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The FLOTUS Michelle Obama delivered a powerful speech at the Democratic National Convention which started on Monday where she endorsed Hilary Clinton for president. Her speech drove Black Twitter wild with them saying how proud they were of her. Her husband the POTUS took to his twitter page and wrote:

Looks like the battle will now be settle in a Wrestling Ring once and for all lol.. 59-year-old American Pastor/author Bishop Thomas Dexter (T.D) Jakes shared a new photo of himself via his Instagram.

Cristiano Ronaldo is currently on holiday in Beverly Hills chillin, but could it be that he may be considering a switch?? ;) you know,  like becoming the next movie star having accomplished almost everything there is to accomplish in the world of soccer,  as he is seen with the hollywood actor Jason Statham. Cristiano Ronaldo shared this photo with the caption; ''Look who I found!'

Michael Jordan Releases Statement Regarding Police Violence. Today he released a statement via TheUndefeated : “As a proud American, a father who lost his own dad in a senseless act of violence, and a black man, I have been deeply troubled by the deaths of African-Americans at the hands of law enforcement and angered by the cowardly and hateful targeting and killing of police officers. I grieve with the families who have lost loved ones, as I know their pain all too well. “I was raised by parents who taught me to love and respect people regardless of their race or background, so I am saddened and frustrated by the divisive rhetoric and racial tensions that seem to be getting worse as of late. I know this country is better than that, and I can no longer stay silent. We need to find solutions that ensure people of color receive fair and equal treatment AND that police officers – who put their lives on the line every day to protect us all – ...

Tottenham and England footballer Harry Kane, 22, and his fitness instructor girlfriend Kate Goodland who have been together since their teenage years are expecting a baby and have announced it in the most spectacular of ways. He posted on Twitter a picture of his two dogs with signs around the dogs' necks that read “Mum + Dad are getting us a human!” “Guard dog duty starts January 2017.” He captioned the tweet “So happy that @KateGoodlandx and I are expecting our first child! Exciting times ahead! Can’t wait!”

A 7 year old boy is missing. His name is AYO AJOMGBOLO. According to his family member, he was last seen on Tuesday, July 19th around Igando bus stop around 7.30pm. He was at his Uncle's shop, and was with other kids playing. Please if found, please contact the nearest police station or call 08033479434, or 07034515787, 08038070876. Thank you. Source: lindaikejisblog.com

Well no wonder there’s no justice in the justice system… A Florida circuit judge has been reassigned as formal charges are being levied against him for using the “c-word” to a female attorney AND saying blacks should “go back to Africa.” According to Jacksonville.com reports A state judicial panel has filed formal charges against Jacksonville Circuit Judge Mark Hulsey alleging he used racist and misogynistic language to subordinates. The complaint includes charges that Hulsey, who is paid $146,000 a year, referred to a woman as a “c–t” and said blacks “should go get back on a ship and go back to Africa.” In a statement Hulsey said he’d done nothing wrong and looks forward to clearing his name, but hours after the allegations became public Chief Judge Mark Mahon reassigned Hulsey to the Probate Division. “These allegations are very serious, and if true, very troubling,” Mahon said in a prepar...

Weezy F. Baby and the “F” is for “F***! Another seizure???” TMZ is reporting that Lil’ Wayne suffered yet another medical emergency last week. The under-the-radar seizure took place in Las Vegas just prior to taking the stage at TAO nightclub for a performance. According to the report, Wayne believes he needs a better dosage of medication in order to properly control his epilepsy. The Young Money boss is currently in Miami taking it easy and getting rest. Hopefully he gets his situation figured out soon. Can’t just keep having seizures and falling out every week. Source: bossip.com

Been a fan of Omarion since B2K era, personally I felt bad but then again, maybe that's how it's meant to be. It’s a sad day indeed when we have to announce that Omarion and Apryl Jones ended their relationship. Omarion shared the news with a lengthy Instagram post. Source: bossip.com

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New research from Yale University details how altered gut microbiota causes obesity. Obesity is linked to changes in our gut microbes — the trillions of tiny organisms that inhabit our intestines. But the mechanism has not been clear. In a new study published in Nature , a Yale-led team of researchers has identified how an altered gut microbiota causes obesity. In an earlier study, Dr. Gerald I. Shulman, the George R. Cowgill Professor ofbMedicine, observed that acetate, a short-chain fatty acid, stimulated the secretion of insulin in rodents. To learn more about acetate’s role, Shulman, who is also an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and a team of Yale researchers conducted a series of experiments in rodent models of obesity. The research team compared acetate to other short- chain fatty acids and found higher levels of acetate in animals that consumed a high-fat diet. They also observed that infusions of acetate stimulated insulin secretion by beta...

Portugal wins EURO 2016 after beating France 1-0 This is what champions are made of! Portugal, from being best losers have fought to achieve European glory after an Eder goal ensured Portugal beat host Nation, France to win Euro 2016. Portugal started the match with same 4-4-2 formation, with C. Ronaldo and Nani upfront but it wasn't long until Ronaldo was stretched off after sustaining a serious knee injury. France in the first half were the better l team and played more expansive football with Sissokho the main star in the first half but to Portugal's credit and Rui Patricio's heroics, ended the first half 0-0. Portugal started the second half with Nani as captain and Quaresma replacing the already injured Ronaldo and grew in confidence but efforts from both sets of teams was not enough as both teams ended the second half still level 0-0. Pulsating moments as Extra time started. Ronaldo, showed so much exemplary leadership qualities and came to the touch line to s...

Mark Zuckerberg Forced To Explain #BlackLivesMatter To Employees The #BlackLivesMatter vs. #AllLivesMatter struggle has reached the Facebook headquarters, and staffers are silently facing off on company chalkboards. Apparently some people on the Facebook staff have been writing the term “Black Lives Matter” on the community chalkboards in the office…and some either clueless or downright hateful person has been coming behind them and crossing it out, replacing it with the term “All Lives Matter” instead.  After having several talks with the staff about how inappropriate and dismissive it is of fellow staff members’ feelings, and seeing that there has been no change in the activity, he was forced to pen an open letter not only explaining what Black Lives Matter TRULY means , but threatening disciplinary action on whoever keeps it up: source; bossip.com

The tragic killings of black men at the hands of police officers this week is no doubt going to make fodder for politicians during this election year. The presidential hopeful is taking the opportunity to put her outrage on full display as she recently spoke to white folks about getting their mind right… Via Huffington Post Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said on Friday that white people must do more to understand the experiences that African-Americans have had with police officers. Speaking with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, Clinton made the remarks in response to questions about why she believes she’s more qualified than presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump to close the racial divide in America. “I will call for white people, like myself, to put ourselves in the shoes of those African-American families, who fear every time their children go somewhere, who have to have the talk about … how to really protect themselves, when they are the ones who should be ex...

Cuba Gooding had a chance meeting with 32 year old father of a toddler, Patrick Zamarripa, one of the officers killed in Dallas by sniper Micah Xavier Johnson. Gooding Jr said he cried when he learned he met slain Dallas police officer Zamarripa & had posed for a picture with him in February. On February 25,   Zamarripa tweeted a photo showing him and his partner, both in uniform, with the star. He wrote: 'The great @cubagoodingjr. Thanx for taking the pic with my partner and I. Hope your stay in #Dallas was great sir!' "I cried today when I heard that," Gooding told TMZ on Friday.

Peaceful Black Lives Matter Protest Shuts Down Highways In Atlanta Thousands of people gathered peacefully last night in Atlanta for the same cause – they want the police to stop killing black people! Something beautiful happened during the protest, where folks from all different backgrounds came together to spread the message of Black Lives Matter and shut the streets down. The large crown eventually ended up shutting down a major highway to get the message across. Rapper Tip even lead a group of demonstrators.

Ciara and NFL player Russell Wilson got married on July 6th and according to HollywoodLife.com, Future is very happy that his baby mama, Ciara is married and out of his life. The website said Future hopes the newlyweds go on a two year honeymoon so that they stay out of his life and Ciara stops making false allegations about him.  A source told the site that Future wants nothing more than to wipe his hands off Ciara. The source said: “Future hasn’t sent her a gift, but he told his boys he should send her and Russell a check so they can go on a honeymoon for two years or more. That way, she won’t have time to try to smear Future’s name or cause a rift between him and baby Future,”. The insider adds that Future hopes Ciara will drop her defamation lawsuit. “Now that she’s married, Future hopes Ciara will leave him the f*ck alone and stop talking about him in the press,” the source reveals. “Future’s actually glad she’s found someone to put up with her mean behavior and over-...

20-year-old Nigerian, Isaac Success, has completed a move to premiership side Watford for a club-record transfer fee of £12.5million. Isaac Success was sold by Spanish side Granada after scoring six goals in 30 La Liga games last season, earning Granada's Player of the Year award. He will team up with fellow Nigerian striker Odion Ighalo at the Hornets. Watford wrote on it's official website; Watford FC is delighted to confirm the signing of Isaac Success for a club record transfer fee.' 'The highly-rated forward has agreed a five-year contract at Vicarage Road and becomes the Hornets' third new signing ahead of the 2016/17 Premier League campaign, following Jerome Sinclair and Christian Kabasele. ' The 20-year-old, who can play in a central or wide attacking role, moves from Spanish outfit Granada, having attracted interest from some of Europe’s biggest clubs after scoring six goals in 30 La Liga appearances last season.' His impressive performances...

Yesterday started with the best of intentions. I walked into my office in the morning with a vague sense of what I wanted to accomplish. Then I sat down, turned on my computer, and checked my email. Two hours later, after fighting several fires, solving other people’s problems, and dealing with whatever happened to be  thrown at me through my computer and phone, I could hardly remember what I had set out to accomplish when I first turned on my computer. I’d been ambushed. And I know better. When I teach time management, I always start with the same question: How many of you have too much time and not enough to do in it? In ten years, no one has ever raised a hand. That means we start every day knowing we’re not going to get it all done. So how we spend our time is a key strategic decision. That’s why it’s a good idea to create a to do list and an ignore list. The hardest attention to focus is our own. But even with those lists, the challenge, as always, is execution. How can yo...

Muva Rose Says 21 Women Opened Up To Her About Ian Conor Raping Them. Ian Connor’s mentor Kanye West might be keeping his rape allegations on the hush but Muva Rosebud is certainly not keeping quiet on the issue of sexual assault. In a recent interview with The Daily Beast, Rose claims that over a dozen women admitted to her that Ian Connor had raped them. She explained: “Because I have my SlutWalk, all of the women [who’ve accused Ian Connor] have reached out to me as well. They want to come to my SlutWalk and tell their story on my stage. I have that platform for them to do so. I’m not a lawyer. I can’t prosecute anyone or say, “What she’s saying is exactly the truth.” I wasn’t there. Honestly, seven came out and I’m pretty sure 21 women have reached out to me so far. So I’m assuming there are more [stories] coming out. It’s innocent until proven guilty, but when you have 21 women from all over the world that do not know each other but have similar stories, it gets to the point wher...

Drake and Rihanna step out together! Normally, when they go out, they go separately and later meet up...more like, they go out of their way not to be seen together but it looks like things are a little different for them now.    Rihanna and Drake were seen leaving Tape club at 5.30am on Friday night after partying together for the 4th night in a row. They actually walked out together. Hopefully soon, we will see them holding hands...

Alexis Sanchez shared these photos of the ankle injury he suffered during extra-time in the Copa America final win over Argentina. Alexis had to leave the game when he suffered an injury after a heavy tackle by Argentina's Gabriel Mercado. After the match on June 27, Sanchez posted photos on his Twitter account of his badly swollen left ankle. It however looks even worse in updated photos he shared yesterday, which show the heavy bruising while he recuperates on a break in New York.

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Microsoft is trying to woo students in the US to buy its latest Surface tablet, the Surface Pro 4, by offering it along with the Xbox One console and discounting the final price by $300. This means that if students buy the Surface Pro 4 along with the Xbox One from the company's retail stores, they would get the Xbox One free of cost. The offer is valid till August 14. The promotional offer comes just days after the company announced that it will stop production of Surface 3 end of this year. Microsoft's decision to stop the production of Surface 3 tablets is expected to help push sales of Surface Pro 3, Surface Pro 4 and the Surface Book in the market. Microsoft launched Surface 3 in March 2015.

MIT engineers have developed a method to bind gelatin-like polymer materials called hydrogels and elastomers, which could be used to make artificial skin and longer-lasting contact lenses. If you leave a cube of Jell-O on the kitchen counter, eventually its water will evaporate, leaving behind a shrunken, hardened mass — hardly an appetizing confection. The same is true for hydrogels. Made mostly of water, these gelatin-like polymer materials are stretchy and absorbent until they inevitably dry out. Now engineers at MIT have found a way to prevent hydrogels from dehydrating, with a technique that could lead to longer-lasting contact lenses, stretchy microfluidic devices, flexible bioelectronics, and even artificial skin. The engineers, led by Xuanhe Zhao, the Robert N. Noyce Career Development Associate Professor in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, devised a method to robustly bind hydrogels to elastomers — elastic polymers such as rubber and silicon...