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WHO? In the mid-aughts, Mike Jones showed all the promise in the world —"281-330-8004 / Hit Mike Jones up on the low." He was on fire and destined for greatness ("Back then they didn't want me / Now I'm hot, they all on me". Then he hit the gym.

There's a story in the Bible about a guy
named Samson, a very strong man with very long hair that had never been cut— and when it finally did get chopped off, he lost all his strength. It's the same thing with fat rappers.

A big belly is to a hip-hop star what long,
flowing locks were to people in the Old
Testament, apparently. Thus, when a good emcee who happens to be fat loses weight, he stops being good. By dropping pounds, they somehow stop dropping hits. Think about it. When was the last time you were excited about a Rick Ross album? He put out two last year. TWO!

Neither were very memorable Meanwhile, the guy is disappearing before our very eyes. Shout-out to all the pear, but they're seriously endangering his legacy.

The strength of once-obese rappers lies in the weight they shed. Perhaps their size gave them some sort of don't-give- a-Bleep attitude that fades away when they get healthy. There's another side to it, too:

Think of all the fat rappers out there still doing their thing and doing it well. Have guys like Bun B or Big Boi or Twista gone downhill? Nope. Neither have their waistlines. Action Bronson is fat and happy; Fat Trel is living up to his name, too. love-vendor C, Big Pun, Big Hawk, Fat Pat, Biggie Smalls ... they all died fat, and they all died at or near the top of their games (RIP).

Meanwhile, there are several current rappers who got swole and then got terrible. Let me explain.

Mike Jones:

Tim Krul today...

Somehow... you've been able to convince me of snow's reappearance.

The latest Bond movie is out in November
(CNN)—Don't start celebrating the
first black James Bond just yet.

According to The Guardian, British
"Selma" star David Oyelowo says he's
been picked to portray Bond and other
characters in the audiobook version of
the upcoming novel "Trigger Mortis."

The book was written by Anthony Horowitz and approved by Bond creator Ian Fleming's estate. Oyelowo says he also got the stamp of approval. "I was asked specifically by the Fleming estate, which is really special," he told The Guardian.

Many fans have expressed a desire to see British actor Idris Elba as the first black big-screen Bond. But Oyelowo won't even be the first black Bond on audiobook; Hugh Quarshie starred as the secret agent in 2012 for the audiobook version of "Dr. No."

Daniel Craig stars as superspy 007 in the movie franchise and will next be seen in "Spectre," which hits theaters November 6

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/08/13/entertainment/david-oyelowo-james-bond-feat/

2 over 2...

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GOD of mercy. This is so so sad. R.I.P to the dead.

INTROVERT:
If you see the way I when Jon snow died ehn..

I get you, though we hope he makes it back...

Jon Snow alive or dead on Game of
Thrones? It’s been over a week since the
GoT Season 5 finale, and fans are still
convinced that Jon Snow didn’t die despite
the stabbing by the Night’s Watch. Emilia
Clarke may agree.

Clarke explained that she didn’t know
about Jon Snow’s death until she read the
scripts because producers know she can’t
lie well. “I read the scripts and I cried,” she
said. “I took Kit out for in numerous drinks
and I was like, ‘what the? What the? You’re
leaving me? You’re abandoning us?’”
But Clarke didn’t give any spoilers away
for Season 6 of GoT. “I can, with all
honesty, say I have no idea what’s
happening,” Clarke said.

Clarke thinks that there’s a 50-percent
chance that predictions and theories that
Jon Snow could return on Season 6 of
GoT are correct.

“I don’t know! I really don’t know. I mean
if I had to bet, I would say it’s a 50/50
chance. There’s some helpful people there
who could bring him back to life, but if it
means that I’m that much closer to getting
the throne then, hey okay,” Clarke said.

Kit Harington and the Game of Thrones
producers and directors have said in no
uncertain terms that Jon Snow is definitely
dead. “He’s now deader than dead,” David
Nutter said.

So if Clarke is right and there is a chance
that Jon Snow could return to Game of
Thrones, what do theories and predictions
say will happen?

Well, some theories have said that Jon
Snow could warg into Ghost. But at this
point, that seems less likely since we
didn’t see Ghost in “Mother’s Mercy.”

The most popular Season 6 predictions
are that Melisandre, who coincidentally
returned to Castle Black right before Jon
Snow’s death, will resurrect him.
Even Carice Van Houten has given hints
about Jon Snow’s death. She said that
Season 6 will have something “quite
spectacular … which I really can’t say
anything about.”
“You feel that she is concentrating more
and more towards Jon Snow,” she said of
Melisandre’s return to Castle Black.
“There are slight hints that something’s
going to happen.”

There are also predictions that the Night’s
King will bring Jon Snow back and that Jon
Snow will join the White Walkers and will
eventually fight Daenerys.

Finally, there are theories that the Night’s
Watch will burn Jon Snow’s body so he
won’t become a wight. Since predictions
say Jon Snow is Lyanna Stark and Rhaegar
Targaryen’s son, he’s technically a
Targaryen.

In Season 1, Daenerys used some blood
magic, went into a fire and came out
reborn. Since Melisandre is right there,
there are theories that the same thing will happen to Jon Snow and he will come out of the fire a Targaryen.

http://www.hollywoodtake.com/jon-snow-alive-or-dead-season-6-predictions-and-theories-say-kit-haringtons-game-thrones-85952

'Game of Thrones' fans are incredibly
angry about Jon Snow's death, Sansa
Stark's rape and Cersei Lannister's
Walk of Shame. Threatening to stop
watching, 'GoT' fans have had
incredibly emotional reactions to the
Season 5 finale 'Mother's Mercy.' Do
you agree?

Between Jon Snow's shocking
death, Sansa Stark's rape and Cersei
Lannister's Walk of Shame GoT Season 5
kept us on the edge of our seats. But
frustrated Game of Thrones fans say HBO
simply went too far.

Some GoT fans also claim that Season 5
was a weaker season. The New York
Times even called Game of Thrones “the
Lost of its television generation,” because
it’s a “wildly popular show that seems to
have lost its way, and to be losing faith
with a growing number of its viewers.”

Wait, what? We do not agree with that.
So why are so many Game of Thrones
fans angry? Besides for Jon Snow's death and Sansa Stark's rape, Game of Thrones fans contend Season 5 seemed rushed. For example, the Sand Snakes and the entire storyline in Dorne were not developed.

Then, of course, there’s the fact that Game of Thrones has totally deviated from the books. Sansa, for example, isn’t the one who ends up with Ramsay.

But let's be honest: Any time a movie or
TV show deviates from books loyal
readers get upset. There are huge
advantages to TV and movies because of the great power of cinematography and special effects. But a passionate reader can get frustrated when he pictured a scene one way and it turns out another way.
RELATED: Will 'GoT' Questions Be
Answered During Season 6?

One of the biggest sources of contention
right now among Game of Thrones fans is Jon Snow's last scene. Jon Snow may or may not be dead in the books. But Kit
Harington has said in no uncertain terms that he's not coming back.

Of course, there have been many
shocking GoT moments that made fans
angry over the years. Fans were outraged by Sansa’s storyline this season. Then there was Cersei and Jaime’s rape scene by Joffrey’s body last season.

Many fans have thought that GoT went too far in the past, but the Season 5 finale went
overboard.

http://www.hollywoodtake.com/game-thrones-fans-angry-jon-snows-death-sansas-rape-and-cerseis-walk-shame-upset-fans-85718

You may have noticed that when
your dog hears a strange sound or
when you ask him if he'd like to go
for a walk, he cocks his head to the
side.

The adorable move seems to say,
"I'm listening," but what's really going
on when dogs' heads tilt in response
to a sound?

Here are a few possible
explanations trying to hear better.

Dogs have movable earflaps that
help them locate the source of a
sound, but they also have brains that
can compute time differences
between the sound reaching each
ear. A slight change in a dog's head
position supplies additional
information that the canine can use
to judge a sound's distance.

Essentially, tilting the head can help
the animal more accurately locate
the location and distance of a sound.

They're trying to understand us
According to Steven R. Lindsay's
"Handbook of Applied Dog Behavior
and Training," when a dog listens to
your voice, he's trying to identify
familiar words or tones that he
associates with a reward, such as
going on a walk or receiving a treat.

The muscles of a dog's middle ear
are controlled by a part of the brain
that's also responsible for facial
expressions and head movements,
so when a canine tilts his head, he's
trying to perceive what you're saying,
as well as communicate to you that
he's listening.

They can't see our faces easily
In an effort to understand us, dogs
not only use our words and inflection,
but also facial expressions, body
language and eye movements.

Because of this, it's important for
them to see our faces, so Dr. Stanley
Corren reasons that when dogs cock
their heads they're trying to see us
better.

He says that dogs with longer
muzzles have difficulty viewing a
person's entire face and compares it
to how our vision is obstructed if we
hold a fist to our nose and view the
world as a dog does.

Corren suggests that dogs may tilt
their heads to view a speaker's
mouth and aid in understanding what
is being communicated.

He hypothesized that dogs with
flatter faces, such as pugs, Boston
terriers and Pekingese, might tilt
their heads less because they don't
have to compensate for prominent
muzzles.

Corren conducted an Internet survey
to test his theory. Out of 582
participants, 186 had dogs with
flatter heads. Seventy-one percent of
the people with large-muzzle dogs
reported that their dogs often tilted
their heads when spoken to, while 52
percent with flat-faced dogs reported
frequent head cocking.

We've taught them to do it
When dogs tilt their heads when we
speak, it's undeniably cute — just
check out the video below — and we
have a tendency to respond to the
behavior with positive reinforcement.
Perhaps we say "aww" in a pleasing
tone of voice or offer the dog a treat.

Reacting in such a way encourages
the activity, and the more a dog is
praised for cocking its head, the
more likely he is to repeat the
gesture in the future.

http://www.mnn.com/family/pets/stories/why-do-dogs-tilt-their-heads-when-we-speak

Image: Roen Kelly/Discover

It's a question we often ponder,
especially as we age: How many
years do I have left? Well, thanks to
Brazilian physician Claudio Gil
Araujo, there's now a simple test you
can perform right at home, in just a
few seconds, that could predict how
many years you have left to live,
according to Discover.

Araujo came up with the test after
noticing that many of his patients,
especially older ones, often have
difficulty with simple feats of balance
and strength, such as picking up
something off the floor or getting up
out of a chair. Since balance and
conditioning problems are known to
increase the risk of dangerous falls
and accidents (and can also harm
cardiovascular health), he wondered
if a patient's flexibility, balance and
strength could be used as a measure
of life expectancy.

His idea was that patients might be
more motivated to get in better
shape if they had a more tangible
way of conceptualizing how their
overall health was being affected by
their conditioning. If a patient is
simply told to get in shape, they're
not likely to change their behavior.

But if they're told "if you don't get
into better shape, you could be dead
in five years," they're apt to take
notice.

Of course, the test also needed to be
simple. If it required expensive
equipment or measuring devices, the
test probably wouldn't be accessible
to many people. So Araujo and
colleagues developed the sitting-rise
test, or SRT. It requires no equipment
whatsoever and can be performed in
seconds.

In fact, you can grab a friend try the
test out yourself right now. It's
recommended that you wear loose
or comfortable clothing. Begin by
standing upright in the middle of a
room. Without using your arms or
hands for leverage, carefully squat
into a cross-legged sitting position.

Once you're comfortable, attempt to
stand back up from the sitting
position — again, without using your
arms for help. A simple illustration
(above), provided by Discover, can
help you to visualize the steps.

The test is scored on a point scale
between 1 and 10 (5 points for
sitting, 5 more points for standing
back up). Each time you use an arm
or knee for help in balancing during
the test, you subtract one point from
10 possible points. Half a point is
subtracted each time you lose
balance, or when the fluidity of the
feat becomes clumsy.

It seems like a pretty rudimentary
test of conditioning, but Araujo found
that it could predict life expectancy
with alarming accuracy. He tested it
on more than 2,000 of his patients
aged 51 to 80, and found that people
who scored less than 8 points on the
test were twice as likely to die within
the next six years. Those who scored
three points or less were five times
more likely to die within that same
time period. Overall, each point
achieved in the test accounted for a
21-percent decrease in mortality.

Araujo's study was only performed
on patients older than 50, so the
results won't mean the same thing
for younger individuals taking the
test. But regardless of your age, the
test should provide a useful
benchmark for your overall health. If
you're younger than 50 and have
trouble with the test, it ought to be a
wake-up call. The good news is that
the younger you are, the more time
you have to get into better shape.

http://www.mnn.com/health/fitness-well-being/stories/this-simple-sitting-test-could-predict-how-long-you-will-live

Photo: Courtesy of Nickolay Lamm

The future is always unknown,
especially the distant future, but that
shouldn’t stop us from making
educated guesses. That’s exactly
what artist and researcher Nickolay
Lamm did with help from Dr. Alan
Kwan, who has a doctorate in
computational genomics from
Washington University. Their starting
point was the question: “What do you
think the human face might look like
in 100,000 years and why?”

From there, they reasoned out how
humanity with advanced genetic
engineering technology might reshape itself over time, taking over
the role played by natural selection so far. Lamm then created a series of
images of what he thinks the human
face might look like 20,000 years, 60,000 years and 100,000 years in the future (Note: He said that we shouldn’t read too much into the fact
that the man and woman are Caucasian because those were just the best models he could find).


The first image is an unmodified photo of a man and woman from the present. Nothing special.

The second image shows some changes, but they are not too major yet. Heads are a bit bigger to accommodate larger brains, and those yellow rings
that you see in the models’ eyes are
special lenses that act kind of like Google Glass does today, but in a much more powerful way.

In the 60,000 years image, we’re starting to see some major changes.
Heads are even larger, but the eyes have grown too. Lamm speculates that this would be a result of human
colonization of the solar system, with
people living farther away from the sun where there is less light. Skin
pigmentation would change and our
eyelids would become thicker to offer more protection against UV rays for those living outside of the Earth’s
protective ozone layer.

100,000 years! Here Lamm predicts big changes, the most notable of which is the big Japanese Manga- style eyes that may feature “eye- shine enhance low-light vision and even a sideways blink from re constituted plica semilunaris” to offer extra protection against cosmic rays.
These futuristic faces follow the golden ratio proportions and are perfectly symmetrical from left to right, and have larger nostrils to make breathing in off-planet environments easier, as well as denser hair to contain heat loss from their even larger heads. Various implants might allow the man and woman of the future to always be
connected, but these would be subtle
and almost invisible.

Now remember, Nickolay Lamm and
Dr. Kwan stress that this is not a
prediction, but rather speculation
(“one possible timeline”), and that it
is impossible to know for sure what the future holds. This is just their answer to the question “What do you think the human face might look like in 100,000 years and why?” There are, without a doubt, many other answers, some of which might seem more plausible. But it’s interesting food for thought.

Personally, if I had to criticize this project, I would say that the timeline is probably too long. We’re already starting to have the ability to modify
ourselves, so if we ever decide to do so (it’s probably a question of “when” rather than “if”), it probably won’t take thousands of years. Just in the past 100 years, we've gone from barely having mastered powered flight with the Wright Brothers to landing space probes on almost all planets and moons of the solar system, from Morse code telegraphs to a worldwide communication network made up of billions of electronic devices, each of which is more powerful than the supercomputers of a few decades ago. So technological and scientific progress is really fast and it’s accelerating. The human race’s capabilities in 50 years should be even more impressive to us today than today’s tech would be for someone from 50 years ago — and that’s saying something.

My own speculation on how humans
might modify themselves over time would probably go into a different
direction than Lamm’s — and wouldn’t result in very striking images because I think most changes wouldn’t be visible. For example, if we successfully cure the diseases of
aging (the SENS Research Foundation is working on this, for example), we would look the same, except that people would keep their young adult bodies, and you might not be able to superficially tell the difference between someone who is 30 and someone who is 60 years old. Maybe we’ll upgrade the human eye to give ourselves piercing hawk-like vision and awesome low-light capabilities, but that eye 2.0 might not look different from the outside. Same if we improve our red blood cells so they can carry 10 times more oxygen, our livers to better eliminate toxins or our metabolisms to maintain a healthy weight whatever we do. All these changes would be huge for humanity, yet they might not be visible in a photograph.

But all that is just speculation, one of
many possible futures. The bottom line is we can all have an impact on how the future turns out, so let’s make it a good one.

Image: 1 - Today

Image: 2 - 20,000 years

Image: 3 - 60,000 years

Image: 4 - 100,000 years

http://www.mnn.com/green-tech/research-innovations/stories/what-will-humans-look-like-in-100000-years

Sky sources :

understand
John Obi Mikel wants to leave
Chelsea after
failing to hold
down a regular
starting place
last season.

It is understood
the Nigeria
international,
who started 18
league games
in the
Londoners'
championship-
winning
campaign, has
been told he
remains part of
manager Jose
Mourinho's
future plans.

Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates are
reportedly interested in signing Mikel, but
there has been no comment from Chelsea
who refuse to be drawn on speculation
over any of their players.

The 28-year-old, who has been capped 64
times by his country, has made 224
appearances since moving to Stamford
Bridge in the summer of 2006.

Mikel's first-team action has been limited
recently due to the form of Nemanja Matic
and Cesc Fabregas who played leading
roles in Chelsea securing their first
Premier League title in five years last
season.

And the emergence of youngster Ruben
Loftus-Cheek, who is highly-rated by
Mourinho, has also seen Mikel drop down
the pecking order at Stamford Bridge.

http://www.mychelseafc.com/prev_news/14_news/jun15_news/jun23-2.htm

Nice move Oga Ben. Understandably, he's one way or the other trying to *make common sense*

Imagine this kind Presido o? Common will you announce that thing fast before people curse you dye? Yeye fowl...

Wife of the President, Aisha Buhari,
has warned that anyone who
demands $50,000 to enable him see
her or her husband should be
disregarded.

Speaking at an appreciation dinner
she hosted for women and youths at
the Banquet Hall of the Presidential
Villa on Saturday, she said whoever
demands money to facilitates his or
her seeing her or her husband was
neither working for the President
nor the All Progressives Congress,
APC.

She said: “I will like to inform you
that in the past regime, whether it is
true or false, only God knows. Some
people were going round, parading
themselves as personal assistants. If
you wanted to see the First Lady,
you will pay $30,000 or $50,000;
and if you are seeing the President,
you will pay all that you have
gathered in your lifetime.

“This will not happen in our regime. Whoever asks you to give a single penny in the name of coming to see
the President or his wife is not our staff. He is not an APC member; it is a lie. Don’t be deceived.”

She stated that there was nothing people did not say about the past
administration, stressing that it was not former President Goodluck Jonathan that was not good but the people around him.

The President’s wife said the people
that are going to be around her husband have to be very careful
because the election ended peacefully.

“We are praying and hoping that people around him should know that it took him 12 years to get to that position and they must know that they are coming to serve the masses, not President Muhammadu
Buhari in person.

“It is the people that are around him that will determine the political health of our state.

“I am so delighted to stand before you today as the wife of a former Head of State and today being called the wife of the President. It was such a long journey and we thank God it
ended this way; we really thank God.

“I want to thank all Nigerian women and youths for the crucial roles they
played towards the success of the last elections. I am very much aware of your steadfastness during the election campaigns up till the elections proper,” she said.

She explained that in line with the philosophy of her husband, the administration would be open to all
Nigerians.

While noting the challenges faced by the country in the areas of security,
unemployment and corruption, she said the responsibility to solve the problems should not be left for the government alone.

Mrs. Buhari also used the occasion to explain that her husband never put her in purdah.

She urged Nigerians to come up with
practical solutions, collectively and
individually, that would facilitate answers to the ills of the society, especially women issues.

“Even, by the recent campaigns, it was Bola Ahmed Tinubu who insisted that I should come out and support my husband. Not that I never liked supporting my husband but it all depended on the people around him. And now, it is the people around him that said they wanted me to participate; we did and we have seen the difference.

“My husband is a gender- sensitive being, having so many girls as his own biological children and then having me as his wife. Then, you can see the generation gap. He allowed me to go to school. To cut the story short, he is the pillar of my success.

“The women of Nigeria are not asking for equal representation but a fair representation.

“As you are all aware, they were the
major voters; we constitute more than 50 per cent and in the end, we found out that the number of female legislators that we used to have declined. I do not think this is fair to women. We feel we are not adequately represented.

“We should now make it as a mission in the next four years, to fight for fair representation of women in both leadership and decision-making bodies,” she said.

She also spoke on the high rate of divorce in the North, widowhood in the South and female students’ harassment in higher institutions, demanding that something be done
to solve the problems.

http://igberetv.com/dont-pay-50000-to-see-me-or-my-husband-first-lady-warns/

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Wild animals including lions, tigers, bears,
jaguars, wolves and other animals
escaped from their zoo this morning after
serious flood and are currently roaming
the streets of Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia
(a country at the intersection of Europe
and Asia). According to officials in the city
capital, the flooding has killed at least 8
people and several animals in the zoo
died. The ones that didn't die in the flood,
which happened after a river burst its
banks in central Tbilisi after hours of
torrential rain, are now roaming the
streets. Dozens of families are now
without shelter after their homes were
flooded and cars swept away. Thousands
of people are currently left without water
and electricity.
Some of the animals that escaped from
their enclosure have been captured by
security forces while the more dangerous
one have been shot dead. See some
photos after the cut...


http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-33125879

Coach wondering WHY match ended with stipulated extra time denied.

Safi & Wafi would be the last towns to do away with Ogofi, i promise you...

...return of the Mark...

Yeye fowl...

Suicidal no doubt...

GEJ sacks MD of Nigerian Ports Authority, appoints Sanusi Lamido Ado Bayero as new MD:

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/npa-boss-sacked-nimasa-gets-eds/120869/

http://lindaikeji..com/2015/04/gej-sacks-md-of-nigerian-ports.html?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed

True story, nice place to be though.

Mad love for you guys... no time.

Pictures coming up in no time... hence present are Nairalanders such as #Don Mayor #Fat Tonye #Okpos baba #Knick #Andy #Bisi #Alen and the celebrant, the one and only #Olatunji... much congrats and respect.