Man Invents Engagement Ring That Glows When Couple Holds Hands

A man created a new must have engagement ring that lights up when the couple is close to each other.
Men often help design an engagement ring for their fiance, but few actually build one from scratch.

The California engineer decided to design an engagement ring that lights up when the couple holds hands.

It all began when the man, Ben Kokes, wanted to create a unique piece of jewelry for the woman he wanted to spend the rest of his life.

On the surface, the ring looks like a simple titanium band with 23 diamonds set around the perimeter.

However, what makes this ring really shine is that every time the couple holds hands, the ring lights up.

The ring works with a capacitor bank embedded inside the band of the ring, which powers the LEDs with an inductive load circuit, along with an inductive charger that the man carries on his wrist, the combination creates a shining light of love. This is facilitated by the electrical charges generated by the human nervous system.

In his blog, the love struck inventor said he wanted to do this “because doing things the hard way is just what you can do to show love.”

Commenting on the invention, Fred Murray, 26, of San Diego, California, said: “This is the cutest ring I ever heard about. I must buy it for my wife. I would also love for the inventor to build one for the man as well so we can both shine when we hold each others hand.”

Nigerian Teens Build Urine Powered Generator

Although Nigeria’s economy is growing, more than half of the 162 million citizens of the country have no access to electricity, and even those who have access to electricity cannot be guaranteed to have power every day.Four Nigerian teens have recently been credited for the invention of an electrical generator powered by urine

The teens used the opportunity to urge the Federal Government to privatize the electric agency, and renew and improve the country’s electricity generating equipment.

The four teens did not wait on the government and have found their own solution to the energy crisis. They used a resource that is free and unlimited, easy to obtain, and does not depend on government.

Duro-Aina Adebola, Akindele Abiola, Faleke Oluwatoyin, all 14-years-old, and 15-year-old Bello Eniola, presented their invention at Maker Faire Africa entrepreneurs event in Lagos.

According to Maker Faire officials, the urine is placed in an electrolytic cell, which separates the urea nitrogen, water and hydrogen. The hydrogen then enters a filter, which is then introduced into the gas cylinder.

The purified hydrogen gas is introduced into the generator, and a liter of urine provides six hours of electricity.

The co-founder of the two-day event, Erik Hersman, said the event showcased practical innovation.
Maker Faire officials described the generator as “possibly one of the most unexpected invention ever.”

“Way to go girls, this is definitely an awesome invention which will provide cheap electricity for the poorest of people. Hopefully, the government will approve the system for wide public use, which will solve the energy crisis once and for all,” Sally Tucker, 36, of Ogden, Utah told the media after being asked to comment on the urine powered generator.

While the new generator urine system has some safety measures installed, it could take more measures before it can be sold to the public.

This woman injected COOKING OIL into her face for “soft skin” and now she’s disfigured (DISTURBING IMAGES)

A plastic surgery addict injected cooking oil into her face when doctors refused to give her any more silicone.

Former model Hang Mioku has been left permanently disfigured following the DIY beauty treatment.

After injecting an entire bottle of black market silicone into her face, Hang resorted to using cooking oil that left her face severely swollen and scarred.

Hang Mioku’s face was left so swollen by the silicone and cooking oil, left, that her own parents did not recognise her. Despite 10 operations her face is still severely disfigured, right

Hang Mioku had her first procedure aged 28 when she was a natural beauty

Her plights was featured on Korean television and viewers donated thousands of pounds to pay for corrective surgery.

During the first of 10 operations, surgeons removed 60g of silicone, oil and other foreign substances from her face and 200g from her neck.

However, Hang is still disfigured and she said she wishes she could have her old face back.

Hang had her first procedure aged 28 and then moved to Japan where she had repeated treatments.

She quickly became obsessed with having smoother and softer skin.

Doctors eventually refused to carry out any more work on her after her face became noticeably enlarged.

Hang moved to Japan to pursue her career, left, and continued to have injections that enlarged her face, right

She was so disfigured that her parents did not recognise her and her story featured on Korean television

However, she managed to get hold of a bottle of silicone and a syringe to self-inject but when that ran out she resorted to use cooking oil.

Her face was so altered that her own parents did not recognise her and local children also used to call her ‘standing fan’ because her face was so large compared to her small body.

Numerous operations paid for by donations have managed to reduce the size of her face and neck but she is still significantly disfigured.

Recently the former model was working in a recycled clothes shop, called The Beautiful Shop, and receiving handouts from the state.

Television viewers donated money for corrective surgery and 60g of oil and silicone was removed from her face

Despite 10 operations, Hang Mioku, pictured working at a recycling shop in Korea, is still very scarred.

Pastor Must Offer Sacrifices For Killing Snake – Anambra Community

An altercation has ensued between members of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, and Umuoji community in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State over the killing of a snake in the community by the Overseer of the Mercy Throne Assembly, Umuoji, Rev Jude Chubueze.

The community believes Chibueze had desecrated the land by killing the snake, as snake killing in the area is a taboo, and they had gone ahead to seal his church with palm fronds.

The matter has been taken to the Anambra State Police command which is trying to mediate between the two parties to avoid a breakdown of law and order, and assure a peaceful resolution to it.

Reacting on the issue, members of PFN under the aegis of Umuoji Gospel Ministries Fellowship led by Pastor Celestine Ekpunobi, yesterday, described the tradition that forbids the killing of snake as barbaric, adding that such law should only concern the pagans.

Rev Chibueze said a snake stormed his house at night when members of his family were already sleeping. He said he heard his children screaming and rushed there to find a snake where his children had been sleeping.

“When I got to their room, I saw a big snake lying with them and I had to kill it and threw it into the nearby bush. The following day, some community members marched to my house and accused me of killing their god. They beat me up mercilessly.

“They wrote a list of items amounting to N54,890 which they said I should buy to appease their god. Being a Christian, I told them that it is against my faith and more over, I killed a snake and not a human being.”

One of the community leaders, Chief Paul Edekobi said, instead of the pastor doing what he earlier agreed to do with the community by providing the items, he dragged them to Ogidi Police Station where six of the community leaders were arrested.

The Chief threatened that what he did was capable of wiping out his entire family if sacrifices were not made to appease the gods.

“We do not want to destroy his property and that is why we used the palm fronts to tie round the church to stop him from worshipping there for now,” Edekobi said.

But the pastor said: “What they are talking about is not tradition; they see the killing of a snake as a taboo in their world of idol worshipping and not same in Christian faith

“If they do not desist from this act, our next port of call will be the court for the enforcement of our fundamental human rights.”

Governor Fashola Shuts Down Seven Churches over Noise Pollution

Lagos State Government Shuts Down Seven Churches over Noise Pollution

Officials of the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency have shut down seven churches in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria over noise pollution.

The churches are the Lord’s Chosen Charismatic Ministry; Bible Church, FESTAC; the Chapter of Christ Church, Oregun; Assemblies of God Church, Ikeja; Golden Gate Church, Ifako-Ijaiye and Seek and Save Ministry, Abule Egba.

The closure of the churches is coming after pre-sanction notices were given to the churches to abate the noise pollution emanating from their worship centres.

General Manager, LASEPA, Engr. Rasheed Shabi said the closure of the churches became imperative after several abatement notices issued to them were disregarded.

According to him, some of the churches even rebuffed meetings called by the agency on how to resolve the issue.

Shabi who pointed out that the state government was determined to reduce noise pollution in the state because of the anomalies and diseases related to it, enjoined worship centres in the state to comply with the state’s standard on noise, while suggesting the use of sound proof equipment by churches to reduce noise during their worship services

VIDEO: Nigeria Leads — The Nation With The Highest Christian Death Toll

Last year more Christians were killed in Nigeria than any other country. The onslaught of bombings gave Nigeria the sad distinction of being the nation with the highest Christian death toll.





More than 900 Christians reportedly were killed in Nigeria in 2012, all victims of the Boko Haram group and other Islamic militants.

"They are so radical they don't even spare Muslims. If Muslims are sympathetic to any cause at all...if they are sympathetic to the Christians cause, or the minorities cause, they are also termed as infidels," Mark Lipdo, program coordinator for the Stefanos Foundation, said.


In 2013, radicals have killed more than 120 Nigerians, most of them Christians.

Gregory Lar, an international human rights attorney, said, "It is happening at this time because it appears there is a new resurgence, a new Islamic awareness in the need to propagate their religion."

The new wave of violence has caused various groups in Southern Nigeria to take up arms. They are determined to protect Christians.

Attorney Emmanuel Ogebe warns the country may be on the brink of broader conflict.

"Because of the massive Christian Muslim population in Nigeria, there is no country on Earth that is as rich and as ready for a religious war. All the elements, all of the ingredients are there," he said.

Ogebe's spoke at a recent conference sponsored by the Washington, D.C.-based Jubilee Campaign. Some panelists criticized the U.S. State Department's reluctance to blame the violence in Nigeria on Islamic extremism.

"The route they are taking is dangerous. It's against American interests and it is not positive. It's not sensible. The ultimate aim of this extremism--it's not just to wipe out Christians. It will hit back here ultimately," Ogebe argued.
For years, Islamic militants limited their attacks on Christians to the 12 northern Nigerian states where Shariah law is in place.

Now, they are pressing into central and southern states where Christians are in the majority.
World Magazine reporter Mindy Belz said the pattern is all too familiar.
"We've seen it happening in Sudan, we've seen it in Mali, we've seen it in parts of the Middle East and other parts of North Africa. When that happens what is growing up in there are also the seeds of terrorism that is targeting the West."

So, what is the solution to stop the attacks against Christians and others?
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has proposed a possible amnesty for Boko Haram terrorists, but Lipdo said amnesty would be a mistake.

"It goes to say that the government must have to succumb to the pressure of terror and then we see that it will go into reward for the perpetrator to continue to carry out his carnage. That is wrong," he said.
"The problem has gone beyond Nigeria alone," Lar said. "It actually has it's roots in Mali and Libya. So, even if the Nigeria situation is well contained and the borders are not secure, you have not solved the problem,"

It seems the future is dismal for Christian in Nigeria, but Lipdo suggests Christians united in prayer can make a difference.

"What we see is disunity that has taken on the Church, so the voiceless are not being represented," Lipdo said. "If we look to the person of Christ and avoid all these differences and come together, we will be able to give a voice to the voiceless and that is what we are called to do."

Nigeria Bans Private Jet Owners From Carrying Friends and Business Associates

The Federal Government has introduced a new policy called the National Civil Aviation Policy 2013.

The new policy bans private jet owners in Nigeria from carrying their friends and business associates on board.

However, they are still allowed to carry family members.

On the other hand, companies that own private jets are only allowed to carry their employees and board of directors.

This Device Turns Charcoal Stove Fire Into A Cell Phone Charger

VOTO is a new device that turns fire into a power source for cell phones. Now, where there’s fire, there can be modern civilisation!

The device is designed with two very different customers in mind: campers in the developed world that want to use some electric devices while out in nature, and people living in underdeveloped parts of the world who already have cell phones but lack home electricity.

The key is a fire-activated fuel cell. The fuel-cell end of the device is placed into a stove, below the charcoal, and can stay there while the stove is used for cooking.

The rest of the device juts out from the stove, looking like a pot handle, and the cell phone charges from a cord at the end of the VOTO, thankfully, away from the fire.

Using oxygen from the air the fuel cell converts the burning carbon and hydrogen biomass into electricity.

VOTO isn’t the first device to pair stoves and cell phones. There’s already a camp stove that turns waste heat into electrical energy. What VOTO does differently is insert the fuel cell directly in the fire of a stove someone already has.

UNBELIEVABLE! A Rape Club in Japan!!!

The event you are about to watch on this short video documentary did not take place today but some time ago.

The reason we are saying this is for those who like to say “this story is not recent”

The reason we upload and try to share these type of old stories sometimes, is to remind us of whats happening in our world today so that we can learn from it and keep ourselves as safe as possible.

Baga Raid: Who really is to blame? Who started the killings?

Baga raid

Satellite images reveal that 2,275 homes were destroyed during a military raid to hunt down militant Islamists in the northern Nigerian town of Baga last month, a rights group has said.
Human Rights Watch said soldiers “engaged more in destruction than in protection” after Boko Haram fighters attacked a military patrol.
The army has not commented on the latest allegations. It has said 37 people were killed; others say more than 180 died.
The Islamist Boko Haram group has waged an insurgency to create an Islamic state since 2010.
Correspondents say soldiers have often been accused of using excessive force in its efforts to put down the insurgency.

Jason Collins’ Ex-Fiance of 8 years: I Had No Idea He Was Gay

Carolyn Moos was once engaged to the NBA star and she says that during their seven-year relationship, she never knew he was gay! Do you believe her?

Jason Collins‘ ex-fiance Carolyn Moos is still coming to terms with the news that he’s gay. She tells TMZ that he told her just a few days before his announcement and she was shocked.

Jason Collins’ Ex-Fiance Had No Idea He Was Gay

She says that they broke up in 2009 after dating for seven years. They were actually engaged but he ended the relationship. She says that she could never understand why they didn’t stay together.

“It’s very emotional for me as a woman,” she says. “To have invested 8 years in my dream to have a husband, soul mate, and best friend in him. So this is all hard to understand. I care about [Jason] tremendously and only want the best for him. I want Jason to be happy for a lifetime and stay true to who he really is, inside and out.”

Jason Collins: ‘I’m Gay’ — Excerpts From His Open Letter

“I’m a 34-year-old NBA center. I’m black. And I’m gay. I didn’t set out to be the first openly gay athlete playing in a major American team sport. But since I am, I’m happy to start the conversation. I wish I wasn’t the kid in the classroom raising his hand and saying, ‘I’m different.’ If I had my way, someone else would have already done this. Nobody has, which is why I’m raising my hand. My journey of self-discovery and self-acknowledgement began in my hometown of Los Angeles and has taken me through two state high school championships, the NCAA Final Four and the Elite Eight, and nine playoffs in 12 NBA seasons. I’ve reached that enviable state in life in which I can do pretty much what I want. And what I want is to continue to play basketball. I still love the game, and I still have something to offer. My coaches and teammates recognize that. At the same time, I want to be genuine and authentic and truthful.”

Big heart: South Africa’s richest black man gives $1.3 billion, half his wealth, to the poor

South Africa’s richest black man, Patrice Motsepe, has announced he is giving away half his wealth to improve the lives of the poor.

The mining magnate said the money would be handled by the Motsepe Foundation to address education and health issues.

He said he was inspired by the word’s two wealthiest men, Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, who are encouraging billionaires to donate to charity.

Mr Motsepe has a net worth of $2.65bn (£1.67bn), Forbes’ rich list estimates.

‘Part of our culture’

Born in the Soweto township, he is a lawyer by training and South Africa’s first and only black billionaire.

He founded the publicly traded mining conglomerate, African Rainbow Minerals, which has interests in platinum, gold, coal and other minerals.

He made most of his mining fortune through the government’s black economic empowerment policy, which mandates that mining companies be at least 26% black-owned, says the BBC’s Pumza Fihlani in Johannesburg.

The businessman also owns Pretoria-based football club Mamelodi Sundowns.

Mr Motsepe made the announcement at an event in Johannesburg, where on a live video link Microsoft founder Mr Gates praised his decision.

He said he was also going to join the The Giving Pledge, a campaign started by Mr Gates and investor Mr Buffet in 2010. So far more than 70 billionaires have signed up to it.

“I decided quite some time ago to give at least half of the funds generated by our family assets to uplift poor and other disadvantaged and marginalised South Africans but was also duty-bound and committed to ensuring that it would be done in a way that protects the interests and retains the confidence of our shareholders and investors,” Mr Motsepe said in a statement.

Mr Motsepe said he was also inspired by the spirit of “ubuntu” – an African belief system which translates as “I am because you are”, meaning individuals need other people to be fulfilled.

“South Africans are caring, compassionate and loving people. It has always been part of our culture and tradition to assist and care for less fortunate and marginalised members of our communities. This culture is also embodied in the spirit and tradition of ubuntu/botho,” he said.