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5 Myths About Lice-Busted

1. Lice are dangerous

Yes, lice are creepy critters and a pain to get rid of, but they are not dangerous. Even though lice have a reputation for carrying and spreading diseases, lice are not a major health risk to people who get them.

2. Pets can transmit lice

Certain types of insects like ticks can be passed on from pets to humans, but not lice. There is a certain type of lice that affects pets, but the species of lice that infest humans is not the same.

3. The length of your hair determines your chances for getting lice

When it comes to lice, they don’t discriminate based on the length of someone’s hair. Lice attach to the scalp, therefore anyone with any length of hair has the same chances of getting lice if they come into contact with someone who is already infested.

4. Lice are acquired by lack of cleanliness

While many people associate lice with poor hygiene, that is not the case. Anyone can get lice from contact with someone who already has it, and washing your hair will not get rid of lice. Lice can actually survive underwater for up to six hours! The only way to get rid of lice is by combatting it with treatments.

5. At-home treatments are safe and effective

While it may seem easier to use at-home remedies such as combing or natural oils to treat lice instead of seeing a professional, these types of treatments are not conclusively safe or effective, leaving a higher chance for lice to return. It’s best to seek professional treatment and sterilization of your home in order to get rid of lice for good.

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Top 3 Methods to Send Money from UK – Klinnk

Money transfers used to be a tedious and time consuming process. Even though a lot has changed over the last decade with strides in banking technology, it has also led to a different problem all together. These days there are so many remittance methods available that it is confusing and quite a task to figure out the best option in terms of speed, low transaction fee and other factors.Here are the top three ways to send money from UK:1. Online money transfer: Transfer of money online is an alternative to paper based money transfer like cheques, money orders. If you have an internet connection and activated online banking facility, this is the easiest way for sending money from the UK to Philippines. All you need is information about the recipient such as name, address, bank or financial institution details the money is being sent to, the SWIFT or IBAN code of the receiver bank. Online money transfer has two major advantages. One is that you do not incur banking charges which in some cases can be ridiculously high. The other advantage is that you can do it from wherever you are (home or office). Since reputed money transfer agencies offer low transfer fees and competitive exchange rates, it seems as if you are getting to send money to Philippines for free. 2. Wire transfer: The most common way to transfer money internationally is by wire transfer. To get a wire transfer done, you need to visit the branch of an agency such as Western Union or visit your bank branch. The bank or agency branch will need information from you about the recipient and details of the recipient’s bank or any other financial institution the money needs to be transferred to. Once all the required information is gathered by the bank or agency branch, they will send information to recipient’s bank or financial institution along with the wire transfer. The wire transfer process duration varies as per the institution and could take up to a couple of days.3. PayPal: It is similar to traditional money transfer agencies, except for the fact that it operates electronically. This is a good alternative to online money transfer using your bank. The other difference is that the sender is not charged. It is the receiver who gets charged. Exchange rate of transfer is applicable and a fee of 3.9% of the transaction is applicable for every international transaction. To carry out a transaction using PayPal, you will have to create a PayPal account by signing up on their website. While signing up, you need to enter your banking details which PayPal will verify. Once registered, all you need is the sender’s email address to transfer money. You just need to log in to PayPal’s website whenever you want to send the money. Click on ‘send money’, enter the recipient’s email address and amount and click send. That’s how simple it is to transfer money these days.

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Injury Prone Cricket Team

The Indian team is unraveling, one player at a time, just in time for the much anticipated India vs. Australia series. Not sure as to whether this is a premonition of disaster that our performance will bring or if it is nature’s way of weeding out the unnecessary and molding the Indian cricket team into a mean fighting machine. Be assured that ninety nine percentage of the Indian population are leaning towards the more pessimistic take on the situation and worrying ourselves sick ahead of the exciting series. What else are we to do when four of our best players have been rendered unfit to play in the game due to unfortunate injuries?

It all started with fast paced bowler- Umesh Yadav spraining his back during the Test series against England held in Ahmadabad in November 2012. He was forced to sit out for the second and third tests to recuperate and be back in time for the fourth test. But h rehabilitation period did not end there. According to the latest news, Yadav has not made it to the team that will be battling Australia in the test series. It is such a shame that the speedster can’t participate as a lot was riding on him.

The next one to be relegated from the match due to an injury was another fast paced bowler- Zaheer Khan. He was physically hurt during the Ranji Trophy match against Gujarat in December 2012 and had avoided playing in the rest of tournament. He was supposed to be back by January 21, but the healing process is taking some time and it will be a while before he starts bowling again. Hopefully he might available to play for the second half of the Australia test series.

Another bowler- Aaron, recently fell prey to whatever curse that has been plaguing the bowlers. Besides a back sprain, he has also been victim to a nasty knee injury that will keep him out of the Australian series. Irfan Pathan suffered a knee injury which kept him at bay for a month while there isn’t much information available on the damage that Munaf Patel’s incurred. The latest casualty of cricket activities is Ishant Sharma.

Ishant Sharma’s profile has always been an injury ridden one. Sharma who is the player of the Indian cricket team underwent treatment of his injured left ankle. Though initially it was stated that he might have to give the Aussie test series a miss, with timely treatment and a lot of persuasion, he is back on track and playing in the test series.

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