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8. Television is Addictive
Television can become addictive. Signs of
TV addiction include:
using the TV to calm down
not being able to control your viewing
feeling angry or disappointed in how
much TV you watched
feeling on edge if kept from watching
feeling a loss of control while watching
If the idea of giving up TV for a week is
horrifying, you may be addicted to
television. Luckily, TV addiction is a habit
and not a physical addiction like smoking.
You should be able to control it once you
are aware of the problem and make a
decision to change.
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9. Television Makes You Buy Things
By age 65, the average American has
seen 2 million commercials. Your
knowledge of products and brands comes
from these TV commercials. Your
perception of what you need also comes
from these commercials.
If you didn't know that your iPod could
talk to your running shoes, you wouldn't
feel like your current shoes are too low-
tech. If you didn't know about vacuums
that never lose suction, your current
vacuum would seem fine. Our perception
of need is determined by what we see.
Need less by watching less TV.
10. Television Costs Money
A basic cable package costs 10k
month and many packages cost much
more than that. That comes to at least
120k a year spent on TV. For that much
money you could: get a
gym membership, buy a nice bicycle,
invest it every year for 10 years at 10
percent interest and have sum good returns.

4. Television Makes You
Uninteresting
Many people have whole conversations
that are recaps of TV programs, sporting
events and sitcoms. When asked about
their real lives, there is little or nothing to
report and no stories to tell (except the TV
shows they have watched).
Life is too interesting and wonderful to
spend your time either watching TV or
recapping television to your friends. Find
something interesting to do: volunteer,
read, paint -- anything but watch more
TV.
5. Television Ruins Your
Relationships
A television is turned on an average of 7
hours and 40 minutes per day in many
U.S. households. With the TV on that
much, there is little time for you and your
significant other or children to spend time
together, share experiences, and develop
deeper relationships.
Sitting together and watching TV does not
grow a relationship. Turn that TV off and
find something to do together -- cooking,
exercising, taking a walk, anything.
6. Television is Not Relaxation
TV is the opposite of exercise. If you are
watching TV you are usually sitting,
reclining or lying down. You are burning
as few calories as possible. All that extra
food you eat while watching TV does not
get burned off. Your brain goes into a lull.
But you are not relaxing -- your mind is
still receiving stimuli from the TV, you are
processing information and reacting
emotionally. Have you ever found yourself
thinking about TV characters? Do you ever
dream about TV shows? These are signs
that the brain is working hard to process
all the TV you have been watching.
7. Television Loses Opportunities
If you are sitting and watching TV, nothing
new or exciting is going to happen to you.
New opportunities and ideas come from
being out in the world, talking to people,
and reading interesting things.
Watching TV isolates you. Nothing is going
to change in your world if you are
watching TV. Turn off the TV, go out into
the world, talk to people, and see what
happens.

3. Television Makes You Overweight
Eating while distracted limits your ability to
assess how much you have consumed.
According to Eliot Blass at the University of
Massachusetts, people eat between 31 and
74 percent more calories while watching
TV.
This could add, on average, about 300
calories extra per TV meal. Now consider
that at least 40 percent of families watch
TV while eating dinner. It becomes clear
that TV is a big part of the obesity
epidemic in the U.S. and that TV, in fact,
makes you gain weight.
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4. Television Makes You
Uninteresting
Many people have whole conversations
that are recaps of TV programs, sporting
events and sitcoms. When asked about
their real lives, there is little or nothing to
report and no stories to tell (except the TV
shows they have watched).
Life is too interesting and wonderful to
spend your time either watching TV or
recapping television to your friends. Find
something interesting to do: volunteer,
read, paint -- anything but watch more
TV.

1. Television Eats Your Time
The average Nigerian adult watches more than
4 hours of television a day. That's 25
percent of waking time spent every day.
Imagine if you suddenly had 25 percent
more time -- that's three extra months
per year! You could get in all your
exercise , cook your meals from scratch and
still have time left over to write a novel.
Over a lifetime, an 80-year-old person
would have watched 116,800 hours of
television, compared to only 98,000 hours
of work.
As a nation, adults watch 880 million
hours of television every day or 321 billion
hours per year. Whew! Imagine what could
get done if we all just stopped watching
TV.
2. Television Makes You Stressed
With the average of four hours a day
gone, it's no wonder everyone is feeling
stressed out and overwhelmed. We put
aside paying bills, finishing projects,
making phone calls and cleaning our
homes to watch TV. We feel overwhelmed
because of all the things we should be
doing (exercising, spending time with
family, eating right) go undone.
And when we feel overwhelmed, tired, and
exhausted we don't have energy to
anything but -- you guessed it -- watch
TV. It is a dreadful cycle. So take a break
from TV for a week and see what happens
to your life.

Turning off your television will gain you, on
average, about 4 hours per day. Imagine if
you took that time to exercise, give your
brain a workout and develop strong
relationships. Not only would you be
adding years to your life, you would
become more interesting, energetic, and
fun. So take the plunge and try not
watching TV for a week. At first it will be
strange and awkward, but stick with it and
soon you will love all the extra time.
Below are ten good reasons why you should turn off your tv set..

Pope Francis has said reliable data
indicates that "about 2%" of clergy in
the Catholic Church are paedophiles.
In an interview with the Italian La
Repubblica newspaper, the Pope said that
abuse of children was like "leprosy"
infecting the Church.
He vowed to "confront it with the severity
it demands".
In the same interview he said he believed
"solutions" existed to problems posed by
the prohibition on priests marrying.
Pope Francis said that the 2% estimate
came from advisers. It would represent
around 8,000 priests out of a global
number of about 414,000.
"Among the 2% who are paedophiles are
priests, bishops and cardinals. Others,
more numerous, know but keep quiet. They
punish without giving the reason," Pope
Francis said.
"I find this state of affairs intolerable," he
went on.
Above the interview La Repubblica ran the
headline: "Pope says: Like Jesus, I shall
use a stick against paedophile priests."
Last year Pope Francis strengthened the
Vatican's laws against child abuse and
earlier this month begged forgiveness from
the victims of sexual abuse by priests, at
his first meeting with victims since his
election.
Many survivors of abuse by priests are
angry at what they see as the Vatican's
failure to punish senior officials who have
been accused of covering up scandals.
Asked about the celibacy rule for priests,
Pope Francis recalled that it was adopted
900 years after the death of Jesus Christ
and pointed out that the Eastern Catholic
Church allows its priests to marry.
"The problem certainly exists but it is not
on a large scale. It will need time but the
solutions are there and I will find them."
While the incidence of paedophilia in the
general population is not accurately
known, some estimates have put it at less
than five percent.
Earlier this month the Pope begged
forgiveness from victims of child abusers
within the Church

Algeria’s Djamel Haimoudi has been
confirmed as the referee for the third-
place match of the ongoing 2014 FIFA
World Cup between Brazil and The
Netherlands on Saturday.
A statement from FIFA Media Office said
Haimoudi will become the first
Confederation of African Football (CAF)
referee to officiate a third-place match of
a FIFA World Cup.
“The match will be the 43-year-old’s
fourth task at the competition after the
group stage matches between Australia
and The Netherlands, and Costa Rica and
England.
“He also handled the Round of 16 match
between Belgium and the U.S.
“In his career, Haimoudi oversaw two
matches in last year’s FIFA Confederations
Cup, also in Brazil, and he was selected
for the FIFA Club World Cup in Japan in
2012.
“He was also selected for the FIFA U-20
World Cup in Colombia in 2011.
“Haimoudi also has notable experience in
his confederation CAF, taking charge at
three editions of the Africa Cup of Nations
— in 2008, 2012 and 2013.
“At the end of the most recent edition in
2013, he refereed Nigeria versus Burkina
Faso in the final.
“Finally, the Algerian officiated four more
important final matches, including the
deciders for the CAF Champions League
2008, 2012 and 2013 and the CAF Super
Cup 2008,’’ the statement said.(NAN)

every disappointment is a blessing,though.she cud mk a living by playing weird roles in sum horror movies...movie director pls locate dis girl n turn her disappointment to blessing..

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WILL the World Cup final become a “Holy
War”?
At the very least, Sunday’s match could
put millions of Catholics – not to mention
Vatican employees – in a bit of a bind.
Will they root for Argentina, the homeland
of Pope Francis, who is known to be an
ardent soccer aficionado? Or will they back
Germany, the native country of Pope
Emeritus Benedict XVI, also a big football
fan?
And what about the Big Referee Upstairs?
Whose prayers will he heed when the
game is
on the line?
Germany reached the final match on
Tuesday by blowing out Brazil, the host
country. Argentina beat the Netherlands on
Wednesday afternoon.
Of course, both Popes (not to mention God)
have more important things on their minds.
But the pontiffs have also said that sports
can be more than fun and games.
“The sport of football can be a vehicle of
education for the values of honesty,
solidarity and fraternity, especially for the
younger generation,” Benedict told
Italy’s Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper
back in 2008.
His successor, Francis has echoed those
remarks, and even promised not to pray
for Argentina.
But a Catholic who met Pope Francis this
week to discuss more serious matters said
that the pontiff seemed to be secretly
pulling for his home team.
“He absolutely wants for Argentina to
win,” Peter Saunders, a victim of sexual
abuse from England who met Francis on
Monday, told the Boston Globe. “He didn’t
say it out loud, but you could see it in his
eyes, he’s a closet fan.”
And earlier this month, before Argentina
played Switzerland, Francis jokingly told
his Swiss Guards, “It’s going to be war!”
It will be interesting to see what the
Vatican says about the Argentina-Germany
matchup. The men are known to be close,
with Francis saying he and Benedict “are
brothers.”
Maybe the “brothers” will put a little wager
on the high-stakes soccer match, or
maybe this just means that God has a
really good sense of humor.
Vatican spokesman Rev. Federico Lombardi
said the popes didn’t have plans to watch
Sunday’s final together, but left often the
possibility that something could be, ah,
afoot.

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who cares?

they r all dead n gone except for my paternal grannny who just clocked 98 years...I FOR CALL HER BUT SHE NO WAN USE PHONE..OLD SCHOOL STUFF..BUT I DO VISIT her FREQUENTLY.

[quote author=Akbee][/quote]what inspired u to post that comment?..ur just busy daydreaming.

[quote author=Akbee][/quote]what inspires u!

keshi must realise the fact that no oda foreign football association wl tolerate his attitude like the glass house...he shud learn to caution himself n thread softly..the ground is now slippery as a whole lot of persons are ever willing to fill in to his shoe..unemployment is rampant ohh!

hmmmmm...but why are health workers so overdemanding?

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this dude toks too much..u can all remember when he said dat so many country are willing to offer him heaven n earth just to have him coach their national team.
Besides,he evn denied that he promised to quit the super eagle job after Nigeria was ousted out of the mundials..he simply wants to bite more dan he can chew..

Just as we exclusively reported yesterday,
the South African Football Association
followed up with a confirmation of our
story when it denied, in categorical terms,
that it had not given any coach, including
Nigeria’s Stephen Keshi, the job of the
Bafana Bafana coach.
The SAFA statement came in the heels of
spurious reports that said the former
Nigeria’s coach, Stephen Keshi had been
handed the lucrative job, beating stiff
competition from top European coaches.
The SAFA denial reads, “The South African
Football Association (SAFA) would like to
clarify further insinuations that the
Association has offered Stephen Keshi the
job as Bafana Bafana coach.
Reports coming through and carried out by
several media outlets are quoting Mr Keshi
alleging he has an offer on the table from
SAFA.
“There is no iota of truth in this statement.
SAFA has not offered any coach the
Bafana Bafana coaching job and we don’t
take kindly to such rumours,” said SAFA
President, Dr Danny Jordaan from Brazil.
“It is not true because SAFA has not
entered into a discussion with any coach
or a representative of any coach,” he
added.
Just after our exclusive story yesterday
many online reports in the afternoon said
that Keshi was on his way to South Africa
for the Bafana Bafana job. Shortly after
that the official statement came from
SAFA.

we have the same size of garri morsel..

sumone was reacting to the development on facebook thus**now i can correctly predict the future headline;MY CHIP WAS HACKED N NOW I HAVE TRIPLET..LOL

The chip would need replacing every 16
years.
A contraceptive computer chip that
can be controlled by remote control
has been developed in
Massachusetts.
The chip is implanted under a woman's
skin, releasing a small dose of
levonorgestrel, a hormone.
This will happen every day for 16 years,
but can be stopped at any time by using
a wireless remote control.
The project has been backed by Bill Gates,
and will be submitted for pre-clinical
testing in the US next year - and possibly
go on sale by 2018.
The device measures 20mm x 20mm x
7mm and will be "competitively priced", its
creators said.
Convenience factor
Tiny reservoirs of the hormone are stored
on a 1.5cm-wide microchip within the
device.
A small electric charge melts an ultra-thin
seal around the levonorgestrel, releasing
the 30 microgram dose into the body.
There are other types of contraceptive
implant available, the researchers noted,
but all require a trip to a clinic and an
outpatient procedure in order to be
deactivated.
"The ability to turn the device on and off
provides a certain convenience factor for
those who are planning their family," said
Dr Robert Farra from MIT.
The next challenge for the team is to
ensure the absolute security of the device
to prevent activation or deactivation by
another person without the woman's
knowledge.
"Communication with the implant has to
occur at skin contact level distance," said
Dr Farra.
"Someone across the room cannot re-
programme your implant.
"Then we have secure encryption. That
prevents someone from trying to interpret
or intervene between the communications."
Huge range
The same technology could be used to
administer other drugs.
Simon Karger, head of the surgical and
interventional business at Cambridge
Consultants, said that implanted technology
like this faces a range of challenges and
risks.
But he added that overall "the value to the
patient of these types of implant can be
huge and we foresee a future in which a
huge range of conditions are treated
through smart implanted systems".
Implanted devices could help people who
forget to take medication at the correct
time
The innovation comes at a time when
governments and organisations around the
world have agreed to try to bring family
planning to around 120 million more
women by 2020.
This challenge opens the door to this kind
of implant technology being used in areas
where access to traditional contraceptives
is limited - a bigger priority, argued Gavin
Corley, a biomedical engineer.
"That's a humanitarian application as
opposed to satisfying a first-world need,"
he told the BBC.