US surgeons transplant pig’s heart into human, break world record

Victoria Edeme

United States surgeons have broken a world record as they transplanted the heart of a pig into a dying patient for the very first time in the world.

The operation, which took about nine hours to complete, was conducted on a 57-year-old man, David Bennett, at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore on Saturday.

The surgeons transplanted a genetically-modified pig’s heart into the patient’s body, Daily Mail reported on Monday.

Surgeons subjected the pig’s heart to gene-editing, in order to remove sugar in its cells that may cause the human body to reject it.

Bennett was suffering from terminal heart failure and was too sick to qualify for a human transplant. Though he knew that there was no guarantee the operation would work, the labourer had said that he would “either die or do this transplant”.

He added, “I want to live. I know it’s a shot in the dark, but it’s my last choice.”

After the operation, Bennet was able to breathe on his own though he was connected to a heart-lung machine that helped his new heart pump blood around his body.

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Police uncover secret Instagram group where teenage girls as young as 12 prepare and plan to commit suicide

Police have uncovered a secret Instagram group named 'suicide' involving twelve girls, aged between 12 and 16 years old across southern England, where the young girls plan to have "suicidal crises" and "serious self-harm".

According to the BBC, the police investigation discovered the online group when three of the girls went missing and were found seriously unwell in London.

The group of girls travelled by train to meet in London.

They were found seriously unwell in a street and taken by ambulance to hospital for emergency treatment.

One of the girls mentioned they had first met each other online and discussed suicide, according to the police briefing.

Police officers then examined digital devices to identify the name of the online group and its other members.

Seven of the 12 girls had self-harmed prior to being traced by the police. Children's social care services from seven different local authorities have been involved in safeguarding children identified as members of the group.

Police said in a statement to BBC that "peer-to-peer influence increased suicidal ideation amongst the children involved to the extent that several escalated to suicidal crises and serious self-harm."

 

Instagram says it found no evidence of its rules being broken as it uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) to hunt and block self-harm posts and groups.

Some of the children had met on other social media platforms but were part of a closed Instagram group - a direct message thread - whose title used the words "suicide" and "missing".

 

Facebook, which owns Instagram, does not deny that the name of the closed group referenced "suicide" but says it has not been removed from the platform because the content of the messages does not break its rules.

In a statement, a company spokesperson said it was co-operating with the police.

"We reviewed reports and found no evidence of the people involved breaking our rules around suicide and self harm.

"We don't allow graphic content, or content that promotes or encourages suicide or self-harm, and will remove it when we find it.

"We'll continue to support the police and will respond to any valid legal request for information."

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Check Out The Reasons Why The Richest Man In The World Withdrew His Children From School And What He Did That Will Amaze You

Check Out The Reasons Why The Richest Man In The World Withdrew His Children From School And What He Did That Will Amaze You

Feb 12, 2021

Education is something rich people don' t joke with in their life. Elon registered his children in Los Angeles at Mirman school, a private educational institute for gifted children that requires pupils to pass an IQ test, As you all expected Mirman school is for rich kids at least for you to enroll your ward, you must have 30000 dollars, while average student teacher ratio in America school is 16 to 1, Mirman school boast of a student ratio of 7 to 1 to tell you it a school with shocking standard.

Elon Musk withdrew his kid from the school disappointed, he said" The regular school weren' t doing the things that I thought should be done! well, let' s see what we can do, after he made this statement he established his school and named it AD ASTRA( WHICH MEANS TO THE STARS)

One of the most advanced technological citadel of learning making huge waves in the world.

1. Children aren' t conditioned to see learning as a race for grades

Unlike here in Nigeria and some other parts of the world, where school is synonymous to certificates and grades, where we also don' t care about learning but grades and degrees. Elon musk' s school doesn' t treat learning that way.

2. As astra school students are not compelled to sit in class for many hours. 

A Student can leave school anytime he/she want, or leave a lecture room when he/she feel the class is getting too long, Elon believes it not how long lecture is but the quality. Sometimes students can be asked to come to school in a week.

3. Ad Astra school focuses on getting the students to know why and how not just giving students theories or bulky notes. Elon musk said " if you want to teach children how engines work, you wouldn' t first teach them all about wrenches and all about screwdrivers. You would show them the engine, and ask how they would take it apart. Then, a very important thing happens, which is that the relevance of that tool becomes apparent"

4. As Astra makes children see school as a playing field.

Children likes to play, but Elon finds out that schools around the world don' t make it look like they need to play, he said playing makes children grow mentally, emotionally, it makes them creative, healthier and learning enjoyable. He also stated that children in Ad Astra hate going on vacation.

What is your take on this, do you think Elon is right? And would you love to learn in that kind of school or probably your kids. 

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Lekki Till Gate : Mr. Marcorni in Police Net.

Comedian Mr Macaroni started a live video on Instagram to show what is happening at the Lekki tollgate

- The comedian was spotted in a police van, noting that he was picked up by the police

- Macaroni was heard having a conversation with people whose faces were not shown in the video

Popular comedian Debo Adebayo popularly known as Mr Macaroni has been arrested by some police officials at the Lekki toll gate on the morning of Saturday, February 13.

Macaroni joined the protest against the planned reopening of the toll gate following the alleged killing of protesters on October 20, 2020.

The comedian went on Instagram Live to show his fans and followers what is happening at the toll gate.

We can't continue like this: Falz reacts to arrest of Mr Macaroni, other protesters at Lekki tollgate

The video showed the comedian locked inside a Black Maria as he spoke with some people who wanted to shake him.

He was heard telling them that he cannot shake them because of coronavirus.

To watch the video, Click on the link to watch him in the police care.

  

UITH successfully separates conjoined twins, employs parents

By Odun Edward, Ilorin

15 January 2021   |   3:57 am

University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), Ilorin, Kwara State, yesterday successfully separated conjoined twins. The hospital presented the set of female twins, who were conjoined at birth, alive to the public after doctors successfully separated them.

Sources said that the feat by the institution’s team of medics was despite the dearth of equipment at the hospital. Addressing reporters in Ilorin yesterday, the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of UITH, Prof. Abdullah Yussuf, attributed the feat to the commitment and determination of the 66-member team.

Yussuf said medical tourism abroad by some privileged Nigerians could be halted if the needed medical equipment were made available at the nation’s public hospitals.

The professor of Behavioural Science asserted that support from corporate bodies and individuals would greatly assist in this respect, noting that government could not exclusively carry out all the health needs of the citizens.

He noted that the public presentation of the babies was with the consent of the parents, natives of New Bussa in Niger State.

“You are here to celebrate with us one of the milestones we achieved in the last few days: the separation of conjoined twins by this hospital. This was done by a team of experts in the hospital ably led by a paediatric surgeon.

“Today, we are witnessing another breakthrough in this hospital and we are very grateful to God for making this thing possible. We are also grateful for those who have contributed so immensely to the success of the operation, especially the Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq. He supported the procedure by giving us substantial amount of money and that actually propelled us to achieve the feat,” he said.

On the dearth of equipment, the CMD said: “It is not peculiar to UITH alone. It is a general phenomenon in many institutions like ours. Some of our equipment have gone obsolete.”

Parents of the babies, Mr. and Mrs. Tawakalitu Ahmed, begged Nigerians for help to be able to nurture the babies to maturity. Promptly, the CMD announced automatic employment at the hospital for the couple, a piece of news they both received with gladness.

ICT: Word processing

Computer Studies/ ICT

WORD PROCESSING

WORD PROCESSING

WHAT IS WORD PROCESSING?

Word Processing means to use computer technology to create, edit, and print text – based documents. It is used for communicating text – based documents such as Letter, Reports, Memos, Manuscripts and other official documents.

ADVANTAGES OF WORD PROCESSING OVER TYPEWRITER

Ø     Changes can be made without retyping the whole document.

Ø     Mistakes can be corrected by taking cursor back and correct the mistake.

Ø     A paragraph can be deleted without leaving a trace.

Ø     It is easy to insert a word, sentence, or paragraph in the middle of a document. 

WORD PROCESSOR

Ø     This is software package that enables you to create a document.

EXAMPLES OF WORD PROCESSOR

Ø     Microsoft Word (Ms – Word)

Ø     Word Perfect

Ø     Soft Word

Ø     Lotus Word Pro

Ø     Word Star

Ø     Page maker etc.

FEATURES OF WORD PROCESSOR

Ø     INSERT TEXT: It allows you to insert text anywhere in the document.

Ø     DELETE TEXT: It allows you to erase characters, words, lines, or pages.

Ø     CUT, COPY AND PASTE: It allows you to remove (cut) or duplicate (copy) a section of text from one place in a document and insert (paste) it somewhere else.

Ø     SEARCH AND REPLACE: It allows you to search for a particular word or phrase in your document.

Ø     WORD WRAP: It automatically moves the insertion point to the next line once the current line is full.

Ø     HEADERS, FOOTERS AND PAGES: It allows you to specify customized header (common text that is printed at the top of every page) and footer (common text that is printed at the bottom of every page). The word processor automatically keeps track of page numbers so that the correct number appears on each page.

Ø     SPELL AND GRAMMAR CHECKERS: It allows you to check the spelling of words and grammatical error in sentences.

Ø     FILE MANAGEMENT: Word processor allows you to create, delete, move and search for files.

Ø     WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get): With WYSIWYG, a document appears on the display screen exactly as it will look when printed.

STARTING MS - WORD

MICROSOFT WORD (MS – WORD)

Ø     Ms – Word is an example of Word processor. It is also known as Word.

CLASSROOM ACTIONS TO TAKE THIS YEAR, NO 1, IS A GAME CHANGER

CLASSROOM ACTIONS TO TAKE THIS YEAR, NO 1, IS A GAME CHANGER

Every new year comes with a new perspective, most times we set goals and strategic for attaining or improving certain aspects of our life's

As a teacher, we also are not exempted from setting goals and preparing strategic plans to achieving successful academic term. I belief we all pass through much to educate children most especially taking up their shortcomings.

This new term, there are some strategic actions we can employ in our classroom that can revolutionize our class.

1. Create a friendship relationship with your students - normally it should be called students-teacher relationship, however this conotes different meaning to different teachers, what I mean is that see them more as a tools to pass knowledge, This could be inform of positive words and engaging personal discussion such as 

how are they doing?, are you alright?, what do they think of something that involves them and much more?.

2. Eliminate corporal punishment - there are other means of correcting a student from cane, slapping, verbal insult e.t.c, look for other means and employ it, most especially student's who are naughty in my class are engage more so as to keep them occupied.

3. Minimize individual learning - try to promote learning as a group, group learning has been a game changer in my class. It builds academic excellent, cooperation and life skills that could not be taught individually.

All these can improve your class this term. Do have a wonderful term.

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Hilarious as Simi and Adekunle tease themselves on social media

Hilarious as Simi and Adekunle tease themselves on social media.