A group of teenagers competing in the UK’s TeenTech Awards have created a condom that glows in the presence of sexually transmitted infections, or STIs. The condom also changes colour depending on the infection, informing you of any red-alert situations in your pants.
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STI testing is kind of like going to the MOT garage: everyone has to from time to time, no one really wants to. This presents a conundrum — no one wants a STI, but no one wants to get tested for them, either, so we elect to use condoms to mitigate the risks of contracting one. But what if the condom itself could also perform the testing function? That’s the idea behind the S.T.EYE, a condom developed by teenagers that glows when exposed to STIs.

Using a chemical on the surface that reacts to the bacteria and viruses associated with certain STIs, the condoms take on a fluorescent glow when it comes into contact with disease. The colour also changes depending on the infection: It glows yellow for herpes, green for chlamydia, blue for syphilis and purple for HPV.

“We wanted to create something that makes detecting harmful STIs safer than ever before, so that people can take immediate action in the privacy of their own homes without the invasive procedures at the doctors,” 14-year-old Daanyaal Ali, one of the S.T.EYE’s creators, told The Daily Mail. The condom was the winning entry in the health category of the TeenTech Awards, a competition that challenges teenagers to develop tech that makes life “better, simpler or easier.”

The condoms are kind of a double-edged sword. In theory, anything that makes sexually active people more aware of their risk of spreading or contracting an STI is a positive development. And, as the creators indicated, not only do users not have to rely on annual exams to learn if they’re healthy, but they don’t have to endure the embarrassment of going to the doctor when they have something wrong down there. Not immediately, at least — after all, the condom can’t treat or even professionally diagnose an STI.

On the other hand, the idea of implementing this in the real world is insane. Imagine the horror on both of your faces when you withdraw your johnson and it’s glowing bright blue - what do you say in that situation? Most importantly, it puts all of the onus and embarrassment on the woman, because the STI-detection only works on the condom’s outer surface.

More than anything, does anyone actually need this? Sure, nothing is completely fail-safe and it would behoove anyone to get tested after sleeping with a partner with a known STI, condom or not. But, isn’t that what regular old condoms are for? Instead of a condom that acts like Bilbo Baggins’ glowing sword in the presence of pathogens, maybe we instead focus on teaching people how to properly use protection and get tested regularly.

http://uk.askmen.com/news/sports/teenagers-create-condoms-that-glow-when-exposed-to-stis.html

Lol, done that several times.

The headline sha!

Good one ini, GEJ all the way!

I fell in love with a weirdo because I was drunk.

Location!

How much, and can one pay instalmentally!

I intend leaving on mon, because I want to pick up my call up letter tomorrow. What did you study?

Attended igbinedion universty, studied economics and development studies, waiting for your reply @payke

Posted to imo state too, reside in lag!

Hey wats up?

CyberG:

No relationship for a disrespectful guest. If you cannot live by our laws and leadership that we trust, please go quickly and never come back!

So you mean to tell me that the laws of a state supersedes the laws of the federal republic of Nigeria?

@ bushwailo
Am not talking about the governors ineptitude here, am talking about the point the writer ( john ) made. My own inquiry is what is this Nigeria that our fathers fought to keep one? The plan of one Nigeria seems loaded with promise. I personally love the idea of a vast and energetic multi- tribal nation interfusing all the zones in our nation. I feel. Nigerians outght to have the right to exist in any fraction of the country inrrespective of their condition.

A bundle of convincing points made by the critic.

I make this note strictly in response to my brother Kelechi Eme's post on his wall alleging bandwagon driven condemnation of the repeated "deportation" of some Nigerians from Lagos State to Anambra State. What caught my interest was his opening lines which I wish to repeat in his words:

"I hate joining the bandwagon without interrogating issues. I have read so many things about the reported "deportation" of Nigerians into Anambra state. I decided to hold my peace until I hear the other side. Now this is what Senator Ngige wrote to Aka Ijenga:"-Kelechi Jeff Eme

My primary issue with that opening paragraph is that it suggests that whatever Ngige said is to be believed without further review and Ngige is more credible than Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State who wrote a formal petition to the President on this unhealthy development.

Ordinarily I would have preferred to avoid a public review of Senator Ngige's stance, utterances, actions and inactions because of a personal reason.

Two days after this story broke online, I made a post at Igboville (a closed Igbo group) demanding that Senator Ngige speak up on this issue. My call was premised principally on the fact that the Fashola led Lagos State Government is of ACN and Senator Ngige is the only Igbo/Anambra State born Senator of CAN. For all intents and purposes, he is also the most high profile Igbo man in that party. One will therefore expect that with his high profile presence and contributions to the party he should have a say one way or another when an issue like this is to be decided. After all, we are being wooed to vote ACN because "our son Ngige" whom we love is a member.

Whenever ACN leaders show up in the East, they showcase Ngige as one of us who is one of them.

From what I now know, I wasn't the only person who wanted Ngige to speak up. An Igbo group, Aka Ikenga, must have been thinking in same direction, independently, and also requested Ngige to speak up. The message posted by Kelechi represents Ngige's response to Aka Ikenga and possibly also to lesser mortals like me. Since the Senator's response is now very public, I hope I to also review it publicly.

I will try and restrict myself to the content of Ngige's response vis-à-vis Fashola's defence and Governor Obi's petition. This is not an enquiry on the character of Ngige or the number of legislation he sponsored as a senator. It is not even a journey into his pattern of voting at the national assembly, to determine how many votes he has cast in support of any Igbo/Anambra issue vis-à-vis the votes he has cast in support of ACN positions and agenda. Let those who voted him as Senator carry out such reviews as expected. As far as I am concerned, it also matters little that he has ambition to govern Anambra (not Lagos State) from next year. Anambra people decided in 2010 that Peter Obi was more credible than Chris Ngige and voted to reflect that. If they decide in November that among the current aspirants that includes the number one son of Igboland, Chukwuma Soludo, he is the best for them, I won't argue.

Permit me to itemize my review of the situation to enable us see things in "high definition".

1. Every Nigerian has a constitutionally guaranteed right to live anywhere in Federal Nigeria. It doesn't matter if he is well, sick, destitute, poor or mad.

2. States, including Lagos state, receive revenue from the Federal Government purse on the basis of how many Nigerians that live in their state. Not on the basis of how many Nigerians are from their state. I know for a fact that during the last census exercise Lagos state Government mounted a serious media campaign tinged with blackmail to demand that non-indigenes, especially Ndigbo, do not leave for their state of origin to be counted. They were even threatened with loss of properties and social services if they travel to their states to be counted. No exception was made for "destitute, street traders, beggars etc". I challenge anyone here or in Lagos state government to come out openly and state that Lagos state government asked destitute etc to return to their "families" or "state of origin" then. Let me also know if Obi and other SE governors received letters then from Fashola to come and retrieve their "destitute" to be counted in the east.

3. To date, NPC and the federal government blatantly refused to include state of origin in the census data form. The excuse continues to be that any Nigerian based anywhere in Nigeria should/will receive equal and non-discriminatory treatment with others. Our policy makers believe that an Anambra man in Sokoto will receive social services from Sokoto as long as he is a Nigerian citizen. But from the feelers emerging from Lagos, we were all living in deceit. If an Igbo man dies in Lagos, Fashola will deport his dead body to the east for burial to free up space at the cemetery for "real Lagosians" to be buried. (This should be an eye opener for those ala wu otu Igbos who will happily tell you "I am omo eko, though my parents said they are from Anambra". If you are declared destitute by Fashola, you will be deported to your parent's state. And if you die in Lagos, your dead body will return. Ntooooo!)

4. The huge money allocated to Lagos state from the Federal purse on the basis of population assume that the state have more people (including "destitute, beggars, mad people etc" to take care of. I challenge Lagos state government to dispute this fact. After all, apart from it's high population, Lagos won't have any basis to receive more revenue than Anambra or Kaduna. The other allocation sub-heads like VAT and derivation are strictly on the basis of "earn as you contribute". Lagos does not produce one liter of crude oil as at today. Forget the politics of "newly discovered oil in Lagos". It sounds same as newly discovered oil in "Sokoto and Lake Chad basin". All na voice mail to our GDP as at today.

5. I am not aware of destitutes of Ogun, Ondo, Oyo and Osun origin that were "deported" back to their "families and state of origin". Are we now saying that those states don't have "beggars, destitute and rehabilitated citizens" in Lagos? Praise the Lord if so. But like Obasanjo said, I dey laff oooooooooooooooo.

6. We were told that among the 67 deportees only 14 were from Anambra State. At least Senator Ngige said so. If that is true, permit me to ask, what is the basis of dumping all 67 in Anambra? Is that where their families are? Or is Anambra now the capital of Igbo land? Isn't the message clearly that of "they are your people, take care of them"? Doesn't that sound like ethnic cleansing to my brother Kelechi and our erudite Senator Ngige? So Fashola wrote Obi and told him he was sending all "Igbo destitute" from Imo, Anambra, Abia, Ebonyi and Enugu to him to take care since they have blood relationship with him? Or don't those states have governors that can be written or even compelled to receive their deportees? Am I the only one reading tribal sentiments into this whole rubbish? And yet Onwa Chris Ngige saw nothing wrong? Odikwa egwu o.

7. We all know that the first deportation happened in September. Do we have records of those affected being happily reunited with their families for "further rehabilitation" as stated by Onwa Ngige and Fashola? Who will give account of their whereabouts? Some of my people are already suspecting they were among the bodies that floated out of Ezu River. Who will should we ask? Fashola, Ngige or their phantom families? Unu nakwa echeki o!

8. Senator Ngige told Aka Ikenga members that "the Lagos State Governor disclosed that contrary to claims, the issue in question has nothing to do with deportation, but a Social Welfare Intervention, involving several homeless destitutes and other psychiatric cases roaming the streets and some living under the bridges in Lagos. These people were taken in and treated and cared for by the Lagos State Government free of charge and thereafter needed to be reintegrated with their families. After this rehabilitation the affected people disclosed their true identities and the disclosure revealed that 14 of them were from Anambra State. For the purpose of reintegration with their kith and kin back home( most of them had nobody in Lagos) and for further social support and care".

The Lagos state commisoner of Police whose men carried out this ilegal deportation and deposited the victims at Onitsha head bridge by 3am in the morning also corroborated the official lines when he said that the state govt “revived and reformed them, they indicated their interest of going back to their home town to be resettled. That was what happened. There was not any deportation.”

9. My question is to ask who are the family members that received the reformed people? Is Onitsha head bridge anyone's home town? Has Senator Ngige performed his duty of care to his people by simply identifying and visiting the deportees to check their state of health and welfare? What "further social support and care" did Senator Ngige provide for his people?

Why was it convinient for Ngige to accept what he was told by the govt of Lagos state without further verification even when his state governor is complaining about the implication of the actions? Does he see himself as Senator representing Lagos or Anambra?

10. What if Anambra decides to retaliate, as is being rumored? Will anyone remember that Lagos provoked the retaliation? Will any South West senator defend Anambra's right to deport "homeless destitute and psychiatric patients" from Lagos and the South West and dumping them at Lagos toll gate in the middle of the night? Will it be accepted by same people defending Fashola?

11. Who amongst us here will defend UK's right to deport all Nigerians who have no job or home in UK? If you won't defend it, why are you defending the rubbish from Lagos?

12. I personally do not live in my state of origin. I pay taxes, including personal income tax, to the govt of my host state. If I become a "destitute" tomorrow, will it be right for me to be deported and made the burden of my home state that I have never paid kobo to in taxes? Or will my current host state refund all the taxes I paid to them to my home state? Better still, will I be wrong to now channel my personal income tax to my home state knowing that in Fashola/Ngige's Nigeria I belong to my state of origin who have primary responsibilities for my welfare?

13. When I demanded for a response from Ngige, I expected a political response from him knowing that the actions of Lagos State placed him in a bad position and made his continued membership of ACN and it's successor party unreasonable. In his shoes, I will probably grant an interview to say "I condemn the deportation, if true, please give me time to verify what happened" That "time" might take months to allow tempers simmer. Defending a policy that not only hurts his constituents but also sets a terrible precedence that undermines their future welfare is irrational and indefensible. I repeat again, no South West Senator will defend a reciprocal policy from the PDP govt of Enugu or Ebonyi state.

14. Just imagine for a moment that Rochas decides that beggars in Owerri should be sent back to their families for "further social care". From what I know, more than 80% of those at Ama Awusa in Owerri will have to be dumped at Kaduna. Will any northern senator defend that policy? Will any of my friends on this wall defend it? Answer for yourself please.

15. Are beggars and destitute not protected by our laws? Are they second class citizens subject to different laws? Who exactly made them destitute? Whose job is it to provide shelter for our citizens "living under the bridge"? The money Fashola collected monthly in the name of those he now refers to as "destitute and homeless citizen" from our federal allocation committee where is it? Can he and his wealthy supporters tell us how much of Lagos astonishing wealth has been used to improve the lot of the poor? Is it not unemployment arising from the wickedness of people in power that is turning Nigerians to "destitute and psychiatric" cases? After all prominent citizens of same Lagos who are wealthy drug users are not psychiatric cases. Should I name them?

16. How did Ngige arrive at his "25% of Lagos population are Igbo"? Did he carry out any census with state of origin data collected? Given that Lagos state government previously said that more than 45% of the landed properties in Lagos belongs to people of South East origin, were those properties acquired through destitution? And even if for the sake of argument we accept only 45% of the properties in Lagos belong to Igbos, does that not suggest that Igbo population in Lagos is more than 25% of the population? UNPFA have a formular for using houses to measure population. I suggest Ngige reviews that before throwing population figures about.

17. Let us note that this is a repeat action by Lagos state govt. Same pattern, same target.

Ethnic cleansing according to the UN is "the process or policy of eliminating unwanted ethnic or religious groups by deportation, forcible displacement, mass murder, or by threats of such acts, with the intent of creating a territory inhabited by people of a homogeneous or pure ethnicity, religion, culture, and history".

It usually starts with testing the waters with "homeless destitute and other psychiatric cases roaming the streets and some living under the bridges". At least Hitler started that way and we all know how it ended. Usually, the initiating regimes are "popular" governments backed by a supporting or silent elites.

Are we on the road to Siberia? My brother Kelechi is a great student of history and must know about the 1942 expulsion of Polish and Jewish population from Nazi Germany. It started like this. The elites in Germany clapped and defended the policy because of political interests or a feeling of "it doesn't concern me".

No wonder a famous German pastor, Martin Niemöller (1892–1984) wrote these lines:

"First they came for the communists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a communist.

Then they came for the socialists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a trade unionist.

Then they came for me,
and there was no one left to speak for me."

As you defend this seemingly innocuous policy think of Germany and the above lines.

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Final year student of Igbinedion University disappears into thin air

By Bisola Adeniran on January 26, 2013

A ‘silver alert’ has been issued for Bolaji James Odubayo, a 20-year-old man, who was said to have left home on Monday January 14, 2013 in Aguda, Surulere and has since not returned. What can possibly explain the disappearance of the Bolaji, a 400- level student of Igbinedion University, Okada, remains a mystery as he was said to have left his residence at No 107, Oshogbo Street, Aguda, Surulere, Lagos around 10am for his campus at Okada, Edo state.

According to the mother, Mrs Mercy Itohan Odubayo who narrated how Bolaji left home that fateful morning, “he left with a travelling bag and a shuttle bag wearing a white and green shirt atop a violet pair of trousers bidding farewell to his younger sister who was at home at the time he left.

He told me before I left home earlier that he was going to board a bus at Edegbe Line for Benin and I told him to call me immediately he gets to campus but he never did. “Although he was not having a cell phone with him, he had lost his phone before he arrived from school late in December for holidays. We never talked about a new phone before he left,” she stated.



The middle aged widow and mother of four could not hold back tears while narrating how she had gone to several places in search of her only son. “I have gone everywhere I know and contacted those of his friends I know. I have gone to Edegbe Line to ask whether he boarded any of their buses to Benin but they said no.

I requested for their manifest for that day which they provided the following day but with no trace of his name on it. I have also reported at Sholoki, Aguda Police station near our house. He was supposed to be writing his final exams now and all his friends at school also said they have not seen him. I also called one of his lecturers who also said the same thing. After making an entry of the case, the police only told me to go and pray over it.”

According to Madam Odubayo, she lost her husband four years ago and she has been struggling to pay the school fees of their children two of whom are at the same university with the assistance of her husband’s relatives.

Madam Odubayo urged anyone with information about where her only son could be found to contact her on 08065264917 or Nina on 07054013462 or Nosa Ojo on 07030618904 or the nearest police station.
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Gee001: tnx dear wishing u more. Lol. Let's work it out

So how ar we gonna work it out! Ladies first you know!! Where are you to start with!!

Gee001: Awwww...it's 2day! 21st January.

Happy birthday, wishimg you long life and prosperity ma birthday mate!! Where the party @?

Gee001: January 21st

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Alcohol has no real value. It only reduces human value and help you forget your problems temporarily.

If you dobut, check any alcohol advert and see the message therein (always none)

@op

The post is very educative but I'd like to know how and where we can carry periodic kidney testIn Lagos? More so if it is affordable from your background experience.

I really don't know the price range, but all i can tell you for now is that you can go to lagos state university teaching hospital (LUTH) for periodic check-ups for early detection, although they are few nephrologist in the Nigeria. As at 13 of march 2012 Nigeria had just 100 Nephrologist practising in the country.

Kidney disease is one of the costliest illnesses in the world and managing kidney disease is very expensive.

Each year, lots of people die of kidney disease all over the world, and the number of people suffering from chronic renal failure, and need dialysis or kidney transplantation to stay alive keep increasing.

Statistics have it that, worldwide, more than millions patients are waiting for kidney transplants, but only a few thousands will receive transplants because of shortage of suitable organ donors.

Patients usually felt surprised when they are diagnosed of Kidney Failure.

Experts have found the explanation from your daily life habits.

Here are the top habits which lead to your kidney failure:



1. Not emptying your bladder early: Maintaining a full bladder for a long time is a quick way of causing bladder damage. That the urine stays in the bladder for a long time can cause the bacteria breeding in urine to multiply quickly. Once the urine refluxes back to ureter and kidneys, the bacteria can result in kidney infections, then urinary tract infection, and then nephritis, even Uremia.
So, no matter how busy you are, remember to drink a lot of water and urinate regularly. Once you form the habit of holding back urine, it will ultimately damage your kidneys.

2. Not drinking enough water: The main functions of the kidneys are to regulate erythrocyte balances and eliminate metabolic wastes in urine. If we do not drink enough water, the blood will be concentrated and the blood flow to the kidney will not be adequate, thus the function of eliminating toxins in from blood will be impaired.

3. Taking too much salt: 95% sodium we consume through food is metabolized by the kidneys. Exceeding the salt intake will make the kidneys work harder to excrete the excess salt and can lead to decreased kidney function. This excess sodium will cause water retention, causing edema. Edema usually elevates blood pressure and increases the risk of developing kidney disease. The daily salt intake should be controlled within 6g per day.

4. Not treating common infections quickly and properly: Common infections, such as pharyngitis, tonsillitis, common cold etc, usually triggers or aggravates kidney damage. They do this by causing an acute attack of acute glomerulonephritis or chronic nephritis. So, you will see that people who get kidney disease for the first time or whose illness condition becomes worse usually present in hospitals with a history of cold or sore throat.
If after having cold, symptoms like blood in urine, swelling, headache, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, poor appetite appear, you should consult your doctor immediately, to assess your kidney functions, and start treatment if compromised.

5. Eating too much meat: Eating too much meat and protein can increase the metabolic load of the kidney. For those suffering from proteinuria, meat consumption too may aggravate protein leakage, worsening renal pathological lesion.
It is suggested that protein intake should be 0.8g/kg per day. This means that a person with 50 kg should consume 40g of protein per day. Meat consumption per day should be limited within 300g.

6. Not eating enough: This is equally as dangerous as eating too much, both of them will lead damages to your digestive organs where is full of mucosal tissues. Mucosal tissues relates closely to your immune system. This is why many kidney failure patients are diagnosed with “autoimmune kidney damages”.

7. Painkiller abuse: The use of analgesics for a prolonged duration may reduce the flow blood and greatly affect kidney function. In addition, patients with analgesic-induced renal failure are more likely to suffer from bladder cancer.
Use analgesics only when it's absolutely necessary, learn to rest instead of taking to the bottles. If you have been on pain killers for a long term, it's about time you had a test to access you renal function done.

8. Missing your drugs: Hypertension and diabetes have been shown to precipitate or accelerate kidney damage, so if you are diagnosed as having any of these disease don't live your life in denial, USE YOUR DRUGS.
This will ultimately help control your condition while also helping to preserve your kidneys.

9. Drinking too much alcohol: Drinking alcohol without limitation may cause the deposition of uric acid in renal tubules, causing tubular obstruction and increasing risks of kidney failure.

10. Not resting enough: In our society, hypertension as a severe threat to life is largely due to stress. A common symptom of stress is insomnia. Blood pressure may increase by an average of 2-5mg/Hg because of insomnia. Chronically elevated blood pressure can cause damage to kidney capillaries giving rise to kidney problems. Thus, we need to develop a good attitude to life and strike a good balance between work and rest to protect your kidneys and live a healthy life.

At the early stage of kidney diseases, there are usually no the special symptoms, so lots of patients are not diagnosed until the acute attack appears or the illness condition develops into the late stage. So you should endeavor to do kidney function test from time to time to assess how healthy your kidneys are.

Never ignore the soreness of waist, swelling of the feet, changes in urine color or volume, increase in night urination, palor, high blood pressure and other such symptoms. Once found, you should go and see your doctor immediately.source http://www.stayinghealthyplus.com/2013/01/10-common-habits-that-damage-kidneys.html?

Chidinma poses with African soccer star Didier drogba at the just concluded Kora award!!

Jan 21st

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Human resource mangement!!