Comments on: Hot Labour news: women who work cause genital defects

By: Pat

Pat — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:11:33 +0000

In reply to df. Quite scary how someone actually has to tell a group of people that they should enjoy sex.

By: Sandra Peters

Sandra Peters — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:52:55 +0000

How sad the present administration losing an election to this party. It doesn’t say much for them either!

By: Antoine Vella

Antoine Vella — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 13:49:03 +0000

In reply to Not Tonight. I meant that there is only one pair of chromosomes of each type.

By: Line Cert

Line Cert — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 09:24:14 +0000

In reply to chavsRus. I confess I always log onto Maltastar first because I get perverse delight in reading their badly-worded rubbish. It would be a pity if they fix it.

By: chavsRus

chavsRus — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:36:31 +0000

In reply to Joseph Cauchi.

Primigravida (not primagravida) means “pregnant for the first time”. Age has nothing to do with it.

The rest is true – first-time pregnancies where the woman is over a certain age (and where the pregnancy is likely to be the first and last) ARE given special care and treatment.

By: Yanika

Yanika — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:13:41 +0000

In reply to Joseph Cauchi.

prima = first, gravida = pregnancy (la gravidanza in italian)

actually ‘primagravida’ means being pregnant for the first time. an ‘older primagravida’ means that the woman having her first baby is relatively old. an 18-year old being pregnant for the first time is still a ‘primagravida’!

By: chavsRus

chavsRus — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 18:44:07 +0000

… and yet, according to Alexa.com, Maltastar stands at 107 in Malta while Running Commentary is down to 206 ….

Bloody frustrating, isn’t it?

[Daphne – 206 is bloody excellent for a personal blog, my dear, especially when compared to 107 for the news website of a national opposition party backed and promoted by the party’s entire media machine, and especially so again when you consider just how little I’ve done over the summer compared to Maltastar’s relentless fresh uploads every day.]

By: NGT

NGT — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 17:34:01 +0000

Well at least The Times have finally figured out the difference between ‘a slipper’ and running shoes.

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20100902/local/17-year-old-reported-missing

By: Rover

Rover — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:08:25 +0000

I don’t know about you but that is how I like my Labourites: dim. Preferably looking well-fed and wearing ill-fitting suits as well as dim. This has just made my day.

By: Edward Clemmer

Edward Clemmer — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:29:42 +0000

In reply to Antoine Vella.

Actually there are 46 chromosomes, 23 pairs in each cell, except for the sex cells (eggs for women, sperm for men), for which there are 23 chromosomes.

The 23rd pair of chromosomes are the sex chromosomes: when that last chromosome splits with the division of the 23 pairs, we have the genetic contribution for genetic sex from eggs (mother X-X) or sperm (father X-Y), where mothers always provide the “X” contribution for the sex chromosome, and father’s provide either a sperm cell with an “X” or a “Y” sex chromosome: X+X = genetic girl, X + Y = generic boy. The relative presence or absence of certain hormones also are required for genetic gender to be expressed physically in the offspring.

I have no idea what biological processes the Maltastar article is attempting to describe.