Lomodogs Entertainment & Magazines: December 2014

Wednesday 31 December 2014

#UK Roasts TB Joshua Over #AirAsia 'Prophecy'

We reported earlier that Prophet TB Joshua said he saw the crash of the AirAsia QZ8501. [Click here to watch video]

Howver, Jon Benjamin, British High Commissioner to Ghana has asked the general public to ignore TB Joshua.

Commenting on his Twitter page, the British foreign service officer said: “But he couldn’t prophesy his own church collapsing, killing over 100?”

Apart from Benjamin's comment, the internet blasted the prophet for his prophesy.

Melody Badza-Chinouriri, a Briton living in Croydon said: “I will never run to a man who does not even own up to the disaster he failed to avert at his backyard. He even blatantly refused to attend the coroner inquest despite repeated invitations. No accountability whatsoever.

“I hope Nigeria will wake up and arrest him this time. He is putting that country on the spot for wrong reasons. Let him prophesy all the killings happening in Nigeria. Many people have died in Nigeria than Indonesia. You have a prophet; why are you perishing then in Nigeria?”

TB Joshua's followers haven't taken this lying down, responding likewise.

A Malawian, Elsie PembeKumwenda, insisted on Facebook that the cleric is God sent, saying, “Prophet TB Joshua is doing what no one can do today. Whatever he prophesises comes to pass, yet we don’t believe him. We usually regret our actions when it (tragedy) happens. May God give our prophet more of his grace.”

Source: #PUNCH

Guys checkout the oldest conjoined twins in the world as they celebrate their 63rd birthday

Ronnie and Donnie Galyon surpassed the world record for longest living conjoined twins and celebrated their 63rd birthday recently, Ohio, USA. The Galyon twins turned 63 on Oct. 28 are yet to receive their official certificate from the Guinness World Records confirming they’re the longest-living conjoined twins in history.

Ronnie and Donnie are joined at the waist and face each other. They have four arms and four legs and separate hearts and stomachs but share a lower digestive tract, a groin, a rectum and penis, over which Donnie has control.

The twins were born healthy in October 1951 but stayed in the hospital for two years as doctors tried to figure out how to separate them. When experts said they could not guarantee both babies would survive an operation to part them, the parents said they would stay as they were.

The boys did not go to school as teachers asked them to leave because they were too distracting to the other students. From the age of four to 39, they supported their family by performing in carnival sideshows in the U.S. and circuses throughout Central and South America. The twins live with their younger brother Jim

#AirAsia flight found 'upside down' at the bottom of the Java sea, passengers found holding hands

Indonesian search officials have now confirmed they have located the fuselage of AirAsia flight 8501 on sonar radar, upside down on the sea floor, not far from where three of the bodies from the doomed AirAsia flight were found holding hands when discovered floating in the Java Sea. Officials from Basarnas, Indonesia's search and rescue agency, say the plane wreckage has been located in 24 to 30 metres of water and one of the seven confirmed recovered bodies was wearing a life jacket.

Lieutenant Airman Tri Wobowo, who was co-piloting Indonesia's C130 Herclues aircraft, was the first to discover debris from the plane and witnessed the tragic scene.

'There were seven to eight people. Three of them held hands,' he told a local newspaper.

A plane door, a blue suitcase, oxygen tank and the remnants of an emergency slide were among the objects found about 10km from where the plane was last detected on radar. But the most harrowing discoveries were the corpses floating in the Java Sea - about 100 miles off the coast - and search chiefs fully expect none of the 162 passengers and crew on board made it out of the wreckage alive.

Saturday 27 December 2014

10 Things Every Woman Should Have Sorted Out Upon Entering Adult Life

At what age do you consider yourself an adult? When you finish school? When you have a job? When you have a mortgage? When you’re 18 or 21?

Nowadays, age is a relatively small indication of how mature and “grown up” we are in the world. While some 18-year-olds have already achieved worldwide domination, international business acumen, marriage and babies alike, there are also 30-year-olds who have yet to make some of the big steps that moving toward adulthood requires.

Perhaps being a grownup doesn’t rely on our age, but rather, what we’ve done, what we’ve experienced and how we think. For any young women working to become sophisticated grownups, here are a few things you need to knock off your to-do list in order to get there:

1. Have A Daily Skincare Routine

It’s the only skin we’re ever going to have. As such, now is the time to start taking care of it. You can’t get away with sleeping in your mascara anymore (except for a Saturday night when bed and a late night burger is far more important than face wipes.)

It doesn’t have to be a lot, but taking off your makeup before you go to bed, investing in a skin cream and looking after those pores is what will keep you looking fresh faced during the stresses of adult life.

2. Invest In Professional Makeup

This goes well with the skincare routine. It doesn’t have to be from big, expensive beauty counters, but it’s time to ditch the free samples from your magazines and invest in something more suitable to your needs.

If you have time, visit a professional makeup desk in your local beauty store and ask to be made up in the best products. You’ll learn what works within your budget and you’ll be surprised at what deals you can get when selecting a range of new products.

A lot of modern foundations have SPF protection in them (skincare bonus!), as well as colors that will work for both your sophisticated evenings out and in your cosmopolitan offices. Plus, shopping!!!

3. Proper Footwear

Unfortunately, you can’t keep wearing your Converses forever. Again, this isn’t a reason to throw out all your flats in favor of some funeral worthy court shoes, but realizing you cannot wear Uggs all months of the year is the first step toward accepting the feminine formal wear.

Make a trip to any formal footwear supplier to get some real leather boots or a pair of staple black heels upon which to rely for upcoming interviews or boring business meetings. They’ll go a lot further than those fake suede ballet pumps you’ve had since you were 16.

4. Visit A Professional Hairdresser

This goes along the same line as having a skincare routine. Your hair will only last so long, so treat it with as much love as you can. Along with your regular conditioners, treatment masks and repair oil, take time for yourself and book regular hairdresser appointments.

Not only is it a good idea to have a professional cut and give your hair a regular boost, it is a joyous bit of pampering, too.

Being waited on hand and foot, with the latest magazines and a cup of coffee, is just what you need for an hour or so while someone else brushes the impossible knots from your ends.

Perfect.

5. Make Regular Doctor Appointments

You’ve got a new pain here or an inappropriate itch there, and now, you don’t have Mommy and Daddy to make regular appointments for you.

It’s time you make sure you make time to get these lumps and bumps checked out to keep that body in tip-top shape.

You’re not wasting anybody’s time, it won’t take up your whole day and yes, you are allowed to take time off work for medical reasons.

Also, don’t forget to keep on top of breast cancer checks by regularly feeling your boobs for anything abnormal. You have a great pair — look after them!

6. Know Your Contraception

Come on ladies, we had this conversation at age 15. You’ve had the leaflets and the sexual clinic chats, so now it’s time to know your contraception.

If you’re happy with condoms, great; be brave enough to walk into a shop and buy them with pride, rather than not-so-subtly hiding them under a magazine.

If you favor the pill, make sure you’re into your routine, and keep a reminder on your phone to make sure you don’t miss anything.

If you’ve thought about an IUD or taking contraceptive injections, make an appointment to get it sorted while we’re young enough to get all this stuff thrown at us.

You’re old enough to know better than to just rely on pulling out or relying on emergency contraceptives. You don’t want to become a parent before you’ve even made it to adulthood.

7. Accept Your Periods

Yes, we all hate them, yes they hurt and yes, they come at the world’s most awkward time. But, they’re going to happen every month for the couple decades, so if you haven’t accepted them by now, get on with it.

Have your hot water bottle and your emergency supply of chocolate on hand, a regular stock of tampons and resist the urge to sit and cry for the week about it. Be one of the women from the ads and keep enjoying life knowing you’re baby free.

8. Restrain Your Social Media

From now on, your social media will be the basis of your future jobs and future friendships. Please learn to stop whining across the Internet.

Keep your Twitter account private and stop complaining about your workmates on Facebook. Share some happy pictures and keep in contact with those you love, but know you’re not a teenager anymore, and you can’t get away with listing Candy Crush as a résumé skill.

9. Start Saving

Student debt, loans, credit cards — it’s all coming. As soon as you get your first paycheck, split it between your checking and savings accounts. It doesn’t have to be much, but if you save $200 a month, that’s $2,500 a year just in savings.

Every little bit helps towards building up a mortgage deposit, rent for your first apartment or any other exciting things you have planned.

Start building up a credit rating by financing new electronics or a car, or get set up with a mobile phone contract. By starting now, you’ll have more than a few years of history to help you sustain your busy and expensive adult life.

10. Discover What You Want To Do

It’s totally fine to have no idea about what you want to do in life. It’s also totally fine to be stuck in a gap job while you decide what you want to do in life, too. But, now is a good time to try and start forming an idea of what you want to do for a career.

Start investigating dream jobs, look at job applications and see what skills and experiences are required to get to where you want to be.

Read books about your chosen field, build up your LinkedIn contacts and start networking so that when you finally decide to make the leap into your dream job, you have the best foundation possible.

Scientists Claim Just Thinking About Working Out Can Make You Stronger

It was the great Arnold Schwarzenegger who first compared the feeling of exercise to sex in his cinematic masterpiece “Pumping Iron.”

And now, a new study has proven that also like sex, just thinking about working out can produce extensive physical results.

A team of researchers at Ohio University assigned two groups of considerably healthy participants to sit in place for 11 minutes a day, five days a week for four weeks.

According to Daily Mail, one group was told to “perform mental imagery of strong muscle contractions,” or imagine themselves lifting weights.

The other participants did no such thing.

Researchers put casts on the wrists of the first group to monitor muscle and brain activity.

These participants were found to be stronger, both mentally and physically, than those who sat and thought about whatever they wanted.

By the time the four weeks had expired, the first group’s muscles had double the power of those of the second and their focus had strengthened the connection between their brains and their muscles.

While athletes have long used similar mental exercises to maximize fitness, the study conducted by the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine is the first to suggest that muscular atrophy could be halted by such techniques. Brian Clark, a professor of physiology and neuroscience in the college said,

“What our study suggests is that imagery exercises could be a valuable tool to prevent or slow muscles from becoming weaker when a health problem limits or restricts a person’s mobility.”

He believes that concentrating on specific images can additionally allow the elderly to prevent their muscles from deteriorating and even allow for slower aging.

Clark added that with this act, one can take full control over the brain’s ability to manipulate the muscles, as if they were puppets on a string.

10 Things Men Should Know Before Moving In With A Woman

Ahh, you suave, romantic men, you. You’ve met the woman of your dreams, you’ve fallen head-over-heels in love, and now, you’re keen to make the bold step and ask her to move in with you.

It’s a beautiful moment that will inevitably lead to many a romantic evening spent in each other’s company, sharing endless bottles of wine and, most importantly, being treated to sex on tap.

The beautiful image of living with your lady is a wonderful first step on your journey to happiness.

But, are you prepared for the bachelor pad of your dreams to be interrupted by the love of your life’s ladylike ways? Your life is about to change, from the world of hair products to tampons — here’s how:

1. Your opinion is always wrong.

This normally comes down to clothing. If a woman ever asks, “What do you think of this?” she’s just waiting to see if you agree with her opinion, which, of course, is always wrong.

A simple way to avoid this can’t-win situation is to say, “Ooh! What do you think?” Women are normally apt to tell you what they think, anyway, so once you’ve judged whether she likes it or not, you can nod along or shake your head appropriately. It’s a foolproof solution.

2. Your helpful advice is also wrong.

This is mostly a weight thing. No matter how many times your lady whines about being fat or needing to go on a diet or wanting to lose some weight, the answer is always, “Don’t be silly, darling, you look gorgeous!” Even if she then continues on a body-image rant, stick to the pre-approved phrase.

Women have plenty of lady friends who can advise in a far more appropriate fashion if a calorie cutback is needed, meaning your role is redundant.

Answers to avoid at all costs include, “Well, go to the gym, then,” or “Just try cutting back a bit,” or even, “Serves you right for eating that entire box of cookies last night.”

3. Women shave.

She won’t ever tell you about it, and you’ll never know it’s happening, but every now and again, you’ll suddenly see her beautifully moisturized legs waving around in your face, yet again.

Just don’t ever mention it. Don’t say, “Ooh, you shaved!” or ask when her next “proper shower” will be or even wonder where she keeps her womanly supplies.

You need not question the shaving occurrence. Just accept that it will happen and make sure you appreciate it when it does.

4. Any remaining hair gets everywhere.

Don’t even try to clean it up. A lady’s hair gets everywhere, especially between the sheets. You can’t give us a good romping and expect us not to shed all over you.

You’ll find stray hairs on your pillow; you’ll find stray hairs on the sofa, and you’ll even find stray hairs making their way into your laundry, and will, thus, be digging them out from a fresh pair of underwear.

And, don’t even bother trying to work out how it ended up between your butt cheeks.

5. Women have periods.

Just as with the shaving, don’t mention it. It’s quite okay to pretend it doesn’t happen and to be blissfully ignorant every time it does.

Be there if she needs you, and by all means, offer hot water bottles, paracetamol and endless sofa snuggles in full abundance, but don’t ever play the “Are you on your period?” card. If you do, you’ll face the deserved consequences.

6. Hands off our beauty box!

Women have many tools of the trade — tweezers, nail files, a variety of hairbrushes and so much more. But, these tools are solely for women’s use.

It is simply unacceptable to ask to borrow a woman’s nail clippers to maintain your smelly man feet, as is using tweezers to pluck that ingrown hair from your man junk. Just no.

7. The same goes for body products.

Expensive shampoo, fancy moisturizer, cleansing face wipes — these are not intended for masculine use.

If you’re mid-shower and realize you’ve run out of body wash, don’t reach for the tiny, horrifically overpriced bottle of exfoliating cleanser to scrub your manliness.

8. The fridge works both ways.

If you’ve ever had a roommate, you’ll know the dramas that the shared fridge brings.

Whilst a romantic encounter softens this blow a little bit, if you have goodies you want to keep for yourself, expect that she’ll bring her own supply of tasty delights that you are strictly not allowed to have. A shared box of chocolates after dinner, sure, but stay away from the Greek yogurt.

9. This also works with shopping.

You’ll have to share the shopping. Whether this means you go together and make an evening event out of buying milk or you both go individually and end up with a list of requirements from your other half (all of which you’ll inevitably get wrong), you need a system.

Accept that you’ll end up paying for her hair products every now and again, and learn to be bold when checking out with a box of tampons. Women feel the same way when buying condoms, so it works both ways.

10. All you have to do is ask.

Sometimes, women do the wrong thing, whether it’s putting the glasses in the wrong cupboard, not hanging up the towels correctly or failing to rearrange the throw pillows in the appropriate order. Rather than getting into nit-picky argument, all you have to do is ask.

A simple, “Hey, honey, would you mind doing it this way instead?” works a billion times better than, “How many more times are you going to get this wrong?” If you don’t tell us, we won’t know. Although we like to think we are, we’re not mind readers.

But, if you can survive the ups and downs that come with cohabiting with the love of your life, you’ll soon realize how wonderful it is knowing every morning, she’ll be there, next to you, ready for cuddles and pre-work kisses. Ultimate win.

9 Things A Guy Can Do For A Girl That Are More Intimate Than Sex

Whenever we speak of intimacy, the first thing that comes into people’s minds is sex. I don’t know about you, but the last time I had intimate sex was… hell, I can’t even remember.

Sex can be intimate, but more often than not it isn’t. Intimacy is closeness, and although we certainly get physically close during sex, mentally we can be miles apart.

True intimacy relies on knowledge — on knowing people just as well, if not better, than they know themselves. It’s not difficult for men to become more intimate with their women.

Not as difficult as one might think… but you are going to have to make the effort. Here are a few things you’ll want to try:

1. Tell her she’s beautiful.

There is no shortage of men who are willing to compliment women on a daily basis. The difference between them and you, however, is that when you tell the woman you love that she’s beautiful, it isn’t with ulterior motives.

You don’t tell a thousand women whatever they want to hear just to sleep with them. You are telling the woman you love that, in that moment, she is the most beautiful thing you’ve ever seen.

When a woman knows you find her so positively stunning — inside and out — she’ll never have to worry about you straying or your feelings faltering. Trust is the most intimate thing two people can share.

2. Write her a love letter.

There’s plenty that can be said without words, but every woman wants to hear how much you love her.

Give her a physical thing that she can go back and reference whenever she misses you or feels uncertain of your love, and she’ll feel much more secure — and happier.

You don’t have to be a good writer to write a good love letter. Just put into words — the best you can — why she means the world to you. Don’t type it; write it by hand so that when she looks at the words, she feels that it’s you who wrote them.

3. Take a vacation together.

One of the best ways to become more intimate with your lover, to get to know and understand her more deeply, is to take a long trip together. Not just a weekend — two weeks minimum.

Intimacy is all about getting close to the other, and there is no better way to understand a woman better than to throw yourselves into an irregular or uncommon situation.

People are very good at keeping up façades when they’re feeling comfortable, when they’re surrounded by familiar surroundings.

Take that individual and place her in the middle of the unknown, the inexperienced, and you get to see her at her most intimate and basic levels — the level at which she is forced to take in novel information and then use that information to make real time judgements and decisions.

4. Take care of her when she’s sick and allow her to take care of you when you’re sick.

If you want to become more intimate with your partner, then you are going to have to accept her, not only at her best, but also at her worst. I’m sorry ladies, but no woman — or man for that matter — looks good when she’s coughing up a lung.

When your woman is sick, she is — quite literally — at her most vulnerable. Think about the way you feel and act when you physically feel horrible. I’d bet my life that you aren’t the jolly, pleasant person you usually are.

That’s why letting her see you when you’re at your most vulnerable is also extremely intimate. You can see how far she’s willing to go for you, and how much of you you’re willing to show.

5. Sleep with her (without having sex).

It’s easy to share a bed with a woman, whether you love her or not. The harder part is not making a move when the beautiful woman next to you says she isn’t ready or she isn’t in the mood.

Embracing a woman tenderly with no intention of taking it further means your feelings extend past the normal libidinal urges you suffer from. Cuddling a woman because you love her means needing to be close to her because it makes you happy.

This kind of happiness lasts more than a night — it lasts for a lifetime.

6. Stare into each other’s eyes for extended periods of time.

There is little in the world that makes us feel more uncomfortable than extended periods of eye contact. They say that the eyes are the windows to our souls — and I don’t think they, whomever they may be, are wrong.

Looking deep into your lover’s eyes most likely won’t show you her deepest inner secrets, but it will show you how comfortable the two of you are with each other.

The longer you’re able to stare, the more comfortable the two of you are. If you want to break down whatever barriers are left in your relationship, focus on more eye contact.

7. Meet the family.

A person is not just a person. She’s a combination of all the people she was influenced by growing up — primarily, her family. We base all our relationships in life on the relationships we have with our family members.

They are our oldest relationships, and because we formed them in our earliest years, they greatly shaped the way we perceive interpersonal interaction and relationships.

You can often learn more about your partner from the people she surrounded herself with than you can learn from her herself.

8. Spend the holidays together.

Human beings are creatures that focus much of their energy on holding on to traditions. Sadly, this makes progress incredibly difficult as no one especially enjoys change. However, there is much to be said about the importance of healthy traditions.

Keep in mind that the traditions she has now are more than likely the traditions that she’ll want to pass down to you and the children you have together.

It’s always a good idea to spend time with the people you want to get to know better in moments of tradition and celebration. It allows for an understanding that few other instances allow for.

9. Absolutely nothing.

The most intimate thing two people can ever do is absolutely nothing. Consider how difficult it is for most of us to do nothing at all on our own. We feel restless, uncomfortable, bored.

Now, imagine lying next to the love of your life and not doing anything other than sucking in the reality around you, breathing in the moment and each other. Intimacy doesn’t just involve action. It doesn’t just involve the attainment of information or better understanding.

The purest form of intimacy is simply living together — not living in the sense of sharing an apartment, but living in the sense of breathing and listening to your heart beat.

If you and the woman you love feel comfortable doing nothing at all together then you’ll likely feel comfortable with just about everything else.

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