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{Forget all the rules for you think you know will help you look younger, scientists just found the ultimate secret to having a younger look.}

After studying 231 women of all ages, researchers found that women who avoided the sun’s rays looked up to 20 years younger than they actually are, Daily Mail reports.

According to the research presented during the American Academy of Dermatology’s annual conference, staying out of the sun or wearing sunscreen when staying out of the sun isn’t possible is the secret to having a younger look.

According to the researchers, other supposed rule for a youthful look like drinking water to sleeping well and exercising regularly failed to hold back the hands of time.

The researchers also found that low-level day to day exposure to the sun is more ageing than occasional, intense blasts.

The research was carried by Massachusetts General Hospital in the USA and commissioned by skincare firm, Olay.

{An engagement ring is a ring mostly worn by women indicating the person wearing the ring is engaged to be married.}

Here are 10 things you should know about engagement rings.

1. The engagement ring is typically worn on the fourth finger of the left hand because the Ancient Egyptian people believed that the fourth finger of the left hand contained a vein which led to the heart.

2. The most popular month for engagements is December with 16 percent of engagements taking place during the month of December.

3. The most popular day for engagements is Valentine’s Day with approximately 10 percent of engagements taking place on this day.

4. While many women have an input on their rings with 31 percent of couples shopping together for the ring, 35 percent of couples still prefer to go the traditional way where the bride has no idea what her ring will be.

5. The band of an engagement ring is the circular part of the ring that sits around the finger. The popular choice of band for engagement rings is white Gold followed by Platinum and yellow Gold.

6. When it comes to engagement rings, what matters to the groom is different from what matters to the bride. Grooms tend to care more about the quality of the stone while brides care more about the style.

7. The first recorded use of a diamond engagement ring occurred in 1477, when Archduke Maximilian of Austria gave Mary of Burgundy an engagement ring with hogback diamonds.

8. Diamonds are symbolic for making engagement rings because diamond is the hardest and most durable naturally occurring substance found on Earth, making it the perfect choice to represent enduring, everlasting love and the promise of forever.

9. The wedding ring is worn below the engagement ring because the wedding band should be closer to the heart.

10. Most ladies prefer the rock of their engagement ring to be made of diamond. So before shopping for that diamond engagement ring, you should understand that diamonds are measured by four C’s – Cut (sparkle), Clarity (the number of natural imperfections it has and how visible they are), Colour (how perfectly colourless the diamond is) and Carat (how much it weighs).

{When your man truly loves you, he won’t just say it but you would also know he loves you through his actions.}

There are certain things your man would do if he truly loves you, below are nine of them.

{{1. HE SEES EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU AS BEAUTIFUL}}

When your man truly loves you, he sees you as the most beautiful woman in the world. Everything about you becomes beautiful to him.

{{2. HE WILL MAKE AN EFFORT TO KEEP YOU}}

Making a relationship work requires an effort from both partners. If your man truly loves you, he would play his part in making the relationship work. He wouldn’t want to lose you and will show you that you are worth the effort.

{{3. HE WOULD NEVER LEAVE YOU IN THE DARK}}

A man who truly loves you knows the importance of communication in a relationship. He would communicate with you regularly and will never leave you in the dark.

{{4. HE APPRECIATES EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR HIM}}

A man who truly loves you will appreciate everything you do for him. He never takes anything you do for him for granted.

{{5. HE ALWAYS SUPPORTS YOU}}

A man who truly loves you will stay by your side when challenges and unexpected situations arise. Any man can be there for you when everything is rosy but only a man who truly loves you will stand by you when you go through rough times.

{{6. HE MAKES YOU FEEL SAFE AROUND HIM}}

When a man truly loves you, he will make you feel safe around him. He understands a woman wants to feel safe beside her man and he ensures you feel safe with him.

{{7. HE IS OPEN AND HONEST}}

A man who truly loves a woman will be open and honest with her. He is comfortable sharing his secrets with you because he knows they are safe with you.

{{8. HE SEES A FUTURE WITH YOU}}

A man who truly loves you will see a future with you. He will always include you when making plans for the future.

{{9. HE RESPECTS YOU}}

You can’t have love without respect; they go together. Where there is love, you will find respect too. A man who truly loves you will respect you. He will treat you the way he treats himself and will always consider you when making decisions that affect the both of you.

{Parents from Kayonza district are worried over the rate at which underage girls are getting impregnated before completing their studies despite the hardships parents go through to meet their school fees.}

Some of the parents from Mukarange sector told IGIHE that they sometimes sell parts of their lands, cows and other domestic animals to be able to pay secondary schools fees.

They say many girls between 16 and 20 years in Mukarange sector have got premature pregnancies while in school.

Gakwaya Alphone, one of the parents, says the circumstances under which his daughter causes him a lot of grief.

“I sold a cow when my daughter was studying in first year, or else she could not continue. When she got promoted to senior two, we sold all the produce to cover school fees. Instead of concentrating on her studies, she was impregnated in the second term. It pains,” he said.

Kamashara Annette also attests how her daughter was impregnated when she was in senior three.

“My daughter was impregnated after completing senor three. She sat for and passed the O level exams when she was pregnant. I was nearly cried when I remembered the land I so sold to cover school fees,” she laments.

Talking to IGIHE, the executive secretary of Mukarange sector, Murekezi Claude said they are going to investigate the cases and take action.

{Have you ever had difficulty dozing off at night? Do you wake up some mornings feeling really weird about yourself? Do you frequent the bathroom at night even when it’s not cold, and you’re not sick? Well, if you answered ‘yes’ to (any of) those questions, then, it’s probably because you may have violated some bedtime rules. Yea, i know it sounds funny, but it is true. Everything we do has rules — and bedtime is not an exception. Bedtime (sleep) should be a positive experience, not a bad one, so if you don’t get positivity out of it, it’s because you’re not doing something right.}

Now, let us see some of those things we need to avoid for a good night’s sleep.

{{1. DO NOT DRINK TOO MUCH WATER}}

Water is good for the body and all because of the many functions it performs, but if you must drink a lot of it, it just shouldn’t be before you go to sleep at night. Drinking too much water before you go to sleep would only make you visit the bathroom way too often at night, and of course that is not good because then, you wouldn’t be able to get enough sleep. So, if you must drink so much drink water, do that during the day.
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2. DO NOT WORK OUT (EXERCISE)}}

Exercising is great for healthy living, but just not ideal for one to do at night. Working out within 3 hours before sleep would cause your body temperature to shoot up significantly, and when that happens, it becomes difficult for one to doze off. So, you’ll only be making sleeping early very difficult for yourself when you go on to work out close to bedtime.

{{3. DO NOT ARGUE/ QUARREL}}

Quarrelling or having even a slight argument during bedtime can make sleeping easily a hard task. This is because the human brain is programmed not to fall asleep if it isn’t happy or if it feels threatened. So it’s useless trying to sleep after an argument, because it may not happen. Researchers also say that the body tends to preserve its emotions until the next day after an argument or an unpleasant experience, so even when you eventually sleep after an argument, it is very likely that you’ll wake up the next morning feeling bitter as a result of it, so it is better to avoid it entirely during bedtime.

{{4. AVOID WORKING}}

Doing any sort of work during bedtime would stress you out, and make it hard for you to doze off when it’s time for you to finally sleep. If you have any work to do, just make sure it’s done before bedtime.

So, guys. As you already know, sleep is very important, so don’t deny yourself of it for any reason. Avoid all the habits you have now read from this post that are preventing you from having a sound sleep, so you can continue to have a wonderful night rest.

{People feel that lies are the easy way out in a relationship; with lies, they believe they can get away with anything. But truth be told, lies are disrespectful to your partner and would kill the trust in your relationship.}

When you can’t tell your partner the truth then it shows that there’s something wrong with your relationship.

Whether it’s a major lie to cover up what you did or it’s a little white lie, it’s unhealthy for your relationship and below are some of those lies you just shouldn’t tell.

{{1. LIE OF YOUR LOCATION}}

This is a common lie many couples tell without minding. Some partners lie about where they are going to or where they have been and this is unfair. You might call it a little white lie, but in all honesty, this is deceit and misleading someone you ought to gain their trust.

{{2. LIES OF HOW YOU FEEL}}

Some partners lie about their feelings a lot. Telling a lie that you are sick to avoid being with your partner or going out with them is unfair; it’s better you tell the truth and let your partner know the real reason why you won’t oblige to their wish.

Secondly, the lie of claiming to be okay when you clearly aren’t. A lot of people tell this lie and it’s an unfair thing to do to your partner. You don’t expect your partner to be a mind reader and know what’s really wrong with you.

{{3. LIE OF BEING BUSY}}

Some people also tell their partner this cheap lie just to avoid being with them. So many people use this lie against their partners if they don’t want to do some tasks which they ought to. Your partner would feel used when he finds out that you weren’t really busy but you were trying to avoid a task.

{{4. FINANCIAL LIES}}

People tell their partners lies about their finances all the time. From how much they earn to certain expenses they procured and all manner of lies and tales about money. Money is a weighty subject and could cause big frictions when the truth finally comes out. When dealing with financial matters, try to be transparent and honest.

{{5. LIE OF WHOM YOU WERE WITH}}

Some people tell lies to their partner of whom they were with, so as to avoid misunderstanding. They lie about being with a male colleague when they were with a female, or lie about being with a friend when they aren’t. Such lies never do any good in the long run and are never healthy for your relationship.

{{6. I DON’T CARE}}

This is another common lie partners tell each other, probably during an argument. This lie is disrespectful and would surely hurt your partner’s feelings; it should be avoided at all costs.

Lies may look like they provide an easy way out, but in reality, they don’t; they only plant seeds of disharmony, distrust, poor communication and other things that would only harm your relationship.

{Some youth from Rusizi and Nyamasheke district of Western Province are said to be bribing local leaders to doctor their natural age upwards so they can get married.
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It is said that falsifying documents to increase their ages is done in collaboration with parents in case they think a teenage girl could be attracted to sexual relations that could make her a single mother. Young men to marry those young girls are also brought into the picture.

One resident from the area who talked to Radio Rwanda said; “Parents encourage girls to forge age, saying they are helping her getting married at an early age and avoid becoming a single mother,” he said.

“We know that they go to the sector to get their ages altered upwards,” said another resident.

Another young man from Rusizi district said “Sometimes a boy who impregnates an 18-year old girl helps her to alter her age so that they can marry to avoid the long arm of the law and cut-off other men who would take his lover.”

Ntivuguruzwa Gervais, the executive secretary responsible for marital status registration in Kamembe sector said that he has never seen anyone paying to get age alteration.

{The human race has come so far; it has advanced in everything it has laid its hands on, from technology to science, to medicine, to IT — just about everything concerning the human race has been greatly advanced, except love, one of man’s basic needs.
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These are some of those reasons relationships of today don’t last.

{{1. WE ARE AFTER LUST}}

Many people don’t seek love anymore; many unconsciously seek lust with the mindset that they are after love. Relationships these days are mostly born out of lustful desires, making it almost impossible for it to survive in the long run.

{{2. WE ARE LAZY}}

Modern life has made us lazy; we seek shortcuts in almost everything we do. Technological advancement has made things very easy for us, and so we are used to having things easy. Unfortunately, there is no easy way out in relationships; you work every day to keep the fire burning and the moment you stop adding fuel to that relationship, it starts declining gradually.

{{3. IT’S ALL ABOUT SELF}}

From historical stories, I think previous eras were more selfless than us. In this modern era, everyone is on the move to take first place in a race that somehow never finishes. We bring this selfish attitude to our relationships, making it bound to fail from the onset.

{{4. WE ENTER RELATIONSHIPS FOR COMPANIONSHIP}}

Many people unconsciously seek relationship, not in search of love but companionship. Companionship is a good thing, but it shouldn’t take the place of love. A relationship built solely on the need to have a companion would never last.

{{5. FEAR}}

Fear has also played a factor in making relationships harder than it ought to be. We are scared of commitment, we are scared of falling in love, we are scared of being heartbroken, we are scared of not being loved. We are scared of everything regarding love; so how then can we love?

{{6. NO VALUE}}

Relationships these days no longer have value; people don’t value the fact that they have someone in their lives. When you cheat on your partner, it shows a lack of value; also, when you abuse your partner or take their love for granted, or put yourself first always. In many things we do, it shows that we don’t really value our relationships.

{{7. WE ARE NOT READY FOR SACRIFICE}}

A healthy relationship is built on sacrifice — couples not only loving each other, but treating each other right and never taking each other for granted. But we are too self-conscious to sacrifice for our partners. We want to have success without sacrificing — and it’s never possible. Just as every technological advancement was a sacrifice of a person or group of people, likewise relationships — it needs sacrifice to succeed.

Relationships these days don’t last and that’s more than a fact.