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Awww Bleep.. The village idiots are at it again.. And the general public have joined in this debacle of human sanity

These peeps don't even know the definition of political party

(CNN)With the exception of maybe a mosquito's mother, the world is unified in its hatred of the little critters. But the world seems divided by those the bugs ignore and those who too often become the blood soup du jour. This may seem random, but scientist say there is a real reason for it: blame your parents.

For the first time, scientists discovered a possible genetic reason why some of us are mosquito magnets, at least according to a pilot study from the London School of Hygiene &Tropical Medicine. It's published in the recent edition of PLOS ONE.

To figure this out, scientists released Aedes aegypti, also known as dengue mosquitoes, into a tube. The tube was divided into two sections. The bugs were essentially given a choice to swipe left or swipe right and fly down either side.

At the other end of the tube were a pair of twins. Eighteen identical and 19 nonidentical female twins volunteered to be mosquito meat. With these pairs, scientists saw a difference in who the bugs chose. When the twins were identical, the two would either be equally attractive or not attractive to the mosquitoes. When the twins were not identical, the choice varied. That, scientists say, suggests there is a genetic component to the mosquito law of attraction. Identical twins have identical genes. With fraternal twins, there are differences.

This gene that makes people more attractive might influence how someone smells to the insect.

This research builds on earlier studies that show a person's body odor may play a role in who gets bitten more. Earlier studies have found people with a particular type and volume of bacteria that naturally occurs on skin may make people more of a target. Same with people with Type O blood, which is linked to a particular odorant marker in sweat.

Pregnant women sweat more because pregnancy raises their average body temperature about 1.26 degrees, so they are bitten more often. The same has been shown with people who are heavier.


Knowing how this works will not keep you safe from the little buggers this summer, scientists need to do more research. But eventually, this may mean researchers could figure out a way to neutralize this particular odor, if that's what the mosquitoes like. This could mean fewer mosquito bites, and it may mean fewer cases of yellow fever and dengue since these particular bugs are often the carriers of these viruses.

In the meantime, Missy Henriksen from the National Pest Management Association suggests people wear the bug repellant that is on the market any time you go outside.

"We've gotten pretty good about sun screen, but people need to get better about protecting themselves against insects as well, since mosquitoes are more than just a nuisance. They carry disease."

Henriksen and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend using products that have one of four active ingredients. Check the label for DEET, picaridin, IR3535 and/or lemon eucalyptus and para-methane-diol products. These products are effective, and they are registered with the EPA (meaning the EPA believes the chemical will only hurt the mosquitoes not you).

Henriksen also suggests you may want to wear shirts with long sleeves and long pants if you can stand it in the heat of summer.

"Bugs (are less likely to) bite what they can't access," she said. And hopefully someday, bugs won't be able to suck what they can't smell.





http://edition.cnn.com/2015/05/07/health/mosquito-main-attraction/index.html

Lol. Your article started well at the topic.. The rest is crap... Dangote not being able to buy arsenal is actually for the exact opposite of the reasons you state.. Arsenal is making too much money.. It is the best run football club in the world.. The current major shareholders, kroenke and usmanov don't put a cent into running arsenal football club. Instead they collect bonuses.. The reason arsenal can't be bought by dangote is because the perceived value of the club by the current owners is probably 10 times whatever Dangote is estimating and almost as much as dangote is currently worth

"I will go on exile on the completion of my term in office if I didn't build the bridge by 2015"

Careful what you say. Might just come back and bite you in the ass

Would I ever in my life go to that kind of Doctor? Who has no compassion for human life.. How does he even do his job?

The better question is, why must women cover their hair if they are allowed to show cleavage

Lol. And yet nobody can prove that these so called 5000 ppl were APGA. nor can they prove that the 5000 "members" will play any part on the coming election.. I'm sure quit a few came just in case bags of rice start flying. Funny Nigerian politics

My very close female friend is an avid Madrid fan. She buys all the jerseys. Original jerseys o. With her own money. In fact if I want to know when Madrid is playing or the score for a game.. I just check her update. I love that about her. I think it's sexy sef. And it is one important thing among many others we have in common. Don't ever be scared to voice your interests. And no interests are gender specific. NONE. this is the modern world we live in.

Lol. People just love the battle of good versus evil. They take sides and One contestant can do no wrong. The other is an idiot and an evil genius simultaneously

We were in my home town house for Christmas and new year. My uncle had set up fireworks to light up the sky on new years Eve at the center of out family compound. The pyrotechnics went smoothly until one firework bent back at a 90 degree angle and headed towards the house. It flew just a few feet past my grandmother and into the kitchen (note the kitchen had 2 gas cylinders in it for Christmas cooking) where is exploded and light up the house like a Christmas tree. Luckily nothing caught fire. Needless to say that was the last time we every saw fireworks in the village again lol

Subsidy is basically being abolished by falling oil prices. Lol. I'm sure okonjo will be chuckling somewhere. You can #occupyNigeria over falling oil prices... "Only 5 naira to go and subsidy will no longer exist "

ichidodo:
[color=#1980BC] Oil marketers and filling station owners are takin the piss out of Nigerians...If subsidy reduces due to fall in oil price then Pms price should fall or at worse remain stable. [/color]

Not necessarily.. Subsidy funding which is paid to marketers by the government could fall and subsidy will be extinguished by next year. Subsidy per litre falling should lead to subsidy payment by government falling freeing up cash for development of other projects

Godfullsam:
Fuel subsidy has dropped to its lowest ebb and we still pay close to hundred naira per litre This adminitration is not only clueless but also dubious

Don't conclude yet.. I think the answer to your question will be revealed if fuel price keeps dropping. Once the landing price and selling price equalise there will be no need for subsidy and the government will have no leeway for corruption concerning subsidy matters simply because subsidy will no longer exist... Unless they change the selling price again to maintain a margin.. For now, I don't support that.

Letter to Jonathan,

Build it or adonbilivit

playboy19:
You'd be surprised to know you are talking to a 16 yr old, who wasn't even around during OBJ's era.

My brother, na true. Leave them jare.

Fact of the matter is, this man is singlehandedly responsible for most of the modern day Nigeria we see today. Be it bad history or good history, OBJ is indelibly woven into the fabric of Nigeria. I'm not a fan of OBJ from a political standpoint. But man to man , I stand in awe. Very few can achieve a thousandth of the things he achieved on a personal level. Even if you think he was the epitome of evil, it takes discipline and hardwork to reach the heights he has reached in so many different political environments.

LordCenturion:
Obasanjo and time.....his time has passed,but baba don't want to retire,,...old man still want to compete and dance SHOKI with our generation ...he forgot that Nigeria is not his property,even,his property doesn't belong to him ,cuz DEATH knocking......so,he need to write "MY WATCH 2" In other to confess his wrong doing b4 it's too late,because your past will still hunt u.

Young man, is there something wrong with you? We are just observing pictures from a historic figure in Nigerian history and you are coming to talk about issues which have nothing to do with this page. I'm sure you copy and paste these your daft thoughts anywhere you see the words "obasanjo".

But the same Cbn devalued the naira last week sha.

Maheeda was a gospel musician.....

Oh did we forget to mention the recent bikini party she hosted

This is not a new phenomenon, it is a major point conspiracy theorists use to argue the validity of the manned moon landings
Has been known for a while

Nigeria has the largest population in Africa, naturally it will have the highest number of everything human related. I'm tired of seeing these supposedly "shocking" statistics. Use your brain. Talk percentages.

I opened this link expecting one of those ready made picanto looking things every university does. This looks like it was actually built from scratch... I'm impressed. I'd like to look at the calculations and considerations uaed to build it tho. Hope there's a transmission. How did they decide on the suspension configuration etc. Did theyaactuallydo the aaerodynamics or just made it look like a fmla1 car?.. I want to see if it was actually bulit to race. Impressed so far sha.. Well done.

As for those talking about China students laughing etc. The important thing here is, what did they learn? Did tgey actually design a car or put stuff together to make it move? You can't condemn these guys until you look at the engineering design work tgat came along with it. That's where you can understand if they did a mechanic job or an engineering work. The manufacture will always be a bit shabby. This is Nigeria. Production is difficult. Cut them some slack on how it looks lol.

davitogreat: Right... So giving the funds to ghana, Rwanda and Uganda is so much better. Funny seeing the stupid comments in the thread.
I swear Nigerians can sometimes be some of the most stupid people you can ever come across. They think by by speaking ill of nigeria in every situation they are enlightened and forward thinking when Infact it's the opposite.

Nigeria has the fastest growing economy in Africa. USA funding Nigeria is like pouring water into a flowing well... It doesn't make a difference. If we can't fund our own security with our money it doesn't matter how much is given to us, it won't work out Bro

parrotibaba: dz is d f****g 4th of dec any airtel user subscribe 2day? And e d wrk? Honestly d 2gig no d do self tok mre of 260mb...i nid feed back abeg...afta all dia craqy netwrk

I did an auto renewal on my airtel 2gig bis unlimited plan 4th Dec evening by 8pm. It is working normally.

Lool

Bbm 4 android online

ebot64: I went to airtel office yesterday and ported my etisalat line to airtel. After receiving the "porting" confirmation sms that says "swap to the new operator SIM", I loaded #2000 in a bid to activate my BIS. Both SMS and USSD code methods of airtel BIS subscription failed with some error messages. I also noticed that I cannot recieve calls through the line but can make calls. I have called CC and he said its a general problem they are working on. What a porting experiience!!!!! I so hope they resolve this soon.

Boss how far? Have they fixed it?

dlex21: just downloaded dis so called kik...nufin special abt it @ all...boring i must say compared to bbm

Thank you brother

ozaro: What does not being able to launch ur app without it leaking have to do with treating android users like dogs...... That doesn't even make sense. To me at least

Leave them. Please let's be objective about this. The point is that if you look at the two apps, BBM is better at d moment by far. It doesn't matter if they have been killing new born babies to fuel their servers or treating ppl like dogs etc. Just look at the apps and be objective. BBM is a better app. Nobody is talking about d companies. We are talking about d apps.

samieiyke:
Quote one person that said kik is better than bbm.

Have u used KIK on an android device? Or u just downloaded in on a BB? Am guessing you did. Try it on android or iPhone, u'll understand.

Ermm. It's android I'm using it on boss. Galaxy s3. Nothing special about it compared to BBM.
The kik support team thing is cool sha but that's about it lol

I've installed d kik. It's just a simple messenger. The only added feature is delivered and read messages. And yet ppl are saying kik better than bbm smh. No group chat, no status update. Nothing

The only ppl who believe this thing is better than bbm haven't used bbm to its full potential

Finally sha, fact is, this is not an 'either or' situation. One can have both on their phones. But if I had to give some1 either my number or pin strictly for chatting, na pin i go give