Deadly second wave of swine flu 'on its way', scientists warn

A second wave of swine flu could be on its way, scientists warned last night after the number of new cases rose for the first time since July.

The jump, from an estimated 3,000 to 5,000, comes a fortnight after children - key spreaders of the disease - returned to school.

There have been outbreaks at six schools in England, but health chiefs repeated that there are no plans to close schools as it would do little to contain the disease.

In another development, two sufferers are believed to have developed resistance to Tamiflu, the anti-viral drug which is the only line of defence to the disease before a vaccine is ready.

Disruption: A woman walks through London with a surgical mask in an attempt to protect her from swine flu (file picture). Scientists fear the deadly second wave of swine flu is on its way

Chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson however said the two cases were not of significance as there was no evidence these resistant viruses had been transmitted from person to person.

Experts have been predicting a second wave of swine flu will hit in the winter months following a lull over the summer break, when children were not mixing as freely. Sir Liam said the figures 'begin to suggest swine flu is coming back'. And he admitted: 'We would naturally have hoped for a bit more breathing space before it started again.'

There are 143 people in hospital in England, of whom 23 are in intensive care. The total of deaths linked to the virus stands at 67 in England and 79 across the UK.

Sir Liam has revised NHS forecasts, saying that between 3,000 and 19,000 will die from the virus - down from the 65,000 worst case scenario outlined in July.

The number of new cases have been falling since the peak of 110,000 a week reported in late July. Experts believe a second wave of the disease will be more deadly as it will coincide with winter, when flu is more virulent.

Sir Liam said more than 1.3million people had been assessed via the National Pandemic Flu Service for England, with 522,890 collections of anti-viral drugs.

Health Secretary Andy Burnham, left, and Chief Medical Officer Sir Liam Donaldson demonstrate how to sneeze, while reducing the risk of infecting others, during a visit to a North London school

The schools affected by outbreaks are two in South Yorkshire, one in Carlisle, one in the North East and two in London.

Sir Liam said there were no plans to close schools as the virus was circulating in the community, meaning such efforts would have little value.

Tests on GlaxoSmithKline's flu vaccine has shown that a good immune response can be achieved with just one dose rather than two, he said.

However, Sir Liam said the under-13s and over-65s may need two doses, although research was ongoing.

The Health Protection Agency said two samples from UK patients have been shown to have the genetic change associated with Tamiflu resistance. Both were from patients with compromised immune systems.

One has been proved to be resistant; the other is undergoing further tests to confirm resistance.

A spokeswoman for the HPA said there was no question that the resistance could have been caused by overuse of Tamiflu, which has been prescribed to hundreds of thousands of people with suspected cases of the disease.

'We have seen this in other countries where there hasn't been mass prescription of Tamiflu,' she said. 'The cases are sporadic, and there is no evidence of onward transmission. This is to be expected and is not a cause for concern.'

Stunning shots of thirsty bats swooping down for a drink from garden pond

Swooping low over a garden pond in Surrey, these are the stunning pictures of bats enjoying an evening drink at their favourite watering hole.

They are so detailed you can even see the night creatures slurping from the pool with their little pink tongues.

The amazing shots were taken after months of painstaking planning by wildlife photographer Kim Taylor.

The amazing shots were taken after months of painstaking planning by Kim Taylor. This is thought to be a brown long-eared bat

Kim Taylor shows off his equipment that he used to get his detailed images

After noticing the beautiful bats flying close to his garden pond at night Kim began wondering how he could capture the moment they drank from the pool.

Travelling at 20mph, with wing beats not visible to the human eye and flying mostly at night the bats are notoriously difficult to photograph.

They are also no bigger than a human hand and weigh less than half an ounce.

Kim, 76, rigged ropes across the pond which encouraged the bats to drink from a certain point. Then, using special sensors designed by himself, he managed to get the perfect shots.

This Daubeton bat swooped over the pond in Guildford at 20MPH

He said: 'I think not one in a million people has ever seen this happen but it happens every night during the summer months all over the country.

'These photos were taken with a digital camera using a device that listens for the ultrasonic squeaks.

'An infrared beam was then set to trigger flash lamps whenever a bat dipped down to scoop up a mouthful of water.

Kim's subjects are believed to be a Brown long-eared and a Daubentons bat which have made their homes in his garden near Guildford, Surrey.

'In all my time working as a wildlife photographer I don't think anyone has ever tried to do this like this, I am very pleased with the results.

'It took weeks and a lot of patience to set up but the results are breathtaking.'

The photographs even captured this brown long-eared bat's reflection

Except for the camera itself, Kim designed and built all the equipment to achieve the amazing shots.

To generate enough flash to capture the shot Kim needed an incredible 3,500 volts.
Heather McFarlane, from the Bat Conservation Trust, said she was stunned by the photographs.

She said: 'Our experts have never seen anything like these shots before, to capture these bats in flight so clearly is amazing.'

Amazing find of dinosaur 'mummy'

Fossil hunters have uncovered the remains of a dinosaur that has much of its soft tissue still intact.

Skin, muscle, tendons and other tissue that rarely survive fossilisation have all been preserved in the specimen unearthed in North Dakota, US.

The 67 million-year-old dinosaur is one of the duck-billed hadrosaur group.

The preservation allowed scientists to estimate that it was more muscular than thought, perhaps giving it the ability to outrun predators like T. rex.

The researchers propose that the dinosaur's rump was 25% larger than had previously been thought. This probably meant more muscle mass and therefore greater acceleration, giving it a greater chance of evading meat-eating dinosaurs in hot pursuit.

Depth and structure

While it has been dubbed a dinosaur "mummy", the dinosaur is actually fossilised into stone.

But unlike the collections of bones found in many museums, this hadrosaur came complete with fossilised skin, ligaments, tendons and possibly some internal organs, according to researchers.

"It's unbelievable when you look at it for the first time," said palaeontologist Phillip Manning from the University of Manchester, UK.

The scales are still visible on the fossilised skin

"There is depth and structure to the skin. The level of detail expressed in the skin is just breathtaking."

Dr Manning said there was a pattern of banding to the larger and smaller scales on the skin.

Because it has been fossilised researchers do not know the colour of the skin. But looking at it in monochrome shows a striped pattern. He noted that in modern reptiles, such a pattern is often associated with transitions between different skin colours.

The fossil was found in 1999 and is now nicknamed Dakota. It is being analysed in the world's largest CT scanner, operated by the Boeing corporation.

The machine usually is used for space shuttle engines and other large objects. Researchers hope the technology will help them learn more about the fossilised insides of the creature.

The reptile had no chest cavity, suggesting it had been partially eaten by predators before being "mummified" in unusual conditions: acidic, waterlogged sediments collected around the dinosaur, triggering the rapid deposit of minerals and trapping organic molecules before they decayed.

Jordon Lloyd Wins Big Brother 11

Finally its out, Jordan Lloyd has been declared the winner of the Big Brother 11, and that also makes the sole contender of the 500,000 dollar grand prize.

Buzz up!

Known for tongue-in-cheek a bit tardy style, the 22-year old works as a waitress in Matthews, NC, however, she ousted the schemer, 24-year old college graduate Gilbert from Arizona to win the title in this CBS reality Show.

	The two-hour long finale had the two final contestants thorough being interrogated by the jury member, while the rest unlucky 13 watched it from the side seats.

The jury voted Lloyd a winner as she went went on garner most votes from the jury as well as from the audience.

The two-hour long finale had the two final contestants thorough being interrogated by the jury member, while the rest unlucky 13 watched it from the side seats. However, the audience did miss the presence of Chima Siomone, a freelance journalist, who got expelled from the show after he threw the microphone into a spa.

Kanye West FINALLY apologises to Taylor Swift after Obama calls him a jackass

Kanye West has finally apologised to Taylor Swift for his MTV Video Music Awards outrage, after Barack Obama called him a jackass over the incident.

The U.S. President voiced his opinion on the shameful incident, which was beamed live to 27million households in America, and shortly afterward the rapper finally did the decent thing and called the country star.

Despite saying sorry on his blog and talking about the incident on TV, it took West two days to speak to the 19-year-old star and offer a personal apology.

Rattled: Taylor Swift admitted Kanye West had not apologised for his hijack of her speech on TV show The View yesterday

He phoned her yesterday to apologise for leaping on stage and ripping the microphone from her hands to declare that Beyonce should have won her award.

Swift had appeared on TV show The View where she admitted that she had been 'rattled' by his onstage hijack and said he hadn't apologised to her.

'He has not personally reached out or anything but if he wanted to say hi (I would),' she said.

The rapper called the country star after the show aired and spoke to her over the phone to finally make his apology

'I'm not gonna say that I wasn't riled by it. I had to perform live five minutes later so I had to get myself back to the place where I could perform.'

The shamed star then called Swift, and she accepted his apologies, according to publicists from the show.

West has taken a drubbing since the event.

While he issued two apologies on his blog after the incident, he gave another, emotional one on Monday's NBC premiere of The Jay Leno Show.

The President's colourful remark, where he called West a 'jackass', was made during an interview with U.S. network CNBC and was meant to be kept off the record.

Shamed: Kanye West appeared close to tears as he made a rambling apology to Taylor Swift on Jay Leno's late-night talk show on Monday

But the comment leaked out to news sites after a reporter from rival network ABC posted the comment on micro-blogging site Twitter.

'Pres. Obama just called Kanye West a "jackass" for his outburst at VMAs when Taylor Swift won. Now THAT'S presidential,' reporter Terry Moran wrote.

Unimpressed: Barack Obama disapproved of West's onstage antics

Fellow musicians were outraged at West's behaviour. Singer Kelly Clarkson called West 'a sad human being', while American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert wrote on his Twitter page, 'Kanye needs to chill. He freaks out every year. It ain't that deep, man.'

West made an impromptu appearance on Jay Leno's late-night show to apologise to Swift, saying he wanted to say sorry to her in person.

The rapper said he was sorry for being 'rude'.

Viewers were shocked by his antics at Sunday night's awards - beforehand he was seen swigging cognac from a bottle on the red carpet.

West told Leno he was planning to take a break from the music industry and to assess his behaviour, which he partly sought to excuse with the recent death of his mother Donda.

As the host introduced his guest, he said: 'This really wasn't planned but Kanye wanted to talk, so please welcome Kanye West.'

Remorse: Kanye told Jay Leno (right) that he plans to take time off to reflect

When he sat down, Leno said to him: 'Tell us about your day. Have you had a tough day today?'

Taylor Swift appearing a little bit shaken up yesterday as she stops at Starbucks with band members in New York

His voice cracking, West - dressed all in black - said: 'It's been extremely difficult, just dealing with the fact that I hurt someone or took anything away, you know, from a talented artist - or from anyone.

'But I need to, after this, take some time off and just analyse how I'm going to make it through the rest of this life, how I'm going to improve. Because I am a celebrity, and that's something I have to deal with.

'It was rude, period.

'And, you know, I'd like to be able to apologise to her in person. And I wanted to...'

West was angered at the MTV awards by the victory of Swift in Best Female Video category for You Belong To Me.

She was left humiliated as West turned to the audience after grabbing her microphone and shouting that the gong should have gone to his friend Beyonce, for her video for Single Ladies.

He was booed by the star-studded audience and ejected from the theatre.

The outburst on the live telecast was seen by some 27million viewers - the largest TV audience since 2002 for the annual MTV Video Music Awards, MTV said on Monday.

Video of the incident was seen about 2million times on the MTV.com website alone.

But West appeared on the verge of tears when asked what he thought his late mother would have said about the incident.

Donda West, 58, died in November 2007 from complications following cosmetic surgery.

When Leno asked when he knew he was doing something wrong, West replied: 'As soon as I gave the mic back to her and she didn't keep going.'

The talk show host then asked if he thought his mother would have been disappointed in his behaviour.

After pausing for several seconds, he said: 'Yeah.

'Obviously, I deal with hurt.

'And you know, so many celebrities, they never take time off. I've never taken the time off to really - you know, just music after music and tour after tour.

'I'm just ashamed that my hurt caused someone else's hurt - and I don't try to justify it because I was just in the wrong. That's period.

'I only wanted to help people. My entire life, I've only wanted to give and do something that I felt was right.

'And I immediately knew in this situation that it was wrong and it wasn't a spectacle. It was actually someone's emotions that I stepped on.

Storming the stage: Kanye took the microphone from Taylor Swift during her speech at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards

'And if there's anything I could do to help Taylor in the future or help anyone, I'd like - you know, I want to live this thing. It's hard sometimes.'

West spoke on Leno's show before performing with Jay-Z and Rihanna on Jay-Z's song Run This Town.

Swift, the biggest-selling artist of 2008 in the United States with more than 4million albums, said little on Sunday about the outburst.

'I've been getting so many text messages and everybody's been really nice. So I've had a really, really fun night. It's been interesting definitely. It's definitely been an interesting night,' she said.

West has been in trouble before with ill-timed comments, raising scenes after losing awards himself at the VMAs, the Grammys and the American Music Awards.

In 2005, West said during a telethon to raise money for victims after Hurricane Katrina that President George W. Bush 'doesn't care about black people'.

West had already been set to perform on Leno's first prime-time show on NBC, but asked for time to talk with the controversy swirling.

It was reminiscent of when Hugh Grant appeared on the Tonight show with Leno in 1995 to make amends after being arrested with a prostitute - only this time there weren't many laughs.

Lady GaGa VMA Outfit From 2009 Red Carpet

Lady GaGa certainly succeeded in her mission to turn heads as she arrived for the MTV VMA Awards 2009.

The singer turned up on the VMAs red carpet this year wearing a black avant garde Jean Paul Gaultier dress. The 23-year-old singer also gave performances of Poker Face and Paparazzi at the awards held at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City on Sunday (September 13).

Lady GaGa arrival and press room photos and her performance below.

When GaGa left the awards themselves to hit the VMA press-room, she had of course changed outfits and was seen wearing a sliver, one-shoulder, body suit number. See the gallery (top) for arrival and the bottom row of the gallery for the press-room outfit.

Lady GaGa took to the VMA 2009 stage and performed Poker Face/ Paparazzi.

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The Swine Flu Cure - a Brew of Witch Halloween Costumes Introduced for 2009

September 10, 2009 -- As Americans get ready for the anticipated Swine Flu season this fall, Costume Cauldron will brew up a cure to take your mind off the illness. The Halloween store is stirring the pot with a new batch witch costume collection complete with spell casting accessories meant to scare the flu out of its online shoppers.
Costume Cauldron is the finest online retailer of more than 10,000 adult Halloween costumes, kids costumes, baby costumes, costume accessories, props and costume party favors which can be ordered from the company's website from anywhere in the world. Witch Halloween costumes and wizard Halloween costumes continue to remain the hottest product during the annual celebration year after year, according to the company.
"Witch Halloween Costumes are a big hit with children and adults alike. A classic favorite," remarks Heather Green, customer service representative at Costume Cauldron who has personally recommended witch Halloween costumes to customers seeking a genuinely spooky metamorphosis on ghost-and-goblin night. "We are well stocked for October 31st," she adds.

Kanye West humiliates Taylor Swift onstage at MTV VMAs as Madonna pays tribute to Michael Jackson

Kanye West caused outrage at the MTV VMAs last night after he humiliated Taylor Swift by interrupting her winner's speech.

Country star Taylor was giving her thank-yous as she accepted the Best Female Video gong for You Belong With Me when the hip hop star stormed the stage.

He grabbed the mic from Swift and said: "Taylor, I'm really happy for you, and I'm gonna let you finish, but Beyonce (for Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)) had one of the best videos of all time."

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Taylor was then hustled off stage without finishing her speech but managed to regain her composure enough to return and perform her award-winning song live on the show later on during the ceremony.

She was later invited onstage by Beyonce, who'd won Video of the Year, so the younger star could "have her moment" and finish her speech.

However, Kanye was reportedly thrown out - he'd been swigging from a bottle of cognac for the whole evening.

Earlier, Madonna had hailed Michael Jackson as an "otherworldy hero" as she paid tribute to the late singer.

Madge was introducing an onstage celebration of the star's life, which saw the original video to Thriller played as dancers performed the iconic choreography onstage, before moving on to a medley of Jacko's hits.

When the medley arrived at his duet Scream with sister Janet Jackson, she appeared to smash through glass to make her way onstage and sing along in an almost angry performance which saw the audience rise to its feet.

"Pencil'e aaka chhobi-2"

It's a superb romantic modern song's album.. Pencil'e aaka chhobi was a superhit album. Then part-2 released 12th.sep. Artist's are R.J. Nirob, MAha, Anaholy, akhi. I think it's the best audio album in this EID..

Incredible benefits of honey

Here are eleven most incredible benefits of honey that many people don't know. Check how many of them you actually know.

1. Honey is the only sweetener that isn't man-made and has healing effects.

2. With about 18% water and a pH of 3-4, honey is very stable and can last for literally centuries when stored properly.

3. While empty calories from refined sugar contribute health issues and obesity, honey reduces fatty accumulations in our cardiovascular system.

4. Unlike refined table sugar or sucrose, honey does not ferment in our stomach to pose any danger of bacterial invasion.

5. Honey is a monosaccharide, the simplest form of sugar that cannot be further broken down, passing directly from the small intestine into the blood stream without causing any irritancy to our digestive system as sucrose does.

6. The most ideal fuel for burning our body fat stores during sleep due to its 1:1 ratio of fructose and glucose.

7. As the most superior burn treatment, honey relieves pain effectively and heals wound faster with minimal scarring.

8. Honey contains vitamins and antioxidants; in fact one unique antioxidant called "pinocembrin" is only found in honey.

9. According to researchers, honey is a more effective and safer remedy for children's coughs than over-the-counter medicines.

10. Doctor D.C. Jarvis, author of "Folk Medicine" advised that mixing the apple cider vinegar with honey would enhance the healing power of the vinegar.

11. Anabolic honey, a concentrated source of fructose, glucose, is a preferred sweetener choice for athletes.

Eat honey, a good old-fashioned food designed by nature for us human beings!

Top of the most unbelievable airfield runways in the world

Few people pay attention to the airfield runway when they travel by plane.They just appreciate the scenery outside the window instead of the airfield runway,which they regard it as a form without any ornamental value.But that is pretty much wrong.There is a big difference between the airfield runways in different areas.Believe it or not,now follow me to have a look at the great work of the amazing and wonderful airfield runways in the world.

The fifth runway in Atlanta Airport--the biggest runway bridge

The Atlanta Pioneer Runway which took 128,000,000 dollars and five years to be built was put into use officially in May,2006

Gibraltar airfield runway----all the people see the plane taking off

For geographical conditions limited,poor Gibraltar people built the airfield runway together with the road.People work nearby can see the plane taking off in their offices.

Kobe airfield runway----take off from the sea level

The Kobe Airport completed in 06 is no doubt one of the most beautiful airports.The whole airport is located in the isolated artificial island and connected with the main land by a bridge.

Funchal airfield runway--planes running in the bridge while cars driving under the bridge

Funchal is the capital of Madeira Islands,the dependency of Portugal,and land resources are extremely scarce.So they come up with an idea that to prop up the runway with 180 pillars and under the bridge it is a huge parking lot.Such a creative work is awarded "Outstanding structure award" by the International Association of Bridge and Structural Engineering in 2004 finally.

Sabah Juancho E. Yrausquin airport

It is the only airport in Sabah in the Netherlands Antilles,which is also the most dangerous airport in the world.It is said that the runway is the shortest in the world,just 400 meters.High mountain is on one side and the ends are cliff.The sea is under the runway.It can be seen how dangerous it is!

Courchevel in France

Courchevel is the name of one ski resort in Alps in France.It is the biggest ski field with ski-run criss-crossing in the world.But in aviation industry it is also notorious:525-meter-long runway with a 18.5% slope

Barra International Airport

Barra airport is the only one that planes land on the beach.It situates in the open Traigh Mhor beach in Barra Island of the Hebrides outside Scotland.This airport has to be "washed out" by the high tide everyday.