by Rupe | Aug 3, 2011 | Mad Musings
The study showed that the HIV infection rate among homosexual men exceeded 5% in Egypt, Sudan and Tunisia
Epidemics of HIV are emerging among gay and bisexual men in the Middle East and North Africa and high levels of risky sexual behavior threaten to spread the AIDS virus further in the region, researchers said Tuesday.
In the first study of its kind in a region where homosexuality and bisexuality are taboo, researchers from Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar found evidence for concentrated HIV epidemics — where infection rates are above 5 percent in a certain population group — in several countries such as Egypt, Sudan, Pakistan and Tunisia.
In one setting in Pakistan, HIV rates reached up to 28 percent, they said in a study in the Public Library of Science (PLoS) Medicine journal.
Click the source link below to read the full article…
My Comments:
I did not think that gays and bisexuals lived in the lands of the Prophet Mohamed (PBUH); how naive of me. Â You can also check out this fellow blogger from the Middle East who gives his perspective about homosexuality
by Rupe | Aug 2, 2011 | Mad Musings
The United Nations says that sometime around Halloween the seven-billionth person will be born into this world — most likely in India, which is on track to overtake China as the most populous nation in just 16 years.
This latest milestone may not come as a surprise. But it is remarkable nonetheless. It took Earth 50,000 years to reach the one billion mark. By 1960 there were three billion souls. Since then we’ve added another billion every decade, or less.
When the baby boomers’ grandchildren reach middle age, they’ll share the planet with more than nine billion people.
My Comments:
Really sobering data on world population growth. Not all doom and gloom though, but it shows that a lot of things have to come together in order for things not to go from bad to worse. Well, what can you say about the Indians…damn, they must have a lot of free time on their hands…go ahead India…with your bad self.
Source: National Public Radio
by Rupe | Jul 31, 2011 | Health-Wellness-Sex, Mad Musings
Women all over the world have suspected the truth, but now the dirty laundry secret is out – many men DO wear the same pair of underwear more than once in a week.
The Clorox Company recently conducted a survey around the laundry habits of both men and women, and one in eight men came clean to wearing their underpants two to three times before tossing them in the washing machine. Men in the survey also confessed to using a “sniff†test to see if they could get away with wearing other elements of their wardrobe again before washing.
Women, on the other hand, admitted to simply buying MORE underwear to avoid having to wash so often.
Tell Us What You Think
Are you guilty of wearing the same underwear or other garments more than once a week? Do you think there is a downside to the “sniff†test or is it all good? We promise not to tell!
My Comments:
I am totally offended and very upset by this article.  I have no idea what these people are talking about. Seriously…why don’t you believe me.  I cannot remember if I have ever conducted the sniff test on any of my garments. So there you go,  if I can’t remember, then it never happened…right? Check out what Rita said in response to the questions at Web MD link below.
Source : WebMD
by Rupe | Jul 28, 2011 | Health-Wellness-Sex, Mad Musings
A new study in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin confirms what everyone who went to high school already knows: Attractive, strong guys are more likely to be extroverts.
Good-looking men and women are often rewarded with extra attention from an early age, which causes them to seek more of it as they get older and adapt it into their personalities, researchers explain. Being physically stronger also significantly predicts extroversion in men, says lead study author Aaron Lukaszewski, Ph.D., a post-doctoral scholar at the University of California, Berkeley. Continue reading…
My Comments:
Okay, I can assure you that I am not an expert in the field of “Womanology”, but here is a pretty interesting article from Men’s Health…enjoy!
by Rupe | Jul 25, 2011 | Mad Musings
Author: Carl Richards of The New York Times
We often hear about the importance of starting to save early. Usually the examples are focused on saving whatever you can when you’re in your 20s to take advantage of the power of compound interest.
But what if you were too busy trying to pay a student loan and other bills in your 20s, or like many of us, had to use all the savings you built up to get through the last few years? Now you find yourself closing in on 40 and feeling like you missed the boat.
I’ve thought about this problem ever since I read about the recent study that found that nearly half of Americans wouldn’t be able to come up with $2,000 in 30 days if they needed it. This reality hits home every time I have a conversation with people 35 to 45 who feel so far behind the savings game that they aren’t sure what to do.
For that group the advice is no longer start early, but simply start now. The only thing that matters at this point is that the longer you wait, the more painful it will be. Compound interest can still work, but not until you start saving. Â Continue reading….
My Comments:
Carl Richards is a certified financial planner in Park City, Utah. His sketches are archived here on the Bucks blog and on his personal Web site, BehaviorGap.com.  I really like his articles on financial planning.
by Rupe | Jul 22, 2011 | Mad Musings
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