@Mustay

Were u trying to ask if they are FAT MAMAS?

@naija_diva
Thanks 4 u goodwill (if it was not ironical).
Are u available?

Sorry if this might sound digressive,

but I couldnt help noticing that the two concerned people who gave helpful links were ladies.

Not everyone has much ideas on what exactly Autism is.

Thanks on behalf of everyone for ur empathy and ur knowledge.

@Emmeno
I was touched by this thread about ur cousin. I'm like ur love for them (ur cousins). Nothing is impossible with God. Have good faith in him and start praying/keep-praying.

There was a time (in Benin culture) when a woman to be wedded had to be busty and round to appeal to her husband and his people. To them somehow, it was a feature beautiful to behold and probably TO HOLD. It also indicated that she was healthy and a real woman.

GONE ARE THOSE DAYS!

I dont know how else to instruct u, but log onto the site, locate use the search engine on the page to search for "Graphics tablets". One of them is has the item code 1856. Thats the 8x6" one. It goes for about 12k. Add it to cart, and proceed.

Call them if u r still not able to use it successfully. And all u might need 2 do is pick it up from any of their branches where they hav it available.

What kind of graphics design are u into?


Cheers and Good luck

The way ladies put on weight is usually easier compaired to men.

From a stunning well rounded young babe, they could turn into a very ROUND ball in no time.

Thank goodness sha that there are still some Nigerian young guys and men (who like round women), to marry a good number of Nigeria's population of single Orobos.

I for one, I need a lady that would maintain a good shape for life (its not as if she shouldnt add weight at all, but she must still be a good slim figure and fit)

What say u?







NB: No offence meant to the ladies please. Just being objective

Hey Lafem,

I'll like u to give me a break down of how u do your own animation from Storyboard to pc. I just started using an 8x6" Graphics Tablet, so drawing into flash is easier for me. I had been waiting to get one for a while. But now that I've goten it, I see how difficult it is to determine/imagine and draw the  following frame of a character after the first. Its not about just drawing him, but getting the right amouth of offset from the previous that would produce fluid motion after making about 5 secs of the scene. I'm I making some sence?

I'd like u to tell us how u do urs. Do u draw and scan? Do u do  some work with a Graphics pen, or do u do your entire work by drawing and scanning. Which SW do u use mainly for the animation Flash? Flipbook? Use 'Candid Politriks' as your example. (I'm even beggining to think, Maybe it would have been easiers for me if I were a traditional Animator using flip pads, Light Tables, celluloid, camera and lighting). 

Now I see why 2D animation needs a good team of Directors, storyboarders, animators, Asst. Animators, Clean-up artists etc. Even digital/desktop animation.

Heres my email: whamatix@yahoo.com. I would like to have u as a contact

Okay! getting used to using the pen and pad 4 the first time is not easy. But I'm okay now. Its cool for flash. Corel Draw is not too good with it.

It makes a worbling line when drwing slowly but I have found a way to use it perfectly.

I feel much better now, but I will still be ordering a WACOM pen/pad from amazon later this year

It may be that u have week bladder muscles. Try talk to a Doc sha!

Here is another one.

My friends brother-in-law was driving back home from Bwari. He saw a young lady waiting to get a taxi/bus and he thought he could be of help. He stoped to pick her out of empathy (I'm not sure it was just that). She hopped into the car. She pleaded that she needed to pick up something from her junior brother house just along the way when they get around Jabi district. He said "No big deal". She directed him small shanty compound somewhere along the express way when they got to Jabi. She hopped out of the car to get her stuff. On coming back to the car, two guys were following behind to see her off, or so it seemed. She hopped back into the car and they hopped in too.

Up till today he doesnt know why he didnt object to them entering his car or even ask who they were. It was like a dream how he drove them happily to his bank and withdrew a lovely fat sweet sum (No, Lump is the word) of money. he got back to the car, handed it over to them like a gift, and even drove them to their desired point of getting off his sweet ride. It was like they were using remote control on him.

That was how my guy hit scratch. He cant explain it. Though he seems to be recovering financialy now, it took him some 2/3 years to get back to his feet. He still cant tell many what happened to him. And during the period this 419 mishap occured he happened to be holding money for quite a number of folks in his financial club. He had to do away with some of his prized possessions to pay back.

[size=16pt]SLEEP PARALYSIS[/size]

Sleep paralysis is a condition characterized by temporary paralysis of the body shortly after waking up (known as hypnopompic paralysis) or, less often, shortly before falling asleep (known as hypnagogic paralysis).[1]

Physiologically, it is closely related to the paralysis that occurs as a natural part of REM (rapid eye movement) sleep, which is known as REM atonia. Sleep paralysis occurs when the brain awakes from a REM state, but the bodily paralysis persists. This leaves the person fully aware, but unable to move. In addition, the state may be accompanied by hypnagogic hallucinations.

More often than not, sleep paralysis is believed by the person affected by it to be no more than a dream. This explains many dream recountings which describe the person lying frozen and unable to move. The hallucinatory element to sleep paralysis makes it even more likely that someone will interpret the experience as a dream, since completely fanciful, or dream-like, objects may appear in the room alongside one's normal vision.


Possible causes
Sleep paralysis occurs during REM sleep in order to prevent the body from manifesting movements made in the subject's dreams. Very little is known about the physiology of sleep paralysis. However, some have suggested that it may be linked to post-synaptic inhibition of motor neurons in the pons region of the brain. In particular, low levels of melatonin may stop the depolarization current in the nerves, which prevents the stimulation of the muscles, to prevent the body from enacting the dreamt activity (e.g. preventing a sleeper from flailing his legs when dreaming about running).

Many people who commonly enter sleep paralysis also suffer from narcolepsy. However, various studies suggest that many or most people will experience sleep paralysis at least once or twice in their lives.

Some reports read that various factors increase the likelihood of both paralysis and hallucinations. These include: [4]

Sleeping in a supine position (facing upwards)
Irregular sleeping schedules; naps, sleeping in, sleep deprivation
Increased stress
Sudden environmental/lifestyle changes
A lucid dream that immediately precedes the episode. Also conscious induction of sleep paralysis is a common technique to enter a state of lucid dreams, also known as WILD[1] .
Artificial sleeping aids, ADD medications and/or antihistamines
Recent use of hallucinogenic drugs

[size=16pt]Treatment[/size]
During paralysis episodes, patients may be advised to try moving the facial muscles and moving eyes from one side to the other. This may hasten the termination of the attack.



Copied from Wikipedia (Article: Sleep Paralysis)

I used to have those experiences. We Africans like to jump to the conclusion of "It's spiritual" without taking our time to study the phenonmenon.

I have taken a little time to observe mine. I noticed it happened more frequently while I was serving (NYSC) in Kebbi during the Hot season. Kebbi state can be extreamly hot. The sleep paralysis didnt occur through out the Rainy season and Harmattan. But I observed that the very second day when heat began to creep back to Kebbi in february, it happened again.

That was after my P.O.P. I just happened to be chillin around a while. But because of the sleep paralysis reoccurence, I packed all my stuff and left kebbi state two days later because I hate the experince.

Now, since I got back to Abuja, it has never happened to me again. The weather is much different from Kebbi here. Its much cooler.

Now I'm not trying to say, "Hey! Its caused by heat". But  this was my my own experience and observation.  It could be that the heat dehydrated my body  and it had some temporary body motor coordination issues as a result.

I believe you should be able to get more professional explanation or point of view on sleep Paralysis on the net.

At the same time this occurence could be tied to some paranormal activities in some peoples cases. I don't know about yours.

Though, We would naturally enter a state of fear/shock during and after such an experince even if it was merely a natural occurence, Dont just jump to the conclusion of spiritual attack. Try to do some research and also observe yourself. You could even observe other people who have it regularly (find a Guinea pig).

The same way we are jumping at the simplest explanation of "IT IS SPIRITUAL ATTACK", that is how our fore-fathers jumped to the conclusion then that twins were evil. "OF COUSE THEY WERE", they must have said, "HOW CAN TWO BABYS COME OUT OF ON PREGNANCY". The birth of a Superstition (An irrational Belief).

You have a convulsion, they say its spiritual attack.

You have a Migraine, they say its the evil spirits are at work.

You have a cold, they say its spiritual attack.

You sleep for long, they say its spiritual attack.

you go to poo, they say its spiritual attack.


I'm not denying that the devil and his cohorts are not at work causing havok, fear and confussion. They could as well have a hand in almost all mishaps.

But ask yourself, WHY DONT You THINK OF A CONVULSION AS A SPIRITUAL ATTACK? (How can a sain person just start jerking and stiffening and bringing out foam from their mouths with eyes almost poped out)

Cause we are aware of proven medical conditions and hereditary issues that cause it

Here is my friends experience:

Deb was standing at Banex junction in Wuse, Abuja, trying to get a car/bus to kubwa. A guy suddenly walk towards her and asked for directions with a piece of paper on which an address was supposedly written. "Please I'm looking for this address, can you be of help", he said, as he showed her the piece of paper. As she turned spontaneously and took a look at the paper, she said she suddenly began to feel dizzy. So dizzy she felt that she immediately knew there was something misterious about the paper and turned her face away. The man still insisted saying "No, please look at the address, its somewhere in Wuse here but I'm new in town".

She responded by screaming at the man saying "I SAID LEAVE ME ALONE!!". Then she walked away and crossed to the other side of the road. As she got to the other side, still feeling druggy, another young man walked up to her saying, "Ah! madam, it seems that man is new in town and doesnt actually know where he is going. let us just help him noww". My friend then knew that they were a team of crooks so she screamed 'They are thieves oHH!!! Help me!!" The two of them took to their heels with the second one saying "sorry, sorry" as he trotted away.

She was feeling so druggy, she had to take a drop back home (Area 11, Garki). On reaching home, she said she could hardly even recognize her Aunt. She went straight to bed immediately without dinner. She slept so long (from the early hours of evening till about 11pm), everyone at home had to ask her what happened to her when she finally woke up.

She just replied saying "You people should just start thanking God for my life".


[size=16pt]MAY GOD DELIVER US FROM EVIL[/size]

Here is my friends experience:

She was standing at Banex junction in Wuse, Abuja, trying to get a car/bus to kubwa. A guy suddenly walk towards her and asked for directions with a piece of paper on which an address was supposedly written. "Please I'm looking for this address, can you be of help", he said, as he showed her the piece of paper. As she turned spontaneously and took a look at the paper, she said she suddenly began to feel dizzy. So dizzy she felt that she immediately knew there was something misterious about the paper and turned her face away. The man still insisted saying "No, please look at the address, its somewhere in Wuse here but I'm new in town".

She responded by screaming at the man saying "I SAID LEAVE ME ALONE!!". Then she walked away and crossed to the other side of the road. As she got to the other side, still feeling druggy, another young man walked up to her saying, "Ah! madam, it seems that man is new in town and doesnt actually know where he is going. let us just help him noww". My friend then knew that they were a team of crooks so she screamed 'They are thieves oHH!!! Help me!!" The two of them took to their heels with the second one saying "sorry, sorry" as he trotted away.

She was feeling so druggy, she had to take a drop back home (Area 11, Garki). On reaching home, she said she could hardly even recognize her Aunt. She went straight to bed immediately without dinner. She slept so long (from the early hours of evening till about 11pm), everyone at home had to ask her what happened to her when she finally woke up.

She just replied saying "You people should just start thanking God for my life".


[size=14pt]MAY GOD DELIVER US FROM EVIL[/size]

Hello moondust,

I would like to know out of curiousity which Software u guys would be using to do the animation of the indomitables?

Here is my own experience which I also shared on my recent thread titled: HERE IS MY 419 EXPERIENCE. I didnt know Aleroaruya had a similar thread, with an experience so similar to that it might have been the same team of crooks


I entered a Red Taxi from Jabi (I wanted to get to Berger jnctn in Wuse, Abuja) on 27th August, 2007. The driver already had two passengers before me. A man and a young light-skined (ugly) lady. "Heh!", He exclaimed, as we approached Berger Junvtion. "These VIO people dey here, abeg make I follow like say I de go Area 1, go turn for the other side".

As he boycotted the roundabout, the young lady said she wanted to drop and that she has load. 'Ahh!', said the driver, 'I though You said You were not the owner of that blue bag in the boot'. She replied and admitted that it was hers. Suddenly, the driver said he was going to take her to their Union for questioning. The other passenger then started pleading for the girl that and asking the driver just to drop her saying "What did she put in the bag?" That was how the driver started accusing her that so she was the one that owns the bag that contain so much dollars and that she had told him her luggage contained plates (Doesnt this 419 drill sound farmiliar). He treatened to take this girl to the police.

Wow!!, A professional 419ner. Only God knows how many people he has duped and how much he has made through his lucrative develish business.

Back to my own story:

At the mention of the word DOLLAR$, the other male passenger (seated beside the driver) turned and asked the girl what business she was int and where she got the dollars from.

She then said "Oga, abeg make una no carry me go police, I de work with one Alhaji, I sabi am from club almost 7 years now. The man don promise say e go marry since, e never marry me. I don even comot 5 bele for this man, still, every year e go say im go marry me. Na im the man come travel yesterday go Libya. na im e get one room we the man no de allow me enter. E come get one key we I find for near the man chair as I de clean im bedroom. I come try the key for that secret room door, the door com open. Wetin I come see full inside the room na dollars. na im I say make I carry run come Abuja. Please make una help me, I no even know any where for this town. I be stranger.

The other man then asked, "Which kind business your Oga de do?"

She replied, "The man na Niger man, e de do Bureau De Change and e de also do petrol station."

Ahh!! the driver exclaimed, "Na them they thief our money go their country" (Trying to arouse sentiments)

"Okay", said the driver, "I no go tell this girl make e just settle only me make I no carry am go police because una de here and una fit carry my car no go report to police. Wetin go happen be say How much you go settle us?

"$2000" said the girl

"Kai! You are very stupid. you must be a gready girl. With all that money. You are very stupid.

Oga wetin You think say make we do this girl? At this stage, he stopped the car again by the road, that we should open the boot and split the dollars there. I objected to stoping there. The other man too said He had a reputation to protect and that we couldnt just stop there to share dollars. The girl wanted to even open her door, but I ordered her to "COM'ON, SHUT THAT DOOR, Where do u think u are going?".

The driver started off again and the negociation with the girl continued. But the driver really wanted to know what I felt about the issue so he asked again.

I then told the driver to stop the car. he stoped it immediately. I told them that, look, if they wanted to take the girl to the security operatives, they should either take her to the sate security or EFCC. I told the girl to negotiate well with them. As for me, 'I LIKE MONEY' but I didnt need THIS money. That was how I got out of the car, crossed the road to get a drop and flee from that area.

I must admit that I wasnt sure immediately whether they were 4!9ners or they it was a true story untill I called my friend, Fred to tell him about my encounter, and he asked me, "ARE You SURE You WERE NOT THE VICTIM?"

Hello again. Its Wham. As I was scrolling down them rest of the GENERAL section I stumbled on this lady's story which was so much similar to mine. What a coincidence. May be it was those same idiots that picked me up in that red taxi. Sit back and learn from the stories:


[size=14pt]My Encounter With 419ners by ALEROARUYA (Posted on August 21, 2007 on Nairaland )[/size]

Hi all,

This is to notify all Nairaland users who reside in Abuja that their is a group of people who are trying to extort money from people (so I thought) and I had an encounter with them:

I entered a cab, (a very rugged car) from Gana to Nicon Junction, when we were approaching the round-about at the British council’s area, A lady sitting at the back told the driver she wanted to alight, she asked if could get “Going” (commercial motorcycle), I was very surprised because everybody knew “Going” (commercial motorcycle) is not allowed within Abuja metropolis anymore.

I told her she could take another cab as no “Going” (commercial motorcycle) were allowed, she then proceeded to tell the driver that her Ghana-must-go is in the boot and she will like to get it, the driver asked (as if surprised) if she were the owner of the bag and that he gave it to a previous passenger who alighted (before I boarded I suppose). She made as if to cry and I pitied her, the driver on seeing this said the woman has no truth in her mouth because when the previous passenger alighted she told him to be careful with her bag because if contains breakable plates and baby clothes that she sells but when he opened it was full of hard currency.

The moment I heard “Ghana-must-go full of money” I knew they were 419ners (the driver, a man beside the driver and the lady sitting with me at the back) because I have had a similar encounter with them (not this particular group) before.

So I told the lady to take it easy since the driver has agreed to take her back to try and locate the other passenger so she could get her bag back. But when I put 2 and 2 together it did not make sense. I mean how could the driver have given the woman’s bag to the other passenger when he knew it was full of hard currency and the fellow passenger (the fellow 419ner sitting beside the driver) asked the lady how she came to possess dollars but I never heard the driver mention dollar. All the while the car was virtually crawling (done purposely by the driver) and I finally got my chance to escape when the driver took a wrong turn (in his bid to rope me in), I quickly pointed out that I was not going that way and will like to alight without making him suspect anything (incase they were ritualist)

I alighted and that was that for that. My sister had a similar encounter just last month, the only variation was that the taxi was a little grand when compared to my own and the driver was wearing a spike like hair style and listening to Gospel music with a bibble beside him but the line was delivered the same way as mine “Ghana-must-go full of money”.

Has anyone had similar encounter in Abuja or anywhere in Nigeria? If YES, please share it and if NO, then inform friends and family members to be weary of such characters as am sure they still manage to dupe some people (some greedy people)

Wow!!, A professional 419ner. Only God knows how many people he has duped and how much he has made through his lucrative develish business.

Back to my own story:

At the mention of the word DOLLAR$, the other male passenger (seated beside the driver) turned and asked the girl what business she was int and where she got the dollars from.

She then said "Oga, abeg make una no carry me go police, I de work with one Alhaji, I sabi am from club almost 7 years now. The man don promise say e go marry since, e never marry me. I don even comot 5 bele for this man, still, every year e go say im go marry me. Na im the man come travel yesterday go Libya. na im e get one room we the man no de allow me enter. E come get one key we I find for near the man chair as I de clean im bedroom. I come try the key for that secret room door, the door com open. Wetin I come see full inside the room na dollars. na im I say make I carry run come Abuja. Please make una help me, I no even know any where for this town. I be stranger.

The other man then asked, "Which kind business ur Oga de do?"

She replied, "The man na Niger man, e de do Bureau De Change and e de also do petrol station."

Ahh!! the driver exclaimed, "Na them they thief our money go their country" (Trying to arouse sentiments)

"Okay", said the driver, "I no go tell this girl make e just settle only me make I no carry am go police because una de here and una fit carry my car no go report to police. Wetin go happen be say How much you go settle us?

"$2000" said the girl

"Kai! You are very stupid. you must be a gready girl. With all that money. You are very stupid.

Oga wetin You think say make we do this girl? At this stage, he stopped the car again by the road, that we should open the boot and split the dollars there. I objected to stoping there. The other man too said He had a reputation to protect and that we couldnt just stop there to share dollars. The girl wanted to even open her door, but I ordered her to "COM'ON, SHUT THAT DOOR, Where do u think u are going?".

The driver started off again and the negociation with the girl continued. But the driver really wanted to know what I felt about the issue so he asked again.

I then told the driver to stop the car. he stoped it immediately. I told them that, look, if they wanted to take the girl to the security operatives, they should either take her to the sate security or EFCC. I told the girl to negotiate well with them. As for me, 'I LIKE MONEY' but I didnt need THIS money. That was how I got out of the car, crossed the road to get a drop and flee from that area.

I must admit that I wasnt sure immediately whether they were 4!9ners or they it was a true story untill I called my friend, Fred, and he asked me, "ARE U SURE U WERE NOT THE VICTIM?"

Hey everyone, share your 419 experiences here so we can all get wary of them fraudsters


My Last experience was yesterday. I entered a Red Taxi from Jabi (I wanted to get to Berger jnctn in Wuse, Abuja). The driver already had two passengers before me. A man and a young light-skined (ugly) lady. "Heh!", He exclaimed, as we approached Berger Junvtion. "These VIO people dey here, abeg make I follow like say I de go Area 1, go turn for the other side".

As he boycotted the roundabout, the young lady said she wanted to drop and that she has load. 'Ahh!', said thedriver, 'I though U said U were not the owner of that blue bag in the boot'. She replied and admitted that it was hers. Suddenly, the driver said he was going to take her to their Union for questioning. The other passenger then started pleading for the girl that and asking the driver just to drop her saying "What did she put in the bag?" That was how the driver started accusing her that so she was the one that owns the bag that contain so much dollars and that she had told him her luggage contained plates (Doesnt this 419 drill sound farmiliar). He treatened to take this girl to the police.


I'm out of breath, I'll be back for the rest of the story. I need to eat dinner

I just ordered for an 8x6" Digital Graphics pen from www.buyright.com (Pragmatic Technologies, Obanikoro, Lagos) for about 12k. I hope it works smoothly. I hope I get use to controlling it. I'll let u guys know if it's good enough.

You can actually get 4x5,5" Genius Graphics pen/pad in Abuja @ Zone 3 Shopping Centre for about 12k. My friend scouted Comp. Village in Lag for them but didnt find anybody that was even sure of what he was asking for.

I'll update this post as soon as I can get a source to the Graphics pads with higher working Area (i.e. 6x8")

NAFDAC on a recent edition of the guardian placed a warning that all brands of COLGATE and other Chinese toothpastes should not be used cause they contain two substances bad for your Kidney.

Please find out more and be cautious

Adequate Exercise. Thats one sure thing u need. Step out doors for walks and out-door activities to keep u away frm bed

See a Doc to make sure it is not something else

Cheers!

@ aseye

I basically do 2d for now (using flash). Though these books are generally for animation and not only 2d animation. They teach u the ART of animation.

I've seen good ones in Amazon. My problem is that Amazon only ships stuff like CDs and Books to African countries. They wont ship a Wacom tablet down

Animation: The Basic Principles by Brian Lemay

and Designing Cartoon Characters for Animation by the same Author

I have not read them yet but Lefem says they are good (and that the Author is experienced in Training)

Cheers!

@Unleashed

Try Macromedia Flash Pro 8.0. It may seem like a software for just web based animation but its a wonderful 2d film animation SW. U can then use other video editing softwares to finish ur work.

U probably have flash already, but u should be able to get it for a good amount from ur local CD dealers.

Cheers!!

What do u guys think 'bout this (copied it from a website):



Don't Marry Career Women
By Michael Noer
How do women, careers and marriage mix? Not well, say social scientists.

Guys: a word of advice. Marry pretty women or ugly ones. Short ones or tall ones. Blondes or brunettes. Just, whatever you do, don't marry a woman with a career.

Why? Because if many social scientists are to be believed, you run a higher risk of having a rocky marriage. While everyone knows that marriage can be stressful, recent studies have found professional women are more likely to get divorced, more likely to cheat and less likely to have children. And if they do have kids, they are more likely to be unhappy about it. A recent study in Social Forces, a research journal, found that women--even those with a "feminist" outlook--are happier when their husband is the primary breadwinner.

Not a happy conclusion, especially given that many men, particularly successful men, are attracted to women with similar goals and aspirations. And why not? After all, your typical career girl is well educated, ambitious, informed and engaged. All seemingly good things, right? Sure … at least until you get married. Then, to put it bluntly, the more successful she is, the more likely she is to grow dissatisfied with you. Sound familiar?

NSE and COREN may not be exactly the kind of stuff u guys are asking of but pls try and register. Check google to find thier sites. They both have Liaison offices in Gwarinpa in Abuja, and NSE has a main office in Central Area near the Central Mosque in Abj.

Cheers!!