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Wednesday 19 November 2014

One God: Two Destinies

Wednesday 19, November 2014TEXT: 2 KINGS 18:1-12Key Verse: “And at the end ofthree years they took it: evenin the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken” (2 Kings 18:10).The story was told of two young boys who grew up in alocal church. Their Sunday school teacher had special interest in the lads because they were intelligent stars with promising future leadership traits. Years later,one of them had become an outstanding reformer and anactive defender of the Christian faith while the other degenerated into a deadly and criminal advocacy of falsehood. Equalopportunities and privileges in life do not necessarily produce equal results!Today’s text examines the contrast between two kings who ruled in Israel and Judah about the same time. Their relationship with God, which was the reflection of their heart condition, lifestyle, actions and attitude,positioned them differently before God and history.Hosea the son of Elah, who reigned in Israel deviated from all godly precepts and transgressed in things of God to his own peril. His reign terminated the northern kingdom of Israel that had existed for over twohundred years, which eventually disappeared from history as the “ten lost tribes” commonly known as the Samaritans. Hezekiah, onthe other hand, feared God, and worked in His ways. Though his father was ungodly, Hezekiah did that which was right, according toall that David his forefather did. He was with God and God was with him.It is wisdom to pitch one’s tent beside God on the path of righteousness, because righteousness exalteth a nation but sin is a reproach to any people. Hosea, meaning salvation in Hebrewtongue, could neither obtain salvation for himself nor be an agent of salvation for his nation. Hezekiah, which means, strength of God, drew divine strength from God’s righteousness to do exploits. Godly names with special privileges in life that is void of purity and personalrelationship with God and Christ will end up in shame and regret.

Thursday 20 March 2014

Australia finds 2 potential bits of missing Malaysian plane wreckage - Thursday, March 20, 2014


Two pieces of wreckage that are possibly from the missing Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 - one estimated to be 78ft in size - have been found to the west of Australia, it was announced yesterday. The debris was spotted on satellite imagery and a total of four aircraft have been sent to investigate the sighting, some 1553 miles off the coast of Perth.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced the potential breakthrough to Parliament in Canberra Thursday, but warned the wreckage may not be from the missing flight. Continue...


John Young of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority said at an afternoon press conference that one aircraft was already on scene searching the area, and three others were due to meet it into Thursday evening. A merchant ship dispatched in the search operation was also due to arrive around 6p.m. Canberra time.

The imagery, which was progressively captured by satellites passing over the area, has not yet been released to the media. Commercial satellites have been tasked with collecting higher resolution images of the floating objects.

Mr Young said visibility was poor in the area, hampering both air and satellite efforts and he estimated the water in the location where the debris was spotted to be several thousand feet deep.
'I must emphasize that these objects may be very difficult to locate,' he told report

British grandmother claims semen is the best anti-aging product


A UK grandmother, Stella Ralfini, (pictured above) says her wrinkle-free face is all thanks to a semen therapy which she does on her face by applying semen from her lover after sexual intercourse.
Stella, 67, said she learnt the bizarre anti-aging method while in India studying a unique sexual therapy called Tantra. According to her, all you need is a lover with healthy sperm residue..

"All you need is a lover but if you don't have one you know what to do. All you need to do is just ten days or two weeks, you both should have a nice time and make sure he has a great time, and when your beautiful love making session is over, you are going to scoop this amazing sperm mask in your finger, apply it all over your face, leave it for fifteen minutes and then wash off. I know some of you are thinking "What is she saying?!" but we have to assume that your lover is a healthy clean man and eats wells.

Lol. Now which man put grandma Stella up to this? Funnily, she's not the only one who believes in this therapy. Actress Heather Locklear, 51, in a recent interview told a reporter that the secret to her youthful look was as a result of semen on face therapy. Continue...


UK Mirror reports that research has however proven Stella and Heather right in the usefulness of semen as an anti-aging substance. Research shows that the Human semen is rich in anti-oxidant, proteolytic proteins that helps to diminish aging lines on faces and helps to destroy dead layers on skin, revealing a more fresher skin layer.
The researcher must be a man. Not putting no gaddem semen on my face! Lol.
Posted by Linda Ikeji at 8:25 AM

It Is Harder to Quit Alcohol Than to Quit Smoking - Naomi Campbell

Naomi Campbell looking smashing in a black cutout swimsuit on the cover of the April issue of Shape magazine. In the issue, Naomi opens up about how quitting smoking has been harder than she thought it would be.

"People told me that cigarettes are harder to quit than alcohol. I didn’t believe it, but you know what? It is harder. I'm not someone who wants to light up inside people's homes, including my own, and I don't want to stand outside on street corners anymore. It's still a struggle. In fact, just talking about it makes me crave one, so let's stop, please! But I am really trying." the world-famous supermodel said of her desire to quit.

Direct marketing lessons from a kilishi seller Posted on March 18, 2014



You know what kilishi is right?

That peppered dry meat sold usually in the Northern part of Nigeria. They are so popular Tuface even mentioned it in the song he was featured in by P-Square. He said something like…

“Everytime I go Abuja I dey buy you kilishi…

Click here to watch it on Youtube

By the way, I’m a huge Tuface fan. Along with PSquare and D’banj I believe they are the three biggest acts we have in this country.

Please note I said biggest. Don’t bring any argument about someone wey sabi sing pass. Biggest does not mean the best singer.

Back to the matter at hand.

Segun “The Pundit” Agbede went to Kano at the weekend to cover the premier league game involving Kano Pillars for Super Sport and he was gracious enough to bring us some kilishi in the office.

As a marketer through and through, some things struck me about the package. The kilishi seller must know one or two things about direct marketing.

1. It was well packaged. Most people in “ordinary” businesses do not think about image. They think because they are mechanics, moi moi seller, fried yam seller etc that they must look rugged and unkept. If you want to attract the type of customers that will pay you good money without stress, you have to look the part.

2. Dan Kennedy tells us all the time to always make an offer in our marketing materials. Your name and slogan is not enough. You must make an offer. An offer people will like to respond to. Take a look at the package. It says “Taste before you buy”.

3. I wrote not too long ago that one of the best ways to increase sales is to offer a money back guarantee. That is what the kilishi seller did. He gave a two month guarantee that the kilishi will remain intact all through. That will put your mind at rest if you were not going to consume the kilishi immediately.

So what do you think? How can you apply these principles to your own business?

Thursday 6 March 2014

WestJet Passenger Leaves Super-Sexist Note For Female Pilot

Photo of a letter left aboard a Westjet flight, via Metro NewsCarey Smith Steacy, a Canadian airline pilot with 17 years of experience, apparently received a blunt and critical letter from a distraught passenger recently. But the issue was not the pilot’s flying style, penchant for finding mid-air turbulence or poor bedside manner.

The issue at hand was the pilot’s ovaries, and the fact that she was not at home doting on children. Where, apparently, she is supposed to be.

"The cockpit of an airliner is no place for a woman,” reads a letter written on a napkin left aboard a Calgary flight to Victoria, B.C., obtained by Metro News. "A woman being a mother is the most honor. Not as 'captain.' Were (sic) short on mothers, not pilots WestJet."

The letter further contained reference to a biblical verse and concludes, “In the end, this is all mere vanity.”

The author further said he wished WestJet would warn their passengers when a "fair lady" was at the helm so they would have the chance to book another flight.

The fear, of course, is that the pilot will go into spontaneous labor, putting the passengers in immeasurable danger.

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The letter is a shame, not worth the soiled napkin it was written on. But Steacy's response is worth celebrating.

According to Metro, she posted the following Facebook post (no longer publicly accessible):

To @David in 12E on my flight #463 from Calgary to Victoria today. It was my pleasure flying you safely to your destination. Thank you for the note you discreetly left me on your seat. You made sure to ask the flight attendants before we left if I had enough hours to be the Captain so safety is important to you, too. I have heard many comments from people throughout my 17 year career as a pilot. Most of them positive. Your note is, without a doubt, the funniest. It was a joke, right? RIGHT?? I thought, not. You were more than welcome to deplane when you heard I was a “fair lady.” You have that right. Funny, we all, us humans, have the same rights in this great free country of ours. Now, back to my most important role, being a mother.

While only about four per cent of airline pilots are women, the idea that they are "less than" is ridiculous in this day and age.

In fact, the comment is so deafening in its Mad Men-era absurdity that questions of its authenticity are sure to be raised. Such events have been contrived in the past to attain "viral fame."

Last year, a television producer fed the Internet by creating a Thanksgiving beef with "Diane in 7A," claiming he confronted the self-involved passenger mistreated flight staff. It was proven to be a hoax days later.

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The case of David in 12E seems similarly extreme. Would someone actually hold, and voice, the opinion that women are meant only for motherhood?

After 17 years on the job, does Steacy really have to deal with such situations?

Westjet has confirmed, however, that they were told of the incident and that they have many female pilots and first officers in their fleet.

“We’re enormously proud of the professionalism, skills, experience and expertise of our pilots, and we were very disappointed to find this note,” a spokesman told Yahoo Canada News in an email.

Apparently, they are not concerned about the dangers of female pilots launching into spontaneous labour. Won't somebody please think of the children?

So what do you say, should women be allowed to continue piloting?

Teenager Who Sued Parents Loses Court Case - skynews

A New Jersey judge has denied the request of a teenager who sued her parents to get financial support.

The judge cautioned that Rachel Canning's attempt could lead to a "potentially slippery slope" of claims by teenagers against their parents.

Ms Canning, a high school senior, claimed that her parents had kicked her out of home around the time she turned 18 in October, and had refused to pay for her education even though she had been accepted by several universities.

She sought immediate relief in the form of $650 (£390) in weekly child support and the payment of the remainder of her tuition at Morris Catholic High School, as well as attorney's fees.

Her father insisted she left voluntarily because she refused to abide by reasonable household rules, such as observing a curfew and doing chores.

State Superior Court Judge Peter Bogaard denied Ms Canning’s motion.

However, he ordered the parties to return to court on April 22 , when they will present evidence and testimony on the over-arching question of whether the Cannings are obligated to financially support their daughter.

Mr Bogaard sounded sceptical of some of the claims in the lawsuit, saying it could lead to teens "thumbing their noses" at their parents, leaving home and then asking for financial support.

"Are we going to open the gates for 12-year-olds to sue for an Xbox? For 13-year-olds to sue for an iPhone?" he asked.

"We should be mindful of a potentially slippery slope."

Ms Canning was dressed in her school uniform as she attended the hearing, as several friends were in the gallery.

She has said that her parents are abusive, contributed to an eating disorder she developed and pushed her to get a basketball scholarship.

The Cannings say they were supportive, helped their daughter through the eating disorder and paid for her to go to a private school where she would not get as much playing time in basketball as she would have at a public school.

Ms Canning has been living at a friend's home, and the court appearance was the first time she had seen her parents in four months, reports said.