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LiveScience.com By Tia Ghose, Staff Writer

Despite his perhaps bizarre appearance, a man in China who is growing a new nose on his forehead is the beneficiary of a rather common nose reconstruction technique.

The man suffered damage to his nose and an infection after a severe car accident, and the infection had eaten away at the cartilage in his nose, making it impossible to for doctors to fix his original nose. Instead, the team decided to grow the man an entirely new nose on his forehead, according to the Huffington Post.

But despite its extreme appearance, this method is not that different from plastic surgery techniques used all the time, said Dr. David Cangello, an attending plastic surgeon at Lenox Hill Hospital and Manhattan, Eye Ear and Throat Hospital in New York.
"I would call it a different take on principles that we commonly use in reconstruction," Cangello said.

Forehead nose

The man's doctors placed tissue expanders, which create space to stretch the skin, under the man's forehead, and created the rough shape of a nose, probably using screws and plates. They then harvested cartilage from his ribs to fill in the nose. Once the nose is ready, they will rotate the entire assemblage — skin, blood vessels, cartilage and all — and move the new nose to where his current nose sits.

That is only slightly different from current methods of nose reconstruction, Cangello told LiveScience. Though reconstructive surgeons would also put tissue expanders under the forehead skin to stretch the skin enough to cover the new nose, they would place the nose differently.
"We typically take the cartilage from the rib, and we put it right where the nose structure would already be, and we bring the skin flap over it and cover it," Cangello said.

Afterward, the doctors suture together the skin flaps of the forehead, which will usually leave a small scar. [10 Technologies That Will Transform Your Life ]

Key blood vessels

Though it may seem like a patient might prefer to grow a new nose on a different part of the body that could be more inconspicuous, there are good reasons to use forehead skin.

"We like to use similar tissues to reconstruct organs within the same area," Cangello said.
The forehead is also enervated with blood vessels that nourish the tissue transplant, so the surgeons don't have to disconnect and reconnect those vessels to place the nose in its correct position. If the doctors were to grow the nose on a forearm or a leg, for instance, they would have to undertake a laborious microsurgery to take the blood vessels that feed and drain the transplant.

Better nose?

The man still seems to have a nose that, at least in pictures, looks fairly normal. By contrast, his replacement nose is pretty large.

"To be honest, the little nose that he has almost looks more in harmony than what they have on his forehead," Cangello said.

But the new nose should shrink once it's in place, he added.
It's also possible the researchers needed to replace the man's current nose because he had trouble breathing properly.

"Whenever we perform a reconstruction, there are two things in mind," Cangello said. "It's not just form, but it's also function."

It's hard to see a Nigeria man pushing prams either on the street or garden. Is it that we ain't comfortable doing it or not our way of life.
Men but if you were offered this super model pram will you be proud pushing it around?

Plz do your research. All rainbows are circular. Just because we see it from ground level, that's why we only see half of it (Semicircle). If u are in the sky, u will see rainbow as full circle. As for the topic in question, this is not rainbow but halo as been mentioned.

I checked the price of BB Z10 on Jumia.com yesterday. I was astonished that it had crashed to NGN65k. Few months back it was in the range of 100-110k. About 40k difference. If you compare with Galaxy S4 released around same time, it didn't drop that low. What could be responsible for the price crash? Am very curious. What came to my mind are:
1. Maybe the OS isn't good enough
2. The unfavorable data plan from network provider
3. Nigeria are tired of BB.

Gurus, I need your contribution because I was still planning picking one before.

NIGERIA: A case of the farmer and roadside thief

Written by Muyiwa Adetiba

If the stories around a ‘certain deportation’ leave an unpleasant taste in the mouth, the division it has caused leaves a more bitter taste. Almost every account you read has some ethnic colouration. It is even worse online where the comments tend to be down right rude and abusive— and these from our young minds! The intellectual dishonesty— on both sides—that attended Professor Chinua Achebe’s book ‘there was a country’ was disheartening; but I tried to put it down to the lingering emotions of the civil war which the book evoked in a way. But the hue and cry about who attended and didn’t attend the funeral was difficult to ascribe to anything logical. More worrisome was the fact that the leaders of this ethnic battle cry were men of letters; people who by their training and disposition, were supposed to live in the realm of ideas and not primordial emotions.

It is one thing to defend your turf. We all have to do that from time to time. But to use ethnicity and tribal sentiment as the core reason for attacking— or defending— every position is taking us out of the 21st century. Simply put, the ethnic etchings in our country are getting deeper and the tribal cleavages are becoming more alarming. It is time for our leaders, especially the intellectuals, to pull back. As they say, real men discuss ideas and objectives, not sentiments and personalities. Now, let us go back to the idea behind the badly executed ‘deportation’ of 14 or 72 (the emotion of the moment doesn’t even allow us to know the true figure) people to the eastern part of the country. We should, if we want to be fair, concede that Lagos has been a generous host to most of us. It did not invite us. We invited ourselves and it has accommodated us. After all, we all have our villages should ‘push become a shove’, to run back to as some people demonstrated during the June 12 fallout when they fled the city. But the indigenes of Lagos have no where to go. Worse, they have been hounded and pushed out of their homes. Even Isale-Eko is no longer exclusive to them. They are as naked and exposed as the Ogoni people whose waters have been polluted, whose livelihood has been taken away from them by commercial exploitation. Just like the Niger Deltans, Lagos has been crying for a just recognition of its role in the economic and cultural life of Nigeria, but nobody pays any heed. Every census puts the population of Lagos down and inflates the population of certain cities. I remember the exasperation of Brigadier Mobolaji Johnson, the then Military Governor when Lagos was put down yet again after another census. He said ‘we know how many mouths we feed’ —a loaded statement given the times. Asiwaju Bola Tinubu had to release his own census figures when Lagos was again under counted; again in exasperation. Nobody came to the aid of Lagos then. These latter day ‘Lagosians’ knew where to defend with their pens. Right now, all manners of job seekers, miscreants and smugglers find refuge in Lagos. If we can not help with the burden of feeding, clothing and housing people who stream into the state daily, we should at least show some understanding. There comes a time when a generous man will tell his kith and kin not to come on extended visits again because his house is full. Lagos has had to do this, not only to the Igbos, but to our brothers and sisters in the North and even to Yorubas in neighbouring states. (I heard some other states have also emptied themselves of miscreants.)Only a small mind will read tribalism into this. A Yoruba adage says that ‘while we blame the roadside thief, we must also blame the farmer who put his yam on the road unguarded’. In other words, we can blame Lagos for its insensitive self-righteousness; we can blame it for a policy that is not well articulated; we can remind it that the reason people pay tax is so that the destitute can be rehabilitated. Yet all the states that looked the other way as their people pour into Lagos in search of livelihood stand indicted. Why should another state bear the responsibility of looking after your people? One reason they are in Lagos is because of economic survival. What have you done to create jobs in your state? What have you done to arrest urban migration? Nobody will leave a friendly village environment for a hostile life in the city if he can help it. What is the way out? I believe we should create economic zones as well as political zones. All states in a zone irrespective of political leaning should come together to develop at least two industrial cities that can absorb the growing list of the jobless. The burden is simply too much for Lagos and Abuja. Meanwhile, those who are passing out blames should stop. Nobody is blameless in this case. And the cry for reciprocity should stop. I don’t think any state in Nigeria can win any war of reciprocity with Lagos, least of all those who are crying the loudest for it. Those who call Lagos a no man’s land are insulting the sensibilities of the indigenes who have lost their land and culture to mercantilism. We all know our roots. Finally, with the furore this exercise has generated, leading unnecessarily to the question of who owns Lagos, it is time for Fashola and subsequent governments, to begin the deepening of the indigenous character of Lagos to avert future rancour and possible bloodshed.

Since the husband is not around, can she get one imstead of cheating around?

How do you always carry yours

Mystery or coincidence?

I do have all the social media you highlighted except 2go. Just once in awhile to check on my old love-Yahoo messenger, but no one is there anymore.

CrazyMan: Yahoo messenger is old fashioned. You can't go out to catch fun (cinemas, beaches...etc) and begin to ask for yahoo Ids of cute girls you meet so you can buzz them on YIM.

You would look like some weird creature that just escaped from a psychiatric home.

Bbm, whatsapp, twitter, 2go, facebook...etc have taken over.

Move with the tide.

These days when I visit my Yahoo messenger account, I hardly see any friend anymore. Has people now outrightly abandoned the once glorified chat media.

Yes, the eggs are made in urine, and they have been making it for thousands of years! The urine is gathered from local schools and the very best comes from boys under 10 years old. “They pee in buckets and we collect it fresh every day," explained chef Lu Ming." Ming says that the eggs are delicious and healthy and make you stay awake and sharp. Ming is looking forward to a project to export Urine eggs to other countries and make it 'A big thing' Find interesting posts at ► http://factsnmyths.com/
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When i was younger, i used to see prison inmates come out and do some public works. It always seem there was a good rapport between them and their warden. Even those wardens dont carry firearms and they still dont run away. These days i hardly see such anymore. That necessitate my question. If they still do, is it within the prison walls. Or is it that they dont trust them not to escape anymore. Or simply not to bring them to the public because of the shame it might cause them

Why everyone of them they beef only MTN.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nckgDLx5fm8&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Children toys in Ghana

If your sister dress like this, what will you say to her?

Tibetan Mastif: World most expensive dog. One was sold recently for 1.5millions dollar.

Try and name your ancestors

"Oga at the top" cont'd..

#OgaAtTheTop: Lest We Subdue Reality With A Chuckle


This is a hilarious time for the Nigerian community online. The #OgaAtTheTop video has gone viral.

The ignorance of the Lagos State Commandant of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps is now a common internet joke.

The video clip shows Obafaiye Shem the Lagos State NSCDC commandant unable to give the web address of his organisation during his appearance on Channels Television’s flagship breakfast show Sunrise.

The creative humour of the young Nigerian is on rampage with the joke now interpreted with several images courtesy of Photoshop splashed all over Facebook, Twitter and BBM.

While we may be having a good laugh over my oga at the top at the moment, the reality behind this public show of shame surpasses the humour by far.
Before we even go any further, has anyone realised that many top politicians, CEOs, and men of the Armed Forces these days can’t grant interviews without the exercise turning into a media gaffe? However you choose to look at it, this problem is a national crisis, in my opinion, especially since even our president is guilty in this regard, anyone in doubt please watch the Amanpour interview again.

My concern though is what our definition Leadership has become in the Nigeria. Our definition is simple: My ‘Oga at the top’.

What we have adopted as a nation, intentionally or otherwise, is the ‘Great man theory’ of leadership. The theory states that the leader is the great man we all answer to and he can do no wrong. This theory is perhaps why our country is the way it is.

The ‘oga at the top’ is the one who calls the shots, no one else. Every decision is taken solely by him, delegation is a foreign word. Followership in Nigeria is thus described as an uncompromising resolve to be loyal to a leader in any circumstance, following blindly.

Indeed promotion in the Nigerian Civil Service is hugely dependent on your loyalty to ‘the oga at the top’ initiative does not really count. If a follower shows any hint of initiative, he may be considered ‘too wise’. From that day forward, the Oga at the top would likely label him an enemy who is after his job.

So when the Lagos State Commandant of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC) cannot give the website of this organization correctly, don’t be surprised. Complacency is at work, the ‘great man’ doesn’t need to be at the top of his game, as he is now an oga at the top, even though he has an Oga at the top, who may likely not know the address himself, as we speak.

I personally believe that Leadership is communication, collaboration and continuity. However the leadership structure in the Nigerian setting lacks all three. If the leadership of the NSCDC take communication seriously, the web address would be at the commandant’s fingertips.

The Oga at the top mentality can even be found in religious circles. The religious leader is seen as an anointed man who is superior to others because of his anointing. It becomes a problem to address James by his first name, now he is Pastor James and if he has founded many parishes he is now Daddy.

This ‘man of God’ replaces God for several people and they take what he says wholeheartedly without embarking on a research on their own. This is why fake churches defraud members and fake prophets sleep with female members, if you are wondering what charm is at work, it is the Great-man theory of leadership.

“Our Pastor, the ‘Oga at the top’ said we should do it. What choice do we have?” they would say. You then wonder if these people consult their bibles at all, to check what they are being told.

The father at home is the ‘Oga at the top’ who is out to rule his family with a high-hand, punishing at will without taking time to explain what wrong the children did. He enjoys how he is feared by even his wife, confusing fear for respect, and in the end the children grow into dysfunctional adults eventually repeating the cycle which their parents began.

Please don’t get me wrong, leaders deserve a whole lot of respect, but leadership does not make one man superior over another. Leadership is collaboration and followers play a huge role in the success of any team.

In Nigeria, now is the time to redefine leadership, the ‘oga at the top’ great-man ideology needs to die fast for this nation to move forward.
Some of this ideology is rooted in our tradition with strange beliefs, for example, that ‘it is wrong to correct an elder’ or that; ‘old people don’t lie’. In certain contexts, this ideology applied can work well, but in practice Nigeria must move beyond this belief, a younger person can caution an older person with respect and yes old people do lie sometimes!

Leaders and potential leaders must have enough self-esteem to separate the position they occupy from who they are. A leader should be humble enough to admit ignorance, and where a follower bails the team out of a problem, a leader should give credit to that person.

Can you imagine what would have happened, had Obafaiye Shem simply said: “I can’t recall right now what the website is, but once you get on Google and search for us, you won’t miss it.”?

This ‘Oga at the top’ mentality must end fast!

http://saharareporters.com/article/ogaatthetop-lest-we-subdue-reality-chuckle

Have a history teacher explain this if they can.

Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.

John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.

Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.

John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.

Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.

Both wives lost a child while living in the White House.

Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.

Both Presidents were shot in the head.

Now it gets really weird.

Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy.

Kennedy's Secretary was named Lincoln.

Both were assassinated by Southerners.

Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.

Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.

Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.

John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839.

Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.

Both assassins were known by their three names.

Both names are composed of fifteen letters.

Now hang on to your seat.

Lincoln was shot at the theater named "Ford."

Kennedy was shot in a car called "Lincoln" made by "Ford."

Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.

And here's the "kicker":

A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland.

A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe.

AND...................:

Lincoln was shot in a theater and the assassin ran to a warehouse...

Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and the assassin ran to a theater... ___________________________ I saw this had to share just in case anyone did not know.

When you have a headache, instead of using pain killers, have sex!
Below is what a new study is claiming. When you have a headache, leave all dem pain relief medicine alone and just turn to your partner for some good loving. Choi! I dey miss!!!...:-) If you're suffering from a headache, retiring to bed may be the best solution. Sex can cure head pain, according to scientists – and venturing between the sheets may even be more effective than heading to the medicine cabinet. More than half of migraine sufferers who had sex during an attack experienced an improvement in symptoms, the researchers found, and one in five was left without any pain at all. One theory is that sex works by triggering the release of endorphins, the body’s natural painkillers, which act on the central nervous system to reduce or eliminate the headache. ‘Our results show that sexual activity during a migraine attack might relieve or even stop an attack in some cases, and that sexual activity in the presence of headache is not an unusual behaviour,’ the researchers said. ‘Sex can abort migraine and cluster headache attacks, and sexual activity is used by some patients as acute headache treatment.’ It has long been thought that sex can trigger headaches. But in the new study, reported in Cephalalgia, the journal of the International Headache Society, a team of neurologists investigated whether there was any substance to anecdotal accounts that it could actually ease symptoms of migraine and cluster, or one-sided, headaches. In the study at the University of Munster in Germany, neurologists collected data on 400 patients with the two types of headache who had been treated over a two-year period. They found that 33 per cent had made love during a headache. Of those, 60 per cent of migraine patients and 36 per cent of men and women with cluster headaches had an improvement in symptoms. Men were more likely to benefit than women, with 36 per cent using sexual activity as a therapy for dealing with their headache. Meanwhile, 13 per cent of women used sex to combat a headache. Of the migraine patients who saw an improvement in their pain, 19 per cent had complete relief of headache symptoms, 51 per cent experienced moderate relief and 29 per cent reported mild relief. ‘In total, 42.7 per cent of all migraine patients experienced at least 50 per cent relief, a response rate as high as in studies on acute medication,’ said the researchers. Consultant neurologist Dr Nick Silver, of the NHS Walton Centre for Neuroscience and Neurosurgery in Liverpool, said: ‘This is a preliminary study, limiting conclusions that can be reached. ‘We can now say, however, that the excuse of “not tonight, I have a headache” may not be taken seriously by all sexual partners.’ Researchers say there are a number of possible explanations for the findings, including the release of painkilling endorphins during sex and changes in blood pressure that occur. Scans have also shown that the hypothalamus region of the brain is active during a cluster headache, and the same area shows activity during orgasm.

My is the other way round. My subscription was renewed without making payment. I planned renewing it last Monday but since they have done it for me. lemme enjoy the awoof while it lasts.

How many bones are there in the human body?
Answer:
The adult human body has 206 bones. An infant may have from 300-350 bones at birth. Some of these fuse together as the infant grows. When some bones fuse and become one bone (most obvious examples are in the skull, sacrum and hip bones) the number of overall bones drops to the 206 bones that most adults have.

Of the 206 bones in the adult human body, more than half (106) are in the hands and feet. The adult skeleton consists of the following bones:
28 skull bones (8 cranial, 14 facial, and 6 ear bones)
The horseshoe-shaped hyoid bone of the neck which is the only bone that does not articulate (connect via a joint) to another bone
26 vertebrae (7 cervical or neck; 12 thoracic; 5 lumbar or loins; the sacrum, which is five fused vertebrae; and the coccyx, which is four fused vertebrae)
24 ribs plus the sternum or breastbone; the shoulder girdle (2 clavicles, the most frequently fractured bones in the body, and 2 scapulae)
the pelvic bones (3 fused bones called the coxal bone, or Os Coxae)
30 bones in each of the arms and legs (a total of 120)
a few partial bones, ranging from 8-18 in number, which are related to joints

There are individual variations: for example, some people are born with an extra rib or lumbar vertebra and not everyone has Inca (sutural) bones.

Some interesting facts:
The hand has 27 bones, the foot has 26 and the face has 14.
The longest bone in your body, the femur (thigh bone), is about 1/4 of your height. The smallest is the stapes (or stirrup) in the ear which is about 1/10 of an inch.
Humans and giraffes have the same number of bones in their necks.
Most of the bones in the body are in the hands and feet.
The human body consists 206 bones for adults, but for infants there are 270.

No wonder dogs are the best man's friend

George Best – The Best Footballer Ever


“Boss, I think I’ve found you a genius.” A telegram stating from Bob Bishop scout of Manchester United to legendary Manager of Manchester United Matt Busby. And yes, genius he was.



George was the best player ever in the game who hailed from Norway. Born on 22nd May 1946 in Belfast. He is considered to be the first celebrity footballer. A true crowd puller and lady killer. His beautiful on field game, good looks and off the fields activities were all the ingredients needed to be the hot boy of the game.

Only at the age of 15 he was discovered by Manchester United Scouts , when his childhood favorite team Glentoran had already rejected him. George played his debut first team match in 1963 at the age of seventeen and scored his first team goal in his only second appearance for the Red Devils. Best spent 11 years with Manchester United having appeared in 470 matches and scored 179 goals. His performances were key factors in several Manchester United triumphs.

During his adult life he consumed a lot of alcohol and his off the field life was always among the headlines. “ I spent 90 % of my money on women, drinks and fast cars. The rest I wasted.” He would often say these words after retirement. On field he was the best man to have in the squad and must play guy, but his off the field attitude and discipline problems were really a headache for the managers that really put an effects on his overall career.

After leaving Manchester United he had stints with many clubs in Europe, America and Africa, appearing in a total 594 matches with 208 Goals he also had National team appearances numbering 37 with 09 goals.

George the Best died on 25th November 2005 at 59 as his liver was damaged because of heavy alcohol consumption. “The beautiful boy” of the “beautiful game” is in the Hall of Fame of Manchester United and FIFA, and is consider to be the finest, the fastest and the most technically beautiful player to have ever emerged from Briton.

His playing abilities are summed up this beautiful quote,“Maradona good, Pele Better, George Best.”

The first contestant to win the American Who Wants to be a Millionaire used the phone a friend lifeline on his last question just to tell his dad he won.

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I was at my inlaw's place yesterday, all of a sudden their dstv came alive despite their subscription has expired. Was wondering what happened. Only to get home and discovered all channels on my decoder came alive. No wonder.