Your daily 'thing to be afraid of'
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Ooohkkaayy..... 
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Danjanou said:
One of the major exports of the country is;
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Colin P said:One of the major exports of the country is;
Which reminds me of another good 'Daily Thing to be Afraid of': ;D
Men with broken condoms: who and why?
Crosby RA, Yarber WL, Sanders SA, Graham CA, McBride K, Milhausen RR, Arno JN.
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College of Public Health, University of Kentucky, 121 Washington Avenue, Room 111C, Lexington, KY 40506-0003, USA. crosby@uky.edu
Abstract
OBJECTIVES:
To identify (1) the prevalence of condom breakage, and demographic and sexuality-related differences among young men who have sex with women reporting and not reporting this event; (2) condom-specific behaviours associated with breakage.
METHODS:
Young men (n = 278) attending a clinic for treatment of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) responded to an anonymous questionnaire aided by a CD recording of the questions. The samples were screened to include only men who had used a condom during penile-vaginal sex at least three times in the past 3 months. Condom-specific behaviours (including breakage) were assessed using these last three acts of condom use as the recall period. Correlates achieving bivariate significance were subjected to multivariate analysis.
RESULTS:
Nearly one third (31.3%) of the men reported recent breakage. The breakage rate was 15%. Three correlates significantly distinguished between men who did and did not report breakage. Men who had past STIs were more likely to report breakage (adjusted odds ratio (AOR) 2.08), as were men who also reported condom slippage (AOR 2.72). Less self-efficacy for correct condom use was also significantly associated with breakage (AOR 1.07). Further, three condom-specific behaviours were significantly associated with breakage: allowing condoms to contact sharp objects (AOR 2.6), experiencing problems with the "fit or feel" of condoms (AOR 2.3) and not squeezing air from the receptacle tip (AOR 2.0).
CONCLUSIONS:
Breakage may be common and may occur in a larger context of difficulties with condoms. STI clinics could potentially benefit some men by providing instructions on the correct use of condoms.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16870644
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I suffered a breakage with a cute Chinese girl, who's parents would not approve of her mingling with a white boy. thankfully my family doctor whom we called at an odd hour gave us some useful advice to help minimize any unplanned future events. 8)
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Huge infestation of millipedes suspected of causing Australian train crash
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2412633/Huge-infestation-millipedes-suspected-causing-Australian-train-crash-making-tracks-slimy.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2412633/Huge-infestation-millipedes-suspected-causing-Australian-train-crash-making-tracks-slimy.html
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Crantor said:
You mean like Sarah Palin? ;D
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Enter the food chain....
Winnipeg man thwarts polar bear attack with cell phone
Garett Kolsun is grateful to be alive today after his encounter with a polar bear in Churchill Saturday. The Winnipeg man went to Churchill two weeks ago for his job. It was his first time in the northern town.
Kolsun was walking to where he was staying at around 1:30 Saturday morning, when he noticed something out of the corner of his eye.
"As I looked over, I could see a polar bear charging me. It was running full tilt torwards me," he said Monday, his voice still raspy from yelling. "So I turned to try to run to find someplace safe to go. But where I was there was no place to really go."
Kolsun said it was an industrial area, with mainly businesses, and no homes.
"So I turned on the bear and it just kept charging. It came up closer and I started yelling and screaming and trying to raise my arms up to keep the bear away from me as best I could," he said. "I kept running in circles and backwards and yelling, hollering for help and everything else."
He ran up to a bakery, and tried kicking open the front door.
"At that point the bear was basically right on top of me," he said. "I was yelling and screaming, trying to keep it away from me. Throughout all this it had swatted at me a few times and it had bit me."
Kolsun said he was desperate.
"So I pulled my cell phone out of my pocket, turned it on and the screen lit up," he said. "I turned it towards the bear, put it in his face and it stepped back."
It turned the tide.
"When it stepped back, luckliy it knocked over a planter. It startled the bear and it turned its head. So when it did, I just ran."
He finally found a house with some lights on outside, and someone home.
He said he doesn't even know who they were. "I was just happy to see some people," he said.
Kolsun called a cab and got checked out at the local hospital.
He said he has two puncture wounds on his hip where the bear's teeth went through his jacket and pants. And it tore his shirt.
"It pawed at me," he said. "It ripped my shirt a few times... I have scratches on my chest, some going down and a couple going sideways."
Kolsun said he's doing fine, a remarkable feat after coming eye to eye with the animal, which he guesses weighed 150 kg.
He downplays the accomplishment, though.
"I'm just a lucky guy who got away from a bear," he said.
His advice on handling polar bear encounters?
"When you're in Churchill, take a cab," he laughed. "Or drive. Don't walk after dark."
Manitoba Conservation said Monday the bear was caught on Saturday and is being assessed.
A government spokesperson seconded Kolsun's advice.
The bears are more active at this time of year, before the ice freezes, she said.
Among the precautions people should take - avoiding walking alone and drive or walk with a group of people.
And do not go out after dark, when polar bears are out.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2013/09/09/mb-polar-bear-churchill-northern-manitoba-kolsun-attack-winnipeg.html
Winnipeg man thwarts polar bear attack with cell phone
Garett Kolsun is grateful to be alive today after his encounter with a polar bear in Churchill Saturday. The Winnipeg man went to Churchill two weeks ago for his job. It was his first time in the northern town.
Kolsun was walking to where he was staying at around 1:30 Saturday morning, when he noticed something out of the corner of his eye.
"As I looked over, I could see a polar bear charging me. It was running full tilt torwards me," he said Monday, his voice still raspy from yelling. "So I turned to try to run to find someplace safe to go. But where I was there was no place to really go."
Kolsun said it was an industrial area, with mainly businesses, and no homes.
"So I turned on the bear and it just kept charging. It came up closer and I started yelling and screaming and trying to raise my arms up to keep the bear away from me as best I could," he said. "I kept running in circles and backwards and yelling, hollering for help and everything else."
He ran up to a bakery, and tried kicking open the front door.
"At that point the bear was basically right on top of me," he said. "I was yelling and screaming, trying to keep it away from me. Throughout all this it had swatted at me a few times and it had bit me."
Kolsun said he was desperate.
"So I pulled my cell phone out of my pocket, turned it on and the screen lit up," he said. "I turned it towards the bear, put it in his face and it stepped back."
It turned the tide.
"When it stepped back, luckliy it knocked over a planter. It startled the bear and it turned its head. So when it did, I just ran."
He finally found a house with some lights on outside, and someone home.
He said he doesn't even know who they were. "I was just happy to see some people," he said.
Kolsun called a cab and got checked out at the local hospital.
He said he has two puncture wounds on his hip where the bear's teeth went through his jacket and pants. And it tore his shirt.
"It pawed at me," he said. "It ripped my shirt a few times... I have scratches on my chest, some going down and a couple going sideways."
Kolsun said he's doing fine, a remarkable feat after coming eye to eye with the animal, which he guesses weighed 150 kg.
He downplays the accomplishment, though.
"I'm just a lucky guy who got away from a bear," he said.
His advice on handling polar bear encounters?
"When you're in Churchill, take a cab," he laughed. "Or drive. Don't walk after dark."
Manitoba Conservation said Monday the bear was caught on Saturday and is being assessed.
A government spokesperson seconded Kolsun's advice.
The bears are more active at this time of year, before the ice freezes, she said.
Among the precautions people should take - avoiding walking alone and drive or walk with a group of people.
And do not go out after dark, when polar bears are out.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2013/09/09/mb-polar-bear-churchill-northern-manitoba-kolsun-attack-winnipeg.html
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Giant hornets kill 42 in China
Swarms of giant hornets have killed 42 people and injured 1,640 in China's northwestern province of Shaanxi in recent weeks, the official Xinhua news agency said on Thursday.
Authorities are destroying nests, putting up warning signs and raising public awareness via television, radio and the Internet, it said. Residents have been told to wear long sleeves when they go out, and not to try to drive away the swarms.
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Go out? Go out? There's giant hornets out there!!!
Swarms of giant hornets have killed 42 people and injured 1,640 in China's northwestern province of Shaanxi in recent weeks, the official Xinhua news agency said on Thursday.
Authorities are destroying nests, putting up warning signs and raising public awareness via television, radio and the Internet, it said. Residents have been told to wear long sleeves when they go out, and not to try to drive away the swarms.
More at link
Go out? Go out? There's giant hornets out there!!!
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PMedMoe said:Go out? Go out? There's giant hornets out there!!!
Here's a pic of giant hornet queens from the same incident in China:
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Another way to combine 'fear' and toilet
A San Antonio man visiting a Starbucks got more than just coffee when he went to its bathroom and discovered a snake in the toilet. Bruce Ahlswede came across the critter and alerted a store employee. “We went back in, watched it as it slithered back and around, down underneath the rim of the bowl and right inside.”
He got a picture of the snake before it disappeared and displayed it on the web, which unhinged many who saw it. Experts told CNN it is most likely a non-poisonous Texas rat snake, which has been known to find its way into plumbing systems.
Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/09/06/watch-snake-found-in-starbucks-toilet/#ixzz2hlISU6kV
A San Antonio man visiting a Starbucks got more than just coffee when he went to its bathroom and discovered a snake in the toilet. Bruce Ahlswede came across the critter and alerted a store employee. “We went back in, watched it as it slithered back and around, down underneath the rim of the bowl and right inside.”
He got a picture of the snake before it disappeared and displayed it on the web, which unhinged many who saw it. Experts told CNN it is most likely a non-poisonous Texas rat snake, which has been known to find its way into plumbing systems.
Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/09/06/watch-snake-found-in-starbucks-toilet/#ixzz2hlISU6kV
