Tuesday 18 December 2012

A Bladeless Ceiling Fan

Whether Winter, Spring, Summer or Fall the need for air circulation exists. Sometimes it is a matter of blowing around the heat coming from the vent. Other times the cold air needs to flow. And other days the weather is perfect – just stagnant – and a fan becomes a savior. Ceiling fans have certainly become a necessity in many rooms. But have you ever been in a room with a short ceiling? Nope, no fan. Or how about those ceiling fans that make too much racket. The ‘whir whir’ of a noisy fan sure can ruin a good movie night. And the airflow from a typical ceiling fan is far from consistent. One person always seems to be in the vortex while others feel nothing. The Exhale™ Fan look to revolutionize the meaning of a ceiling fan. Their bladeless invention creates 360° airflow. How? Take a look at the video at http://youtu.be/9ZDAyUpc4m8. Using a sort of vortex airflow, Exhale pulls air in from below and spills it back out the sides. What you get is air passing over you from the side – similar to a breeze. The unit offers a remote control like other ceiling fans, a stylish, unobtrusive design and 9 color options. Exhale launched on Indiegogo in November and quickly reached their $35,000 goal. They will commence production in Q1 2013 and you can sign up to learn when pre-orders can be placed on their website. If you are looking for an alternative to the bladed ceiling fan I suggest you visit their site or Indiegogo page to learn more about this unique approach to a home necessity

Wednesday 14 November 2012

23 Important Questions For Nollywood

23 Important Questions For
Nollywood
Can somebody help me to ask
NOLLYWOOD to
please answer these important
questions ?
1.How can a ghost look left n right
before
crossing
the road? ‘Dem dey fear accident?’
2.Why does the TV go off by itself
after the
‘breaking news’?
3.Why do all native doctors paint
one eye?
4.Why must every advert Start
with a loud
scream?
5.Why must every juju part be
represented by
lightening n thunder under the
bright sunlight?
6.Why do Nigerian movies always
have part one
to five?
7.How can Segun Arinze be
Ramsey Noah’s dad…
Any resemblance?
8.Why will a blind mother say, “I’m
happy to see
you my son”?
9.Why is Jim Iyke always coming
back from
America n speaking with a fake
British accent?
10.When will Pastor Ajidara stop
being a fake
pastor?
11.Why is it that the characters
die or run mad
immediately after their
confessions?
12.Epic Village Movie Set in the
90s still finds
Mercy Johnson with Brazilian hair,
how come?
13. How can N2bn fit into a small
Ghana-Must-
Go bag?
14.Must all hired assassins be
found in
uncompleted or abandoned
buildings? ‘Na dem
papa house?’
15.Why must a film have Part 1,2,
3; Return of
The Film 1,2 n 3; n The Same Film
‘Reloaded’ 1,2
n 3? WHY!?
16.Will a Yoruba movie ever be
complete without
a visit to the ‘Baba’?
17.Study:9 out of 10 times, Olu
Jacobs dies of
heart attack in Nollywood
movies,why?
18. “15 years ago” n Ini Edo calls
her Boyfriend
with a Bold 5.. How is this
possible?
19.Why will d parents call their
child 3 times nd
ask him/her how many time did I
call you? ‘Dem
no sabi count?’
20.When poor people come to
Lagos to struggle
dey always make it, if na so why
poor people still
dey Lagos?
21.Why is it that Ogogo is always
innocent but
must be a victim of
circumstances?
22. Why is translations in most
Yoruba films
always in direct translation?
e.g .."Ta lo fun e
loyun yi"..."Who gave you th?????
23.How can they say 20 years later and they still have the same hair style and their dog bingo is still alive?

culled from http://www.donblackieindkitchen.blogspot.com/

The 12 Ties that Bind Long-Term Relationships

Which relationships stand the test of time, and why?

Published on June 5, 2012 by Susan Krauss Whitbourne, Ph.D. in Fulfillment at Any Age

Thinking positively about your partner. Having positive thoughts about your partner means that you focus on the good, not the bad, in your partner’s personal qualities and character. Ruminating about the things that bother you can only lead you to magnify the small foibles which will make your partner even more irritating to you than you would otherwise feel. People in good relationships engage in “sentiment override,” meaning that they remember more of the favorable than the unfavorable experiences they’ve shared together.
Thinking about your partner when apart. When you leave your partner for the day, the evening, or for an extended period of time, do you forget about his or her existence? Is it out of sight and out of mind for you? If so, this may be a sign that you’re not that much in love. You don’t have to spend every second apart sighing longingly, but the fact that your partner isn’t there should at least cross your mind some of the time during the course of the average day.
Difficulty concentrating on other things when thinking about your partner. If you’re able to set aside your thoughts about your partner without much effort, this suggests that your partner takes up only a small amount of cognitive load. Multitasking isn’t particularly desirable when it comes to musing over your loved one. In the O'Leary study, this factor was particularly important for men.
Enjoying novel and challenging activities. Like definitely attracts like when it comes to personal interests and hobbies. Spending time together is important, as you’ll see below, but it’s how you spend your time that influences your relationship satisfaction even more. Aron’s self-expansion model, tested in empirical research, suggests that couples can improve their love for each other when they spend their time together exploring new and challenging activities. The O'Leary study identified this factor as especially relevant for men. If you’re going to go bungee jumping for the first time, your relationship will benefit when you and your partner face this challenge together. If you’re not up to bungee jumping, seek out mentally challenging ways to spice up your daily routines.
Spending time together. If you love someone, you want to spend time with that person, and the more time you spend together, the more your love will grow. The time you spend should include some new and challenging activities, as shown in point #4. However, even spending time together in mundane household activities can enhance your love's intensity. That basement remodeling you’ve been intending to get started can actually become a way for you and your partner to strengthen your emotional bonds. Cooking, gardening, grocery shopping, and even cleaning the house are other ways to bolster your love for each other. This was another factor that, in the O'Leary study, was more important for men.
Expressing affection. Feeling love toward your partner is important, but so is expressing that love in physical ways. It’s not wise to play hard to get when your goal is to build the passion in your relationship. The affection you show doesn’t have to be elaborate or overly gushy. A touch on the shoulder or kiss on the cheek is enough to build your relationship’s intensity.
Being turned on by your partner. Those tiny touches of affection can not only boost your emotional connection to your partner, but also stoke the sexual fires within. The respondents reporting the most intense love for their partner in the O’Leary study said that they felt their bodies responding when their partner touched them. This doesn’t mean a full-out sexual encounter has to follow from that touch on the cheek. Feeling a warm, tingling sensation from your partner’s physical presence is enough to keep the fire inside stoked until the time is right for sexual activity.
Engaging in sexual intercourse. It should come as no surprise that having intercourse is a positive expression of a love’s intensity. People in love are more likely to have sex with each other on a regular basis. The O’Leary study showed, however, that part of the reason for the positive association between sex and love is that people who are happiest in their relationships both love their partners more and have sex more frequently. Whatever the cause, the point is that sexual activity builds and maintains feelings of love and even happiness that endure over time.
Feeling generally happy. People who feel happier about life also have stronger feelings of love toward their partners. We can’t determine whether people who are in love therefore feel happier or vice versa from the survey data in the O’Leary study (and the finding was more true of women than men). However, the finding suggests that if you’re experiencing personal distress, this can leak out and cause your relationship to suffer. Similarly, if your relationship is in trouble, your personal happiness will suffer as well. Either way, it's important for you to seek help before these negative effects take a heavy toll on your mental health.
Wanting to know where your partner is at all times. Being intensely in love, for men, is associated with wanting to know your partner’s whereabouts. This component of intense love may seem a bit like stalking. But to put a positive spin on it, if you want to know where your partner is, this reflects the fact that your partner isn't very far from your thoughts.
Obsessively thinking about your partner. Being slightly obsessed with your partner turns out to be positively related to intense love, at least for women. The women most in love in the O’Leary study didn’t particularly care about knowing their partner’s whereabouts. However, they were more likely to engage in obsessive thinking about their partner more generally.
Having a strong passion for life. People who approach their daily lives with zest and strong emotion seem to carry these intense feelings over to their love life as well. If you want your relationship to have passion, put that emotional energy to work in your hobbies, interests, and even your political activities. Your brain's reward centers respond similarly to love as to getting excited about your other daily interests.Getting "fired up" in these areas of life translates into firing up the feelings you have toward your partner and in the O'Leary study seemed to matter more for men.

The formula for keeping love alive in your closest relationship is a complicated one. The study by the O’Leary team, in identifying these 12 factors, provides new evidence to show that not only can long-term couples get along with each other, but they can maintain their passion for many decades. Close relationships are the centerpiece of our sense of identity and are fundamental to our feelings of fulfillment. By changing your thoughts and your behavior about these relationships, you can keep them fresh and vital for years.

Tuesday 30 October 2012

ONE LONG NIGHT

The blanket of thick black cloud held no smiling stars. It wept mournfully,drowning her vocal strength. Her clinched fist failed its mark and crashed back to earth. It was such a long night.
Pleasure in good times now seemed the scourges of hells fury as acupuncture needles pierced through her light silk skin. How heartless could a man born of a woman be? In beast-fashion he tore at her decent clothes and hungrily devoured what he couldn't get by day. No help,no light at the tunnels end,no guardian angel... Just her and the devils horn.
'I pray to see the lord and his serving angels'.
The wide grin of victory that lined his jaw pierced a spear through her fragile heart. With wobbly legs she picks the splashes of blood now crisp and dry. Fresh energy,fresh resolution...her stern eyes outshines the dimness of hundred enclosures. Yes! An enclosed heart in a cave of rushing sorrow. Masculine evil locked its chains around her once fragile heart.
The bleed that sealed the broken deal washed the feel of human zeal.

by Eruke Ojuederie

Wednesday 24 October 2012

Let's Appreciate Our Dogs

Let's Take A Minute To Appreciate Our Dogs

This is why they are man's best friend.

From the day you are born, dogs are there for you.

They'll lend you a hand when you need it.

They are your buddies through the fun times...

And will stay with you through the rough times.

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They will save you from snakes.

And help you out of a ditch.

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They'll pull you to to safety.

And they'll be your eyes when you can't see.

Dorado led his blind owner to safety from the 71st story of the North Tower on 9/11.

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Now these guys are learning to help do the same thing!

They'll make you feel better.

And they'll be really happy to see you if you've been gone a while.

Let's Take A Minute To Appreciate Our Dogs

And after everything, they'll be loyal to you.

Lady the dog and her owner 81-year-old Nicholas went missing one day and a week later they were found. Nicholas had died of heart failure, but Lady had stayed by his side until they were found.

Navy seal Jon Tumilson died in Afghanastan. At the memorial service for him his Labrador retriever, Hawkeye, layed next to him the entire time.

This dog was the sole surviving member of a Japanese family. The dog still does not leave the gravesite of his owner, neighbors bring him food and water.

Every day at six o’clock this dog goes by himself to the grave of his owner and stays there all night. He's been doing it since his death, 6 years ago.

So go home and kiss your dog

Or give it a hug.

Cause this little guy is your best friend for life.

Oh, and did I mention puppies?

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Tuesday 23 October 2012

THESE PICTURES WILL BRIGHTEN YOUR DAY

Saw this lovely compilation by Michelle Kay, loved it and decided to share it with you too

Hope these sayings put a little more sparkle in your day!! Here is awesomeness from one of my favorite sites-Pinterest!! If you’re not there, you’re really missing out! If you would like an invite, feel free to leave your email in the comments and I will get right on sending one out to you!!