MORE UPDATE ON EBOLA VIRUS

Canadian scientists have shown that the deadliest form of the ebola virus could be transmitted by air between species.

In experiments, they demonstrated that the virus was transmitted from pigs to monkeys without any direct contact between them.

The researchers say they believe that limited airborne transmission might be contributing to the spread of the disease in some parts of Africa.

They are concerned that pigs might be a natural host for the lethal infection.

Continue reading the main storyEbola viruses cause fatal haemorrhagic fevers in humans and many other species of non human primates.

Details of the research were published in the journal Scientific Reports.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the infection gets into humans through close contact with the blood, secretions, organs and other bodily fluids from a number of species including chimpanzees, gorillas and forest antelope

" What we suspect is happening is large droplets - they can stay in the air, but not long, they don't go far. But they can be absorbed in the airway”

Source: BBC NEWS 16/11/12

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FASHION INAPOVUKA MIPAKA

VICTORIA’S Secret has apologies for using a Native American headdress at its 

annual fashion show after tribal rights campaigners blasted the outfit.

Stunning Karlie Kloss strutted down the catwalk last week donning the floor-length feathered 

headdress, along with leopard-print underwear and high heels.

But Native Americans poured scorn on the fashion firm’s "upsetting" use of the accessory, 

which is traditionally reserved for war chiefs and warriors.

Navajo Nation spokesman Erny Zah yesterday said: “We have gone through the atrocities to 

survive and ensure our way of life continues.

“Any mockery, whether it’s Halloween, Victoria’s Secret – they are spitting on us. They are 

spitting on our culture, and it’s upsetting.”

Historically, each feather placed on a headdress has spiritual significance and would have to 

be earned through an act of compassion or bravery.

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BAD DAY FOR SUPER DONORS

Money can't buy happiness, nor can it buy an election, apparently.

Sheldon Adelson - Casino Billionaire supporter of Mitt Romney

The top donors to super PACs in 2012 did not fare well — casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, the No. 1 super PAC contributor with more than $53 million in giving, backed eight losers at this writing.

Adelson was top backer of the pro-Mitt Romney Restore Our Future super PAC, with $20 million in donations. Romney lost to President Barack Obama. In addition, Adelson's contributions to super PACs backing U.S. Senate candidates in Florida, Virginia and New Jersey were also for naught.

He was not the only conservative billionaire who had a bad night.

Contran Corp. CEO Harold Simmons, (No. 2), homebuilder Bob Perry (No. 3) and TD Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts, (No.4), also bet on Romney. Collectively, the trio gave $13.4 million to Restore Our Future, and Ricketts’ super PAC, Ending Spending Action Fund, spent an additional $9.9 million helping Romney’s failed bid.

The super donor winner of the night was Newsweb Corp. CEO Fred Eychaner (No. 5). Eychaner gave $3.5 million to pro-Obama super PACPriorities USA Action through the most recent filing period, which ended in Oct. 17, according to Federal Election Commission records.

USHABIKI WA MPIRA NI NOUMER!!

The German giants, one of the Bundesliga’s most historic clubs with a huge and passionate 

fan base, will open their own official supporters’ graveyard next month.Called the Schalke Fan 

Field.  

It is situated in an especially-allocated part of a cemetery due to be completed this 

month, just 500 yards from the Veltins Arena where Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal play a crunch 

match tomorrow.

Schalke’s site will have the space for 1904 graves of life-long supporters — to commemorate 

the year the club was founded.

Each tomb will cost around £1,000 to reserve and £100 for annual upkeep.

The full cost to keep a grave for 25 years is quoted at around £4,200. That includes a “line or 

urn” grave in the Schalke Fans Square although funeral costs are on top.

Source: The Sun; 4th Nov.12

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IN LIFE, BE READY FOR ANYTHING

Sharon Osbourne, mke wa Black Sabbath lead singer Ozzy Osbourne, also the former X Factor Judge reveals her cancer scare.

Ozzy Osbourne, son Jack Osbourne and his wife and daughter Pearl with her grandmother Sharon Osbourne.

'I couldn't bear to live in the shadow of cancer again': Sharon Osbourne reveals she had double 

mastectomy after discovering she carries faulty gene.'

She has already fought off cancer once. So when Sharon Osbourne discovered she might be at risk of it again, she vowed not to take any chances.

The former X-Factor judge who beat colon cancer  has revealed she underwent a double mastectomy as a precaution against breast cancer – a decade after she won her fight against colon cancer.

Mrs Osbourne, 60, said she took the decision to remove both her breasts after finding she carries a faulty gene which increases the chance of breast cancer.

speaking in 2002, she said: “You think nothing will ever happen to you. You’re invincible. Then after you get over the shock and panic you realize how lucky you are to be alive. That’s where I am right now. I simply have to take care of this thing.” 

"I want to be around a long time and be a grandmother to Pearl." she said.

KULIPUANA HIVI MPAKA LINI?

A grenade attack on a church in a police compound in eastern Kenya has killed one police officer and injured at least 11 other people, reports say.

The man who died was serving as pastor of the targeted church, in Garissa town near the border with Somalia.

Most of the wounded are also reported to be police officers; some of whom were airlifted to hospital in Nairobi.

In July, 15 people were killed in raids on churches in Garissa, and suspicion fell on the al-Shabab militant group.

Police blamed the Somalia-based group and its sympathizers for the attack, and said they were angry over Kenya's role in a UN-backed intervention force.

Kenya's capital Nairobi and the port city of Mombasa have suffered a series of grenade attacks since Kenya sent troops into Somalia last October.

Source: BBC 4/11/12