(GIST) REAL HUSBANDS OF HOLLYWOOD SEASON 3 PREMIER

 Real husband of Hollywood comes back to you screens this evening, with so much laughter, jaw dropping scene to make you burst out in your sit.... Catch it this evening On the BET Network.

(NEWS) Ebola Burial Team In Liberia (PHOTOS)

Kieran Kesner is a photographer who was in Liberia documenting the Ebola outbreak from Aug. 27 to Sept. 4. During his time there, he was able to shadow an Ebola burial team in Unification Town, Liberia. "This is most certainly not desired work but these men, like many others, are forced to work daily in life-threatening situations in an effort to contain the Ebola outbreak," Kesner told The Huffington Post. "These men firmly believe that they have a responsibility to do this work to protect their family, loved ones and greater country." Kesner shared some of his images with HuffPost and also explained what he learned about what it's like to be in this line of work during the world's worst Ebola outbreak.

Note: Some readers may find the following images disturbing.

 The men sitting on this bench are all members of the burial team in Unification Town, Liberia. I had arranged to visit with them on Aug. 30 to understand the story behind the masks of the men in charge of both removing and burying bodies killed by Ebola. They were all sitting on the bench waiting for a body bag to be delivered, an essential piece of equipment, which, at the time, was in severe shortage in Liberia.

 Members of the Ebola burial team push-start their car to go pick up a body. In the trunk of the car is chlorine spray and other PPE [personal protective equipment]. This car is used to transport the team, their PPE and their equipment. However, the empty minivan they used to transport the bodies also needed to be jump-started before going to pick up the body.

 This is the standard PPE I saw the burial team utilize. The minimum gear to function at their job includes full-body suits, latex gloves, rubber gloves, face mask, rubber boots, goggles, a second protective hood under the suit and an apron. All open seams, like where the suit meets the gloves, are sealed with duct tape. The team is not cleared to retrieve Ebola-infected bodies if even a single piece of this equipment is missing.

 An Ebola body-removal team member sprays the doorknob with a heavy concentrate of chlorine before entering to remove the body of a woman killed by Ebola. At this point in Liberia, every case is treated with the same precautions. Although Ebola had not yet been confirmed at this point in time, this woman clearly died of Ebola-related symptoms and was the fifth member of her church to die that week. The standard procedure for entering a building with Ebola is for one person to disinfect the entrance and surrounding surfaces with a highly concentrated batch of chlorine before the other members of the team enter.

 Nothing is common and nothing is standard since the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa earlier this year. This burial team is in a relatively remote part of Liberia so they were not only in charge of retrieving the body, but responsible for burying it as well. In more urban parts of the country like Monrovia, it is now standard practice to burn the bodies.

(NEWS) Bill Gates Buys Jenny Craig's California Horse Ranch

                         The ranch that Bill Gates bought from Jenny Craig includes four 30-stall barns.

Bill Gates and his daughter, Jennifer GatesBill Gates, who made personal computersaccessible to the masses, has bought a California horse farm from Jenny Craig, who made weight loss achievable by the massive.

U-T San Diego reports that Gates paid $18 million for Rancho Paseana, a 229-acre horse farm in Rancho Santa Fe, in San Diego County. Gates' teenage daughter, Jennifer, jumps horses competitively, and Gates reportedly plans to turn the ranch into a gran prix circuit for hunters and jumpers. The Microsoft co-founder and one of the country's richest men, also owns a property nearby in the Del Mar County Club.

"The family has enjoyed visiting the San Diego area with friends and family for many years ...," U   -T San Diego quoted a spokeswoman for the Gates family as saying. Craig reportedly said, "I was happy that the buyer is someone who can afford to turn it into the showplace it was meant to be."

The property includes:

   ·   a three-quarter-mile dirt training track.

   ·      four 30-stall barns.

   ·      rehab equipment for injured horses.

   ·      two apartments.

This isn't the first time that Gates, reportedly worth $81 billion, has indulged his daughter's love for horses. The Huffington Post reported that he paid $8.7 million for a Palm Beach County, Florida, house near Wellington's Equestrian Festival, where Jennifer is a show jumper.

[LATEST EVENT] Big Brother Africa Hotshots: Housemates Display Talents

This year’s edition, given the name ‘Hotshots’ started off on the right mood in Johannesburg, South Africa, last Sunday night.
Viewers all around Africa had the opportunity to watch the unveiling of the housemates who will be competing for the USD300 000 grand prize over the next 63 days.

During Sunday’s show, the housemates, one-by-one, were given one-minute slots to showcase their talents live on stage.
The studio audience scored each performance with a mark according to their performances, and right at the end of the show Big Brother called the excited housemates together and revealed the reason behind the performances.

It was simply to come up with the housemate who scored highest, making them Head of House and would be the only housemate not up for eviction next Sunday. Tanzania’s Laveda scooped the top slot out of the Top 6 that included Kenya’s Sabina, Ghana’s M’am Bea, Nigeria’s Lillian, Rwanda’s Arthur and JJ of Zimbabwe. This meant that she is the only one not in danger of going home next week.

This edition’s house seems to be full of musicians and singers, with Sabina and Arthur breaking the mould with comedy routines, M’am Bea showcasing her fashion design talents and Laveda picking up top marks with her saxophone solo. The Big Brother Hotshots launch show was however a star-studded show as it came alive when multiple award winning musicians from Nigeria, Tanzania and South Africa take centre stage. The night also saw viewers and fans across the continent welcome 26 new housemates for season 9 of Big Brother Africa, Hotshots.

Medley of chart-toppers, Nigeria’s superstar, Davido boasted of a number of smash hits like "Dami Duro”, "Gobe", "Skelewu" and “Aye”. Davido has become an unstoppable force in the music industry both locally and internationally. The talented musician already has multiple awards under his blinged out belt including a BET Award, multiple Channel O Africa Video Music Awards and leading with the most nominations in this year’s CHOAMVA.

From Tanzania, bongo flavor recording artist Diamond was part of the spectacular line-up, and he performed one of his hit songs “Number One”. Diamond also has a number of musical accolades behind his name, including nominations for the Channel O Africa Music Video Awards and more than 12 wins in the Tanzania Music Awards since 2010. He has also performed at one of Big Brother Stargame’s eviction shows.

South African hip hop head Cassper Nyovest, whose hit “Doc Shebeleza” is burning up the airwaves and SA music charts, also brought the house down with his delivery of the ‘party blazer’. His debut single “Gusheshe” scored him four awards at the SA Hip Hop Awards including Song of the Year and Video of the Year. Casper Nyovest has also scooped five nominations for the 2014 Channel O Africa Music Video Awards for “Doc Shebeleza” including Most Gifted Video of the Year and Most Gifted Male.  

Last but definitely not least was Nigerian-born Emmy Gee featuring AB Crazy and DJ Dimplez. He performed his 2013 debut single release “Rands and Nairas” which peaked in the top 10 of the South African Music charts. He released the remix of the song featuring amongst others, his homeboy Ice Prince and South African rapper Cassper Nyovest. The song also won him a Best Music Video of the Year Award at the 2014 Nigeria Entertainment Awards and is also nominated for Most Gifted Video of the Year at the 2014 CHOAMVA’s.

During a new Saturday night task, viewers will get the chance to vote to award one housemate with immunity from being nominated each week.

With the news sinking in that all but one of their number are in danger of heading home next week, the housemates set about getting to know each other over snacks and drinks laid on by Biggie – and with a first dip in the jacuzzi.

Daily Highlights Shows are broadcast Monday-Friday on AfricaMagic Showcase at 20:00 CAT, on Maisha Magic at 20:30 CAT and on AfricaMagic Family and AfricaMagic World on GOtv at 21:30 CAT. The Saturday Highlights Show, which showcases all the best moments from the entire week, is broadcast at 21:00 CAT on AfricaMagic Showcase in South Africa, 20:00 CAT on AfricaMagic Showcase for the rest of the continent, at 19:30 CAT on Maisha Magic, at 21:00 on AfricaMagic Family and 21:30 on AfricaMagic World & GOtv.

(LIFESTYLE) 12 Common Misconceptions About Down's Syndrome

October is international Down's Syndrome Awareness Month, #DSAM2014, and while I am

in no doubt that everyone is 'aware' of the condition, I do know that many myths and false perceptions abound.

I know because before our youngest daughter was born, I too was ignorant about Trisomy 21, and many of the comments that people have made to us over the years since her arrival, have portrayed their lack of understanding too.

I can't change the campaign name to Down's Syndrome Enlightenment Month, but I do think this is a fabulous time for advocates, charities and those with Down's syndrome to join forces and gently challenge a few of the following stereotypes.

1) "It's your old eggs you know."

Myth: Babies with Down's syndrome are born to older mothers.

Fact: The likelihood of having a baby with Down's syndrome increases with age, but more babies are born with the condition to mothers under 35, simply because more babies are born to that group of women.

Down's syndrome occurs in all races, cultures and social groups and I know two wonderful mothers who had their children with DS in their teens.

2) "Oh, didn't you have testing then?"

Myth: Down's syndrome is a mistake to be screened out.

Fact: For me, the most insensitive, upsetting, most often asked question. I actually don't mind people asking if we knew our baby had DS before she was born, if we 'had testing'. But saying, 'didn't you have testing?' shows their underlying belief that if we had, we would have terminated the pregnancy, as 92% of prospective parents with an antenatal diagnosis do. Put another way, this question makes me think that you believe the baby I am holding in my arms shouldn't be here.

More and more prospective parents choose not to test for Down's syndrome antenatally, as termination would not be an option for them.

3) "I'm so sorry, that's terrible."

Myth: Life with Down's syndrome is not worth living.

Fact: When we brought our beautiful baby home from hospital at three weeks old, many acquaintances didn't know what to say. The very best friends were those who said congratulations, whilst acknowledging our worries, and brought the usual baby gifts, asked about her name and weight and what she looked like.

Those who expressed sorrow or worse still, said nothing at all, began to avoid us and eventually disappeared. As so often in life, this experience 'sorted the wheat from the chaff amongst friends.'

While there are medical conditions associated with Down's syndrome, no individual will have them all. These include heart and intestinal problems, visual and hearing loss, thyroid function fluctuations, leukaemia and Alzheimer's. However, Down's syndrome is very rarely a complex or severe disability. It is more commonly described by experts today as a 'mild to moderate developmental delay'.

4) "You can simply say bye-bye, it's been nice knowing you, have her adopted."

Myth: Those with Down's syndrome live apart from their families.

Fact: In the very early days someone suggested that adoption might be the way out of my fear and confusion when I expressed an uncertainty that I would be a good enough mother for our baby. In the past, many families were advised to walk away, and there are still a few who feel they cannot cope.

But thankfully with increased support and changing attitudes, most families realise that this is not an option for them. Children with Down's syndrome lead full and fabulous family lives.

5) "Don't worry, your breast milk will soon dry up after the shock you've had today."

Myth: Babies with Down's syndrome can't breastfeed.

Fact: I desperately wanted to breastfeed both of my babies and although it took three months of expressing milk to feed through a nasogastric tube, we did learn how.

Not all, but many babies with Down's syndrome can feed in spite of their low muscle tone, larger tongues and tiredness if they have medical complications at birth. The benefits include a health boost, increased bonding, optimum muscle training for later speech, immunity, protection from disease and some say increased IQ. I actually found that it gave me something to focus on while during our baby's short hospital stay. It stopped me feeling quite so helpless.

6)"Oh, my neighbour's got a Down's baby too!" ... "I've got one of them at home."

Myth: The syndrome defines the person.

Fact: It's important to talk about all children as individuals and to focus on them as a person first, not simply a diagnosis, saying , 'a child with Down's syndrome' instead.

The choice to say Down's syndrome or Down syndrome incidentally is as personal as your choice to wear 'trousers' or 'pants', to drink tea or coffee, to drive on the left or right. It depends on which country you live in.

All children are unique and will look more like their family than any other individual with the same number of chromosomes, although there will be little similarities such as smaller almond-shaped eyes, shorter limbs, often a single palm crease and sandal toe gap between the big toe and the rest. They will absorb the culture and beliefs of their community and have their own personality traits, likes, dislikes and interests.

7) "They are so musical and loving aren't they!" ... " I taught a boy with Down's and he was so stubborn." ... "Oh, they're so cute."

Myth: Children with Down's syndrome are all alike.

Fact: Show me a happy child who doesn't enjoy music or a cuddle with their family. And who isn't stubborn when they don't want to do something, particularly if they don't feel they have a choice, or a voice in the matter. As for cute, well Natty is rather cute now as all six years olds are, but to call a teen or an adult cute is quite simply patronising.

Individuals with Down's syndrome are fully rounded individuals, experiencing all the emotions, joys and pains, excitement and depression that we all do. The only thing Natty does differently from her sister is to live right in the moment. There is no pretence or hidden agenda. What you see is what you get with her. A valuable life lesson for us all perhaps.

8) "He could speak really well until he caught it." ... "Does your other daughter have Down's syndrome too?"

Myth: Down's syndrome is a disease that can be caught or cured or is hereditary.

Fact: You cannot 'catch' Down's syndrome. It is not a disease, nor is there a cure. Individuals are not 'victims', do not 'suffer from' it, nor are they 'afflicted' in any way. It is due, most commonly, to the presence of a complete extra chromosome, number 21, otherwise known as Trisomy 21, and no-one knows why it occurs.

Trisomy 21 occurs at conception and the reason remains unexplained. No-one is at fault. Nothing you did during pregnancy will have made a difference.

Rarer forms of Down's syndrome are Mosaic DS, where some cells have portions of the additional genetic information and others do not, and Translocation where the additional chromosome 21 is broken up and attached to many other chromosomes in sections. For only a tiny percentage of those with Translocation only, is it genetic and transferred across generations.

9) "I worked with a Down's man who died when he was 45. That's REALLY old for them you know."

Myth: The life expectancy of a person with Down's syndrome is less than 40.

Fact: A baby is a baby to love and enjoy. New parents should be allowed to enjoy that time without having to look too far onto the horizon. However, life expectancy for adults with DS is increasing year on year with medical advances, and is somewhere between 50 and 60, with many living into their 60s and 70s. Sadly much medical information available online and in books is extremely out of date.

10) "Is she like normal children?" ... "I wouldn't have time for a child like that."

Myth: We need to define everything according to a 'norm' and fear those who are different.

Fact: The good old indefinable word 'normal', belying our need to package everything neatly into pigeonholes. Our daughter is more like children her own age who don't have Down's syndrome than different to them is the answer to that one, I guess.

She loves cake and chocolate, riding her trike, nags me to take her swimming daily, adores playing with her friends, watching a film with popcorn, dancing with friends, annoying her sister and so on.

11) "Some of them even go to school these days."

Myth: Children with Down's syndrome are ineducable.

Fact: Children with Down's syndrome started to attend mainstream schools in the UK in 1981. They were given a right to an education in schools only in 1971 - before which they were deemed "uneducable".

Schooling and education is another matter that is highly individual and each child's needs should be looked at before making decisions. But certainly all children with Down's syndrome enjoy an education whether it is at home, at a special school or in mainstream schools. The benefits of mainstream school are immense, for inclusion is a two-way street and all children reap the rewards.

12) "You must worry who will look after her when you're gone."

Myth: Those with Down's syndrome are a burden to their families and society.

Fact: With early intervention and good support, adults with Down's syndrome are leading increasingly independent lives. Having jobs, their own homes, relationships, mortgages, managing their own budgets and so on.

They are not a burden.

Working towards life and self-help skills has always been a priority for me and I feel happy in the knowledge that our daughter has a loving network of family and community around to support her. One day she may choose to live with friends, a partner, get married or stay at home.

I will be happy either way and I wouldn't change one single thing about her, for she makes our world a better place.

(LIFESTYLE)Eight Signs You Were Raised in a Dysfunctional Family

*What is a dysfunctional family?

Well, there is a huge span when it comes to the term 'dysfunctional'. It ranges from mildly dysfunctional to completely nuts.

There is really no guide when it comes to determining how dysfunctional a family is but, for the purposes of this article, we are leaning towards the 'completely nuts' end of the spectrum.

1. You feel guilty when you stand up for yourself. Do you buy something, get the incorrect change and assume it's your fault? Or, if someone steals your wallet, you feel like you did something wrong? A common sign you were raised in a dysfunctional family is when you assume you are in the wrong in situations that are clearly not your fault. Yet, you feel guilty for standing up for yourself.

2. You fear being abandoned. Many raised in a dysfunction family live in fear of being left behind. This is because you were often abandoned as a child. This can mean being left alone in a house, car or somewhere else on a regular basis. But it can also mean emotional abandonment. For instance, when your parents shamed you for things you said or did, they abandoned you. This includes harsh statements, being overly critical, sarcastic and issuing veiled jokes.

3. You're a people pleaser. This is usually a survival trait which develops as a result of being regularly abandoned. It's an attempt to disarm people when you fear their criticism. You forget who you really are and imbue yourself with a different persona. You harbour the belief that if you're nice enough, no one will abandon you. This trait was developed as a 'sixth sense' to be able to determine the mood of the adults around you and then respond appropriately.

4. You feel lonely and isolated. When you are raised in a dysfunctional family you often live with a secret inner fear. The fear is that it will be discovered you are a fraud and, once that's found out, you will be abandoned. You may feel deeply that you will be criticised and then be annihilated. It's amazing how many of us come across with enough bravado to throw everyone of the scent.

5. You worry incessantly about the future. Those raised in a dysfunction family try to control the future for two reasons: one, to try and make you feel safer knowing that your future is going to be OK and two, because sitting with yourself in this moment is extremely uncomfortable.

6. You feel super responsible for others. You believe it's your job to fix others. By doing this you are able to ignore your own discomfort because you're involved in others' chaos. You think you are 'living' when you really exist within a co-dependent framework. This enhances your fear of being abandoned because if that person disappears, who are you?

7. You feel like a victim. This rolls on from point two because it's the flip side. Behaving like a victim is a way of you trying to get your emotional needs met. When you roll up in a ball and plead for help, you think you are less likely to be abandoned. It's a powerful but manipulative way of asking for help. Those raised in dysfunctional families have a hard time asking for help in a direct and adult approach. This is because as children you were shamed for asking and you don't want to recreate those feelings.

8. You judge yourself mercilessly. This comes from being judged as a child: 'What, do you think I'm made of money?' - 'You are the most selfish child I know!' - 'You're never grateful for anything I do for you are you?' You have no other framework from which to function. At a deep level you believe you deserve it.

*NB - I include myself in this list!

(LIFESYTLE) How To Make Perfect Scrambled Eggs

So what's the technique?

Kickstart your delightful bit of brekkie by cracking open three farm fresh eggs into a bowl (if you can do it without getting rogue shell fragments in the mix then well done you).

The joy of going farm fresh is that you'll have super orange yolk, which results in a really healthy looking scrambled egg dish.

Meanwhile the trick to getting a fluffy texture is to incorporate air into the mix with a good bit of whisking. Put your back into it.

When it's all mixed together, and the egg whites and yolk have merged to create a runny orange substance, you will need to season with salt and pepper.

Next, grab a small nonstick skillet and put it on your hob on a low heat. Emphasis on the low heat. If you put it on a high temperature setting then you're going to end up with crispy-looking egg biscuits. And nobody has time for that.

Take a nob of butter and swirl around the pan, then add in your well-seasoned eggy mix.

Stirring the egg while it's in the pan is an important part of the process, although you'll have to watch the video to get to grips with the successful egg-swirling motion.

The final tip? Your eggs will continue to cook even when they're off the heat, so pull them off a little earlier.

Et voilà! Not a dry egg pancake in sight.

(Family/Lifestyle) CAN’T SLEEP BECAUSE OF HIS SNORING? HERE IS HOW TO STOP IT!

Most people don’t get enough sleep at night. For many people being sleep deprived means not functioning as well as they could be, but for millions of other people – mainly men – lack of sleep is a sign of a serious health condition.

People who are suffering from exhaustion, high blood pressure and inexplicable headaches are all showing symptoms of a sleep disorder called obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).

Why don’t people with OSA get the sleep that they need every night? The answer may surprise you—it’s snoring!

Snoring actually causes your man to wake up throughout the night. For most, snoring is simply a case of having to move their body from a bad position into one that’s more comfortable to breathe in. But for the 18 million people in the United States suffering from OSA, snoring is their body’s cry for help. Throughout the night, people with OSA literally stop breathing. They stop breathing because the muscles in their mouth, jaw, and throat relax, blocking the free flow of air in the airway. These moments of suffocation can last for up to an entire minute. A person with OSA wakes up hundreds of times during a single night as their bodies try not to suffocate. Snoring is actually your man’s body’s only way to get enough air to breathe.

The result is that when people with OSA get out of bed in the morning, they feel like they haven’t slept at all. And it’s true—they have not had a full sleep cycle. Not only are their bodies exhausted, they have opened up an entire range of new health problems that are associated with this extreme sleep loss, including heart attacks, depression, strokes, memory loss, acid reflux and diabetes.

In the past, there weren’t that many treatment options available for people with sleep apnea. They could go and get an expensive diagnosis, and then drop several thousand dollars visiting a sleep clinic that would require an annoying overnight visit. One of the possible outcomes for such patients would be having to strap themselves into a CPAP breathing device for the entire night—that’s one of those breathing masks attached to an explosive tank next to your bed. Or worse, they would have to undergo a painful and invasive surgery.

Luckily, all that has changed!

Now there is the chin strap by MySnoringSolution. It’s a comfortable and affordable treatment for OSA that keeps your man’s breathing passages open while he wears it in bed. This treatment method has been found to be effective in a recent study at the Eastern Virginia Medical School’s Division of Sleep Medicine and it is clinically tested and doctor approved. It works by keeping the jaw and tongue from loosening up, thereby keeping the airway unobstructed. Made from lightweight materials with the sleeper’s maximum comfort in mind, the chin strap has helped thousands of men (and their tormented wives) get the sleep that their bodies have always needed at night.

MySnoringSolution is so sure the chin strap will solve all of your man’s sleep apnea troubles, no matter what your reason, you have 90 days to return the chin strap and get a full refund of your money (so you basically risk nothing by trying this out).

It’s not just about getting a full night’s sleep for your man and you — it’s about getting to sleep in a way that is comfortable for him. Check out MySnoringSolution now, get a good night’s sleep at last and end your snoring problems once and for all!