Friday, December 9, 2011
Monday, December 5, 2011
5 ways not to display your affection in public
5 ways not to display your affection in public
Isn't it lovely to see a couple expressing affection for each other? Well… up to a point. There's a whole ocean of dignity between holding hands in the street and swapping saliva in public.
When you are in a loving relationship, whilst it can be hard to keep your hands off your significant other, it can also be very hard for anyone unlucky enough to be watching. PDAs (public displays of affection, as opposed to personal digital assistants… remember them?) are never much fun unless you're taking part in them, and even then it's often a lot more pleasurable for one half of the PDAing couple than for the other.
We're not suggesting that no-one should show affection in public. Public affection is important in a relationship. It shows your partner that you fancy them and that you're proud to be with them, and that's a vital part of making them feel appreciated. Any onlooker would have to be pretty small-minded to object to couples holding hands, snuggling up or giving each other a peck on the cheek. But go much further than that, and you can start to make people feel very uncomfortable indeed.
Here are five PDA blunders that make us want to scream "get a room"… or just make us want to scream.
1. Kissing with tongues
You look horrible when you snog. Sorry, but you do. Everyone does, except for teenage movie stars, and even they look prettier with their mouths shut and their faces unattached.
Public snogging isn't just ugly, it's also undignified and can be counter-productive. You may wish to tell the world "look how loved up we are," but the world hears "look how desperate we are to show you that we fancy each other."
It also conveys a sense of immaturity. Most people get public snogging out of their systems at school discos. When you see two adults doing it, you can't help but wonder if they've ever actually had sex. It's a grim and deeply unsexy spectacle.
2. Mismatched PDA
Everyone has a different threshold for modesty. If you want to snog your partner or hold their hand but they'd rather not, don't impose your wishes on them. Slobbering over a reluctant man or woman is a very good way to turn them off.
If your partner is less keen on PDA than you are, it's not necessarily a reflection of their feelings for you - it probably has a lot more to do with shyness. If you try to kiss them in public and they flinch or start to pull away, that should be more than enough of a signal for you to stop. Be sensitive to their PDA tolerance and don't disrespect their wishes.
3. Friend-unfriendly PDA
You can be romantic with your partner in front of friends, right? Well, no. It's rude, for a number of reasons. If you and your partner are out with friends, you should be giving your friends your attention, not each other. You can give each other all the attention you like when you get home later.
And what about friends who aren't happy in their relationships, or single friends who'd rather not be single? The last thing they want to see is you two cooing over each other. Even the happiest of your friends won't be too delighted to play gooseberry if they're alone with you and you start groping each other.
4. Premature PDA
Many new lovers engage in public displays of affection as a way of "marking territory". It's hardly surprising, given the tidal waves of lust and excitement that wash over you when you start falling for someone. But be warned, premature pawing is not a way to keep someone interested. It's just as likely to scare them off.
5. PDA in the workplace
Meeting a new partner online is now one of the top three ways to start a relationship, but if you're someone who's met their partner at work, the temptation to engage in a spot of on-the-clock PDA must be strong. It's a temptation to be resisted at all costs.
Any kind of cutesy contact in the workplace could earn you disrespect, jealousy or even the sack. Don't even think about swapping saucy emails. It's also wise to keep your PDA to a respectable minimum during after-work drinks with colleagues. They'll have a lot more respect for you as a couple if all your PDAs are strictly private displays of affection, well away from the office.
Isn't it lovely to see a couple expressing affection for each other? Well… up to a point. There's a whole ocean of dignity between holding hands in the street and swapping saliva in public.
When you are in a loving relationship, whilst it can be hard to keep your hands off your significant other, it can also be very hard for anyone unlucky enough to be watching. PDAs (public displays of affection, as opposed to personal digital assistants… remember them?) are never much fun unless you're taking part in them, and even then it's often a lot more pleasurable for one half of the PDAing couple than for the other.
We're not suggesting that no-one should show affection in public. Public affection is important in a relationship. It shows your partner that you fancy them and that you're proud to be with them, and that's a vital part of making them feel appreciated. Any onlooker would have to be pretty small-minded to object to couples holding hands, snuggling up or giving each other a peck on the cheek. But go much further than that, and you can start to make people feel very uncomfortable indeed.
Here are five PDA blunders that make us want to scream "get a room"… or just make us want to scream.
1. Kissing with tongues
You look horrible when you snog. Sorry, but you do. Everyone does, except for teenage movie stars, and even they look prettier with their mouths shut and their faces unattached.
Public snogging isn't just ugly, it's also undignified and can be counter-productive. You may wish to tell the world "look how loved up we are," but the world hears "look how desperate we are to show you that we fancy each other."
It also conveys a sense of immaturity. Most people get public snogging out of their systems at school discos. When you see two adults doing it, you can't help but wonder if they've ever actually had sex. It's a grim and deeply unsexy spectacle.
2. Mismatched PDA
Everyone has a different threshold for modesty. If you want to snog your partner or hold their hand but they'd rather not, don't impose your wishes on them. Slobbering over a reluctant man or woman is a very good way to turn them off.
If your partner is less keen on PDA than you are, it's not necessarily a reflection of their feelings for you - it probably has a lot more to do with shyness. If you try to kiss them in public and they flinch or start to pull away, that should be more than enough of a signal for you to stop. Be sensitive to their PDA tolerance and don't disrespect their wishes.
3. Friend-unfriendly PDA
You can be romantic with your partner in front of friends, right? Well, no. It's rude, for a number of reasons. If you and your partner are out with friends, you should be giving your friends your attention, not each other. You can give each other all the attention you like when you get home later.
And what about friends who aren't happy in their relationships, or single friends who'd rather not be single? The last thing they want to see is you two cooing over each other. Even the happiest of your friends won't be too delighted to play gooseberry if they're alone with you and you start groping each other.
4. Premature PDA
Many new lovers engage in public displays of affection as a way of "marking territory". It's hardly surprising, given the tidal waves of lust and excitement that wash over you when you start falling for someone. But be warned, premature pawing is not a way to keep someone interested. It's just as likely to scare them off.
5. PDA in the workplace
Meeting a new partner online is now one of the top three ways to start a relationship, but if you're someone who's met their partner at work, the temptation to engage in a spot of on-the-clock PDA must be strong. It's a temptation to be resisted at all costs.
Any kind of cutesy contact in the workplace could earn you disrespect, jealousy or even the sack. Don't even think about swapping saucy emails. It's also wise to keep your PDA to a respectable minimum during after-work drinks with colleagues. They'll have a lot more respect for you as a couple if all your PDAs are strictly private displays of affection, well away from the office.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
French man ordered to pay wife 10,000 euros for lack of sex
A court in France has ordered a man to pay 10,000 euros ($13,300) in damages to his long-frustrated ex-wife after he failed in his marriage "duties" by withholding sex from her for years.
In the May ruling, published on Tuesday in the Gazette du Palais judicial review, an appeals court in the southern city of Aix-en-Provence upheld an earlier decision to award the damages for "absence of sexual relations".
The couple, who are both 51, married in 1986 and have two children. They divorced in January 2009 in the city of Nice.
In its ruling, the court said the man's wife deserved the damages due to the suffering she endured because of her sexless marriage.
"The wife's expectations were legitimate in the sense that sexual relations between married people are an expression of their mutual affection and part of the duties that proceed from marriage," the court said.
It dismissed the husband's argument that health problems and long working hours had simply reduced the opportunities for the couple to have sex.
The court ruled that he had not proved "any health problems that would make him completely incapable of having intimate relations with his wife."
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
About Akosombo (Nkonson-konson-bo (a chain of rock)
It was called Nkonson-konson-bo (a chain of rock). That was the name given to the little known settlement by its inhabitants, who in 1733, had settled at the foot of the gorge formed by the Akwapim and Togo mountain ranges.
Nkonson-konson-bo soon became strategically a frontline safe haven of the militant Akwamus, who in retreat after two hundred years of conquest and imperial rule, had sought refuge in the safety provided by the hills and the river Volta It is said that the Chief of the Akwamus made his nephew headman of the community to keep a lookout for their enemies from the north of the river.
For nearly two centuries the Akwamus enjoyed the protection, security and peace of the gorge, cultivating the rich fertile land and harvesting the abundance of fish from the river Volta, without any intrusion so to speak, until Sir Albert Kitson, an Australian geologist, who first discovered bauxite in Ghana in 1915, noted Nkonson-konson-bo, as a future hydro-electric dam site. This name latter became corrupted to Akosombo.
With this remarkable discovery began the gradual but steady transformation of Akosombo into pre-eminence. World leaders, industrialists, engineers, surveyors and international celebrities from across the globe began to take express interest in what was seen as one of the biggest projects on the African continent.
Ghana's first President, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah made the implementation of the Volta River Project the cornerstone of his vision for the development and prosperity of the newly independent nation. This gave a fresh impetus to the Volta River Project which got under way in 1961, 46 years after the potential of the gorge was first identified.
The period of construction saw a steady stream of visitors arriving in Akosombo from all parts of the world. Engineers and surveyors, industrialists and financiers, government leaders and international celebrities, either came to contribute to the implementation of the multi-purpose scheme or to get a feel of such a world famous project.
Akosombo has been carefully planned and developed with modern infrastructure and recreational facilities. The services of the world renowned architectural and engineering firm, Dioxides Associates, who had completed a master-plan for Tema, Ghana's modern sea port, were obtained to supervise the implementation of the Akosombo township project.
Decades after the township of Akosombo was built it has earned an international reputation not only as the home of one of Africas most successful development schemes but also as an important and popular tourist destination. Its scenic beauty with undulating chain of mountains and valleys hold a breadth- taking fascination for tourists and residents alike.
The construction of the Akosombo Dam has resulted in the formation of the largest man-made lake in the world in terms of surface area(8502sq.km). The Akosombo Dam and the Volta Lake together with the gigantic Hydro-Electric Power Station reveal the wonders of nature, science and technology which hold spell-bound fascination for tourists.
Today, with the introduction of a 15-year national tourism development plan, to exploit the nation's tourist potential, Akosombo is uniquely positioned to play a significant role in the realization of this programme. A systematic integrated development plan which involved the development of electric power, lake transportation, hotels and pleasure activities, as well as fishery, has offered tourism a new fillip to further exploit the vast resource base of Ghana's sovereign river, the Volta
Monday, November 28, 2011
Women Fake Orgasms To Stop Men Being Unfaithful - Study
Women fake their orgasms in a bid to stop their partners from cheating, a new study has revealed.
The research by Columbia University in New York and Oakland University of Michigan questioned 453 women who had been in a relationship for at least six months.
It was found that pretending to orgasm was the most popular strategy employed by a woman to keep her partner from straying.
But those who faked it were also more likely to use other tactics such as dressing up in the bedroom and keeping tabs on their partners' whereabouts.
More than half (53.9%) of the women questioned admitted to faking their orgasms with this group being the most likely to be suspicious of their partners' fidelity.
"One particular reason that emerges from a lot of studies is 'to keep my partner interested in this relationship', or 'to prevent him from defecting from the relationship or leaving the relationship for another woman,'" said researcher Farnaz Kaighobadi
The research by Columbia University in New York and Oakland University of Michigan questioned 453 women who had been in a relationship for at least six months.
It was found that pretending to orgasm was the most popular strategy employed by a woman to keep her partner from straying.
But those who faked it were also more likely to use other tactics such as dressing up in the bedroom and keeping tabs on their partners' whereabouts.
More than half (53.9%) of the women questioned admitted to faking their orgasms with this group being the most likely to be suspicious of their partners' fidelity.
"One particular reason that emerges from a lot of studies is 'to keep my partner interested in this relationship', or 'to prevent him from defecting from the relationship or leaving the relationship for another woman,'" said researcher Farnaz Kaighobadi
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
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· Check location of your vehicle anytime, anywhere with txt message
· Shut down Engine via SMS, Ignition sensing and other IO features.
· Receive useful reports such as speed, trip or Zone crossing
· Use local language commands on any mobile phone or PC
· Location information with local GPS powered our detailed Tramigo landmark.
· Microphone for in-vehicle listening (enables the owner to make a silent call to the device and listen to conversations going on in the case of theft.)
· Get notified instantly when the carrier leaves or reaches its destination.
· Free monthly fees
· Fuel management system
· Free installation
· Free accessories
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Friday, October 14, 2011
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