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Olga Allegra, Mikel Obi’s Russian girlfriend shared the photo of their twin babies and wrote “It’s just been 5 days, but I already can’t imagine my life without you two our precious angels Mia and Ava”.
The King Of Dubai’s First Son Dies Of Heart Attack At Age 33 (Photo)
The prince of Dubai, Sheikh Rashid bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the first son of Dubai’s ruler/Prime Minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has died. He died very early this morning from what the family say is a heart attack.
He wasn’t the heir apparent to the throne though, his younger, Sheikh Hamdan, is. The prince, who was an avid sportsman, businessman and owner of one of the largest horse stables in the country, will be buried later today. Dubai has declared three days of mourning and UAE flags will be flown at half mast during the mourning period.
23 Most Expensive Celebrity Plastic Surgeries
We all have something in our physical appearance that we’d like to change. Some of us actually go ahead and do it- a nose job, a liposuction, etc. Celebs often use plastic surgery to enhance specific parts of their looks, since they greatly rely on it to make a living. Yet the following famous people on this list have gone under the knife, and came out looking entirely different:
Nicki Minaj, $11,500
Rapper Nicki spent $11,500 on three different surgeries to get her new appearance. The cheapest was a skin bleaching for $225. The most expensive was a nose job that made the tip of her nose point down for $6,075.
The other major procedure Nicki had was the oddest. She spent over $5,000 to get silicone implants in each of her buttocks.
Before The Expensive Surgeries
After The Surgeries
Her Famous Behind
Jocelyn Wildenstein, $2 million
Jocelyn Widelstein, a wealthy socialite, maintains her appearance to look like a cat. Reportedly, Wildestein has had the following procedures: lip injections, a face lift, eyelids correction, cheek implants and lace-front wigs. Total cost for her makeover: $2 million.
Lil’ Kim, $19,625
Lil’ Kim had five operations while disappearing from the limelight to come back very different. Among Lil’ Kim’s procedures were lip injections for $825, a nose job that cost $6,075, liposuction at $7,000 and breast implants for $5,500. When it was all said and done, Lil’ Kim ended up having more plastic surgeries than hit singles over the last 15 years.
Vivica Fox, $26,085
Here is the list: Botox injections for $500 per area of face, lip injections for $835, jaw implants for $4,250, a face-lift for $15,000 and breast implants for $5,500. Fox is currently the host of the Lifetime reality show Prank My Mom, where kids play pranks on their mothers.
Heidi Montag, $30,000
The 26-year-old star, who first shot to fame thanks to her role in MTV show The Hills, has paid a staggering $30,000 to achieve her dream body. Montag had a brow lift, a nose job, ears pinned, chin shaved, two breast enlargements, back scooped out, fat injected into her cheekbones and lipo on her inner and outer thighs.
Sharon Osbourne, $185,000
Sharon went under the knife after dramatic weight loss. “After losing half my body weight I had flesh hanging everywhere,” she recalls. She revealed to Britain’s Night and Day magazine that “I had liposuction on my neck and had it lifted too. I had my breasts lifted, my arms lipo-ed and my tummy tucked. I had my bum lifted and implants inserted. The total cost was 120,000 GBP and it was worth every last penny.”
Nadya “Octomom” Suleman, $12,810
Nadya Suleman was assisted by a team of doctors in order to become pregnant with octuplets. Surgery was probably a necessary thing for Nadya in one area, but a waste of cash elsewhere. The Octomom spent $5,900 on vaginal rejuvenation and $7,000 on a nose job and lip injections, attempting to look like Angelina Jolie.
The Moore Women, $500,000
Demi’s youngest daughter, Tallulah Willis, revealed she had battled body dysmorphia and the eating disorder anorexia. Tallulah, 21, made the stunning revelations in a candid video confessional, where she revealed she struggled with low self-esteem and once starved herself down to 95 pounds. While Rumer (the other, whose father is Bruce Willis) has never admitted to going under the knife, her changing appearance over the years has sparked rumors she got surgery to shave down her chin. She may have also gotten lip injections to get fuller lips. On the other hand, Demi has been the subject of numerous plastic surgeries. Moore reportedly got $500,000 in cosmetic procedures, including breast implants, a face lift, liposuction, a body lift and a knee cap lift.
Welcome to the Groove Zone (Part #1)
This is Amanda Lepore, she is labeled as “the most expansive body on earth”.
Rajee Narinesingh
Hang Mioku
This one has definitly gone wrong.
Richard Lee Norris
After a face transplant.
Alexa Ray Joel
This is unbelievable!
Valeria Lukyanova
She definitely looks like a human doll.
This one was the first plastic surgery ever.
Hello to you too Christina.
Looking good Tom.
You too.
This woman was on the news for doing the surgery only to make herself look better on selfies
10 Richest NBA Players
Not only do professional athletes get idolized for playing great game, they also get paid the big bucks to do it. A pro NBA player rakes in a hefty salary each season as well as lucrative endorsement deals for things like appearing on a box of Wheaties or making an appearance at a corporate event. Savvy NBA players also branch out into entrepreneurship and entertainment– some opening restaurants or starring in multi-million dollar blockbuster films. At the end of the day, they are just great athletes but also great businessmen. Here’s a look at the 10 wealthiest NBA players of all time, Can you guess how high on the list are Magic Johnson and Air Jordan?
Gary Payton – $130 million
Starting the list off is Gary “the glove” Payton’s career, who began his career in 1990 after he was the second overall pick in the first round of the NBA draft. During his time at Oregon State University, Payton rose to become one of the school’s best players to date. After being drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics, he went onto create one of the most lucrative careers in basketball history. With a career spanning nearly two decades, Payton is the only point guard to have received the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award. On top of that, he also happens to be the 10th richest player in NBA history.
Tim Duncan – $150 million
Tim Duncan may be one of the highest earning basketball players of all time, but surprisingly, he only started playing ball when he was a freshman in high school. Before discovering his talents for basketball, Duncan was training as a swimmer.
Despite the late start, he played basketball throughout high school, perfected his skills and eventually went on to play for Wake Forest.
In 1997, he was drafted by the San Antonio Spurs as their first pick– quite an achievement in such a short amount of time. He was honored as MVP in 2001/2002 and went on to play in the Olympics or for the US basketball team. On top of all this, Duncan is considered one of the best power forwards of all time. No wonder he earns top dollar!
Grant Hill – $180 million
Grant Hill is not only one of the most famous NBA players in history, he’s also one of the richest ever. Even in his current retirement, Hill is still raking in nice money thanks to his endorsement deals and smart business ventures.
During his time playing at Duke University in North Carolina, he won two NCAA championships and played in the 1996 Olympics.
He retired from basketball at the end of the 2013 season but hasn’t stopped earning the big bucks from his endorsement deal. As one of the richest players of all time, he’s now enjoying his retirement with his wife and children.
Kevin Garnett – $180 million
Imagine being drafted by a professional NBA team right out of high school. Sounds like a dream come true? Well, it’s exactly what happened to Kevin Garnett, when Minnesota Timberwolves called his name as the 5th general pick of the 1995 draft.
Garnett, the first player ever to be drafted out of high school, for such a position, has also become one of the wealthiest players in NBA history.
Garnette has made notable accomplishments both on and off the court, which include MVP honors, an Olympic gold medal, a Championship ring, and a long list of other achievements. During the 1997 season, he signed a $126 million contract for six years. In addition, he makes $10 million a year in endorsements for various companies that want him as the face of their product. Well played, Garnett!
Hakeem Olajuwon – $200 million
Despite the fact that he’s been retired for 12 years now, Hakeem Olajuwon is still one of the wealthiest men ever to play basketball for the NBA. When he played college basketball for the University of Houston, he helped his team make it to the NCAA Final Four in March Madness three years in a row during the early 1980’s.
Standing tall at a whopping 6 feet 9 inches at the young age of 15, Olajuwon was destined to play basketball.
Originally hailing from Nigeria, Olajuwon made career in America, playing for the Houston Rockets. He has scored several high-profile endorsement deals that bring in millions each year thanks to the fact that he’s considered one of the best centers in history.
LeBron James – $250 million
LeBron James, aka “The King” and “The Face of The NBA”, is the most famous basketball player in the world. He is still quite early in his career by NBA standards, having only played since 2003, but already has amassed great wealth.
He was the first round draft pick for the Cleveland Cavaliers and is the youngest player in NBA history to be named Rookie of the Year.
LeBron has earned bronze and gold medals in the the 2004 and 2008 Olympics and also has two Championships under his belt (Miami Heat). James also won multiple MVP awards and is already considered a top 5 player in history. Thanks to all these early-stage achievements, he has a number of endorsements that earn him approximately $53 million per year.
Kobe Bryant – $260 million
Kobe Bryant was born to play basketball – the proof is in his lineage! He comes from a family of basketball players, including his father, who played for the Philadelphia 76ers for several years.
His parents named him “Kobe” after the famous beef that hails from Japan, which adds to the intrigue of this NBA superstar and his family.
Bryant was a good student in school and therefore had many options to pursue for is higher education, but instead he chose to go pro right away. He is best known for being one of the best Los Angeles Lakers player ever. At 35, he’s slowing down a bit but is still one of the highest paid players in the game. Plus he’s a scoring machine and nicknamed “The Black Mamba!”
Shaquille O’Neal – $350 million
He’s got the name “Shaq Attack” for good reason: Shaq is one of the most famous NBA players and earners of all time. Even though he retired several years ago, he still brings home tens of millions of dollars a year in endorsements, including sports brands and vehicles.
He has made appearances in commercials and even starred in a movie called Kazaam, in which he played the magically genie friend of a young boy.
Today, you can catch Shaq as a commentator on sports networks, and he’s a frequent visitor to many talk shows and news programs to share his expertise on basketball. During his time as a pro player, he earned almost $300 million for being one of the most dominant centers of all time and winning multiple championships and an MVP awards. Today, he still rakes in the dough thanks to endorsement deals.
Magic Johnson – $500 million
With a net worth of half a billion dollars, Magic Johnson is one of the wealthiest players ever to play for the NBA and certainly one of the biggest, most celebrated names. Where did the “Magic” come from? He earned his famous nickname after a stellar season at the tender age of 15 when he played ball in high school.
He also turned down some of the biggest colleges in the country to play ball close to home at Michigan State University.
Magic Johnson is also known for playing in one of the biggest basketball rivalries of all time against Larry Bird and the Indiana State University basketball team in the 1979 NCAA finals. To date, it was the most watched basketball game on television. He then went on to win multiple championships with the Lakers, MVP awards, and will go down as one of the best point guards to ever play the game. In his personal life, Johnson also campaigned for HIV/AIDS awareness and started his own foundation after he was diagnosed as HIV-positive.
Michael Jordan – $1 billion
Is it any surprise that Michael Jordan tops the list? With a net worth of $1 billion, Jordan is the wealthiest NBA player of all time. He is also probably the most famous and regarded as the best player the NBA has ever seen.
Although he has been retired for more than a decade now, he still brings in a fortune with endorsements that earn him approximately $100 million per year.
What’s his secret? He’s a savvy businessman. Jordan reached the billion dollar mark in 2014 after increasing his ownership in the Charlotte Bobcats (now Hornets) to almost 90 percent. Will he be as successful as an team owner as he was a player? Only time will tell, but based on all of his career successes, his chances are good!
16 Of The Most Amazing Abandoned Airports In The World
1. Nicosia International Airport, Cyprus
2. Johnston Atoll Airport, USA
Built on a small island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, a couple of hundred miles from Hawaii, this airport was a US military base for majority of the 20th century and home to 400 men with an underground hospital. During WW2, Japanese submarines attacked the base.
3. Ellinikon International Airport, Athens, Greece
Source: (Photo by Milos Bicanski/Getty Images)
Ellinikon is located just four miles outside of Athens, it was opened in 1938, but was quickly taken over by the Nazis who used it as Luftwaffe base during World War Two. The airport became the home of Olympic airlines, infact some of their decommissioned airliners including a 747 jumbo jet still sit there. The opening of the new Athens airport for the 2004 Olympics led to the end of the line for Ellinikon and it closed in 2001. Weirdly the grounds and facilities were used for part of the Olympics but they now sit unused.
4. Castellon-Costa Azahar Airport, Spain
Even though it was officially opened in March 2011, costing 150 million euros, there hasn’t been a single plane that has taken off from or landed at Castellon-Costa Azahar Airport. The statue shown in the photo is in honour of local politician Carlos Fabra, who was responsible for the airports construction near Valencia. He is now under investigation for tax evasion and corruption.
5. Don Quijote Airport, Spain
Costing a whooping 1.1 billion euros, Don Quijote Airport was Spain’s first (and last) private international airport. Fifty minutes from Madrid on a high speed rail, the airport was created in the 90s. It went bankrupt and shut down in April 2012.
6. Stapleton International Airport, USA
Between 1929 and 1995, Stapleton International Airport was the gateway to Denver, Colorado, however it was replaced by Denver International. In July 1997 a storm hit and caused damage to its structure causing it to be knocked down completely, only leaving behind one old control tower.
7. Berlin Templehof, Germany
Until the Pentagon was built in the USA, this German airport was the largest building in the world. Constructed in 1923, after playing a key factor in the Berlin Airlift for 85 years Berlin-Tempelhof closed to passengers in October 2008. Today the airfield is the largest public park in the city and the airport terminals host events all year round.
8. Croydon Airport, England
Known as one of the three iconic pre-World War 2 airports in Europe, it is famous for being the first airport with traffic control. Famous figures including Amy Johnson and Winston Churchill have jetted off along its runway, which actually crossed a road! Today, the old Airport House still stands.
9. Gaza International Airport, Gaza Strip
Opening in 1998, this airport served 700,000 passengers year, however Israeli forces shelled its radar station and control tower forcing it to shut down in December 2001. The runway was bulldozed a few weeks later.
10. Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, USA
Situated in the California Desert, this airfield was used to film the famous Independence Day blockbuster movie. This was shut down in 1999.
11. Kai Tak International Airport, Hong Kong
Kai Tek International served as Hong Kong’s main airport for 73 years, but sadly closed in 1998 after traffic moved to the new Hong Kong International Airport. It was surrounded by beautiful scenery making the take-offs and landings extra special.
12. RAF Binbrook, England
RAF Binbrook, near Lincolnshire was used by bombers during the Second World War and didn’t stop aiding the Air Force until the 1980s.
13. Galeville, Shawangunk, USA
This small airfield in New York, which was built in World War Two, was used for a military academy as well as operating as a civilian airport. It is now part of the Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge.
14. Floyd Bennett Field, New York, USA
Replaced by Newark Airport in New Jersey, Floyd Bennett Field was previously one of NYC’s major airports. These days it is a public park.
15.Robert Mueller Municipal Airport, USA
The only thing that remains at Robert Municiple Airport is the old control tower after it closed in 1999 due to being replaced by the Austin Bergstrom International Airport.
16. Chanute AFB, Ranoul, IL USA
Chanute AFB was opened in Rantoul, Illinois in 1917 to train pilots flying in World War I, the base would become a major training center for pilots and support personnel for 75 years. It started to close in 1993 and many of the buildings have remained empty and decaying since that day.
Celebrity News,
David Myers, a retired police officer has claimed he assisted legendary rapper, Tupac Shakur fake his own death 19 years ago.
According to a report by Daily Mirror, Myers, who is allegedly bed ridden and in a critical condition in a non-specified hospital, alleged that he was paid the sum of $1.5m to authenticate the death of Tupac in the 1996 drive-by shooting that led to the rapper’s death in Las Vegas.
“The world needs to know what I did. I’m ashamed that I let a price be put on my word and I cannot die without letting the world know,” Myers disclosed.
The ex-cop also alleged further that Suge Knight played a major role in making hoax claiming he was paid $50,000 for a body double’s corpse to be taken to the morgue.
Myers also maintained that over 30 people were reportedly paid to help fake the rapper’s death – including other police officers, medics and multiple witnesses.
Nearly 4,700 migrants rescued off Libya coast
Nearly 4,700 migrants were rescued off the coast of Libya on Saturday as they tried to reach Europe but one woman was found dead, Italy’s coastguard said.
Tens of thousands of people, mainly from Africa and the Middle East, have tried to cross the Mediterranean this year, often dangerously packed into small vessels unsuitable for the voyage.
The coastguard said in a statement it had coordinated 20 rescue operations involving numerous vessels which picked up 4,343 migrants from rubber boats and barges. In one of the inflatable boats a woman’s body was found, the coastguard said, without specifying the possible cause of death.
Another 335 people were picked up as part of a rescue mission coordinated by Greece and were being directed to a port in Italy to disembark.
The rescues were carried out by vessels from the Italian coastguard and navy, humanitarian agency Doctors Without Borders, the Malta-based Migrant Offshore Aid Station, a merchant boat, a Croatian vessel under the European Union’s Triton rescue mission and naval ships from Germany and Britain under the EU’s EUNAVFOR Med mission.
Europe is struggling to cope with a record influx of refugees as people flee war in countries such as Syria, and the Mediterranean has become the world’s most deadly crossing point for migrants.
Mourinho: Same old Arsenal, always moaning
Jose Mourinho insists Arsenal have no room for complaint after they were reduced to nine men in a toxic 2-0 derby defeat against Chelsea.
Diego Costa’s antics provoked Gabriel into losing his temper, and the Brazil international centre-half was sent off shortly before half-time while Santi Cazorla was dismissed late on for a second bookable offence.
Mourinho said: “Where is the controversy? For me, no controversy. The game is about many different aspects, technical, tactical, emotional, physical. Normally the best team wins – we were the best team.
“We were dominant; we were controlled. Obviously let’s not be hypocritical and deny but playing with one man more is easier.
“I think I played against Arsenal 15/16 times and only once they didn’t moan. Maybe it was because they won that game. All the other matches, they have reasons for that.
“I played my first derby in September 2000 – to win a derby, emotional control. I’ve played derbies in Spain, Portugal, England, Italy and I always say the same words. You always need emotional control.”
Mourinho, who avoided losing three consecutive league games for the first time in his career with a victory against the Gunners, sees his Chelsea side move just three points off Arsenal, who sit in fourth place.
Technology doesn’t make school pupils smarter – Study
Computers do not noticeably improve school pupils’ academic results and can even hamper performance, an OECD report said Tuesday that looked at the impact of technology in classrooms across the globe.
While almost three quarters of pupils in the countries surveyed used computers at schools, the report by the the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development found technology had made no noticeable improvement in results.
Conversely, in high-achieving schools in parts of Asia, where smartphones and computers have become an integral part of people’s everyday lives, technology was far less prevalent in the classrooms.
In South Korea, students used computers for an average of nine minutes at school and in Hong Kong, only 11 minutes – just a fraction of the 58 minutes spent in Australia, 42 in Greece and 39 in Sweden.
“Where computers are used in the classroom, their impact on student performance is mixed at best,” OECD’s education director Andreas Schleicher said in a foreword to the report, the think-tank’s first on the topic.
“Students who use computers very frequently at school do a lot worse in most learning outcomes, even after accounting for social background and student demographics.”
The report measured the impact of technology use at school on international test results, such as the OECD’s Pisa tests taken in dozens of countries around the world and other exams measuring digital skills.
It found that education systems which have invested heavily in information and communications technology have seen “no noticeable improvement” in results for reading, mathematics or science.
The OECD urged schools to work with teachers to turn technology into a more powerful tool in the classroom and develop more sophisticated software for experimentation and simulation, social media and games.
“The real contributions ICT can make to teaching and learning have yet to be fully realized and exploited,” it concluded.
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