The purpose of sending this mail to U is to be aware of the nonsense stuff from the net, don’t panic if you find a Needle in the Theatre orsome threatening note of infection.
Dear Friends!!!
Its good to be well informed about HIV. There was a story on junk somedays back where it is said that a boy got infected by HIV virus by eating pani-puri. And there have also been rumors where people are affectedby the HIV virus when they got pricked by an HIV infected needle intheaters which is rubbish.
Please read following points carefully & don't send emails related to Medical ailments without having complete knowledge about it (even partial knowledge could be grossly dangerous).
* HIV (virus) requires *ONLY* *Blood or Semen* as medium to transmitfrom one body to another.
* HIV *can not* transmit even through *Saliva*(mucous) i.e. even ifHIV-infected patient coughs or smooches and another person is exposedto his sputum (cough) or saliva, the virus still can not transmitbecause concentration of virus particles in sputum is almost NIL & exposure to air anyway kills virus in fraction of seconds.
* In case an HIV-infected person gets an injury (like the cut inbelow mentioned story) and he is bleeding, the virus can transmit toanother person only if another person has a cut/wound in his body & that too when blood from both person comes in contact with each other* (this is also very very rare unless bleeding is very high) and not otherwise.
* HIV can *never survive in any other liquid* medium also other thanblood or semen (& please for God sake ... never in Pani Puri wala pani)
* Even if one drinks an HIV infected blood (or semen) of someone(ingest through Gastro Intestinal track), the virus can not survive in the acidic pH of stomach*. Highest extent of acidity is 0 (practically notpossible) so imagine 1 as pH which is in our stomach. (This pH can burnyour own finger in less than a second if you dip in that acid).
* Exposure of less than 1 second in AIR KILLS the HIV virus*(hencestory of needle pricks in Cinema theatres is a crap). Even if blood from a wound (of infected person) dries up (*blood clot*), *the virus dies*and can not infect anyone else
* HIV transmission is *ONLY* an *INFECTION* i.e.entrance of virus inone's body. It *DOES NOT MEAN AIDS*.
* An HIV-infected person (after entrance of virus) can progress to a condition of AIDS only after *8 to 10 YEARS *(not in 15 days as in thePani Puri story)*
It is *not HIV (virus) that kills a human* .....the virus attacks immune cells (cells that fight against foreign pathogens/antigens) and hence a person's ability to fight against infections & diseases slowly diminishes and person ultimately dies of a disease which could be as simple as TB
* Most importantly, HIV is no longer a dreadful disease ... it is"*CHRONIC MANAGEABLE DISEASE*" just like Diabetes or Hypertension.
* If there is anything you need to be careful from to prevent HIV is Unsafe sex*, *Blood transfusion* (check before taking) /Blood donation(use sterilized needles only) and any *blood contact during an accident*or so where amount of bleeding is very high.
PLZ O PLZ spread this message to avoid rumors and to educate people.
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Monday, November 27, 2006
Security
If you should ever be forced by a robber to withdraw money from an ATM machine, you can notify the police by entering your Pin # in reverse.For example if your pin number is 1234 then you would put in 4321. The ATM recognizes that your pin number is backwards from the ATM card you placed in the machine.The machine will still give you the money you requested, but unknown to the robber,the police will be immediately dispatched to help you.This information was recently broadcasted on TV and it states that it is seldom used because people don't know it exists.
Thursday, November 23, 2006
Homo sapiens vs bonobos
I have found some interesting information about the Bonobos, our closest cousins. I felt like sharing this information. Biologically speaking, Bonobos are the closest you can get to being human, without actually being a human.
We share Bonobos seem to resolve a lot of their conflicts with sexual behaviour. When two Bonobos have a fight, they make up with a sexual reconciliation. This is usual for the Bonobos species. There is a lot of sexual activity going on that has more SOCIAL meaning than reproductive meaning. Sex in Bonobo society transcends reproduction, as it does in humans. It serves as a way of bonding, exchanging energy and sharing pleasure.
The split between the human line of ancestry and the Bonobo line is believed to have occurred a mere eight million years ago. If this evolutionary scenario of ecological continuity is true, the Bonobo may have undergone less transformation humans.
98.4% of the same genetic make-up, DNA. Bonobos seem to resolve a lot of their conflicts with sexual behaviour. When two Bonobos have a fight, they make up with a sexual reconciliation. This is usual for the Bonobos species. There is a lot of sexual activity going on that has more SOCIAL meaning than reproductive meaning. Sex in Bonobo society transcends reproduction, as it does in humans. It serves as a way of bonding, exchanging energy and sharing pleasure.
Bonobos become sexually aroused remarkably easily, and they express this excitement in a variety of mounting positions and genital contacts.
Observers at the Belgian animal park of Planckendael, which currently has the most naturalistic Bonobo colony, reported interesting findings. If a male Bonobo tried to harass a female, all females would band together to chase him off. LOL
Because females appeared more successful in dominating males when they were together than on their own, their close association and frequent genital rubbing may represent an alliance. Females may bond so as to outcompete members of the individually stronger sex.
I still see some similar behaviour.
Any thoughts?
We share Bonobos seem to resolve a lot of their conflicts with sexual behaviour. When two Bonobos have a fight, they make up with a sexual reconciliation. This is usual for the Bonobos species. There is a lot of sexual activity going on that has more SOCIAL meaning than reproductive meaning. Sex in Bonobo society transcends reproduction, as it does in humans. It serves as a way of bonding, exchanging energy and sharing pleasure.
The split between the human line of ancestry and the Bonobo line is believed to have occurred a mere eight million years ago. If this evolutionary scenario of ecological continuity is true, the Bonobo may have undergone less transformation humans.
98.4% of the same genetic make-up, DNA. Bonobos seem to resolve a lot of their conflicts with sexual behaviour. When two Bonobos have a fight, they make up with a sexual reconciliation. This is usual for the Bonobos species. There is a lot of sexual activity going on that has more SOCIAL meaning than reproductive meaning. Sex in Bonobo society transcends reproduction, as it does in humans. It serves as a way of bonding, exchanging energy and sharing pleasure.
Bonobos become sexually aroused remarkably easily, and they express this excitement in a variety of mounting positions and genital contacts.
Observers at the Belgian animal park of Planckendael, which currently has the most naturalistic Bonobo colony, reported interesting findings. If a male Bonobo tried to harass a female, all females would band together to chase him off. LOL
Because females appeared more successful in dominating males when they were together than on their own, their close association and frequent genital rubbing may represent an alliance. Females may bond so as to outcompete members of the individually stronger sex.
I still see some similar behaviour.
Any thoughts?
Saturday, November 18, 2006
Man calls
As i have said earlier and I repeat again! Work SMART not HARD
After 48 years of marriage, an elderly Sindhi man in Bombay callsis son inNew York and says, "I hate to ruin your day son, but I have to tell you thatyour mother and I are getting a divorce; 45 years of misery is enough!""Dad, what are you talking about?" the son screams."We can't stand the sight of each other any longer," the old man says."We're sick of each other, and I'm sick of talking about this, so you callyour sister in Hong Kong and tell her!"Frantic, the son calls his sister, who explodes on the phone. "Like heckthey're getting divorced," she shouts, "I'll take care of this." She callsBombay immediately, and screams at the old man, "You are not gettingdivorced.Don't do a single thing until I get there. I'm calling my brother back, andwe'll both be there tomorrow.Until then, don't do a thing, DO YOU HEAR??" and she hangs up.The old man hangs up his phone and turns to his wife. "Okay", he says,"It's all set. They're both coming for Diwali and paying their own airfare!!
After 48 years of marriage, an elderly Sindhi man in Bombay callsis son inNew York and says, "I hate to ruin your day son, but I have to tell you thatyour mother and I are getting a divorce; 45 years of misery is enough!""Dad, what are you talking about?" the son screams."We can't stand the sight of each other any longer," the old man says."We're sick of each other, and I'm sick of talking about this, so you callyour sister in Hong Kong and tell her!"Frantic, the son calls his sister, who explodes on the phone. "Like heckthey're getting divorced," she shouts, "I'll take care of this." She callsBombay immediately, and screams at the old man, "You are not gettingdivorced.Don't do a single thing until I get there. I'm calling my brother back, andwe'll both be there tomorrow.Until then, don't do a thing, DO YOU HEAR??" and she hangs up.The old man hangs up his phone and turns to his wife. "Okay", he says,"It's all set. They're both coming for Diwali and paying their own airfare!!
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