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EducationRe: Advantages Of Studying In A Nigerian Polytechnic Over A University by Thomsyne(op): 10:08pm On Mar 07, 2016
walcut:
nice post bro.. but if u have d opportunity of choosing btw a polytechnic or uni or rather a degree or ond wat wud b ur choice?
Looool... I'll rather not answer that
EducationAdvantages Of Studying In A Nigerian Polytechnic Over A University by Thomsyne(op): 9:08pm On Mar 07, 2016
In Nigeria, there are three types of higher institutions namely the College of Education, Polytechnic and University. But the strongest argument is centered more between polytechnics and universities. Most of the arguments are based on the effectiveness of one institution over the other. I am however, here to give points on why Polytechnics are better than universities.

1. Simplicity of Learning The OND and HND style of learning enables a lot of students to have a feeling of casualness and helps them in having gradual advance in education. Some might not have the money to pay all their education expenses at once and need to have breaks in their stages of learning to raise the money. The OND degree acquired will even be a better avenue for getting a better job. This is unlike Nigerian universites where you can only apply for Leave of Absence which lasts for just one year. I have seen cases of people who after acquiring OND, vested capital into a business and later came back to finish their Higher National Diploma courses

2. Development of dexterity It is general knowledge that Polytechnics offer a style of lecturing that is operational {Involves more of practice} and the students more liable to have confidence in getting jobs and executing them well. For instance, an Engineering student with a National Diploma degree has more experience in the operations of machines than a university student who is limited more to theory and will most likely perform better in the field.

3. Lack of Difficulty of Securing Admission It is easier to gain admission into a polytechnic than a university. A lot of people have wasted years trying to acquire university admission all to no avail and in the process forgetting that Polytechnics have made it less difficult to enter. With no more than two applications, the worries of admission would have been overcome

4. Lower Fees Nowadays, universities charge higher than polytechnics. This is usually common with state universities. I remember in 2014, if not for the protests by LASU students, fees would have been permanently jacked up to 250,000 naira. How many students can afford that? This is very very unusual with a polytechnic as fees remain stable throughput the sessions

5. Lecture Halls For Conducive Learning The state of many lecture halls is appaling as many are not suited for congestion. This is the reverse in polytechnics as lecture halls are better positioned and well spaced in order to create a suitable environment for learning and assimilation

6. Ease of Toggling Between Environments of Study Anyone can easily study two courses in different polytechnics at same time. It doesn’t even matter if they are in different states.
cc lalasticlala ishilove Dominique seun
CelebritiesRe: Stephanie Okereke And Husband At The 2016 AMVCA by Thomsyne(m): 10:54pm On Mar 05, 2016
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Christianity EtcHelp Cure An Irreligious Man’s Belief by Thomsyne(op): 10:49pm On Mar 05, 2016
I was brought up as a Christian. Practically
heard ‘Jesus’ being shouted in my ear all the
time and was quite religious at the time. The
more I grew older, the more i started to
question RELIGION.


One thing to note though. I am a theist and i
believe there’s a creator of my soul which is
God. Hell, screw the Big Bang Theory. {I view
Atheists on same plane as Theists} I,
however, am opposed to the mediums by which
we connect to God. Most of my questions will
be asked from a Christian’s perspective.The
questions I asked myself goes thus…
Why do I believe In Jesus and not Mohammed
or Sango?


The answer I got at the time was simple. I
believe in Jesus because I was TOLD to believe
in Jesus. It wasn’t my choice. It was what
was put into my head since I was a kid. I
wasn’t supposed to ask if it was a fairy tale
or not. I was just supposed to give my life to
him.


What is the difference between serving God
through Jesus, Mohammed or some other god?
I only got one answer for myself. The beliefs
and methods of worship. However, I found a
hitch. Christians, Muslims and Traditional
worshippers all communicate to God through a
medium which is Jesus, Mohammed, Sango, Ifa
or some other medium. I know Christians
abhor the way pagans worship God through
‘deites’. But because of their faith, they are
blind to the fact that they worship God
through Jesus. Isn’t it same thing as serving
God through a deity? They simply deceive each
other that Jesus is different from other
deites. This is evident in the way Christians
close a prayer with ‘In Jesus name I have
prayed’. Same goes for Muslims and
Traditionalists though not through same
method. Are religious people really blind to
that fact or they just choose to overlook it?
What’s the difference between religious
people {Who realise that fact} and hypocrites?
I once saw in a Nairalander’s signature, ‘Tell
me why you disregard other gods and I’ll tell
you why i disregard yours’ {Not perfectly
quoted though} I asked myself that same
question and couldn’t get an answer. I am
posing that same question to you too.


How do I know the deity I serve God through is
the REAL one?
There are many divisions of Christians. I was
brought up as a Pentecostal Christian. There
are other divisions like Catholics, Anglicans,
White Garments and so on. Let me tell you one
thing though. Pentecostal Christians don’t
believe non-pentecostal Christians or any
other arm of religion serve God right. They
believe they can’t make ‘heaven’. Same goes
for Muslims when it comes to Sunnis and
Shiites. Perhaps no difference with
Traditional worshippers that are divided into
Sango, Obatala and Ifa worshippers. There
are still so many other religions and I asked
myself think serving God as a Pentecostal
Christian is the REAL way to serve God. I still
couldn’t give myself an answer.
If My Parents Really Believe in God and Not
Religion, Why Can’t I Change To Another
Religion Without Opposition From Them?
The above question is self-explanatory. And
this proves that most Thiests inadvertently
serve Religion and not God. If they really
serve God, then you should be able to change
without being met with strong opposition
from family and church members. Just try it
at home. Call your parents and tell them you
want to change religion and see their
reactions.


Why Are Non-Religious Countries More
Successful Than Religious Ones
In Nigeria, walk through any street. You’ll
pass at least two churches there. Even on my
own street alone, there are five churches.
Some religious people view the U.S.A and
other non-religious oriented countries as
‘Sodom and Gomorrah’. Yet, yesterday, naira
dropped to 315 against the dollar. Why can’t
our supposed ‘Israel’ be more successful than
‘Sodom and Gomorrah’?


Is There Really Something called Rapture or
Judgement Day That Will Happen Soon?
Since the 1900s we’ve always been hearing
about the ‘Last Days’ and Judgement Day. The
earth is still standing. True, there might be
an apocalypse but trust me; It won’t come
from a Judgement Day. The Bible spoke about
the ‘Last Days’. ‘ There will be war against
Nations, Pain, Strife,…’ Which particular time
in history has there been no war, pain or
strife? It was even worse in times past.
Very, very bad. Poverty was very rampant
then. And it’s now greatly reduced in these
present times as compared to ages ago. So tell
me; Which particular time is the ‘Last Days’
exactly? Is there even a heaven or hell? If
there is, then it means 99 % of Africans from
the times Jesus died till about the 1900s when
the Europeans arrived and spread Christianity
all went to hell. Are you crazy?
I hear of miracles happening in mosques and
churches. Isn’t that proof that Religion is
real?


These so-called miracles happen in third world
countries. They never happen in developed
countries where every kid has an Iphone to
film it. It’ll never happen in the U.S.A where
scientists rush to the site to prove whether
the miracle was real or not. It”ll only happen
in Nigeria, Brazil or some other developing
country where they know people believe things
without question.
CelebritiesRe: Toke Makinwa At The 2016 AMVCA (photos) by Thomsyne(m):
EducationRe: Nairaland Interschool debate: Equating HND with BSC: Winner: OAU by Thomsyne(m): 10:16pm On Mar 05, 2016
TV/MoviesTeleportation And Quantum Teleportation by Thomsyne(op): 10:28pm On Mar 01, 2016
For the lovers of ‘Star Trek’- the movie, this is for you. You’re late for school and you have this huge test coming up… You don’t see any bus approaching then you activate some things on yourself and zaaaappppp… You’re in school! Cool huh?! Or you travel for hours and on getting to your destination you realize you left your purse… Activate those things again and zaaaappppp… You’re home, you get your purse, and ….zaaaaaaaaaaapppp! You’re back! Super cool, innit? Now all these might seem so much fun but only if we all know what it takes to make these kinda things possible. Tons and tons of work! Now this disappearing and re appearing of a thing has a name. It’s called Teleporting.

What is Teleporting?

Teleporting is simply the movement of matter and or energy from one point to another without physically moving through the said distance. We see this in so many fiction books, movies and regular TV shows. Some people might think that isn’t possible but sorry to burst your bubble….. Teleporting is possible! And for Star Trek lovers, sorry to burst yours too…. Teleporting is not possible for humans just yet- though we’re getting close. As of now, the only kind of teleporting that can be done is Quantum Teleportation.

Quantum Teleportation.

Quantum Teleportation is the transfer of quantum information between two locations which have previously been “entangled” through much coded systems. It is a very complex system which basically involves transportation of quantum information. For example, the exact position and motion of a particle. Quantum teleportation has majorly been successful with the quantum states of photons. This is first done by creating an entanglement between the teleportation point and the photon’s destination. That entanglement is done by creating a ‘quantum channel’. This is the path through which the qubit, which possesses the quantum information of an atom, will travel. The teleportation also requires the establishment of a classical communication link because two classical bits would be required to accompany the qubit, serving as a medium. This form of teleportation still has its limitations. In an atom, only the qubit is transferrable but the physical matter consisting of the nucleus and the electrons are untransferrable. Simply put, only energy can be teleported and not matter.

Teleportation Simplified…

A simple way of putting the long scientific explanation of the process of teleportation of humans, if possible, is…

The matter (human body) and their data which is the DNA are first broken down to access the atoms. It is a destructive process which technically means killing the person.
To do this, the position and momentum of each particle has to be determined which totally goes against Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle which is yet to be disproved.
The matter would have to be scanned, broken down and transferred within a very short period of time to avoid constructing a dead person at the other end.
To do this, large amount of bandwidth is needed as 1027 bits of data are required to be able to assess and specify correctly the position and destination of each atom in the human body. That amount of data is approximately 10,000 times the amount of total storage capacity on all computers worldwide.
Then, the assembling of the body parts at the desired destination must not take time at all because while some other body parts are still being constructed, those that have already been will start to die while the construction of the other parts are still on- going.
To cap it all up, all these might be possible but there is no assurance that it’s the same “you” as a person that will be recreated at the other end. Personality, attitude and co.
So, Star Trek lovers, we aint there yet… For those who think its impossible, we’re getting there. Lovers of Star Trek, believers of the impossible, unbelievers of the impossible…. Sit tight… Y’all gonna be shocked. Science is going crazzzzy!

Pls do try and leave comments to encourage the writer, share your thoughts and let us know your opinions. Gracias Amigos!
Christianity EtcA Quick Insight Into Noetic Sciences by Thomsyne(op): 10:53pm On Feb 29, 2016
Ever wondered how these magicians control things with their hands? Or how those Asians in movies sit on a mat and later end up floating? Or how ‘motherconfessor’ confesses people in ‘Legend of the Seeker’? Or how Max and Phoebe in the TV series ‘The Thundermans’ perform their telekinesis moves? I’m sure you have lots of examples of the sort but to tell you, those things you see on TV are merely acted. They are portrayed as the use of the mind and hand movements or other gestures to control a ‘subject’ which is still all fake simply because they are merely acted.

However, science has brought us close to the understanding that the human mind has more power than we all think it has. We just need to be able to access these abilities and that, inevitably will bring about a transformation to the human race and the world entirely. Lots of researches are still going on over this but now, I present to you a multidisciplinary field of study which brings together various scientific methods and tools to study and analyze the ways in which consciousness, intellect and the mind influence the physical world. Readers, I present to you…………… Noetic Sciences.

The word ‘Noetic’ was coined from the Greek Word noēsis/ noētikos, meaning direct knowing, inner wisdom or subjective understanding. In 1902, a Greek philosopher, William James defined it as ‘states of insights into depth of truths unplumbed by the discursive intellect. They are illuminations, revelations, full of significance and importance, all inarticulate though they remain; and as a rule they carry with them a curious sense of authority’.

Now, the history of noetic sciences cannot be left out in this write up. ‘Noetic sciences’ as a term came into being in the year 1973 when the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) was founded by Edgar Mitchell- the sixth man to walk on the moon in 1971 and a former Exxon executive, Paul Temple. When Edgar got back home from the moon, he described an experience he called Samadhi experience. He said he remembers his trip back home the most and felt a strong connection to the universe during the trip. Mitchell also claimed he felt a presence of divinity which he could easily reach out to and also deduced that life in the universe didn’t come into being by mistake or some random process.

Noetic sciences take closer looks at establishing a far more complex relationship between the physical and non-physical, majorly consciousness and physical matter. As I said earlier, noetic scientists are still conducting researches on this field and as of now, conclusions cannot be made as noetic scientists are trying now, to measure …. Intuition, Prayer and even life after death. Creepy right?

The IONS are the foremost researchers on this, aiding the study of consciousness by interns and young scientists who majorly synthesize various bodies of knowledge such as, practical studies of consciousness in healing and the science behind meditation thereafter, disseminating their summaries and resolving towards the next step to take.

All these and more are possible through grants and aids, various disciplinary studies, encouraging collaborations and strategic meetings among scientists to spring up the evolution of new cross-disciplinary studies. Dan Brown’s book, “The Lost Symbol” goes a long way to promote this concept of Noetic science giving practical illustrations and a very nice storyline. I’d advice y’all to get it. You can get the softcopy online.

Please do try to leave your comments, opinions and ideas on this. Thanks for reading.

cc lalasticlala seun OAM4J
HealthRe: Meditation: Definition And Health Benefits by Thomsyne(op): 10:03pm On Feb 27, 2016
Types of Meditation



Spiritual Meditation: This kind of Meditation works well with those who pray and communicate well with God. It definitely requires a quiet and serene environment with a steady concentration on a particular problem, situation and its possible solution. This type of meditation is not only relaxing but also has its physical and spiritual benefits.


Movement Meditation: This might seem tricky and intimidating at the same time. Moving your upper body in a slow circular motion, moving the arms in a slow swaying motion, concentrating on your breath patterns and the respective diaphragm movements is what does the trick here. In this type, rather than concentrate on a sound or a particular image, one tries to drive his/her consciousness towards the movement of his/her body.




Focused Meditation: The main benefit of this kind of meditation is that it definitely leaves you refreshed and lets your mind “be able to concentrate well”. As the name implies, this type basically requires you to focus your mind on a particular sound, thought, image or object without letting your mind sway away or lose focus.


Mindfulness Meditation: This is the most popular and well-known kind of meditation. It requires you to let your mind have a flow of thoughts. Unlike the focused meditation which streamlines your thoughts to a particular thing, Mindfulness meditation requires you to focus on a lot of things, not at once, but simultaneously and can also be performed during our day-to-day activities such as walking, driving, eating, etc.




Mantra Meditation: This kind of meditation might seem odd because the person meditating will be required to shout a word or series of words. The repetition of such word(s) produces a constant and familiar vibration within such person which he/she focuses his/her attention on and automatically the mind tunes itself to concentrating on the word(s).


Simple Tutorial on how to Meditate.

I shall combine all 5 types into one single method:

First is to get a comfortable spot

Choose a Mantra: A mantra is a word, so to say, which you recite while meditating.

Sit comfortably: Have a tall spine, hands on laps and don’t feel ‘too’ comfortable to avoid sleeping off.

Clear your mind and free your mind

With your eyes closed, breathe in and out deeply for about 10 times.

Take moments to observe your body: Try to direct your sense of feelings to the various parts of your body in contact with something else. Slowly and taking each of them one by one; Try to feel your palms on your laps, where your butt touches the chair, the bending of your knees and where your feet touch the ground.

You can then practice either of the types of meditation discussed above. Try to focus on your God with your thoughts, praying internally without losing focus, try to move your body in slow, steady movements that your mind can follow. You can also have an image in front of you, study each inch and detail of the object without moving too much or losing focus, pay attention to sounds around you- like the sounds of birds chirping, the sound of your breath, the sound of the stillness of air and finally, you can try humming or singing a mantra.

Just before ending, go over the fifth step, observe your body: Where your feet touch the ground, where your body touches the chair and so on.
Then finally, create an awareness of the next five tasks you are going to perform after standing up like brushing teeth, going to bathe and try as much as possible to follow the pattern which you imagined. Now, you then stand up slowly and proceed with the day’s tasks.

You can get pictorial help and further description here: http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/gallery/2011/jan/22/how-to-meditate-ten-steps-headspace
HealthMeditation: Definition And Health Benefits by Thomsyne(op): 6:16pm On Feb 27, 2016
What is Meditation?

Meditation can be defined as the conscious act of giving paramount attention to one thing or a couple of things either as a religious act or as a way or relaxing. Before now, meditation has actually been used to understand the mystical forces of life but now, it is merely used for relaxing. There is really not much talk as to the meaning of meditation as virtually everyone knows how it is done. Most times in Asian movies, we see a man sitting down, crossed legs, hands on his thighs, closing his eyes and all that stuff. Today, I’ll sorta be giving you a little bit insight as to how these things work and their benefits.

Firstly, there has been no scientific explanation to how it works. Science only tells us its benefits and what it does. Now, a study of people who were trained to meditate within eight weeks showed saw increased electrical activity in regions of the left frontal lobe, an area that tends to be more active in optimistic people. Nevertheless, science has still been unable to connect the dots between meditation and the effects it has on people.

Without much ado, lets go to the health benefits of meditation. A study proved that meditation improves people’s physical and emotional responses to stress majorly lowing blood pressure and also improving the immune system against diseases though the mechanism through which this works isn’t clear. One very good thing about meditation is that after ending a session, the effects can carry you all through the day.

Benefits of Meditation.

The benefits are quite much but I’ll endeavour to post as many as I can. Meditation does the following:

It lowers blood pressure.
It improves the immune system.
Helps with anxiety problems.
Helps with sleep problems.
Meditation activates the ‘rest and digest’ part of the nervous system which helps with stress related problems.
Meditation helps promote ‘Divergent Thinking’- A type of thinking that allows the development of many new ideas.
It helps filter out other mental processes during creative mental tasks.
Helps to increase self awareness.
It helps improve emotional stability.
It produces a sharp and clear mind with expanded consciousness.
Produces minds that stay focused on a single task for longer periods and make less switches.


Meditation has a lot of other benefits but these are the few I can lay my hands on. It isn’t a common practice amongst Nigerians, Africans majorly. Many think its fetish but believe me, its not. You can even incorporate religion into it. Prayer, for example can be used as a form of meditation. Apart from communicating with our creator, it helps us relax (depending on the kind of prayer now), gives us a focused mind, creates a sense of awareness of our mind and ‘zeros’ our mind to the creator whom we are praying to.

In my next article on meditation, I’ll let y’all know different kinds on meditation there are, and also steps to a simple short meditation exercise. Till then, stay healthy, eat well, exercise regularly and rest well. Ciao

cc seun lalasticlala dominique
EducationRe: 5 Reasons You Should Care About The Discovery Of Gravitational Waves by Thomsyne(op): 12:36am On Feb 27, 2016
oglalasioux:
We in Africa are still listening to lazy people 'prophesying' about plane crashes and who will win or lose which election. Civilized people are fulfilling the prophecies of the real men of God. Men whom God really spoke to; Copernicus, Galileo, Newton, Lavoisier, Chatelet, Faraday, Maxwell, Einstein etc.

This is a fulfillment of prophecy by Albert Einstein. More of such prophecies, including the theory of a multiverse, are expected to be fulfilled in the nearest future.

Only science can give God glory. Religion is a scam.
Tell them brother
Education5 Reasons You Should Care About The Discovery Of Gravitational Waves by Thomsyne(op): 11:54pm On Feb 26, 2016
The world of physics was abuzz last week with
the historic
announcement of the first-ever detection of
gravitational waves. But
why is it such a big deal?
By Sabrina Stierwalt, PhD. on February 24,
2016


Last week marked the historic announcement
of the first detection of
gravitational waves. A big press conference
was held, and physicists
around the world celebrated. The discovery
was even compared to
Galileo looking through a telescope for the
first time. So why all the
fanfare? Why are gravitational waves such a
huge deal?
Last week marked the historic announcement
of the first detection of
gravitational waves. A big press conference
was held, and physicists
around the world celebrated. The discovery
was even compared to
Galileo looking through a telescope for the
first time. So why all the
fanfare? Why are gravitational waves such a
huge deal?


1. GRAVITATIONAL WAVES ARE AN ENTIRELY
NEW WAY
OF OBSERVING THE UNIVERSE


Astronomers observe the universe across the
electromagnetic
spectrum, from X-ray and ultraviolet through
optical and down to
radio frequencies. Emission in each of these
frequency ranges provides
different information and thus a different
perspective on our
astronomical points of interest.
For example, we know that there are millions
of stars clustered toward
the center of our Galaxy which emit mostly at
optical wavelengths, but
there is also a lot of dust near the Galactic
center as well. So to study
those dust-enshrouded stars, astronomers
must observe them at either
infrared wavelengths (where the dust emits)
or radio wavelengths
(which can penetrate through the dust more
effectively than shorter
optical wavelengths). All of these wavelengths
offer a unique
perspective on the universe, but they are all
the same kind of light,
electromagnetic radiation, and so behave in
similar, understood ways.
Gravitational waves are an entirely new
phenomenon different from
anything on the electromagnetic spectrum. In
1915, Albert Einstein
proposed a radically different way of looking
at gravity with his theory
of general relativity. Rather than thinking of
gravity as a force pushing
and pulling massive objects in different
directions, he described
gravity as being manifested in a curvature of
spacetime. In other
words, the space (and time) around a massive
object is curved, which
then dictates how passing objects can move
through that space.
This may sound crazy, but we can actually
observe many of the effects
predicted by Einstein’s theory. For example,
general relativity informs
us that time passes more slowly by an ever so
small margin down here
on Earth than it does for GPS satellites in
orbit, an effect known as
time dilation, a result of the curvature of
spacetime. Without adjusting
for this small time difference in our satellite
communications, we
would never get to where we are trying to go.
A consequence of the general relativity
framework is that when
objects accelerate through this warping of
spacetime, they produce
ripples known as gravitational waves. These
waves propagate through
space, compressing it in one direction and
stretching it in another.
The frequencies predicted for these
fluctuations are within the human
hearing range. We can hear gravitational
waves and already scientists
and artists have teamed up to explore other
artistic interpretations of
their sound.
So why did it take 100 years to detect them?
These ripples are tiny, on
order of a thousandth of the size of a proton
nucleus, so we need a
pretty violent event to occur to produce
enough of them for us to
detect. We also need, of course, a very
sensitive detector.


2. The Instrument That Made the
Gravitational Wave Detection Is
the Most Precise Measuring System Ever Built


To detect such tiny distortions in spacetime,
physicists use a technique
called laser interferometry. A focused beam
of light is sent in different
directions to bounce back and forth between
two sets of mirrors before
being sent to a detector. If a gravitational
wave passes by the
interferometer during all of this bouncing,
the distance between the
mirrors will change ever so slightly and this
change will translate to a
difference in the two signals as measured by
the detector.
Not only is the signal from gravitational waves
incredibly weak, there is
also a significant amount of competing noise
attempting to drown it out.
To increase the detectability of such a signal
against the background
noise, the path the laser travels must be a
long one. The Laser
Interferometer Gravitational-Wave
Observatory (LIGO), the instrument
that made the historic detection, is four
kilometers long on each side.
The detectors are further suspended in the
air in hopes of isolating the
slightly faster wiggles due to gravitational
waves from terrestrial
interference.
To further fight back against false
detections, LIGO has not one but two
detectors: one in Hanford, Washington and
the other in Livingston,
Louisiana. Detecting the same signal at both,
widely separated locations
would mean that signal was likely not a local
one. And that is exactly
what happened on September 14, 2015—a
signal with the precise
characteristics predicted for gravitational
waves was observed at both
detectors only milliseconds apart.


3. We Now Know That Massive Black Holes Can
Merge to Create
Even Bigger Black Holes


Famous theoretical physicist and author Kip
Thorne described the event
that produced the detected gravitational
waves as a “violent storm in the
fabric of space and time”. Around 1.3 billion
years ago, when
multicellular life was just beginning here on
Earth, two black holes
orbiting each other began to close in on one
another. As these dense
objects got closer, they began to accelerate
to nearly half the speed of
light in the presence of their shared strong
gravitational field – the
perfect mix for producing gravitational
waves.
From fitting the waveform of the
gravitational wave detection and
comparing it to simulations done with a
supercomputer, astronomers
can tell that the two black holes were
originally 29 and 36 times the
mass of our Sun. They merged to form a 62
solar mass black hole which
means that an amount three times the mass
of our Sun was emitted away
as energy in the form of gravitational waves,
all in the 20 milliseconds
it took for the collision to happen! That’s a
power output of 50 times
greater than all of the power put out by all of
the stars in the universe
put together.
Before this first detection, astronomers
were not even sure that mergers
between black holes existed, and now the
details of this particular event
are known to a high degree of certainty.


4. Hundreds of People Had to Take a Huge Risk
to Make This
Detection Possible


Einstein predicted the existence of
gravitational waves 100 years ago
but at the time, there was significant doubt
that such weak signals could
ever be detected. In 1992, LIGO became the
largest investment the
National Science Foundation had ever made.
The investment was a risky
one–the existence of gravitational waves was
only theoretical, and their
signal, even if they were real, would be
impossible to detect without the
construction of an instrument larger than
any other measurement device
previously built. In fact, the initial operations
of LIGO between 2002
and 2010 came up empty-handed.
However, when the new and improved advanced
LIGO came online with
its increased sensitivity, it detected a signal
that was so clear it could be
seen by eye almost immediately.


5. With Our New Ears on the Universe, We Will
Likely Make
Discoveries We Haven’t Even Thought of Yet


Arguably the most exciting part of this new
discovery is that it’s only
the beginning! The ease with which LIGO
detected the signal suggests
that there will be many more to come and that
we won’t have to wait
long for them either. The LIGO detectors are
not even at their full
planned sensitivity yet and so detections will
get easier.
The success of LIGO will also likely help other,
similar projects get
funded, and in fact it likely already has with
the prime minister of India
voicing support for LIGO India. Other efforts
include KAGRA in Japan,
VIRGO in Italy, and the already operational
GEO600 in Germany.
Using multiple detectors in concert will
further help pinpoint the origin
of the gravitational wave signals.
The LISA project (i.e., the Laser
Interferometer Space Antenna), which
has experienced funding woes since NASA
bowed out in 2011 and the
project was picked up entirely by European
agencies, would also send
gravitational wave detectors into space. This
would open up the
possibility of detecting signals with much
longer periods (on the order
of minutes or hours rather than milliseconds)
not currently possible
with LIGO.
Gravitational waves are predicted to arise
from co-orbiting black holes
like the system detected in September 2015,
but also from binary
systems with other compact objects like
neutron stars. But gravitational
waves are also fundamentally different from
the electromagnetic
radiation that we know so well. So really, who
knows what we will find?

cc lalasticlala seun Fynestboi
BusinessRe: Facts Concerning The Naira-dollar Exchange Rate We All Should Know. by Thomsyne(op): 7:49pm On Feb 24, 2016
Emmaus12:
Succinct and touches relevant points! But my brother, forget lalasticlala and his likes because this "might' (notice the emphasis) not make frontpage for the following reasons;
1. Nothing to do with toke makinwas cleavage
2. Does not show Yvonne jegede's curvy boobs
3. Toyin Aimakhu or Ay' s family issues is not reflected in anyway.
4. Does not mention Ebube Nwagbo nor her likes in bumshorts anywhere.

All the same, nice one
Looooool! Brother, you burst my head... Lets just hope he proves you wrong
BusinessFacts Concerning The Naira-dollar Exchange Rate We All Should Know. by Thomsyne(op): 6:31pm On Feb 24, 2016
This is to explain to those of us who do not understand economic terms. The Dollar has not actually increased since Buhari became President. Just go through the following and gain something.

The facts are stated below:
1)Dollar is not our currency so dollar should not be our business.

2)Our problem with the exchange rate is not the government rather , it is our importers and consumers.

3)Naira has remained at 197 Naira to 1 Dollar since Buhari became President.

4)President Buhari has promised not to devalue the Naira and he has maintained that promise.

5)Both at the CBN and at inter-bank rates, Dollar has remained 197 Naira.

6)However, because we are too lazy to produce what we use in Nigeria, we import even toothpicks and matches.

7)President Buhari does not like the importation of luxury goods because they are the major reason for corruption. That's why he banned 41 certain products from having access to Forex.

8 ) When Nigerian Importers insisted on importing those 41 products, the Federal Government of Nigeria asked them to find their Dollar at the Bereau De Change parallel market also known as "Black Market"

9)And to discourage the pressure Nigerians are mounting on the Naira just to get Dollars for importation, CBN banned Department of Management and Budgets from selling Dollars to "Bereau De Change"

10)To survive the pressure of excess Dollar demands, Bereau De Change resorted to sourcing for dollars from neighbouring countries through illicit money laundering routes.

11)Because of the risks faced by the Bereau De Change to source for Dollars, and because of the increase in demand for dollars by importers because China just resumed from their business holidays, Bereau De Change keep increasing the price at which they exchange Dollars to Naira which now is 400 Naira for One Dollar.

12)Be as it may, it does not mean that Government has changed the exchange rate because if our genuine importers go to CBN and fill form to import raw materials for local production, they will get One Dollar at 197 Naira.

13)So, the problem is that we love to consume luxury foreign products yet we are too lazy to manufacture them here.

Given all these, please Nigerians, let us endeavor to support local production of the petty products we use at least to vamp up our economy and also purchase Nigerian products over International ones to help our economy rise again.

cc lalasticlala seun dominique

Source: http://www.themchub.com/2016/02/facts-concerning-the-naira-dollar-exchange-rate-we-all-should-know/
BusinessRe: How Much Is Dollar Selling @ The Black Around You? I Just Bought @ 300 Now by Thomsyne(m): 6:26pm On Feb 24, 2016
You all really need to read this to clarify somethings concerning the exchange rate

http://www.themchub.com/2016/02/facts-concerning-the-naira-dollar-exchange-rate-we-all-should-know/
WebmastersRe: My Journey From Blogger To Wordpress by Thomsyne(m): 9:18pm On Feb 23, 2016
bedfordng:
you still need to work on your migration because when some one clicks on home page, it display this localhost/themchub/


seems the localhost data is not properly replaced with the live host data's
Its fixed now bro. Thanks for the observation
WebmastersRe: Conclusion Of “my Journey From Blogger To Wordpress” by Thomsyne(op): 11:55pm On Feb 22, 2016
tundexweb:
wow!weldone,the sky is ur starting point,kudos!
Amen bro.. Thanks
WebmastersRe: My Journey From Blogger To Wordpress by Thomsyne(m): 7:21pm On Feb 22, 2016
The conclusion of this article is out... Check it up at https://www.nairaland.com/2950314/conclusion-journey-blogger-wordpress#43159221
WebmastersConclusion Of “my Journey From Blogger To Wordpress” by Thomsyne(op): 7:18pm On Feb 22, 2016
If you missed the first part, you can read it here: https://www.nairaland.com/2946527/journey-blogger-wordpress#43103875

After the change of domain name, we felt so happy. Finally! We wouldn’t be referred to as “hungry- bloggers”. We immediately informed those we sought advice from earlier and made the change known to our subscribers. Apparently, they were happy and impressed with how fast and committed we were to change and develop. After that, we continued our normal posting and publicity while patiently waiting for our Google search rankings to rise up. We were so anxious for our blog to be seen on Google’s first page on search results but nothing was forthcoming. We then checked Google, YouTube and other search engines like Ask, Bing for ways to make our Search Engine Rank Positions (SERPs) improve. We got various options like signing up on Google Webmasters, Google Analytics, pinging our website, submitting our web URLs to Search Engines, submitting our sitemaps, editing our robots.txt file, having a lot of valid backlinks and a whole lot of other options like that.

Not to say these methods don’t work but from a lot of other articles written by experienced bloggers, using blogger in any way is not advisable, has a poor SEO and only very few and trusted blogger blogs make it to the first page of Google’s search results. Some days later, I got into a discussion with a senior colleague in my department and he spoke strongly against blogger as he had once used it before porting to WordPress. He then advised me to port as soon as I got the opportunity to. Now, that wasn’t much of a problem as I had once worked with WordPress but the problem was having a completely new design, losing all my previous posts, comments and starting from the scratch. It was hard to think of it even.

Till today, I still cannot pinpoint how I knew my main worry could be resolved. There was or is a way I could port all my posts, drafts and comments from blogger without losing even a punctuation mark. It’s called Exporting. Blogger had the option of compressing all the posts, drafts and comments into an xml file then going to WordPress and unpacking them. Eventually, we bought a hosting plan from the same webhost I bought my domain name from and immediately opened up a manual I had previously written for myself on how to upload a WordPress website online. I actually did all the design and importation offline so all I had to do was just upload.

Following the normal process, after receiving my login details from my hosting company, I logged into my c-panel, compressed my web files into a zip format and then tried to upload them using the file manager of my C-panel but all was to no avail, reasons, I do not know. I talked to Babs who suggested I used File Zilla. I got File Zilla and when I tried uploading, it seemed long and unending, thanks to Nigeria’s poor internet service. Finally, I got all the files uploaded after so much errors and retries.

I then went to my wp-config file and edited the username, database name and password, saved it and was ready to rock and roll. I typed in my blog’s URL and clicked Enter! I was getting a 500 error. I went back to my manual and tried all I could, still I was getting the same error. I tried using Google to check for what the problem might be but I was getting no headway. After a while, I showed an experienced programmer, he went to my error log and we deciphered that one of the files I tried uploading didn’t upload well so I had to start over.

Eventually, I re-uploaded the files and I was ready to go. Then there came a new error. A redirection loop! I edited my wp-config files in different ways possible but I was still getting the same error. Then I remembered I didn’t disconnect my blogger account from the website URL. I did that but still, it was the same error. I searched Google for a possible solution again and saw different ones. I edited my htaccess file, did a lot of other stuff but it was still the same error. I then checked my phpmyadmin tab in my c-panel and realized I didn’t upload my tables from my offline localhost. So, I got my tables compressed and then uploaded them. Edited my wp-options table accordingly and then saved all my changes. I then tried accessing my website using its URL and….. Voila! It was up and running! I immediately sent a text to my partner. Mehn! My joy knew no bounds. After so much travails, I overcame them.

Soon enough, I installed Yoast SEO plugin and a few other important plugins, then I re-submitted my website URL to Google Search Index. After a while, I searched for some of my posts and they came up on the first page of Google’s search results. Now, I’m just going to activate my email service and move on to greater things.

I hope this actually helps someone in some way.

Cheers!

cc haryomikun
Music/RadioWas Wizkid Ever Original With His Music? by Thomsyne(op): 12:21am On Feb 19, 2016
Earlier this year in January, we heard of the
Wizkid-Dammy Krane Saga in which the Modern
Fuji styled artiste accused Wizkid of stealing
his idea for hit track Final {Baba Nla}. A claim
which Kwam 1’s daughter affirmed to be true.
And i thought, ‘Oh… That’s unfortunate but
it happens in the Nigerian music industry’.
But in recent times, as a DJ, I have been
listening to and reading more about Nigerian
Old School music {I wasn’t born in the early
1990s you know}. I read more about Fela,
listened to some of his music and noticed little
similarities between he and Wizkid when it
comes to afro beats.

I was listening to one of Fela’s tracks {Can't even remember the title} and noticed some of
the lyrics of the track, ‘If you call woman
african woman she no go gree, she go say i be
lady ahh.’ I knew i had heard the lyrics
somewhere and immediately remembered ‘Jaiye
Jaiye’ in which the Starboy C.E.O featured
Femi Kuti. While reading up on Fela too on
Wikipedia, I also discovered ‘Expensive S**t’
was the title to one of Fela’s albums back in
the days. The same title was given to one of
Wizkid’s latest tracks that was heavily
influenced by Afro beats instruments. Am
sorry but isn’t an artiste supposed to be
original? Kiss Daniel sang ‘Good Time’, was
totally original and the track even had lyrical
meaning. People were able to judge that from
the official video directed by Aje Filmworks.

Wizkid’s also got a habit of jumping on dope
music covers. ‘Good Time’ is the latest. When
someone sent me a track with the title ‘Kiss
Daniel X Wizkid – Good Time Remix’ on BBM i
was like ‘Woah, this is gonna be really cool’
and downloaded it to my phone. I immediately
listened to it because I love the original track
so much and couldn’t wait to hear a
collaboration between the two superstar
artistes. All i heard was Wizkid rephrasing
what Kiss Daniel did in the original track and
discovered it was a cover not a collabo. I
hissed and deleted the track pronto. Was
really disappointed. Same thing this guy did
with ‘Lamba’ by Hakym The Dream and
Iyanya’s Sexy Mama. I consider it an act of
bullying by an A-list artiste jumping on a fast
rising artiste’s track cover knowing full well
their versions will be listened to more widely
than the original track.

The lyrics on tracks like hits ‘In my Bed’ was
totally off. From talking about a girl whose
body he wants in his bed to hailing politicians
was totally off. We all miss that ‘Holla at your
boy’, ‘Tease Me’ and ‘Don’t Dull’ crooner. But
is he ever going to come back to us?

Maybe Wizkid has run out of lyrics and doesn't have anything to sing again. He certainly
hasn’t released any mind-blowing track after
Ojuelegba sung in 2014. We can’t really
conclude can we? I guess we’ll just have to
watch and see.

www.themchub.com/2016/02/was-wizkid-ever-original-with-his-music/

cc airmark lalasticlala ishilove Dominique seun

EducationRe: If You Used This Olympic Exercise Book, Please Go And Marry (Photo) by Thomsyne(m): 10:22am On Feb 09, 2016
Looool... Epic!
PoliticsRe: Corruption: Nigeria’s Most Wanted Suspect Lives In UK – Buhari by Thomsyne(m): 10:16am On Feb 09, 2016
Why don't they fish him/her out then...
Music/RadioTips On Career Building For Upcoming Artistes by Thomsyne(op): 5:27pm On Feb 01, 2016
Every artiste wants his/her music heard. But
many don't know the right way to go about it.
Some think it's by doing jingles for various
DJs. Others think it's by online publicity alone.
Here, I want to outline ways that could help
in moving an artiste from the upcoming
artiste category. But first, let me say this...
If you are into music for
hustle {Not because you have talent} so you
can make some money and you are hoping to
blow, let me advice you, kuku comot now so
you won't waste any more money on studio
recording or on the mixing and mastering
engineer. The music market isn't what it was
back then in 2006. Then we could count the
number of artistes but now, the market is
too damn large for people to notice all. What i
want to point out below is how you can stand
out from other upcoming artistes and maybe
even create a fan base.


1. You need a lot of money
My brother, na so we see am oh. The root of all
problems is what helps to build your career as
an artiste. That's why i said above that if
you're moving into music so you can "blow by
chance" and make some money, stop now so
you won't waste resources that can be used to
build up another hustle. However, how is
money needed in the equation? It's expalined
in my next point.


2. Creating a well planned budget for enough
publicity
With enough dough, you'll get the right kind of
publicity. Thing is, publicity is all-rounder.
Online publicity, PRs, Radio Airplay, DJs {Both
club and street DJs} and as the track
progresses, a video. Keep in mind that a dope
track that doesn't receive publicity will die a
natural death. I'll explain the importance of
each of the following publicity measures.

a. Online publicity ====> We are in the age of
computers. A lot of Nigerians have access to
the internet. Uploading of your tracks to top
sites in Nigeria will give it some publicity.
Believe it or not, there are people that will
download your track even if they don't know
you for reasons perharps best known to them.
To do this, you need your track uploaded on at
least three top sites in Nigeria with large fan
bases.

b. PRs ====> When people check for tracks
online, they only want to hear songs by
Olamide, Wikid, Davido and so on. Very very
few of them know you. Now you need to give
them a reason to download your track. This is
where PRs come in. The PRs are the ones that
persuade people to download your track from
all others. They are the craziest in the chain
of publicity. Lol. They BC your track day and
night on BBM, W hatsapp, Facebook, Twitter
and whatever social media they are active on.
They exactly know how to get people's
attention. They could be expensive at
times.They best way to get PRs are meeting up
with top bloggers like Linda Ikeji, Bella Naija,
The CHNG Blog and so many others. They also
help your track being uploaded on other blogs
at times.

Note: Keep in mind that there are lots of
scammers online and the best is to get the
"contact us" info from the website or blog.

c. Radio Airplay ====> Some people have access
to the internet or particularly don't enjoy it.
Like the older population, little children and
the working population {Usually when driving
to and from their places of work} I can't
really talk much on this arm of publicity
because I don't have a lot of links in this area.
But I'd recommend paying for at least three-
month packages on four top radios in the
metropolis close to where you are based.

d. DJs {Club and street DJs} ====> A DJ is
always needed in proving to people that your
tracks can be grooved to and enjoyable.
Tracks like Expensive S**t, Osinachi Remix and
Woju can't normally be grooved to until a DJ
plays them and increases the tempo. Club DJs
play your track to party rockers until it gets
noticed. Streets DJs however, make mixtapes
that are usually uploaded online and
downloaded by many. If your track is included,
it'll be downloaded when people notice it and
check up the tracklist. Street DJs could
sometimes be contacted for Industry mixtapes
on top sites. I myself have downloaded tracks
from mixtapes because i enjoyed them. But
the thing was the DJs always made the track
"sweeter"


3. Getting signed on to a label
When you get signed onto a label, you
automatically do not need to publicise yourself
or particularly need money as listed above. The
label takes care of that. Having good online
presence is a great way that might get you
signed onto a good label. Ask Korede Bello or
Reekado.

Bonus Point For Higher Institution students
only
Meet up with different schools' SUG social
secretaries {Including yours}, different
bloggers local to their respective schools and
event planners in schools so you can be invited
for different shows to get you noticed. You
however need to be highly mobile for this to be
effective.

With my above points, I believe any upcoming
artiste should be on the way to fame after
applying these measures smartly. With time,
you'll surely get recognized.If you still aren't
after a long period of time, my brother/sister,
contact the customer care of your village
witches to see if they still have active
subscription on your head.


Source: www.themchub.com/2016/01/tips-on-career-building-for-upcoming.html?m=1

Cc lalasticlala ishilove Dominique seun
PoliticsNigeria, Iran Clash Over OPEC Emergency Meeting by Thomsyne(op): 4:38pm On Jan 28, 2016
With the global economy reeling from plunging oil prices occasioned by massive over production, Nigeria, a key member of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), which depends hugely on oil revenue for its foreign exchange, has requested an emergency meeting to discuss steps to possibly cut down oil production and prop up oil prices.



But Nigeria’s call has been opposed by Iran, another prominent OPEC member, which claimed that the time is not yet right for such an intervention.

Minister of state for petroleum resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, made the call for an OPEC emergency while speaking at a panel session at the ongoing World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland, adding Nigeria’s voice to those of OPEC members, such as Venezuela, that are requesting an emergency meeting of the oil-producing nations to address the current oil crisis.

Speaking at the session, Kachikwu stated that with the oil industry in its current state, the members of the OPEC, which produce about one-third of the world’s oil, needed to do something proactive soon.

He said, “There is a lot of energy around trying to meet earlier. Obviously, some of that is a panic reaction. Do we just sit back and watch? Or do we put more efforts in talking to countries, like Russia, to try to get some consensus of what we need to be doing?”

However, Iran disagreed with the premise of an emergency meeting as the country’s oil minister, Bijan Zanganeh, stated that the organisation currently has little intention of making a drastic change.

“There should be an intention to make a firm decision in such a meeting; otherwise, the meeting will have negative impacts on world oil markets. The important thing is that there must be an intention for change, but we have not yet received such a signal,” the oil minister said, according to Reuters.

As the global economy heads for what is potentially a very volatile year, analysts have said that OPEC, which requires a consensus from all its members before it initiates a change, has to make a decision very soon.

Following the crash of oil price from an average of $114 a barrel in 2014 to less than $30 a barrel presently, Nigeria’s economy, as well as those of many other oil-dependent countries, has had an economic depreciation. Nigeria’s budget is benchmarked at $38 per barrel of oil as the country needs oil price to rally to fund its budget.

Some OPEC members such as Venezuela had called for emergency meeting but others such as Saudi Arabia, said to have an eye on the happenings in Iran as regards oil production, is yet to make a categorical statement on the matter.



There’s No Tension Between Iran and Saudi Arabia – Koozechi

Following the ongoing rift between two Middle East heavy weights, Iran and Saudi Arabia, over the execution of Iran’s top cleric, Sheikh Nimr Al Nimr, the Iranian ambassador to Nigeria, His Excellency Saeed Koozechi has said that there’s no tension as such between both countries.

Speaking in an exclusive interview with LEADERSHIP, the envoy stated that even though Iran was very unhappy with Al Nimr’s execution by Saudi Arabia, both countries are not having a regional conflict.

He also stated that the Islamic Republic of Iran also regretted the burning of the Saudi Embassy in Tehran, saying some hoodlums took advantage of the situation by taking the laws into their hands.

“We condemn the unfortunate situation in very strong terms and we are happy that the police was able to put the situation under control and no Saudi diplomat was injured in the incident.

“In fact, over 60 arrests have been made while the matter is being investigated and the culprits will soon be charged to court’’, he added.

On how the country is taking the severing of links by Saudi and some other countries with Iran, he said it is regrettable that Saudi Arabia was too quick in reacting the way it did, adding that it was proactive and also encouraged other countries to do same.

Koozechi said he expected Saudi Arabia to have been more thoughtful and logical about the issue, instead of trying to overshadow their wrong doing.

He said that although the executed cleric was a reformist and a critic of some of Saudi Arabian government’s policies, he never did anything to counter the security of the country to warrant the treatment meted out to him.

He recalled that Al Nimr was arrested four years ago and was until his execution in detention, stating that the Iranian government was not aware if he had the services of a lawyer to defend him in court before his execution.



Oil falls 3% on swelling oversupply

Oil prices fell three per cent yesterday as Iraq announced record-high oil production, feeding into a heavily over-supplied market.

Iraq’s oil ministry said oil output had reached a record high in December. Its fields in the central and southern regions produced as much as 4.13 million barrels a day, the government said.

The oversupply has wiped out much of the gains made in one of the biggest-ever daily rallies last week. Brent crude, the global benchmark, was down 83 cents at $31.35 a barrel at 1247 GMT, losing 2.6 per cent from its closing price on Friday, when Brent surged 10 per cent. U.S. crude traded 85 cents lower at $31.34 a barrel. A senior Iraqi oil official said the country might raise output even further this year.

“The news that Iraq has probably hit another record builds on the oversupply sentiment,” said Hans van Cleef, senior energy economist at ABN Amro in Amsterdam.

“The oversupply will keep markets depressed and prices low, and on the other hand short positions are in excessive territory.”

The closing of large amounts of short positions had caused a huge rally on Friday that was largely undone again on Monday, creating huge volatility in the oil market.

In a sign that investors expect oil prices to rebound, data from Intercontinental Exchange showed speculators raised net positions of Brent crude in the week ending January 19. Fundamental factors remained bearish. Indonesia’s OPEC governor said support among the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) for taking steps to prop up crude prices is slim. The governor said only one OPEC country supported an emergency meeting over the matter.

Striking a more bullish tone, the group’s Secretary-General Abdullah al-Badri said at a separate event in London that he saw some signs the market was rebalancing. He also said OPEC and non-OPEC producers needed to work together to tackle oversupply in order to prop up oil prices. The chairman of Saudi’s Aramco said on the sidelines of a different conference on Monday that oil prices would ultimately balance at a moderate level as demand continued to rise. In the U.S., one of OPEC’s largest production rivals, a further drop in the number of oil rigs was expected to weigh on output. U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs said it expected production to decline by 95,000 barrels per day in 2016, including well deferrals, higher than previously assumed.



OPEC Sec-Gen Urges Non-OPEC To Help Clear Oil Stocks Overhang

OPEC and non-OPEC oil producers need to jointly tackle global stocks overhang to enable oil prices recover with investments in new fields, OPEC secretary-general, Abdullah al-Badri, said yesterday.

“It is vital the market addresses the issue of the stock overhang. As you can see from previous cycles, once this overhang starts falling, then prices start to rise,” he told a conference in London.


“Given how this developed, it should be viewed as something OPEC and non-OPEC tackle together. Yes, OPEC provided some of the additional supply last year, but the majority of this has come from non-OPEC countries,” he noted. He said it was crucial that major producers came up with a solution, as the market needed to see inventories come down to levels that would allow prices to recover and encourage investments. “The current environment is putting this future at risk. At current price levels, it is clear that not all of the necessary future investment is viable,” he said.

Source: http://government.leadership.ng/news/495048/nigeria-iran-clash-opec-emergency-meeting
HealthCoconut Milk And Its Benefits For Your Hair. by Thomsyne(op): 11:34pm On Jan 22, 2016
Coconut Milk, it must be noted, is not the same as Coconut water. It is extracted from mature coconuts and is used in many dishes as an alternative to regular milk. There are various kinds of coconut milk available all over the world, depending on the thickness. It is primarily rich in vitamins and is known to have great benefits for one's hair.

Quickly lets go through a quick way of extracting Coconut milk from the Coconut fruit itself. Its simple and easy.

HOW TO EXTRACT COCONUT MILK.
First, break the coconut shell.
Remove the Coconut meat from its shell.
Cut the Coconut meat into several tiny pieces
Put them in a blender, add a little warm water and blend.
Pour the blended content into a bowl, add a little warm water and let it sit for 5 minutes.
After then, pour the content into a sieve with very tight holes. You can squeeze the sieve to allow the liquid sieve out in time.
Place the coconut chaff in a bowl, add some warm water then repeat the same process over and over again till the chaff looks "not milky" anymore.
Voila! Our Coconut milk is ready.
Now that we know how to get our coconut milk lets see some benefits of it. Listed below are the health benefits of coconut milk for our hair.

BENEFITS OF COCONUT MILK.
It detangles the hair: When applied for at least a couple of hours with the help of cotton ball. Coconut milk naturally detangles the hair and makes it smoother and easy to manage. It is a good treatment to indulge in once a week, especially if you like keeping your hair open all the time.
It promotes hair growth: Coconut Milk consists of essential fats and Vitamin E that boosts hair growth and helps you get luscious and pretty locks. You can mix it with Olive or Castor Oil and massage it on your hair and scalp for a deep conditioning treatment that helps in reducing baldness.
It treats a dry and flaky scalp: Dry and flaky scalp not only causes dandruff, but can also damage your hair further. Coconut milk has a moisturizing effect with its fats and it helps to improve the scalp conditions.
It repairs damaged hair: Exposure to sun and pollution causes the hair and scalp to get damaged a lot. Coconut milk replenishes your hair and scalp quite effectively by providing the right amount of nutrition and nourishment. Your hair gets more protein and gets longer and stronger.
It makes the hair shiny: With regular application of Coconut milk on your hair, you will find your hair getting smoother and shiny. You can even add honey for better effects and results.

Shampoo your hair as usual, and make sure that you condition well after that. Coconut milk is a miracle worker for your health, hair and skin. It works from outside and inside and is a great thing to keep your kitchen at all times for inclusion in your diet, as well as beauty regimen. It is super healthy, and is known to have great benefits such as lowering cholesterol, aiding in weight loss, and even helping in the treatment of arthritis.

cc lalasticlala seun ishilove mynd44 dominique

Music/RadioFive South African Beat Productions Nigerian Artistes Made Into Hit Tracks by Thomsyne(op): 6:56pm On Jan 19, 2016
Its no news that South Africa houses some of
the best producers in the world {Yes, even
better than Americans IMO} Some have
produced really dope beats which gained
popularity in their homeland but were made
more popular by their Nigerian counterparts.
We wanna talk about five of the biggest
though.

1. Lento by Professor

The Afro House beats were jumped upon by
none other than the Free Madness Crooner,
Terry G. The beats we gyrated to in See
Groove was actually produced by South African
producer and musician, Professor.

2. Ovia Orlando DJ Vetkuk

Remember the recent club banger, Elegushi
Spenders by Olalakeside? Yeah, those beats
were later recreated by another producer
{whose name i do not know} and converted
from its traditional Afro house genre into
Dancehall.Not only Olalakeside though,,, Base
One and Legely did the same.Although Elegushi
Spenders was the one most accepted and
rocked to by Nigerians. Honestly how the track
blew with its whack lyrics {sorry, with its
shouting}, I dont know.

3. Khona By Mafikizolo

Sung in 2013, produced by the popular South
African, Uhuru, this track received radio
airplay mostly by Beats 99FM and Cool FM. And
once again, Terry G re-appeared and released
Ora with those same beats {why baba like to
dey tiff na}. Danny Young later followed suit
with Ole.

4. Y-Tjukutja By Uhuru, Oskido

Wire rozaaay! Wire! we poppin' champagne,
hennessy.... The lyrics off Famous's street
banger, Wire master. Though the beats were
reproduced by Jay Pizzle but we still cant be
deceived bro. We all heard the similarities in
the beats clearly.

5. Zenze Remix By Uhuru

Recreated by 2T Boys and featured veteran
rapper Seriki and featuring street artiste,
Small Doctor in the track Customer Dada Ni.
The track can't really be called a national
banger though. Its more of a street hit.

Source: www.themchub.com/2016/01/five-south-african-beat-productions.html?m=1

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LiteratureThe Boko Haram by Thomsyne(op): 12:26am On Jan 18, 2016
The king of the jungle No one sees them and their stomach won't rumble

Throats,they slit Fire for fire,blade did blade Death they heap and escape they make Cities they ransack with bloodied hands Blood in their eyes,scorpions in their heads They kick the bucket but keep on replenishing Kill! Kill! Kill! Their ideology.

Who is behind them? When will they be confronted? When will they be neutralized?
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PoliticsDonald Trump Warns Nigerians : “if I Win, You Leave by Thomsyne(op): 12:18am On Jan 18, 2016
American Billionaire and Republican Presidential Front-runner, Donald Trump, has shot a subtle warning to the Nigerian Community in the United States, after he said all Nigerians would be made to leave the country “when he becomes President”.

He made the “threat” during a rally at Wichita, Kansas. According to Donald Trump, Nigerians ad Mexicans have taken all the jobs meant for honest hard working Americans.

“To Make America great again, we need to get rid of the Muslims, Mexicans and the Africans, especially the Nigerians. They take all our jobs, jobs meant for honest hard working Americans, and when we don’t give them the jobs, the Muslims blow us up” , Trump said.

“We need to get the Africans out. Not the blacks, the Africans. Especially the Nigerians. They’re everywhere. I went for a rally in Alaska and met just one African in the entire state. Where was he from? Nigeria! He’s in Alaska taking our jobs. They’re in Houston taking our jobs. Why can’t they stay in their own country? Why? I’ll tell you why. Because they are corrupt. Their Governments are so corrupt, they rob the people blind and bring it all here to spend. And their people run away and come down here and take our jobs! We can’t have that! If I become president, we’ll send them all home. We’ll build a wall at the Atlantic Shore. Then maybe we’ll re-colonize them because obviously they did not learn a damn thing from the British!”

His speech was met with raucous applause by the 10,000 strong predominantly Caucasian audience. What this portends for Nigeria in the event of the Trump victory is still unclear, but the Nigerian Ambassador to the US has so far allayed fears of all Nigerians living in the USA, although we gather he has secretly packed his bags and is set to move to Mexico or Canada if Trump becomes President.

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TV/MoviesPopular TV Series, Prison Break Set To Continue This Spring by Thomsyne(op): 3:12pm On Jan 16, 2016
7 years after the final season of the
sensational TV series 'Prison Break', Fox has
released news filling intentions to continue
the series.



5 months ago, Fox got a pilot script order
and the 'Prison Break Revival' is set to roll
out in series soon. The continuation is set to
cover up the period between Season 4 and the
Final season previously aired.



Star characters, Wentworth Miller and
Dominic Purcell who played the roles of Michael
Scofield and Lincoln Burrows in the series
have been signed on to take over their
previous roles while talks are still underway
with Robert Knepper(T-bag) and Sarah Wayne
Callies (Sara) to take over their own roles
too. Though, all the cast in the previous ones
may not be present.



Miller and Purcell said earlier this week that
they would make their periods of availability
known for the filming of the Prison Break
revival as filming is set to begin around
March.



The Fox drama’s original producing team
still remains the same including the likes of
Paul T. Scheuring, Neal Moritz, Marty
Adelstein and Dawn Olmstead who will produce
the new series and serve as the executives,
with Paul serving as the major showrunner.



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CareerDifference Between Resume, Curriculum Vitae And Biodata by Thomsyne(op): 7:25am On Jan 16, 2016
Resume
Resume is a French word meaning "summary"
A Resume is ideally a summary of one's education, skills and employment when applying for a new job.
It thus, is usually one or two pages long.

Curriculum Vitae {C.V}
Curriculum Vitae is a Latin Word meaning "Course of Life"
It is more detailed than Resume. Usually two to three pages long or longer depending on the requirement.
It indicates the candidate's professional experience.

Biodata
Biodata is the short form of Biographical Data.
In a bio-data, the focus is on personal particulars like date of birth, gender, religion, race, nationality, residence, marital status, etc.
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WebmastersRe: 12 Deadly Mistakes That Are Killing Your SEO by Thomsyne(m): 2:10pm On Jan 13, 2016
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CrimeRe: Pictures Of Armed Robbers Beaten Silly At Fadeyi (graphic Photos) by Thomsyne(op): 1:25pm On Jan 13, 2016
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blood of Jesus "beated"....... o.p easy naw i no wan die b4 my time
See the way de beat dose guys na... E no reachmake I type beated

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