Is This the Ultimate Push-Up Variation?

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Ask your fellow athletes what they consider the toughest Push-Up variation and you'll likely get a few different responses, such as Clapping Push-Ups, Handstand Push-Ups and Spiderman Push-Ups. However, the true test of strength and grit is the Single-Arm, Single-Leg Push-Up.

Sound tough? It definitely is. Here's why:

Physics of the Single-Arm, Single-Leg Push-Up

The basic Push-Up is fairly simple. Your feet serve as a pivot point, your body remains in a straight line and you move it by lowering and raising your chest to and from the ground. Think of it as a moving Plank.

The Single-Arm Push-Up further increases the challenge. The muscles that act on your shoulder blades must engage, and your pecs and biceps must work to control your descent.

Lift the leg opposite your supporting hand, and take it to still another level. This creates a huge amount of torque throughout the body, which challenges your core to resist twisting and rotational forces. Notice the difference in the diagram below, in which the skeleton on the left shows the torque experienced when performing the Single-Arm, Single-Leg Push-Up.

Is it too Difficult For Me?

There's a strong chance you won't be able to perform this challenging Push-Up variation. You should already be able to do Clap Push-Ups, Weighted Push-Ups and Single-Arm Push-Ups—which again, most of you probably cannot do—before even attempting it.

If you find that you lack the requisite strength and aren't able to engage the proper muscles, don't proceed further. Attempting a variation that you're not ready for is equivalent to lifting a weight that is beyond your max. Your exercise form will suffer and you will increase your risk of injury.

How You Can Perform the Single-Arm, Single-Leg Push-Up

Fear not! You too can perform the Single-Arm, Single-Leg Push-Up. However, you need to build up to it.
After you've developed enough strength to attempt Single-Arm, Single-Leg Push-Ups, first try it with assistance from a resistance band (shown below). Wrap the band around your waist and attach it above you to reduce the load.

After you're comfortable with the movement, you can finally attempt this ultimate Push-Up variation. Here are some tips to help you:

• Take in a big breath of air and brace your stomach as if you were going to get hit.
• Spread your fingers as if you were clawing the floor.
• Squeeze your glutes and engage the leg that's in the air to prevent energy leaks

New Video – Jaiye Jaiye By Wizkid Ft. Femi Kuti

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A huge contender for the crown of ‘Song Of The Year’, Wizkid’s “Jaiye Jaiye” now has an official music video.
Jaiye Jaiye was was produced by the prolific Nigerian hit-maker, Sarz, and features Afrobeat Legend, Femi Kuti. The new video was shot in a number of locations, the most notable being the ‘Shrine’ itself. Wizkid’s  performance at the recently concluded, Felabration 2013, was included, and also, Fela Anikulakpo Kuti  (the creator of the Afrobeat genre) made a cameo appearance.
On the fashion front, Wizkid rocked a number of wears, starting with a trendy hip outfit, before switching over to the lovely Ankara prints, all in a bid to represent the indigenous flow of the song. Afrobeat and Ankara go together, both being symbols of our indigenous originality.
‘Jaiye Jaiye’ video was directed by Sesan. Check on it below.


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New Video – Pull Over By KCee Ft. Wizkid

Nigerian singing star, KCee, has dropped the official music video to his banging song, “Pull Over”, which featured Wizkid, and had a number of high-profile cameos.
Getting an amazing video for a song this popular was never going to be an easy ask, but KCee and his team did an amazing job. The video leaned heavily on humor, with Nollywood veteran comic actors, Hafiz ‘Saka’ Oyetoro, Osita ‘Paw Paw’ Iheme, Chinedu ‘Aki’ Ikedieze and others, coming together to make it quite entertaining.
KCee is slated to release his debut album before the close of the year, with preparations at an all-time high. The song, ‘Pull Over’ is off the proposed album.
‘Pull Over’ video was directed by Clarence Peters. Check on it below.

5 Ways to Stay Young and Fit

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Unfortunately, staying active is a lifestyle that we as a population have grown out of. But you can regain this commitment by following these five rules.

Break a sweat every day

Challenge yourself every day to participate in a physical activity that causes you to get out of breath or sweat. To change your body, you must train outside of your comfort zone. If you like your body the way it is, then don't stress it. But if you want to build strength, get a six-pack or lose fat, then work hard.
When exercising, you should not be able to carry on a conversation with your buddy. (Don't get me started on people reading a magazine on the treadmill.) Next time you're at the gym:

• Increase your weights
• Hit the incline on your treadmill or run hills
• Add a plyometrics workout
• Combine strength training with various rounds of conditioning; for example, perform a Overhead Shoulder Press, then sprint on a treadmill at nine mph on a six-inch incline for 30 seconds. Rest for 90 seconds and repeat four times.

Go back to grade school

You did it all when you were younger: jumped rope, climbed trees, went bike riding and ran sprints around the playground. You couldn't sit still long enough to stay at a desk or computer like you do now.
Become more active. Go for a walk or jog in the morning before starting your day. Join a group fitness class, recreational league, swim club, ski or bowling team.

Use what you have

Look around and take a quick inventory of what's available to exercise with. Do you have a bike, rope, old tires to flip, chains to pull, balls to throw, boxes to jump on or paint cans to carry? If you have some of this stuff and a creative mind, you can put together a great workout. You don't need a expensive gym membership to look expensive. (Got a rope? Five Reasons to Go Back to Basics With the Jump Rope.)

Eat clean

By eating as clean as you can, you'll automatically avoid foods loaded with sugar, trans fat, and saturated fat. Eat foods that display a variety of colors more frequently, and keep everything in moderation. Plan time to go to the grocery store so you are not rushed. Also, plan your weekly meals ahead of time. (See What's Fake and What's Real? The Ultimate Food Survival Guide and No, Really—Don't Shop When You're Hungry: A Study.)

Rest as hard as you work

There's a fine line between the amount of work you do and the rest that you allow yourself. Rest can take the form of physical rest, or, for most of us, mental rest. Exercising, deep breathing, and vacations will take care of your mental rest. If you feel physically exhausted, try switching up your workout routine or take a week off. You will come back fresh and ready to do more. (See Why You Shouldn't Work Out Every Day.

New Freestyle – Jesse Jagz Flows Steady On TrendWatch TV

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Urban Nigerian streaming channel, TrendWatch TV, had a session with Jesse Jagz, the CEO JagzNation, and the self-proclaimed ‘Jesus’ of Nigerian Entertainment. and the ‘Jagz Of All Trades’ rendered a mid-tempo freestyle.
Jesse Jagz flowed slowly along the lines of conscious lyrics, unleashing lines after lines of pure artistry. He also took some digs at unmentioned individuals.

Brymo Vs Chocolate City: Is This The End Of M.I & Jesse Jagz’s Brotherly Love?

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When duty and loyalty comes against the bond of blood, what happens?
M.I and Jesse Jagz Abaga, they go a long way. Both are brothers. Born of the same mother and father. They grew up together, bonding as brothers in Jos. They went to similar schools, shared similar experiences, ate the same food, went out on dates together, prayed together, cried together and hustled together. But with the recent face-off between Brymo and Chocolate City, both find themselves on opposing sides. How will this affect their brotherly love?
After quitting Chocolate City earlier this year, talented singer Brymo, refused to make it legal. He was still bound to contract by law, running up to 2016. He ignored it, dared the heavens, and went on to produce an individual album (Merchants, Dealers and Slaves). Acting purely out of business and anger, Chocolate City put out a legal injunction against Brymo who just released his 3rd album – Merchants, Dealers and Slaves – which prevents him “from recording, releasing, distributing any composition, song, musical works or carrying out any activity as a recording or performing artist through or for the benefit of any person or organisation other than Chocolate City pending the determination of the suit against him.”

Brymo’s new album is the subject of a court wrangle

With that, people have begun to take sides, and this has set up 2 brothers in enemy camps. Rapper M.I, is a Vice President at Chocolate City. He has massive controlling interests in the business, and surely is bound to directly (or indirectly?) benefit from Brymo’s contract. He is against Brymo quitting, and publicly takes a stand on it. His brother, Jesse Jagz is a Chocolate City rebel. He earlier quit the label, set up a his own recording imprint, and released an album which has enjoyed relative success. He might even have inspired Brymo to take similar route, and counseled him.
Now Brymo is in trouble, and the Abaga brothers have both taken sides. Jesse Jagz has rallied behind the embattled singer, and M.I will stick to his duty to Chocolate City. But with their business and sentimental interests set to clash, their bond of brotherhood is sure to be tested. Perhaps it will strain and crack, making them blood enemies of each other.
Will loyalty and duty destroy the thickness of blood? Will Brymo’s imbroglio tear apart an eternal bond? Will Jesse Jagz and M.I become enemies? Will they kill each other?
The die has been cast, the battle line is drawn. Brymo’s issue is far from conclusion, and Chocolate City never will withdraw their demands. And M.I and Jesse Jagz are against each other on this one.
Here’s to hoping, the Abaga family remains a family.

Ice Prince Clocks 27 || Watch This Space For Exclusive Party Pictures

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Nigerian rapper and member of the Chocolate City music family, Panshak Henry Nasara Zamani, (Ice Prince), is our birthday boy, as he clocks 27 years old today, 30^th October, 2013.
Ice Prince, who took the Nigerian music scene by storm with the release of his debut single, ‘Oleku’, in 2009, is from Pankshin Local Government Area, Plateau State, but was born in Minna, the capital of Niger State, in 1986. He attended the famous St. Murumba College, Jos, the same school that produced the likes of musical twins, P-Square and Nigerian International and Chelsea FC of England midfield star, John Obi Mikel.
Ice Prince’s debut single, ‘Oleku,’ won him many awards and became number one on many top charts. In 2012, he began frequent collaborations with Grip Boiz City producer Chopstix, releasing ‘Aboki’ in the summer of 2012. An accompanying music video was released alongside it. The BET Awards Best African Act winner’s new album, Fire of Zamani, released earlier this month  is currently tearing the airwaves.
From this end, we say happy birthday Ice Prince.
Update: Meanwhile stick with us for exclusive pictures from his birthday bash as we party alongside the birthday boy and the Chocolate City group tonight.



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Young Packers fan has worn Aaron Rodgers jersey for more than 1,000 days in a row

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Dave Pehl mentioned to his son David, after David got an Aaron Rodgers jersey for Christmas, that a young boy had set a record by wearing a Brett Favre jersey for almost 1,600 straight days.
He might regret that now.
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David Pehl, who is in sixth grade, started his own streak with his Rodgers jersey. And when WKBT in Wisconsin told the story this week, he was up to 1,034 consecutive days wearing the same jersey (h/t to Yardbarker). The story says he wants to take the streak past four years.
And it looks like what you'd expect of a jersey that has been worn and hand washed daily for almost three years straight. There's little left of the No. 12 on the front or back, and only some remnants of Rodgers' name on it.
And even worse for Dave Pehl, who planted the idea of the jersey record, he and the rest of the family are Vikings fans. So he has been getting trolled by his son for more than 1,000 days in a row.
David Pehl still has a ways to go to reach the record of David Witthoft, who took off his Favre jersey in 2008 after 1,561 straight days (I'm just going to assume that is the record, and really, if someone has beaten that I don't want to know about it anyway).
Hopefully young Pehl isn't carrying on any Ripken-esque streaks with his underwear or socks.

Man Commits Suicide Because Girlfriend Cheated On Him

Colin Smelt, from North London, blasted himself in the chest with his police issue Glock pistol after finding out his girlfriend slept with his colleague
Reports revealed that Smelt was an emotionally fragile man who did not cope well when romantic relationships broke down – and had a history of threatening suicide.
He went to see his girlfriend after learning she cheated. She then told him she was no longer interested in the relationship.
Breaking into tears several times as she gave evidence, the young woman, Ms Jordan said the next morning she had arranged to have dinner with him and said: ‘I kissed him on the cheek and said goodbye.”
‘We were texting all day and at 4pm that was the last I heard from him.’ Asked what were in the text messages, she said: ‘He said “I love you very much”.

‘He started to apologise to me as if he had done something wrong. I said “but you haven’t don’t anything wrong”.’
At 4pm she sent him a text asking if she should go over that night, but she never got a reply. Worried after she didn’t hear from him, she called some of his colleagues to ask them to check on him.
However, Ms Jodan told the hearing that she never thought he would kill himself.
She said: ‘I just didn’t want him taking his motorbike out and driving 300 miles an hour – I wasn’t thinking he would take his life.’
She said Smelt – a keen motorcyclist, skier and scuba diver – was ‘outgoing’ and had a ‘real zest for life’.

Jim Iyke Relocates To Ghana

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Nollywood actor, Jim Iyke, may have relocated to Ghana, the home country of his fiancée, Nadia Buari, as he is reportedly looking to settle down in the former Gold Coast.
We gather that Jim, fresh from his ‘spiritual deliverance’ saga, is gradually settling down in Accra, the country’s capital, and is looking to buy a house in one of the beautiful estates over there. At the same time, Jim has gone back to work and is featuring in a new Gollywood movie entitled, ‘And Loves Comes Around’.
The one time controversial actor, who seems to have calmed down considerably, may decide to make a home in Ghana, with speculations rife that he and Nadia are getting set to tie the knots soon.

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10 Reasons Why You Should Not Have s*x Before Marriage

In what is fast becoming a very s*xual world, one might wonder if there still the need for abstinence.

Here are 10 reasons to wait till marriage. 1. s*x is a powerful force that can destroy if not used properly. Like atomic power, s*x is the most powerful creative force given to man. When atomic power is used correctly it can create boundless energy; when it is used in the wrong way it destroys life. s*x is the same kind of powerful force. s*x is a gift from God to give us the greatest pleasure, to help in creating a deep companionship with one’s spouse and for procreation of the next generation. But if you play with this powerful force outside the bounds of marriage, it destroys you and those close to you.
2. s*xual activity for young people arrests their psychological, social and academic development. Studies show that when young people engage in premarital s*x, their academic performance declines and their social relationships with family and friends deteriorate. This is because adolescents are too immature to deal with the explosive s*x drive and it tends to dominate their life.
3. The majority of women cannot enjoy s*x outside of the bonds of marriage. The development of a fulfilling s*x life needs the security and peace of the marriage bond. Premarital s*x usually takes place sneaking around in hidden places dealing with the fear of being caught, the fear of pregnancy and feelings of guilt. All these (worrisome) factors undermine pleasure in premarital s*x, most especially for women.
4. Virginity is to be given to the most important person in your life, the person you committed yourself to stay with forever in marriage. Your virginity is the most precious thing you have to give to your spouse. Once you lose it, nothing in the world can bring it back. Don’t lose something so precious in a thoughtless way.
5. Those who engage in premarital s*x run a high risk of contracting one of the many venereal diseases rampant today, as well as losing their fertility. Not just AIDS, but other common disfiguring diseases like herpes have no cure.

6. Some venereal diseases have no symptoms and many couples discover many years later that they became infertile because of these diseases. Infertility experts estimate that 80% of today’s infertility is due to venereal diseases contracted before they married.
7. The best and only method that guarantees 100% against AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases is to wait for marriage to have s*x and maintain fidelity in your marriage.
8. Premarital s*x breaks the 10 Commandments given by God. The 10 Commandments are given to man by God to make man happy. They are not outdated and they are not restrictive. If we follow these laws, we can create happy and prosperous lives. If we don’t follow them, we will pay a heavy price in divorce, disease, abortions, illegitimate children and loneliness. Modern men make a big mistake when they think that they can break these eternal laws and not suffer consequences.
9. Premarital s*x runs the risk of conceiving illegitimate children. Numerous scientific studies show that the children of single mothers suffer psychologically and are less successful socially and academically than children from intact families. Above all, children need both their father and their mother. It is wrong to risk having children who will never have their father’s love, protection and care.
10. If you date and you don’t have s*x, you can forget about that relationship when you stop dating. But if you have s*x with those you date and then break up, the nature of s*xual involvement creates strong, often unpleasant memories for your whole life. Every relationship you break up where you had intimate relations is like a mini-divorce. The psychological difficulties of these mini-divorces does damage to your character. Later, when you are married and go to bed with your beloved spouse, these unpleasant memories will accompany you.
True love waits. If a boy or girl truly loves you, they will want the best for you. They will not want you to suffer fear of disease, unwanted pregnancy and the psychological difficulties of premarital s*x. They will want to experience love with you only in the very best place of all – the love nest of marriage.

Is 50 Cent Going To Prison?

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US rapper, 50 Cent has been sentenced to three years of probation, 30 days of community service and has been ordered by a US Court to pay $7,000 in damage fees in current domestic violence case.
50 has wisely issued a plea of no contest to one count of vandalism and struck a deal  today that would see the star escape an original $46,000 in fines and 5 years in prison – if he’d been convicted on all charges.
50 Cent was charged with one count of domestic violence and four counts of vandalism after he allegedly broke into his baby mama, Daphne Joy’s apartment earlier in the summer. According to TMZ, the rapper caused up to $7,100 worth of damage and was also charged for kicking Daphne in the process.
Reports say the he originally pled not guilty back in August. Well, given the new deal he stylishly struck with the US court today, seem 50 will pay half of what he’s done!
Not so bad Fithy but damn, your ex is super hot!

7 Things Never To Tell Your Colleagues

In all probability, you count many of your colleagues as your friends and spend more time with them than you do with you loved ones.
But where should a person draw the line and at what point should they stop being pals with theirco-workers and start a professional relation with them.
Indian-origin workplace law expert Joydeep Hor said that boundaries between work and privatelife are becoming blurred, which in turn is creating problems for workers both professionally and legally.
He has listed seven things that we should avoid talking or discussing about with our co-workers.
Firstly, Hor said that séx life is a topic that people should avoid talking with their colleagues, as it can get them in legal trouble; he asserted that the definition of s*xual harassment can be quite broad.
Secondly, people need to be aware of their obligation not to maligncertain groups in the workplace, as the expression of personally held opinions could be dangerous.

Thirdly, gossiping about others in a work place is a no-no, as it suggests that the person may not be productive in the workplace. And gossiping about people in their private life is also risky.
Fourthly, a worker should never tell their superior that that they wrote themselves off on the weekend, as it represents a lapse in judgement and could makes them query if the person could have the same lapse in judgement in their work.
Fifthly, if a colleague or a customer is discourteous to the person, they should be careful about how they respond, especially if they are angry or frustrated, as co-workers might be turned off if they are constantly venting about others.
Sixthly, a person should never reveal to a co-worker about the big mistakes that they have committed in their life, as they can disclose it to others.
Seventhly, major life events that have happened in a person’s life can pose problems if they share them in the wrong way.

The Jonas Brothers Break Up

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The Jonas Brothers Break Up

It's the end of the Jo. Bros. era.

Kevin, 25, Joe, 24, and Nick, 21, have decided to call it quits, the band tells People.

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It's over for now," Kevin tells the magazine.
"It's really hard to say 'forever,'" Nick adds. "[But] we're closing a chapter, for sure."
According to Joe, the decision was "unanimous."
The Jonas Brothers canceled their tour on October 9, due to a "deep rift within the band," their spokesperson confirmed at the time the news broke. People reports that the band had a meeting on October 3rd, where Nick -- who has branched out with a solo album and acting gigs -- confessed to his brothers that he had "serious concerns about the future of the band."
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"I was feeling kind of trapped," he admits. "I needed to share my heart with my brothers."
Their official Twitter account, @JonasBrothers, has since been deactivated

ASUU STRIKE: Talks With Vice Chancellors Fruitful

Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will meet today in a last ditch efforts to resolve the lingering crisis in the University System.

As a prelude to the meeting scheduled for 10.00a.m today, the Federal Government was locked in a meeting with the Vice Chancellors of the federal universities for about two hours on Monday. Supervising Minister of Education, Mr Nyesom Wike, who chaired the meeting held at the auditorium of the National Universities Commission (NUC), had said the meeting was a normal interaction with the vice chancellors and before the commencement of the meeting, excused journalists, personal assistants, his aides and all others, except the vice chancellors, ostensibly to prevent leakage of their deliberations.
Wike, after the closed door meeting declined comment to newsmen, but told journalists that the government would be meeting with the leadership of ASUU today.
However, it was gathered that the meeting was to see how the universities that have been shut for about four months now could be reopened to students as well as fine-tune discussion on the position of the government against the meeting with ASUU today.
It was gathered, on Monday, that the meeting today would afford the ASUU to report to the government about the position of the union on the offers by the Federal Government so far.
The fresh accord struck by the Vice-President Namadi Sambo with the union, government had agreed to increase the N30 billion already released for the payment of academic earned allowance to N40 billion.

Accordingly, vice chancellors were urged to expedite the disbursement within the shortest possible time using guiding templates that have been sent by the Committee of Vice Chancellors to them.
On the implementation of the Needs Assessment to Nigerian Universities report, it was stated that  the government was cognisant and mindful of the ability of universities to effectively and efficiently utilise the N100 billion fund immediately, hence that figure.
Also, on project prioritisation, universities would now be allowed to determine their priorities and not be “rail-roaded” into implementing a pre-determined set of projects with respect to the NEEDS assessment. Decisions are not to be centralised.
Although, the President of ASUU, Dr Nasir Isa Fagge, could not confirm the willingness of ASUU to attend today’s meeting, it was gathered that zonal meetings of ASUU in their various universities were held last week to collate opinion of the members of the government offers.

Ice Prince Releases “Fire Of Zamani” Album│Listen To “Komotion” Ft Wizkid

BET Awards Best African Act winner, Ice Prince Zamani has released his second studio album, Fire of Zamani and we bring you our pick of the compilations. The new song is titled “Komotion”, and it features fellow superstar,Wizkid.
According to his record label, Chocolate City Records, the album stands one of the best the label has ever worked on. Fire of Zamani (FOZ) features Ice Prince himself alongside close to 20 other superstars on different collaborations including: Wale, French Montana, Don Jazzy, Burna Boy, Wizkid, Sunny Nneji, Olamide, Jeremiah Gyan, Sound Sultan, E. Kelly, Young L, Jesse Jagz, Montrell, Shaydee, Chopsticks, Sammy Gyan, M.J and Chip. Obvious absentee is M.I Abaga!
Ice Prince has been nominated for the prestigious ChannelO Awards in South Africa for Most Gifted Video of the Year and Most Gifted Africa West Video
Listen to “Komotion”. Enjoy!

Usher – Shoots Documentary To Fight Rise In U.S School Dropouts

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Grammy award R&B singer, Usher Raymond will soon wrap up production for his new documentary to fight against the rising school dropout rates in U.S.A. The educational documentary called Undroppable was handed to the singer by his good friend, Scooter Braun [Justin Bieber’s manager].
Braun told the press men in L.A on Friday, “I knew Usher was very passionate about the issue of education, so I felt this was a great project to bring him into. His expertise will be invaluable as we continue this film and movement.” This new project comes after Usher’s A-B-C education on Sesame Street few months back.

Usher and Braun have always worked closely together for different projects including launching the career of Justin Bieber. Braun is a producer on the project, along with Adam McKay, Sharon Chang, Alex Soros and John Powers Middleton. Undroppable is written by Jason Pollack and will tackle the drop out issue from the point of view of students.
In addition to the film, producers have planned a social media campaign, giving students the chance to talk about the problems they face in school.

Undroppable is scheduled for a 2014 release and It’s great that Usher is focusing on such a great cause!

Scariest Movie Endings: 9 Impossible-to-Forget GIFs

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WARNING: SPOILERS!
You know how it goes: a horror movie is wrapping up, and you're starting to get that safe feeling — that mix of triumph and relief that you made it all the way to the end credits without too much psychological damage. And just when you're about to turn on the lights and commence with cleaning up all the popcorn crumbs from the couch, BOO! There's one final fright to keep you up all night.
Here are nine of those instances — and in GIF form, just to make sure they're imprinted on your brain forever and ever.

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"The Blair Witch Project" (1999)
The final moments of this DIY horror classic consist of poor Heather screaming and freaking out (even more so than usual), stumbling around in the dark as she cries out for her pal, Michael the Map-Discarding Idiot. She finally catches up to him at the very end, only to find her fellow filmmaker standing completely still as he silently faces the wall ... an ominous image alluded to earlier in the film. This calls for more screaming and freaking out from Heather ... and then collapsing to the floor after being attacked by some unseen force. Shudder!

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"Candyman" (1992)
The pupil becomes the master in this adaptation of Clive Barker's short story "The Forbidden," in which graduate student Helen Lyle's (Virginia Madsen) folklore exploration introduces her to the tall tale of the Candyman ... and turns her into an urban legend herself by the film's end. And sometimes you can summon an urban legend by chanting their name a few times, as poor Trevor (Xander Berkeley) discovers as he turns to face Helen's vengeful spirit ... and Candyman's hook. Bring on the strobe light!

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"Carrie" (1976)
Carrie White made short work of her prom, a few cars, and a gas station before turning her psychic fury onto her Bible-thumping mama and really bringing the house down. Even though she seemingly met her demise under all the burning rubble, Carrie's still the stuff of nightmares as she ensures that Sue Snell (Amy Irving) will never have sweet dreams for the rest of her life. You can keep your damn flowers, lady!

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"The Descent" (2006)
It looked like Sarah (Shauna Macdonald) was home free. After falling down a hole and being knocked unconscious, she came to and managed to climb up a huge pile of bones towards daylight, squeezing through a narrow opening, and finally escaping from the cave chock full of creepy-crawly creatures. She ran to her car and sped off, pulling over momentarily to throw up all over the side of the road. And BAM! There's Juno (Natalie Mendoza), her husband's mistress whom she supposedly left for dead, quietly judging her from the passenger seat. For the love of God, NEVER GO SPELUNKING.

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"The Evil Dead" (1982)
Poor Ash (Bruce Campbell). He thought he was rid of the demonic forces that destroyed his friends and wrecked his cabin. Unfortunately, burning the "Naturon Demonto" in the fireplace only served as a pause button, as the film ends with Ash getting smacked in the face by some unseen evil. And so one of our great horror movie heroes — and human punching bags — was born.

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"Friday the 13th" (1980)
Y'all remember that it's actually Jason's mom who's the big baddie in the first "Friday the 13th" movie, yeah? The first summer in Crystal Lake ends with Mrs. Voorhees (Betsy Palmer) and Alice (Adrienne King) engaging in mortal combat by the water, during which our young heroine manages to decapitate the psycho lady with her own machete. Alice then climbs into a canoe and falls asleep on the water (hey, why not?), where she's later awakened by the calls of the police on the shore. Alice comes to, only to be attacked by a decayed Jason, who pulls her into the briny deep. It ends up being a dream (a trope that the series will end up using and abusing muchly over the years), though one that sets up what will become one of the most iconic horror villains of all time.

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"A Nightmare on Elm Street" (1984)
Freddy Krueger's final victim in the very first "Elm Street" movie isn't another hapless teenager but rather one of their parents: specifically, Marge (Ronee Blakley), the mother of our heroine, Nancy (Heather Langenkamp). Marge appears well and sober as she promises her daughter that she'll stop drinking, seeing her off as Nancy joins her pals in Glen's (Johnny Depp) convertible. However, the pattern of the car's roof is revealed to look a lot like Freddy's trademark sweater, and as a screaming Nancy is driven off, Freddy's arm smashes through the window of the front door, pulling poor Marge (or an inflatable doll version of her, anyway) through the tiny opening. Whoa!

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"REC" (2007)
This odd but effective 'found footage' mix of zombie thriller and demonic possession tale comes to a head when television reporter Ángela (Manuela Velasco) and her cameraman, Pablo, retreat to the penthouse of an apartment building overrun with bloodthirsty crazies, where they discover the cause of all this mess: Tristana Medeiros (Javier Botet), the poor Patient Zero of a virus that's the equivalent of being possessed by the devil (or something). Tristana, left for dead by the Vatican agent who tried in vain to cure her, is now a horribly emaciated wretch, one that makes short work of the reporters — particularly Angela, whom she drags screaming into the darkness. To be continued, natch.

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 "Scream" (1996)
They thought Skeet Ulrich was dead. They were wrong ... at least for a couple of seconds. Good night, killer!

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‘World’s Worst Wedding’? Dax Shepard Spent $142 to Marry Kristen Bell

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The thrifty newlyweds, Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell. (Getty Images)

Talk about low-maintenance celebrities!

When Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell said "I do" at the Beverly Hills Courthouse on October 17, it was a no-frills event for the well-liked twosome, which the "Parenthood" actor discussed for the first time on Monday's "Jimmy Kimmel Live."

[Related: Kristen Bell Drinks 'Wife Coffee' After Tying the Knot With Dax Shephard]
"I'm a frugal person. Your wedding, when I was there — thanks for having me — there were helicopters overhead," the 38-year-old said, referring to Kimmel's lavish July wedding to Molly McNearney in Ojai, California. "It felt like an episode of 'M*A*S*H. ... Not that I was counting your money, but I was counting your money because it was flying out the windows. They were setting it on fire at the place."
"We all appreciated it," Dax, who attended with wedding with 33-year-old Bell, continued, "but I made a mental note when I watched that. I thought: I'm going to go a different route. So we went to the Beverly Hills Courthouse and — all in, with fuel to get there — $142 out the door."
[Related: Celebrity Weddings 2013]

Dax mentioned that while his "Veronica Mars" star bride has a wedding ring — which we assume is in addition to the $142 price tag — he opted not to get one. Though that could change. Kimmel, who bought his band (as well as a replacement … already!) for about $300 at Costco, offered to take the actor ring shopping at the wholesale store.

While Dax and Kristen, who welcomed a daughter Lincoln in March, didn't invite any guests to their wedding, they had two friends meet them after the ceremony and their pals brought a cake which seemed fitting for the comedic couple.
"It was just Kristen and I at the courthouse, so they brought us this cake afterwards: 'The World's Worst Wedding,'" he said, sharing a photo of the message on the cake. "How many people can say they threw the world's worst wedding?"
World's worst? Nah. It sounds pretty perfect to us.

A girl in India believed to be 13 has died after being raped by three men and set on fire.

Indian girl raped by three and set on fire before dying

A girl in India believed to be 13 has died after being raped by three men and set on fire.

A girl believed to be 13 was gang raped by three men in her village in India and burned alive, according to various news reports.
She later died at a hospital after receiving burns over 80% of her body, the Times of India reports.
The girl was from a village in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, the Daily Mail reports.
The IB Times reports she was in the eighth grade.
The girl had gone to a farm with her older sister and as they returned, three villagers dragged her away and gang raped her, the Times reports the girl's family told police. One of the villagers was a local "goon" named Ram Bahadur, according to the Times.
The girl told the alleged assailants she would tell other villagers, at which point, they set her on fire, the news organization reports.
The girl's older sister ran off to get help, but by the time the girl's family and neighbors arrived at the spot, she had suffered massive burns.
Police are now in search of the suspects, the Times reports.
Last year, a 23-year-old woman was brutally gang raped in New Delhi and thrown from a moving bus, later dying from her injuries. Six others on the bus, including the driver, raped her. Five of the defendants were convicted and one died in custody.
Similar cases are emerging around India and drawing attention to the issue of safety for women and girls there. In one case, the parents of a 4-year-old girl said a distant relative raped the child. Police said the girl had been tortured and assaulted.

Astronomers discover most distant galaxy yet

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An artist's rendering of the galaxy, known by its catalog name z8_GND_5296, in seen this handout provided …

By Irene Klotz
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Astronomers have found the most distant galaxy yet, a discovery that pushes back scientists' view of the universe to about 700 million years after it is thought to have come into existence.
Light from the galaxy, designated by scientists as z8_GND_5296, took about 13.1 billion years to reach the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope and the Keck Observatory in Hawaii, both of which detected the galaxy in infrared light.
"We are learning so much about a region so far back in time it's hard to comprehend. This galaxy we're seeing is almost 13.1 billion years ago and so this was something like 8 billion years before our sun was even born and of course much longer after that until life came around," said lead researcher Steven Finkelstein, an assistant professor with the University of Texas at Austin.
Surprisingly, out of a pool of 43 candidate distant galaxies, z8_GND_5296 was the only one that revealed the key chemical evidence needed to confirm its distance.
That left Finkelstein and colleagues wondering if they had uncovered a clue to a bigger mystery: How soon did light from the universe's first stars and galaxies pierce an obscuring veil of hydrogen gas that existed early in its history?
Scientists believe that at some point, high-energy ultraviolet radiation from exploded stars split the intergalactic hydrogen atoms into electrons and protons. Once ionized, the hydrogen would be electrically conductive and no longer scatter light.
That may have happened about the time of z8_GND_5296's existence.
The galaxy, which is about a billion times as massive as the sun, has two unusual characteristics, which may be a factor in why it is visible, while potential sister galaxies are not.
First, z8_GND_5296 is forming stars at a very fast pace, pumping out about 100 times more stars than the Milky Way galaxy, so it may be brighter than the other candidate galaxies.
Second, it contains a surprisingly high percentage of elements heavier than hydrogen and helium.
Those elements are forged by nuclear fusion inside stars, so either the galaxy contains the exploded remains of lots of massive stars or it formed in a region of space that had been previously seeded with the remnants of a prior generation of stars, scientists said.
"It could be that this one galaxy lives in an over-dense region of (ionized hydrogen) so we can see it ... but that's a little bit of conjecture. For all we know these other galaxies have just a lot more hydrogen gas within the galaxies themselves and that's why we can't see them," Finkelstein said.
He and colleagues hope to conduct a wider survey for ancient galaxies with Hubble, but more details about z8_GND_5296 will likely have to wait until NASA launches its successor observatory, the James Webb Space Telescope, targeted for launch in 2018.
The research appears this week in the journal Nature

London uses van with X-ray machine to find TB

By MARIA CHENG 3 hours ago HealthLondon

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LONDON (AP) — London is famed for its historic sites, its double-decker buses and its West End shows, but the city now has a more dubious distinction: Britain's public health agency says it has become the tuberculosis capital of Western Europe.
In response, health officials are taking to the streets in an effort to stop the spread of the infectious lung disease. A high-tech white van equipped with an X-ray machine is driving around London offering free check-ups.
Similar vans were once common in Europe and the U.S. in the 1950s but most disappeared about two decades later when TB rates dropped. But in recent years, the disease has surged in the U.K.
Last year, London had about 3,500 TB cases — more than the Netherlands, Belgium, Greece and Norway combined. It also had more TB than some African countries, including Eritrea and Gambia.
Britain as a whole however still pales against India, China and South Africa, which all have hundreds of thousands of TB cases.

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"We kind of took our eye off the ball and now TB has become a big problem again," said Dr. Alistair Story, who runs the mobile TB van for University College London Hospitals.
He said the vast majority of TB in the U.K. is among the homeless, drug users and prisoners because they live in cramped conditions that make them susceptible to infections. Despite the belief that TB is being imported into the U.K. by recent immigrants, Story said their rates of infection are low.
"It's certainly not the case that we could have closed the borders and avoided the problem," he said, pointing out that other European countries with high levels of immigration, including France and Germany, have not had similar spikes of TB.
Tuberculosis is a highly infectious bacterial disease often spread by coughing or sneezing that kills more than 1 million people worldwide every year. It most often attacks the lungs and is highly treatable. More than 95 percent of TB deaths occur in developing countries. Experts are increasingly concerned about the rise of drug-resistant strains of TB, which require more toxic drugs to treat.
According to a global TB report issued Wednesday by the World Health Organization, 3 million people worldwide with TB are currently going undiagnosed. Another 16,000 people with drug-resistant strains are failing to get treatment.

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London's 460,000-pound ($743,300) TB van has an X-ray machine whose scans can be instantly read by a radiographer. On average, the van picks up about one new TB case per week and screens about 10,000 people a year. If an X-ray looks worrying, staffers call a hospital to arrange confirmatory tests. The entire process of getting an X-ray and its results takes about 90 seconds.
On a recent morning, a steady trickle of patients streamed into the van after getting a ticket for a free X-ray from a nearby homeless shelter. To convince homeless people to get tested, the van relies on former TB patients including Horace Reid, 58, who got tested in 2009 after running out of breath trying to catch a bus.
"I didn't know anything was wrong until I missed the bus and couldn't breathe," he said. "(The doctors) told me I had TB and that I could die."
Dr. Norman Edelman, senior medical adviser at the American Lung Foundation, said the van is a practical attempt to curb TB.
"The people most likely to get TB are the hardest to find, so it's good to go out looking for them," he said.

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Danny Hastie, 20, got sick numerous times last year but didn't bother seeing a doctor. Recently in prison, he has been living on the streets for more than a year.
"I heard about this van and thought I would give it a go," he said. "It's (scary) at first because you're thinking, 'Oh, I might have a chest infection,' but when they say that you're clear, it puts your mind at rest."
British experts said the van was a good way of finding TB cases among the homeless but said wider screening tests were needed.
Dr. Ajit Lalvani, chair of infectious diseases at Imperial College London, said 70 percent of people with latent TB who arrive in Britain are missed. They aren't currently infectious, but Lalvani said the TB bacteria could sicken them in the future and cause them to infect others. Catching these patients would require a more expensive blood or skin test that isn't commonly used.
"There is a vast reservoir of TB that comes into this country silently," he said. "The mobile van is providing a great service, but until we test more widely, we will never get rid of TB in the U.K."