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Can You Mix Antibiotics and Alcohol?  (Copyright: Thinkstock) A question to dissect.   Studies show booze won’t stop most treatments from working properly or cause unpleasant side-effects. However, the story isn’t quite that simple. Women who are in the early stages of pregnancy, and who are not ready to share the happy news, know that turning down an alcoholic drink at a social occasion can be a dead giveaway. Telling friends and colleagues they are on antibiotics is the perfect excuse because they are so commonly used. Even the nosiest of acquaintances is unlikely to ask what they are being taken for. But is it really true that you need to abstain from alcohol when on a course of antibiotics? Some people assume that alcohol will stop antibiotics from working properly, while others believe that it will cause side-effects. When staff in a London genitourinary clinic surveyed more than 300 patients they found that 81% ...

Welcome to Mr Jones Blog: How to learn like a memory champion For most of h... : How to learn like a memory champion For most of his 20s, Ed Cooke had been hovering around the top 10 of the World Memory Champion...

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How to learn like a memory champion For most of his 20s, Ed Cooke had been hovering around the top 10 of the World Memory Championships. His  achievements included memorising 2,265 binary digits in 30 minutes and the order of 16 packs of playing cards in just an hour. But at the age of 26, he was getting restless, and wanted to help others to learn like him. "The memory techniques take a certain discipline," he says. "I wanted a tool that would just allow you to relax into learning." The resulting brainchild was Memrise. Launched in 2010, the website and app is now helping more than 1.4 million users to learn foreign languages, history and science with the ease of Cooke's memory powers. It has been followed by similar apps that also take the pain out of learning – both for individuals, and in schools, with some teachers finding benefits that even Cooke couldn't have predicted. “It's very powerful – it does all the spade work of learning,” s...

THE SHOW OF SHAME    Nigeria's First Lady, Patience Jonathan wept dramatically on national TV after she met with the Principal of the school where some 234 girls were abducted by Boko Haram militants

    Wole Soyinka Live on Amanpour #BringBack OurGirls Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka had a frank interview with Amanpour on CNN on Tuesday evening and the man was in his elements. He had a lot to say about the mess going on in Nigeria. Below are his words: “This is a government which is not only in denial mentally, but in denial about certain obvious steps to take... It’s one of those rather child-like situations that if you shut your eyes, if you don’t exhibit the tactile evidence of the missing humanity here, that somehow the problem will go away.”  When asked about the dramatic display of Patience Jonathan, Soyinka said: "Please, I do not want to say anything about that woman who calls herself the First Lady of Nigeria. No, I wont." Amanpour asked him if he believes that President Jonathan is in denial, Soyinka said, “It’s not only he. It’s the advisers around him. It’s a certain section of the nation, some of whom enjoy for various reasons a nation i...

  ‪#‎ BringBackOurGirls‬                        Angelina Jolie and Sean 'Diddy' Combs  Sean 'Diddy' Combs Music mogul Diddy posted the message above on his instagram page today, while actress and UN ambassador, Angelina Jolie spoke about the missing girls during a press conference in Paris today.. “Sadly of course there is real evil in the world, you watch the news and you see all of the people suffering and so much cruelty. It’s unthinkable cruelty like these girls that were kidnapped in Nigeria. Unthinkable cruelty and evil,” she said.

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Nigerian student wins $350,000 Bill Gates Millennium scholarship A Nigerian student of Hubert Flowers High School,Oloruntobi Dare is among the 1000 beneficiaries to win the coveted Bill Gates Millenium scholarship worth $350,000. Oluwatobi who is a naturalized American has shown a consistent display of talent and brains since her pre- school in the USA. Aside from winning the Gates scholarship, she has won other awards including, Most Outstanding Science Student, Hubert Flowers High School, Maryland; Winner, Prince George’s Community Church’s 8th Annual African American History Essay Contest; 3rd place winner, Maryland Coalition for Gifted and Talented Education Essay Contest 2014; and Maryland Representative at the commemoration of the 70th Anniversary Pearl Harbor Day Parade.  

Twitter tries out 'mute' feature for irritating tweets The mute feature is being rolled out to some users Continue reading the main story Twitter is trialling a feature in its mobile apps that allows users to mute accounts that are becoming irritating. Unlike the block function, which is designed to stop communications with an undesirable user completely, muting is intended to be temporary. It will mean users can block out people who, for example, live tweet football matches every weekend, or post about TV talent shows. Many third-party Twitter apps have offered a mute option for some time. According to technology news site The Verge, selected users running Twitter's Apple iOS and Google Android apps reported seeing the feature appear. The Verge described muting as a "stealth unfollow", ideal for ignoring work colleagues. Engagement worries Twitter has not commented specifically on its plans for rolling out the mute feature. But in a blog...

'I will lead protest to Chibok, and I don't mind being shot' - Patience Jonathan "I do not mind being shot as long as they return our girls to us safely, we are tired of the kidnapping,” she said. (Na So) First Lady Patience Jonathan has said she's ready to lead a protest to Chibok, Borno state if the kidnapped girls are not released soon, and doesn't mind being shot if that's what it will take to release the girls. (if I hear! lol). Mama peace made this statement during a meeting with wives of government functionaries, female Senators and Commissioners. According to her, First Ladies of other countries such as Cameroon, Chad, Niger and others have  being calling to ask her questions and offer assistance on the matter. "They intimate me of their readiness to help. They also asked me questions that I could not answer ‎and as women we are the last hope of this nation. We cannot fail our fellow women and the nation. If need be, we will call...

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