Key Facts About Seasonal Flu Vaccine

Why should people get vaccinated against the flu?

Influenza is a serious disease that can lead to hospitalization and sometimes even death. Every flu season is different, and influenza infection can affect people differently. Even healthy people can get very sick from the flu and spread it to others. Over a period of 31 seasons between 1976 and 2007,estimates of flu-associated deaths in the United States range from a low of about 3,000 to a high of about 49,000 people. During recent flu seasons, between 80% and 90% of flu related deaths have occurred in people 65 years and older. "Flu season" in the United States can begin as early as October and last as late as May. During this time, flu viruses are circulating at higher levels in the U.S. population. An annual seasonal flu vaccine (either the flu shot or the nasal spray flu vaccine) is the best way to reduce the chances that you will get seasonal flu and spread it to others. When more people get vaccinated against the flu, less flu can spread through that community.

How do flu vaccines work?

Flu vaccines cause antibodies to develop in the body about two weeks after vaccination. These antibodies provide protection against infection with the viruses that are in the vaccine.

The seasonal flu vaccine protects against the influenza viruses that research indicates will be most common during the upcoming season. Traditional flu vaccines (called "trivalent" vaccines) are made to protect against three flu viruses; an influenza A (H1N1) virus, an influenza A (H3N2) virus, and an influenza B virus. There are also flu vaccines made to protect against four flu viruses (called "quadrivalent" vaccines). These vaccines protect against the same viruses as the trivalent vaccine and an additional B virus.read more

Neanderthals were not as dumb

Work items found in a cave in France from 40,000BC were thought to have been crafted by early humans.But ancient DNA tests at the Châtelperronian archaeological site in Grotte du Renne proved they were made by cavemen.

The researchers found 28 bone fragments, other hand-made objects and primitive jewellery.read more

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time goes quicker now

when i was a younger person time seemed to stand still or drag and i looked forward to weekend television yes it was good once .but now i am aging -54 -it seems monday soon blends into the weekend i sure other feel the same way and may have been research-see this link -done on this subject .

Yorkshire PUMA on the loose?

The shy animal, which has golden-brown fur and piercing eyes, hides behind a tree but looks straight down the camera lens. 

According to the factory worker who spotted it, the big cat stayed put for 15 seconds before slinking off into the Yorkshire landscape. 

It is the latest and possibly most convincing in a string of sightings of big cats. More than 50 have been reported to police since 2001. read more

THE EXISTENCE OF MONSTERS AND GIANTS?

Monsters and giants have always played an important part in folklore and fiction. There has been a lot of speculation of whether some of these creatures exist in reality or not. People claiming to have witnessed some of them have aroused those speculations and have created a lot of curiosity about them. There has also been an element of fear involved in it as monsters and giants are known to be something that are dangerous and that can be harmful.

One of the most popular of such creatures that is believed to be in reality is the Bigfoot. The Bigfootis a large, hairy half-human and half-ape like creature. It is known to be about 6 to10 feet tall, is tremendously huge, and walks upright on its legs. It is supposedly known to inhabit, mainly, in forests, in the Pacific Northwest region of North America.

There have been known to be a number of alleged interactions between humans and the Bigfoot. Many people have claimed to have seen it, which adds to the curiosity of the creature. The search for the Bigfoot has been going on for years. But all that has been found are some large footprints, some hazy pictures and videos, and endless stories about the Bigfoot.-read more

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Scientists need YOU to look for lugworm sperm

The people of Britain are being asked to look out the sperm of the lugworm, in a nationwide campaign to find out more about the sex lives of the secretive, burrowing marine worm.

Spermwatch is a citizen science campaign launched by scientists determined to solve a mystery that has eluded them for decades: exactly what environmental conditions trigger the lugworm to start spawning?

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As the campaign’s website explains: “We need people across the UK to look for sperm puddles and tell us when they appear. 

“Our aim is to find out the exact time when male lugworms release their sperm, and how that varies around the UK.”

Lugworms, better known among humans as a source -read more

live streaming on YouTube.

Introduction to live streaming

You can reach your audience live by taking advantage of live streaming on YouTube.

Before you get started with your live stream, you need to do a few things:

1. Confirm that your channel is verified and that you have no live stream restrictions in the last 90 days.
2. Enable live streaming from Creator Studio tools --> Live Streaming.

Start streaming

Once your channel is enabled, you have two options to start your live stream:

• Stream now is a quick and easy way to go live. Start sending content and we'll automatically start and stop the stream for you at the right time.
• Events gives you greater control of the live stream. You can preview before you go live, you have back-up redundancy streams and you can start and stop the stream when you want.

If you want to embed your live stream on a site, make sure you have an approved AdSense account linked to your YouTube account.

Mouse-Sized Spiders Released in U.K.

The majority of people taking an online poll describe this news as "terrifying," but scientists are cheering the comeback of a large, endangered spider in the U.K. It's a recovery that was made possible by the recent release of hundreds of captive-bred individuals.

The fen raft spider (Dolomedes plantarius), which can grow up to three inches (7.6 centimeters) long and sometimes eats fish, is the largest species of spider in the U.K. It is also endangered. That's why scientists from the London-area zoo Chessington World of Adventures have beenbreeding it in captivity.

You shouldn't be scared—it's not dangerous to people and actually plays an important role in its ecosystem. (Watch hundreds of babies emerge after a wolf spider is squashed.)-read more

Manchester City unveil ROBOTS which will entertain fans on matchdays

Dont’ worry, this isn’t Manchester City’s new three-man defence although they look like they would be less injury-prone than Vincent Kompany.

No, these are the ‘humanoid robots’ who will be entertaining Blues fans around the Etihad stadium, singing songs and performing tricks.

The club has unveiled the robots as it announced details of it’s latest plans to provide the best and most innovative match-day experience on the planet.

The robots will help to entertain fans at some home games and will also be featured on LED screens around the ground and on other content shared on the club’s website and through social media-read more

Did this tortoise single-handedly save his species by having lots of sex?

You may have heard of Diego the Galapagos tortoise by now -- the legendary Casanova that did God's work and single-handledly saved his species from extinction by fathering more than 800 offspring.

But as with most things on the internet, if it's too good to be true, it probably is.

Turns out Diego isn't the most prolific tortoise, and he most certainty didn't do it alone (amirite, ladies?).

"Diego is prolific, but not the most prolific," says James Gibbs, a professor of conservation biology at the State University of New York, "Although you can't argue with 800 offspring."

The guy with the most impressive performance is actually the nameless E5. According to genetic -read more

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Natural World-2016-2017: 8. Jasee programme guars: Brazil's Super Cats

Jaguars are South America's supreme predator, but they are also one of the most elusive animals on the planet. We follow a pioneering team in Brazil as they track and follow individual wild jaguars to gain amazing new insights into their lives. With jaguars increasingly under threat, every cat counts. So when two young jaguar cubs are tragically orphaned, the team needs to use all their new-found knowledge to help the cubs return to the wild.see programme

not a croc after all.

rspca officer was surprised when their got a called out on reports of a baby crocodile  on the loose by a roadside in winsford,cheshire .the creature found turned out too be just a plastic toy.

insects found in historic buildings

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Meet Angela Nikolau, The Russian Girl Who Takes The World’s Riskiest Photos

Angela Nikolau is a talented self taught photographer, adventurer and roofer based in Moscow, Russia. Angela was born in 1993, she shoots a lot of urban, street and underground photography. Nikolau’s Instagram feed contains plenty of skyscrapers and high-rise buildings.

h/t: photogristread more and see more photos

Britain’s last human cannonball

A HUMAN cannonball had a horrifying accident when he soared through the air at 50mph but fell short of the crash mat.

The circus crowd feared the worst when Shane Beare slammed into the ground.But there was a huge cheer when the daredevil bravely struggled to his feet and gave a bow, despite having two broken ankles.

Shane, thought to be the country’s last working human cannonball act, said: “My ankles smashed as I landed but I just had to stand up and give a bow because my family were in the crowd.

“The adrenaline kicked in and I hobbled over to a clown and lent on him.read more

tango r.i.p

A TIGER who starred in Esso’s much-loved fuel adverts has died of old age at a Lincolnshire wildlife park.

Tango, one of several big cats to appear in the famous ‘Tiger in Your Tank’ ads in the 1990s, passed away at the weekend.His tragic death comes just two years after he was rescued from an Eastern European circus.

Woodside Wildlife Park has received almost 1,000 messages of sympathy on its Facebook page since announcing the 22-year-old animal’s death.

Tango is thought to have been Britain’s oldest tiger.Park director Neil Mumby said: “A normal age for a tiger to reach would be approximately 15 – so at 22 he was over 100 years old in human terms.

“He had extremely good innings but he had a mixed life in his circus time on the continent.

“We were happy to give him a good, peaceful retirement for two-and-a-half years – we have seen him chasing butterflies, swimming and behaving like a tiger deserves to.”Mumby, who orchestrated a £250,000 project to re-home Tango in 2014, added: “From my point of view, we are extremely proud to have given him his retirement.”

Esso first used an image of a tiger in its ads following the end of rationing after the Second World War.

The long-running “Put a Tiger in Your Tank” campaign is regarded is one of the most successful in advertising history.see ad

2 Tone (music genre)

2 Tone (or Two Tone) was a late-1970s ska revival in the United Kingdom led by Jerry Dammers and The Specials. It fused traditional ska music with punk rock attitude, energy and musical elements.^[1][2] Its name came from the record label that Dammers founded, 2 Tone Records as well as a desire to transcend and defuse racial tensions in Thatcher-era Britain. Although 2 Tone's mainstream commercial appeal was largely limited to the UK, it influenced the North American ska punk movement (also known asthird wave ska) in the 1980s and 1990s.^[3][4]The 2 Tone sound was developed by young musicians in Coventry, West Midlands, England who grew up hearing 1960s Jamaican music.^[5] They combined influences from ska, reggae and rocksteady with elements of punk rock and new wave. Bands considered part of the genre include: The Specials, The Selecter, The Beat, Madness, Bad Manners and The Bodysnatchers.^[3]

The term was coined by The Specials' keyboard player Jerry Dammers, who — with the assistance of Horace Panter and graphic designer John "Teflon" Sims — created the iconic Walt Jabsco logo (a man in a black suit, white shirt, black tie, pork pie hat, white socks and black loafers) to represent the 2 Tone genre. The logo was based on an early album cover photo of Peter Tosh, and included an added black-and-white check pattern.^[6][7][8]

Most of the bands considered to be part of the 2 Tone genre were signed to 2 Tone Records at some point. Other record labels associated with the 2 Tone sound were Stiff Records and Go Feet Records. The music was especially popular among skinheads, rudiesand some mod revivalists.wiki link-a music that was very much part of the music scene around southend-on -sea during the 80s and saw i lot of people coping style of clothes .

Push ups in memory of fallen soldiers

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