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Saturday 11 October 2014

Three cups of decaffeinated coffee a day may be good for your liver

Scientists believe coffee contains a compound - other than caffeine - which protects the liver

According to a new study, people who drink three or more cups of coffee a day, irrespective of caffeine content, had lower levels of the abnormal liver enzymes that are a sign of damaged liver cells.

Large amounts of caffeine could damage your health....memory loss and increased rates of heart disease and cancer, so scientists recommend decaffeinated coffee.

Previous studies found that coffee consumption may help lower the risk of developing diabetes, stroke, liver disease, and cirrhosis (scarring of the liver due to long-term liver damage).

The findings were published in the journal Hepatology, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.







How To Choose The Best Skirt Style For Your Body Type

1. If you’re an Apple (slim lower body, carry weight around your middle) you look fantastic in high-waist flouncy skirts.

Why?
The waistband will hit at the smallest part of the torso and flare out over the stomach, hiding the mid-section. The short hemline will show off slender legs.

Gerome SkirtFilomena Leather Skirt

Apple-shaped women gravitate to pleated skirts so as to create structure to camouflage the stomach.

2. If you’re a Banana (waist, hip, and shoulders are all about the same width), you look fantastic in form-fitting mini skirts.

Why?
​A form-fitting skirt will emphasize any curves you do have, and the short hemline will show off your slim legs.

Tiny Dot Shift SkirtGeo Sundown Embellished Crepe Mini Skirt
A patterned mini skirt is your best bet. The print will draw attention to your bottom-half, creating the illusion of curves.

3. If you’re an Hourglass (curvy, with a well-defined waist) you look fantastic in pencil skirts.

Why?
A pencil skirt accentuates your curves, smoothing out your thighs.
The Best Skirt Style For Your Body TypePink Matter Pencil Skirt

The fitted high-waist on this pencil skirt will draw attention to your tiny waist.
4. If you’re a Pear (hips are the widest part of your body) you look fantastic in A-line skirts.

Why?
An A-line skirt highlights the smallest part of your waist, and flares out over hips, minimizing the width of your bottom half.

Striped Skirt
 




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Nollywood actress Stephanie Okereke working alongside Desmond Tutu for the 2014 Queen of England’s “Queens Young Leaders Awards” campaign



Nollywood actress, Stephanie Okereke Linus has recently been chosen alongside South African Desmond Tutu to work with The Queen of England on a youth empowerment initiative. She is now the official spokesperson for the 2014 Queen of England’s “Queens Young Leaders Awards” campaign, creating awareness in Nigeria for the initiative.


The main aim of the Queen’s Young Leaders Awards according to Stephanie is to discover, celebrate and support young people from the commonwealth nations by helping to transform their own lives and the lives of others around them.

“Exceptional young men and women aged between 18 and 29 who are taking the lead in their communities and using their skills to transform lives are invited to apply for a Queen’s Young Leaders Awards, in honour of Her Majesty The Queen,” she stated. “This will support winners to develop the amazing work they are already doing in their communities,” she said.


Friday 10 October 2014

PHOTOS: Hollywood star Angelina Jolie receives honorary 'Dame' title from Buckingham Palace in recognition of her campaign against sexual violence

 
Hollywood star Angelina Jolie was awarded an honorary 'dame' title during a private audience with the Queen today in recognition of her campaign against sexual violence and trying to stamp out rape in war zones.

The actress was accompanied to the Palace by her husband, Brad Pitt, and their children.



 

Because she is a foreign citizen Jolie may not be addressed as Dame, but she can use the initials DCMG after her name

As an American citizen, it is highly unusual for Jolie to receive an honour from Britain. Foreigners are only occasionally awarded them,

It is also unusual for a dame title to be awarded to someone so young. The honour is usually bestowed later in life, after a recipient has earned a lower honour such as an OBE or a CBE.


 

Angry mob hacks off rapist's genitals in India


A 40 year old man accused of trying to rape a teenage girl is in a critical condition after locals hacked off his genitals with a meat cleaver in a butcher shop. He was found pinning down a terrified girl against a wall in an alley.

After hearing terrified screams coming from an alley in the city of Ganganagar, India, an angry mob took the law into their own hands, dragged Suresh Kumar into a butchers shop where they beat him with sticks for an hour, before chopping off his genitals with a meat cleaver.

They dumped the remains of the hacked off penis in the middle of the road with Kumar's bleeding body nearby.

A local, Aamir Dhawan said: "No one went to help the man because they could see his penis on the ground and knew this was punishment for a sex crime.

"We have had a lot of intolerable offences against women in this country recently, with girls being raped, hung, and molested, and it’s time it stopped.

"This sends out a very strong message to anyone like that - if you do it you will be punished."


According to a police spokesman: "People cannot take the law into your own hands.

"As deplorable as these crimes are, law and order has to be maintained, and not lynch justice....

"We ask those men who carried out this attack to hand themselves in before we find them.

Suresh was later taken to hospital where doctors described his condition as critical.