10 First Aid Mistakes

1. Cut finger. It's surprisingly easy for a person to amputate part of a finger—for instance, while chopping vegetables or using an electric saw.
Don't try to preserve the loose part by placing it directly on ice.
Do wrap the severed part in damp gauze (saline would be ideal for wetting the cloth), place it in a watertight bag and place the bag on ice. Then be sure to bring the bag and ice to the emergency room. The patient will be going into surgery, so he's best off with an empty stomach. As for the wound on the hand or body, apply ice to reduce swelling and cover it with a clean, dry cloth.

2. Knocked-out tooth.
Don't scrub the tooth hard even if it's dirty (a gentle rinse is OK)
Do put the tooth in milk and go straight to the ER; there's a chance the tooth could be reimplanted.

3. Burns.
Don't apply ice or butter or any other type of grease to burns. Also, don't cover a burn with a towel or blanket, because loose fibers might stick to the skin. When dealing with a serious burn, be careful not to break any blisters or pull off clothing stuck to the skin.
Do wash and apply antibiotic ointment to mild burns. Head to the hospital for any burns to the eyes, mouth, or genital areas, even if mild; any burn that covers an area larger than your hand; and any burn that causes blisters or is followed by a fever.

4. Electrical burns.
Don't fail to get medical attention for a jolt of electricity (for instance, from lightning, a power line, or home electrical cords), even if no damage is evident. An electrical burn can cause invisible (and serious) injury deeper inside the body. More than 500 Americans die every year from electrical burns.
Do go to the ER immediately.

5. Sprained ankle.
Don't use a heating pad.
Do treat a sprain with ice. Go to the ER if it is very painful to bear weight. You might have a fracture.

6. Nosebleed.
Don't lean back. And after the bleeding has stopped, don't blow your nose or bend over.
Do sit upright and lean forward and pinch your nose steadily (just below the nasal bone) for five to 10 minutes. If the bleeding persists for 15 minutes (or if you think you are swallowing a lot of blood) go to the ER.

7. Bleeding.
Don't use tourniquets! You could cause permanent tissue damage.
Do apply steady pressure to the wound with a clean towel or gauze pack and wrap the wound securely. Go to the ER if the bleeding doesn't stop, or if the wound is gaping or caused by an animal bite. To help prevent shock, keep the victim warm.

8. Ingestion of poison.
Don't induce vomiting or use Ipecac syrup (unless instructed to do so by emergency personnel).
Do call poison control, and bring the ingested substance with its container to the ER.

9. Being impaled.
Don't remove the object; you could cause further damage or increase the risk of bleeding.
Do stabilize the object, if possible, and go to the ER.

10. Seizures.
Don't put anything in the victim's mouth.
Do lay the victim on the ground if possible in an open space and roll the victim onto his or her side. Call 911.

And when else should you call 911? Whenever you see or experience chest pain, fainting, confusion, uncontrollable bleeding or shortness of breath. The medics can get to work on arrival.

Bike Stunts

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Office dares

Office Dares
One-Point Dares

1.. Ignore the first five people who say 'good morning' to you.
2.. To signal the end of a conversation, clamp your hands over your ears and grimace.
3.. Leave your fly open for one hour. If anyone points it out, say, "Sorry, I really prefer it this way".
4.. Walk sideways to the photocopier.
5.. While going in an elevator, gasp dramatically each time the doors open.
6.. When in elevator with one other person, tap them on the shoulder and pretend it wasn't you.
7.. Finish all your sentences with "In accordance with the prophecy..."
8.. Don't use any punctuation.
9.. Interrupt your conversation with someone by giving a huge dejected sigh.
10.. Use your highlighter pen on the computer screen.

Three-Point Dares
1.. Say to your boss, "I like your style", wink, and shoot him with double-barrelled fingers.
2.. Kneel in front of the water cooler and drink directly from the nozzle.
3.. Shout random numbers while someone is counting.
4.. Every time you get an email, shout ''email''.
5.. Put decaf in the coffee maker for 3 weeks. Once everyone has got over their caffeine addictions, switch to espresso.
6.. Keep hole punching your finger. Each time you do, shout, "dagnamit, it's happened again!". Then do it again.
7.. Introduce yourself to a new colleague as "the office bicycle". Then wink and pout.
8.. Call I.T. helpdesk and tell them that you can't seem to access any pornography web sites.

Five-Point Dares
1.. At the end of a meeting, suggest that, for once, it would be nice to conclude with the singing of the national anthem (extra points if you actually launch into it yourself).
2.. Walk into a very busy person's office and while they watch you with growing irritation, turn the light switch on/off 10 times.
3.. For an hour, refer to everyone you speak to as "Dave".
4.. Announce to everyone in a meeting that you "really have to go do a number two".
5.. When you've picked up a call, before speaking finish off some fake conversation with the words, ''she can abort it for all I care''.
6.. After every sentence, say 'Mon' in a really bad Jamaican accent. As in: "The report's on your desk, Mon." Keep this up for one hour.
7.. In a meeting or crowded situation, slap your forehead repeatedly and mutter, "Shut up, damn it, all of you just shut up!"
8.. At lunchtime, get down on your knees and announce, "As God is my witness, I'll never go hungry again!"
9.. Repeat the following conversation 10 times to the same person: "Do you hear that?" "What?" "Never mind, it's gone now."
10.. Present meeting attendees with a cup of coffee and biscuit; smash each biscuit with your fist.
11.. During the course of a meeting, slowly edge your chair towards the door.
12.. As often as possible, skip rather than walk.
13.. Ask people what sex they are. Laugh hysterically after they answer.
14.. Sign or p.p. all letters with your initials and a swastika.

1. The nicest thing about the future is that it always starts tomorrow.
2. Money will buy a fine dog, but only kindness will make him wag his tail.
3. If you don't have a sense of humor, you probably don't have any sense at all
4. Seat belts are not as confining as wheelchairs.
5. A good time to keep your mouth shut is when you're in deep water.
6. How come it takes so little time for a child who is afraid of the dark to become a teenager who wants to stay out all night?
7. Business conventions are important because they demonstrate how many people a company can operate without.
8. Why is it that at class reunions you feel younger than everyone else looks?
9. Scratch a dog and you'll find a permanent job.
10. No one has more driving ambition than the boy who wants to buy a car.
11. There are no new sins; the old ones just get more publicity.
12. There are worse things than getting a call for a wrong number at 4 AM. It could be a right number.
13. Think about this.. No one ever says "It's only a game" when his team is winning.
14. I've reached the age where the happy hour is a nap.
15. Be careful reading the fine print. There's no way you're going to like it.
16. The trouble with bucket seats is that not everybody has the same size bucket.
17. Do you realize that in about 40 years, we'll have thousands of OLD LADIES running around with tattoos?
(And RAP music will be the Golden Oldies!).
18. Money can't buy happiness -- but somehow it's more comfortable to cry in a Corvette than in a Yugo.
19. If you can't change your mind, are you sure YOU have one!!??
20. After a certain age, if you don't wake up aching in every joint, you are probably dead.

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Cherry Blossom Festival, seoul

Olympics 2008

There was a time, long, long ago, when athletes from around the ancient world would gather, without clothes and without making political pronouncements, to let it all hang out - their enthusiasm for the spirit of competition, that is - and get on with games in which victories would bring resounding honor to the kingdoms, regions and powerful city-states they represented.

AP
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (left) has indicated that she will not attend the Olympic Games in Beijing in August; here, in a photo from last September, Merkel is seen meeting the Dalai Lama, the exiled, Tibetan-Buddhist spiritual leader; the Chinese government was angered by the German leader's encounter with its nemesis
Apparently, times have changed. Today's Olympic Games have become, at least in part, a high-profile venue for the conveying of implicit or explicit political messages, and a locus for a bevy of overlapping, sometimes competing forces and interests that may be athletic, political, economic or cultural, sometimes all at the same time.
With unrest in Tibet against the central Chinese government in Beijing still simmering, and related protests still unfolding around the world to call attention to China's human-rights record, the thoughts some critics have voiced about a possible boycott of the Olympics that will begin in Beijing in early August appear to be starting to take concrete form.
Late last week, German Chancellor Angela Merkel "became the first world leader to decide not to attend the Olympics in Beijing," the British daily the Guardian noted this past Saturday. On that day, foreign ministers from European Union countries met in Slovenia; on their agenda was the sensitive topic of whether or not to boycott the forthcoming Olympics in China, a subject that lately has been bubbling to the surface of policy-makers' lists of things to think about. French President Nicolas Sarkozy has made utterances on the boycott theme. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has pledged to meet the exiled, Tibetan-Buddhist spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, when he visits the United Kingdom in May. The PM also has said he is determined to attend the Beijing Olympics.

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Beijing, March 18, 2008: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at a news conference after the closing session of the National People's Congress; Wen dismissed calls for a boycott of the Olympics after a crackdown on riots in Tibet, saying the event should not be politicized.
The Guardian reported: "The disclosure that Germany is to stay away from the games' opening ceremonies...could encourage...Sarkozy of France to join in a gesture of defiance and complicate...Brown's determination to attend the Olympics. Donald Tusk, Poland's prime minister, became the first E.U. head of government to announce a boycott [last] Thursday, and he was promptly joined by President Václav Klaus of the Czech Republic, who had previously promised to travel to Beijing." Germany's Der Spiegel Online reports that Tusk told a Polish newspaper "that he felt the participation of politicians at the event would be 'inappropriate.'" Klaus pointed out that his decision "was not intended as a 'threat to China.'"
"Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Germany's foreign minister, confirmed that Merkel [would be] staying away. He added that neither he nor Wolfgang Schäuble, the [German] interior minister responsible for sport, would attend the opening ceremon[ies]." (Guardian) A German-government spokesman "expanded on Steinmeier's statement," confirming "that Chancellor Merkel never intended to attend the Olympics - neither the opening ceremonies nor the Games themselves." The spokesman indicated that Schäuble...was not planning to attend the [Olympic Games'] opening ceremonies but would be visiting the event itself." (Der Spiegel Online)

Claro Cortes IV/Reuters
Earlier this month, visitors to the Chinese capital posed with Beijing Olympic mascots
Steinmeier "denied" that, through their proposed actions, these German-government officials would be "boycotting or staging a political protest against the Chinese military and police campaign in Tibet and surrounding areas. While expressing skepticism about a complete boycott, he did not rule one out. 'This is not the right moment to talk about a boycott....We should watch how the Chinese government deals with the situation in the next weeks and months," Steinmeier stated. (Guardian)
So far, the official European Union position "has been to call for restraint and [to] urge China to open a dialog on cultural rights with the Dalai Lama, whom Beijing has accused of inciting the [recent] pro-independence riots" that have taken place in Tibet. (Deutsche Welle; also Télévision Suisse Romande)
Meanwhile, Rama Yade, France's secretary of state for human rights, has said her country will be ready to welcome the Dalai Lama when he swings through Europe in the near future, and French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner has suggested that "if the Tibetan spiritual leader comes to France, [President] Sarkozy should meet him in person." All of that talk prompted a spokesman for China's foreign ministry to retort: "We must stick to the spirit of the Olympics and not politicize the Games....The Chinese government firmly opposes all forms of official contact by the Dalai Lama with any country." (Le Parisien)

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Taipei, Taiwan, March 9, 2008: Buddhist monks chanted prayers before a pro-Tibet demonstration at which protesters called for the Beijing Olympics to be boycotted
Fast forward: France is scheduled to take over the European Union's rotating presidency from Slovenia in July. Thus, Sarkozy last week said: "At the time of the Olympics, I will be in the presidency of the European Union, so I have to sound out and consult my fellow members to see whether or not we should boycott....According to how the situation is looking at the time, I reserve the right to say whether or not I will attend the opening ceremony." (Deutsche Welle)
Yesterday's lead editorial in the British weekly the Observer (the Guardian's sister newssheet), stated: "When China won the right to host the 2008 Olympic Games..., Liu Qi, president of the Beijing organizing committee and the then Beijing city mayor, told the International Olympic Committee: 'If Beijing wins its bid to host the Olympic Games, it will be conducive to China's economic and social progress; at the same time, [China] will also make further progress on the promotion of human rights.' Wang Wei [, the] secretary-general of the Beijing 2008 Olympic bid committee, backed him up [, saying]: 'We will grant full freedom of the press to the journalists coming to China; they will be able to visit Beijing and other Chinese cities and cover any news event before and during the Olympic Games. We will also allow demonstrations.'"

Yiorgos Karahalis/Reuters
Athens, August 9, 2007: Opposition to the Beijing Olympics actually heated up last year. In this photo, women dressed as ancient-Greek priestesses raised torches in front of a banner that read, "Human-rights abuse cannot co-exist with Beijing Olympics." The event was the torch-lighting ceremony for a global relay in support of a boycott of the 2008 Olympics in China.
The Observer's editorial continued: "Four months before the Games [are scheduled to] begin, those promises look shattered. China's human-rights record remains poor....China has seen little progress toward more freedom of expression; the country executes more people and arrests more journalists than the rest of the world combined. It routinely blocks foreign news to which the state objects and censors the Internet. The conditions that existed in 2001 have not improved at all; in many ways, they have worsened. Events in Tibet have crystalized concerns....Even a democratic China that fully respected human rights would regard Tibet as an integral part of its territory, rather as Spain regards the Basque country, France Corsica and Britain Northern Ireland. However, that does not give China license brutally to repress dissent in Tibet...."
Should Gordon Brown represent the U.K. in person at the Beijing Olympics? "Brown has made clear his absolute determination to attend the opening ceremony," the Observer noted. It advised: "[L]ike his European counterparts, he should insist [that] China adhere to its pledges before committing himself....Merkel and Sarkozy are correct. The presence of European leaders should not be guaranteed unless China keeps its promises."

Do you know how the Apostles were dead

Matthew Suffered martyrdom in Ethiopia , killed by a sword wound. Mark Died in Alexandria , Egypt , after being dragged by horses through the streets until he was dead.Luke- was hanged in Greece as a result of his tremendous preaching to the lost. John Faced martyrdom when he was boiled in huge basin of boiling oil during a wave of persecution in Rome . However, he was miraculously delivered from death. John was then sentenced to the mines on the prison island of Patmos . He wrote his prophetic Book of Revelation on Patmos . The apostle John was later freed and returned to serve as Bishop of Edessa in modern Turkey . He died as an old man, the only apostle to die peacefully.Peter was crucified upside down on an x-shaped cross. According to church tradition it was because he told his tormentors that he felt unworthy to die in the same way that Jesus Christ had died. James, Just The leader of the church in Jerusalem , was thrown over a hundred feet down from the southeast pinnacle of the Temple when he refused to deny his faith in Christ. When they discovered that he survived the fall, his enemies beat James to death with a fuller's club.* This was the same pinnacle where Satan had taken Jesus during the Temptation.James the Great, son of Zebedee, was a fisherman by trade when Jesus called him to a lifetime of ministry. As a strong leader of the church, James was ultimately beheaded at Jerusalem . The Roman officer who guarded James watched amazed as James defended his faith at his trial. Later, the officer walked beside James to the place of execution. Overcome by conviction, he declared his new faith to the judge and knelt beside James to accept beheading as a Christian. Bartholomew also known as Nathaniel Was a missionary to Asia . He witnessed for our Lord in present day Turkey . Bartholomew was martyred for his preaching in Armenia where he was flayed to death by a whip. Andrew was crucified on an x-shaped cross in Patras , Greece . After being whipped severely by seven soldiers they tied his body to the cross with cords to prolong his agony. His followers reported that, when he was led toward the cross, Andrew saluted it in these words: "I have long desired and expected this happy hour. The cross has been consecrated by the body of Christ hanging on it." He continued to preach to his tormentors for two days until he expired.Thomas Was stabbed with a spear in India during one of his missionary trips to establish the church in the sub-continent. Jude, Was killed with arrows when he refused to deny his faith in Christ.

Matthias The apostle chosen to replace the traitor Judas Iscariot, was stoned and then beheaded.Barnabas One of the group of seventy disciples, wrote the Epistle of Barnabas. He preached throughout Italy and Cyprus . Barnabas was stoned to death at Salonica.Paul Was tortured and then beheaded by the evil Emperor Nero at Rome in A.D. 67. Paul endured a lengthy imprisonment which allowed him to write his many epistles to the churches he had formed throughout the Roman Empire . These letters, which taught many of the foundational doctrines of Christianity, form a large portion of the New Testament.


Perhaps this is a reminder to us that our sufferings here are indeed minor compared to the intense persecution and cold cruelty faced by the apostles disciples during their times for the sake of the Faith. And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake:But he that endureth to the end shall be saved. Matthew 10:22.

God says his ways are not so easy
It is a narrow way not the broad way

The $ 123500 G-string

A diamond G-string worth S$168,000 ($A134,000) was the highlight of a lingerie fashion show in Singapore on Thursday.

The Triumph Luxurious Diamond Thong had 518 brilliant-cut diamonds, totalling 30 carats, studded into the front of a black lace G-string in a floral pattern.

The skimpy underwear that left little to the imagination also had 27 white gold tassels hanging off it.

Danielle Luminita, a model from Romania, was carried down the runway on the shoulders of two male models wearing only the diamond G-string.

"It is very comfortable, it's not heavy or scratchy or anything," Luminita said backstage.

A spokeswoman for Triumph International, the lingerie company that commissioned the G-string, said it would be dry-cleaned before going on display.

"It's a signature piece, obviously we aren't going to sell it," she said.

Bed that makes itself

Italian engineer Enrico Berruti admits that it was simply his personal laziness that first prompted him to come up with the idea of a bed that makes itself.

Three years later, his first prototype is on show at the five-day International Exhibition of Inventions that started yesterday in Geneva.

The bed has a contraption at the sides with tubes on which one wraps the sides of the duvet linen. A button activates the tubes to smooth over the duvet linen, while straps at the side will tighten the sheet itself.

"To be honest, I am a little bit lazy so I thought of something to do the job (of making a bed) for me," he said, adding that the application could be practical for people with back problems who may not be able to bend.

Like many other inventors at the show, he is seeking a deal that would eventually lead to the commercialisation of his project.

In 2006 the event led to deals worth more than $US30 million ($A32.9 million), while in 2007 licences were negotiated totalling $US40 million ($A43.8 million), said the fair organiser.

Jean-Luc Vincent, who chairs the fair, said companies were increasingly "looking for ideas outside their walls".

"Procter and Gamble, for instance finds 40 per cent of its innovations outside its own R&D department.

"The old idea, that the invention which will make a profit for the company should emerge from its own technical department is being abandoned," he said.

This year, about 720 exhibitors from 45 countries are hoping to get similar deals with venture capitalists or businesses.

The rule of the exhibition is that an invention can be exhibited only once in Geneva and must have some form of intellectual property rights protection.

Inventions range from food products, including non-alcoholic beer jelly for breakfast, to automobile parts, such as a device aimed at saving drivers from the pain of parallel parking. In the field of heavy machinery, there is a drilling rig for underwater geological exploration

 

 
 
 
 

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Why Do women's Clothes Button from the left

Why do women's clothes button from the left


It is hardly surprising that clothing manufacturers might adhere to uniform standards for the various features of garments bought by any given group.

What seems strange, however, is that the standard adopted for women is precisely the opposite of the one for men. If the standard were completely arbitrary, that would be one thing. But the men's standard would appear to make more sense for women as well.

Around 90 per cent of the world's population is right-handed, and it is easier for right-handers to button shirts from the right. So why do women's garments button from the left?

This is an example in which history seems to matter. When buttons first appeared in the 17th century, they were seen only on garments of the wealthy. At that time it was the custom for rich men to dress themselves and for women to be dressed by servants.

Having women's shirts button from the left thus made things easier for the mostly right-handed servants who dressed them. Having men's shirts button from the right made sense not only because most men dressed themselves, but also because a sword drawn from the left hip with the right hand would be less likely to become caught in the shirt. Today, virtually no women are dressed by servants, so why is buttoning from the left still the norm for women?

In economics, a norm, once established, resists change. At a time when all women's shirts buttoned from the left, it would have been risky for any single manufacturer to offer women's shirts that buttoned from the right.

After all, women had grown accustomed to shirts that buttoned from the left and would have to develop new habits and skills to switch.

Beyond that practical difficulty, some women might also have found it socially awkward to appear in public wearing shirts that buttoned from the right, since anyone who noticed would assume they were wearing men's shirts.