the ranches.


Fammers oooo sell your hoes and buy guns oooo because BUHARI brothers are coming to kill and rape oooo. I don tell you. He give them security self

Say that to the man whose wife was killed in kano. I know igbo are wise but this days I can't beat my chest on that. Their leaders are all sell-out. I tell you if a southern president makes this lopsided appointment he would have several visits from Northern leaders but none amongst them have guts to talk to the president only to go and listen to an obvious deception by an emir who led the killers of an igbo copper some years back.
IPOB members and sympathisers blame your leaders for your failures. Although I do not support the biafra idea sha

If BUHARI northern agenda doesn't break this country nothing else will. The protest is just from the police others will soon join.

Kwankwaso the Messiah of the Muslims law breakers in Nigeria, another one Don break law again, it is time to shine again so that they can vote u in as president in the next election.
But wait, they killed one for talking in kano, killed another for preaching I wonder what they would kill the next for.
But if they are wise they should know you can't suppress Christianity by shedding blood it makes it stronger. In fact expect more Muslims to change to Christian in the nearest future.

the free or zero Facebook with airtel doesn't work how sure are we that this would?

'Federal government own every land in Nigeria an they are the only one with right to violence.' that is nonsense.
he should go and said that to the militants in the creeks and he will know that Nigerian constitution has limitations.
I will live to see go defend the statement in the various stages of the country.
And this really points to the emirs that wants to take over our lands, sokoto and Kano. it points to the fact that beyond their interest in the health of their cattle they have sinister plans. as far as Saudi that is their role model will thread a path an they will do the opposite.

This man won spoil market for glo and empty henoooo. who send an now?


my Igbo guys start thinking of how you will fetch some data and sell to your comrades.

I dey here dey wait

If the reprisals and blood shed is no longer to the favour of the north he would reconsider his stand.
They will do anything to keep Nigeria together in as much as the oil is in the south and the northerners keep killing the people in the south without revenge and most importantly if they remain in power.
if they don't have access to the presidency for 16 years just the way the northern soldiers riled Nigeria all the while the story would change.

dake40:
.....Do not ask me for ANTI VIRUS licence key. If you need that, PM me..... Let the game begin.

What you MUST provide.

The software name and Version.

pls I will need the code and license for style writer 4.
thanks in advance

Oh! all the good and the bad old people are dying. They have being saying we are the leaders of tomorrow and we have been waiting enough. I think the tomorrow is gradually coming into view. happy dead say to all the bad once.
make una no say na me they kill them oh may be na just nemesis.

pls don't poison the water and harm the fishes, just use pepper on the grasses and it will give you maximum result.

If I were the one I will ask for more. No one should talk about his age or colour but performance. that is the only thing that counts. what are the entitlement of the people of his class with such goals and influence?
Let's leave emotions out of these. He will be the first they throw out if he is under performing so forget all of that.
The whites have made so much from us without apologies, yet they leave us with the impression they are helping us.
guy make as much as you could and help your family before they declare you rustics.
you can see that they don't like him already by not celebrating him when hour scores.

I need for style writer 4

THE PEOPLE IN MY VILLA USED PEPPER TO CHASE THERE COWS ONCE. IF THE COWS INHALE PEPPER THEY GO OUT OF CONTROL. SO IF THEY LOVE THERE COWS THEY WILL STAY AWAY

Iran will be laughing because their major enemy is almost on it knee. I believe they will throw a party when they hear their is protest in Saudi from the citizens.
I believe Iran will do everything possible to strangulate Saudi so that they will become the major voice in their region.
I am waiting and watching to see what Saudi will do next, may be they will increase the price and cost of hajj, to make all the nations that still believe they are holy land pay to keep their economy afloat.

This is not kwarraptian because he is from the north and an APC member.
Am waiting for the language by which the party would shield him.
But my question is that why is the US coming out now. Hope it us not a ploy to cause confusion in the country.

It's not winning but handling the pressure of the office that we should concern our selves with, Helen Johnson of Liberia understand better.
She should pray the men that lost won't frustrate her in the office

Lol a criminal brought a saint to office. I am waiting and watching in 4d to see if the Saint can have the guts to leave the criminal out there in the dry.