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Media Personality, Ife has revealed that she ended wedding engagement just two months into it because she wasn’t convinced about the partner she was planning to marry.
She shared her experience while reacting to a post on X advising intending couples not to be scared of breaking up an engagement if they didn’t feel right about it.
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Nollywood actress, Omoni Oboli has pleaded with ladies to ensure that that generate a source of income to increase their self worth in their relationships.
She emphasized on the need for ladies not to sole rely on their partners for financial assistance, but to instead make their own money.
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By midwinter, our urge to hibernate can start to feel constricting instead of cozy. What better antidote to being cooped up indoors than a bracing hike in the crisp air outdoors?
Winter backdrops are stark, serene, and often stunning. With fewer people on the trail, you may spot more creatures out and about. And it's a prime opportunity to engage with the seasons and our living planet around us, says Dr. Stuart Harris, chief of the Division of Wilderness Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. But a multi-mile trek through rough, frosty terrain is far different than warm-weather hiking, requiring consideration of health and safety, he notes. Here's what to know before you go.
Winter hiking: Safety first
"The challenge of hiking when environmental conditions are a little more demanding requires a very different approach on a winter's day as opposed to a summer's day," Dr. Harris says. "But it gives us a chance to be immersed in the living world around us. It's our ancient heritage."
A safety-first attitude is especially important if you're hiking with others of different ages and abilities — say, with older relatives or small children. It's crucial to have both the right gear and the right mindset to make it enjoyable and safe for all involved.
Planning and preparation for winter hikes
Prepare well beforehand, especially if you're mixing participants with vastly different fitness levels. Plan your route carefully, rather than just winging it.
People at the extremes of age — the very old or very young — are most vulnerable to frigid temperatures, and cold-weather hiking can be more taxing on the body. "Winter conditions can be more demanding on the heart than a perfectly-temperatured day," Harris says. "Be mindful of the physical capabilities of everyone in your group, letting this define where you go. It's supposed to be fun, not a punishing activity."
Before setting out:
What to wear for winter hikes
Prepare for extremes of cold, wind, snow, and even rain to avoid frostbite or hypothermia, when body temperature drops dangerously low.
Carry essentials to help ensure safety
Source: Harvard Health Publishing
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Prices for major cryptocurrencies, as well as shares of Coinbase Global (COIN) and MicroStrategy (MSTR), slumped Friday as collapsed crypto site Mt. Gox began paying back creditors.
Nobuaki Kobayashi, the trustee for the Mt. Gox bankruptcy estate, said that the estate “made repayments in Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash to some of the rehabilitation creditors through a part of the Designated Cryptocurrency Exchanges etc. in accordance with the Rehabilitation Plan.”
He noted that other creditors would be “promptly” repaid when certain conditions were met, among them that they can be made “safely and securely.”
Bitcoin (BTCUSD) was trading around $55,700, down roughly 2.4%, as of 10:45 a.m. ET Friday. Ether was off about 3.4%.
Mt. Gox was once the world’s biggest crypto exchange, at one point handling 70% of bitcoin transactions. A hack attack in 2014, which resulted in the loss of an estimated 740,000 bitcoin, led to the firm’s demise.
The anticipation of the Mt. Gox news, which Kobayashi signaled last month would happen in July, had already begun to roil the crypto market. Today’s announcement sent bitcoin to its lowest level in five months.
The impact has also been felt at Coinbase, which reported it had $935 million in revenue from customer crypto trading in the first quarter, double what it was in the fourth quarter. MicroStrategy said in its first-quarter financial report that it owned 214,400 bitcoin.
Coinbase shares were down about 5% to $213.87 as of 10:45 a.m. ET Friday, while MicroStrategy fell more than 6% to $1,220.11. Still, shares of Coinbase and MicroStrategy have surged about 23% and 93% year-to-date.
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The European Union (EU) is expected to level a formal warning against X, the Elon Musk-owned social media network formerly known as Twitter, for failing to combat dangerous content, according to a report.
Thierry Breton, Internal Market Commissioner of EU enforcement arm the European Commission, is expected to announce a potential violation of the Digital Services Act (DSA), according to the report. Such a move could result in a fine of up to 6% of X’s revenue if the platform doesn’t return to compliance.
Asked for comment, X responded via email to , "Busy now, please check back later."
This week, the European Commission accused Meta Platforms' (META) practice of "pay or consent" advertising on Instagram and Facebook of violating the new Digital Markets Act (DMA), and charged Apple (AAPL) with its own DMA violation for unfairly restricting how developers can seek payments.
Microsoft (MSFT) has also been warned of a potential violation of EU antitrust rules by bundling Teams with its other Office products, the Commission announced last week.
The DMA, which went into effect in March, was passed to curb the power of tech "gatekeepers" including Apple, Microsoft, Meta, Alphabet, Amazon (AMZN), and TikTok parent ByteDance.
The DSA, meanwhile, obligates online platforms to be more transparent about how they collect data, and outlines how to deal with illegal content and disinformation.
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A footage surfaced on the internet, on Saturday, July 6, 2024, of Lil Durk‘s 10-year-old son allegedly sh@oting his stepfather during a domestic disp¥te with his mother.
The video of the incident which reportedly happened on Monday, July 1, shows the child taking a g¥n from the man identified as Reezy’s hip during the alt£rcation before sh@oting him.
Reezy’s explained the incident in an IG post staying that he was not the aggr£§sor.
“As y’all can see I was not the aggressor and y’all also can see how I still had my g¥n on my hip he gr+bbed my g¥n off my hip following his moms lead and tried to sh@ot me and then actually sh+t me. I advise y’all see it before they take it down #buildawareness,” he wrote.
He also shared Police paper work showing that the 10-year-old is being handled by the Homicide office and the Department ent of Child services while he is recuperating in the hospital. The 10-year-old and his siblings are to be taken from their mother ‘s custody by the DCS.
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