Saturday, 22 March 2014
Friday, 21 March 2014
Jim Iyke Proposes To Nadia Buari On His Reality Show
Jim Iyke Proposes To Nadia Buari On His Reality Show
According to Jim, he designed the ring he presented to Nadia in different countries including Sierra Leone, Ghana, Liberia and London.
Thursday, 20 March 2014
PHOTOS AND VIDEO: Countess Vaughn... The Horrific Dangers Of Lace Front Wigs
If you watched sitcoms during the 90s, then you’d be familiar with actress Countess Vaughn. She was the funny girl on “Moesha”, then landed her own spin-off show “The Parkers”, and then did a brief stint on the VH1 weight loss reality show, “Celebrity Fit Club.” The actress recently appeared on “The Doctors” where she revealed the horrors of lace front wigs and what they did to her hair and scalp.
After a five-year long love affair with the hair pieces that require constant application of wig glue to stay in place, Countess realized that she had developed a severe scalp infection. But because she couldn’t accept that a wig could be causing such damage, the actress let the oozing and hair loss that resulted from the infection go on for six months before consulting a dermatologist.
“The red flag was the oozing from my ears, from my forehead, the whole nape around my head. The puss, that horrible smell, it was painful. I let this go by for six months,” she explained on the show. Little did she know, Countess had a severe reaction to the glue that she used to apply the wig. The reaction resulted in severe pain, massive hair loss and skin discoloration. The skin around her ears even fell off.
Some women wear lace front wigs for the simple convenience of shielding their own hair from damage and changing up their style. Others use these wigs to conceal severe hair loss from illness, such as cancer or even stress. Lace front wigs became popular when women saw how versatile and natural-looking the appearance of the scalp looked. Using tape or glue to hold the wig in place is common, however, those can be very damaging to the scalp and hair if used consistently. Countess struggled with self-esteem issues and used this experience to instil self-confidence in her daughter.
“I was embarrassed, you have to be at home, and be bald,” Countess said while holding back tears. “I had to go through this to teach my little one that you have to love yourself before anyone else will.”
See full video below.
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39 Yr Mum dies after injecting Vaseline into her BOOBS to make them bigger
Sonia Perez Llanzon was admitted to hospital with breathing problems following the dangerous procedure and suffered a fatal blood clot
Fatal procedure: Sonia Perez Llanzon died in hospital in Argentina after injecting Vaseline into her breasts to make them bigger
A mum has died in hospital in Argentina after injecting Vaseline into her breasts to make them bigger.
Amateur athlete Sonia Perez Llanzon, 39, suffered a fatal blood clot in her lung a month after being admitted to hospital with breathing problems following the dangerous procedure.
Police cadet son Kevin Berazategui, 20, wrote on his Facebook page: "I will love you for ever.
"The 20 years I spent by your side were beautiful."
Julio Pla, Head of Surgery at Lucio Molas Hospital in Santa Rosa, 350 miles south west of Buenos Aires, said: "The dead woman arrived at hospital with injuries to her breasts.
"She denied everything at first but then confessed she had injected Vaseline into them.
"I've never seen a case like this. The human body has antibodies to remove bacteria and viruses but it hasn't got any mechanisms against this type of product.
"Other people using vaseline like this are putting themselves in danger."
"Obsessed with appearance": A friend said Sonia Perez Llanzon had previously suffered sunbathing burns
Local media reported Sonia, a respected runner and keen boxer, had suffered third degree burns last year while sunbathing.
An unnamed friend said: "She was obsessed with her appearance."
Doctors have warned in the past about increasing numbers of men injecting themselves with Vaseline, which contains petroleum, to increase the size of their penises.
Injuries consists of severe deformations caused by tissue damage and erectile dysfunction.
#mirror.co.uk
New craze of "Sellotape selfies" hits online as people wrap their faces with clear tape for grotesque photos
A hilarious Facebook craze .... "Sellotape selfies", where people upload their grotesque sellotaped selfies on Facebook and nominate a friend to take part in the embarrassing challenge
Thousands of people have been wrapping clear tape around their face to achieve grotesque looks.
They then upload these photos on Facebook and nominate a friend to take part in the embarrassing challenge.
The craze went viral with more than 50,000 people 'liking' the Sellotape Selfie page in the first 24 hours after the launch on Wednesday.
Two objects spotted in the southern Indian Ocean may be debris from the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (CNN) - Two objects spotted in the southern Indian Ocean may be debris from the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, Australian authorities said Thursday, fueling hopes of a breakthrough in an international search of unprecedented scale.
The objects are indistinct but of "reasonable size," with the largest about 24 meters (79 feet) across, said John Young, general manager of emergency response for the Australian Maritime Safety Authority.
They appear to be "awash with water and bobbing up and down" in an area 2,500 kilometers (1,500 miles) southwest of Australia's west coast, he said.
"If that piece of the plane is that big, maybe it's the tail section" said David Gallo, one of the leader of the search for Air France Flight 447, which crashed in the Atlantic Ocean in 2009. But he warned that the size gave him a degree of concern.
"It's a big piece of aircraft to have survived something like this," he said.
The tail height of a Boeing 777, the model of the missing Malaysian plane, is 60 feet.
The announcement raised the prospect of finding parts of the plane amid a huge search that is now in its 13th day. The plane vanished over Southeast Asia on March 8, and previous reports of debris found in the sea have turned out to be red herrings.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott first announced the discovery to the House of Representatives in Canberra on Thursday. Australian search teams have been at the forefront of the hunt for the missing plane in the remote southern Indian Ocean.
"There have been so many false leads and so many starts and changes and then backtracking in the investigation," said Mary Schiavo, a CNN aviation analyst and former inspector general for the U.S. Department of Transportation. "He wouldn't have come forward and said if they weren't fairly certain."
But officials cautioned that there were no guarantees that the objects now being investigated would prove to be from the missing plane.
The objects are indistinct but of "reasonable size," with the largest about 24 meters (79 feet) across, said John Young, general manager of emergency response for the Australian Maritime Safety Authority.
They appear to be "awash with water and bobbing up and down" in an area 2,500 kilometers (1,500 miles) southwest of Australia's west coast, he said.
"If that piece of the plane is that big, maybe it's the tail section" said David Gallo, one of the leader of the search for Air France Flight 447, which crashed in the Atlantic Ocean in 2009. But he warned that the size gave him a degree of concern.
"It's a big piece of aircraft to have survived something like this," he said.
The tail height of a Boeing 777, the model of the missing Malaysian plane, is 60 feet.
The announcement raised the prospect of finding parts of the plane amid a huge search that is now in its 13th day. The plane vanished over Southeast Asia on March 8, and previous reports of debris found in the sea have turned out to be red herrings.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott first announced the discovery to the House of Representatives in Canberra on Thursday. Australian search teams have been at the forefront of the hunt for the missing plane in the remote southern Indian Ocean.
"There have been so many false leads and so many starts and changes and then backtracking in the investigation," said Mary Schiavo, a CNN aviation analyst and former inspector general for the U.S. Department of Transportation. "He wouldn't have come forward and said if they weren't fairly certain."
But officials cautioned that there were no guarantees that the objects now being investigated would prove to be from the missing plane.
Osama bin Laden's son-in-law, Suleiman Abu Ghaith, has unexpectedly testified at his trial on terrorism-related charges
Bin Laden son-in-law unexpectedly testifies
Abu Ghaith, 48, is one of the highest profile people with purported links to al-Qaeda to be tried in a US civilian court, Reuters news agency reported.
Prosecutors in federal court in New York have accused him of serving as a spokesman and recruiter for al-Qaeda and of knowing about planned attacks against Americans, accusations he denied on Wednesday.
Abu Ghaith's decision to testify came a day after US District Judge Lewis Kaplan ruled that jurors would not hear testimony from Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the accused mastermind of the September 11 attacks.
Mohammed is being held at the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Abu Ghaith said on Wednesday that he met Mohammed while in Afghanistan but that they did not discuss any planned attacks.
Under questioning from his lawyer, Stanley Cohen, Abu Ghaith on Wednesday described meeting Osama bin Laden, a founder of al-Qaeda, in Afghanistan just hours after the hijacked plane attacks of September 11, 2001, which killed about 3,000 people.
After driving several hours into the mountains, Abu Ghaith said that he had met bin Laden and several of his lieutenants,
including Ayman al-Zawahiri, the Egyptian now considered al-Qaeda's leader, inside a cave.
Bin Laden was killed in May 2011 by US forces at his hideout in Pakistan.
Abu Ghaith testified that bin Laden asked him if he had heard about the attacks but he said he first learned about the attacks from news reports.
"We are the ones who did it," bin Laden said, according to Abu Ghaith. "What do you expect to happen?"
Oppression of Muslims
Abu Ghaith, who was speaking through an interpreter, said he predicted that the United States would not rest until it had accomplished two things: killing bin Laden, and toppling the Taliban government in Afghanistan.
"He said, 'You are being too pessimistic'" Abu Ghaith told jurors.
He acknowledged making several videos at bin Laden's request, including one in which he warned that a "storm of airplanes" was coming, but denied that he had any advance knowledge of other plots, such as the shoe bomb that Briton Richard Reid attempted to detonate aboard an airplane in 2002.
Instead, he said, bin Laden asked him to deliver a "message to the world" in his role as a speaker and an Imam.
His speeches were based on talking points that bin Laden gave him, he said.
He also claimed that some videos were an attempt to counter the propaganda against Muslims from the United States.
"My intention was not to recruit anyone," he said. "My intention was to deliver a message, a message I believed in, that oppression, if it befalls any nation, any people, any category of people, that category must revolt.
"What happened was a natural result of the oppression that befell Muslims."
Abu Ghaith also said he had never became a member of al-Qaeda.
#aljazeera
Monday, 17 March 2014
PHOTOS: 10 most spectacular university buildings in the world
Hamburg-based architectural data company Emporis recently released a report on what it's calling "the world's most spectacular university buildings." See photos below:
The library is part of the Rost- und Silberlaube complex at Freie Universitat Berlin. Even though it appears to be part of the existing buildings, the library was conceived as a single building. There's enough space for 800,000 books. Architects: Foster + Partners.
When completed, the building was the seventh tallest skyscraper in the world, and the tallest outside New York. The Russian university in its entirety covers more than 1.6 square kilometers. Architects: Lev Vladimirovitch Rudnev.
Bradfield Hall at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, was named for Richard Bradfield, Professor Emeritus, who was head of the Cornell Agronomy Department between 1937 and 1955. The building was designed without windows on the first 10 floors since most laboratories are climate-controlled. Architects: Ulrich Franzen & Associates
The whole Campus consists of two buildings and houses the faculties of Law and Political Science at Universita Degli Studi Di Torino in Italy. The Campus is also designed to house 5,000 students. Architects: Foster + Partners.
The building won the "RIBA Award" in 2004, and the "Building of the Year Award -- Royal Fine Arts Commission Trust -- Jeu D'Esprit" in 2005. The building acts as a gateway to the London Metropolitan University on Holloway Road. Architects: Daniel Libeskind.
The building has been nicknamed "The Giant Cocoon." Home to three different educational institutions in Tokyo (including a fashion school and a medical college), it's the second-tallest educational building in the world, surpassed only by Lomonosov Moscow State University Main Building. Architects: Tange Associates.
In 2012, the building was assigned a BEAM Platinum sustainability rating. The building houses the School of Creative Media at City University of Hong Kong. Architects: Daniel Libeskind.
At Toronto's OCAD University, the Sharp Centre for Design is perched 26 meters above the ground on 12 stilts representing giant pencils. Five legs out of the six multi-colored pairs are painted black to give an illusion of slenderness, especially at night when the black legs seem to disappear. Architects: Alsop Architects, Robbie/Young + Wright Architects.
RMIT University in Melbourne invested a total of $600 million in this building and the new RMIT Design Hub. The building has a five-star Green Star rating from the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA). Architects: Lyons Architects.
At Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, this building is designed in a neo-Flemish Renaissance style. During World War II the building and its 900,000 books were destroyed. It was rebuilt according to the original design of architect Whitney Warren. Architects: Warren & Wetmore.
Are these Britain's most pampered children? .....Toddlers lavished with £45,000 of designer clothes and toys
- Scarlett, two, and Savannah, one, stay in luxury hotels around the world
- Scarlett refuses to wear high street clothes and loves her mother's heels
- Their bedroom cost £6,500 to furnish
- Mother Faye says: 'I can't justify not getting them the best'
These adorable toddlers may be two of the most pampered infants in Britain.
Scarlett Jacobs, two, and sister Savannah, one, have already been lavished with £45,000 worth of designer clothes, expensive toys and lucrative holidays.
Mother Faye Jacobs has splashed out £7,000 on an extravagant designer wardrobe including labels like Diesel and Ralph Lauren.
And according to the 30-year-old, oldest daughter Scarlett is already a fashion snob who puts even Suri Cruise to shame.
The style conscious two-year-old turns her nose up at Primark clothes and is happiest when riding in style in father Paul’s Porsche.
Faye invests in quality for Scarlett and her sister Savannah, one, and wouldn’t dream of buying ‘cheap’ shoes from Next or M&S.
Instead their dainty feet are clad in Hunter wellies, Ugg boots or pricy Russell and Bromley numbers.
The jet-setting toddlers have travelled to exotic destinations like Dubai and Cape Town, and only stay in five star hotels with Michelin starred restaurants on site.
Their designer suitcases are stuffed full of little Ralph Lauren dresses, Juicy Couture tops, Angel’s Face tutus and silk Merino Kids pajamas and already Scarlett knows the difference between high-end and high street.
Faye, a freelance digital marketing consultant: 'Scarlett’s turned into a total snob already. She sort of looks at some clothes and won’t even dare pick them up.
'We’ve bought her clothes from Primark but it will be Peppa Pig or Minnie Mouse and she sort of looks at it as though to say ‘there’s not a hope in hell I’m wearing that’ and it’s put to the side.
'I always buy them decent shoes. I like them to have Hunters and Uggs and Russell and Bromley wellies so we spend quite a bit.
Scarlett and Savannah have already been lavished with £45,000 worth of designer clothes, expensive toys and lucrative holidays
Faye wouldn't dream of buying 'cheap' shoes from Next or M&S and instead their dainty feet are clad in Hunter boots, Ugg boots or pricy Russell and Bromley willies
Faye says she finds it impossible not to spoil the girls and says she gets as much enjoyment from their wardrobe as her own
Faye admits: 'Scarlet's turned into a total snob already. She sort of looks at some clothes and won''t even dare pick them up'
The family home is filled with expensive and luxury toys for the girls, who also enjoy regular 5 star holidays
'It’s important that they walk properly so I wouldn’t ever buy any sort of cheap shoes from Next or M&S or anything like that.'
Scarlett developed her penchant for fine things at an early age.
'She only slept in Merino Kids when she was a baby,' said Faye.
'When it’s your first you think something awful is going to happen to them if they don’t have the best of everything.
'Her coming home from the hospital outfit was a little Ralph Lauren babygro.
'I never had her in it again because we didn’t find out the baby’s sex and the babygro was blue.
'That cost £65 I think.'
And Scarlett’s expensive tastes aren’t limited to fashion, extending to cars, holidays and even home decor.
'My husband drives a Porsche Cayman and Scarlett particularly likes being in the front seat of that,' said Faye.
'She thinks that my 4x4 Volkswagon is really boring in comparison.
What Faye and Paul have spent on their girls
- £25,000 holidays
- £7,000 designer clothes and shoes
- £3,000 toys
- £6,500 nursery & bedroom
- £2,000 prams
- £2,000 Christmases and birthdays
Faye and her husband, Paul Jacobs, 35, a business development manager, live in a large four bedroom detached house in Camberley, Surrey.
The couple spent £6,500 on decorating Scarlett’s nursery and first bedroom, opting for designer furniture from exclusive brand, ASPACE.
The bed alone cost £1,000.
And when it comes to holidays, no expense is spared.
Faye said: 'They are a bit spoilt with holidays.
'In Scarlett’s first year she went to Cape Town, Mykonos in Greece, Dubai and Spain and since we’ve had Savannah we’ve been to Dubai again, France and Halkidiki in Greece.
'It’s really impressive but my husband doesn’t care how much a holiday costs.
'We always make sure it’s totally five star with Michelin star restaurants in the hotel.
'The holidays are world class and we’ve spent about £25,000.
Faye describes Scarlett as a 'shoe girl' since 18-months-old, whereas Savannah is more fascinated by her mother’s Mulberry messenger bag.
Faye said: 'We bought her a pair of Cinderella shoes from the Disney shop and Scarlett absolutely hated them because they weren’t high enough and they weren’t expensive enough and they weren’t like proper shoes so she wasn’t interested.
'She likes to stomp around the house in stonking great stilettos and I’m always catching her in my Kurt Geiger heels.
'We take a photo because it looks really cute then we go mad.
'I’m really impressed at how she walks in them because I can’t walk that well in heels!'
Faye says she wants her girls to have the best of everything - whatever the cost - and loves dolling up her daughters.
She said: 'I always knew friends that were spoilt and I remember thinking when I have children I really don’t want that, I want them to be able to appreciate everything.
'But then you have children and if you’ve got the money why wouldn’t you give them the best of everything?
'I suppose they are spoilt but they’re not as spoilt as some children and I think if you can afford it then you can’t really justify not getting them the best.
'What they wear gives me as much pleasure in my own wardrobe and it’s hard not to splash out when they wear it so well.'
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Mick Jagger's girlfriend, L'Wren Scott commits suicide at 47
L'Wren Scott has reportedly killed herself and her body was found in her Manhattan apartment on Monday morning.
The designer, who is believed to be in her late 40s, was found by her assistant and there was no immediate suspicion of foul play though the Medical Examiner has not yet released the formal report.
There was little to cause suspicion ahead of the shattering discovery, as her official Twitter account was updated at 11am- an hour after her body was reportedly found.
Suicide: Mick Jagger's model & designer girlfriend L'€™Wren Scott was found dead inside her Eighth Floor apartment at 200 Eleventh Avenue around 10 am on Monday
The Mormon-raised designer has been romantically linked to the Rolling Stones frontman since 2001.
Jagger is believed to be in Australia on tour with the band and has not released any statements in connection to the news.
Scott first broke into the fashion industry as a stylist before launching an eponymous line in 2006 that was a major hit with celebrities.
Fans including Oprah Winfrey, Nicole Kidman and Michelle Obama. She had even been tipped to design Angelina Jolie’s wedding dress.
She continued to widen her brand and at the end of last year, she launched a collaboration with Banana Republic, starring alongside models in the ads.
L’Wren Scott was born and raised in Roy, Utah by her Mormon parents and graduated high school in 1985.
She stood at 6ft4in tall and caught the eye of celebrity photographer Bruce Weber who advised that she move to Paris to pursue a career as a model where she went on to work for Thierry Mugler and Chanel.
Then in the 1990s she moved to California and established herself as a stylist which led her to work closely with photographer Herb Ritts and Karl Lagerfeld. She has styled many celebrities including Madonna, Julia Roberts and Tom Hanks.
She launched her first designer collection, named Little Black Dress, in 2006.
L’Wren also worked styling costumes on film sets including Ocean’s Thirteen, Eyes Wide Shut and Shine a Light, a Martin Scorsese documentary about the Rolling Stones.
Her designs are said to be so flattering that she once told the Sunday Times that wearers have no need for Spanx.
It is perhaps for this reason that her creations have become beloved by curvier stars including Christina Hendricks and Oprah Winfrey – and both Penelope Cruz and Amy Adams wore L’Wren Scott gowns when they attended the 2011 Academy Awards as new mothers .
Fans also include Michelle Obama and Nicole Kidman.
Explaining her sexy aesthetic, she told Harper’s Bazaar that she designs with men in mind.
'Guys understand a waistline. They understand a silhouette. I dress for men. I have to feel good, you know what I mean?'
#dailymail.co.uk
The designer, who is believed to be in her late 40s, was found by her assistant and there was no immediate suspicion of foul play though the Medical Examiner has not yet released the formal report.
There was little to cause suspicion ahead of the shattering discovery, as her official Twitter account was updated at 11am- an hour after her body was reportedly found.
Tragic: L'Wren Scott, who has been romantically linked to Mick Jagger since 2001, was found dead in her Manhattan apartment on Monday morning
Suicide: Mick Jagger's model & designer girlfriend L'€™Wren Scott was found dead inside her Eighth Floor apartment at 200 Eleventh Avenue around 10 am on MondayThe Mormon-raised designer has been romantically linked to the Rolling Stones frontman since 2001.
Jagger is believed to be in Australia on tour with the band and has not released any statements in connection to the news.
Scott first broke into the fashion industry as a stylist before launching an eponymous line in 2006 that was a major hit with celebrities.
Fans including Oprah Winfrey, Nicole Kidman and Michelle Obama. She had even been tipped to design Angelina Jolie’s wedding dress.
Statuesque: The 6-foot-4-inch former stylist launched an eponymous line of her own in 2006 (pictured left in 2012 and right in 2010)
She continued to widen her brand and at the end of last year, she launched a collaboration with Banana Republic, starring alongside models in the ads.
L’Wren Scott was born and raised in Roy, Utah by her Mormon parents and graduated high school in 1985.
She stood at 6ft4in tall and caught the eye of celebrity photographer Bruce Weber who advised that she move to Paris to pursue a career as a model where she went on to work for Thierry Mugler and Chanel.
Then in the 1990s she moved to California and established herself as a stylist which led her to work closely with photographer Herb Ritts and Karl Lagerfeld. She has styled many celebrities including Madonna, Julia Roberts and Tom Hanks.
She launched her first designer collection, named Little Black Dress, in 2006.
L’Wren also worked styling costumes on film sets including Ocean’s Thirteen, Eyes Wide Shut and Shine a Light, a Martin Scorsese documentary about the Rolling Stones.
Her designs are said to be so flattering that she once told the Sunday Times that wearers have no need for Spanx.
It is perhaps for this reason that her creations have become beloved by curvier stars including Christina Hendricks and Oprah Winfrey – and both Penelope Cruz and Amy Adams wore L’Wren Scott gowns when they attended the 2011 Academy Awards as new mothers .
Fans also include Michelle Obama and Nicole Kidman.
Explaining her sexy aesthetic, she told Harper’s Bazaar that she designs with men in mind.
'Guys understand a waistline. They understand a silhouette. I dress for men. I have to feel good, you know what I mean?'
#dailymail.co.uk
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